Minerva anestesiologica
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Cardiac contusion is a fairly frequent clinical event in closed chest traumas. The diagnostic problems it involves influence prognosis in these patients and, in effect, prevention, speedy recognition and early treatment of the complications of cardiac contusion are essential for therapy. Here the incidence of cardiac contusion in a group of patients with closed chest trauma is analysed and the clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects are examined.
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Minerva anestesiologica · Oct 1979
[Risks caused by chronic contact with volatile anesthetics. Working hypothesis for anesthetists].
Numerous researches concern the risk that operating-theatre personnel and especially anaesthetists expose themselves in contact with anaesthetics gases. Epidemiological and experimental studies have been made in the last years. Some proposals are explained to reduce the risk. This work takes into consideration also operating-theatre injury considered highly stressing place.