COVID-19 infectivity profile correction

Presymptomatic infections are spread over a longer time period before symptom onset than previously thought, which can have significant ramifications for contact tracing efforts.

Management of hepatocellular carcinoma: SASL expert opinion statement

This expert opinion statement by the Swiss Association for the Study of the Liver reviews the current state of HCC management and provides recommendations adapted to the health care environment in Switzerland.

Overweight and obesity in 5- to 6-year-old schoolchildren in Switzerland from 2003 to 2018

The authors present a cross-sectional study, conducted in public schools in Geneva from 2003–2004 to 2017–2018. They observed a stabilisation in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in childhood, which is consistent with results from other Swiss cities, as well as in some other countries worldwide. A relatively marked and statistically significant increase in the prevalence of obesity since 2010 was observed for both sexes in this age group.

Bayesian networks to identify potential high-risk multimorbidity and intervention clusters in inpatients: an explorative data mining study

Bayesian network analysis may be used as a tool to mine large healthcare databases in order to explore intervention targets for quality improvement programmes. However, the resulting associations should be substantiated in consecutive investigations using specific causal models.

Management of hepatitis C in opioid agonist therapy patients of the Swiss canton Aargau within and outside the cohort study

Do fathers care about their own immunisation status? The Child-Parent-Immunisation Survey and a review of the literature

This is the first study to analyse the complete immunisation status of fathers of young children. It is often incomplete with potentially missed opportunities for updating vaccinations during recent physician consultations. 

First case of Cryptococcus gattii multilobar pneumonia in Switzerland and associated challenges

This case illustrates the potential complications of a cryptococcal infection in immunosuppressed hosts, despite timely diagnosis and appropriate antifungal therapy.

Paediatric end-stage renal disease and renal replacement therapy in Switzerland: survival and treatment trends over four decades

Supplementum 244: swiss orthopaedics - abstracts of the 80th annual meeting