Biomechanical Effects of Thoracolumbosacral Orthosis Design Features on 3D Correction in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Comprehensive Multicenter Study.

Study Design: Multicenter numerical study.

Objective: To biomechanically analyze and compare various passive correction features of braces, designed by several centers with diverse practices, for three-dimensional (3D) correction of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Summary Of Background Data: A wide variety of brace designs exist, but their biomechanical effectiveness is not clearly understood.

Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 infection in polyhandicapped persons in France.

Aim: Little is known about the clinical profile of COVID-19 infection in polyhandicapped persons. This study aimed to describe the characteristics of this infection among individuals with polyhandicap.

Method: This was a retrospective observational study.

Safety of Intravenous Immunoglobulin (Tegeline®), Administered at Home in Patients with Autoimmune Disease: Results of a French Study.

The efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIg) in patients with autoimmune diseases (AID) has been known for several decades. Majority of these patients received IVIg in hospital. A retrospective study was conducted in 22 centers in France to evaluate the feasibility of the administration of Tegeline, an IVIg from LFB Biomedicaments, and assess its safety at home, compared to in hospital, in patients with AID.

Impact of restricting fluoroquinolone prescription on bacterial resistance in an intensive care unit.

The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of reducing prescription of fluoroquinolones in an intensive care unit (ICU) upon bacterial resistance, particularly as regards Pseudomonas aeruginosa. For six months between January 2001 and June 2001, administration of fluoroquinolones was kept to a minimum. A bacteriological screening of patients was performed to assess the incidence of fluoroquinolone-resistant bacteria.

Is manual counting of corneal endothelial cell density in eye banks still acceptable? The French experience.

Aim: To examine the differences in manual endothelial cell counting methods in French eye banks and to analyse whether these differences could explain some substantial discrepancies observed in endothelial cell density (ECD) for corneas made available for transplant.

Methods: A questionnaire was sent to the 22 eye banks asking for details of the technical features of the light microscopes used, the microscope calibration, strategy for cell counting, the technical staff, and the method of presenting endothelial data.

Results: All eye banks responded and 91% (20/22) used only manual counting methods, in real time, directly through a microscope, and 62 different technicians, with varying experience, were involved in such counting.

Prognostic factors in acute respiratory distress syndrome: a retrospective multivariate analysis including prone positioning in management strategy.

Objective: To investigate the prognostic factors in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients focusing on the use of prone positioning (PP).

Design And Setting: Retrospective study conducted in an intensive care unit of a university hospital.

Patients: All consecutive mechanically ventilated ARDS patients surviving on day 7 after the diagnosis of ARDS.

Death of terminally ill patients on a stretcher in the emergency department: a French speciality?

Objectives: To determine the frequency, modalities of admission and management of terminally ill patients who died on a stretcher in an emergency department (ED).

Design And Setting: Retrospective study in an ED of a university hospital.

Methods: Current place of residence, modalities of admission in ED, mortality probability scores and type of management were extracted for each patient in the terminal stage of chronic disease who died on a stretcher in our ED during a 3year period.