S Roriz, C Michel, M Mezzarobba, M Grit, G Baville Valade, E Cabrera, L ElotmanI, A Ambert, J-Y Lefrant, S Granier, N Boulet, Y Gricourt
{"title":"[Time for assessing a clinical research project by one of 39 French ethic committees: A retrospective study between 2019 and 2023].","authors":"S Roriz, C Michel, M Mezzarobba, M Grit, G Baville Valade, E Cabrera, L ElotmanI, A Ambert, J-Y Lefrant, S Granier, N Boulet, Y Gricourt","doi":"10.1016/j.revmed.2024.07.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revmed.2024.07.009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The study reported the time (from the initial submission to the final decision) to evaluate a clinical research project by one of the 39 French national ethics committees. The times from this final decision to the first participant inclusion and study achievement (first patient inclusion to the end of the last patient's follow-up) were also reported.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Clinical research projects submitted between January 1st 2019 and June 30th 2023 were analyzed according to their type (research on drugs, clinical investigations, performance studies, research implying human person), and the promotor (industry, university hospital, general hospital, private medical institution, others). The times of assessment of the project by the ethic committee (from the initial submission to the final decision), of the first participant inclusion (from the approval of the project) and of study achievement (first patient inclusion to the end of the last patient's follow-up) were calculated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 467 submitted clinical research projects, 424 were approved (90.8 %). The median time [Q1-Q3] to evaluate a project was 73 days [51-98] whatever the types of projects and promotors. In 307 accepted projects, the first patient inclusion occurred after 134 days [61-237] and was being waited for 347 days [306-510] in 39 other ones. In 122 projects, the time for study achievement was 446 days [230-731]. In 185 other projects, the inclusions were still in progress for 699 days [397-1098].</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In this concerned ethic committee, a final decision was edited after a median assessment time of 73 days (with >90 % approvals), shorter than the times to include the first patient and for achieving the study.</p>","PeriodicalId":94122,"journal":{"name":"La Revue de medecine interne","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141989854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pierre-Edouard Debureaux, Nathalie Parquet, Anne C Brignier, Dikelele Elessa, Virginie Lemiale, Virginie Siguret, Pierre-Antoine Quintard, Stéphanie Harel, Bruno Royer, Bertrand Arnulf, Alexis Talbot
{"title":"[Serum hyperviscosity syndrome: Update 2024].","authors":"Pierre-Edouard Debureaux, Nathalie Parquet, Anne C Brignier, Dikelele Elessa, Virginie Lemiale, Virginie Siguret, Pierre-Antoine Quintard, Stéphanie Harel, Bruno Royer, Bertrand Arnulf, Alexis Talbot","doi":"10.1016/j.revmed.2024.07.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revmed.2024.07.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Seric hyperviscosity syndrome is a medical emergency linked to hyperproteinemia. The clinical diagnosis hinges on a triad of symptoms: mucosal hemorrhages, visual disturbances, and neurological disorders, observed in the most severe cases. Diagnosis is swiftly confirmed through an urgent fundoscopic examination. Therapeutic plasma exchange is the primary treatment for severe cases or following confirmation by fundoscopy. Laboratory tests predominantly identify the syndrome's etiology, with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (characterized by a marked IgM peak) being the most common cause, followed by multiple myeloma and cryoglobulinemias. To prevent recurrence, targeted treatment of the underlying cause is implemented following plasma exchange sessions.</p>","PeriodicalId":94122,"journal":{"name":"La Revue de medecine interne","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141908743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Olivier Espitia, Claire Toquet, Bastien Jamet, Jean-Michel Serfaty, Christian Agard
{"title":"[Aortitis].","authors":"Olivier Espitia, Claire Toquet, Bastien Jamet, Jean-Michel Serfaty, Christian Agard","doi":"10.1016/j.revmed.2024.06.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revmed.2024.06.015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Aortitis is a rare disease entity of unknown prevalence. Primary aortitis mainly affects the thoracic aorta. They are most often diagnosed on imaging by grade III 18-FDG uptake of the aortic wall on PET, or by circumferential thickening>2.2mm on CT or MRI with late-stage contrast. More rarely, aortitis is histologically proven, as in some cases of clinically isolated aortitis discovered after planned aortic aneurysm surgery or during aortic dissection surgery. The most common histological types are granulomatous/giant cell or lymphoplasmacytic. Clinical signs associated with aortitis are often non-specific: asthenia, fever, dry cough, chest, back, lumbar or abdominal pain. Aortitis can be divided into different etiological categories: primary aortitis, which includes vasculitis with a preferential or exclusive tropism for the aortic wall, aortitis secondary to systemic or iatrogenic diseases, and infectious aortitis. The main etiologies of primary aortitis are giant cell arteritis (GCA), Takayasu arteritis (TA) or clinically isolated aortitis. Aortitis secondary to systemic diseases is seen in atrophying polychondritis, systemic lupus and inflammatory rheumatic diseases such as spondyloarthropathy and rheumatoid arthritis. In both ACG and AT, aortitis is a negative factor, characterized by a higher risk of relapse, cardiovascular complications and increased mortality. The management of aortitis is insufficiently codified, and relies on the control of cardiovascular risk factors, with particular monitoring of blood pressure and LDL cholesterol, and on corticosteroid therapy and immunosuppressive drugs, the use of which will depend on the disease associated with the aortitis, the initial severity and comorbidities.</p>","PeriodicalId":94122,"journal":{"name":"La Revue de medecine interne","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141736203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Magali Le Brun, Dominique Godard, Lila Camps, Quentin Gomes de Pinho, Audrey Benyamine, Brigitte Granel
