Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Mar 2010
Multicenter Study[Assessment of the usefulness to use a software supervising continuous infusion rates of drugs administered with pumps in ICU and estimation of the frequency of rate of administration errors].
To assess the usefulness and the feasibility to use a software supervising continuous infusion rates of drugs administered with pumps in ICU. ⋯ The risk of infusion-rate-errors of drugs administered continuously with pump in ICU is rare but potentially harmful. A software that controlled the continuous infusion rates could be useful.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Mar 2010
Case Reports[Two consecutive intubations using neonatal Airtraq in an infant with difficult airway].
We used successfully Airtraq-combined to a gum-elastic boogie to intubate twice a dysmorphic infant with mucolipidosis, in whom direct laryngoscopy failed. If this result is confirmed by prospective studies, Airtraq could be a first-line device to intubate infants with difficult intubation.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Mar 2010
Case Reports[Acute obstructive epiglottitis in intensive care unit: which airway management strategy?].
Acute epiglottitis is an infection of supraglottic structures, with a high risk of life-threatening respiratory obstruction. We report a case of a 52-year-old patient who presented with a prehospital hypoxic respiratory arrest caused by obstructive oedema with a successful resuscitation. ⋯ The growing threat of laryngeal dyspnea prompts emergency tracheal airway protection, by means of the combined preparation of transtracheal oxygenation access and the use of fiber-optic laryngoscopy. This case report emphasises the airway management strategy successfully used in this patient.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Mar 2010
[Course of the anaesthesiology and intensive care unit residents in Lorraine, France].
The anaesthesiology and intensive care physician demography is becoming critical in most French regions; more than 56% of the residents trained in Lorraine are leaving the area after they graduate. ⋯ Desired improvements would be: better performance of the Lorraine born students at the National Medical Examination, earlier and well-defined job offers, better communication within the team and consideration of the family situation as a whole.