This content is machine translated CKD in type 2 diabetes Cardiorenal protection in focus – using modern therapy options Type 2 diabetics can lead a relatively normal life if they adhere to therapy guidelines and maintain HbA1c levels for as many years as possible.are in the target area. Conversely,…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Cardiovascular magnetic resonance Postoperative evaluation of myocardial fibrosis in aortic valve disease. In the chronic course of aortic regurgitation and aortic stenosis, remodeling of the left ventricle occurs, leading to myocardial hypertrophy and fibrosis. Several studies have shown that extracellular volume fraction…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated The ageing lung Cellular ageing and senescence What are the causes that lead to an inadequate response to insults? How does an organ like the lung change with age, making the older population more susceptible to age-related… CME-Test
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Acute coronary syndrome Recommendations of the new ESC guidelines Clinically, acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is typically manifested by pectanginal chest pain, occasionally associated with vegetative symptoms. While STEMI requires rapid invasive coronary diagnosis and reperfusion, in NSTEMI the approach…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Parkinson's disease and movement disorders Narcolepsy, biomarkers, and dystonia in light of new evidence. The International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS) gathers thousands of clinicians, researchers, trainees and industry advocates with an interest in current research and approaches to the diagnosis and treatment…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Melanoma in advanced stages Treatment strategies in the adjuvant and neoadjuvant setting The introduction of checkpoint inhibitors and targeted therapy with kinase inhibitors revolutionized the treatment options for patients with advanced-stage melanoma. While there is already a lot of evidence for immunotherapy…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated "Treat-to-Target" or "High Intensity". Which statin strategy is better? Titrated individually according to LDL target value (“Treat to Target”) or uniformly high doses for all patients (“High Intensity”)? Which of the two strategies is clinically better in the case…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Osteoporosis New in diagnostics and therapy Since 2018, the update of the S3 guideline Prophylaxis, Diagnosis and Therapy of Osteoporosis (AWMF 183-001) took place after previous update of the underlying PICO questions (Population-Intervention-Comparison-Outcome questions) for systematic… CME-Test
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Human Biomonitoring First results of pilot phase provides representative data In Switzerland, there are several studies that include human biomonitoring. However, these do not yet provide data representative of Switzerland, so a national study is being considered. Now the first…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Palliative care symptom and needs assessment. What screening tools are helpful? In view of the new and mostly well-tolerated therapies, the palliative life and treatment time of oncological patients is increasingly extended. It is a major challenge to identify patients in… CME-Test
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Heart failure: ESC guideline update 2023 Treatment of HFmrEF – what’s new? The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) recently updated its guidelines. Consequently, based on the EMPEROR-Preserved and DELIVER trials, the use of SGLT-2 inhibitors is now recommended for all stages of…
