In the context of smoking cessation, the shared educational assessment (BEP) enables us to assess the smoker's needs, define specific objectives and set up appropriate educational workshops. This multidisciplinary approach helps smokers to maintain their smoking cessation. The BEP is the first step in the educational process, exploring the various classic dimensions of therapeutic patient education (TPE) and then defining an action plan based on the priorities identified.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The European hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) guidelines recommend a multidisciplinary approach for patients with HS and management of comorbidities.
Objective: We aimed to describe the organization of a multidisciplinary HS program and characterize the patient population.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of patients with HS undergoing prospectively defined multidisciplinary work-up including examinations by a dermatologist, plastic surgeon, smoking specialist, and nutritionist in our outpatient unit between October 2015 and January 2017.
The majority of legionellosis are caused by Legionella pneumophila, especially serogroup 1, the only diagnosed by Legionella urinary antigen test. The diagnosis of other serogroups and other Legionella species is based on culture and seroconversion. Sever cases are more frequently observed in immunocompromised patients and in nosocomial pneumonias.
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