Respiratory infection prevention: perceptions, barriers and facilitators after SARS-CoV-2.

Background: Respiratory hygiene, especially in context of COVID-19, is of upmost importance. Healthcare professionals (HCPs) play an important role in the prevention of infections. Their perceptions of the subject are needed to tailor effective communication and training on prevention.

A prospective observational cohort study to screen major depressive disorders in geriatric oncology-Comparison of different scales.

Objective: Systematic depression screening is recommended for older patients with cancer. The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of three mood disorder screening scales frequently used in geriatric oncology to help in diagnosing major depressive disorder (MDD).

Methods: A prospective multicentre study was conducted in patients 70 years of age and over with cancer, comparing three self-report questionnaires: the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale - Depression (HADS-D) and the Distress Thermometer (DT).

[Endotracheal tube for laryngeal CO2 laser microsurgery. 208 cases].

To suppress the risk inherent in laryngeal microsurgery performed with a CO2 laser beam, the authors suggest to use a reinforced silicone endotracheal tube, the cuff of which is protected by a silicone plus aluminium powder shield. The resistance of silicone to fire is augmented during laser shots by a nitrogen flow on the upper side of the shield at the rates of 2 l/min in patients breathing air and 30 l/min in patients give oxygen.

[Unusual clinical case heamngiopericytoma in ENT. Report of localization in the maxillary sinus (author's transl)].

The authors report a new ENT site for a hemangiopericytoma in the maxillary sinus. The authors review the literature and recapitulate the histological characteristics, the main ENT localizations, and the present therapeutic attitude to this lesion.

[Functional anatomy of the pisiform bone].

The pisiform is the only moving structure of the canalis carpi. In the power grip, it undergoes a posterior and medial movement, limited by the pisohamate ligament. This motion is indispensable for a good prehension.

[Mesoscopic anatomy of the peribuccal facial muscles].

In 16 human face dissections under the operative microscope, the authors recall the classical anatomy of perioral muscles. Instead of the 3 muscles around the nostrils, they prefer to discern two layers: deep and superficial. The subnasal region can similarly be dissociated.

Comparison between Doppler findings and arteriography in cervical arterial pathology.

The authors compare findings at arteriography and Doppler ultrasound examination in 127 cases of cerebrovascular accident. There was an excellent degree of agreement in cases of internal carotid occlusion. It was less good with carotid stenoses where the Doppler examination gave false positive results in one case out of four and false negatives in one out of three.

Fatal systemic carnitine deficiency with lipid storage in skeletal muscle, heart, liver and kidney.

A fatal case of systemic carnitine deficiency is reported. The patient suffered from slowly progressive muscle weakness since early childhood. After the age of 17 years her weakness progressed more rapidly until her death at the age of 20.

[Descriptive anatomy of the posterior root of the trigeminal nerve (preliminary study)].

By 25 dissections, an angulation of 40 degrees at the emergency of the trigeminal nerve was observed. To the three types of fibers described by SICARD, a fourth type is added of V2 fibers wrapped by cranio-median and caudo-lateral fibres. Two groups form the motor root, a postero-superior group and an antero-inferior group.