Publications by authors named "Ariane Gross"
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- Objective structured clinical examinations (OSCE) help assess medical students' skills, and this study evaluated third-year students' roles as standardized patients in these exams.
- In a pilot session, their OSCE scores were compared with third-year students who did not participate, revealing that those involved had significantly better scores (17 vs. 14.5 out of 20).
- Most participating students felt that being standardized patients reduced their stress, enhanced their preparedness, and improved their communication skills, indicating the potential for broader implementation of this approach in medical education.
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- A multicentric study in Paris analyzed characteristics and outcomes of 821 hospitalized patients aged 70 and older with confirmed COVID-19 from March to April 2020.
- Patients had a mean age of 86, with 85% having two or more pre-existing health conditions, and exhibiting common symptoms such as asthenia, fever, and dyspnea.
- The in-hospital mortality rate was 31%, with factors like male gender, lower functional status, and specific health anomalies increasing the likelihood of death, highlighting the importance of early risk assessment for older patients.
A 70-year-old patient was admitted with rapidly progressive cognitive decline associated with limitations in activities of daily living, weight loss and cerebellar ataxia. The diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA) with vascular involvement was made, based on the presence of a metabolically active vasculitis of the brachiocephalic trunk on 18FDG-PET imaging. Temporal artery biopsy also revealed pan-arteritis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEarly onset neonatal sepsis due to Group B streptococci (GBS) is responsible for severe morbidity and mortality of newborns. While different preventive strategies to identify women at risk are being recommended, the optimal strategy depends on the incidence of GBS-sepsis and on the prevalence of anogenital GBS colonization. We therefore aimed to assess the Group B streptococci prevalence and its consequences on different prevention strategies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevious studies showed that mitoxantrone can reduce disability progression in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). There is, however, concern that it may cause irreversible cardiomyopathy with reduced left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) and congestive heart failure. The aim of this prospective study was to investigate cardiac side effects of mitoxantrone by repetitive cardiac monitoring in MS patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFElectron cryotomography has unique potential for three-dimensional visualization of macromolecular complexes at work in their natural environment. This approach is based on reconstructing three-dimensional volumes from tilt series of electron micrographs of cells preserved in their native states by vitrification. Resolutions of 5-8 nm have already been achieved and the prospects for further improvement are good.
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