Conference attacks referral centres

Preparedness of healthcare workers at French Ebola referral centres.

C. Tarantini, P. Peretti-Watel, Y. Yazdanpana, B. Guery, C. Chidiac, C. Rapp and P. Brouqui 1) IHU Méditerranée Infection, Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, CHU Nord APHM, 2) INSERM, UMR912 SESSTIM and Southeastern Health Regional Observatory (ORS Paca), Marseille, 3) Inserm, IAME, UMR 1137, 4) Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 5) Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Hôpital Bégi...

Referral management centres: promising innovations or Trojan horses?

Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis: experiences of two tertiary referral centres.

Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality compared to drug-sensitive disease. Although MDR-TB is infrequent in Ireland, cases continue to be diagnosed in both Irish and foreign-born people. We conducted a clinical audit of 13 MDR-TB patients treated in two tertiary referral centers, the Mercy Hospital, Cork and St James's Hospital, Dublin be...

European Breast Cancer Conference manifesto on breast centres/units.

MANIFESTO-CALL TO ACTION.

CT imaging of primary pancreatic lymphoma: experience from three referral centres for pancreatic diseases

PURPOSE To describe CT characteristics of primary pancreatic lymphoma (PPL), a rare disease with features in common with adenocarcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fourteen patients were enrolled. CT: unenhanced scan, contrast-enhanced pancreatic and venous phases. Image analysis: tumour location; peri-pancreatic vessel encasement; necrosis; enlarged lymph nodes; fat stranding; enlarged bile duct ...