[Intravenous anesthesia for cesarean section. Comparison of propanidid and methohexital].

Propanidid and methohexital were compared retrospectively to assess the possible neonatal depression following general anesthesia for caesarean section: both have rapid onset and short duration of action and their transplacental passages are similar. Anesthesia was induced with equivalent doses of the two agents in 90 women (45 in each group). For each anesthetic agent, three subgroups were defined according to the indications, depending on emergency criteria and fetal state.

[Postoperative analgesia by ketoprofen perfusion in osteoarticular surgery].

Post operative pain is a constant and deleterious factor, resulting from surgical traumatism of the operated tissues; this aggression leads to a local inflammatory and painful reaction mediated by prostaglandins. Non steroid anti-inflammatory drugs inhibit their synthesis. In this study, ketoprofene appears to be an interesting treatment of post operative pain especially in orthopedic and traumatologic surgery.