Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation
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Nowadays organ transplantations suffer from a lack of donors. Thus the waiting list of patients is constantly growing. Several ways to increase organ procurement are being evaluated. ⋯ Donor age should not remain anymore a systematic contra indication for kidney or liver donation. Renal function, macroscopic examination and histological findings seem more important for making a decision in taking the graft. Double transplantation, here the second case in France, has been performed for several years in other countries, and has permitted to expand the pool of donors, thus increasing the number of transplanted patients.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Oct 2001
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial[Comparison between 1.5% lidocaine with adrenaline and 1.5% plain mepivacaine in axillary brachial plexus block].
To evaluate the distribution of sensory blockade, the onset time and the duration of the axillary plexus block obtained after the administration of 40 mL of 1.5% lignocaine with adrenaline or 40 mL of plain 1.5% mepivacaine. ⋯ Following axillary plexus block, 1.5% mepivacaine improves neither the extension nor the duration of sensory blockade achieved by 1.5% lignocaine with adrenaline.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Oct 2001
[Quality assurance program for blood products in an out-of-hospital medical care unit].
Transfusion of blood products is part of out-of-hospital medical activity. Despite rare use of transfusion and difficult environment, the rules of transfusion must be respected: follow up to detect blood products, security, and patient's information before and after transfusion, follow up of infectious and immunological consequences. However, the current law and usable documents were not conceived for out-of-hospital emergency care. ⋯ The use of specific guidelines and document improves the follow-up of transfusion in out-of-hospital medical care.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Oct 2001
Letter Case Reports[Impossible intubation after neurosurgical intervention].