InternistPub Date : 2022-05-01DOI: 10.1007/s00108-022-01333-9
S Petri, B Zwißler, J In der Schmitten, B Feddersen
{"title":"[Advance Care Planning-further development of the patient advance directive : What the specialist in internal medicine must know].","authors":"S Petri, B Zwißler, J In der Schmitten, B Feddersen","doi":"10.1007/s00108-022-01333-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00108-022-01333-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite the availability of the instruments of advance directives, power of attorney and healthcare proxy, the patient's preferences for life-sustaining medical treatment in a specific situation often remain unknown. The aim of the systemically designed German Advance Care Planning (ACP) program is the reflection, documentation and implementation of patients' preferences regarding future medical treatment in case they are incapable of legally binding decision-making. A specially trained ACP facilitator initially supports the verbalization of the attitudes towards life, severe illness and death on an individual level. Based on these principal views, concrete preferences on how to be treated under defined medical circumstances can be discussed and documented in an advance directive. This includes the three scenarios medical emergency, inpatient hospital treatment in situations with decisional incapability of unknown duration and the situation of permanent cognitive impairment. Through cautious, nondirective conversational techniques in the sense of shared decision-making, the person is enabled to reflect and decide well-informed according to the informed consent standard. All persons participating in decisions regarding future medical treatment, especially future surrogate decision makers, are involved in the process as early as possible. A systematic institutional and regional implementation of the concept is necessary to ensure that the carefully assessed and documented preferences of the patients will be known and honored. The new German § 132g of the Social Code Book V (SGB V) enables institutions for long-term care and for the care of disabled persons, to offer facilitated ACP to all residents at the expense of the statutory health insurance funds. An increased dissemination of this concept is to be expected.</p>","PeriodicalId":54924,"journal":{"name":"Internist","volume":"63 5","pages":"533-544"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9020146/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10246549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
InternistPub Date : 2022-04-04DOI: 10.1007/s00108-022-01324-w
C. Lehmann
{"title":"Impfungen für das Immungedächtnis – immer wieder oder einmalig?","authors":"C. Lehmann","doi":"10.1007/s00108-022-01324-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00108-022-01324-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54924,"journal":{"name":"Internist","volume":"63 1","pages":"476 - 483"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"51946476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
InternistPub Date : 2022-04-01Epub Date: 2021-12-22DOI: 10.1007/s00108-021-01228-1
Lisa Hasselbach, Maximilian Dübbers
{"title":"[Pneumonia, endocarditis of two valves and pulmonary artery embolism in a 26-year-old male patient].","authors":"Lisa Hasselbach, Maximilian Dübbers","doi":"10.1007/s00108-021-01228-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00108-021-01228-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 26-year-old male patient presented with left-sided pneumonia, endocarditis of the tricuspid and pulmonary valves and a pulmonary artery embolism. In 2004 a Ross operation was performed because of congenital aortic valve stenosis. There was an elevation of the antibody titer for Coxiella burnetii, the pathogen of Q fever. Under antibiotic treatment with levofloxacin and doxycycline there was an improvement of the symptoms and a normalization of the inflammation parameters. The treatment of the endocarditis was successful.</p>","PeriodicalId":54924,"journal":{"name":"Internist","volume":"63 4","pages":"443-447"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8956517/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39751013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
InternistPub Date : 2022-04-01Epub Date: 2022-03-03DOI: 10.1007/s00108-022-01281-4
M Nunninger, G F Torsello
{"title":"[67/m-Incidental finding of a solitary pulmonary nodule : Preparation for the medical specialist examination: part 145].","authors":"M Nunninger, G F Torsello","doi":"10.1007/s00108-022-01281-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00108-022-01281-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54924,"journal":{"name":"Internist","volume":"63 Suppl 2","pages":"259-263"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149149437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
InternistPub Date : 2022-04-01Epub Date: 2022-04-04DOI: 10.1007/s00108-022-01311-1
U D Lichtenauer
