Publications by authors named "S Beloucif"
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- Early recognition of perioperative anaphylaxis is vital but challenging due to varying clinical presentations; IgE-mediated allergy can be life-threatening.
- A study analyzed 145 adults with suspected hypersensitivity, revealing that a specific cutaneous vasoconstriction phenotype shortly after drug exposure was strongly linked to IgE-mediated allergy.
- Associated factors included low end-tidal carbon dioxide and low mean arterial pressure, with delayed vasodilation further supporting the allergy diagnosis; a model using these characteristics showed promising accuracy in identifying allergic reactions.
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- The TRITON-01 study assessed the safety and efficacy of using stented aortic matrices for airway replacement in patients, confirming it can be a standard treatment option.
- Over a 12-year period, 35 patients underwent this procedure, showing a low 30-day mortality rate of 2.9% and a 22.9% morbidity rate.
- At a median follow-up of nearly 30 months, over 75% of patients survived, with no deaths linked to the bioprosthesis and 28.6% achieving stent-free survival.
Background: Surgical lung biopsy is essential in the diagnostic algorithm of interstitial lung disease (ILD) of unknown cause. Safety concerns have been recently reiterated. This study prospectively assessed the yield of diagnosis and safety of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical lung biopsy (VATS-LB) for ILD diagnosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClinical ethics can be conceived as thought marked by uncertainty and on uncertainty. Its difficulties must be highlighted and discussed, in order to help guide the actions of caregivers, both on a scientific and human level, for the benefit of the patient. As an intellectual and moral virtue, humility is likely to favour a high standard of reflection and action.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe quality of the relationship is important for the medical care of adolescents. The choice of the pronoun of address, "tu" or "vous", could be a determining factor in this relationship. A study of 220 adolescents showed that they preferred to be addressed as "tu".
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