24 Result(s)

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Correction to: Post‑mortem changes of the vascular system—a thanatological study using multidetector computed tomography

Coraline Egger, Kim Wiskott, Paul Vaucher… in International Journal of Legal Medicine (2023)

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Post-mortem changes of the vascular system—a thanatological study using multidetector computed tomography

Forensic pathologists have to deal with post-mortem changes of the human body. Those post-mortem phenomena are familiar and largely described in thanatology. However, knowledge about the influence of post-mort...

Coraline Egger, Kim Wiskott, Paul Vaucher… in International Journal of Legal Medicine (2023)

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The trail making test as a screening instrument for driving performance in older drivers; a translational research

In many countries, primary care physicians determine whether or not older drivers are fit to drive. Little, however, is known regarding the effects of cognitive decline on driving performance and the means to ...

Paul Vaucher, Daniela Herzig, Isabel Cardoso, Michael H Herzog… in BMC Geriatrics (2014)

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Erratum to: Postmortem computed tomography angiography vs. conventional autopsy: advantages and inconveniences of each method

Christine Chevallier, Francesco Doenz… in International Journal of Legal Medicine (2014)

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Development of mental disorders one year after exposure to psychosocial stressors; a cohort study in primary care patients with a physical complaint

Mental disorders, common in primary care, are often associated with physical complaints. While exposure to psychosocial stressors and development or presence of principal mental disorders (i.e. depression, anx...

Lilli Herzig, Nicole Mühlemann, Bernard Burnand, Bernard Favrat… in BMC Psychiatry (2012)

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Development and validation of a clinical prediction rule for chest wall syndrome in primary care

Chest wall syndrome (CWS), the main cause of chest pain in primary care practice, is most often an exclusion diagnosis. We developed and evaluated a clinical prediction rule for CWS.

Alexandre Ronga, Paul Vaucher, Jörg Haasenritter… in BMC Family Practice (2012)

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Clinical evaluation of iron treatment efficiency among non-anemic but iron-deficient female blood donors: a randomized controlled trial

Iron deficiency without anemia is related to adverse symptoms that can be relieved by supplementation. Since a blood donation can induce such an iron deficiency, we investigated the clinical impact of iron tre...

Sophie Waldvogel, Baptiste Pedrazzini, Paul Vaucher, Raphael Bize… in BMC Medicine (2012)

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Sensitivity and specificity of NT-proBNP to detect heart failure at post mortem examination

NT-proBNP, a marker of cardiac failure, has been shown to be stable in post mortem samples. The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of NT-proBNP to detect heart failure in the forensic setting. One hu...

Sara Sabatasso, Paul Vaucher, Marc Augsburger… in International Journal of Legal Medicine (2011)

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The 'help' question doesn't help when screening for major depression: external validation of the three-question screening test for primary care patients managed for physical complaints

Major depression, although frequent in primary care, is commonly hidden behind multiple physical complaints that are often the first and only reason for patient consultation. Major depression can be screened b...

Patrick Lombardo, Paul Vaucher, Nader Haftgoli, Bernard Burnand… in BMC Medicine (2011)

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Framework for the impact analysis and implementation of Clinical Prediction Rules (CPRs)

Clinical Prediction Rules (CPRs) are tools that quantify the contribution of symptoms, clinical signs and available diagnostic tests, and in doing so stratify patients according to the probability of having a ...

Emma Wallace, Susan M Smith… in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (2011)

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Oral vitamin B12 for patients suspected of subtle cobalamin deficiency: a multicentre pragmatic randomised controlled trial

Evidence regarding the effectiveness of oral vitamin B12 in patients with serum vitamin B12 levels between 125-200 pM/l is lacking. We compared the effectiveness of one-month oral vitamin B12 supplementation i...

Bernard Favrat, Paul Vaucher, Lilli Herzig, Bernard Burnand… in BMC Family Practice (2011)

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Patients presenting with somatic complaints in general practice: depression, anxiety and somatoform disorders are frequent and associated with psychosocial stressors

Mental disorders in primary care patients are frequently associated with physical complaints that can mask the disorder. There is insufficient knowledge concerning the role of anxiety, depression, and somatofo...

Nader Haftgoli, Bernard Favrat, François Verdon, Paul Vaucher… in BMC Family Practice (2010)

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Predictive ability of an early diagnostic guess in patients presenting with chest pain; a longitudinal descriptive study

The intuitive early diagnostic guess could play an important role in reaching a final diagnosis. However, no study to date has attempted to quantify the importance of general practitioners' (GPs) ability to co...

François Verdon, Michel Junod, Lilli Herzig, Paul Vaucher… in BMC Family Practice (2010)

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Ruling out coronary heart disease in primary care patients with chest pain: a clinical prediction score

Chest pain raises concern for the possibility of coronary heart disease. Scoring methods have been developed to identify coronary heart disease in emergency settings, but not in primary care.

Baris Gencer, Paul Vaucher, Lilli Herzig, François Verdon… in BMC Medicine (2010)