Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) deficiency in elderly patients

E Andrès, NH Loukili, E Noel, G Kaltenbach… - Cmaj, 2004 - Can Med Assoc
VITAMIN B 12 OR COBALAMIN DEFICIENCY occurs frequently (> 20%) among elderly people,
but it is often unrecognized because the clinical manifestations are subtle; they are also …

Clinical aspects of cobalamin deficiency in elderly patients. Epidemiology, causes, clinical manifestations, and treatment with special focus on oral cobalamin therapy

E Andrès, J Vidal-Alaball, L Federici, NH Loukili… - European journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to review the literature concerning cobalamin deficiency in elderly
patients. Articles were identified through searches of PubMed–MEDLINE (January 1990 to …

Effects of oral crystalline cyanocobalamin 1000 μg/d in the treatment of pernicious anemia: an open-label, prospective study in ten patients

E Andrès, NH Loukili, E Noel, F Maloisel… - Current therapeutic …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND:: Standard treatment of cobalamin (vitamin B 12 ) deficiency involvesregular
(1000 μg/mo) IM cyanocobalamin administration. It has been suggested that high-dose (>…

Pernicious anemia associated with interferon-α therapy and chronic hepatitis C infection

E Andrès, NH Loukili, MB Abdelghani… - Journal of clinical …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
A 37-year-old female with morbid obesity (body mass index of 43), hypertension, type 2
diabetes mellitus, and hypercholesterolemia underwent elective gastric bypass surgery with …

Is a chlorine dioxide wiping procedure suitable for the high-level disinfection of nasendoscopes?

N Henoun Loukili, N Lemaitre, B Guery… - Journal of Infection …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Nasendoscopes are widely used in the outpatient ENT setting. Their reprocessing
requires high-level disinfection (HLD). Recently, a wiping procedure using chlorine …

[PDF][PDF] B12 deficiency: a look beyond pernicious anemia

S Affenberger, J Vidal‐Alaball, N Henoun, J Zimmer… - J Fam Pract, 2007 - researchgate.net
Further muddying the waters is the fact that B12 deficiency appears to be more common among
patients who have a variety of chronic neurologic conditions such as stroke, Parkinson’s …

Conditioning Intensity in Patients Aged> 50 Years Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Myelodysplastic Syndrom: A Study on Behalf of the …

NH Loukili, L Gras Sr, L Koster, D Blaise, T Gedde-Dahl… - Blood, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) affect mainly older individuals, with a median
age > 70 years. Reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) is usually used for MDS patients …

[HTML][HTML] Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in an inpatient post-acute care facility: Impact on time to functional recovery

NH Loukili, JF Jusot, E Allart, G Celani, A Perrin… - Annals of Physical and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The carriage of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) might
lengthen the time to functional recovery (TTFR) for inpatients in post-acute care (PAC) units. …

A quality improvement project to standardise decontamination procedures in a single NHS board in Scotland

E Shepherd, A Leitch, E Curran… - Journal of Infection …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: A project was designed to improve decontamination procedures in our hospitals.
This included: improving skills with training provided within clinical areas, simplifying …

Endoscopic biliary sphincterotomy after gastric bypass surgery

V Gandotra, N Pillai, AB Elfant… - Journal of clinical …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
A 37-year-old female with morbid obesity (body mass index of 43), hypertension, type 2
diabetes mellitus, and hypercholesterolemia underwent elective gastric bypass surgery with …