Stability study of hydromorphone and bupivacaine mixture by HPLC-UV.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the physical and chemical stability of hydromorphone hydrochloride and bupivacaine hydrochloride in concentrations of 15 mg.ml and 10 mg.mL in 0.

[Hemolytic uremic syndrome following gemcitabine treatment].

Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in children is classically associated with diarrheas related to the production of a shiga-toxin. HUS occurs among oncologic patients, in relation with the cancer itself, or as a complication of the cytostatic treatment. The physician should be familiar with the triad of HUS (microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia and renal failure) and search actively for this pathology in oncologic patient.

[Managing obesity and binge eating disorders].

Binge eating disorder is frequent in patients suffering from obesity. Such disorders must be detected through the DSM-IV criteria. Binge eating disorder must be taken into account during the treatment in order to diminish the relapse and the "yoyo" phenomenon.

Ethics roundtable debate: A patient dies from an ICU-acquired infection related to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus--how do you defend your case and your team?

An elderly patient dies from septic shock in the intensive care unit. This is perhaps not an unusual scenario, but in this case the sepsis happens to have been due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, possibly related to a catheter, and possibly transmitted from a patient in a neighbouring room by less than adequate compliance with infection control procedures. The family decides to sue.

Cognitive-behavioral therapy with simultaneous nutritional and physical activity education in obese patients with binge eating disorder.

An important problem with obese patients suffering from binge eating disorders (BED) is to treat their dysfunctional eating patterns while initiating a weight loss. We propose to assess a cognitive-behavioral therapy combined with a nutritional and a physical activity program. Our purpose is to verify that the addition of a nutritional and a physical program leads to a significant weight loss and enables psychological improvement.

Evaluation of nutritional education using concept mapping.

Unlabelled: The concept mapping method is presented in the current study as a new tool to assess the learning process taking part in the hallmark of a nutritional education program addressed to obese diabetic patients.

Population: eight patients were interviewed prior to and after completion of 1-week in-hospital stay during which concept maps were designed. Concept maps quantitative and qualitative analysis disclose both (i) the importance of previous knowledge among patients prior to nutritional education and (ii) the maintenance of misconceptions after it.