Humanizing neuropsychological assessment: The role of empathy.

Context: Recent research and the majority of neuropsychological testing manuals emphasize the importance of establishing a proper relationship between the evaluator and the evaluatee. However, there is relatively little empirical research on this point.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to operationalize empathy in the evaluator/evaluatee relationship during neuropsychological assessment.

Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds.

Plastic pollution is distributed patchily around the world's oceans. Likewise, marine organisms that are vulnerable to plastic ingestion or entanglement have uneven distributions. Understanding where wildlife encounters plastic is crucial for targeting research and mitigation.

Dmriprep: open-source diffusion MRI quality control framework with graphical user interface.

In the last decade, investigating white matter microstructure and connectivity via diffusion MRI (dmri) has become a crucial cornerstone in neuroimaging studies. However, even modern dmri sequences have inherently a low signal-to-noise ratio and long acquisition times, depending on the spatial resolution. Furthermore, many types of artifacts complicate the appropriate analysis of dmri, necessitating appropriate quality control (QC) procedures, including exclusion and/or correction of inappropriate/erroneous dmri data.

Botulinum toxin treatment in neurological practice: how much does it really cost? A prospective cost-effectiveness study.

Botulinum toxin (BTA) is a safe and effective therapeutic tool for many neurological conditions but few studies have investigated its real cost in neurological practice. We evaluated the daily cost of botulinum toxin type A (BTA) treatment through a cost effectiveness analysis alongside a prospective study of BTA injections at a French University Hospital over a 2-year follow-up period. The data of 3,108 BTA injections performed in 870 adult patients presenting with dystonia, facial hemispasm, or spasticity were entered in the database.

[Ketoacidosis complicated by fetal death revealing fulminant diabetes during the third trimester of pregnancy].

We describe an acute onset of diabetes mellitus during third trimester of pregnancy revealed by ketoacidosis, complicated by fetal death, which could evoke fulminant type 1 diabetes, a novel subtype of type 1 diabetes first described in Japan and rarely described in Caucasian people. Diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis could be made on simple signs as abdominal pain, vomiting or ketone bodies on urinary multistix. Capillary glycaemic control is necessary to distinguish fast from ketoacidosis.

[Early neonatal bacterial infections: could superficial bacteriologic samples at birth be limited?].

Introduction: Without promptly started antibiotic therapy, early neonatal bacterial infections incur a significant mortality. Superficial bacteriologic samples at birth have in France a real place for the diagnosis and the decision to treat a neonate.

Objectives: In order to limit their indication and their choice, the aim of this article was to describe the proportion of neonates with samples and to determine the diagnostic value of the gastric aspirate, the ear swab and the placental sample.

[Prevention of early-onset group B streptococcus neonatal diseases. The 2005 experience of the Lille University Health Center].

Objectives: To study the efficiency of the official recommendations on the prevention of group B streptococcus and the impact of this strategy.

Materials And Methods: A prospective study was realized in 2005. All infants who were live-born at the Jeanne-de-Flandre hospital (Lille, France) and their mothers were included in the study.

[Liver hernia. Prognosis and report of 11 cases].

Objectives: Exclusive hepatocele is defined as a hernia containing in majority the liver with possibly some intestinal loops. This study was undertaken to evaluate neonatal morbidity and mortality in this series of exclusive hepatoceles.

Materials And Methods: We reviewed 11 cases of exclusive hepatoceles with delivery at the hospital Jeanne-de-Flandre in the CHRU of Lille, in France.

[Twin-to-twin delivery interval: is a time limit justified?].

Objectives: To assess the effect of the twin-to-twin delivery interval on the umbilical cord blood gas status and the neonatal outcome of the second twin following vaginal delivery.

Patients And Methods: Retrospective study of twin deliveries at or beyond 34 weeks of gestation over a period of five years. The correlation between the twin-to-twin delivery interval, and the umbilical arterial blood gas parameters of the second twin, including pH, PO(2), PCO(2), HCO(3-) and base excess, was studied.

[Diagnosis and treatment of congenital bronchopulmonary malformations. A review of 32 cases].

