Diagnosis of mild bleeding disorders.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2005, findings of the first "cost of disorders of the brain in Europe" study of the European Brain Council (EBC) showed that these costs cause a substantial economic burden to the Swiss society. In 2010 an improved update with a broader range of disorders has been analysed. This report shows the new findi...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Maercker A,Perkonigg A,Preisig M,Schaller K,Weller M,Cost of Disorders of the Brain in Europe Study Group.

更新日期：2013-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Up to 30% of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) simultaneously suffer from often-unrecognised chronic heart failure (HF). Their timely identification is challenging as both conditions share similar clinical presentations. OBJECTIVE:To assess the performance of BNP in detecting left v...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Gariani K,Delabays A,Perneger TV,Agoritsas T

更新日期：2011-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a relatively rare lymphoma entity accounting for an estimated 3%-6% of all non-Hodgkin's lymphoma cases. Characterised by both the incurability of indolent lymphomas and the rapid growth of aggressive lymphomas, MCL has a median overall survival of only 4-5 years. Although the disease oft...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Hitz F,Bargetzi M,Cogliatti S,Lohri A,Taverna C,Renner C,Mey U

更新日期：2013-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis is a common chronic inflammatory disease that causes progressive synovial inflammation resulting in irreversible joint destruction, chronic disability and premature mortality. Although it is recognised that in rheumatoid arthritis, inflammation and its persistence result from complex interactions ...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Juarez M,Filer A,Buckley CD

更新日期：2012-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the long-term effects of comprehensive outpatient versus inpatient rehabilitation with respect to morbidity and mortality, as well as to changes in physical performance and physical activity. DESIGN:A total of 163 consecutive patients were enrolled for comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation (CCR) f...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Steinacker JM,Liu Y,Muche R,Koenig W,Hahmann H,Imhof A,Kropf C,Brandstetter S,Schweikert B,Leidl R,Schiefer DH

更新日期：2011-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY/PRINCIPLES:Physical activity improves the clinical course of the metabolic syndrome and its risk factors. The aim of this study was to investigate the physical activity behaviour in patients with metabolic syndrome in regard to the recommendation of the Federal Offices of Public Health (BAG) and Sports (BASPO): "...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Murer M,Schmied C,Battegay E,Keller DI

更新日期：2012-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular procedures are rarely complicated by infection, but if prosthetic vascular graft infection (PVGI) occurs, morbidity and mortality are high. Several patient-related, surgery-related and postoperative risk factors are reported, but they are not well validated. PVGI is due to bacterial colonisation of the wound ...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Hasse B,Husmann L,Zinkernagel A,Weber R,Lachat M,Mayer D

更新日期：2013-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：QUESTIONS UNDER STUDY / PRINCIPLES:Colonoscopies are complex procedures that depend greatly on the patient's cooperation and on the correct judgment of a tolerable amount of discomfort by the endoscopy team, even in sedated patients. Little is known regarding the accuracy of the patient comfort level assessments made b...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Heuss LT,Sughanda SP,Degen LP

更新日期：2012-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Switzerland, patients may undergo "blood tests" without being informed what these are screening for. Inadequate doctor-patient communication may result in patient misunderstanding. We examined what patients in the emergency department (ED) believed they had been screened for and explored their attitudes t...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Favre-Bulle T,Baudat D,Darling KE,Mamin R,Peters S,Cavassini M,Hugli O

更新日期：2015-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evaluating the effects of a commercially available synbiotic preparation (contains both prebiotic and probiotic elements) on functional constipation in males. METHODS:In a randomised controlled trial, a total of 66 adult men with functional constipation were equally allocated to receive a synbiotic mixture ...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Fateh R,Iravani S,Frootan M,Rasouli MR,Saadat S

