Combining Intensive Rehabilitation With a Nonfunctional Isokinetic Strengthening Program in Adolescents With Cerebral Palsy: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Cerebral palsy is the most common brain injury in the pediatric population. Patients with cerebral palsy present different affectations such as decreased muscle strength, gait deviations, impaired proprioception, and spasticity. Isokinetic strengthening programs combined with intensive rehabilitation may improve muscle strength and therefore gait efficiency.

Who are the minors seeking an abortion for an unplanned pregnancy? A French observational study.

Aim: To investigate the demographic, social, familial environmental and medical characteristics of women under 18 years having recourse to elective abortion (EA).

Methods: cross-sectional observational study from 01/02/2015 to 01/02/2016.

Results: 2626 EA were performed during study period and 210 (8%) minor women were identified.

A prospective study of the frequency of severe pain and predictive factors in women undergoing first-trimester surgical abortion under local anaesthesia.

Objective: To determine the frequency of severe pain among women and to identify the associated predictive factors during first-trimester surgical abortion under local anaesthesia (LA).

Study Design: A prospective cohort study from November 2013 to January 2014 at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Rennes, France. The study population was composed of one hundred and ninety-four patients who underwent an elective first-trimester surgical abortion under LA.

Cohort Profile: French hospital database on HIV (FHDH-ANRS CO4).

The French Hospital Database on HIV (FHDH) is a hospital-based multicentre open cohort with inclusions ongoing since 1989. The research objectives focus mainly on mid- and long-term clinical outcomes and therapeutic strategies, as well as severe AIDS and non-AIDS morbidities, and public health issues relative to HIV infection. FHDH also serves to describe HIV-infected patients receiving hospital care in France.

Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis using self-collected vaginal swabs at a public pregnancy termination clinic in France: results of a screen-and-treat policy.

Objective: To assess the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infection and the risk factors for CT infection among women presenting for abortion at a clinic in France.

Methods: Women seeking surgically induced abortions were systematically screened by PCR on self-collected vaginal swabs between January 1, 2010, and September 30, 2010. CT-positive women were treated with oral azithromycin (1 g) before the surgical procedure.

Varicella arthritis in childhood: a case report and review of the literature.

Nonbacterial arthritis is a rare but well-recognized complication of acute varicella in children. Reported cases usually described monoarthritis of the knee that occurs at the onset of the rash or shortly after. Herein, we describe a case of arthritis of the hip that occurred in a 4-year-old girl 6 days before the onset of rash.

Costs of intermittent versus continuous antiretroviral therapy in patients with controlled HIV infection: a substudy of the ANRS 106 Window Trial.

Background: Structured treatment interruptions in chronic HIV infection have been explored as a drug-sparing strategy to reduce drug-related adverse events and costs while maintaining CD4 cell counts at a level high enough to prevent the risk of disease progression.

Objectives: To test the hypothesis and put a figure on the reduction in total medical costs, we conducted a cost study analysis in the setting of a randomized open-label study comparing an intermittent to a continuous antiretroviral regimen.

Patients And Methods: Four hundred three HIV-1-infected adults who were tolerating highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), with a nadir CD4 count of 100 cells per microliter or more and a CD4 count above 450 cells per microliter at screening, were randomly assigned to switch to a fixed 8-week off, 8-week on intermittent treatment (IT) or to maintain their current treatment (CT) strategy.