Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation
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Hypernatremia is defined by a serum sodium concentration of more than 145 mmol/L and reflects a disturbance of the regulation between water and sodium. The high incidence of hypernatremia in patients with severe brain injury is due various causes including poor thirst, diabetes insipidus, iatrogenic sodium administration, and primary hyperaldosteronism. ⋯ Because of the rapid brain adaptation to extracellular hypertonicity, sustained hypernatremia exposes the patient to an exacerbation of brain edema during attempt to normalize natremia. Like serum glucose, serum sodium concentration must be tightly monitored in the intensive care unit.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Jun 2014
Review[Intravenous lipid emulsion and local anesthetic-induced systemic toxicity: Mechanisms and limits.]
Intravenous lipid emulsions (ILE) are recommended today in cases of local anesthetic-induced systemic toxicity (LAST). The objectives of this review consists in describing mechanisms involved in the interaction between ILE and local anesthetic (LA) factors influencing this interaction and the limits associated with the use of ILE. ⋯ Prescription of ILE is recommended by published guidelines on LAST resuscitation. ILE cannot substitute to the standard resuscitation protocol. It should be added to that protocol. Experimental studies as well as a case report registry will allow understanding further the effects induced by the ILE-LA association.
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Cerebral oedema (CO) after brain injury can occur from different ways. The vasogenic and cytotoxic oedema are usually described but osmotic and hydrostatic CO, respectively secondary to plasmatic hypotonia or increase in blood pressure, can also be encountered. Addition of these several mechanisms can worsen injuries. ⋯ So therapeutic care to control this phenomenon is essential and osmotherapy is actually the only way. A better understanding of physiopathological disorders, particularly energetic ways (lactate), aquaporine function, inflammation lead to new therapeutic hopes. The promising experimental results need now to be confirmed by clinical data.
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Mechanical ventilation can initiate ventilator-associated lung injury and postoperative pulmonary complications. The aim of this study was to evaluate (1) how mechanical ventilation was comprehended by anaesthetists (physician and nurses) and (2) the need for educational programs. ⋯ Only 2.3% of professionals optimized mechanical ventilation during anaesthesia. Guidelines and specific educational programs in the field of mechanical ventilation are widely expected.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Jun 2014
Case Reports[Ischemic heart failure making the diagnosis of a Vaquez disease: A rare event.]
We present the case of a 46-year-old patient without any past medical history, admitted to our ICU for cardiogenic shock complicating acute coronary syndrome. The blood tests found polycethemia, a polycethemia vera was suspected and confirmed by genetic analysis. Ischemic heart failure as an initial symptom of polycethemia vera and its treatment by arterial bleeding is a rare event that we describe in this article.