Over four million Europeans and a similar number Americans suffer from significant mitral regurgitation (MR). Approximately 250 000 new patients are diagnosed with the disease annually. The disorder generally evolves insidiously over many years because ...

Although there have been significant advances in diagnosis, treatment, and education, the occurrence of STI continues to increase worldwide as well as in Switzerland. The most common STI include human papillomavirus (HPV), chlamydia, herpes simplex virus ...

An unifying definition of acute kidney injury as a precursor of acute renal failure has been published in march last year. Its remarkable mortality makes an early diagnosis an important goal. New biomarkers will be an important step to reach this goal in ...

Supracondylar fractures are one of the most common injuries in paediatric patients. Therapeutic consequences depend on the one hand on the degree of the osseous displacement according to the Gartland classification. On the other hand, the diagnosis of ...