Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Mar 2012
Practice Guideline Guideline[French clinical guidelines for prevention of perianaesthetic dental injuries: long text].
Dental injuries represent the most common claims against the anaesthesiologists. Dental lesions are frequent complications of orotracheal intubation and major causal factors are, firstly, preexisting poor dentition, and, secondly, difficult laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation. The aim of this work was to prioritize propositions for prevention in perianaesthetic dental injury and for care in case of dental trauma. ⋯ These guidelines delineate an approach for the prevention of perianaesthetic dental trauma and for the immediate or urgent care in case of perianaesthetic dental injury.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Mar 2012
Case Reports[Transcient improvement of extrapyramidal syndrome after general anaesthesia].
We describe the case of a patient with an untreated Parkinson's disease who underwent surgery for a temporal meningioma. Extrapyramidal syndrome, initially attributed to the meningioma, had improved over the 48 hours following the procedure and then reappeared. This observation raises the question about the impact of drugs used during perioperative days in patients with Parkinson's disease not treated with levodopa.