{"title":"[36/f-Facial swelling and flushing, back pain and leukocytosis : Preparation for the medical specialist examination: part 143].","authors":"U D Lichtenauer","doi":"10.1007/s00108-022-01311-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00108-022-01311-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54924,"journal":{"name":"Internist","volume":"63 Suppl 2","pages":"247-252"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149148885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
InternistPub Date : 2022-04-01Epub Date: 2022-03-17DOI: 10.1007/s00108-022-01300-4
O J Müller
{"title":"[64/m-Pain in the calves after 150 m walking distance : Preparation for the medical specialist examination: part 142].","authors":"O J Müller","doi":"10.1007/s00108-022-01300-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00108-022-01300-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54924,"journal":{"name":"Internist","volume":"63 Suppl 2","pages":"242-246"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140023360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
InternistPub Date : 2022-04-01Epub Date: 2022-02-07DOI: 10.1007/s00108-021-01241-4
Martin J Volz, Matthias Aurich, Mathias Konstandin, Hugo A Katus, Norbert Frey, Michael M Kreusser, Philip W Raake
{"title":"[Drop in oxygen saturation and blood pressure as well as increase in central venous pressure during mitral valve clipping in an 81-year-old female patient].","authors":"Martin J Volz, Matthias Aurich, Mathias Konstandin, Hugo A Katus, Norbert Frey, Michael M Kreusser, Philip W Raake","doi":"10.1007/s00108-021-01241-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00108-021-01241-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Atrial septal defects (ASD) following endovascular mitral valve clipping are potentially hemodynamically relevant complications. Immediate closure with an occluder can represent a safe and effective treatment. An 81-year-old female patient suffering from severe dyspnea due to previously known severe mitral valve regurgitation was scheduled for elective mitral valve clipping. The clip was successfully implanted. Removal of the transseptal cannula resulted in a sudden drop in oxygen saturation and systolic blood pressure as well as an immediate increase in central venous pressure. An iatrogenic left-right shunt was observed at the atrial level with a relevant shunt volume. Immediate closure using an atrial septal occluder successfully restored the oxygen saturation and hemodynamic parameters.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>An increase in central venous pressure, reduction of systolic blood pressure or oxygen saturation after withdrawal of the transseptal cannula during mitral valve clipping should always be further investigated regarding a possible ASD.</p>","PeriodicalId":54924,"journal":{"name":"Internist","volume":"63 4","pages":"448-452"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8956558/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39773051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
InternistPub Date : 2022-04-01Epub Date: 2022-03-03DOI: 10.1007/s00108-022-01277-0
Tony Bruns, Andreas Stallmach
{"title":"[Bacterial hepatobiliary infections : Pathogen spectrum, antimicrobial resistance and current treatment concepts].","authors":"Tony Bruns, Andreas Stallmach","doi":"10.1007/s00108-022-01277-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00108-022-01277-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ascending cholangitis and pyogenic liver abscesses are acute febrile bacterial hepatobiliary diseases. Nowadays they frequently occur in patients with structural changes of the biliary system and are usually treated by a combination of interventional drainage procedures and antimicrobial therapy. While Gram-negative Enterobacterales were identified as major causes in the past, biliary tract interventions and antibiotic exposure have contributed to an increase in enterococcal species and extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacterales. When selecting an appropriate empirical treatment the treating internist must consider local and individual risk factors for antimicrobial resistance in addition to pharmacokinetic aspects and disease severity to reduce the likelihood of treatment failure.</p>","PeriodicalId":54924,"journal":{"name":"Internist","volume":"63 1","pages":"349-366"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"51945071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
InternistPub Date : 2022-04-01Epub Date: 2022-03-30DOI: 10.1007/s00108-022-01306-y
T Mosler, J U Marquardt, F Sayk
{"title":"[68/m-Massive rectal bleeding : Preparation for the medical specialist examination: part 148].","authors":"T Mosler, J U Marquardt, F Sayk","doi":"10.1007/s00108-022-01306-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00108-022-01306-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54924,"journal":{"name":"Internist","volume":"128 20 1","pages":"278-282"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"51946264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}