In vivo probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy in amiodarone-related pneumonia.

Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) allows microscopic imaging of the alveoli during bronchoscopy. The objective of the study was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of pCLE for amiodarone-related pneumonia (AMR-IP). Alveolar pCLE was performed in 36 nonsmoking patients, including 33 consecutive patients with acute or subacute interstitial lung disease (ILD), of which 17 were undergoing treatment with amiodarone, and three were amiodarone-treated patients without ILD.

Do teaching faculty resources affect the choice of medical career?

The faculty to student (F/S) ratio is a key criterion in ranking medical universities. In France, the registration of students at the medical university in their home region is mandatory. At the end of undergraduate studies, students have to take the National Ranking Exam (NRE), and choice of specialty is based on their rank.

[Predictability of the results of the 2004 French national-ranking exam].

Objective: To assess the individual predictability of success for undergraduate medical students taking the French national-ranking examination (examen classant national [NRE]) in June 2004.

Methods: In total, 86 students in Rouen were classified according to RNE scores. We used the Spearman rank test [rs] to correlate to the RNE score each student's previous test results during the medical curriculum: written exams (first two years of medical classes), clinical skill tests (third- and fourth-year) and the clinical and therapeutic synthesis certificate (CSCT), and the northwest region official RNE practice test.

Pleural effusion revealing giant cell arteritis.

Pulmonary involvement is considered to be rare in giant cell arteritis (GCA), usually occurring in the course of the disease. We describe the case of a patient who developed left pleural effusion revealing GCA. Thoracic CT scan demonstrated an abundant left pleural effusion and a thickening of the aortic wall.