Impact of a preoperative pharmaceutical consultation in scheduled orthopedic surgery on admission: a prospective observational study.

Background: Medication errors have a high prevalence in surgery and management of home medication is strongly involved in these errors. In scheduled surgery, the preoperative consultation is a privileged time to inform the patient about the management of her/his home medication before admission. This study assessed the impact of a pre-anesthesia best possible medication history (PA-BPMH) on admission.

Childhood preoperative anxiolysis: Is sedation and distraction better than either alone? A prospective randomized study.

Background: Preoperative anxiety management receives special attention in pediatric anesthesia. Different pharmacological and nonpharmacological techniques can be employed. This study was designed to assess three different strategies for childhood preoperative anxiolysis: midazolam premedication, midazolam in combination with portable Digital Video-Disk player, or video distraction strategy alone.

[Epidural analgesia is not the only cause of peripartum central neurologic symptoms. Report of one case of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome].

A young woman without any significant medical history received an epidural analgesia for labour. She suddenly presented headache, vision loss, nausea and arterial hypertension a few minutes after a 4-ml ropivacaine 0.75% bolus.