Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Dec 2012
Case Reports[Prehospital use of haemostatic dressing QuikClot ACS+™ for hemorrhage control of a perineal trauma].
First responders are sometimes confronted with external uncontrolled haemorrhage despite compression, bandages, and tourniquets. Several topical haemostatic agents were developed to try to face these situations. Their application was mainly described and studied in military environment. We report the case of a worker victim of an accident of construction site with hemorrhagic perineal trauma for whom the use of a haemostatic bandage QuikClot ACS+™ (Z-Medica) seemed to us particularly useful in prehospital setting.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Dec 2012
Case Reports[Phaeochromocytoma revealed by a cardiogenic shock treated by extracorporeal life support].
Phaeochromocytoma is a catecholamine-secreting tumour that originates from the chromaffin cells in the adrenal medulla in 85% of the cases. Phaeochromocytoma typically presents with the classic signs and symptoms of paroxysmal hypertension, tachycardia, and episodic headache in young adults. However, it rarely may manifest as cardiogenic shock due to a catecholamine induced cardiomyopathy. We report the use of central extracorporeal life support (ECLS) in a young man admitted to our department because of cardiogenic shock caused by phaeochromocytoma.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Dec 2012
Letter Case ReportsStatus epilepticus revealing a giant schizencephaly.