[Assessing post-hospitalization therapeutic ranges in elderly patients treated for atrial fibrillation with vitamin k antagonists].

Background: In France, anticoagulants are among the most recommended treatments for serious accidents, particularly among the elderly.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of practical and validated tools designed to reduce the negative effects of vitamin K antagonist (VKA) treatments by assessing patients before and after the tools were implemented.

Methods: An exhaustive before and after multi-centric cohort study was performed in the Agen territory.

Correlations between gaseous and liquid phase chemistries induced by cold atmospheric plasmas in a physiological buffer.

The understanding of plasma-liquid interactions is of major importance, not only in physical chemistry, chemical engineering and polymer science, but in biomedicine as well as to better control the biological processes induced on/in biological samples by Cold Atmospheric Plasmas (CAPs). Moreover, plasma-air interactions have to be particularly considered since these CAPs propagate in the ambient air. Herein, we developed a helium-based CAP setup equipped with a shielding-gas device, which allows the control of plasma-air interactions.

Young Sprague Dawley rats infected by Plasmodium berghei: A relevant experimental model to study cerebral malaria.

Cerebral malaria (CM) is the most severe manifestation of human malaria yet is still poorly understood. Mouse models have been developed to address the subject. However, their relevance to mimic human pathogenesis is largely debated.

Oxidative modification and electrochemical inactivation of Escherichia coli upon cold atmospheric pressure plasma exposure.

Cold atmospheric pressure plasmas (CAPPs) are known to have bactericidal effects but the mechanism of their interaction with microorganisms remains poorly understood. In this study the bacteria Escherichia coli were used as a model and were exposed to CAPPs. Different gas compositions, helium with or without adjunctions of nitrogen or oxygen, were used.