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 : 2024-04-01DOI: 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 : 2024-04-01Epub 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-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}
PneumologiePub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2023-08-30DOI: 10.1055/a-2142-7701
Mikail Aykut Degerli, Ulrich Koehler, Karl Kesper, Olaf Hildebrandt, Regina Conradt, Niklas Koehler, Manuel Stenger, Wulf Hildebrandt, Janine Sambale
{"title":"[The upper airway in obstructive sleep apnea patients is pathological even when awake].","authors":"Mikail Aykut Degerli, Ulrich Koehler, Karl Kesper, Olaf Hildebrandt, Regina Conradt, Niklas Koehler, Manuel Stenger, Wulf Hildebrandt, Janine Sambale","doi":"10.1055/a-2142-7701","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2142-7701","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterized by partial or complete obstruction of the pharyngeal airway. Anatomical factors can be distinguished from non-anatomical factors. Age and obesity are the main risk factors for OSA; however, approximately 50% of patients are not obese. In older patients (>60 years), the importance of obesity decreases. There is an increased prevalence of OSA among patients with normal weight. The effects of chronic intermittent hypoxemia, low-grade inflammation, increased sympathetic tone and mechanical stress contribute to a transformation of muscle fibers in the upper airway, resulting in reduced muscle mass and strength. Less frequently encountered non-anatomical factors include decreased muscle tone, increased arousal threshold, and altered sensitivity of CO<sub>2</sub> chemoreceptors.</p>","PeriodicalId":20197,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10118814","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 : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2024-02-28DOI: 10.1055/a-1854-3006
Marcus Joest, Johanna Klein, Daniel Kütting, Dirk Skowasch
{"title":"[Allergic bronchopullmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) - an Update].","authors":"Marcus Joest, Johanna Klein, Daniel Kütting, Dirk Skowasch","doi":"10.1055/a-1854-3006","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-1854-3006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a regular occurrence in everyday pneumology. ABPA should be considered in patients with severe asthma, in mould allergic patients with very high serum IgE levels and in patients with cystic fibrosis. The aim should be to make the diagnosis as early as possible in the course of the disease to avoid late complications such as bronchiectasis and fibrotic lung remodelling. Symptoms are highly variable and rather non-specific, overlapping with those of the underlying primary disease. However, clearly defined diagnostic criteria exist, so that the diagnosis can be made relatively easily if one thinks of it. In therapy, systemic steroids and antifungals (mainly azoles) play the leading role. However, biologics have been gaining in importance in recent years, especially in cases of insufficient therapy response or occurrence of side effects to standard therapies, as well as an alternative in permanently steroid-dependent patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":20197,"journal":{"name":"Pneumologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139990954","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}