This content is machine translated Burn Wounds No time to lose is the motto! The risk of hypertrophic scars is higher in burn wounds the longer the healing process takes. Correct diagnostic assessment is the basis for adequate therapy. Whether second-degree burns should be…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Metastatic melanoma New approval from the field of molecular precision medicine The targeted combination therapy with encorafenib and binimetinib has recently become available in Switzerland for adults with non-resectable or metastatic melanoma with a BRAFV600 mutation. The approval is based on the…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Chronic wounds The next chapter of modern treatment techniques New study results show that canisterless negative pressure wound therapy is superior to the traditional variant of vacuum therapy in terms of reduction of wound area, depth and volume in…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Stroke Gentle rehabilitation reduces subsequent disabilities Stroke treatment has improved in recent years to the point where survival rates are increasing. However, many patients do not fully recover functionally. Americans focus on endurance training in rehabilitation.…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Streptococcus pneumoniae in chronic lung disease patients. Vaccinate against pneumococci can save lives Asthmatics and COPD sufferers are often easy prey for bacteria and viruses: Due to the underlying disease, the immune system of patients is usually less stable than that of healthy…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Biologics for psoriasis Head-to-head study delivers exciting results Interleukin-23 and interleukin-17A play an important role in the inflammatory process of plaque psoriasis. A comparison of two agents directed against these targets in moderate to severe plaque psoriasis led…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Breast Cancer Anesthesia has no effect on recurrence risk One of the largest global studies showed that the risk of recurrence after curative breast cancer surgery was not reduced by regional anesthesia compared with general anesthesia with opioids. These…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Psoriasis The latest generation of biologics is characterized by high “drug survival Psoriasis is nowadays well treatable by molecular therapies. Biologics enable optimized response rates. Compared to earlier representatives, new drugs of this substance class are characterized by sustained overlasting effects. This…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Lymph node swelling Benign hyperplasia or serious systemic disease? A search for traces… Periodic, very painful and extensive lymph node swelling may also indicate a rare Castleman’s disease. The multicentric form is a serious systemic disease that is not easily diagnosed.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated SGLT2 inhibitors Protective effects of dapagliflozin in heart failure patients. From the large cardiovascular endpoint studies EMPA-REG, CANVAS, and DECLARE, it is clear that SGLT2 inhibitors have a beneficial effect on heart failure. This was confirmed in the DAPA-HF study.
View Post 15 min This content is machine translated Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) Treatment strategies in metastatic ALK-positive and ROS1-positive NSCLC. The therapy of ALK-positive or ROS1-positive NSCLC has evolved greatly in recent years with the availability of various ALK or ROS1 inhibitors. This CME will summarize and discuss the current…
