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J de Mol

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[Indications, method and results of autotransfusion in trauma and vascular surgery (author's transl)].

The authors have used the Bentley Ats 100 system, a disposable autotransfusion unit, in 31 cases of trauma and major vascular surgery. An original method of anticoagulation consisting in heparine (1 mg/kg bodyweight) and priming and flushing of the succion unit with ACD is described. The effect of the autotransfusion on the coagulation and the recent problems and advances are discussed.

Abdominal Injuries↗

[Post-traumatic dementia].

On the basis of a retrospective study concerning 63 cases of normal pressure hydrocephalus, the author examines the characteristics of patients with a traumatic aetiology who were not ameliorated by a ventricular derivation. Four of these patients suffering from a post-traumatic dementia are described. Reviewing the literature, several topics concerning post-traumatic dementia are considered: incidence, time delay before diagnosis, variation of pictures, aetiopathogenic explanations, medico-legal problems encountered with Alzheimer's of Pick's diseases. Finally the differential diagnostic characteristics between the curable and incurable forms of post-traumatic dementia syndromes are discussed.

Adolescent↗

[Post-traumatic mutism. A report of five cases (author's transl)].

After a review of current concepts about post-traumatic mutism, the authors describe five patients with this unusual symptom. The study extends on a long follow-up period. Differential diagnosis and possible neurological and psychopathological factors are discussed. Analysis of their personal observations leads the authors to think that there is a relationship between the length of coma and the duration of mutism. Frontal and/or bilateral lesions seem to be more likely to produce post-traumatic mutism, as does the existence of emotional disturbances or depressive symptoms in past history.

Adolescent↗