Impact of new drug releases on heart failure management and hospitalizations in France: A repeated cross-sectional study between 2014 and 2023.

Real-life data on the impact of sacubitril-valsartan and sodium-glucose cotransporter type 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors on heart failure (HF) in France is lacking. Using French health insurance databases, we examined the ten-year evolution in HF medication use, focusing on SGLT-2 inhibitors and sacubitril/valsartan, and incidence of HF hospitalizations during the same period. We conducted a repeated cross-sectional study using medical-administrative data from French health insurance databases between 2014 and 2023.

Pericapsular nerve group block: a 3D CT scan imaging study to determine the spread of injectate.

Background: Current understanding of the mechanism of action of the pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block is primarily based on cadaver studies. We performed an imaging study in patients undergoing hip surgery to enhance the understanding of the analgesic mechanisms following a PENG block.

Materials And Methods: 10 patients scheduled for hip surgery received an ultrasound-guided PENG block with 18 mL of 0.