Publications by authors named "BEAU A"

Objective: In the general population, there has been a noticeable rise in the dispensing of gabapentinoids in recent years. The aim of this study was to provide an overview of all available data on the use and safety of gabapentinoids during pregnancy.

Methods: A systematic review was performed in PubMed and Reprotox using the search terms: "gabapentin", "pregabalin", "antiepileptic drugs" and terms associated with pregnancy.

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Four BODIPY dyes (6a-6d) with electron-donating or electron-withdrawing groups at the -position were synthesized by the Sonogashira coupling reaction of 2,5-diethynylthieno[3,2-]thiophene with mono-iodo-BODIPY moieties. All compounds were fully characterized by H NMR and MALDI-TOF MS. Their photophysical and electrochemical properties were studied by UV-visible absorption spectroscopy, steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy, two-photon excitation spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry.

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  • Respiratory tract disorders are common in children, yet there is limited data on how respiratory medications are prescribed to them in France, leading to this study focusing on a specific cohort.
  • Utilizing data from the POMME birth cohort, the study found that a significant majority (83.1%) of the 5956 children received prescriptions for respiratory medications, predominantly inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs).
  • The findings indicated a notable rate of off-label prescriptions, especially in younger children, highlighting the need for further research and clinical guidance regarding appropriate medication usage in pediatric patients.
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Purpose: To describe ocular anomalies (OAs) in children and fetuses in a French general population, to estimate their prevalence, and to investigate a possible association between prenatal medication exposure and the occurrence of OA in utero or in early childhood.

Methods: We conducted a case-control study using the EFEMERIS cohort, a database containing pregnancies registered in Haute-Garonne and their outcomes. We collected OA descriptions of fetuses at the time of pregnancy termination or of children at birth and the results of eye examinations of children at 9 months and 2 years of age.

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Supplementation with probiotics has emerged as a promising therapeutic tool to manage metabolic diseases. We investigated the effects of a mix of subsp. LA804 and LA806 on high-fat (HF) diet -induced metabolic disease in mice.

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Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with a significant decrease in muscle strength and mass, possibly related to muscle cell damage by uremic toxins. Here, we studied in vitro and in vivo the effect of indoxyl sulfate (IS), an indolic uremic toxin, on myoblast proliferation, differentiation and expression of myogenic regulatory factors (MRF)-myoblast determination protein 1 (MyoD1), myogenin (Myog), Myogenic Factor 5 (Myf5) and myogenic regulatory factor 4 (Myf6/MRF4)-and expression of myosin heavy chain, Myh2.

Methods: C2C12 myoblasts were cultured in vitro and differentiated in myotubes for 7 days in the presence of IS at a uremic concentration of 200 µM.

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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with osteosarcopenia, and because a physical decline in patients correlates with an increased risk of morbidity, an improvement of the musculoskeletal system is expected to improve morbi-mortality. We recently uncovered that the intestinal hormone Fibroblast Growth Factor 19 (FGF19) is able to promote skeletal muscle mass and strength in rodent models, in addition to its capacity to improve glucose homeostasis. Here, we tested the effects of a treatment with recombinant human FGF19 in a CKD mouse model, which associates sarcopenia and metabolic disorders.

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  • Fosfomycin trometamol has been recommended as a safe first-line antibiotic for urinary tract infections in pregnant women in France since 2015, but its safety regarding congenital anomalies has not been extensively studied.
  • This research analyzed data from the EFEMERIS database, comparing pregnancy outcomes among women exposed to fosfomycin, nitrofurantoin, and those not exposed to either antibiotic during the first trimester.
  • The findings show that there is no significant increase in the risk of major congenital anomalies for women exposed to fosfomycin during the first trimester compared to those exposed to nitrofurantoin or unexposed pregnancies.
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  • The ConcePTION project, funded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative in 2019, aims to improve the monitoring and communication of medicine safety for pregnant and breastfeeding women, highlighting the need to quickly address uncertainties regarding medication use in these groups.
  • The project's framework includes the ConcePTION Common Data Model (CDM), designed with structured tables to effectively organize data from various European healthcare sources, enabling more reliable insights.
  • By its first anniversary, the CDM has successfully integrated 13 data sources, allowing for coordinated analytics that can help assess the utilization, effectiveness, and safety of medications in both special populations and the general public.
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Overdiagnosis is a harmful consequence of screening which is particularly challenging to estimate. An unbiased setting to measure overdiagnosis in breast cancer screening requires comparative data from a screened and an unscreened cohort for at least 30 years. Such randomised data will not become available, leaving us with observational data over shorter time periods and outcomes of modelling.

