This content is machine translated Casuistry 63-year-old with tracheobronchopathia osteoplastica This case study concerns an elderly patient who was admitted to hospital due to a cough with bloody sputum. After lengthy investigations, a diagnosis of tracheobronchopathia osteoplastica was made. This...…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated 2025 ACC/AHA/ACEP/NAEMSP/SCAI Guideline Management of acute coronary syndrome Every day, thousands of patients worldwide enter emergency departments with acute chest pain, shortness of breath or atypical symptoms. The differential diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is always one...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Pustular psoriasis What is known about inflammatory mechanisms in PPP and GPP? Pustular psoriasis is characterized by the sudden appearance of small, pus-filled blisters (“pustules”). The clinical, pathological and genetic features of GPP and PPP differ from plaque psoriasis. While in GPP...…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Diabetes-related cardiovascular diseases Ferroptosis: key mechanisms and novel therapeutic approaches The global increase in diabetes mellitus is leading to a parallel increase in the incidence of cardiovascular complications, which remain the leading cause of death in this patient group. In...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Atrial fibrillation What’s new with the “pace-and-ablate” strategy? Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The guideline of the European Society for Cardiology (ESC), which was updated last...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated De-escalation strategies De-escalation strategies – less is more Drug de-escalation is primarily driven by the need to spare patients unnecessary toxicity and the associated side effects and repeated hospital visits. However, de-escalation strategies may also have the potential...…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Pathogens in the brain When infections trigger strokes Infectious strokes are rarer than those caused by classic vascular risk factors, but play a significant role, particularly in resource-poor regions. Bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic pathogens can directly damage...…
View Post 15 min This content is machine translated Diabetes mellitus Treatment of comorbidities in older people One in five people over 65 and one in four people over 75 are affected by diabetes. Global projections predict a 2.5-fold increase in diabetes prevalence over the next 25...… CME-Test
View Post 15 min This content is machine translated Pulmonary hypertension PH and lung diseases Pulmonary hypertension (PH) describes a hemodynamic condition with a pathological increase in pressure in the pulmonary vascular circulation. Clinically, PH causes reduced performance, shortness of breath, angina and syncope. In...… CME-Test
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Advanced NSCLC MARIPOSA: Combination therapy as the new standard of care for EGFR-mutated NSCLC The results of the phase III MARIPOSA study [1] on overall survival (OS) in untreated patients with EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor)-mutated (EGFRm) NSCLC, which were presented at ELCC 2025,...…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Atopic dermatitis and allergies Atopic dermatitis and allergies Type 2 inflammation and other factors Atopic patients are prone to immediate-type allergies and many studies show a correlation between sensitization to aeroallergens and exacerbations of atopic dermatitis (AD). A common characteristic of atopic diseases is...…
