Agressologie: revue internationale de physio-biologie et de pharmacologie appliquées aux effets de l'agression
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A post-operative follow-up in 21 cases of Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (C. D. H.) was carried out on 2 groups of patients. ⋯ Post-operative complications decreased on the ratio of 1/7, the intensive care stay being halved. The overwhelming importance of the correct anaesthetic procedure was underlined. An overall survival rate of 76% gives hopes for a better future for patients suffering from this malformation.
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Postoperative analgesia remains frequently insufficient in children. This is in part due to the difficult assessment of pain in the different age groups. ⋯ The different analgesic drugs and techniques available allow to establish guidelines for postoperative analgesia in different age groups of children, under different surgical and postoperative conditions. On the basis of such guidelines, ordered analgesics have a greater chance to be really administered at the proper time to each child.
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Case Reports Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
[Comparison of adrenaline and clonidine to extend the analgesic effect of bupivacaine without glucose in spinal anesthesia].
So as to determine the effects of adrenaline and clonidine on the duration of isobaric bupivacaine spinal anaesthesia, a prospective controlled study was carried out on 20 ASA I or II patients. They were randomly allocated to two groups. The patients of group I were given 4 ml of a mixture including 3 ml of 0.5% bupivacaine, 0.2 mg adrenaline. ⋯ Regression times were 520.70 +/- 79.52 min for group II and 360.40 +/- 51.47 min. for group I. Significant prolongation of motor block was also associated with the addition of vasoconstrictors. It is concluded that addition of 0.15 mg clonidine may be useful to increase duration of isobaric bupivacaine spinal anaesthesia.
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Enterobacterial and pseudomonal carriage in the oropharynx, stomach and gut is uncommon in healthy individuals (apart from E. coli in the gut). Underlying intrinsic disease is the main cause of oropharyngeal and gastrointestinal carriage of 'abnormal' flora. ⋯ The oropharyngeal and gastrointestinal carrier state is the first stage in the development of nosocomial infections. Procedures aimed at the prevention of hospital infections via the abolition of the abnormal carrier state are termed selective decontamination techniques.