This content is machine translated Gastroenterology and Hepatology Listen to the gut feeling I am pleased to present two exciting topics in gastroenterology and hepatology in the current issue of HAUSARZT PRAXIS. Especially non-specific complaints and symptoms are a daily challenge in primary…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Award ceremony 22nd Pfizer Research Prize 2013 awarded The Pfizer Research Prize, endowed with a total of CHF 105,000, was awarded on February 7, 2013 in Zurich to nine outstanding papers in basic and clinical research in various…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Autoimmune Hepatitis How to diagnose and treat correctly Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic, progressive liver disease characterized by the histologic picture of interface hepatitis, hypergammaglobulinemia, and circulating autoantibodies. AIH occurs in all age groups and affects women…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Multiple causes, multiple clinical pictures Glomerulonephritis Renal insufficiency requiring dialysis can be the result of glomerular disease that is recognized too late, usually with nonspecific symptoms and signs. Screening for renal pathologies therefore includes not only…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Kidney disease in family practice. Nephrology diagnoses Diseases of the kidney are difficult to diagnose because they lack a typical clinically detectable symptom. In general, such a disease can only be detected by a pattern analysis of…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Diagnosis & Therapy of Chronic Heart Failure When the heart weakens in old age With increasing age, both the incidence of heart failure and the importance of diastolic dysfunction increase. Symptoms are often nonspecific in old age. Diagnosis is no different from that in…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Thrombophilia diagnostics Decision support in complex risk analyses In approximately half of the patients with a venous thromboembolic event (VTE), a thrombophilic diathesis can be found with an appropriate coagulation evaluation. A coagulation test is not mandatory or…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Treatment for resistant hypertension using renal denervation Diabetics could benefit from reduction of sympathetic tone About ten percent of treated hypertensives have high blood pressure that cannot be adequately controlled despite combinations of three or more antihypertensives. These patients may be helped by interrupting sympathetic…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Thromboembolic diseases Management of thrombosis and pulmonary embolism In this issue of CARDIOVASC, a significant focus is on the procedure surrounding the occurrence of thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Individual diabetes therapy Patients’ living conditions too seldom a topic of discussion with doctors Individual therapy for type 2 diabetes is now widely recommended. However, if one looks at the extent to which patients’ personal circumstances are discussed in doctor-patient conversations, deficits are apparent,…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Acute pulmonary embolism Diagnostics and therapy The third leading cause of cardiovascular disease death is acute pulmonary embolism. The determination of D-dimers is highly sensitive in the exclusion of acute pulmonary embolism. CT angiography is nowadays…
