[Amiodarone-induced optic neuropathy: A rare side effect].

Introduction: The diagnosis of bilateral papilledema implies emergency medical care to look for intracranial hypertension and arteritic ischemic neuropathy. However, other causes must also be mentioned, including drugs. Too often underrated because of their usual benignity, drug side ophthalmological effects can be severe and are typically bilateral.

Transfusion practices in geriatric short stay unit before and after the French national health authority guidelines of 2014.

Unlabelled: Anemia is the most common hematological pathology in geriatrics. Its prevalence increases with age. It is considered as a fragility factor because leading to loss of autonomy and other complications.

Influence of the hydration state on blood pressure values in a group of patients on regular maintenance hemodialysis.

The pathophysiology of hypertension in patients on renal replacement therapy is not yet clear, and the role of extracellular fluid overload is still a matter of debate. The main problem is the lack of techniques to determine the fluid state. Recently new noninvasive techniques have become available which make it possible to accurately determine the hydration state in these patients.

[Epidemiology and clinical course in hepatitis C-positive patients treated with dialysis in Piemonte. Work group of the RPDT].

The high prevalence of HCV positivity in dialysis patients has recently prompted several studies on this controversial subject. The aim of the study was an evaluation of HCV positivity and of influence on clinical outcome in 2,404 patients on dialysis in Piedmont (Northern Italy Region, about 4,400,000 inhab., 20 Dialysis Centers) at December 1993 (32.

Monitoring of central venous dual-lumen catheter placement in haemodialysis: improvement of a technique for the practising nephrologist.

Mismanagement in the placement of central venous catheter (CVC) may occur in up to 20% of cases. The catheter can be inadvertently placed in the contralateral brachiocephalic vein, the ipsi or contralateral internal jugular vein, and usually a thoracic radiograph is necessary to evaluate its location. We propose a technique first described by Serafini et al.