Assessment of health literacy in a French emergency department.

Background: Health literacy (HL) has become a subject of major interest in public health worldwide. It is known to be linked to self-efficacy in care use and to global health status, and a non-negligible frequency of problematic or inadequate levels of HL in populations worldwide is reported. As this has yet to be evaluated in France, the present study aimed to evaluate the HL level of patients in a French emergency department (ED).

Impact of delayed mobile medical team dispatch for respiratory distress calls: a propensity score matched study from a French emergency communication center.

Background: Shortness of breath is a common complaint among individuals contacting emergency communication center (EMCCs). In some prehospital system, emergency medical services include an advanced life support (ALS)-capable team. Whether such team should be dispatched during the phone call or delayed until the BLS-capable paramedic team reports from the scene is unclear.

Value of Chest X-Ray and Chest Computed Tomography for Systemic Sarcoidosis Diagnosis in Undifferentiated Uveitis.

Background: To evaluate the contribution of chest X-ray and chest CT for the diagnosis of sarcoid uveitis.

Methods: Retrospective study on consecutive patients with uveitis of unknown etiology, who underwent both chest X-ray and CT during uveitis diagnosis workup in a tertiary French university hospital.

Results: A total of 914 patients were included.

Brentuximab-vedotin in combination with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, prednisolone for the treatment of aggressive CD30-positive cutaneous T-cell lymphomas.

Aggressive CD30-positive cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CD30CTCL) are associated with unfavorable prognosis. Anthracycline-based polychemotherapy (CHOP) and brentuximab-vedotin (BV) monotherapy are related to poor outcomes in case of extracutaneous involvement or rapidly-progressing disease. Our objective was to assess the effectiveness of BV + CHP in aggressive CD30CTCL.