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Open AccessWhat do patients consulting in a free sexual health center know about HIV transmission and post-exposure prophylaxis?
Screening, condom use and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) are among existing HIV prevention strategies. However, efficient use of these strategies requires that patients have an adequate knowledge of HIV trans...
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Open AccessWho fails to return within 30 days after being tested positive for HIV/STI in a free testing centre?
Some patients who test positive for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) fail to return for results and treatment. To target improvement actions, we need to find out who these patients are. This study aimed ...
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Open AccessHospitalization for acute heart failure: the in-hospital care pathway predicts one-year readmission
In patients with heart failure, some organizational and modifiable factors could be prognostic factors. We aimed to assess the association between the in-hospital care pathways during hospitalization for acute...
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Can clinical practice indicator relating to long-acting benzodiazepine use in the elderly be easily generated in a hospital setting?
To improve the appropriate use of long-acting benzodiazepine (la.bzd) prescriptions in the elderly, the Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS) has developed clinical practice indicators (CPI). The alert indicator (AI) ...
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Open AccessJoint modeling of success and treatment discontinuation in in vitrofertilization programs: a retrospective cohort study
As discontinuation in in vitro fertilization (IVF) programs has been associated with a poor prognosis, one hypothesis is that some couple-specific predictive factors in IVF may be shared with opposite effect by b...
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Perinatal factors reported by mothers: do they agree with medical records?
As perinatal events have been linked with diseases of later onset, epidemiological studies on child development and adult health require information on the perinatal period. When national neonatal registers do...