Publications by authors named "Camille Roger"
Background: Although thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura frequently affects women of childbearing age, there is no clear recommendation for the management of subsequent pregnancies in women with established thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
Methods: This single-center, retrospective, observational study included all women with hereditary thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura or immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura who had had at least one subsequent pregnancy after thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura diagnosis between 2003 and 2022. The strategy comprised weekly surveillance of platelet count during pregnancy (and quarterly monitoring of ADAMTS13 activity) for women with immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, without any routine prophylactic treatment.
Prevalence of renal impairment is increasing with aging in sickle cell anemia (SCA) patients, and is responsible for a high morbidity and mortality. However, sickle cell nephropathy's natural course remains mostly unknown. We conducted a prospective observational cohort study aimed to identify risk factors for CKD stage II in a cohort of SCA patients.
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- The use of tunneled jugular catheters for hemodialysis significantly raises the risk of bloodstream infections, but routine blood cultures haven't been shown to effectively predict these infections.
- In a study of 75 patients, only 5% of the 577 blood cultures were positive, with most cases linked to coagulase-negative staphylococci, and only 4 patients developed CRBSI the following month.
- The sensitivity and specificity of monthly blood cultures for predicting CRBSI were low, indicating a need for improved testing methods or more frequent sampling, alongside a cost-benefit assessment of such modifications.