Unilateral vestibular deafferentation impairs embodied spatial cognition.

A growing number of studies indicate that cognitive complaints are common in patients with peripheral vestibular disorders. A better understanding of how vestibular disorders influence cognition in these patients requires a clear delineation of the cognitive domains affected by vestibular disorders. Here, we compared the consequences of left and right vestibular neurectomy on third-person perspective taking-a visuo-spatial task requiring mainly own-body mental imagery, and on 3D objects mental rotation imagery-requiring object-based mental imagery, but no perspective taking.

SPECT/CT in Postoperative Shoulder Pain.

Over the last 2 decades, the incidence of prosthetic shoulder replacements has increased considerably, leading to a rising number of complications and reoperations. In this article, we review how SPECT/CT can be of significant clinical value for shoulder surgeons. Bone SPECT/CT can provide the correct diagnosis for different types of mechanical complications: glenoiditis after hemiarthroplasty, glenoidal loosening after total shoulder arthroplasty, and scapular notching after reverse shoulder arthroplasty.

Management of an Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak in an intensive care unit.

Introduction: Acinetobacter baumannii is a ubiquitous pathogen resistant to desiccation and responsible for healthcare-associated infections (HAI), especially in intensive care units (ICU) where it is responsible for 5-10% of HAIs. An A. baumannii outbreak occurred in the ICU of the University Hospital of Angers, France.

Prevalence of renal artery disease and its prognostic significance in patients undergoing coronary bypass grafting.

Several studies demonstrated the prognostic importance of renal failure and peripheral artery disease in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), but data regarding the prognostic value of renal artery disease in this context are scarce. We aimed to study the prevalence and prognostic value of renal artery disease in patients undergoing CABG. We assessed by duplex ultrasound the renal arteries of 429 consecutive patients who underwent CABG, of whom 401 had satisfactory imaging quality to detect >60% renal artery stenosis (RAS) and/or an elevated resistive index (ERI>0.