[Setting up a training program in a geriatric short-stay department].

As the department's team had been renewed in less than two years, it was necessary to invent a method to improve cohesion and communication, and to enhance the skills of professionals. This led to the creation of a training program using a variety of methods (theoretical training, care approaches and quality coffees).

[Hydatid cyst mimicking kidney cancer].

Hydatid cyst of the kidney is a rare condition caused by visceral hydatidoses, accounting for 2-4% of all disease locations. It is due to the larval stage of taenia of dogs, the echinococcus granulosus, which is a real public health problem in some of the Mediterranean countries. Pseudo-tumoral type IV hydatid cyst mainly poses diagnostic problems because it can mimick a neoplasm.

Lung ultrasound allows the diagnosis of weaning-induced pulmonary oedema.

Rationale: Detecting weaning-induced pulmonary oedema (WIPO) is important because its treatment might prompt extubation. For this purpose, lung ultrasound might be an attractive tool, since it demonstrates pulmonary oedema through the appearance of B-lines.

Objectives: To test the ideal profile (increase in the number of B-lines) for diagnosing WIPO.

[The challenges of time in therapeutic education].

The notion of temporality is particularly important in the management of a chronic disease. Therapeutic education of the patient represents a holistic care approach in which his life history plays a role. Establishing a context favourable to personalised support requires one to consider one's cultural interactions.