When there is the suspicion of an allergic reaction to betalactam-antibiotics, the allergological evaluation is an important tool to confirm the allergy and to test alternative medicaments. As all the testing methods for the allergologic evaluation (...

Correct diagnosis is the main problem at the beginning of Parkinson's disease. Treatment is symptomatic and begins with levodopa or dopamine agonists, depending on age and neuropsychiatric symptoms. When many drug intakes are necessary or major non-motor ...

Nursing home residents are often referred by their general practitioners to the emergency department or to a geriatric hospital. Hospitalization is mainly perceived as a burden by elderly people; it may also contribute to a reduction of their mental ...

In Switzerland, in 2011, 4463 patients underwent pacemaker implantation. This review article focusses on basic pacemaker functions, some fundamental remarks on pacemaker therapy and especially indications and pacemaker models. The current guidelines for ...

We describe a 26-year-old male patient with fever and elevated inflammatory markers of three months duration plus an initial episode of encephalitis. Since intensive search for infectious diseases gave no positive results and ANA and ANCA titers were ...