A multicentre study of the trend of adverse events during outpatient anaesthesia in Switzerland during 2000-2016.

Background: Over the last three decades, the use of outpatient surgery has been steadily increasing. Simultaneously, there has been an inciting movement to measure and improve healthcare quality and safety. Nevertheless, anaesthesia-related morbidity remains significant.

Long-term outcome in neuroZika: When biological diagnosis matters.

Objective: To characterize the full spectrum, relative frequency, and prognosis of the neurologic manifestations in Zika virus (ZIKV) postnatal infection.

Methods: We conducted an observational study in consecutive ZIKV-infected patients presenting with neurologic manifestations during the French West Indies 2016 outbreak.

Results: Eighty-seven patients, including 6 children, were enrolled.

When can obstetric risk be predicted?

Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the chronology of the appearance of perpartum obstetric risk factors (POR) in order to define the best moment to evaluate the type of management to which women will be oriented. We have secondarily studied the extent to which inappropriate medical interventions play a role in the genesis of some complications in the deliveries of women who are in principle at low risk.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study from January 1 to June 30, 2015 at the Croix-Rousse Hospital of Lyon, a level III maternity, and the Valence Hospital Center, a level II maternity, including all women giving birth at 24 to 42 weeks of gestation at hospital.

Treatment of breast cancer in the elderly: a prospective, population-based Swiss study.

Objectives: The primary objective of this population-based study is to describe the patterns of care of elderly patients with breast cancer (BC), and evaluate potential causative factors for the decrease in BC-specific survival (BCSS) in the elderly.

Patients And Methods: We included all or representative samples of patients with newly diagnosed BC from seven Swiss cancer registries between 2003 and 2005 (n=4820). Surgical and non-surgical BC treatment was analyzed over 5 age groups (<65, 65 to <70, 70 to <75, 75 to <80 and ≥80years), and the predictive impact of patient age on specific treatments was calculated using multivariate logistic regression analysis.

Management of elderly patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a single-center experience.

Background: Optimal management of elderly patients (≥70 years) with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains debatable. We compared survival and treatment of advanced NSCLC between elderly and younger patients.

Methods: From the cancer registry, we identified 188 patients treated with chemotherapy for stage IV NSCLC.

Cancer survivors in Switzerland: a rapidly growing population to care for.

Background: Cancer survivors are a heterogeneous group with complex health problems. Data concerning its total number and growing dynamics for Switzerland are scarce and outdated.

Methods: Population and mortality data were retrieved from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO).

A population-based study on the patterns of use of different chemotherapy regimens in Swiss patients with early breast cancer.

Background: There is considerable heterogeneity in the use of chemotherapy in early breast cancer (BC), despite international recommendations issued from the NCCN, NIH and the St.Gallen bi-annual conference.

Methods: We included 1,535 patients from seven Swiss cancer registries between 2003 and 2005 receiving chemotherapy for stage I to III BC.

A population-based study on the implementation of treatment recommendations for chemotherapy in early breast cancer.

Background: There is considerable heterogeneity in the use of chemotherapy for patients with early breast cancer (BC), despite international recommendations issued from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the St. Gallen biannual conference. This population-based study assessed the patterns of chemotherapy use in early BC.

Premature deaths in Switzerland from 1995-2006: causes and trends.

Purpose: Mortality expressed as potential years of life lost (PYLL) underscores premature and preventable mortality. We analysed causes of and trends in premature death in Switzerland to highlight the areas which provide the greatest potential outcome for preventive measures.

Methods: Premature mortality rates and trends from 1995-2006 were examined by reviewing potential years of life lost between age 1 and 70, as the upper age limit, considering 4 main categories: circulatory diseases, cancer, external causes of mortality and other causes, and 19 specific causes of death.

Predictors of state-of-the-art management of early breast cancer in Switzerland.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate predictors of state-of-the-art management of early breast cancer in Switzerland.

Patients And Methods: The study included 3499 women aged 25-79 years diagnosed with invasive breast cancer stages I-IIIA in 2003-2005. Patients were identified through population-based cancer registries and treated in all kinds of settings.

Geographic variation in breast cancer care in Switzerland.

Purpose: Regional disparities in breast cancer outcomes have been reported in Switzerland. The purpose of this study is to investigate geographic variation in early diagnosis and management of breast cancer.

Methods: We used data from a representative sample of 4820 women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2005 identified by seven Swiss population based cancer registries.

[Acute dietary poisoning by white hellebore (Veratrum album L.). Clinical and analytical data. A propos of 5 cases].

Five cases of acute accidental poisoning with White Hellebore are reported. All cases occurred several minutes after the ingestion of home-made gentian wine. The clinical signs were nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, hypotension and bradycardia.