Covid-19 in the Caribbean: lessons learned from the ongoing international medical and scientific cooperation.

The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) crisis presents as human, social and economic challenges. The advent of Covid-19, unfortunate as it is, has highlighted the need for close medical cooperation between states. Medical cooperation is the key counter to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Severe Acute Adult Poisoning Cases in Martinique: Implicated Toxic Exposures and Their Outcomes.

Unlabelled: The epidemiology of severe acute poisonings in the French overseas departments of the Americas remains poorly reported. The main objective of this study was to determine the epidemiology and characteristics of severe acutely poisoned adult patients.

Methods: A retrospective descriptive study was conducted from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2010 in severely poisoned patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) of the University Hospital of Martinique, and the general public hospitals of Lamentin and Trinité.

Envenomation by the invasive Pterois volitans species (lionfish) in the French West Indies--a two-year prospective study in Martinique.

Context: The invasion of the lionfish (Pterois volitans) in the French West Indies represents one of the most important marine invasions by alien species in history. Since its first recognition in Martinique in February 2011, the lionfish presence has strongly progressed, resulting in increasing envenomation cases. Our objective was to report features of lionfish envenomation and outcome.

Influence of intra-abdominal pressure on the specificity of pulse pressure variations to predict fluid responsiveness.

Background: The positive predictive value of pulse pressure variations (ΔPP) to discriminate patients who should respond to volume expansion (VE) may be altered in mechanically ventilated patients. Our goal was to determine whether intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) measurements could discriminate patients with true-positive ΔPP values versus patients with false-positive ΔPP values.

Methods: We designed a prospective pathophysiologic study in a mixed intensive care unit of a university hospital.