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The purpose of this survey is to collect data from intrauterine life until the age of 18 of children born in Haute Vienne. The interest to realize such survey is to find correlations and interactions that may exist between the events that occurred during intrauterine life and th…

Swallowing is a complex phenomenon that allows oral feeding while protecting the airway. It involves many brain areas, including primary motor and sensory areas. Its dysfunction, called oropharyngeal dysphagia is present in approximately 60% of patients with a stroke. In this cas…

This study concerns the validation of a clinical test that aims to reveal "first level" emotional disorders in neurological diseases. In order to bring to light such disorders, it is necessary to begin by establishing reference values in healthy individuals. This test is based o…

The purpose of this study is to compare three lipidic forms of DHA in their metabolic pathway in human by using 13C labeled molecules. The circulating form of DHA plays a major role in his cerebral incorporation. The aim of this research is to confirm that some lipidic forms are…

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a diagnostic imaging method with constant progress and improvement in the way the MRI images are obtained. Many of these advances involve changes to MRI software and hardware. The goal of this study is to find out the possible benefits of new M…

The purpose of this study is to describe biological stress (cortisolemia) and perceived stress in Emergency Call Center Operators and Doctors while processing a center 15 call.

Previous studies have demonstrated that an experienced ultrasound operator is able to efficiently perform radial arterial puncture on patients where an initial operator failed to puncture arteries via simple palpation. The objective of this study is to compare "difficult-to-punc…

The aim of the study is to assess prospectively the impact of radiosurgery on the quality of life in patients with brain metastases.

The objective : to investigate a correlation between ANI following a standardized nociceptive stimulus and hemodynamic or somatic reactions during orotracheal intubation. Piloted study. ANI and hemodynamic and somatic parameters response associated tetanus stimulation followed b…

Patients having surgery to remove a liver or biliary tissue mass or having a biopsy of a mass or lesion will have a tissue sample collected and stored for future research of liver and biliary diseases. A blood sample may also be collected at the time of enrollment.

The primary objective is the assessment of prosthetic migration results after two years of the Triathlon CS Knee System with all-polyethylene tibial components compared to the Triathlon CS Knee System with metal-backed modular components by means of Roentgen Stereophotogrammetry.

The purpose of the study is to show that the standardized sending of SMS improve the bone mineral density (BMD) screening of patients seen in the Emergency department for low trauma fracture.

This study proposes to extend the ongoing longitudinal study of health risk behaviors and obtain new data from former adolescents (followed previously from ages 13-22; Times 1-8) now from ages 23 to 28 (Times 9-11). The goal of this study is to examine the contribution of develop…

The goal of this observational study is to ascertain the practice patterns and predictors in performing lung protective ventilation as per clinical guidelines for adult patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery in Fraser Health Authority, a large Canadian authority in the lower mai…

The aim of the study is to investigate the temporal organization of autobiographical memory in patients with schizophrenia. Patients and control participants will be invited separately to participate in a 1hour walk in the city of Strasbourg and at the same time, to carry an auto…

To develop and test a 4-session program to teach resiliency skills to Medical Interpreters.

It is critical to improve our understanding of knee osteoarthritis and to design better therapeutic options for this disease. The function of the knee during walking is an important factor in the development and progression of the disease. Many models of insoles that can be inser…

The purpose of this study is to determine if administering methadone to mechanically ventilated patients in the medical intensive care unit (ICU) requiring continuous infusions of sedatives and analgesics will decrease the time of mechanical ventilation, when initiated within 48 …

The purpose of this study is to investigate the coagulation balance in a cohort of congenital disorder of glycosylation (CDG) patients using conventional tests combined with an integrated approach of their coagulation disorders in using TGA in the absence or presence of sTM. Thus…

The study hypothesizes that inhibition of the receptor CCR5 by maraviroc will diminish inflammation in patients with sarcoidosis. Subjects with active sarcoidosis will first undergo bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage to recover lung immune cells for baseline analysis. They …