Near-death experience: what happens next?
Contrary to popular belief, a near-death experience does not lead to major life changes in patients, according to a study ...
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Donations: the French even more generous in 2015
The precariousness increases, the generosity of the French too. Donations increased by 4% in 2015. Between 4.4 and 4.6 billion ...
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Near-death experience: researchers capture what’s going on in the brain
In an American study, patients claimed to have had a near-death experience following cardiac resuscitation. Abnormal spikes in brain activity ...
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Bronchiolitis: in Île-de-France, already 28 children in pediatric intensive care transferred to other regions
The situation is critical in pediatric intensive care units in the Ile-de-France region as the bronchiolitis epidemic combines with "high ...
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How to do cardiac massage?
Many lives could be saved if the first aid gestures were better known to the population, starting with cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ...
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“The post-resuscitation syndrome is composed of three entities”
What is post-resuscitation syndrome? Two doctors explain it to us in the weekend interview. As the Covid-19 epidemic resumes, Guillaume ...
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Covid-19: nearly 70% of patients suffer from post-resuscitation syndrome
People affected by Covid-19, who were taken care of in an intensive care unit, would still have physical and psychological ...
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Covid-19: half of intensive care patients retain sequelae
More than half of Covid-19 patients who went to intensive care have sequelae, according to a French study. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Resuscitation: breasts and bras can kill
In the event of a heart attack, women are less likely to receive a massage than men because people who ...
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Covid-19: more than 3,600 new cases detected in 24 hours
According to Santé Publique France, 3,602 new positive diagnoses were recorded on Saturday August 22 and 38 new clusters were ...
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Covid-19: a French trial is a major step in the prevention of the “immune storm” of the 7th day
In Covid-19 patients with pneumonia and oxygen needs, tocilizumab reduces the risk of progression to a severe form, resuscitation and ...
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He is placed in intensive care after having masturbated!
A healthy 20-something has been hospitalized after suffering a rare lung injury that occurred while masturbating. This is the first ...
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“Anyone can use a defibrillator!”
Since January 1, 2022, almost all places open to the public must be equipped with defibrillators. But how can these ...
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Covid-19: what were the hospitalization levels during previous waves?
As the new year approaches, Why Doctor invites you to take stock of twelve months of the pandemic, with our ...
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Covid-19: treatment with dexomethasone would be especially effective for men
Prescribed to treat serious lung infections due to Covid-19 infections, dexamethasone would mainly benefit men and have little beneficial effect ...
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Covid-19: the epidemic recovery is confirmed in France
According to Public Health France, the circulation of the virus is increasing again in the country. Hospital and critical care ...
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End of life: in Great Britain, 1 in 5 elderly and sick patients do not wish to be resuscitated
According to this study conducted in a large British hospital, only one in five very ill elderly patients choose not ...
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Resuscitation and Covid-19: what should (finally) be done to manage a potential 4th wave
The national professional committee for Anesthesia-Intensive care publishes a white paper in order to better manage the potential fourth wave ...
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“In intensive care, each patient is examined five times a day by the medical team”
On the program of this Pandemic Journal produced in partnership with Groupe VYV and moderated by Dr Jean-François Lemoine: Professor ...
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A worrying rise in intensive care admissions … but vaccines should arrive en masse
As the epidemic situation worsens in Ile-de-France, forty-one crisis medical directors from the AP-HP group are sounding the alarm. In ...
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Covid-19: why are there more and more young people in intensive care?
The proportion of under 60s present in the intensive care unit is increasing under the effect of the British variant. ...
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Covid-19: intensive care physicians are still calling for a sustainable increase in their capacities
At the dawn of the new confinement of 16 departments, the resuscitators note that despite the health crisis, nothing has ...
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40% of care deprogrammed in Ile de France … and a new controversy over vaccines
Faced with the risk of a runaway epidemic situation in Ile de France, the order was given to all health ...
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Covid-19: in France, a patient seriously reinfected with the South African variant
After contracting a moderate form of the disease several months ago, a patient hospitalized in France was infected with the ...
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Serious forms of Covid: immune depression rather than a “cytokine storm”?
The famous "cytokine storm", presented at the start of the epidemic as responsible for the serious forms of Covid-19 would ...
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Covid-19: what are the long-term consequences on the lungs?
Most patients whose lungs are affected by Covid-19 can regain their full lung capacity. THE ESSENTIAL Covid-19 patients, including severe ...
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Septic shock, hemorrhage: this innovation resuscitates more victims
A new blood microcirculation assessment tool could save more victims of hemorrhage or septic shock. THE ESSENTIAL A new tool ...
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Coronavirus: what has changed in patient care
Six months after the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic, the care of hospitalized patients has improved and become more efficient. ...
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Coronavirus: in the Bouches-du-Rhône, hospitals are reaching saturation
In the Bouches-du-Rhône, and particularly in Marseille, the hospital services have almost no more beds available for patients with Covid-19. ...
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Covid-19: lung and heart damage improve over time
By following patients admitted to intensive care after being affected by Covid-19 for 24 weeks, the researchers found that their ...
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