A survey of French general practitioners on the epidemiology of wounds in family practice.

Background: To measure the frequency and nature of wounds in patients treated in general practice and to describe the patients' tetanus vaccination status and the sources providing information about this status.

Methods: A descriptive, prospective, week-long, national electronic survey was conducted among general practitioners within the Sentinelles network.

Results: The participation rate was 12.

A survey of French general practitioners and a qualitative study on their use and assessment of predictive clinical scores.

Background: Predictive clinical scores, diagnostic as well as prognostic, are considered to be useful tools for making decisions under conditions of uncertainty. They are not intended to replace clinical judgment or medical experience, but to help physicians in the interpretation of clinical information. The general practitioner (GP), the gateway to care in the French health system, should be the main beneficiary of their utilization.

Mumps: burden of disease in France.

This article provides a review of the epidemiological data on mumps in France since 1986. The results of 26 years of monitoring in general practice by the Sentinel network are analysed, such as hospitalisation data between 2004 and 2010, as well as mortality data between 2000 and 2009. The annual incidence rate has plummeted between 1986 and 2011, from 859 cases per 100,000 inhabitants [95% CI: 798-920] to 9 cases per 100,000 inhabitants [95% CI: 4-14].

Bronchiolitis-associated encephalopathy in critically-ill infants: an underestimated complication?

Objective: To investigate the bronchiolitis-associated encephalopathy in critically ill infants.

Methods: The records of infants with severe bronchiolitis admitted to our intensive care unit between 1991 and 2003 were reviewed. Subjects with underlying neurological disorders were excluded.

Intrauterine smoke exposure: a new risk factor for bronchopulmonary dysplasia?

Objective: To evaluate the role of intrauterine smoke exposure and other variables on the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in infants with birth weight < 1500 g (VLBW).

Methods: This case-control study investigated 277 VLBW infants (141 cases, 136 controls) admitted at birth to neonatal intensive care unit and survived to discharge. A retrospective telephone interview provided detailed parental information supplementing clinical data.