[A municipal health center’s co-constructed therapeutic patient education program for patients with single or multiple morbidities].

Introduction: The accessibility of Therapeutic Patient Education (TPE) is essential to reduce social inequalities and to meet the challenges posed by the increase in chronic diseases. In France, the distribution of TPE throughout the territory is heterogeneous and patients still lack sufficient access. With these perspectives in mind, a municipal health center has developed an innovative TPE device by involving concerned patients from the outset.

[The N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) assay with the Stratus CS analyzer].

Background: NT-proBNP is an efficient biomarker for the evaluation, management and prognosis of patients with heart failure.

Methods: We evaluated the analytical performance of the NT-proBNP immunoenzymatic assay with the Stratus CS semi-automated analyzer in two hospital laboratories. The characteristics assessed included imprecision, functional sensitivity, linearity/recovery, interferences study, high-dose hook effect and a comparison of Acute Care(TM) pPBNP (on Stratus)CS) versus PBNP (on Dimension HM) results on patient heparinized plasma samples.