G Adhoute, M Bennani, J Rigaud, I Juhan, D Lena, D Vanuxem
{"title":"[Sufficient autotransfusion with a single-use device in experimental vascular surgery].","authors":"G Adhoute, M Bennani, J Rigaud, I Juhan, D Lena, D Vanuxem","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authors used a disposable original system to recover total blood during surgery and realized 17 transfusions of autologous blood in sheep. No biological or clinical disturbance was observed.</p>","PeriodicalId":77055,"journal":{"name":"Cahiers d'anesthesiologie","volume":"44 1","pages":"35-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19733990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F Montange, B Salm, P Y Godfrin, D Dartois, J Carolus
{"title":"[Massive transfusion in cancer surgery. A study of the survival of 21 patients].","authors":"F Montange, B Salm, P Y Godfrin, D Dartois, J Carolus","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In a retrospective study over 5 years, the evolution of 21 patients who received a massive blood transfusion during a carcinological surgery was analyzed. In this type of surgery, the frequency of massive blood transfusion is 0.28% and affects 2.5% of the patients transfused. In half of the cases, surgery was performed to resect an ovarian cancer. The overall death rate, related to the importance of the blood transfusion, is high: 38% (8 patients out of 21). Among the patients who survived (13), the actuarial survival is low: 10 deaths from local or metastatic disease with a mean survival of 12 months, suggesting that the use of massive blood transfusion was related to the tumoral aggressiveness and to the severity of the deepseated malignant disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":77055,"journal":{"name":"Cahiers d'anesthesiologie","volume":"44 2","pages":"111-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19734169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Analgesia in surgery of the foot. Apropos of 1373 patients].","authors":"A Frédéric, Y Bouchon","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This retrospective study concerns 1,373 adult patients who underwent forefoot surgery during 1988-95 under regional anaesthesia by ankle nerve blocks (of posterior tibial nerve systematically and other nerves according to the surgical site). As a rule, plain bupivacaine 0.5% (maximum 40 mL) was used, completed if necessary by lidocaine 1% (a few mL). A nerve stimulator is currently used for posterior tibial blocks. About 50% of indications (such as hallux surgery) require short hospitalization (3 days). A catheter is inserted near to the posterior tibial nerve by the surgeon, allowing postoperative reinjections of 10 mL of bupivacaine 0.25% every 6 hrs by nurses, for 1-2.5 days. Other patients undergoing minor procedures (material removal, cysts, exostosis, etc.) can be operated on a day-care basis, without postoperative analgesic injections. Results were very satisfactory for both patients and surgeons. No general anaesthesia was needed (except after one case of convulsions, likely from accidental injection of a few mL of local anaesthetic and without any sequelae). Five patients complained of temporary paraesthesias, with indication of a posterior tibial neurolysis in one case and complete recovery. Thus ankle blocks appear increasingly to be a satisfactory alternative to general anaesthesia for most surgical procedures on the forefoot, provided that all usual safety conditions are respected and the patient's acceptance of the procedure is obtained.</p>","PeriodicalId":77055,"journal":{"name":"Cahiers d'anesthesiologie","volume":"44 2","pages":"115-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19734170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Pneumocephalus: a prognostic factor in head injuries. Results of a retrospective study of 167 patients].","authors":"J Squali, Y Amar, K Fikri, C Lazreq, A Sbihi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Presence of air within the cranial cavity has been described by several authors. Little attention has been paid to its significance. The goal of this study was to analyse the clinical characteristics and the evolution of patients with pneumocephalus. We reviewed the brain computed tomography scans of 167 consecutive head injury patients who were hospitalized between January 1992 and December 1993. This retrospective study revealed intracranial air in 33 cases (19%). The analysis of clinical characteristics showed that in the initial period the neurologic status was better in patients with pneumocephalus. However, 48 hours later, the proportion of patients presenting a deep coma increased We conclude that pneumocephalus is a significant risk factor in head injury patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":77055,"journal":{"name":"Cahiers d'anesthesiologie","volume":"44 4","pages":"285-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19990876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G Ivani, M Vaira, S Fossa, G Mattioli, V Jasonni, P E Caffarena, E Podestà, E Parodi, L Rossi
