Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · May 2002
Case Reports[Hemoperitoneum and pregnancy in a patient with von Willebrand's disease type 3].
A 24-year-old woman with type 3 (characterised by a blood level of von Willebrand factor less than 1%) was admitted to the surgical intensive care unit with an haemorrhagic shock. She was pregnant (Beta HCG = 115 Ul. L-1), the echography of the abdomen, soon after admission, revealed a haemoperitoeum. ⋯ The surgeon found an ovarian haemorrhagic cyst. Later the course of pregnancy was normal and she was delivered by caesarean section. We describe the therapeutic strategy of that care.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · May 2002
[Severe malaria in expatriates in an intensive care unit in Abidjan (Ivory Coast)].
To analyse clinical and prognosis aspects of severe malaria in expatriates hospitalized between 1990 and 1999 in the intensive care unit in Abidjan. ⋯ Severe malaria was frequent and associated with high mortality in expatriates who are living in Africa. This study reinsists the necessity of prophylactic treatment to be reinforced in informing the travellers. This study showed frequency and mortality rate of survey of malaria and the criteria associated with high mortality rate.