The costs of disorders of the brain in Switzerland: an update from the European Brain Council Study for 2010.

abstract：:The ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) procedure is designed to guarantee sufficient oxygenation for a foetus at risk of airway obstruction. This is achieved by improving lung ventilation, usually by establishing an airway during caesarean delivery whilst preserving the foetal-placental circulation temporarily. Ind...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Kern C,Ange M,Morales,Peiry B,Pfister RE

更新日期：2007-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:New oral anticoagulants used as single target inhibitors of coagulation enzymes have been developed and tested in extensive trial programmes. Results of most of these trials showed non-inferior and/or superior efficacy and safety compared to standard treatment with LMWH or VKA. These results led to registration of the...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Graf L,Tsakiris DA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：QUESTIONS UNDER STUDY:Suicidal behaviour is a major source of burden of disease. While most studies focus on cost associated with completed suicides, data on costs of, non-lethal, suicide attempts are lacking. The aim of this study was to assess direct annual cost of suicide attempts in Basel in 2003 from a health serv...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Czernin S,Vogel M,Flückiger M,Muheim F,Bourgnon JC,Reichelt M,Eichhorn M,Riecher-Rössler A,Stoppe G

更新日期：2012-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In Switzerland, voluntary termination of pregnancy (VTP) can be performed in all public and private hospitals with an obstetrics/gynaecology department. For various reasons, many Italian women use the Swiss healthcare system, in particular in Canton Ticino, a border region adjacent to Italy in the southern part of Swi...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Reinholz D,Casati S,Beretta O,Merlani G

更新日期：2018-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether olfactory performance decreases as a function of the number of pregnancies, previous research having indicated that olfactory function decreases in the course of pregnancy. METHODS:In a prospective study three groups of women were investigated (total n = 93), women who have given birth...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Wohlgemuth C,Beinder E,Ochsenbein-Kölble N,Hummel T

更新日期：2008-08-09 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：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：:The differential diagnosis for children with diabetes includes a group of monogenic diabetic disorders known as maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY). So far, six underlying gene defects have been identified. The most common subtypes are caused by mutations in the genes encoding the transcription factor HNF-1a (...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Schnyder S,Mullis PE,Ellard S,Hattersley AT,Flück CE

更新日期：2005-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：PRINCIPLES:Since the recommendation that infants sleep in the supine position, there has been an increase in cases of posterior positional plagiocephaly. Even though this condition is a purely cosmetic problem, if it is severe it may affect the child psychologically. Positioning may help in mild or moderate cases, but ...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： de Ribaupierre S,Vernet O,Rilliet B,Cavin B,Kalina D,Leyvraz P-

更新日期：2007-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Effort-reward imbalance (ERI) and work-life imbalance (WLI) are recognised risk factors for work stress and burnout but have not been investigated conjointly so far and compared with each other in this regard. The present cross-sectional study provides initial evidence by studying associations of ERI and W...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Hämmig O,Brauchli R,Bauer GF

更新日期：2012-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The levels of teamwork and clinician burnout in healthcare differ depending on demographic and unit characteristics. However, the impact of these characteristics varies between clinical settings. In addition, the impact of objectively measured workload in such settings is largely unknown. The aim of this study was ...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Welp A,Rothen HU,Massarotto P,Manser T

更新日期：2019-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：PRINCIPLES:Small dense LDLs have been found to be associated with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). This association has been observed in the context of decreased HDL cholesterol and increased triglycerides. METHODS:In the present study the relationship between LDL particle size and insulin sensitivity was assessed in 46 patien...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Krayenbuehl PA,Wiesli P,Schmid C,Lehmann R,Spinas GA,Berneis K

更新日期：2008-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A clinical research application must be submitted for approval by a competent ethics committee (EC) before a study can be executed. There is very limited information on how such submissions could be optimised, especially regarding research in children and adolescents, which requires particular caution and ag...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Bergstraesser E,Nadal D,Özgü H,Kleist P

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：PRINCIPLES:Heart failure is associated with a grim prognosis. Disease management programmes can improve prognosis in heart failure patients but the applicability to the general population remains limited. We aimed to compare the outcome, pharmacological therapy, and quality of life in unselected heart failure patients ...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Lainscak M,Keber I

更新日期：2006-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital tuberculosis was first suspected in a premature infant with patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), progressive respiratory distress and septic shock, when an enlarged mediastinal lymph node was noted intraoperatively at the time of PDA ligature. Culture revealed Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The asymptomatic mother ...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Stähelin-Massik J,Carrel T,Duppenthaler A,Zeilinger G,Gnehm HE

更新日期：2002-11-23 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：BACKGROUND:Introduction of potent antiretroviral combination therapy (ART) has reduced overall morbidity and mortality amongst HIV-infected adults. Some prophylactic regimes against opportunistic infections can be discontinued in patients under successful ART. QUESTIONS UNDER STUDY:(1) The influence of the availabilit...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Rossi M,Flepp M,Telenti A,Schiffer V,Egloff N,Bucher H,Vernazza P,Bernasconi E,Weber R,Rickenbach M,Furrer H,Swiss HIV Cohort Study.

