{"title":"[Characteristics of palliative care in the elderly].","authors":"Roland Kunz","doi":"10.23785/TU.2024.04.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23785/TU.2024.04.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Palliative care for elderly, mostly multimorbid people is an integrative concept that is included at an early stage of illness in addition to curative and rehabilitative treatments. Goals of treatment and in the rest of life are regularly discussed during the course in order to set individual priorities and to plan or question clarifications, treatments and nursing measures. The prognosis, the patient's wishes and values, the possible benefits and burdens of an intervention play a central role in the decision-making process. Advance care planning makes it easier to make decisions at a later stage, especially in the case of dementia, which increasingly impairs the ability to make judgments. Older people suffer not only from destressing symptoms such as pain, but also from functional limitations that affect their quality of life. In addition to symptom-alleviating interventions, rehabilitative measures are also part of the palliative concept. In pain treatment, age-adapted adjustments to the medication are to be considered and the multidimensionality of the pain experience must be taken into account. In the case of cognitive impairment, appropriate observation tools help to identify possible pain. In the context of dementia, palliative treatment of neuropsychiatric symptoms should be considered if the patient suffers from them.</p>","PeriodicalId":44874,"journal":{"name":"THERAPEUTISCHE UMSCHAU","volume":"81 4","pages":"107-114"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074222","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}
{"title":"[Speaking and deciding with a serious illness].","authors":"Klaus Bally","doi":"10.23785/TU.2024.04.006","DOIUrl":"10.23785/TU.2024.04.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>It is a GP's task to identify patients as palliative patients at an early stage using suitable instruments. As part of a multidimensional basic assessment, the needs and expectations of the patient and their loved ones are recorded. During the interview, open questions are cla-rified, concerns are addressed and treatment options are discussed; a treatment goal is then jointly developed. Based on this treatment goal, an advance care plan is drawn up in consultation with the advising specialist and, if possible, with the involvement of a trusted person. The treatment goal, decisions and measures to be taken in an emergency are recorded in appropriate documents, which also serve to coordinate and communicate between persons involved in treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":44874,"journal":{"name":"THERAPEUTISCHE UMSCHAU","volume":"81 4","pages":"134-138"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074226","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}
Mirjam Buschor-Bichsel, Andrea Berendes, Katelijne De Nys
{"title":"[Pain therapy in palliative care].","authors":"Mirjam Buschor-Bichsel, Andrea Berendes, Katelijne De Nys","doi":"10.23785/TU.2024.04.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23785/TU.2024.04.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Complex pain is common in palliative care. The bio-psycho-social and spiritual model is important for understanding and treatment. Differentiation according to nociceptive, neuropathic and mixed pain should be considered. Analgesic therapy is based on the WHO guidelines and the extended WHO analgesic ladder. The pain management plan includes pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions with involvement of the private and professional network.</p>","PeriodicalId":44874,"journal":{"name":"THERAPEUTISCHE UMSCHAU","volume":"81 4","pages":"122-128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074225","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}
{"title":"Palliative Care – eine Herausforderung auch für die medizinische Grundversorgung.","authors":"Klaus Bally","doi":"10.23785/TU.2024.04.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23785/TU.2024.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong></p>","PeriodicalId":44874,"journal":{"name":"THERAPEUTISCHE UMSCHAU","volume":"81 4","pages":"106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074228","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}
Manuel Trachsel, Scott A Irwin, Harvey Max Chochinov
{"title":"[Anxiety and fear at the end of life].","authors":"Manuel Trachsel, Scott A Irwin, Harvey Max Chochinov","doi":"10.23785/TU.2024.04.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23785/TU.2024.04.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Fears and anxieties are a common cause of suffering for patients at the end of life. These are often either fears about dying - for example, fear of unbearable pain or fear of suffocation - or fear of death itself. If unrecognized and untreated, fears and anxieties can contribute to a considerable reduction in the quality of life in the last phase of life. Careful diagnosis of anxiety and fear is therefore crucial. Multimodal treatment, which includes psychotherapy and other non-pharmacological and - if necessary - pharmacological treatments, can provide significant relief.</p>","PeriodicalId":44874,"journal":{"name":"THERAPEUTISCHE UMSCHAU","volume":"81 4","pages":"115-121"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074221","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}
{"title":"[Physical Activity and Obesity - Underlying Mechanisms, Practical Actions].","authors":"Ulrich Hamberger","doi":"10.23785/TU.2024.03.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23785/TU.2024.03.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Individuals with obesity who undergo surgical or pharmacological therapies achieve good results in terms of weight and cardiometabolic risk reduction. It is not uncommon for those affected to equate the extent of weight loss achieved, with long-term treatment success. What is overlooked is that, in addition to obesity, significant weight loss also carries a risk of sarcopenia. Sarcopenic obesity and sarcopenia, in turn, increase the risk of cardiometabolic diseases. Physical activity has the potential to counteract cardiometabolic disease risk caused by obesity and sarcopenia. The underlying mechanism is contained in the endocrine organ skeletal muscle. The production and release of myokines in particular counteracts sarcopenic obesity and its complications. Physical activity is required to initiate myokine production. Endurance and strength training proves to be an effective training combination. In order to achieve a sustainable cardiometabolic risk reduction, the objectives and timing of physical activity should therefore be divided into two phases, a preparatory phase and an actual weight loss phase.</p>","PeriodicalId":44874,"journal":{"name":"THERAPEUTISCHE UMSCHAU","volume":"81 3","pages":"74-82"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141564782","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}