{"title":"[Health literacy: Definition, assessment tools, state of the art in Europe, health consequences and ways to improve it].","authors":"Magali Le Brun, Dominique Godard, Lila Camps, Quentin Gomes de Pinho, Audrey Benyamine, Brigitte Granel","doi":"10.1016/j.revmed.2024.06.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revmed.2024.06.014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The term \"littératie\" is derived from the English word \"literacy\", which refers to knowledge and skills in the fields of reading, writing, speech (or other means of communication) and calculation that allow people to be efficient and integrated into society. Health literacy is a recent concept that relies on the ability to find, understand, evaluate and communicate information in ways that promote, maintain and improve the health of the individual in various settings over the course of life. The objectives of this review are first of all to realize an overview on the health literacy of populations in Europe. Then, we propose to study the link between health literacy and health status (risk behaviors, chronic diseases, morbi-mortality, adherence to care and medical monitoring) and to study its medico-economic impact. We also analyzed the association between personalized therapeutic education and health literacy. Finally, we propose a review of the means put in place in the care system to improve the health literacy of the patients we manage.</p>","PeriodicalId":94122,"journal":{"name":"La Revue de medecine interne","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141592470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luc Dauchet, Raphaël Bentegeac, Haress Ghauss, Marc Hazzan, Patrick Truffert, Philippe Amouyel, Victoria Gauthier, Aghilès Hamroun
{"title":"[The expert panel for Script Concordance Tests: A truly adequate reference?]","authors":"Luc Dauchet, Raphaël Bentegeac, Haress Ghauss, Marc Hazzan, Patrick Truffert, Philippe Amouyel, Victoria Gauthier, Aghilès Hamroun","doi":"10.1016/j.revmed.2024.05.023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revmed.2024.05.023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Script Concordance Tests (SCTs) are an examination modality introduced by decree in the French National Ranking Exam for medical students in 2024. Their objective is to evaluate clinical reasoning in situations of uncertainty. In practice, SCTs assess the impact of new information on the probability of a hypothesis formulated a priori based on an authentic clinical scenario. This approach resembles probabilistic (or Bayesian) reasoning. Due to the uncertainty associated with the explored clinical situation, SCTs do not compare the student's response to an expected one in a theoretical knowledge reference. Instead, the distribution of responses from a panel of experienced physicians is used to establish the question's scoring scale. Literature data suggest that physicians, even experienced ones, like most humans, often exhibit biased intuitive probabilistic reasoning. These biases raise questions about the relevance of using expert panel responses as scoring scales for SCTs.</p>","PeriodicalId":94122,"journal":{"name":"La Revue de medecine interne","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141581938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K Balasoupramanien, J-B Roseau, N Cazes, C Surcouf, E Le Dault
{"title":"Acute Q fever revealed by an anti-phospholipid syndrome: A case report.","authors":"K Balasoupramanien, J-B Roseau, N Cazes, C Surcouf, E Le Dault","doi":"10.1016/j.revmed.2024.05.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.revmed.2024.05.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Q fever is a zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii. Acute infection is mainly asymptomatic. In other cases it mainly causes a flu-like illness, a pneumonia, or an hepatitis. We present an atypical case of an acute Q fever revealed by a massive pleural effusion.</p><p><strong>Case report: </strong>We report the case of a 43-year-old man referred to our hospital for an acute respiratory distress. Further analyses showed an exudative eosinophilic pleural effusion, associated with a pulmonary embolism and a deep femoral vein thrombosis. Aetiologic explorations revealed an acute Q fever (IgM and IgG against C. burnetii phase II antigens) associated with anti-phospholipids. The outcome was favorable with vitamin K antagonists, doxycycline, and hydroxychloroquine, till the negativation of the anti-phospholipid antibodies.</p><p><strong>Discussion and conclusion: </strong>During acute C. burnetii infections, anti-phospholipid antibodies are highly prevalent but thrombotic complications are rare. The 2023 ACR/EULAR APS criteria restricts the diagnosis of APS, as in our case of acute severe infection. In front of an atypical pneumonia and/or thrombotic events, screening of C. burnetii and anti-phospholipid antibodies could be useful. Given its low level of evidence, prolongated treatment by doxycycline, hydroxychloroquine ± anticoagulant for C. burnetii's associated anti-phospholipid syndrome is discussed, but succeeded in our case.</p>","PeriodicalId":94122,"journal":{"name":"La Revue de medecine interne","volume":" ","pages":"444-446"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140961338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Portrait of Claire Le Jeunne, professor and former head of the internal medicine department at Hôpital Cochin, Paris].","authors":"G. Martin de Frémont, K. Chevalier, A. Roeser","doi":"10.1016/j.revmed.2024.05.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revmed.2024.05.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94122,"journal":{"name":"La Revue de medecine interne","volume":"62 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141026080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Lanthier, D. Grbic, Marc-Émile Plourde, M. Cauchon
{"title":"[Among patients with metabolic dysfunction associated steatohepatitis (MASH), is resmetirom 80 or 100mg superior to placebo in reversing MASH and/or fibrosis on liver biopsy, and is it safe?]","authors":"L. Lanthier, D. Grbic, Marc-Émile Plourde, M. Cauchon","doi":"10.1016/j.revmed.2024.05.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revmed.2024.05.007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94122,"journal":{"name":"La Revue de medecine interne","volume":"49 S3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141024355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Jacquel, B. Hoellinger, G. Marzolf, A. Stab, A. Guffroy
{"title":"[Atypical alveolar echinococcosis with systemic involvement in a patient treated with dupilumab].","authors":"L. Jacquel, B. Hoellinger, G. Marzolf, A. Stab, A. Guffroy","doi":"10.1016/j.revmed.2024.04.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revmed.2024.04.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94122,"journal":{"name":"La Revue de medecine interne","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141032988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}