Biomedical subjects

J Forestier

Publications and source records attributed to J Forestier.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2006

[Anxiety in palliative care].

In palliative care, the intensity and duration of anxiety as well as its consequences on the patient's daily activities can significantly decrease his quality of life. Anxiety that does not incapacitate the patient to the point of his being unable to communicate or perform his usual activities does not necessarily require drug treatment. The non pharmacological treatments of anxiety are presented in some detail. Prescription of anxiolytic drugs in renal or hepatic failure, as well as when oral intake or venous access are difficult, is briefly discussed.

Anxiety↗

PubMed2000

[Acquired peeling skin syndrome in an adult].

BACKGROUND: Peeling skin syndrome is a rare form of congenital ichthyosis. The term was coined in 1982 by Levy and Goldsmith and the syndrome is clinically characterized by generalized scaling. Histologically, there is an epidermal separation in the stratum corneum. CASE REPORT: We report the case of a 73-year-old woman who had ichthyosis without cicatricial progressive alopecia since her first pregnancy. An ultrastructural study was performed confirming the clinical diagnosis of peeling skin syndrome. DISCUSSION: The peeling skin syndrome designates several different clinical entities classed by Traupe in type A and type B. Mevorah and al. expanded this classification with a type C. This classification has remained valid after additional information provided by ultrastructural studies and may suggest different pathogenic mechanisms underlying the dermatosis. A critical review of the literature shows that the case reported here is exceptional and had a late clinical onset.

Adult↗

PubMed1997

T-lymphocyte populations in the blood of caprine arthritis encephalitis virus-infected goats.

The effect of natural infection by Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis Virus on the phenotypic pattern of T lymphocytes in peripheral blood was studied in a herd of 127 milking goats by flow cytometry. Total leukocyte and T-lymphocyte numbers tend to decrease with age, with only small changes in the CD4/CD8 ratio. The lymphocyte phenotypes show no strong correlation with seropositivity to CAEV or the presence of clinical symptoms, suggesting that this macrophagetropic lentivirus does not greatly effect the lymphocyte population.

Animals↗

PubMed1994

[Breeding, advice and ecopathology. A didactic approach to situations involving breeding diagnosis in swine production].

Innovation, quality, variety and flexibility of production require simultaneously an improvement of professional skills and an increase in cooperation. However, this cooperation should not be reduced to a mere data exchange, but must extend to a co-construction of new representations and new action schemes. In this way, health advising integrates production and knowledge apprenticeship, which we studied using a didactic approach (from the knowledge point of view). In this article, we will establish that animal ecopathology, by the standardization of the breeding description through diagnostic activity, has contributed to the strengthening of the cooperation between the breeder and the practicien.

Animal Husbandry↗

PubMed1980