La Tunisie médicale
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La Tunisie médicale · Oct 2018
Historical ArticleBibliometry of biomedical scientific publications in Mauritania (Medline:1992-2016).
As part of the preparatory work for the elaboration of a strategic plan for the development of scientific research in Mauritania, an overview of national biomedical research was recommended by the supervisory authorities. ⋯ During the last past 25 year, the biomedical publication feature, inconsistently growing since 2012, has been characterizing by the adequacy of research themes with the population's health needs, an international visibility and an extensive networking with many foreign research structures. Strengthening Maghrebian collaboration in the fields of research training and Multi-centric research would be a fine support to the national dynamics of biomedical research.
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La Tunisie médicale · Mar 2018
Observational StudyPrognostic value of scoring tools in severe trauma patients admitted to the emergency department.
Severe Trauma is a misleading cause of death in young people. Early assessment of prognosis is the cornerstone in the management of such patients. Several prognostic scores have been proposed during the last decade. ⋯ Severe trauma is a dynamic process with a heavy morbidity and mortality. In our study, physiological scores and combined score were correlated with prognosis as well as anatomical scores and could be proposed for early gravity assessment in severe trauma enhancing triage, management and prognosis of polytrauma patients.
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La Tunisie médicale · Nov 2017
Case ReportsOrbital myositis revealing a vegetal intraorbital foreign body: a case report.
Foreign intraorbital bodies are rare. Their clinical manifestation is usually late. ⋯ The diagnosis of ignored intraorbital foreign body remains difficult. The management should be early in order to avoid severe functional consequences.
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is the most common of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias. The role of inflammation in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is controversial. If inflammation were critical to the disease process, lung pathology would demonstrate an influx of inflammatory cells, and that the disease would respond to immunosuppression. ⋯ Recent data suggest that the pathophysiology of the disease is more a product of fibroblast dysfunction than of dysregulated inflammation. The concept of epithelial-mesenchymal cell transition has recently received much attention; this transition appears to play a greater role in the pathogenesis than inflammation. It's suggested that inflammation is indeed a critical factor in IPF and proposed five potential nontraditional mechanisms for the role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of IPF: the direct inflammatory hypothesis, the matrix hypothesis, the growth factor-receptor hypothesis, the plasticity hypothesis, and the vascular hypothesis.
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La Tunisie médicale · Dec 2016
Heart Rate Beat-to-Beat Slope Change during Six-Minute Walk Test: a Useful Clinical Tool for Estimating Fitness level.
The six-minute walk test (6MWT) is one of the most common exercise tests and is used to estimate the level of physical fitness. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of the beat-to-beat heart rate 6MWT slope (6MWTS) and recovery slope for predicting and estimating the level of physical fitness during 6MWT, instead of depending on the distance covered during the test. ⋯ Our findings suggest that both 6MWTS and recovery slope can predict 6MWTD.