Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Mar 2005
[Interest of mannequin based simulator to evaluate anaesthesia residents].
The aim of this study was to test simulator validity to evaluate the ability of anaesthesia residents to solve two simulated scenarios. ⋯ This study suggests that mannequin-based simulator appears as a reliable and valid tool to test the performance of anaesthesia residents during critical situations.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Mar 2005
[Epidemiology of catheter-related infections in intensive care unit].
Catheter-related infections remain an important cause of nosocomial infection in the ICU. They include colonization of the device, exit-site infection and catheter-related bloodstream infection with or without bacteraemia. Data from clinical studies and surveillance networks should be compared cautiously due to important methodological differences and wide variations of device-utilization ratio between units or countries. ⋯ Numerous risk factors have been identified. Some of them could be used to stratify patients according to risk of catheter-related infection and to allow more valid comparison between ICU's performances. Participation of French ICUs to the recent national surveillance networks (REA RAISIN and REACAT RAISIN) should be encouraged.