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Maitre S, Verdon F
Rev Med Suisse . 2023 Jun; 19(829):1107-1109. PMID: 37260209
At this time of environmental crisis, pesticides represent a major threat to the environment and to human health alike. The widely used herbicide glyphosate is suspected of acting as a...
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Verdon F
Rev Med Suisse . 2021 Jun; 17(744):1229-1232. PMID: 34160921
This prospective observational study evaluated the diagnostic approach followed by 59 GPs of Western Switzerland in 672 patients with chest pain. The approach common for all GP begins with a...
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Clerc Liaudat C, Vaucher P, De Francesco T, Jaunin-Stalder N, Herzig L, Verdon F, et al.
Womens Health (Lond) . 2018 Oct; 14:1745506518805641. PMID: 30370833
Objective: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the main cause of death worldwide and despite a higher prevalence in men, mortality from CVD is higher among women. Few studies have assessed sex...
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Herzig L, Muhlemann N, Burnand B, Favrat B, Haftgoli N, Verdon F, et al.
BMC Psychiatry . 2012 Aug; 12:120. PMID: 22906197
Background: Mental disorders, common in primary care, are often associated with physical complaints. While exposure to psychosocial stressors and development or presence of principal mental disorders (i.e. depression, anxiety and...
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Ronga A, Vaucher P, Haasenritter J, Donner-Banzhoff N, Bosner S, Verdon F, et al.
BMC Fam Pract . 2012 Aug; 13:74. PMID: 22866824
Background: Chest wall syndrome (CWS), the main cause of chest pain in primary care practice, is most often an exclusion diagnosis. We developed and evaluated a clinical prediction rule for...
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Lombardo P, Vaucher P, Haftgoli N, Burnand B, Favrat B, Verdon F, et al.
BMC Med . 2011 Oct; 9:114. PMID: 22005130
Background: Major depression, although frequent in primary care, is commonly hidden behind multiple physical complaints that are often the first and only reason for patient consultation. Major depression can be...
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Favrat B, Vaucher P, Herzig L, Burnand B, Ali G, Boulat O, et al.
BMC Fam Pract . 2011 Jan; 12:2. PMID: 21232119
Background: Evidence regarding the effectiveness of oral vitamin B12 in patients with serum vitamin B12 levels between 125-200 pM/l is lacking. We compared the effectiveness of one-month oral vitamin B12...
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Haftgoli N, Favrat B, Verdon F, Vaucher P, Bischoff T, Burnand B, et al.
BMC Fam Pract . 2010 Sep; 11:67. PMID: 20843358
Background: Mental disorders in primary care patients are frequently associated with physical complaints that can mask the disorder. There is insufficient knowledge concerning the role of anxiety, depression, and somatoform...
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Verdon F, Junod M, Herzig L, Vaucher P, Burnand B, Bischoff T, et al.
BMC Fam Pract . 2010 Feb; 11:14. PMID: 20170544
Background: The intuitive early diagnostic guess could play an important role in reaching a final diagnosis. However, no study to date has attempted to quantify the importance of general practitioners'...
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Gencer B, Vaucher P, Herzig L, Verdon F, Ruffieux C, Bosner S, et al.
BMC Med . 2010 Jan; 8:9. PMID: 20092615
Background: Chest pain raises concern for the possibility of coronary heart disease. Scoring methods have been developed to identify coronary heart disease in emergency settings, but not in primary care....