Two-dimensional T2*-weighted multi-shot echo-planar imaging to detect cerebral microbleeds in neurocognitive disorders: A time-efficient alternative to susceptibility weighted angiography.

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of ultra-fast two-dimensional (2D) T2*-weighted multi-shot echo-planar imaging (MS-EPI) for the detection of cerebral microbleeds (CMB) in cognitive disorders.

Methods: Sixty-eight patients referred for neuroimaging to investigate cognitive disorders underwent 3 T MR imaging, with both 2D T2*-weighted MS-EPI and susceptibility-weighted angiography (SWAN). Microbleeds were separately assessed on 2D T2*-weighted MS-EPI and SWAN by 2 raters.

Effect of a multimodal training on the ability of medical students to administer the MMSE: a comparative study.

Backgrounds: The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is the main screening and follow-up test for neurocognitive disorders. In France, it is often administered by medical students. Conditions allowing to administer the MMSE are strict but not well known by students, leading to mistakes in scoring.

Bulk Electrosynthesis of Patchy Particles with Highly Controlled Asymmetric Features.

Asymmetric modification of particles with various patches of different composition and size at predefined positions is an important challenge in contemporary surface chemistry, as such particles have numerous potential applications, ranging from materials science and (photo)catalysis to self-assembly and drug delivery. However, approaches allowing the synthesis of this kind of complex objects in the bulk of a solution in a straightforward way are currently lacking. In this context, bipolar electrochemistry (BE) is a powerful technique for the asymmetric modification of conducting objects.

[Deliberate intoxication with Datura Stramonium, a rare cause of confusion].

Many drugs can be responsible for this syndrome. Although it remains rare, poisoning by Datura Stramonium should be considered in the event of anticholinergic syndrome in the elderly, particularly in the event of anticholinergic manifestations.

Clinical Pharmacist Intervention Reduces Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions in a Geriatric Perioperative Care Unit Dedicated to Hip Fracture.

Introduction: Clinical pharmacist (CP) intervention improves drug prescription by identifying potentially inappropriate prescriptions (PIPs). Geriatric perioperative care units (UPOGs) provide enhanced care for patients with hip fracture, including drug prescription. However, it is not known whether adding a CP intervention in a UPOG decreases the number of PIPs.