{"title":"[Maternity protection in pneumology: considerations for a positive list].","authors":"Christine Ganzert, Sabine Darius, Irina Böckelmann","doi":"10.1055/a-2438-0418","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2438-0418","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It seems difficult to continue to employ expectant/breastfeeding mothers in interventional medical fields due to numerous risks involved, such as in handling infectious agents or anaesthetic gases. Pregnancy for female doctors is thus often associated with a ban on employment and is therefore synonymous with a delay in their professional career. The aim of this article was to develop a positive list that allows pregnant women to continue working during their pregnancy at low risk and provides employers with a guide for drawing up risk assessment for specific occasions. The brief narrative overview is based on the recommendations drawn up by both professional associations and the Maternity Protection Committee. It is intended to provide assistance for the preparation of an event-related risk assessment after notification of a pregnancy in the speciality of pneumology in order to be able to continue to employ female doctors working in interventional medicine at low risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":20197,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142605997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PneumologiePub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-11-08DOI: 10.1055/a-2430-0683
Lea van der Linde, Lutz Welker
{"title":"Antwort zu „Ist die VATS tatsächlich der Goldstandard in der Diagnostik des malignen Mesothelioms?“.","authors":"Lea van der Linde, Lutz Welker","doi":"10.1055/a-2430-0683","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2430-0683","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20197,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142606017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PneumologiePub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-11-08DOI: 10.1055/a-2311-9450
Felix C Ringshausen, Ingo Baumann, Andrés de Roux, Sabine Dettmer, Roland Diel, Monika Eichinger, Santiago Ewig, Holger Flick, Leif Hanitsch, Thomas Hillmann, Rembert Koczulla, Michael Köhler, Assen Koitschev, Christian Kugler, Thomas Nüßlein, Sebastian R Ott, Isabell Pink, Mathias Pletz, Gernot Rohde, Ludwig Sedlacek, Hortense Slevogt, Urte Sommerwerck, Sivagurunathan Sutharsan, Sönke von Weihe, Tobias Welte, Michael Wilken, Jessica Rademacher, Pontus Mertsch
{"title":"[Management of adult bronchiectasis - Consensus-based Guidelines for the German Respiratory Society (DGP) e. V. (AWMF registration number 020-030)].","authors":"Felix C Ringshausen, Ingo Baumann, Andrés de Roux, Sabine Dettmer, Roland Diel, Monika Eichinger, Santiago Ewig, Holger Flick, Leif Hanitsch, Thomas Hillmann, Rembert Koczulla, Michael Köhler, Assen Koitschev, Christian Kugler, Thomas Nüßlein, Sebastian R Ott, Isabell Pink, Mathias Pletz, Gernot Rohde, Ludwig Sedlacek, Hortense Slevogt, Urte Sommerwerck, Sivagurunathan Sutharsan, Sönke von Weihe, Tobias Welte, Michael Wilken, Jessica Rademacher, Pontus Mertsch","doi":"10.1055/a-2311-9450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2311-9450","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bronchiectasis is an etiologically heterogeneous, chronic, and often progressive respiratory disease characterized by irreversible bronchial dilation. It is frequently associated with significant symptom burden, multiple complications, and reduced quality of life. For several years, there has been a marked global increase in the prevalence of bronchiectasis, which is linked to a substantial economic burden on healthcare systems. This consensus-based guideline is the first German-language guideline addressing the management of bronchiectasis in adults. The guideline emphasizes the importance of thoracic imaging using CT for diagnosis and differentiation of bronchiectasis and highlights the significance of etiology in determining treatment approaches. Both non-drug and drug treatments are comprehensively covered. Non-pharmacological measures include smoking cessation, physiotherapy, physical training, rehabilitation, non-invasive ventilation, thoracic surgery, and lung transplantation. Pharmacological treatments focus on the long-term use of mucolytics, bronchodilators, anti-inflammatory medications, and antibiotics. Additionally, the guideline covers the challenges and strategies for managing upper airway involvement, comorbidities, and exacerbations, as well as socio-medical aspects and disability rights. The importance of patient education and self-management is also emphasized. Finally, the guideline addresses special life stages such as transition, family planning, pregnancy and parenthood, and palliative care. The aim is to ensure comprehensive, consensus-based, and patient-centered care, taking into account individual risks and needs.</p>","PeriodicalId":20197,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142606010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PneumologiePub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-09-25DOI: 10.1055/a-2405-2750
