Hospital admissions related to influenza in France during the 2006/2007 epidemic.

Background: The data available on hospital admissions related to influenza mostly concern in-patients admitted via the emergency department. Severe cases have been collated by intensive care practitioners since 2009. For this survey, we searched French hospital admission databases to estimate the prevalence rate of hospital admissions related to influenza and to record qualitative data.

The appropriateness of renal angioplasty. The ANPARIA software: a multidisciplinary expert panel approach.

Percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty (PTRA) is an invasive technique that is costly and involves the risk of complications and renal failure. The ability of PTRA to reduce the administration of antihypertensive drugs has been demonstrated. A potentially greater benefit, which nevertheless remains to be proven, is the deferral of the need for chronic dialysis.

[Biochemical evaluation of the results of lipid regulating treatment in France].

The objective of the SPOT study (Study of Practice versus Objectives of Treatment) was the biochemical evaluation of the results of long term lipid regulating treatment in France, compared to the objectives defined by AFSSAPS (French regulatory agency for the safety of medical products) in 2000. A random sample of doctors was recruited in 21 French regions by the Regional Health Observation service. To be included in the SPOT study, the patients had to be on lipid regulating medication for at least six months and consent to biochemical evaluation following a consultation.

[Measurement of the prevention policy in the hospital].

Introduction: Prevention policy is a legal obligation for French hospitals. As such, preventive clinical practices should therefore be assessed.

Objective: Assess the results of the hospital prevention policy.

[Cost-effectiveness analysis of laparoscopic surgery versus methotrexate: comparison of data recorded in an ectopic pregnancy registry].

Objectives: To compare the cost efficacy ratios of medical therapy (methotrexate - MTX) and laparoscopic surgery for ectopic pregnancy, based on an observational study of effectiveness.

Material And Methods: Data were collected by a population register of the Auvergne area. We computed the costs before, during and after hospitalization of women who could be treated either by MTX or laparoscopic surgery.