This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Dysphagia – an interdisciplinary challenge: case casuistry. In previous issues of HAUSARZT PRAXIS, a broad spectrum of possible causes of dysphagia has been presented in this section, and case studies have been used to explore these in…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Brain tumors Glioblastomas and their spreading strategies. Glioblastomas are a particularly aggressive form of brain tumor. To this day, they are incurable. But there is progress. Especially with regard to their dispersal strategies, new insights could be…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated "smarter medicine - Choosing wisely." Which preoperative clarifications offer added value? Early outpatient evaluation prior to surgery is beneficial. This allows adequate risk assessment and planning of the entire perioperative process can be adjusted with a view to smooth performance of the…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Interventional therapy methods Focus on functional mitral valve regurgitation Functional mitral regurgitation (FMR), unlike primary mitral regurgitation, is caused by ventricular dysfunction. Since it is always a consequence of left ventricular disease, optimal drug therapy for heart failure is…
View Post 22 min This content is machine translated Acute aortic dissection Risk assessment and management of type B aortic dissection. In acute aortic dissection, the aortic wall initially tears from the inside, resulting in separation of the wall layers. The result: an additional lumen is created. What to do? CME-Test
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Organ Donation Donation numbers could recover in 2021 despite pandemic The Covid 19 pandemic no longer had a negative effect on organ donations last year compared to 2020. The number of organ donations from deceased individuals increased from 146 to…
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Lipofilling Breast augmentation with own fat Assuming that beauty goes hand in hand with harmonious proportions, it is understandable that breast augmentation is a strong trend among women. Implants filled with silicone or saline are the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Interventional cardiology Current therapeutic standard of complex coronary stenoses If there is a narrowing of one or more coronary arteries, it is called coronary stenosis. The cause is usually atherosclerosis in coronary heart disease. But what to do when…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Pleural mesothelioma Development, diagnosis and therapy of the aggressive tumor Malignant pleural mesothelioma is an aggressive tumor originating in the pleura. Patients have a short life expectancy after diagnosis also due to limited treatment options. Exposure to asbestos fibers is…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Early Warning Score Warning signs for chronic pain after surgery A Dutch-German research team examined warning signs of chronicity of pain after surgery, with skeletal system procedures, preoperative opioid use, pain persisting two weeks after surgery, and painful cold stimuli…
View Post 15 min This content is machine translated Pediatric pneumology Growing up after lung transplantation Lung transplantation (Lutx) is also an established therapeutic option in childhood and adolescence when, despite exhaustion of all available therapeutic measures, a severe disease progresses, quality of life is significantly… CME-Test
