Publications by authors named "V Dinot"
Article Synopsis
- Arteriovenous-fistulas (AVFs) are essential for hemodialysis but often fail early, with a study exploring risk factors linked to early failure using specific criteria like thrombosis and vein diameter.
- * A retrospective analysis of 105 patients revealed that 60% experienced early AVF failure, with low vein-distensibility identified as a strong predictor.
- * The study also noted that being female was associated with having veins that were too deep for effective AVF access.
Background: To prevent anaphylaxis-associated illness, intramuscular epinephrine injection is recommended. Subcutaneous injection may reduce efficacy, and intraosseous injection promotes morbidity. A few studies suggested that commercially available thigh epinephrine autoinjectors (EAIs) may induce subcutaneous/intraosseous injection in some adults.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Custom-made transparent facial orthoses (TFOs) (face masks) are used to improve facial burn scars. We conducted a systematic literature review on TFO manufacture and use.
Methods: Pubmed and Cochrane databases were searched without restrictions for relevant articles.
Exploratory study: Evaluation of a symptom checker effectiveness for providing a diagnosis and evaluating the situation emergency compared to emergency physicians using simulated and standardized patients.
PLoS One
February 2023
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the effectiveness of a symptom checker (SC) against emergency physicians using objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) with simulated patients.
- The SC was less accurate than emergency physicians, identifying only 30% of main diagnoses compared to 81%, and was also less effective in suggesting secondary diagnoses and triaging patients.
- The results suggest that simulated patient evaluations are more suitable for assessing SCs, as they provide insights into real-time decision-making processes in a healthcare setting.
Background: A comprehensive analysis of routinely collected pre/perioperative demographic/clinical factors that could predict final visual acuity after primary Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) has not been conducted previously.
Methods: A retrospective monocenter cohort study was performed with consecutive patients with Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) who underwent DMEK or triple-DMEK (DMEK combined with cataract surgery) in 2016-2020 in a French tertiary-care hospital. DMEK-only patients were pseudophakic.