Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Aug 2004
[Disposable material for tracheal intubation: pilot study using Penlon Crystal blades and Penlon Lary Gard sheaths].
The risk of cross infection due to non-conventional infectious agents has led to the development of single-use disposable medical material. For laryngoscopy, two attitudes have been proposed: the use of disposable blades or disposable translucide cover sheaths with steel blades. Practice studies assessing the quality of these devices are scarce, leaving the physician to his own experience. ⋯ In case of use of disposable material, both devices seem to be close in terms of quality of intubation.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Aug 2004
[Intraoperative arterial hypotension recorded by an anaesthesia information management system].
In order to evaluate the benefits arising from regular recording of intraoperative adverse events, we extracted from our database all episodes of intraoperative hypotension and studied the risk factors of this event. ⋯ Systematic recording of intraoperative events in a database has been suggested as useful by many experts for quality-assurance and safety analysis purposes. Analysis of a frequent anaesthesia-related (i.e. hypotension) event did not disclose any relevant factor that might lead to improvement. Running such databases is time-consuming and may be expensive. This leads us to question the efficiency of such databases.