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Objective: To evaluate the impact of a cervical cancer (CC) diagnosis on use of health care and prescription drugs.

Methods: This population-based register-study included Danish women aged 23-59 years and diagnosed with CC in 2001-2005. Women with a cervical screening outcome were used as comparison group.

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Introduction: Service breast cancer screening is difficult to evaluate because there is no unscreened control group. Due to a natural experiment, where 20% of women were offered screening in two regions up to 17 years before other women, Denmark is in a unique position. We utilized this opportunity to assess outcome of service screening.

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  • The study examines how health status, particularly the presence of chronic diseases, affects the effectiveness of breast cancer screening in reducing mortality.
  • Over 181,000 women were invited to participate in screening programs in Denmark, with results showing a significant 28% reduction in mortality for those without chronic diseases, compared to only a 7% reduction for those with chronic diseases.
  • The findings suggest that women with chronic diseases may see limited benefits from mammography screening, indicating the need for personalized screening approaches that take into account individual health conditions.
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SYPRENE, a new international Systemic Practice Research Network (PRN), has been established to fill the gap in practice-based research on the effectiveness and efficiency of strategic therapies. This article presents the rationale for the creation of SYPRENE and describes data collection methods, and the encoding system implemented within this PRN. More developments are expected in the recruitment of practitioners, the types of data collected, findings, and the implementation of SYPRENE in supervision, trainings, and professional schools.

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Purpose: Randomized, controlled trials showed that screening reduces breast cancer mortality rates, but some recent observational studies have concluded that programmatic screening has had minor effect on breast cancer mortality rates. This apparent contradiction might be explained by the use of aggregated data in observational studies. We assessed the long-term effect of screening using individual-level data.

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In Europe, the Middle Neolithic is characterized by an important diversification of cultures. In northeastern France, the appearance of the Michelsberg culture has been correlated with major cultural changes and interpreted as the result of the settlement of new groups originating from the Paris Basin. This cultural transition has been accompanied by the expansion of particular funerary practices involving inhumations within circular pits and individuals in "non-conventional" positions (deposited in the pits without any particular treatment).

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Objectives: Orthodontic appliances are often removed before magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans because they are known to produce artefacts. The purpose of this study was to find the exact indications for removal of various fixed attachments when imaging four specific areas of the head and neck.

Materials And Methods: Sixty patients requiring an MRI scan of the head for medical reasons volunteered for this investigation.

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Overdiagnosis in breast cancer screening is an important issue. A recent study from Denmark concluded that one in three breast cancers diagnosed in screening areas in women aged 50-69 years were overdiagnosed. The purpose of this short communication was to disentangle the study's methodology in order to evaluate the soundness of this conclusion.

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The primary aim of breast cancer screening is to reduce breast cancer mortality, but screening also has negative side-effects as overdiagnosis. To evaluate a screening programme, both benefits and harms should be considered. Published estimates of the benefit-to-harm ratio, the number of breast cancer deaths prevented divided by the number of overdiagnosed breast cancer cases, varied considerably.

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Background: Overweight and obesity in childhood are a major concern in developed countries. Reference growth curves are used in current practice to identify children at risk, especially at risk of overweight or obesity. National reference growth curves were published 35 years ago from children born in the 1950s to study growth from birth to adulthood.

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Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the potential benefit to take into account duration and intensity of drug exposure using the recently published method based on individual drug trajectories. This approach was used to define profiles of exposure to anxiolytics/hypnotics during pregnancy and to evaluate the potential effect on newborn health.

Methods: The study was performed in EFEMERIS database (54 918 mother-children pairs).

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 To evaluate the possible effects of exposure to neuraminidase inhibitors during embryo-fetal life with respect to adverse neonatal outcomes and congenital malformations. Population based multinational observational cohort study and meta-analysis. National registers covering information on maternal healthcare, births, and prescriptions in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden and the EFEMERIS database from the Haute-Garonne district in France.

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The aim of the study was to evaluate the association between in utero exposure to drugs that potentially exhibit immunosuppressive activity and occurrence of infections during the first year of life. We conducted a cohort study on the prescription data of pregnant women and their children registered in EFEMERIS cohort (France), during a one-year period. We classified in utero child exposure according to the number of reimbursements for immunosuppressive drugs during pregnancy.

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Objective: Asthma affects between 3% to 8% of pregnant women. Previous studies have suggested that women's prescriptions for asthma medications change during pregnancy. The aim was to describe the prescription of asthma medications before and during pregnancy in France.

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