Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift
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Autoimmune gastritis (AIG) is a chronic immune-mediated inflammation of the gastric corpus/fundus mucosa leading to progressive atrophy of the oxyntic gastric glands (AOM) and their consecutive loss of function. Possible clinical consequences of AIG include iron deficiency anemia, pernicious anemia, gastric neuroendocrine tumors (gNET), and gastric adenocarcinoma. This article provides a review of interdisciplinary aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of AIG.
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Arterial hypertension affects about one third of the German population with a prevalence increasing with age up to 60 %. Globally, more than a quarter gedoppelt of the population are considered hypertensive, resulting in a total of more than one billion people. ⋯ Less than every second patient knows about his or her disease status and less than 40 % of patients in Europe show adequate blood pressure control with a treatment target of < 140/90 mmHg despite antihypertensive treatment. This overview of arterial hypertension, its etiology, diagnostic tools, and therapeutic options aims to improve the understanding of arterial hypertension and to facilitate the diagnostic and therapeutic approach, eventually resulting in a better and more successful handling of patients with arterial hypertension.