Diseases as a `Stumbling Block` – a Case of Multimorbidity in Clinical Practice

Abstract. Here we report on a 83 year-old patient with cardiac syncope and consecutive traumatic brain injury with intracranial haemorrhage ...

The Multimorbid Patient: Use of New Oral Anticoagulants in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Abstract. Increasing life expectancy in Western countries is associated with a high prevalence of multiple chronic diseases which ...

Infections during Immunosuppression

Abstract. Immunomodulating and immunosuppressive therapies are being used more and more frequently. Depending on the mechanism of action and the underlying disease, there is an increased ...

Promising Future in General Internal Medicine for the Next Generation of Physicians

Abstract. We are facing a lack of specialists in general internal medicine in general practitioners’ practices as well as in hospitals, while ...

Increasing Complexity in Performance Delivery - Management Approach for Tertiary Care Centers

Abstract. General social trends such as individualization and female shift increase the complexity for management in both technical ...

Challenges of Digital Medicine

Abstract. Digitization is increasingly covering more and more sectors, including medicine. To ensure medical operation 365 × 24 hours, progressively more human and ...

CME: Adrenal Insufficiency

Abstract. Patients suffering from adrenal insufficiency (AI) often present with unspecific symptoms. Therefore, the diagnosis of AI, a potential life-threatening condition, can be missed. Lab tests, ...