J Psychosoc Oncol

Although lung cancer is the deadliest type of cancer, survival rates are improving. To address the dearth of literature about the concerns of lung cancer survivors, the authors conducted 21 in-depth interviews with lung cancer survivors that focused on experiences during diagnosis, treatment, and long-term survivorship. Emergent themes included feeling blamed for having caused their cancer, being stigmatized as throwaways, and long-term survivors' experiencing surprise that they are still alive, given poor overall survival rates. Survivors also desired increased public support. It is imperative for healthcare and public health professionals to learn more about needs of this population.CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States2017-04-12T00:00:00Z26764569PMC538937

Economic impact of Tegaderm chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) dressing in critically ill patients.

PURPOSE: To estimate the economic impact of a Tegaderm(TM) chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) gel dressing compared with a standard intravenous (i.v.) dressing (defined as non-antimicrobial transparent film dressing), used for insertion site care of short-term central venous and arterial catheters (intravascular catheters) in adult critical care patients using a cost-consequence model populated with data from published sources. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A decision analytical cost-consequence model was developed which assigned each patient with an indwelling intravascular catheter and a standard dressing, a baseline risk of associated dermatitis, local infection at the catheter insertion site and catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI), estimated from published secondary sources. The risks of these events for patients with a Tegaderm CHG were estimated by applying the effectiveness parameters from the clinical review to the baseline risks. Costs were accrued through costs of intervention (i.e. Tegaderm CHG or standard intravenous dressing) and hospital treatment costs depended on whether the patients had local dermatitis, local infection or CRBSI. Total costs were estimated as mean values of 10,000 probabilistic sensitivity analysis (PSA) runs. RESULTS: Tegaderm CHG resulted in an average cost-saving of £77 per patient in an intensive care unit. Tegaderm CHG also has a 98.5% probability of being cost-saving compared to standard i.v. dressings. CONCLUSIONS: The analyses suggest that Tegaderm CHG is a cost-saving strategy to reduce CRBSI and the results were robust to sensitivity analyses

The Contingent Negative Variation: The Cumulative Curve Method Revisited

The contingent negative variation (CNV) slow waves were elicited using a modified version of the standard paradigm matching the earlier work of Timsit-Berthier. Three parameters, the A3, A5 and post-imperative negative variation (PINV), are measured on four blocks of three to five trials and plotted into a cumulative curve. Five different types of cumulative curves are identified and used for further analysis of a clinical population. A literature review, applying the four-step approach for developing diagnostic tests in psychiatry by Boutros and colleagues is used to assess the current state of CNV as a clinical tool. Two clinical examples are used to illustrate that the cumulative curve reflects the current state of a mental disorder and that follow-up reflects the (un)favorable evolution. Clinical observations indicate that when taking into account the state of a mental disorder, the CNV has potential as a diagnostic aid and can play an active role in the therapeutic decision process

Sur deux points aveugles de la doctrine juridique: nouvelles considérations sur le dialogisme normatif

C’est ainsi. Je ne me souviens pas que depuis ce déjeuner de la fin de l’hiver 90, depuis cette rencontre et nos premières discussions à l’ombre du Panthéon évoquées par André Lajoie au début de son étude intitulée « dans l’angle mort de l’analyse systémale », nous ayons jamais vraiment interrompu la conversation qui nous avait réunis ce jour-là et qui, depuis, se poursuit autour des thèmes qu’elle sait si bien cerner et auxquels elle apporte toujours, à la fois, toute sa rigueur critique et toute sa créativité théorique. Je voudrais donc que l’article qui suit soit un des moments de ce dialogue – de ce dialogue et de cet échange amical que j’entretiens avec Andrée Lajoie et qui, sous toutes ses formes, se prolonge – pour mon plus grand plaisir et mon plus grand profit – depuis maintenant plus de quinze ans

Dans l'angle mort de l'analyse systémale

[À l'origine dans / Was originally part of : CRDP - Droit et nouveaux rapports sociaux

Reliability of diagnostic coding in intensive care patients

International audienceABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION: Administrative coding of medical diagnoses in intensive care unit (ICU) patients is mandatory in order to create databases for use in epidemiological and economic studies. We assessed the reliability of coding between different ICU physicians. METHOD: One hundred medical records selected randomly from 29,393 cases collected between 1998 and 2004 in the French multicenter Outcomerea ICU database were studied. Each record was sent to two senior physicians from independent ICUs who recoded the diagnoses using the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems: Tenth Revision (ICD-10) after being trained according to guidelines developed by two French national intensive care medicine societies: the French Society of Intensive Care Medicine (SRLF) and the French Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (SFAR). These codes were then compared with the original codes, which had been selected by the physician treating the patient. A specific comparison was done for the diagnoses of septicemia and shock (codes derived from A41 and R57, respectively). RESULTS: The ICU physicians coded an average of 4.6 +/- 3.0 (range 1 to 32) diagnoses per patient, with little agreement between the three coders. The primary diagnosis was matched by both external coders in 34% (95% confidence interval (CI) 25% to 43%) of cases, by only one in 35% (95% CI 26% to 44%) of cases, and by neither in 31% (95% CI 22% to 40%) of cases. Only 18% (95% CI 16% to 20%) of all codes were selected by all three coders. Similar results were obtained for the diagnoses of septicemia and/or shock. CONCLUSION: In a multicenter database designed primarily for epidemiological and cohort studies in ICU patients, the coding of medical diagnoses varied between different observers. This could limit the interpretation and validity of research and epidemiological programs using diagnoses as inclusion criteria