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M Cavellat

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[Effect of continuous barbiturate treatment on the blood flow of the mean cerebral artery in severe brain injured patients. A transcranial Doppler study].

Blood flow velocity (BFV) of the MCA has been studied by TCD of 15 patients with non operated serious cranial trauma, treated with continuous barbiturate therapy. Without hemodynamic and ventilatory modifications (PaCO2), average BFV were lowered during the course of treatment and were raised significantly when it was stopped. This study poses the question of the indication and the methods of barbiturate treatment during serious cranial trauma.

Adult

[Allergic characteristics of halothane hepatitis. Apropos of a case report].

The authors report a case of postoperative jaundice occurring within 30 days in a patient anesthetized three times with halothane. The responsibility of the anesthetic is discussed in view of the positivity of the lymphocyte transformation test and the absence of Australia antigen. It is suggested that this case of hepatitis may be related to a delayed hypersensitivity phenomen.

Adult

[Therapy of fungal septicemia and bounds (author's transl)].

The authors present the results of therapy in 26 cases of fungal septicemia occurring in a 2,471 patients population with 169 septicemia, over a 9 year period in a surgical intensive care service. An analysis of the etiology, clinical and paraclinical factors confirms the notions classically described in the literature. Three points are particularly insisted upon: 1) The effectiveness of preventive measures; 2) The monitoring of the therapy and its tolerance by means of a simple protocol; 3) The eventual possibility of an haematologic toxicity by flucytosine, the primary and secondary resistances to this anti-fungal agent. The strict application of preventive measures seems to reduce the incidence of fungal septicemia but not to eradicate them. The prognosis of these states remains grave.

Adolescent