Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation
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To assess the feasibility of switching disposable laryngoscope blades and to compare the disposable blades available on the market to reusable blades within the context of a new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. ⋯ The disposable blades were not easily accepted by the anaesthetists particularly for difficult intubations, which is why reusable blades should not be totally removed from practice. Single-use blades proposed by different manufacturers are not identical. We chose 670166 Rusch-Pilling blades, the best adapted to our institution. The switch to disposable blades would require that blade manufacturers improve the quality of the blades.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Jul 2004
[Victims of fall from height. Study of 287 patients and determination of clinical prognostic factors].
Fall from height is a common cause of severe blunt urban trauma but this mechanism of trauma is poorly documented. ⋯ Immediate mortality after fall from heights is high and remains low after day 3. GCS, ABP and RTS are independent prognostic factors.