Topical anesthesia versus topical and subconjunctival anesthesia combined in diabetic retinopathy photocoagulation.

Purpose: comparison between two anesthetic techniques on the ability to reduce pain during panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) treatment.

Methods: Observational retrospective single center study. Medical charts of patients who underwent PRP for proliferative diabetic retinopathy were revised.

Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Papillopathy due to Hormonal Changes during Pregnancy.

Background: The underlying mechanisms of papilledema associated with intracranial hypertension remain unclear. A case of bilateral papillary edema in a patient with chronic idiopathic intracranial hypertension who was asymptomatic during her two pregnancies is reported. .

PRADOC: a trial on the efficiency of a transition care management plan for hospitalized patients with heart failure in France.

Aims: Transition care programmes are designed to improve coordination of care between hospital and home. For heart failure patients, meta-analyses show a high efficacy but with moderate evidence level. Moreover, difficulties for implementation of such programmes limit their extrapolation.

Bilateral diabetic papillopathy developed after starting insulin treatment. Potential toxic effect of insulin? A case report.

Background: Diabetic papillopathy is a complication of diabetes. It presents with edema, uni or bilateral and vascular alteration of the anterior optic nerve. Often this complication is observed in patients with severe diabetic retinopathy, but is rarely observed in isolated form.

Prolonged suppressive antibiotic therapy for prosthetic joint infection in the elderly: a national multicentre cohort study.

During prosthetic joint infection (PJI), optimal surgical management with exchange of the device is sometimes impossible, especially in the elderly population. Thus, prolonged suppressive antibiotic therapy (PSAT) is the only option to prevent acute sepsis, but little is known about this strategy. We aimed to describe the characteristics, outcome and tolerance of PSAT in elderly patients with PJI.

Candiduria in those over 85 years old: a retrospective study of 73 patients.

Objective: Candiduria is a common finding in the growing population of very old patients that has not been previously studied. The objective was to study candiduria in the population aged 85 and over, including an estimation of the incidence, factor of acquisition, and evaluation of treatment and mortality.

Methods: Retrospective monocentric study.