更新日期：2011-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Switzerland, intravenous drug use accounts for the majority of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections. Early HCV treatment prevents further transmissions and reduces morbidity and mortality due to decompensated liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Nevertheless, patients in drug substitution programme...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Bregenzer A,Conen A,Knuchel J,Friedl A,Eigenmann F,Näf M,Ackle P,Roth M,Fux CA

更新日期：2017-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：PRINCIPLES:Apolipoprotein E (ApoE), an important glycoprotein in the transport, uptake and redistribution of cholesterol, is necessary in nerve tissue repair. The APOE gene (APOE) is involved in neurodegenerative diseases, the best-known association being that between the APOE ε4 allele and Alzheimer's disease. Multipl...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Losonczi E,Bencsik K,Fricska Nagy Z,Honti V,Szalczer E,Rajda C,Illés Z,Mátyás K,Rózsa C,Csépány T,Füvesi J,Vécsei L

更新日期：2010-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningitis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae is a rare complication of trans-sphenoidal surgery. We present the case of a patient who developed pneumococcal meningitis with associated bacteraemia after elective endoscopic trans-sphenoidal resection of a pituitary macro-adenoma. After initial treatment with ceftriaxone a...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Darling KE,Niederhauser J,Bervini D,Giulieri S,Daniel RT,Bille J,Erard V

更新日期：2012-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with a solid organ transplant have increased in numbers and in individual survival in Switzerland over the last decades. As a consequence of long-term immunosuppression, skin cancer in solid organ recipients (SOTRs) has been recognized as an important problem. Screening and education of potential SOTRs about ...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Hofbauer GF,Anliker M,Arnold A,Binet I,Hunger R,Kempf W,Laffitte E,Lapointe AC,Pascual M,Pelloni F,Serra A,SGDV working group for organ transplant recipients.

更新日期：2009-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：QUESTIONS UNDER STUDY:In Switzerland, skin cancer is one of the most prevalent neoplasms. General practitioners (GPs) are often faced with suspicious skin lesions in their patients. The aim of our study was to assess GPs' competence to diagnose skin cancer and to examine whether this can be improved by a one-day dermat...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Badertscher N,Braun RP,Held U,Kofmehl R,Senn O,Hofbauer GF,Rossi PO,Wensing M,Rosemann T,Tandjung R

更新日期：2013-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequencing the human genome was the big challenge of the last decade. Ten years later, the large amount of DNA sequences accumulated in our databases allows us to look at genome variations between humans. The level of complexity of these variations is much higher than previously expected. It goes from changes in the n...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Paoloni-Giacobino A

更新日期：2011-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adverse reactions to nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are frequently reported, particularly among asthmatic patients. To date, there is no causal treatment available apart from tolerance induction. Therefore, the search for safe alternative drugs is of pivotal importance in clinical practice. OB...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Roll A,Wüthrich B,Schmid-Grendelmeier P,Hofbauer G,Ballmer-Weber BK

更新日期：2006-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：THEORETICAL BACKGROUND:Mental disorders emerge in childhood and adolescence and are important risk factors for mental disorders in adolescence and adulthood. Since paediatricians are typically the first to see children with psychological problems, the aim of this study was to obtain a survey of mental disorders of chil...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： In-Albon T,Zumsteg U,Müller D,Schneider S

更新日期：2010-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The principality of Liechtenstein had its first COVID-19 case at the beginning of March 2020. After exponential growth, the pandemic’s first wave was contained, with the last case being diagnosed 52 days after the initial occurrence. AIM:To characterise the COVID-19 pandemic in Liechtenstein. METHODS...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Thiel SL,Weber MC,Risch L,Wohlwend N,Lung T,Hillmann D,Ritzler M,Risch M,Kohler P,Vernazza P,Kahlert CR,Fleisch F,Cusini A,Karajan TV,Copeland S,Paprotny M

更新日期：2020-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive hypoglycaemia is a rare disease which occurs postprandially in everyday life involving blood glucose levels below 2.5 to 2.8 mmol/l. We report on a 66-year-old patient who developed symptomatic reactive hypoglycaemia due to late dumping syndrome 10 years after oesophagectomy with cervical anastomosis. A 75 g ...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Imhof A,Schneemann M,Schaffner A,Brändle M

