The update of the treatment manual "Management of the patient with alcohol use disorder" was initiated because five years had passed since the publication of the original manual in 2015. The updated treatment manual helps to ensure modern treatment of patients with alcohol use disorder in Estonia.
At th...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the 3rd leading cause of death in the world (WHO 2018). In developed countries, 9-10% of the population aged 40 years and older suffer from COPD, and the incidence of the disease is increasing. According to studies, the risk of incapacity for work in people...
The update of the treatment guide "Management of adult asthma in primary care" was initiated because five years had passed since the publication of the original guide. The procedure for updating treatment manuals is written in the "Estonian manual for the preparation of treatment manuals" (2020). At the ...
O termo "doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica, ou DPOC" (eng. doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica ou DPOC) foi introduzido pela primeira vez em 1962 para denotar “obstrução crônica das vias aéreas de etiologia obscura” (1). Além da DPOC, circulavam em sentido semelhante os diagnósticos “doe...
According to today's principles of palliative care, the availability and continuity of palliative care must be guaranteed to patients and their relatives from the diagnosis of the disease at every stage of treatment. Not all patients may require the same amount of palliative care at each stage of treatme...
Inflammatory joint diseases are a group of diseases characterized by autoimmune inflammation in the joints and sometimes in other tissues and organs. The most common inflammatory joint diseases are rheumatoid arthritis (RA), juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and spondyloarthritis (SpA). Spondyloarthrit...
