Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Nov 2014
Multicenter Study[Development of a tool for withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment in the emergency room].
Active treatment withholding and withdrawing decisions in the emergency room (ER) must be taken collegially according to ethical and juridical statements. Specific tools can support this process and our main goal was to create and validate such a tool. ⋯ We have been able to create a tool to help for treatment withholding and withdrawing decisions adapted to the guidelines for end of life patient's management in the ER. This tool has been validated using a Delphi method by a group of experts from different centres. This multicentre validation will help for the diffusion and use of this tool in the different ER of the Rhône-Alpes region.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Nov 2014
[Preoperative psychological experience and beliefs in adult patients scheduled for surgery at the University Hospital of Parakou in Benin].
To study the preoperative psychological experience and beliefs in adult patients scheduled for surgery at the University Hospital of Parakou. ⋯ The preoperative period induces a significant burden of anxiety among patients and their families. In Benin, the announcement of surgery is an opportunity for confrontation of the patient to an obsession with death which he manages to escape despite the countless sacrifices of traditional conjuring.
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Evaluation of the acceptability of complications related to obstetrical epidural analgesia in two populations, parturients and anesthesiologists. ⋯ In this study, the overall acceptability of the inherent complications of epidural analgesia was good in the two populations. It was essentially based on the notion of severity and preventability. A large interindividual variability was observed and a better acceptance by the anesthesiologists.