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Article: [Prehospital management of severe preeclampsia].
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ABSTRACT: Prior to transport, agreement must be reached among all the senior medical staff members involved in the transfer. Tight clinical surveillance is necessary during the transport. The aim of the pharmacological control of a severe hypertension is to allow a moderate reduction of the mean arterial blood pressure as well as dampening the large pressure variations. Boluses of calcium channel inhibitors, eventually combined with labetalol, are to be used as first line treatment. Systematic fluid expansion prior to admission is not recommended. However, it is indicated if obvious signs of hypovolaemia are present, such as a sudden drop in blood pressure, secondary to the initiating of an antihypertensive therapy. It is possible to use i.v. benzodiazepines for the treatment of eclampsia in the prehospital setting. If magnesium sulfate therapy has been initiated in a preeclamptic woman with neurological signs, it may be continued during her transport.Annales francaises d'anesthesie et de reanimation 03/2010; 29(4):e69-73. · 0.77 Impact Factor -
Article: Propofol and remifentanil for intubation without muscle relaxant: the effect of the order of injection.
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ABSTRACT: Common practice in intubation without muscle relaxant is to inject the opioid drug prior to the hypnotic drug. Because remifentanil reaches adequate cerebral concentration more rapidly than does propofol, we tested the hypothesis that injection of remifentanil after propofol might lead to better intubating conditions. Thirty ASA I-II patients scheduled for elective surgery and with no anticipated difficult intubation were enrolled in the study. Five minutes after midazolam 30 microg kg(-1), patients were randomized into two groups: group PR received propofol 2.5 mg kg(-1) followed by remifentanil 1 microg kg(-1), and group RP received remifentanil 1 microg kg(-1) followed by propofol 2.5 mg kg(-1). Intubating conditions were compared using a well-validated score, and continuous arterial pressure was recorded non-invasively. Compared with group RP, intubating conditions were significantly better in group PR. The mean arterial pressure decrease was more pronounced in group RP. We therefore conclude that in premedicated healthy patients with no anticipated risk of difficult intubation, intubating and haemodynamic conditions are better when remifentanil is injected after propofol.Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 02/2004; 48(1):35-9. · 2.19 Impact Factor -
Article: [Severe head injuries in the young child: early management].
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ABSTRACT: The initial management of severely head-injured patients, including infants and children, is aimed at preventing and treating secondary brain damage, which mainly result from systemic insults (hypoxaemia, hypercarbia, arterial hypotension). Orotracheal intubation, followed by continuous sedation-analgesia, is mandatory when the Glasgow Coma Scale score (GCS) is less than or equal to 8 (crush induction is recommended). The goal of mechanical ventilation is to maintain normoxaemia and normocarbia. Moreover, the maintenance of an optimal cerebral perfusion pressure, usually 50 mmHg in infants, requires volume loading (isotonic fluids and colloids), and catecholamines if arterial hypotension persists. Intravenous mannitol is used only in case of life threatening intracranial hypertension, keeping in mind the potential for aggravating an hypovolaemia. Cerebral tomodensitometry is the most relevant imaging procedure for diagnosing surgical brain lesion. However, it should be noted, that severe head trauma is frequently associated with extra-cranial traumatic injuries, which may be responsible for (avoidable) deaths if the diagnosis is not made or delayed. Therefore, infants and small children presenting with severe head trauma should be considered as multiple injured and treated accordingly. Adequate initial management of severely head-injured children may participate to improved neurological outcome.Annales Françaises d Anesthésie et de Réanimation 03/2002; 21(2):141-7. · 0.84 Impact Factor -
Article: [Cardiac arrest in a traumatized child from an unusual cause: atlanto-occipital luxation].
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ABSTRACT: We report the case of a trauma child who developed a cardiac arrest due to atlanto-occipital luxation of the cervical spine. The occurrence of a rapidly reversible cardiac arrest in a trauma patient should alert physicians about cervical trauma. Adequate resuscitation of these patients require endotracheal intubation with concomitant full immobilisation of the cervical spine, plasma expansion to prevent arterial hypotension and immobilisation of the cervical spine during transport. Thorough application of these resuscitation techniques should increase the survival rate on admission to trauma centres of paediatric patients presenting with such a severe condition. Nevertheless, atlanto-occipital luxation is a major cause of paediatric cervical trauma mortality and our patient did not survive this condition.Annales Françaises d Anesthésie et de Réanimation 02/2002; 21(1):42-5. · 0.84 Impact Factor -
Article: [Dynamic left intraventricular obstruction after reconstructive mitral valve surgery].
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ABSTRACT: A 71-years-old patient, undergoing mitral valve repair for degenerative valvulopathy and correction of pectus excavatus experienced a cardiogenic shock after weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass. The shock occurred after calcium chloride administration and was unresponsive to inotropic drugs. Transoesophageal echocardiography showed left ventricular outflow tract obstruction due to systolic anterior motion (SAM) of the mitral valve. Discontinuation of inotropic drugs and volume expansion restored the haemodynamic status. By its haemodynamic effects calcium chloride can cause left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, recognized by transoesophageal echocardiography.Annales Françaises d Anesthésie et de Réanimation 02/1998; 17(9):1152-5. · 0.84 Impact Factor
