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We have compared the effects of gelatin, low molecular weight hydroxyethyl starch (HES) or albumi... more We have compared the effects of gelatin, low molecular weight hydroxyethyl starch (HES) or albumin on tests of haemostasis and on the thrombelastogram in 42 ASA I patients undergoing total hip or knee replacement. Patients were allocated randomly to receive one of the three blood substitutes to obtain moderate intraoperative haemodilution. Blood loss and packed red cell infusion was the same in each group. A greater amount of gelatin was given (1.5 times the measured blood loss) because of its shorter half-life. There was a statistically significant but clinically negligible decrease in platelet count, prothrombin time and fibrinogen, and an increase in bleeding time in all groups. Platelets were slightly but significantly lower after HES. Haemodilution was comparable between groups. TEG showed a state of hypercoagulability in the gelatin group with a significant decrease in r, rϩk and an increase in α angle. 1999; 82: 175-7
Annales Françaises d'Anesthésie et de Réanimation, 1993
Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation, 2003
To report the efficiency and direct cost induced by a quality insurance programme (QIP) aimed to ... more To report the efficiency and direct cost induced by a quality insurance programme (QIP) aimed to reduce the incidence of post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in the post-anaesthesia care unit. Prospective and descriptive study. The occurrence and treatment of PONV were prospectively recorded in the post-anaesthesia care unit in a standardised file before and following therapeutic recommendations made by volunteers component of a QIP. Prophylaxis was administered to patients according to a score of risks based on the type of surgery and patient characteristics. The real cost induced by this change of practice was evaluated according to pharmacists' accounts over 1 year. The QIP was associated to a 33.5% reduction of PONV relative risk and a 50% increase in prophylactic treatments. When this reduction of PONV was extrapolated to the total number of anaesthesia over 1 year, this QIP avoided PONV in 770 patients each year. The increase of cost reached 3572 as the cost by patien...
Agressologie: revue internationale de physio-biologie et de pharmacologie appliquées aux effets de l'agression, 1987
Agressologie: revue internationale de physio-biologie et de pharmacologie appliquées aux effets de l'agression, 1989
Nimodipine was included in the treatment of four patients who had previously presented subarachno... more Nimodipine was included in the treatment of four patients who had previously presented subarachnoid hemorrhage; cerebral circulation has been assayed by means of "Tomophygmographie cérébrale ultra-sonore". In all four patients, use of Nimodipine has led to an improvement of cerebral circulation and then of the neurological status. Nimodipine is characterized by its very low therapeutic inertion. Data obtained both at the initiation and on interruption of the administration of this drug points to its original properties regarding cerebral circulation: indeed, the present observations suggest that Nimodipine behaves as a true vasoregulator.
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Agressologie: revue internationale de physio-biologie et de pharmacologie appliquées aux effets de l'agression, 1991
Closed circuit anesthesia answers the objections to open and semi-closed systems that are related... more Closed circuit anesthesia answers the objections to open and semi-closed systems that are related to high delivery flow rates: pollution, cost, efficiency and the hydration of inhaled gases. But closed circuit anesthesia requires a good understanding of the amount of anesthetic agenda needed, and a convenient method of administering it. It is necessary use a reliable oxygen analyser, a carbon dioxide monitor and a circuit volatile agent analyzer.
British journal of anaesthesia, 2007
Muscle relaxants facilitate tracheal intubation, but they are often not used for short peripheral... more Muscle relaxants facilitate tracheal intubation, but they are often not used for short peripheral surgical procedures. The consequences of this practice on the upper airway are still a matter of controversy. We therefore compared the incidence of post-intubation symptoms in a randomized study comparing patients intubated with or without the use of a muscle relaxant. A total of 300 adult patients requiring tracheal intubation for scheduled peripheral surgery were randomly assigned in a double-blind study to an anaesthetic protocol that either included or did not include a muscle relaxant (rocuronium). The primary end-point was the rate of post-intubation symptoms 2 and 24 h after extubation. The secondary end-points were the intubation conditions score (Copenhagen Consensus Conference), the rate of difficult intubations (Intubation Difficulty Scale), and the incidence of adverse haemodynamic events. Post-intubation symptoms were more frequent in patients intubated without the use of ...
Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation, 1999
To analyse the design, functioning, benefits and drawbacks of electronic fresh gas delivery units... more To analyse the design, functioning, benefits and drawbacks of electronic fresh gas delivery units (FGDUs) included in anaesthetic machines marketed in France in 1999. Articles were obtained from a Medline review (1980-1999; search terms: anaesthetic machine, flowmeter, vaporizer), textbooks and personal files; specific data were also provided by manufacturers. The articles were analysed in considering the differences between mechanical and electronic FGDUs. Four anaesthetic machines out of 11 are equipped with electronic FGDUs. In comparison to mechanical units, they include the following benefits: wide range of accurate gas flow, especially in the low flow range, with analog and digital display; intermittent delivery of each gas, which is essential for automated gas delivery and quantitative anaesthesia or target controlled (FET vapor) inhalational anaesthesia; facilitated oxygen ratio control; possibility to print the gas and vapor flows on the automated anaesthetic record; interr...
Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation, 1999
To analyse the design, performance, failures, the checking before use of mechanical fresh gas del... more To analyse the design, performance, failures, the checking before use of mechanical fresh gas delivery units (FGDUs) equipped with bobbin or ball-flowmeters delivering a continuous gas flow and calibrated vaporizers, marketed in France in 1999. Articles were obtained from a Medline review (1960-1999; search terms: anaesthetic machine, flowmeter, vaporizer), textbooks and personal files; specific data were provided by manufacturers. The articles were considered for performance data, benefits and drawbacks, and characteristics, as well as the risks carried by mechanical FGDUs. Seven anaesthetic machines out of 11 are equipped with mechanical FGDUs, including rotameters delivering a gas mixture up to 30 L.min-1, calibrated vaporizers and an O2-flush valve delivering at least 500 mL O2 per second (30 L.min-1). These units allow closed circuit anaesthesia. They carry a risk for barotrauma as three out of them can deliver at the gas outlet of the FGDUs a gas mixture at a pressure reaching...
Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation, 1998
When compared to the circle system alternative breathing systems (ABS) are of no benefit. When th... more When compared to the circle system alternative breathing systems (ABS) are of no benefit. When the only indication of an ABS is emergency oxygen administration it should be connected to the O2 pipeline upstream from the flowmeter bank and the vaporiser. The use of an ABS for anaesthesia maintenance is no longer justified because of the difficulties in monitoring pressure, flow and concentrations of the gas mixture, the cost of gas and vapour administered at a high flow and the resulting pollution. The use of an ABS for very short anaesthetics is only acceptable if the administered gas mixture is monitored.
Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation, 1995
To compare tympanic temperatures obtained with an infrared thermometer Core Check 2090A (IVAC), n... more To compare tympanic temperatures obtained with an infrared thermometer Core Check 2090A (IVAC), non in contact with the tympanic membrane, to values obtained with a thermocouple thermometer Mon-A-Therm (Mallinckrodt) in contact with it, and to assess whether the differences depend on the person measuring the temperature. Prospective comparative open study. The study included 150 adults in whom the tympanic temperatures were measured at their admission to recovery room by 10 nurse anaesthetists. Each thermometer was inserted in the same patient into an external acoustic meatus. The median and range of the temperature differences were used to assess the bias and the accuracy of the measures. Their reliability was analyzed with consideration of the measuring person and the presence of irrelevant values, defined as a temperature difference over 0.3 degrees C. The temperatures obtained with both devices were similar (36.2 +/- 0.7 degrees C with IVAC thermometer vs 36.2 +/- 0.8 degrees C ...
Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation, 1995
A 73-year-old man with pre-existing cardiac failure, coronary artery and chronic obstructive pulm... more A 73-year-old man with pre-existing cardiac failure, coronary artery and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was presented for an acute mesenteric ischaemia, resulting from an embolic obstruction of the superior mesenteric artery. An intra-arterial fibrinolysis with a bolus of 250 000 units of streptokinase, followed by an infusion of 150 mg rtPA with adequate heparin dosage was performed 10 hours after the first symptoms. An abdominal guarding occurred 24 hours later, despite radiological improvement, justifying emergency surgery which confirmed the partial efficiency of the medical therapy. Unfortunately, a cardiogenic shock occurred preoperatively and the patient died five days later from intractable cardiovascular failure.
Agressologie: revue internationale de physio-biologie et de pharmacologie appliquées aux effets de l'agression, 1984
Agressologie: revue internationale de physio-biologie et de pharmacologie appliquées aux effets de l'agression, 1984
EMC - Anestesia-Reanimación, 2013
ABSTRACT
EMC - Anestesia-Rianimazione, 2013
ABSTRACT
Mediators of Inflammation, 1997
Fax: MULTIPLE organ failure (MOF) induced by mesenteric infarction is associated with a high mort... more Fax: MULTIPLE organ failure (MOF) induced by mesenteric infarction is associated with a high mortality rate. This study reports eicosanoid and cytokine levels in the blood of three atherosclerotic patients who ultimately died from MOF induced by mesenteric infarction. High plasma levels of 6keto-prostaglandin (PG) F 1a (the stable metabolite of PGI 2), interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-8 are observed whereas plasma tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFa), Tx B 2 (the stable metabolite of Tx A 2 ), PGE 2 , leukotrienes (LT)B 4 and LTC 4 , and whole blood platelet-activating factor levels are not different from values obtained in similarly severe atherosclerotic patients. This short report questioned the clinical involvement of TNFa during such a pathology where a persistent translocation of endotox in has been observed through the gut endothelial barrier. Activation of phospholipase A 2 is suggested by the increase in the stable metabolite of PGI 2 and might be by itself or through lipidic metabolites, a major systemic stimulus of IL-6 and IL-8 production.
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 1994
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 1992
Extracorporeal circulation (ECC) is associated with thrombocytopenia and transient leukopenia. Af... more Extracorporeal circulation (ECC) is associated with thrombocytopenia and transient leukopenia. After ECC and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, some patients can develop pulmonary and cardiac dysfunction, which might be related to the release of various mediators such as thromboxane A2, C5a, and C3a anaphylatoxins. The involvement of PAF-acether (PAF), a potent vasoactive thrombocytopenic and leukoneutropenic agent, has not been determined. Therefore, 10 patients were studied during and after CABG. The release of PAF, lipo PAF (PAF bound to blood lipoproteins), and lyso PAF (PAF precursor and metabolite) was measured in blood from the left atrium, radial artery, and pulmonary artery before and after CABG. PAF, lipo PAF, and lyso PAF were also determined during ECC at the entry and exit points of the oxygenator. Hemodynamic parameters, platelet, and leukocyte counts in the pulmonary artery were measured simultaneously. PAF did not increase significantly during ECC; it showed a transitory six-fold increase immediately after CABG in the radial artery (0.18 +/- 0.13 v 1.09 +/- 0.36 ng/mL, P < 0.05), but not in the pulmonary artery (0.10 +/- 0.03 v 0.56 +/- 0.21 ng/mL, P > 0.05). Blood PAF amounts in the radial artery were significantly higher than in the left atrium following ECC (1.09 +/- 0.36 v 0.06 +/- 0.04, P < 0.05), probably indicating PAF production in the heart. No variation of blood lipo PAF and lyso PAF was observed. No correlation was seen between PAF amounts and blood cell count.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 1998
The study's purpose was to estimate the potential economic benefit of the optimization of... more The study's purpose was to estimate the potential economic benefit of the optimization of postanesthesia care units (PACUs). A simulation model was designed and used to test the economic impact of a reduction of length of stay. For the studied PACU, a reduction of 25% of length of stay is required to yield significant economic results.
