Response to the first awake prone positioning relates with intubation rate in SARS-CoV-2 patients suffering from acute respiratory failure with moderate to severe hypoxaemia: a retrospective study

Awake pronation in spontaneously breathing patients is feasible, and improves PaO2/FiO2 and Aa-O2. Response to the first session seems to be associated with lower intubation rate.

Evidence-based optimisation of empirical antibiotic regimens in paediatric complicated appendicitis: a retrospective study of 94 patients

This retrospective study demonstrated a decrease in the rate of postoperative infectious complications due to amoxicillin-clavulanate-resistant E. coli in complicated appendicitis. These findings accentuate the need to implement evidence-based treatment protocols based on local microbiology profiles and resistance rates to optimise post-operative antibiotics in complicated appendicitis.

ORCHID (Outcome Registry for CHIldren with severe congenital heart Disease) a Swiss, nationwide, prospective, population-based, neurodevelopmental paediatric patient registry: framework, regulations and implementation

Swiss ORCHID is a prospective multicentre observational data collection (registry) for all children with severe congenital heart disease in Switzerland who require a cardiac intervention within the first 6 weeks of life.

Physical activity, respiratory physiotherapy practices, and nutrition among people with primary ciliary dyskinesia in Switzerland – a cross-sectional survey

This study is the first to provide patient-reported data about physical activity, respiratory physiotherapy and nutrition among people with primary ciliary dyskinesia. The results highlight that professional respiratory physiotherapy, exercise recommendations and nutritional advice are often not implemented in the care of people with primary ciliary dyskinesia in Switzerland.

Running against the clock: a qualitative study of internal medicine residents’ work experience 

Time constraints are not new to medicine. However, the findings presented here outline how time has become a constant preoccupation for internal medicine residents, permeating their daily work experience. This changing relationship with time carries the risk of undermining the foundations of clinical medicine.

Referral to aftercare following inpatient withdrawal treatment and readmission: retrospective chart review of patients with substance use disorders

The findings of this study suggest that patients suffering from severe substance use disorders and/or from an unfavourable course of disease who would benefit from a more intensive aftercare setting might be under-treated, whereas patients with a rather favourable prognosis might similarly benefit from a less intensive treatment setting.

Supplementum 263: Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Gastroenterology, Swiss Visceral Surgeons, Swiss Association for the Study of the Liver and Swiss Society of Endoscopy Nurses and Associates

Supplementum 262: Abstracts of the 22nd Symposium of the International Immunocompromised Host Society and the Annual Congress of the Swiss Society for Allergology and Immunology

Supplementum 261: Abstracts of the joint annual meeting of the Swiss Society of Rheumatology and the Swiss Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Collaboration between medical professionals and industry

These Guidelines give concrete form to the legal framework and define professional ethical standards for interactions between medical professionals and the pharmaceutical industry, the medical technology and IT industry, and commercial medical laboratories operating in the health sector.