PneumologiePub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1055/a-2253-4704
{"title":"Klinischer Verlauf bei Tabakexposition ohne Einschränkung der Lungenfunktion","authors":"","doi":"10.1055/a-2253-4704","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2253-4704","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20197,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140792843","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 : 2024-04-01Epub Date: 2024-01-04DOI: 10.1055/a-2202-5445
Lea I S van der Linde, Birgit Hantzsch-Kuhn, David Ellebrecht, Florian Stellmacher, Lutz Welker
{"title":"[Interdisciplinary diagnostics and therapy of malignant mesothelioma].","authors":"Lea I S van der Linde, Birgit Hantzsch-Kuhn, David Ellebrecht, Florian Stellmacher, Lutz Welker","doi":"10.1055/a-2202-5445","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2202-5445","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The asbestos-related malignant mesothelioma (MM) is one of the common occupational cancers in Germany with approximately 1000 new cases per year. Provided that the appropriate diagnostic criteria are fulfilled, MM can be diagnosed with high specificity from both histological and cytological specimens. However, many MM are detected cyto-/histologically only at advanced stages. Clinical/radiological aspects complement each other and enable interdisciplinary assessment of tumor stage and individualized decisions on the best possible therapeutic options. Diagnostically, video-assisted thoracoscopy (VATS) has the highest priority. Therapy planning is based on the MM subtype, tumor spread and stage, and the patient's clinical condition. MM has generally a very unfavorable prognosis. Accordingly, the standard therapy aims at a macroscopic radical tumor resection in terms of cytoreduction within the framework of a suitable multimodal therapy concept (chemotherapy, radiotherapy, psychooncology). The aim of palliative measures should be primarily symptom control. Overall, interdisciplinary diagnosis and therapy of MM is crucial for the best possible care of MM patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":20197,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139098524","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 : 2024-04-01Epub Date: 2023-12-11DOI: 10.1055/a-2204-4879
Martin Utzig, Hans Hoffmann, Niels Reinmuth, Wolfgang Schütte, Thomas Langer, Jessica Lobitz, Johannes Rückher, Simone Wesselmann
{"title":"Development and Update of Guideline-based Quality Indicators in Lung Cancer.","authors":"Martin Utzig, Hans Hoffmann, Niels Reinmuth, Wolfgang Schütte, Thomas Langer, Jessica Lobitz, Johannes Rückher, Simone Wesselmann","doi":"10.1055/a-2204-4879","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2204-4879","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In 2022, an update of the German lung cancer guideline, first published in 2010 and revised in 2018, was released. This article aims to show the process of updating, developing, and implementing guideline-based quality indicators (QI) into the certification system for lung cancer centers (LCC).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A multidisciplinary and interprofessional working group revised the guideline QIs from 2018 using the strong recommendations of the guideline update, a systematic review for QIs, and the results of the implemented QIs from LCC.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>For 4 out of 8 indicators from the 2018 guideline, the LCC showed an improved implementation of the requirements in the last 3 years (2018-2020). For 3 indicators, the median of the results was constant at a very high level (≥96% or 100%). Only the \"adjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy\" indicator showed declining values between 2018 and 2020. The target values and plausibility limits were well achieved by LCC. After updating the guideline, one QI from 2018 was not included in the new QI set due to the small denominator population. Based on the new strong recommendations, 8 new QIs were defined. From the QI set of the guideline update, 13 of 15 indicators (7 since 2018 and 6 from 2022 on) were adopted into the certification program.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The guideline recommendations are implemented by LCC at a high level. The process presented confirms the successful implementation of the so-called quality cycle in oncology. The QIs developed by the German Guideline Program in Oncology (GGPO) are adopted by the certification program. The implementation of the QI is measured in LCC, evaluated by the German Cancer Society (DKG), and reflected back to the GGPO. The \"real world\" data have led to the deletion of one QI and show a high implementation of most QIs in LCC.</p>","PeriodicalId":20197,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138808870","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 : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1055/a-2196-8617
{"title":"Influenza- und COVID-19-assoziierte Aspergillosen","authors":"","doi":"10.1055/a-2196-8617","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2196-8617","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20197,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140796314","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 : 2024-04-01Epub Date: 2023-10-19DOI: 10.1055/a-2185-0896
Ludwig Frei-Stuber, Annabelle Wächter, Tobias Benthaus, Uta Ochmann, Dennis Nowak
