Publications by authors named "Rebecca Jutzi"
Unlabelled: Imaging for Non-Specific Low Back Pain According to 'Smarter Medicine' - a Survey from Three General Practices We examined how the recommendation of "smarter medicine"/Switzerland for diagnostic imaging of nonspecific lumbar back pain is implemented in three general practices.
Method: Retrospective analysis of 228 conventional X-ray images of the lumbar spine from three general practices.
Results: Overall, about 75 % of the X-rays performed within six weeks after onset of pain were consistent with "smarter medicine" recommendations.
Eosinophilic esophagitis is a chronic disease with increasing prevalence and incidence. The symptoms may be nonspecific and vary depending on the patient's age. Most common, affected persons (mostly young men) suffer from dysphagia and food bolus impactions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Early diagnosis and relapse prediction in Graves' disease influences treatment. We assessed the abilities of four TSH-receptor antibody tests [TRAb] and one cyclic adenosine monophosphate bioassay to predict relapse of Graves' disease.
Methods: Observational study investigating patients presenting with Graves' disease at a Swiss hospital endocrine referral center or an endocrine outpatient clinic.
Context: First-line treatment in Graves' disease is often done with antithyroid agents (ATD), but relapse rates remain high making definite treatment necessary. Predictors for relapse risk help guiding initial treatment decisions.
Objective: We aimed to externally validate the prognostic accuracy of the recently proposed Graves' Recurrent Events After Therapy (GREAT) score to predict relapse risk in Graves' disease.