This content is machine translated Monitoring via smartphone app PROs help patients with metastatic breast cancer Prolonging survival and maintaining the best possible quality of life by monitoring disease progression, selecting appropriate therapy and minimizing side effects are the most important treatment goals when it comes...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – pancreatic pseudocyst Most pancreatic pseudocysts are associated with pancreatitis and regress spontaneously. If pseudocysts cause symptoms or lead to complications, they can be treated endoscopically-interventional or surgically. Pancreatic pseudocysts can be differentiated...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Cancer prevention Poorer prognosis for men who avoid prostate cancer screening Men who consistently avoid prostate cancer screening appointments have a disproportionately higher risk of dying from the disease. This is shown by a study that has also identified a new...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Case report: 72-year-old with pancytopenia and pyrexia Visceral leishmaniasis or autoimmune hepatitis? After the patient had been admitted to hospital for investigation of fever attacks, night sweats and an unintentional weight loss of 18 kg within six months, pancytopenia was diagnosed with...…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Neuromodulatory approaches Neurocardiology: key mechanisms and clinical implications Neurocardiology is a comparatively young, interdisciplinary field that deals intensively with the (patho-)physiological interactions between the nervous system and the cardiovascular system. The fact that emotions and stress can affect...…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Acute myeloid leukemia The influence of time from diagnosis to treatment on overall survival Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is often classified as an oncologic emergency leading to rapid evaluation and treatment in the hospital. Previous studies reported that time from diagnosis to treatment (TDT)...…
View Post 14 min This content is machine translated Artificial intelligence Dr. ChatGPT: Large language models in everyday clinical practice With the public availability of ChatGPT 3.5 in fall 2022 at the latest, artificial intelligence in the sense of large language models (LLMs) is on everyone’s lips. However, it is...… CME-Test
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated COPD in primary care Get pneumology specialists on board? The symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often develop gradually. Spirometry plays an important role in the diagnosis. Although COPD cannot yet be cured, the implementation of secondary and...…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Chronic lung diseases Sarcopenia and malnutrition in the context of pneumological rehabilitation Malnutrition and sarcopenia are two common but often underestimated complications in patients with chronic lung diseases such as COPD, pulmonary fibrosis or other respiratory diseases. Both conditions have a profound...… CME-Test
View Post 14 min This content is machine translated IBDmatters - Advanced Therapeutic Treatments Examinations and considerations before therapy Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are chronic inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (inflammatory bowel disease, IBD). Aspects that should be considered in particular before starting treatment, but...… CME-Test
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – chronic pancreatitis Upper abdominal pain of varying intensity is the main symptom of chronic pancreatitis. If acute or chronic pancreatitis is suspected, transabdominal sonography is an established examination method for assessing morphological...…
