Anhand eines Fallbeispieles wird die Prognose, die Therapieoptionen und ein mögliches endoskopisches Nachkontroll-Schema bei Barrett-Ösophagus besprochen. Grundlage für die Diskussion bilden Fragen, welche von einem betroffenen Patienten anlässlich einer ...
18-jähriger Patient mit idiopathischer Perikarditis, die in einem Zeitraum von 20 Monaten sechsmal rezidiviert. Im Rahmen des ersten Rezidivs Auftreten einer Perikardtamponade. Die Prognose der rezidivierenden idiopathischen Perikarditis ist günstig und ...
Das Prostatakarzinom ist der häufigste maligne Tumor des Mannes und die zweithäufigste krebsbedingte Todesursache. Klinische und morphologische Parameter des Prostatakarzinoms erlauben beim individuellen Patienten nur eine beschränkte Vorhersage von ...
Historically, the presence of skin involvement results in the classification of a breast carcinoma into the highest tumor category, or accordingly into the highest non-metastatic disease stage (current TNM classification: T4/stage III). However, probably ...
Greater body fatness was found to be a risk factor for postmenopausal breast cancer (BC); furthermore this factor appears to be associated with poor prognosis. These findings were tested by analyzing 1459 patients whose cases were recorded in the Basler ...
Acute exacerbation of COPD is one of the most common causes of hospital admission in patients affected with this disease. In most cases, consideration of differential diagnoses and assessment of important comorbidities will allow to make the decision ...
Follow-up Care of Patients after Heart AttackAbstract. Survivors of a myocardial infarction are at increased risk for future cardiac events, including recurrent infarction, heart failure, arrhythmia, stroke, and sudden cardiac death. The primary care ...
Communicating Prognosis and Expectations in Advanced Disease – A Balancing Act in PracticeAbstract. To prepare the end of life, to plan important things, to spend the remaining time of life not only with medical treatments, ...
Abstract. Uncertainty, fear to harm the patient, discomfort handling the discussion and lack of time are the most cited barriers to prognostic disclosure. Physicians can be reassured that patients desire the truth about ...
Metabolic Tumor Imaging in Head and Neck OncologyAbstract. Fluorodeoxyglucose with position emission tomography combined with CT or MRI (FDG-PET) has become an important diagnostic and staging method in head and neck ...