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E3N is a French prospective cohort study initiated in 1990. The participants are members of an insurance plan that covers mostly teachers.
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Has there been any progress in extracting information about the fetal chromosomes status from maternal blood samples?
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IBS-Drug Treatment Pulled, CV Side Effects; Drug Combo Better for Migraine Treatment; Pergolide Off the Market, Heart Disease Risk; Hormone Treatment, Does Timing Matter?; FDA Actions
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The Estrogen and ThromboEmbolism Risk (ESTHER) study is a case-control study performed with cases from 8 French hospitals and controls from the general population.
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Status epilepticus, in the setting of cancer, is treatable and does not appear to increase mortality above the risk of the underlying disease.
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Aspirin can be life saving in patients with acute coronary events, but its use in patients with cancer, particularly in those with thrombocytopenia, is often avoided, presumably for fear of hemorrhagic complications.
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Vancomycin was inferior to cefazolin in the treatment of MSSA bacteremia in chronic hemodialysis patients in a retrospective study.
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Delirium occurred in about one-third of patients in this study of a mixed medical-surgical ICU population. It was more frequent in more seriously ill patients, and also in those with hypertension, alcoholism, and the effects of sedative and analgesic drugs.
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A combination of topical and systemic therapies was associated with successful MRSA decolonization.
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n this study of physicians working in French adult ICUs, evidence of burnout was present in nearly half. Burnout was more likely in female physicians, in those who were not married, and among those who reported strained relationships with colleagues and staff nurses.