Self-reported asthma prevalence and management in adults in France in 2018: ASTHMAPOP survey.

Background: There is a paucity of epidemiological data on asthma classified by disease severity in France. The ASTHMAPOP cross-sectional study aimed to review the prevalence and current management of asthma in people aged ≥18 years in France.

Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was mailed to 19 676 people representative of the French population in age, gender, region, and socio-economic status.

Symptom variability in patients with severe COPD: a pan-European cross-sectional study.

In between exacerbations, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is usually regarded as a stable condition, but there is increasing recognition of variability in this state. This cross-sectional study assessed patients' perception of symptom variability. Participants were outpatients > 45 yrs old with COPD, current or ex-smokers, forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV₁) <50% predicted, FEV₁/forced vital capacity < 0.

[Non-operative extraction of residual stones after surgery on the main biliary pathways. Value of Burhenne-Mazariello's technique (author's transl)].

Early detection of residual stones in the main biliary pathways during external drainage following surgery has, until recently, required a repeat operation with all its associated technical and psychological problems. Currently, however, Burhenne-Mazariello's nonoperative extraction technique is a very reliable therapeutic measure, as shown by results in 8 cases and those reported by the authors. Furthermore, this technique can be applied by a surgeon isolated in a small centre with the minimum of material, with a high probability of success.