Agressologie: revue internationale de physio-biologie et de pharmacologie appliquées aux effets de l'agression
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The diagnosis of acrocyanosis and erythromelalgia is done only on clinical grounds. Acrocyanosis is a benign disorder. Erythromelalgia is a very rare syndrome but can be a clue to the early diagnosis of myeloproliferative disorders.
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Thirty one cases of accidental hypothermia have been taken in care by the SAMU de Paris during the year of 1987. The accidental hypothermias happening in the cities are, most of the time, moderated and not very serious. The search for a cause is a prime necessity. The prognosis is based on that search to guide and advise the patients.
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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.