Santiago Ewig, Saliha Yagmur, Timo Sabelhaus, Uwe Ostendorf, Andreas Scherff
{"title":"[Chest ultrasound for imaging of pneumonia].","authors":"Santiago Ewig, Saliha Yagmur, Timo Sabelhaus, Uwe Ostendorf, Andreas Scherff","doi":"10.1055/a-2405-2750","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2405-2750","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Diagnosis of pneumonia can be challenging, particularly the differential diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infection and pneumonia, acute respiratory failure, the diagnosis of nosocomial pneumonia and in case of treatment failure. As compared to conventional chest radiography and CT of the scan, sonography of the chest offers advantages. It could be demonstrated that it was even superior to chest radiography in the identification of pneumonic consolidations. Since most pneumonias affect the lower lobes and include the pleura, pneumonic substrates could be identified in up to 90% of cases despite the limited penetration depth of lung ultrasound. Sonography of the chest has become an established method in the diagnosis of both adult as well as in pediatric community-acquired pneumonia. In addition, it is particularly powerful when used within a point of care (POCUS) approach which also includes the evaluation of the heart. Finally, it appears to have significant potential also in the diagnosis of nosomomial pneumonia and in the evaluation of treatment response, both in the ward as in the ICU.</p>","PeriodicalId":20197,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142352295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PneumologiePub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-07-12DOI: 10.1055/a-2349-1034
Ulrich Koehler, Mikail Aykut Degerli, Olaf Hildebrandt, Wulf Hildebrandt, Heike Korbmacher-Steiner, Peter von Wichert, Thomas Podszus
{"title":"[Valsalva and Müller maneuvers: who is who and what is what?]","authors":"Ulrich Koehler, Mikail Aykut Degerli, Olaf Hildebrandt, Wulf Hildebrandt, Heike Korbmacher-Steiner, Peter von Wichert, Thomas Podszus","doi":"10.1055/a-2349-1034","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2349-1034","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The original Valsalva manoeuvre (VM) was described in detail by the Italian anatomist, physician and surgeon Antonio Maria Valsalva (1666-1723). The VM consists of a voluntary forced expiratory effort against a closed upper airway. It was used tradionally in otolaryngology for testing the openess of the eustachian tubes and expelling pus/fluid from the middle to the external ear. VM is associated with increased intrathoracic and -abdominal pressure and leads to hemodynamic changes. The use of VM for cardiovascular purposes was first described by Eduard Friedrich Weber, a German physiologist. The Müller manoeuvre (MM) represents the opposite of the VM by forced inspiration against a closed upper airway. Negative intrathoracic and abdominal pressure (ITP) with direct effects on cardiac function and hemodynamics can be generated by the MM. MM has also been used to simulate the hemodynamic effects of negative ITP in obstructive sleep apnea patients. The Müller manoeuvre was first described by the German anatomist and physician Johannes Müller (1801-1858).</p>","PeriodicalId":20197,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141601352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PneumologiePub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-11-08DOI: 10.1055/a-2267-9510
Stefan Karrasch, Rudolf A Jörres
{"title":"Bodyplethysmografie und forcierte Spirometrie – Schritt für Schritt.","authors":"Stefan Karrasch, Rudolf A Jörres","doi":"10.1055/a-2267-9510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2267-9510","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20197,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142606020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PneumologiePub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-07-11DOI: 10.1055/a-2346-9840
Frank Kanniess, Kerstin Defosse, Marek Lommatzsch, Thomas Schultz, Hartmut Timmermann, Olaf Schmidt, Stefan Heindl, Hans Jörg Baumann, Roland Buhl, Christian Taube, Fabian Höing, Stephanie Korn
{"title":"Validation of the German version of the Asthma Impairment and Risk Questionnaire (AIRQ).","authors":"Frank Kanniess, Kerstin Defosse, Marek Lommatzsch, Thomas Schultz, Hartmut Timmermann, Olaf Schmidt, Stefan Heindl, Hans Jörg Baumann, Roland Buhl, Christian Taube, Fabian Höing, Stephanie Korn","doi":"10.1055/a-2346-9840","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2346-9840","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The Asthma Impairment and Risk Questionnaire (AIRQ), a 10-item, equally weighted, yes/no tool assessing symptom impairment and risk of exacerbations in patients with asthma aged ≥12 years, was developed and validated in a US patient population to evaluate varying levels of asthma control. This study aimed to validate the German language version of the AIRQ in patients aged ≥12 years with different levels of asthma control.