{"title":"[Formula diets for weight loss - chances and challenges].","authors":"Nele Endner, Lia Bally","doi":"10.23785/TU.2024.03.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23785/TU.2024.03.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Formula diets, through the use of industrially manufactured meal replacement products, lead to effective and rapid weight reduction and improvement in obesity-associated comorbidities. The specific composition of these meal replacement products simplifies the adherence to calorie goals and ensures the supply of essential nutrients during significant energy restriction. Despite numerous potential applications, evidence from randomized controlled studies, and simplicity in practical implementation, challenges persist. Monotony and social restrictions complicate adherence and acceptance. The use of formula diets for sustainable weight loss requires integration into a multimodal treatment approach with the goal of long-term changes in eating and activity behaviour. This includes accompanying nutritional counselling, promotion of physical activity, evaluation of adjuvant pharmacological or interventional therapies, as well as psychological support. The development of new incretin-based anti-obesity medications has opened another application field for formula products. There is optimization potential in expanding the product range and combining it with digital applications to enhance acceptance and reach a larger patient group.</p>","PeriodicalId":44874,"journal":{"name":"THERAPEUTISCHE UMSCHAU","volume":"81 3","pages":"69-73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141564778","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}
{"title":"[Obesity and kidney disease].","authors":"Boglárka Oesch-Régeni, Bernd Schultes","doi":"10.23785/TU.2024.03.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23785/TU.2024.03.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The obesity epidemic has led to an increased prevalence of obesity-related glomerulopathy (ORG). This disease is characte-rized by proteinuria, glomerulomegaly, progressive glomerulosclerosis and a decline in renal function. Individuals with obesity frequently display arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus, exacerbating renal damage. The pathogenesis involves overactivation of the RAAS (Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System), glomerular hyperfiltration, an inflammatory state with oxidative stress, hyperinsulinemia-induced hemodynamic alterations and lipotoxicity. Additionally, obesity represents a significant risk factor for kidney stone formation, further contributing to renal damage. The management of obesity-induced nephropathy primarily involves weight reduction strategies and optimized control of blood pressure and metabolic factors. Early detection is crucial to counteract the progression of kidney disease. Noteworthy, obesity significantly complicates the implementation of renal replacement procedures, including kidney transplantation, and increases the rate of complications. In summary, there are many reasons why obesity should gain attention in the field of nephrology.</p>","PeriodicalId":44874,"journal":{"name":"THERAPEUTISCHE UMSCHAU","volume":"81 3","pages":"83-89"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141564781","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}
{"title":"[New developments and innovations in psychotherapy for obesity].","authors":"Niclà Lozza, Matthias Baumann, Suzana Stojiljkovic","doi":"10.23785/TU.2024.03.006","DOIUrl":"10.23785/TU.2024.03.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>This contribution highlights novel developments and innovations in psychological psychotherapy for patients with obesity. It underscores the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to treatment, which incorporates not only traditional methods but also contemporary psychotherapeutic modalities such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Current research suggests that assessing the effectiveness of psychotherapy should not solely rely on changes in weight, but should also consider other outcomes such as subjective quality of life and mental health. Furthermore, the role of telemedicine and blended psychotherapy is emphasized as promising approaches to enhance accessibility and effectiveness of treatment. Through a case study of a 55-year-old woman with obesity and psychiatric comorbidities, the effectiveness of a multimodal psychotherapeutic approach is demonstrated.</p>","PeriodicalId":44874,"journal":{"name":"THERAPEUTISCHE UMSCHAU","volume":"81 3","pages":"95-98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141564780","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}
{"title":"[Consequences of chronodisruption on body weight regulation and metabolism].","authors":"Svenja Meyhöfer, Britta Wilms","doi":"10.23785/TU.2024.03.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23785/TU.2024.03.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased dramatically. At the same time, lack of sleep has become a part of the modern lifestyle, as well as shift and night work. As a result, chronodisruption, i. e. a change in physiological processes that are controlled by the internal clock, becomes commonplace. Epidemiological data show that too short but also too long sleep are associated with an increased risk of obesity, also seen for night shift work. Overweight and obesity are associated with metabolic syndrome and data likewise report an increased risk by both short and long sleep. It has not yet been conclusively clarified how chronodisruption influences the metabolic risks. Clinical experimental studies report on neuroendocrine and circadian mechanisms and it has been shown that lack of sleep increases the hunger-promoting hormone ghrelin as well as subjective feelings of hunger and increases leptin levels. Lack of sleep also increases hedonic hunger and food-related reward signals. Through preventive measures, chronodisruption and thus, the risk of obesity can be counteracted. The extent to which smartwatches and fitness trackers, which according to the manufacturer can measure and analyze sleep, provide an objective picture of sleep has not been sufficiently investigated. However, smartwatches and fitness trackers can - probably - increase awareness of sleep in the modern society.</p>","PeriodicalId":44874,"journal":{"name":"THERAPEUTISCHE UMSCHAU","volume":"81 3","pages":"90-94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141564777","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}