This content is machine translated Pneumonia that is not pneumonia One in 8 patients with an incorrect CAP diagnosis Misdiagnosed pneumonia in hospitalized adults is not uncommon, especially in older people with geriatric syndromes, but can be very damaging. Little is known about the incidence, risk factors and consequences…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Fungal infections of the lungs Three approaches to reduce P. jirovecii mortality Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PcP) is associated with a high mortality rate, but the influence of an immunocompromised underlying disease on the clinical presentation, severity and mortality of PcP has not…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated COPD treatment Use of ICS reduces all-cause mortality Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are standard in the maintenance treatment of COPD. However, it is still unclear whether ICS-containing inhalation therapy can reduce overall mortality risk and, if so, which patient…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Pneumococcal vaccination Protect adults from infections as well Pneumococcal pneumonia significantly increases the risk of myocardial infarction; as late as four weeks after pneumonia, cardiac biomarkers remain detectably elevated. Vaccination against Streptococcus pneumoniae even in adulthood is therefore…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Interstitial lung disease Cortisone as a relative miracle drug Interstitial lung diseases are frequently encountered by primary care physicians, especially in their early forms. The differentiation of the various forms is often not obvious at first sight and requires…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Guideline community-acquired pneumonia Shorten therapy for moderately severe cases 2021, an update of the S3 guideline of the German Society of Pneumology and Respiratory Medicine (DGP) on community-acquired pneumonia was published, in which the Swiss Society of Pneumology (SGP)…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Lower respiratory tract infections Community-acquired pneumonia in Covid times – “Tour d’horizon”. Pneumonia diagnosis and triage is anything but trivial, especially in the context of the current covid pandemic. As a basis for deciding which patients can be managed in the outpatient…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Exogenous allergic alveolitis Don’t play the bagpipes in the Jacuzzi Exogenous allergic alveolitis (EAA) is in itself a very rare disease. So when we talk about common and rare triggers of EAA, we are dealing with very small numbers of…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Non-resolving pneumonia When the inflammation does not want to heal Pneumonia remains a common and deadly infectious disease. Nearly 40,000 patients are hospitalized in Switzerland each year for pneumonia, and a good 1,000 people die each year as a result…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Pattern of interstitial lung disease What else is idiopathic here? The terms interstitial l ung disease or diffuse lung parenchymal disease refer to a group of pathologies affecting the epithelium of the alveoli (alveolar epithelium), the endothelium of the pulmonary… CME-Test
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Acute and chronic cough In some cases a detective work Acute coughs are often viral and usually do not require the use of antibiotics – however, if pneumonia is present, antibiotics may be essential for survival. Chronic cough is a…
