Publications by authors named "Edgar Tissot"
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the consumption of anti-haemophilic drugs by adults and children with severe haemophilia A or B (residual activity of FVIII or FIX < or =2%) and to quantify the average direct medical costs.
Method: A retrospective multicentre cost-of-illness study from the perspective of French national health insurance system. The costs include only the use of clotting factors.
Objective: Medication administration errors (MAEs) are the second most frequent type of medication errors, as has been shown in different studies in the literature. The aims of this observational study were to assess the rate and the potential clinical significance of MAEs and to determine the associated risk factors.
Design: In two departments, Geriatric Unit (GU) and Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery Unit (CTSU) of Besançon University Hospital (France), MAEs were identified using the undisguised observation technique and classified according to the definitions of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Background: Hemorrhagic cystitis (HC) is an important cause of morbidity in patients undergoing allogeneic stem-cell transplantation (SCT). Various causes have been identified, such as the use of high-dose cyclophosphamide or busulfan and the occurrence of acute graft-versus-host disease or viral infections (cytomegalovirus, adenovirus, polyomavirus).
Methods: The clinical course of four patients treated with factor XIII (FXIII) concentrate for severe HC after allogeneic SCT is described.