This study sought to evaluate the characteristics of clinical-pharmacological (CP) medication reviews conducted by the Institute for Clinical Pharmacology of Hannover Medical School for older, multimorbid, polymedicated insurants of the German statutory health insurance fund Kaufmännische Krankenkasse (KKH). Special emphasis was put on potential sex-specific differences between female and male insurants, prescriptions of poten...

Purpose This study sought to analyze the medication knowledge and awareness of medication adjustment options during intercurrent illness (sick day rules) of patients ≥ 70 years treated at a hospital for geriatric medicine in northern Germany. Methods The study was designed as a cross-sectional, interview-based pilot study, was approved by the Ethics Committee of Hannover Medical School (No. 10274_BO_K_2022; date of approval: 1...

Interleukin 23 and the interleukin 23 receptor (IL-23-IL23R) are described as the major enhancing factors for Interleukin 17 (IL-17) in allergic airway inflammation. IL-17 is considered to induce neutrophilic inflammation in the lung, which is often observed in severe, steroid-resistant asthma-phenotypes. For that reason, understanding of IL-23 and IL-17 axis is very important for future therapy strategies, targeting neutrophi...