Publications by authors named "K Loiseau"

Article Synopsis
  • The study investigates pregnancy and delivery outcomes in women with congenital spinal cord defects and neurogenic bladder, an area where data are limited.
  • The research involved 16 women with a median age of 29.4 years, contributing to 20 pregnancies, with a mix of caesarean and vaginal deliveries, facing complications like urinary tract infections.
  • Successful pregnancies can occur, but they require careful management of urinary tract infection risks and changes in bladder function during and after pregnancy.*
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Purpose: Ice Water Test (IWT) is not frequently used today. IWT triggers a non-inhibited involuntary detrusor contraction (NIDC) when the bladder is being filled with cold saline solution. NIDC is unmasked via a segmental reflex loop different from the physiological micturition reflex.

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Introduction: While numerous therapeutic education programs exist in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), they rarely concern pharmacological treatments. Nevertheless, drugs prescribed during a hospital stay can have a significant risk of adverse events. Vitamin K antagonists (VKA) are among them.

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Aim: Retrospective study on the changing position impact on respiratory events in 14 rehabilitation tracheotomized tetraplegic patients, during 25 months.

Methods: Three positions were compared: permanently supine (16 periods), seated on or=6 days/week (10 periods). The end-point was the incidence of the following respiratory events: pneumonia, atelectasis and plugging of tracheal/bronchial secretions.

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