[Thrombosis and cancer: Awareness of private practitioners and patients in Poitou-Charentes, a French region].

Objective: The purpose of this study was to enhance awareness among healthcare professionals about the application of guidelines relating to the management of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in cancer patients.

Methods: This collective approach involved: the Regional Health Agency (ARS), the Unions of Representatives of Healthcare Professionals (URPS), the Observatory of Drugs, the Medical Devices and Therapeutic Innovation agency (OMEDIT), the regional Oncology Network and specialist physicians. Performance indicators were defined to evaluate the actions performed.

[Treatment of arterial hypertension. Comparative effectiveness of the day care hospital and classical hospitalization].

Four years of activity in the one-day hospital (ODH) and the several-day hospital care (SHC) of the Hypertension Clinic at the Hôpital Saint-Joseph, Paris, were evaluated and compared. All data were recorded using the computerized Artemis system. Evaluation was performed by means of two prospective studies: a controlled trial of 121 patients randomized to either ODH or SHC, and a prospective follow-up study of 633 patients.