{"title":"[Protective efficacy of 3 anesthetic methods with reference to surgical stress in children].","authors":"G Ivani, M Vaira, S Fossa, G Mattioli, V Jasonni, P E Caffarena, E Podestà, E Parodi, L Rossi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hormonal-metabolic stress responses have beyond doubt an effect on morbidity/mortality related to surgery. The present study med to determine which anaesthetic technique could afford the best protection in children, through analysis of the perioperative cortisol, prolactin and beta-endorphin plasma levels. Thirty-six young patients 3-10 years old, ASA I-II, scheduled for hypospadias or vesicoureteral reflux surgery of a duration > 60 min, were randomized into three groups (n = 12). Children of group I were given initially propofol and fentanyl then isoflurane 1%; group 2 received TIVA with propofol and fentanyl, group 3 received initially propofol then an epidural lumbar block with bupivacaine 0.25% (single shot) and continuous propofol i.v. infusion. Cortisol, prolactin and beta-endorphin levels increased significantly in group 1 only. No significant differences were observed between group 2 and 3. Early postoperative analgesia was better in group 3. These data suggest that TIVA and particularly epidural block could afford a better protection against the surgical stress in children submitted to subumbilical operations.</p>","PeriodicalId":77055,"journal":{"name":"Cahiers d'anesthesiologie","volume":"44 4","pages":"297-302"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19990878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Monitoring of multiple trauma in an emergency hospital unit].","authors":"A Landais, T Aviles, C Cuvier, K McGee, K N'Guyen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the monitoring of multiple trauma patients in the emergency hospital setting the use of monitors should be graduated. However, the use and interpretation of data from these monitors is becoming increasingly complex and can lead to errors and responses which may not be adopted. Clinical nomination and observation have their limits and the anaesthetist is faced with the added difficulties of interpretation of data from monitors and is pitfalls. The management of the patient is based on this human-machine relationship, which provides the basis for the therapeutic attitude and the treatment which ensues. Basic monitoring comprises a pulse oximeter, a capnograph, an ECG and a blood pressure monitor, 52% of incidents are detected by these instruments; 27% by SpO2, 24% by capnography. The pertinence is 82% for the oximeter when used alone and 55% for the capnography alone, although when the two are used together this increases to 88%. If the blood pressure monitor is added the pertinence increases to 93%, and to 95% if the FiO2 is monitored. The use of monitors of levels of haemoglobin or haematocrit must take into account the important variations in volaemia. The displayed values have a poor predictive value. The second level of monitoring comprises the use of a pulmonary artery catheter. The errors in measurement and interpretation are reviewed and finally, we consider the possible use of FOE transoesophageal echocardiography in the multiple trauma patient.</p>","PeriodicalId":77055,"journal":{"name":"Cahiers d'anesthesiologie","volume":"44 4","pages":"347-54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19992836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Administrative or economic regulation of ambulatory surgery units?].","authors":"G Bazin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77055,"journal":{"name":"Cahiers d'anesthesiologie","volume":"44 3","pages":"249-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19966736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Monitoring of intracranial pressure].","authors":"F Artru","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The use of intraparenchymatous ICP sensor is becoming increasingly popular at the expense of the traditional intraventricular catheter method, in spite of the impossibility, with the former technic, to correct a possible zero drift. The decision to initiate or discontinue ICP monitoring is essentially based upon whether suggestive aspects of raised ICP are or not present on CT-scan. The degree of basal cisterns effacement is particularly informative. The same data from successive CT-scans are used to check the validity of the monitoring. Predefining critical levels of ICP and cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) allows to establish practical guide-lines for treatment. Cerebral ischemia is considered very likely when ICP rises above 30 mmHg. Regarding CPP, the therapeutical goal is to avoid its reduction under the critical level of 60-80 mmHg. As these thresholds vary with the patients age and the type of lesion, a parallel evaluation of cerebral ischemia by other methods is mandatory. Transcranial doppler allows an easy detection of critical reduction of arterial flow. However, in case of flow hypervelocity, interpretation needs measurement of absolute cerebral blood flow values. Cerebral venous oxygen saturation monitoring, at the level of the jugular golf, shows desaturation episodes indicative of cerebral ischemia. Blood sampling for determination of arterial and jugular venous lactate concentrations allows calculation of the lactate oxygen index, a practical correlate of the degree of cerebral ischemia. ICP measurement alone is of limited value to understand the cerebral hemodynamical and metabolical situation in severe brain injury. Preceding the rise of ICP, there exists a compensation phase during which a progressive decrease of intracranial compliance is the important event. Even more earlier, posttraumatic cellular metabolic dysfunctions are to-day objectives for a neurochemical monitoring. Therefore a special technical and human environment has became mandatory to take a real benefit from ICP monitoring.</p>","PeriodicalId":77055,"journal":{"name":"Cahiers d'anesthesiologie","volume":"44 1","pages":"87-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19735256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}