[SPA therapy for pain of patients with chronic low back pain, knee osteo-arthritis and fibromyalgia].

The data of 33 randomized controlled trials suggest that chronic pain of patients with chronic low back pain, knee osteo-arthritis, fibromyalgia is significantly improved by balneotherapy and significantly better improved than by control treatments. For chronic low back pain (10 RCT, 1192 patients) pain was better improved in balneotherapy group and the weighted mean of the differential improvement was 19.66 (95 % CI: 16.

Frequency and severity of adverse drug reactions due to self-medication: a cross-sectional multicentre survey in emergency departments.

Background: Little is known about the relation of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) to self-use of medications.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and severity of ADRs related to self-medication (ADR-SM) among emergency department (ED) patients and to describe their main characteristics.

Methods: A prospective, cross-sectional, observational study was conducted over a period of 8 weeks (1 March to 20 April 2010), in the ED of 11 French academic hospitals.

[What therapeutic goals in the aged diabetic patients?].

Diabetes in the elderly is a growing public health problem, impacting both quality of life and autonomy. In the absence of prospective studies, the therapeutic goal will depend both on classical diabetes-related criteria and on geriatric assessment to determine the degree of frailty. The glycemic goal for elderly diabetic patients in good general health is roughly the same as for younger patients, while the target should be less strict for frail patients, in order to avoid both hypoglycemia and excessive treatment constraints that have no direct benefit.