Joint replacement increases radiation exposure to the staff in angiography: A phantom study.

Introduction: The present study investigates the influence of joint prostheses on the amount of scattered radiation in a simulated angiography set-up.

Materials And Methods: A clinical angiography system (Artis Zee, Siemens Healthineers, Germany) with a water phantom as a scattering object was used. The scattered radiation of the water phantom was repeatedly measured without prosthesis, with a knee prosthesis and a hip prosthesis made from titanium, aluminum, vanadium, ceramics and polyethylene.

Spatial hand representation in anorexia nervosa: a controlled pilot study.

Body representation distortion (BRD) is a core criterion of Anorexia Nervosa (AN), and is usually assessed subjectively, focusing on body shape. We aimed to develop a new assessment to evaluate body representation independently from socially-mediated body image, on a body part with low emotional salience (hands). In a monocentric open label pilot study, we measured hand representations based on explicit (verbal) and implicit (tactile) instructions.

[GABAergic approach of postpartum depression: A translational review of literature].

Introduction: Prevalence of postpartum depression (PPD) ranges from 10 to 15 % of parturients. The impact of the PPD is major on the maternal bond and the health of both mother and child. Its physiopathological mechanisms appear to differ from other types of depression.