“Where have the other sick people gone?”. This is the question asked by Dr. Jean-François Lemoine to his guests in our daily meeting. The answers of Pr Thierry Lebret, head of the urology department, Pierre Amarenco, head of the neurology department, Didier Samuel, transplant specialist, and Dr Jacques Battistoni, president of the MG France doctors’ union. Everyone recognizes that the Covid-19 pandemic is causing those who suffer from other pathologies a real loss of opportunity.
Scientific news, with Dr Jean-Paul Marre:
– Serious thrombotic episodes observed in Covid-19 patients with strokes and infarctions. A Chinese study confirms cases of intravascular coagulation.
– Practical info of the day: anti-coagulant treatment may be considered for some Covid-19 patients.
Guests of Dr. Jean-François Lemoine:
“Where have the other patients gone?”
– Dr. Jacques Battistoni, MG France: “Containment leads to diagnostic delays”.
– Professor Pierre Amarenco, head of the neurology department: “We risk, after the wave of Covid-19, having to manage a wave of poorly managed strokes”.
– Professor Didier Samuel, transplant specialist: “The epidemic can penalize many pending pathologies”.
– Professor Thierry Lebret, head of the urology department: “Only vital emergencies are taken care of”; “Cancer patients are stored to be taken care of as soon as possible”.
The news of the day, with Thierry Borsa:
– After the declarations of Edouard Philippe, what date and what scenario for the deconfinement?
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