Fine scalpel surgery: preserving the dartos muscle in a patient with scrotal and perigenital giant Buschke–Löwenstein tumors
We present the case of a 26-year-old male patient who came to the dermatology department with primary complaints of 10-year-old verrucous tumor formations located in the perigenital and perianal areas. Serological tests for AIDS, hepatitis B, hepatitis C,Chlamydia trachomatis, and syphilis were negative. The routine blood tests were slightly abnormal. Histological verification of condylomata acuminata of Buschke –Löwenstein was made. Given the sensitive areas, surgery was advised. With several fine undermining scalpel excisions, the lesions in the scrotal and perigenital areas were removed and the dartos muscle was p...
Source: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift - April 8, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Ocular manifestation of hand, foot, and mouth disease
SummaryVirus-related illnesses are a common phenomenon, especially in the colder months of the year. They usually manifest with cough, cold, and other flu-associated symptoms. They affect people of all ages and genders. In recent years, also virus-associated ocular symptoms have been documented repeatedly. One of the viruses known to cause these is the Coxsackievirus A, which causes hand, foot, and mouth disease. Three cases of these virus-associated macular changes are described below. In all three cases, the symptoms occurred unilaterally and with little time delay to the virus-typical general changes. Complete functi...
Source: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift - April 3, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Angular cheilitis —an oral disease with many facets
SummaryCheilitis is a common inflammatory disorder of the vermillion and adjacent skin of the lips. A special type is angular cheilitis. The disease has a mixed etiology, mostly with bacterial and fungal components. Angular cheilitis may be a clinical sign of an underlying disease. It has two age peaks: one during c hildhood and another in adults. It becomes more frequent with aging. Clinical presentation, differential diagnoses, and treatment are discussed. Angular cheilitis is of importance in primary care of patients, in geriatrics, dentistry, pediatrics, internal medicine, and in dermatology. (Source: Wiener Mediz...
Source: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift - March 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
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Source: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift - March 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Significance of plasma relaxin-2 levels in patients with primary hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus
ConclusionsDecreased RLN-2 levels in patients with AH and T2DM and established relationships of RLN‑2 with SBP and parameters of glucose metabolism and lipid profile suggest a diagnostic role of RLN‑2 as a biomarker for AH with T2DM. (Source: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift)
Source: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift - March 7, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Attitudes, attributions, and usage patterns of primary care patients with regard to over-the-counter drugs —a survey in Germany
SummaryStudies show that over-the-counter drugs are widely used by consumers. Moreover, there is a huge selection available and they are prominently featured in advertising. To date, there exist only a few studies that shed light on the attitudes, attributions, and usage patterns of patients with regard to use of over-the-counter drugs. An anonymized explorative waiting room survey was conduct ed among 900 patients in 60 GP practices in the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, and Rhineland-Palatinate. As well as the descriptive analysis, a t test was applied to independent random samples, in order to ident...
Source: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift - March 1, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Technologiebewertung digitaler Gesundheitsanwendungen f ür Refundierungsentscheidungen
ZusammenfassungHintergrundF ür die meisten digitalen Gesundheitsanwendungen (DiGA) liegt wenig Evidenz zum Nutzen vor. Bisher verfügbare Bewertungsinstrumente umfassen häufig nicht alle Domänen eines vollen Health Technology Assessments (HTA). Die Evaluation von DiGA erfordert zusätzlich technologiespezifische Aspekte. Zi el dieser Arbeit war es, verfügbare Bewertungsinstrumente zu analysieren und daraus einen Bewertungsprozess zu konzipieren.MethodikDurch eine systematische Literatursuche wurden 6 Bewertungsinstrumente für DiGA ausgewählt und analysiert. Es wurde eine Handsuche zur Beschreibung der Strategien ei...
Source: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift - March 1, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Welches Pr äventionspotential bietet die hausärztliche Praxis aus Sicht pflegender Angehöriger? – Befunde einer qualitativen Interviewstudie
ZusammenfassungDie Unterst ützung von pflege- und hilfsbedürftigen Personen wird oft durch pflegende Angehörige übernommen. Bei der Betreuung dieser Zielgruppe können Hausärzt*innen eine bedeutende Rolle einnehmen, wenn sie sich auf die Problematiken und Wünsche Pflegender einstellen.Ziel der explorativen Studie ist es, haus ärztliche Betreuungsbedürfnisse mit tatsächlich erlebter Betreuung zu kontrastieren und dadurch Ansätze für eine Stärkung der hausärztlichen Rolle im Themenzusammenhang herauszuarbeiten.Über 13 Online-Pflegeforen wurden insgesamt 37 pflegende Angehörige rekrutiert, mit denen zwischen S...
Source: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift - March 1, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Experiences with Innovation Fund healthcare models in primary care: a qualitative study amongst German general practitioners
SummaryThe Innovation Fund was set up in 2015 with the aim of improving medical care in the German statutory health insurance system. Primary care needs to be involved in testing interventions and new forms of care for effectiveness and inclusion in standard care. There has so far been hardly any research on how far Innovation Fund models accommodate the primary care setting, or on the experience general practitioners have had with these models. Between September 2021 and January 2022, 36 semi-standardized individual interviews were performed with general practitioners who had already participated in Innovation Fund proj...
Source: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift - March 1, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Pain in Austrian hospitals: evaluation of 1089 in-patients
ConclusionMedical staff and nurses have to be sensitized to the urgent need to improve pain management strategies. (Source: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift)
Source: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift - March 1, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Avicenna ’s views on pest control and medicinal plants he prescribed as natural pesticides
This study revealed that Avicenna introduced the pest control approach with natural plants in his bookAl-Qanun Fi Al-Tibb and, thus, harnessed the power of nature to control nature. Future research is recommended to find the pest control merits of the presented medicinal plants, in order to incorporate them into pest control programs and reduce environmental pollution resulting from the complications of current synthetic pesticides. (Source: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift)
Source: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift - February 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia: a deeper insight into the disease
This article focuses on various aspects of the pathogenesis, clinical trials, quality of life, barriers faced by patients, and treatment of central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia. (Source: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift)
Source: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift - February 21, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
