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Open AccessChest computed tomography with multiplanar reformatted images for diagnosing traumatic bronchial rupture: a case report
Unnoticed bronchial injury during the early stage of resuscitation of multiple trauma is not rare and increases mortality and morbidity.
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Open AccessExtracorporeal life support following out-of-hospital refractory cardiac arrest
Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) has recently shown encouraging results in the resuscitation of in-hospital (IH) refractory cardiac arrest. We assessed the use of ECLS following out-of-hospital (OH) refracto...
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Open AccessAirway response to acute mechanical stress in a human bronchial model of stretch
Lung inflation may have deleterious effects on the alveoli during mechanical ventilation. However, the consequences of stretch during excessive lung inflation on basal tone and responsiveness of human bronchi ...
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Automated sedation outperforms manual administration of propofol and remifentanil in critically ill patients with deep sedation: a randomized phase II trial
To compare automated administration of propofol and remifentanil guided by the Bispectral index (BIS) versus manual administration of short-acting drugs in critical care patients requiring deep sedation. The p...
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Open AccessCardiorespiratory effects of recruitment maneuvers and positive end expiratory pressure in an experimental context of acute lung injury and pulmonary hypertension
Recruitment maneuvers (RM) and positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) are the cornerstone of the open lung strategy during ventilation, particularly during acute lung injury (ALI). However, these intervention...
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New Fast-Track Concepts in Thoracic Surgery: Anesthetic Implications
Fast-track anesthesia has become the standard of care for many surgical procedures, especially for colectomy. Its practice in cardiac surgery has been extensive mainly for economic reasons. On the other hand, ...
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Behavior of a dual closed-loop controller of propofol and remifentanil guided by the bispectral index for postoperative sedation of adult cardiac surgery patients: a preliminary open study
A dual-loop controller permits the automated titration of propofol and remifentanil during anesthesia; it has never been used in intensive care after cardiac surgery. The goal of this preliminary study was to ...
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One small wearable, one giant leap for patient safety?
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Open AccessCharacteristics and outcomes of patients undergoing anesthesia while SARS-CoV-2 infected or suspected: a multicenter register of consecutive patients
There are limited data to detail the perioperative anesthetic management and the incidence of postoperative respiratory complications among patients requiring an anesthetic procedure while being SARS-CoV-2 pos...
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Open AccessGoal-Directed Fluid Therapy and major postoperative complications in elective craniotomy. A retrospective analysis of a before-after multicentric study
Goal-Directed Fluid Therapy (GDFT) is recommended to decrease major postoperative complications. However, data are lacking in intra-cranial neurosurgery.
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Computer-Assisted IV Anesthesia: Still a Future?
Automated control of anesthesia may give the physician time to control hemodynamics and supervise neurological outcomes and thus can provide the patient the safety and quality which until recently was consider...
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Chronic pain after posterolateral and axillary approaches to lung surgery: a monocentric observational study
Post-thoracotomy pain syndrome (PTPS) and chronic postsurgical neuropathic pain (CPNP) were evaluated 4 months after thoracic surgery whether the approach was a posterolateral (PL) incision or the less invasiv...