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Philippe Aegerter

Researcher at French Institute of Health and Medical Research

Publications -  154
Citations -  9533

Philippe Aegerter is an academic researcher from French Institute of Health and Medical Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Intensive care & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 49, co-authored 147 publications receiving 8390 citations. Previous affiliations of Philippe Aegerter include Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University & CHU Ambroise Paré.

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Current epidemiology of septic shock: the CUB-Réa Network.

TL;DR: Its crude mortality rate is decreasing, but patients with sepsis still have a high excess risk of death than critically ill patients who are nonseptic, and the frequency of septic shock is increasing with more multiresistant strains.
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Is dermoscopy (epiluminescence microscopy) useful for the diagnosis of melanoma? Results of a meta-analysis using techniques adapted to the evaluation of diagnostic tests.

TL;DR: For experienced users, dermoscopy is more accurate than clinical examination for the diagnosis of melanoma in a pigmented skin lesion.
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Benefits of obstructive sleep apnoea treatment in coronary artery disease: a long-term follow-up study

TL;DR: The data indicate that the treatment of OSA in CAD patients is associated with a decrease in the occurrence of new cardiovascular events, and an increase in the time to such events.
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Antibiotic treatment for 6 weeks versus 12 weeks in patients with pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis: an open-label, non-inferiority, randomised, controlled trial.

TL;DR: 6 weeks of antibiotic treatment is not inferior to 12 weeks of antibiotics treatment with respect to the proportion of patients with pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis cured at 1 year, which suggests that the standard antibiotic treatment duration for patients with this disease could be reduced to 6 weeks.