Cahiers d'anesthésiologie
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Cahiers d'anesthésiologie · Dec 1987
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial[Recovery following anesthesia with diazepam-ketamine and fentanyl-methohexital].
The quality of recovery from general anaesthesia for day-case surgery is assessed by the Trailmaking test in a randomized study of 100 women scheduled for termination of pregnancy on an outpatients basis. All patients are in ASA group I or II. Recovery following diazepam-ketamine based anaesthesia is compared to that following fentanyl-methohexital based anaesthesia. ⋯ In group A, the mean score for the two parts of the test is not significantly different 1 h after surgery from the pre-anaesthetic score. In group B, the mean score for the two parts of the test is not significantly different 1/2 h after surgery than the pre-anaesthetic score. This better post-anesthetic score is explained by a learning effect of the test when used several times.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Cahiers d'anesthésiologie · Nov 1986
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial[Preventive antibiotics in cardiac surgery: cefazolin versus cefamandole].
A prospective, randomized study was carried out to evaluate two antibiotic prophylactic regimens for patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. Each patient of the first group (cefazolin) received four intravenous injections of 1 g cefazolin during 12 hours, patients of second (cefamandole), four doses of 750 mg. 155 patients scheduled for cardiac operation were included in the study. (May 1983 to April 1984). Patients were not admitted to the study in case of emergency, if their weight was less than 20 kg, if they had received antibiotics during the week before surgery or if they had a history of anaphylactic reactions to cephalosporins. ⋯ Hospital stay was the similar in the two groups. The two antibiotics are similarly effective to prevent major infections in cardiac surgery. However cefazolin was preferred for antibiotic prophylaxis in cardiac surgery because of the higher rate of streptococcal urinary infections in patients given cefamandole.
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Cahiers d'anesthésiologie · Mar 1986
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial[Peridural analgesia in labor. Comparison between bupivacaine and 2-chloroprocaine].
The purpose of this study was the comparison of the effects on the labor and neonates of epidural analgesia conducted either with bupivacaine or 2-chloroprocaine. Hundred and three parturients were included in the study. They were randomly divided in two groups. ⋯ Umbilical cord blood was drawn for pH determination. Cord blood pH was slightly but significantly lower in bupivacaine (7.314 +/- 0.106) than in 2-chloroprocaine (7.345 +/- 0.06) patients (t = 1.6968, p = 0.046). Newborns extracted with forceps after maternal bupivacaine epidural analgesia had a significantly lower umbilical blood pH (7.278 +/- 0.117) than newborns who did not required forceps in the bupivacaine group (7.337 +/- 0.093) (t = 2.1986, p = 0.0159).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Cahiers d'anesthésiologie · Jan 1985
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial[Spinal anesthesia and morphine analgesia in prostatic surgery].
The authors compare the effects of either 0,5 or one milligram of intrathecally injected morphine on the post-operative course of 45 patients scheduled for transvesical prostatectomy. The patients were randomly assigned to three groups. Group A patients served as reference and were anesthetized by intrathecal injection of prilocaine 100 mg. ⋯ Nevertheless, there was a statistically significant difference of analgesia scores between groups C and B. The group C patients remained free of respiratory impairment. One mg of intrathecal morphine seems optimal for analgesia after prostatectomy.