Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Jan 1993
Multicenter Study[Information to relatives of organ donors. Factors of consent or refusal. Results of a multicenter study].
The French law on organ harvesting in brain dead patients allows this to be done without the family's consent, but prescribes to inform the relatives. Despite this, most teams do not harvest organs if the family is strongly opposed to the procedure. Information given to the relatives is therefore a very important point in the management of the donor. ⋯ This ratio, which did not depend on the hospital, increased with the age of the donor: 66% for donors aged less than 18 years to 86% for those more than 50 years old. The aetiology of brain death was not a factor determining acceptance of the donation. The main factor was the conditions of interview: acceptance rate was the highest when there was a one hour delay between giving the information on the donor's brain death and that concerning organ donation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Jan 1993
Review[Continuous monitoring of mixed venous blood oxygen saturation].
Mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO2), measured on pulmonary artery blood, is a convenient indicator of matching between O2 transport (TaO2) and O2 body consumption (VO2). The measurement technique is based on the haemoglobin reflection spectrophotometry principle using two or three wave lengths. The Fick principle points out that SvO2 depends on five parameters: SvO2 = SaO2 - (VO2/CI x Hb x PO) where SaO2, CI and PO respectively represent arterial O2 saturation, cardiac index and O2 affinity. ⋯ Finally, the existence of a right-to-left shunt will modify the SvO2 values through various mechanisms. However the SvO2 measured, in the pulmonary artery, remains reliable, whereas the presence of a left-to-right shunt will highly alter SvO2 basal value, only its time course remaining significant. SvO2 monitoring, element of diagnosis and monitoring, as well as a warning signal, has a priori specific indications poorly assessed, so far. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Jan 1993
Perioperative nonspecific histamine release: a new classification by aetiological mechanisms and evaluation of their clinical relevance.
As a consequence of the performance of a randomized controlled clinical trial on perioperative histamine release and cardiovascular and respiratory disturbances, several types of increases in plasma histamine had to be distinguished instead of only two which existed at the beginning of the study: drug-induced allergic and pseudoallergic reactions. First of all, the new classification by aetiology (clinical epidemiology) was derived from a meta-analysis (secondary analysis) of the most recent literature. According to that histamine release in the perioperative period has several, different causes and is involved in several, different disease manifestations. ⋯ The overall incidence of histamine release in the trial was so incredible high (72% of all patients, some of them with up to 4 episodes of histamine release) that a distinction between pseudoallergic (unwanted) and other types of histamine release (possibly less unwanted or even beneficial) is urgently needed. In the phase of steady state (maintenance) of anaesthesia the H1-(+)H2-prophylaxis was highly effective. Further analysis must show whether this is also the case during the phases of induction of anesthesia.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Jan 1993
The incidence and clinical features of anaphylactic reactions during anesthesia in Australia.
The details of 826 patients referred to an Anaesthetic Allergy Clinic over a 17-year period are described. 443 were classified as having severe immediate anaphylactic reactions and in the majority of these (263) a muscle relaxant was involved. In Australia, the most common cause of a reaction is alcuronium, which probably reflects usage, although it is the most commonly found to give a positive skin test in relaxant reactors. Suxamethonium and atracurium appear to have an incidence of reactions greater than predicted by market share and pancuronium and vecuronium appear safer both on incidence of reactions and on positive skin tests in reactors. ⋯ Cardiovascular collapse is the most common presenting problem and is the only problem in 10%. Skin changes are the next most common and then bronchospasm which may be transient and is the hardest feature to treat. With an investigation protocol based on history, skin and RIA testing subsequent anaesthesia is usually safe.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Jan 1993
Case Reports[Anaphylactic shock during the use of high doses of aprotinin in cardiac surgery].
A 77-year-old man was admitted for mitral valve replacement, 46 days after a failed conservative mitral surgery where he received high-dose aprotinin. Twenty minutes after induction of anaesthesia, 250 UPh E of aprotinin were infused intravenously; before the end of this infusion, bronchospasm, systemic hypotension and generalized rash were noted. ⋯ Aprotinin has the antigenic molecular structure of natural proteins. Since 1987, it is used in cardiac surgery to reduce postoperative blood loss: to prevent serious allergic reactions to aprotinin, it is necessary, in patients known to have had previous aprotinin therapy, to perform skin testing with diluted aprotinin before infusion.