Disclaimer (expert advice for patients, relatives and friends)
Please note:
The expert advice can not make a diagnosis or provide individual recommendations for a therapy.
The information given in the expert advice does not replace a medical consultation or treatment.
The content of the expert advice cannot be used for making a diagnosis on your own or for a decision regarding the choice and application of treatment methods.
In case of acute health problems the expert advice may give useful general guidelines, but you should always consult a medical doctor whom you trust.
The expert advice serves as a supplement and to help you discuss your health problems with your doctor.
Without a direct doctor-patient-contact there is a possibility that the problem described in the expert advice is misleading. The advice given by the expert can only be a general support for you and possibly for the medical doctor whom you trust.
The information given by the expert advice is based on the current state of knowledge of the respective expert.
Brand-name medications mentioned in the answers are given as examples. Whether a brand-name medication is mentioned does not imply a specific recommendation.
Usually, protected brand names (trade-marks) are specified in a certain way (®). If this specification is missing this does not mean automatically that the trade name is free.
ERN-LUNG experts will indicate the treatments that correspond to the state of knowledge at the time when the question is being answered. Users of the expert advice should read the directions of the drug to be taken for changes regarding the dose, treatment, contraindications and side-effects that can only be evaluated in consideration of all facts, and this necessitates you make decisions only after consulting your physician. The giveninformation about treatment in the answers should be used to support the dialogue between patient and doctors.
ERN-LUNG is not responsible for the correctness and completeness of the expert advice. ERN-LUNG only offersthe technical platform between the medical experts and the users.
ERN-LUNG or the experts working for the expert advice cannot be held responsible for any damage or casualties resulting from using the expert advice. The same applies for damages and casualties which can result to the users from using this online service itself, for example due to technical reasons.
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