Médecine tropicale : revue du Corps de santé colonial
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Two cases of POTT's disease without radiological osteoarticular destructions have been diagnosed from a psoas and a dorsal abscess. Bacteriology and histology were negative at the beginning, then became positive after a long evolution of the wound. The recommendation is to think of POTT's disease when confronted with any paravertebral abscess, with or without radiological signs and to repeat the bacteriological and histological tests if necessary.
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The above account concerns 50 cases of caudal anaesthesia with 2% plain lidocaine (i.e. without adrenaline), after a preliminary and a complementary general anaesthesia for surgical operations in the infra umbilical region not exceeding one hour in duration. The anaesthetic effect was as rapid as the recovery from it. ⋯ No per or post operative complications were observed with the employment of this technique. The authors recommend that this technique should be employed more frequently in day case pediatric surgery.
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Comparative Study
[Utilization of laryngeal masks. Preliminary study. 21 cases. Department of Anesthesia-Resuscitation, Yaounde, Cameroon].
The authors present a preliminary and retrospective study about the utilization of laryngeal mask. 21 patients underwent surgery concerning short or mid term intervention. A positioning of a laryngeal mask was easy with 83 p.c. of success. ⋯ Not at all replacing endotracheal intubation, the laryngeal mask is in peculiar situations an other possibility of protection of respiratory tract, and of ventilation be spontaneous manual or mechanical. The advantages of laryngeal mask versus facial one are obvious.
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The authors report on 29 notifications of Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection in Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in Queensland from 1 July 1985 to 31 August 1991. Despite previously expressed concerns regarding the potential for a Pattern II (heterosexual) epidemic, based on reported data for other Sexually Transmitted Diseases, there have been no published reports confirming HIV infection in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population prior to this study. Although the prevalence of diagnosed HIV infection is comparable to that of the remaining population, there are early indications of differences in the pattern of infection and transmission.