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional, observational, multi-centre study comprising a single visit was conducted in multiple specialised asthma centres and general practices in Germany. A total of 300 patients completed the following measures: 1) Patient Sociodemographic and Clinical Questionnaire, 2) AIRQ, 3) Asthma Control Test (ACT), and 4) Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ-6). Logistic regression analyses were conducted to assess the AIRQ score cut points with the greatest predictive validity in discriminating between different control levels relative to a standard of ACT plus prior-year exacerbations or ACQ-6 plus prior-year exacerbations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The German version of the AIRQ demonstrated a robust capability to correctly identify well-controlled versus not well- or very poorly controlled (AUC values of 0.90 or higher) and well- or not well-controlled versus very poorly controlled asthma (AUC values of 0.89 or higher).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The German version of the AIRQ is a suitable tool to identify adults with varying levels of asthma control, which in turn can help to accurately identify patients with uncontrolled asthma in clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":20197,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11548954/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141591144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PneumologiePub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-11-08DOI: 10.1055/a-2325-6578
Hermann Tonn
{"title":"Ist die VATS tatsächlich der Goldstandard in der Diagnostik des malignen Mesothelioms?","authors":"Hermann Tonn","doi":"10.1055/a-2325-6578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2325-6578","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20197,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142605958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PneumologiePub Date : 2024-10-29DOI: 10.1055/a-2445-4286
{"title":"[Code of conduct for dealing with the tobacco and nicotine industry - Impulse for action for scientific societies - A consensus document by the medical societies and organizations listed below].","authors":"","doi":"10.1055/a-2445-4286","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2445-4286","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20197,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142546861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PneumologiePub Date : 2024-10-28DOI: 10.1055/a-2347-6539
Sarah Bettina Stanzel, Jens Spiesshoefer, Franziska Trudzinski, Christian Cornelissen, Hans-Joachim Kabitz, Hans Fuchs, Matthias Boentert, Tim Mathes, Andrej Michalsen, Sven Hirschfeld, Michael Dreher, Wolfram Windisch, Stephan Walterspacher
{"title":"[S3 Guideline: Treating Chronic Respiratory Failure with Non-invasive Ventilation].","authors":"Sarah Bettina Stanzel, Jens Spiesshoefer, Franziska Trudzinski, Christian Cornelissen, Hans-Joachim Kabitz, Hans Fuchs, Matthias Boentert, Tim Mathes, Andrej Michalsen, Sven Hirschfeld, Michael Dreher, Wolfram Windisch, Stephan Walterspacher","doi":"10.1055/a-2347-6539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2347-6539","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The S3 guideline on non-invasive ventilation as a treatment for chronic respiratory failure was published on the website of the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany (AWMF) in July 2024. It offers comprehensive recommendations for the treatment of chronic respiratory failure in various underlying conditions, such as COPD, thoraco-restrictive diseases, obesity-hypoventilation syndrome, and neuromuscular diseases. An important innovation is the separation of the previous S2k guideline dating back to 2017, which included both invasive and non-invasive ventilation therapy. Due to increased scientific evidence and a significant rise in the number of affected patients, these distinct forms of therapy are now addressed separately in two different guidelines.The aim of the guideline is to improve the treatment of patients with chronic respiratory insufficiency using non-invasive ventilation and to make the indications and therapy recommendations accessible to all involved in the treatment process. It is based on the latest scientific evidence and replaces the previous guideline. This revised guideline provides detailed recommendations on the application of non-invasive ventilation, ventilation settings, and the subsequent follow-up of treatment.In addition to the updated evidence, important new features of this S3 guideline include new recommendations on patient care and numerous detailed treatment pathways that make the guideline more user-friendly. Furthermore, a completely revised section is dedicated to ethical issues and offers recommendations for end-of-life care. This guideline is an important tool for physicians and other healthcare professionals to optimize the care of patients with chronic respiratory failure. This version of the guideline is valid for three years, until July 2027.</p>","PeriodicalId":20197,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142522751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}