Objectives: Analysis of our experience and propositions on the diagnosis and treatment of congenital bronchopulmonary malformations (BPM).

Population And Methods: Retrospective study of BPM diagnosed between 1997 and 2001. Analysis of clinical spectrum, diagnosis tools, treatment, and clinical outcome.

[Feeding practices in infants: a 6-month prospective cohort study].

Unlabelled: The aims of this work were to assess timing of complementary feeding in infants and to precise the underlying factors that may cause inappropriate complementary feeding.

Patients And Methods: A cohort of 167 newborns, born in the same maternity ward during a 6 week-period, was prospectively analyzed. Only healthy neonates were included in the study.

[Premature discontinuation of breastfeeding].

Unlabelled: This study was performed to describe the factors associated with a premature cessation of breastfeeding.

Background And Methods: Three hundred and forty nine women with a plan for prolonged breastfeeding over two months were interviewed during their hospital stay to define sociological and medical variables. One month after discharge, mothers were contacted by a physician for making out evolution of the breastfeeding.

Freezing of shoulder flexion impeding boule throwing: a form of task-specific focal dystonia in petanque players.

During a period of intensive practice, 2 petanque players developed freezing of shoulder flexion impeding boule throwing. This movement disorder was consistent with the diagnosis of task-specific focal dystonia. Polymyography showed that freezing was associated with bursts of low amplitude.

[Fetal arrhythmias: diagnosis, prognosis, treatment; apropos of 33 cases].

From October 1993 to February 1998, 33 cases of fetal cardiac arrhythmia were investigated by doppler-echocardiography at the Lille infantile and congenital cardiology department. Extrasystolic arrhythmias were the most frequently encountered disorder (25 fetuses, i.e.

[Non-medical factors in perinatal health. A study of socioeconomic anc cultural features of women admitted to the maternity hospital in Lens (Pas-de-Calais)].

Background: The aim of this study was to determine the influence of medical and non-medical factors on perinatal health in an underpriviledged area, the ex-coal mines of Lens (Pas-de-Calais).

Population And Methods: This prospective study concerned 1,000 women who delivered in the maternity hospital of Lens between January 5, 1993 and May 13, 1993. The relationships between preterm delivery, low birth weight and maternal socioeconomic and cultural characteristics were analyzed.

[Contribution of direct bacteriologic examinations to the diagnosis of early materno-fetal bacterial infection: the Lille experience].

A prospective study was conducted in 3056 live-born infants delivered at the Jeanneade-Flandre maternity hospital of the Lille Teaching Hospital between January and August 1997. Clinical, laboratory test, and microbiological test findings were compared. A cohort of 1003 infants who remained in the maternity ward but were considered at increased risk of maternofetal infection (MFI) based on history and/or obstetrical criteria and/or neonatal criteria underwent routine collection of specimens including gastric fluid, auricular and anal swabs, amniotic fluid, and placental fragments.

[Fetal cerebral ventriculomegaly. Etiology and outcome, report of 141 cases].

Objective: To present the different etiologies of fetal cerebral ventriculomegaly (VA) and try to evaluate prognosis.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective analysis was made in 141 cases of fetal cerebral ventriculomegaly diagnosed in our obstetrics department between January 1988 and December 1996.

Results: Mean gestational age at diagnosis was 24.

[Treatment of congenital heart diseases with pulmonary artery cerclage. Immediate and medium term results in 51 patients].

The aim of this study was to assess the results of pulmonary artery banding in a retrospective study of 51 consecutive children treated from January 1980 to December 1993. The study population was 24 girls and 27 boys with an average age of 6.2 months, of average weight of 4.

A randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial of botulinum toxin in the treatment of spastic foot in hemiparetic patients.

Objective: To confirm the apparent effectiveness of botulinum toxin (BTX) in hemiparetic patients with ankle plantar flexors and foot invertor spasticity.

Methods: Twenty three hemiparetic patients with spasticity of the ankle plantar flexors and foot invertors were included in a randomised double blind, placebo controlled study with BTX. Patients were examined on days 0, 30, 90, and 120 and received one injection of BTX and one of placebo in a random order at day 0 and day 90.