[How potentially inapropriate are psychotropic drugs prescribing in acute psychiatric unit for the elderly? Results from a large multicentric audit in France].

Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a major public health issue, especially when it comes to the elderly. Potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) are one of the causes of ADRs in older people. A PIP can be defined as a prescription for which the benefit/risk ratio is unfavourable compared to other therapeutic alternatives.

[Pharmaco-therapeutic evaluation of medical treatments of adult autistics and multi-handicapped patients in a public mental health unit].

Introduction: This paper presents a survey conducted on a population of multi-handicapped patients and autistic adults hospitalised long term in the Paul Guiraud mental health Hospital in Villejuif France.

Objective: The aim of the survey is to deepen the knowledge of the treatments for this specific population.

Methods: A preliminary medical investigation was conducted on the population in order to target different groups of patients.

[Acute postpartum anaemia. Clinical practice and interest of intravenous iron].

Objectives: Postpartum anaemia is a very frequent pathology concerning from 4% to 27% of patients. The purpose of this study was to estimate clinical practice in front of acute postpartum anaemia and to value a new treatment: intravenous iron.

Patients And Methods: Retrospective study over a period of 2 years (April 2001-March 2003) realised in the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Belfort Regional Hospital.

[Value of trimeprazine among hypnotics in a psychiatric facility].

Trimeprazine (TPZ) has been marketed in France since 1959, as tablets and solution containing respectively 5 mg and 40 mg/ml. TPZ is a phenothiazine derivative with known antihistaminic and sedative effects. The first approved indication for TPZ is in the treatment of allergy.