Treatment of chronic non-infectious uveitis and scleritis

Immunosuppressive drugs should be used in the case of corticosteroids failure or insufficient control of inflammation to prevent corticosteroid-induced side effects, and to treat high-risk uveitis syndromes.

Interventional treatment of mitral valve regurgitation: an alternative to surgery?

Transcatheter mitral valve repair represents a safe and effective treatment option for inoperable or surgical high-risk patients. Different methods focus on distinct pathology and can be combined, allowing for individually tailored solutions.

Molecular imaging for neuroendocrine tumours

Considerable progress has been made over the last decades in the diagnosis of NET with new tracers. In addition, the successful administration of these molecules with radioisotopes, which have positron emitting properties, has been extensively and successfully explored.

Ketamine procedural analgosedation before and after introducing nitrous oxide 70% in a paediatric emergency department

The use of ketamine PAS shifted to N2O PAS, especially in children older than three years and for the reduction of displaced upper extremity fractures.

Clinical outcomes in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus treated with belimumab in clinical practice settings: a retrospective analysis of results from the OBSErve study in Switzerland

This study provides real-world insight into belimumab use in clinical practice in Switzerland. In line with findings from other countries, Swiss patients with SLE who received belimumab demonstrated clinical and serological improvements in SLE and a reduction in corticosteroid use after six months of treatment.

Cardiovascular disease after childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: a cohort study

Despite attempts to reduce cardiotoxicity in childhood cancer treatment, cardiovascular disease risks in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia survivors treated more recently do not seem to have declined.

Clinical outcomes in high-risk patients with a severe aortic stenosis: a seven-year follow-up analysis

For patients deemed to be at high surgical risk, transcatheter aortic valve replacement has been proven to be the preferred therapeutic option in aortic stenosis.

Health-related quality of life and stress-related post-transplant trajectories of lung transplant recipients: a three-year follow-up of the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study

Lung transplantation provides a viable option for the survival of end-stage lung diseases. Besides survival as a clinical outcome measure, health-related quality of life and psychological distress have become important study outcomes.

Comment on: Chmiel C, et al. Four-year long-term follow-up of diabetes patients after implementation of the Chronic Care Model in primary care

Reply to Roswitha Koch et al.