{"title":"[Prevention of progression of allergic bronchial asthma as an occupational disease].","authors":"Ludwig Frei-Stuber, Annabelle Wächter, Tobias Benthaus, Uta Ochmann, Dennis Nowak","doi":"10.1055/a-2185-0896","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2185-0896","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Since January 1st, 2021, termination of a harmful activity as a requirement for its recognition as an occupational disease (OD) has been abolished in Germany. This also includes the OD No. 4301 in accordance with Appendix 1 of the Occupational Diseases Ordinance (ODO) (obstructive respiratory diseases caused by allergenic substances). There has already been a significant increase in the number of diseases recognized under this OD. In this article, we present two patients with allergic (in the second case report mixed-form) bronchial asthma, in whom a medically easily preventable disease progression occurred as a result of continued occupational exposure to allergens as a farmer. According to § 3 (1) ODO, if there is a \"risk that an occupational disease will develop, recur or worsen\", the statutory accident insurance institutions are obliged to \"counteract this danger with all suitable means\". These individual preventive measures are compulsory by law and medically sensible, even under circumstances where only the risk of the genesis of an OD is given. Nonetheless, they are likely to be indicated and offered more frequently in the future due to an increased recognition of ODs. Unfavorable clinical courses such as those described in the two case reports presented here should therefore occur less frequently in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":20197,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49681339","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 : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1055/a-2267-9473
B. Schnarkowski, H. Meyer
{"title":"Testen Sie Ihr Fachwissen","authors":"B. Schnarkowski, H. Meyer","doi":"10.1055/a-2267-9473","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2267-9473","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20197,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140763887","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 : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1055/a-2258-0184
{"title":"COVID-19: Langzeitrisiko für Tod und Wiederaufnahme nach stationärer Therapie","authors":"","doi":"10.1055/a-2258-0184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2258-0184","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20197,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140787284","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 : 2024-04-01Epub Date: 2024-04-12DOI: 10.1055/a-2267-2074
Jens Schreiber, Wolfgang Schütte, Wolfgang Koerber, Bernd Seese, Dirk Koschel, Kathrin Neuland, Christian Grohé
{"title":"Clinical course of mild-to-moderate idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis during therapy with pirfenidone: Results of the non-interventional study AERplus.","authors":"Jens Schreiber, Wolfgang Schütte, Wolfgang Koerber, Bernd Seese, Dirk Koschel, Kathrin Neuland, Christian Grohé","doi":"10.1055/a-2267-2074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2267-2074","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Pirfenidone was the first anti-fibrotic drug approved in Europe in 2011 for the treatment of mild-to-moderate idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To investigate the clinical course of mild-to-moderate idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in pirfenidone-treated patients in a real-world setting.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The non-interventional study was conducted at 18 sites in Germany from 6/2014-12/2016. Adult patients with mild-to-moderate idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis were treated with pirfenidone (escalated from 3×1 to 3×3 capsules of 267 mg/day within 3 weeks) for 12 months. The observation period comprised 4 follow-up visits at months 3, 6, 9 and 12. Disease progression was defined as decrease of ≥10% in vital capacity or ≥15% in diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DL<sub>CO</sub>) and/or ≥50m in 6-minute walking distance vs. baseline, or \"lack of response/progression\" as reason for therapy discontinuation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 51 patients (80.4% male, mean age 70.6 years) were included in the full analysis set. Disease progression at any visit was reported for 23 (67.6%) of 34 patients with available data. Over the course of the study, lung function parameters, physical resilience, impact of cough severity on quality of life, and the mean Gender, Age and Physiology Index (stage II) remained stable. In total, 29 patients (56.9%) experienced at least one adverse drug reaction (11 patients discontinued due to adverse drug reactions); serious adverse reactions were reported in 12 patients (23.5%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results of this study are in line with the established benefit-risk profile of pirfenidone. Therefore, pirfenidone can be considered a valuable treatment option to slow disease progression in mild-to-moderate idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. NCT02622477.</p>","PeriodicalId":20197,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11014748/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140858769","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}