We have compared the effects of gelatin, low molecular weight hydroxyethyl starch (HES) or albumi... more We have compared the effects of gelatin, low molecular weight hydroxyethyl starch (HES) or albumin on tests of haemostasis and on the thrombelastogram in 42 ASA I patients undergoing total hip or knee replacement. Patients were allocated randomly to receive one of the three blood substitutes to obtain moderate intraoperative haemodilution. Blood loss and packed red cell infusion was the same in each group. A greater amount of gelatin was given (1.5 times the measured blood loss) because of its shorter half-life. There was a statistically significant but clinically negligible decrease in platelet count, prothrombin time and fibrinogen, and an increase in bleeding time in all groups. Platelets were slightly but significantly lower after HES. Haemodilution was comparable between groups. TEG showed a state of hypercoagulability in the gelatin group with a significant decrease in r, rϩk and an increase in α angle. 1999; 82: 175-7
Annales Françaises d'Anesthésie et de Réanimation, 1993
Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation, 2003
To report the efficiency and direct cost induced by a quality insurance programme (QIP) aimed to ... more To report the efficiency and direct cost induced by a quality insurance programme (QIP) aimed to reduce the incidence of post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in the post-anaesthesia care unit. Prospective and descriptive study. The occurrence and treatment of PONV were prospectively recorded in the post-anaesthesia care unit in a standardised file before and following therapeutic recommendations made by volunteers component of a QIP. Prophylaxis was administered to patients according to a score of risks based on the type of surgery and patient characteristics. The real cost induced by this change of practice was evaluated according to pharmacists' accounts over 1 year. The QIP was associated to a 33.5% reduction of PONV relative risk and a 50% increase in prophylactic treatments. When this reduction of PONV was extrapolated to the total number of anaesthesia over 1 year, this QIP avoided PONV in 770 patients each year. The increase of cost reached 3572 as the cost by patien...
Agressologie: revue internationale de physio-biologie et de pharmacologie appliquées aux effets de l'agression, 1987
Agressologie: revue internationale de physio-biologie et de pharmacologie appliquées aux effets de l'agression, 1989
Nimodipine was included in the treatment of four patients who had previously presented subarachno... more Nimodipine was included in the treatment of four patients who had previously presented subarachnoid hemorrhage; cerebral circulation has been assayed by means of "Tomophygmographie cérébrale ultra-sonore". In all four patients, use of Nimodipine has led to an improvement of cerebral circulation and then of the neurological status. Nimodipine is characterized by its very low therapeutic inertion. Data obtained both at the initiation and on interruption of the administration of this drug points to its original properties regarding cerebral circulation: indeed, the present observations suggest that Nimodipine behaves as a true vasoregulator.
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Agressologie: revue internationale de physio-biologie et de pharmacologie appliquées aux effets de l'agression, 1991
Closed circuit anesthesia answers the objections to open and semi-closed systems that are related... more Closed circuit anesthesia answers the objections to open and semi-closed systems that are related to high delivery flow rates: pollution, cost, efficiency and the hydration of inhaled gases. But closed circuit anesthesia requires a good understanding of the amount of anesthetic agenda needed, and a convenient method of administering it. It is necessary use a reliable oxygen analyser, a carbon dioxide monitor and a circuit volatile agent analyzer.
British journal of anaesthesia, 2007
Muscle relaxants facilitate tracheal intubation, but they are often not used for short peripheral... more Muscle relaxants facilitate tracheal intubation, but they are often not used for short peripheral surgical procedures. The consequences of this practice on the upper airway are still a matter of controversy. We therefore compared the incidence of post-intubation symptoms in a randomized study comparing patients intubated with or without the use of a muscle relaxant. A total of 300 adult patients requiring tracheal intubation for scheduled peripheral surgery were randomly assigned in a double-blind study to an anaesthetic protocol that either included or did not include a muscle relaxant (rocuronium). The primary end-point was the rate of post-intubation symptoms 2 and 24 h after extubation. The secondary end-points were the intubation conditions score (Copenhagen Consensus Conference), the rate of difficult intubations (Intubation Difficulty Scale), and the incidence of adverse haemodynamic events. Post-intubation symptoms were more frequent in patients intubated without the use of ...
Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation, 1999
To analyse the design, functioning, benefits and drawbacks of electronic fresh gas delivery units... more To analyse the design, functioning, benefits and drawbacks of electronic fresh gas delivery units (FGDUs) included in anaesthetic machines marketed in France in 1999. Articles were obtained from a Medline review (1980-1999; search terms: anaesthetic machine, flowmeter, vaporizer), textbooks and personal files; specific data were also provided by manufacturers. The articles were analysed in considering the differences between mechanical and electronic FGDUs. Four anaesthetic machines out of 11 are equipped with electronic FGDUs. In comparison to mechanical units, they include the following benefits: wide range of accurate gas flow, especially in the low flow range, with analog and digital display; intermittent delivery of each gas, which is essential for automated gas delivery and quantitative anaesthesia or target controlled (FET vapor) inhalational anaesthesia; facilitated oxygen ratio control; possibility to print the gas and vapor flows on the automated anaesthetic record; interr...
Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation, 1999
To analyse the design, performance, failures, the checking before use of mechanical fresh gas del... more To analyse the design, performance, failures, the checking before use of mechanical fresh gas delivery units (FGDUs) equipped with bobbin or ball-flowmeters delivering a continuous gas flow and calibrated vaporizers, marketed in France in 1999. Articles were obtained from a Medline review (1960-1999; search terms: anaesthetic machine, flowmeter, vaporizer), textbooks and personal files; specific data were provided by manufacturers. The articles were considered for performance data, benefits and drawbacks, and characteristics, as well as the risks carried by mechanical FGDUs. Seven anaesthetic machines out of 11 are equipped with mechanical FGDUs, including rotameters delivering a gas mixture up to 30 L.min-1, calibrated vaporizers and an O2-flush valve delivering at least 500 mL O2 per second (30 L.min-1). These units allow closed circuit anaesthesia. They carry a risk for barotrauma as three out of them can deliver at the gas outlet of the FGDUs a gas mixture at a pressure reaching...
Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation, 1998
When compared to the circle system alternative breathing systems (ABS) are of no benefit. When th... more When compared to the circle system alternative breathing systems (ABS) are of no benefit. When the only indication of an ABS is emergency oxygen administration it should be connected to the O2 pipeline upstream from the flowmeter bank and the vaporiser. The use of an ABS for anaesthesia maintenance is no longer justified because of the difficulties in monitoring pressure, flow and concentrations of the gas mixture, the cost of gas and vapour administered at a high flow and the resulting pollution. The use of an ABS for very short anaesthetics is only acceptable if the administered gas mixture is monitored.
Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation, 1995
To compare tympanic temperatures obtained with an infrared thermometer Core Check 2090A (IVAC), n... more To compare tympanic temperatures obtained with an infrared thermometer Core Check 2090A (IVAC), non in contact with the tympanic membrane, to values obtained with a thermocouple thermometer Mon-A-Therm (Mallinckrodt) in contact with it, and to assess whether the differences depend on the person measuring the temperature. Prospective comparative open study. The study included 150 adults in whom the tympanic temperatures were measured at their admission to recovery room by 10 nurse anaesthetists. Each thermometer was inserted in the same patient into an external acoustic meatus. The median and range of the temperature differences were used to assess the bias and the accuracy of the measures. Their reliability was analyzed with consideration of the measuring person and the presence of irrelevant values, defined as a temperature difference over 0.3 degrees C. The temperatures obtained with both devices were similar (36.2 +/- 0.7 degrees C with IVAC thermometer vs 36.2 +/- 0.8 degrees C ...
Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation, 1995
A 73-year-old man with pre-existing cardiac failure, coronary artery and chronic obstructive pulm... more A 73-year-old man with pre-existing cardiac failure, coronary artery and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was presented for an acute mesenteric ischaemia, resulting from an embolic obstruction of the superior mesenteric artery. An intra-arterial fibrinolysis with a bolus of 250 000 units of streptokinase, followed by an infusion of 150 mg rtPA with adequate heparin dosage was performed 10 hours after the first symptoms. An abdominal guarding occurred 24 hours later, despite radiological improvement, justifying emergency surgery which confirmed the partial efficiency of the medical therapy. Unfortunately, a cardiogenic shock occurred preoperatively and the patient died five days later from intractable cardiovascular failure.
Agressologie: revue internationale de physio-biologie et de pharmacologie appliquées aux effets de l'agression, 1984
Agressologie: revue internationale de physio-biologie et de pharmacologie appliquées aux effets de l'agression, 1984
EMC - Anestesia-Reanimación, 2013
ABSTRACT
EMC - Anestesia-Rianimazione, 2013
ABSTRACT
Mediators of Inflammation, 1997
Fax: MULTIPLE organ failure (MOF) induced by mesenteric infarction is associated with a high mort... more Fax: MULTIPLE organ failure (MOF) induced by mesenteric infarction is associated with a high mortality rate. This study reports eicosanoid and cytokine levels in the blood of three atherosclerotic patients who ultimately died from MOF induced by mesenteric infarction. High plasma levels of 6keto-prostaglandin (PG) F 1a (the stable metabolite of PGI 2), interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-8 are observed whereas plasma tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFa), Tx B 2 (the stable metabolite of Tx A 2 ), PGE 2 , leukotrienes (LT)B 4 and LTC 4 , and whole blood platelet-activating factor levels are not different from values obtained in similarly severe atherosclerotic patients. This short report questioned the clinical involvement of TNFa during such a pathology where a persistent translocation of endotox in has been observed through the gut endothelial barrier. Activation of phospholipase A 2 is suggested by the increase in the stable metabolite of PGI 2 and might be by itself or through lipidic metabolites, a major systemic stimulus of IL-6 and IL-8 production.
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 1994
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 1992
Extracorporeal circulation (ECC) is associated with thrombocytopenia and transient leukopenia. Af... more Extracorporeal circulation (ECC) is associated with thrombocytopenia and transient leukopenia. After ECC and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, some patients can develop pulmonary and cardiac dysfunction, which might be related to the release of various mediators such as thromboxane A2, C5a, and C3a anaphylatoxins. The involvement of PAF-acether (PAF), a potent vasoactive thrombocytopenic and leukoneutropenic agent, has not been determined. Therefore, 10 patients were studied during and after CABG. The release of PAF, lipo PAF (PAF bound to blood lipoproteins), and lyso PAF (PAF precursor and metabolite) was measured in blood from the left atrium, radial artery, and pulmonary artery before and after CABG. PAF, lipo PAF, and lyso PAF were also determined during ECC at the entry and exit points of the oxygenator. Hemodynamic parameters, platelet, and leukocyte counts in the pulmonary artery were measured simultaneously. PAF did not increase significantly during ECC; it showed a transitory six-fold increase immediately after CABG in the radial artery (0.18 +/- 0.13 v 1.09 +/- 0.36 ng/mL, P < 0.05), but not in the pulmonary artery (0.10 +/- 0.03 v 0.56 +/- 0.21 ng/mL, P > 0.05). Blood PAF amounts in the radial artery were significantly higher than in the left atrium following ECC (1.09 +/- 0.36 v 0.06 +/- 0.04, P < 0.05), probably indicating PAF production in the heart. No variation of blood lipo PAF and lyso PAF was observed. No correlation was seen between PAF amounts and blood cell count.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 1998
The study's purpose was to estimate the potential economic benefit of the optimization of... more The study's purpose was to estimate the potential economic benefit of the optimization of postanesthesia care units (PACUs). A simulation model was designed and used to test the economic impact of a reduction of length of stay. For the studied PACU, a reduction of 25% of length of stay is required to yield significant economic results.