Correlation between Muscle Mass and Physical Activity Level in Older Adults at Risk of Falling: The FITNESS Study.

Background: The study investigates the correlation between muscle mass and physical activity level measured objectively and subjectively in older adults who fall or are at high risk of falling.

Methods: FITNESS (Fall Interest to Target Newly Sarcopenic Society) is a multi-center (French university hospitals of Angers, Lille, Limoges and Orléans), cross-sectional, observational study of routine care within a French multidisciplinary hospital consultation. Inclusion criteria were ≥ 75 years old, living at home and consulting for fall or gait disorder.

Benefits of Premaquick Combined Detection of IL-6/Total IGFBP-1/Native IGFBP-1 to Predict Preterm Delivery.

We conducted a prospective double-blind study to compare two vaginal diagnostic methods in singleton pregnancies with threatened preterm labor (TPL) at the University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand (France) from August 2018 to December 2020. Our main objective was to compare the diagnostic capacity at admission, in terms of positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV), of Premaquick (combined detection of IL-6/total IGFBP-1/native IGFBP-1) and QuikCheck fFN™ (fetal fibronectin) for delivery within 7 days in cases of TPL. We included 193 patients.

Use of a clustering method to describe the clinical profiles of older fallers: the value of a multidisciplinary consultation.

Objectives: The population of older adults is particularly heterogeneous with regard to frailty and the risk of falling, the two of which are linked. We conducted an exploratory, analysis (with no preconceived ideas) of data collected during multidisciplinary falls consultations (MFCs), to identify people with similar profiles.

Materials And Methods: We performed an observational, multicentre study of older patients (aged 75 and over) having been evaluated in an MFC.

Factors of Non-Compliance with a Protocol for Oral Administration of Misoprostol (Angusta) 25 Micrograms to Induce Labor: An Observational Study.

We set out to identify factors of non-compliance with a protocol for the oral administration of misoprostol 25 µg (Angusta) every 2 h (up to eight tablets), for the induction of labor (IOL). We conducted a retrospective study on IOL at term, on singleton pregnancies from 2019 to 2021, in a university hospital. The study included 195 patients, comprising 144 compliant protocols.