This content is machine translated Digitalization of rheumatology Rheumatism apps as diagnostic aids It’s not too often that Germany shines with innovation when it comes to digitization in medicine. In the meantime, however, the first digital health applications can be prescribed by our…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated New guidelines for acute pulmonary embolism Close monitoring in patients at intermediate risk of mortality. The ESC issued new recommendations on the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism toward the end of last year [1]. The most relevant innovations compared with the 2008 version…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated 5th Interdisciplinary Prostate Cancer Symposium Metastatic prostate cancer – New therapeutic options Prostate cancer is the most common male tumor in Western countries and is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in Switzerland. In particular, metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) is…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Early detection and treatment of schizophrenic psychoses Setting the course early is crucial for a favorable outcome Risk states for schizophrenia are defined mainly by attenuated psychotic symptoms and subjectively perceived changes in perception and thinking. In a high-risk state, supportive care and monitoring, rather than antipsychotic…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Hypertension control Better combination preparations and targeted care than titration While one group of experts believes that the hypertension problem has already been solved, others see a long way to go for medicine and research in this area. Although the…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Kidney disease in family practice. Nephrology diagnoses Diseases of the kidney are difficult to diagnose because they lack a typical clinically detectable symptom. In general, such a disease can only be detected by a pattern analysis of…