Evaluation of Elastic Venous Compression Device dispensation in pregnant and post-partum women using the French National Health Insurance Claims Database: The ProFIL retrospective cohort study.

Objectives: To describe the real-world use of Elastic Venous Compression Devices (EVCDs) during pregnancy and post-partum using data from a representative subset of the French National Health Insurance Claims Database (the Echantillon Généraliste des Bénéficiaires, EGB).

Study Design: Women aged 15-49 who were pregnant between 1st July 2017 and 15th June 2018 were identified in the EGB using pregnancy-specific acts (certain prenatal examinations or deliveries). Subgroups were defined by age, presence of Venous Thrombo-Embolism (VTE) risk factors, history of VTE, delivery type and time period.

Estimated prevalence, incidence and healthcare costs of Sjögren's syndrome in France: a national claims-based study.

Objectives: To estimate prevalence, incidence and mortality rates, and annual healthcare costs of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) and SS associated with other autoimmune disorders (SS+AID) in France.

Methods: French national healthcare claims-based study within the prospective Système National des Données de Santé database that includes the majority of the French population. An algorithm was developed to identify patients with SS and SS-related healthcare claims were analysed between 2011 and 2018.

Increased mortality in patients with RA-associated interstitial lung disease: data from a French administrative healthcare database.

Objectives: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a severe extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The objectives of this study were to estimate mortality rate in patients with RA-ILD and identify factors affecting mortality.

Methods: Data from a French national claims database (Système National des Données de Santé) from 2013 to 2018 were analysed.

Management of bone fragility in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in France: An analysis of a national health insurance claims database.

Objectives: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is considered a major risk factor for fragility fractures. We examined the quality of management of bone fragility in RA patients in a real-life setting.

Methods: We performed a longitudinal case-control retrospective study in a 1/97th random sample of French health care claims database from 2014 to 2016 to determine the extent of bone fragility management in patients with RA compared with non-RA matched controls.

[Algorithms to identify chronic inflammatory rheumatism and psoriasis in medico-administrative databases: A review of the literature].

Background: We aimed to describe and discuss the algorithms used to identify chronic inflammatory rheumatisms and psoriasis in medico-administrative databases.

Methods: We performed a literature review on the Medline database of articles published up to 31 January 2018. Our inclusion criteria were: original articles using medico-administrative databases in accordance with the International Classification of Diseases, version 10 (ICD-10) and concerning rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or ankylosing spondylitis (AS) or psoriatic arthritis (PsoA) or Psoriasis (Pso).

[Impact of the obstructive sleep hypopnea-apnea syndrom treated on employment for military employment].

Introduction: The diurnal hypersomnia associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects soldier employment and deployability. In this study, we examined the impact of OSA on the employment of soldiers on continuous positive airways pressure (CPAP) therapy by measuring several items: work absenteeism using the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment (WPAI) questionnaire, diurnal hypersomnia, and career advancement.

Methods: A questionnaire was sent by regular mail to 940 soldiers with OSA on CPAP therapy who are insured by the French Military Healthcare Fund (Caisse Nationale Militaire de Sécurité Sociale).

[The use of administrative health databases in infectious disease epidemiology and public health].

Background: The public health burden resulting from infectious diseases requires efforts in surveillance and evaluation of health care. The use of administrative health databases (AHD) and in particular the French national health insurance database (SNIIRAM) is an opportunity to improve knowledge in this field. The SNIIRAM data network (REDSIAM) workshop dedicated to infectious diseases conducted a narrative literature review of studies using French AHD.

Assessment of the French National Health Insurance Information System as a tool for epidemiological surveillance of malaria.

Objective: Epidemiological surveillance of malaria in France is based on a hospital laboratory sentinel surveillance network. There is no comprehensive population surveillance. The objective of this study was to assess the ability of the French National Health Insurance Information System to support nationwide malaria surveillance in continental France.

[Incidence of thirty chronic diseases in the French armed forces between 2005 and 2011].

Objective: To determine the incidence of chronic diseases (ALD30) in the French armed forces between 2005 and 2011.

Methods: Descriptive study on active soldiers covered by the French military healthcare system (CNMSS) between 01/01/2005 and 31/12/2011. Data were standardized due to over-representation of young men.

[Sport-related injuries and conditions among French military personnel].

Introduction: Physical and military training is an essential component of training in the armed forces. Although there is considerable evidence for the health benefits of training, the negative impacts cannot be ignored. A study was conducted to determine the frequency of sport-related injuries and conditions in the French armed forces in 2011.

[Reimbursement of opiate substitution drugs to militaries in 2007].

Introduction: The use of psychoactive drugs by militaries is not compatible with the analytical skills and self-control required by their jobs. Military physicians take this problem into consideration by organising systematic drugs screening in the French forces. However, for technical reasons, opiates are not concerned by this screening with the agreement of the people concerned.

[Retrospective study of ALS in French military personnel].

Introduction: An apparent increased risk for developing Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a multifactorial neurodegenerative disease, is considered to exist in the military population.