更新日期：2001-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：PRINCIPLES:MELAS, or mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes is a new distinctive clinical entity. The current study was designed to assess ascending aortic elasticity in adult patients with MELAS syndrome and in gene carriers, and to compare the results with age- and gender-mat...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Nemes A,Geleijnse ML,Sluiter W,Vydt TC,Soliman OI,van Dalen BM,Vletter WB,ten Cate FJ,Smeets HJ,de Coo RF

更新日期：2009-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High quality chest compression is one of the key factors in successful resuscitation. A high standard of training is therefore decisive. We aimed to investigate the strengths and weaknesses of teaching chest compression in a study designed to highlight where targeted improvements in the quality of our chest ...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Osterwalder JJ,Braun D

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:Based on a reduction in morbidity and mortality, cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) has evolved as a standard therapy for patients with advanced heart failure. OBJECTIVE:To provide insight into patient demographics, safety, echocardiographic remodelling and long-term follow-up of patients treated with ...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Winnik S,Elsener C,Seifert B,Starck C,Straub A,Saguner AM,Breitenstein A,Krasniqi N,Wilhelm MJ,Haegeli L,Duru F,Benussi S,Maisano F,Lüscher TF,Holzmeister J,Huerlimann D,Ruschitzka F,Steffel J

更新日期：2017-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sarcoidosis is a disorder of unknown aetiology. Most patients have steroid-responsive disease, but side effects and steroid resistance may necessitate alternative treatments. Endothelin has in-vitro fibrogenic activity and the endothelin system is activated in sarcoidosis. OBJECTIVES:We studied the efficacy...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Hostettler K,Baty F,Kleiner R,Junker L,Tamm M,Brutsche M

更新日期：2018-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Switzerland has the longest history of the legal practice of non-physician assisted suicide of any country. Assisted suicide is not very tightly regulated in Switzerland, and almost all assisted suicides are supported by a right-to-die organisation. Our study investigates older adults’ attitudes and behaviour to...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Vilpert S,Bolliger E,Borrat-Besson C,Borasio GD,Maurer J

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：:A prominent 2014 series by The Lancet on "Increasing value, reducing waste in biomedical research" provided recommendations on how to optimise precious resources, including in clinical research. Despite being ideally placed to lead the movement in patient-oriented clinical research, academia struggles to take correspo...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： von Niederhäusern B,Magnin A,Pauli-Magnus C

更新日期：2018-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In his 1966 monograph "Charcot joints", Sidney N. Eichenholtz (1909-2000) described "three well defined stages … in the course and development of a Charcot joint", based on plain X-rays of 68 patients. Since then, medical imaging has advanced very much: computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans ex...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Chantelau EA,Grützner G

更新日期：2014-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：QUESTION UNDER STUDY:The present study aimed to compare the prevalence of work-life conflicts and the health status of physicians, with a representative sample of university graduates as well as with a representative sample of the general Swiss working population. Furthermore, it aimed to analyse whether work-life conf...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Knecht M,Bauer GF,Klaghofer R,Buddeberg-Fischer B,Stamm M,Hämmig O

更新日期：2010-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid fibrils are polymers composed of proteins in beta-sheet conformation, which are found in at least 20 diseases for which no cure is available. These diseases include Alzheimer's disease and spongiform encephalopathies, in which the amyloid beta-peptide and the prion protein (PrP), respectively, form amyloid. Al...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Johansson J

更新日期：2003-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：PRINCIPLES:Neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) are believed to be associated with an increased risk for additional malignancies (AMs). We aimed to (1) assess the occurrence of AM in NEN patients (2) investigate the characteristics and temporal relationship of NEN patients with and without AM. METHODS:The SwissNET registry...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Kollár A,Blank A,Perren A,Bütikofer L,Stettler C,Christ E

更新日期：2016-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although airway obstruction, as defined by improvement of forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and/or forced vital capacity (FVC), is irreversible in patients with COPD, they clearly seem to benefit from treatment with inhaled bronchodilators. AIMS:To assess the response pattern of residual volume ...

journal_title：Swiss medical weekly

authors： Balestra AM,Bingisser RB,Chhajed PN,Tamm M,Leuppi JD

更新日期：2008-05-03 00:00:00