The Key Role of Psychosocial Competencies in Evidence-Based Youth Mental Health Promotion: Academic Support in Consolidating a National Strategy in France.

Psychosocial competencies, also known as psychosocial skills or life skills, are essential for the prevention and promotion of mental health. Since the beginning of this century, psychosocial competencies have been defined as the ability to develop positive mental health. Most individual or social mental health protection programs are related to psychosocial competencies.

Pupillometry-guided Intraoperative Remifentanil Administration versus Standard Practice Influences Opioid Use: A Randomized Study.

Background: Pupillometry has shown promising results for assessing nociception in anesthetized patients. However, its benefits in clinical practice are not demonstrated. The aim of this prospective randomized study was to evaluate the impact of intraoperative pupillometry monitoring on perioperative opioid consumption in major gynecologic surgery.

End-tidal carbon dioxide is better than arterial pressure for predicting volume responsiveness by the passive leg raising test.

Purpose: In stable ventilatory and metabolic conditions, changes in end-tidal carbon dioxide (EtCO(2)) might reflect changes in cardiac index (CI). We tested whether EtCO(2) detects changes in CI induced by volume expansion and whether changes in EtCO(2) during passive leg raising (PLR) predict fluid responsiveness. We compared EtCO(2) and arterial pulse pressure for this purpose.

Urinary excretion of 5-S-cysteinyldopa is enhanced by PUVA and is independent of skin type.

Urinary excretion of 5-S-cysteinyldopa (5-S-CD) was followed in 20 patients receiving PUVA therapy. Large increases were observed after PUVA treatment, more predominant in males and unrelated to skin types. Relative increases rather than absolute values paralleled cutaneous reactions.

Trichinella spiralis in rats: in vivo effects of the bile and in vitro action of secretory IgA from bile.

The biliary secretion of rats is diverted from the choledoch duct to the bladder. These rats are resuscitated by sub-cutaneous injections of a salt solution and then infected with Trichinella spiralis larvae. It is shown that the number of adult worms is increased (+ 66%); as is the female larvae production (+ 51%); the females' length is also increased (+ 25%).