Patients And Methods: ALS military and veteran patients were retrospectively recruited in April 2008 by searching medical data (Hippocrate) and repayment data (Erasme) of the French National Military Health Care Fund (Caisse nationale militaire de sécurité sociale, CNMSS) from de January 1991 to December 2007.

Results: We report a series of 73 patients, 69 male and four female, average age of 52.

[Antibiotic consumption in active French soldiers in 2007].

Introduction: Analysis of antibiotic consumption among active duty soldiers can contribute to the development of actions designed to avoid unsuitable population exposure to antibiotics. This survey was conducted among active soldiers to establish a reference year for refund data on antibiotic prescriptions by gender and age. Another aim was to use the refund data among soldiers to learn more about the pattern of antibiotic prescriptions by general practitioners.

[Duty militaries' consumption of psychotropic drugs in 2005].

Unlabelled: The knowledge of psychotropic medication consumption is a Public Health stake for the armies and their social partners. Indeed, indirectly, it permits not only assessment of the state of health or the mental state of the working militaries, but also the development of actions to increase consumers' and prescribers' awareness of the main effects of psychotropic drugs and their side effects. The evaluation of the consumption of psychotropic drugs is based on the reimbursements requested from the "Caisse nationale militaire de Sécurité sociale", a particular scheme of the health fund, to which every working military is affiliated.

[Sexually transmitted diseases and sexual contamination with human immunodeficiency virus in the French Forces in 2006].

Background: Servicemen constitute a group at risk for exposure to sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and for this reason specific surveillance of STD and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroconversion has been conducted in the French Armed Forces since 1996.

Methods: All cases of STD and HIV seroconversion occurring in military personnel and corresponding to the notification criteria are reported by a military doctor, wherever the diagnosis is made. Incidence rates are calculated based on numbers of military personnel provided by the Ministry of Defence Social Observatory.

[Double reading in breast-cancer screening: what women know about it].

Objective: An officially-sponsored and free breast cancer screening in France was extended to all regions in 2004. These mammography procedures include double reading, which reduces the number of false negatives. Together with this official program, administered by associations in each district, voluntary individual screening is still available.

Screening for multidrug-resistant bacteria as a predictive test for subsequent onset of nosocomial infection.

Objective: To investigate whether carriage of multidrug-resistant bacteria is a risk factor for nosocomial infection and whether detection of carriage is predictive of subsequent onset of nosocomial infection.

Methods: In this observational cohort (study period, June 1998 through October 2002), nasal and rectal swab specimens from 412 consecutive patients admitted to the intensive care unit were tested for carriage of multidrug-resistant bacteria. Concomitantly, the bacteria responsible for any subsequent nosocomial infection, the date of infection, and some of the known clinical risk factors for nosocomial infection were noted.

Cost-benefit analysis of vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis among French troops.

Background: French troops are exposed to tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) during their tours of duty in the Balkans. This disease, potentially serious because of its lethality and morbidity, has an effective vaccination. The epidemiological characteristics of TBE in the Balkans are not well known.

3D contrast-enhanced MR angiography of the abdominal aorta and its distal branches: Interobserver agreement of radiologists in a routine examination.

Rationale And Objectives: To evaluate the quality of images of the aorta and visceral arteries made at a high level of spatial resolution with thin slices and an optimized acquisition time by three-dimensional contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (3D CE-MRA).

Materials And Methods: 3D CE-MRA with a 1.4-mm slice thickness and 512-pixel base matrix was done on 62 consecutive patients with a 1.

[Influence of temperature and delayed centrifugation: stability studies of 28 analytes currently analysed].

A large amount of off-site blood sampling are analysed in our laboratory with a variable conveying time of up to 7 hours. Fifteen healthy volunteers were included in this study. The aim was to evaluate the stability of current analytes in regard to the temperature and the time before centrifugation.

[Stability of blood glucose collected with or without antiglycolytic agent].

Glycolysis in blood samples is well-known to induce a rapid decrease of glucose concentration and the use of an antiglycolysis is supposed to prevent this phenomenon. Fifteen healthy volunteers were included in this study. The aim was to evaluate the stability of glucose concentration in regard to the type of blood collection tube used (with or without antiglycolytic agent (monoiodoacetate)) and the time before centrifugation.

Early risk factors in acute type A aortic dissection: is there a predictor of preoperative mortality?

Background: To describe the preoperative clinical, echocardiographic and biological findings in patients with acute aortic dissection and attempt to specify high risk factors of preoperative mortality.

Methods: A retrospective, monocentric study of 148 patients admitted for acute type A aortic dissection. All patients underwent a clinical, echocardiographic and biological evaluation on admission.

[Cost-benefit ratio of tick-borne encephalitis vaccination of French troops based in Kosovo].

Background: French military troops based in Kosovo are exposed to Tick-Borne Encephalitis (TBE) biorisk. An efficacious vaccine is available to prevent this disease, burdened by high morbidity and mortality. The epidemiologic features of TBE in Kosovo are unprecise.