更新日期：2001-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of an oncology patient admitted to our hospital during the current COVID-19 pandemic with clinical and radiological features strongly suggestive of interstitial pneumonia. Multiple laboratory tests were negative for SARS-CoV-2 (polymerase chain reaction testing of nasopharyngeal swabs, and of induc...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Rigamonti E,Salera D,Gheorghiu AC,Fratila C,Gianella P

更新日期：2020-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：QUESTIONS UNDER STUDY:Measuring the patient safety climate in the organisation of healthcare can help to identify problematic issues with a view to improving patient safety. We aimed (1) to describe the nurse-reported engagement in safety behaviours, (2) to describe the prevailing nurse-reported patient safety climate ...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Ausserhofer D,Schubert M,Engberg S,Blegen M,De G,Schwendimann R

更新日期：2012-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated vasculitides (AAV) are a group of primary vasculitides that affect predominantly small- to medium-sized blood vessels. AAV include granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). D...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Daikeler T,Kistler AD,Martin PY,Vogt B,Huynh-Do U

更新日期：2015-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with chronic heart failure who are not eligible for heart transplant and whose life expectancy depends mainly on the heart disease may benefit from mechanical circulatory support. Mechanical circulatory support restores adequate cardiac output and organ perfusion and eventually improves patients' clinical con...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Tozzi P,Hullin R

更新日期：2016-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：PRINCIPLES:A decrease in plasma lipids occurs during severe sepsis and has prognostic implications in critical illness. Whether lipids have prognostic implications or could help to differentiate community-acquired pneumonia from other lower respiratory tract infections remains unknown. METHODS:We analysed data from pa...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Gruber M,Christ-Crain M,Stolz D,Keller U,Müller C,Bingisser R,Tamm M,Mueller B,Schuetz P

更新日期：2009-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A 36-year-old male with a known history of sickle cell disease (SCD) and acute chest syndrome (ACS) was treated in our hospital. Gas exchange deteriorated and the patient was transferred to our intensive care unit (ICU). Low dose inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) during pressure controlled mechanical ventilation (pcMV) induc...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Oppert M,Jörres A,Barckow D,Eckardt KU,Frei U,Kaisers U

更新日期：2004-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the immediate and midterm angiographic and clinical results of stent placement in the endovascular treatment of intracranial cerebral aneurysms. METHODS:Out of 330 cerebral aneurysms treated by endovascular approach in our neurovascular centre, stents have been used in 18 patients. Twelve aneurysm...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Mordasini P,Walser A,Gralla J,Wiest R,Ozdoba C,Reinert M,Schroth G

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The first description of the simplified acute physiology score (SAPS) II dates back to 1993, but little is known about its accuracy in daily practice. Our purpose was to evaluate the accuracy of scoring and the factors that affect it in a nationwide survey. METHODS:Twenty clinical scenarios, covering a broad...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Previsdomini M,Cerutti B,Merlani P,Kaufmann M,van Gessel E,Rothen HU,Perren A

更新日期：2014-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：PRINCIPLES:Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) resistant to ciprofloxacin (CR) was documented for the first time in Geneva in 2002 and increased from 7% that year to 47% in 2005. We describe NG cases during this period and compare characteristics of CR and ciprofloxacin susceptible (CS) cases. METHOD:Geneva microbiological lab...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Le Lin B,Pastore R,Liassine N,Aramburu C,Sudre P

更新日期：2008-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS OF THE STUDY:Pneumothoraces after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) are an uncommon but potentially lethal complication. Little evidence is available on their epidemiology, diagnosis and therapy. We aimed to evaluate current practices and provide recommendations. METHOD:We systematically revie...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Lehmann V,Keller W,Egger B

更新日期：2020-04-03 00:00:00