Revue de l'infirmière
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Comas result from acute life-threatening neurological failure. To understand coma, it is firstly necessary to define it, to cite the aetiologies and their epidemiology and to describe the chronic disorders of consciousness. It is also important to address the challenges and principles of treatment during the acute phase.
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Revue de l'infirmière · Jun 2015
[Ebola virus disease and accredited specialist health institutions].
Ebola virus disease (EVD) went in the space of a few months from being a forgotten tropical disease to a global "health emergency". The scope of this Ebola virus epidemic (Zaire strain), which has broken out in West Africa, its spread and the high number of deaths reported among frontline health workers are unprecedented. This article describes how a specialist hospital deals with imported cases of EVD.
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Sophie and Pierre have enrolled in the operational team of a humanitarian organisation for two months, in order to help contain the Ebola epidemic. They landed in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, only yesterday.
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Patients with multiple sclerosis often complain of sexual problems. Nurses in a neurology department have decided to explore the sexual health of these patients. They also intend to assess the need for a neurosexuality nurse consultation.
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Revue de l'infirmière · Apr 2015
Case Reports[The benefit of the nurse consultation in the atopy school].
Therapeutic education is a key part of the treatment of patients suffering from atopic dermatitis. At Nantes university hospital, a dedicated centre, the atopy school, has been created to this effect. Nurses describe their practice through the clinical situation of a young child.