Prospective assessment of a protocol for selective ordering of preoperative chest x-rays.

Routine preoperative chest x-rays are still widely employed worldwide, although results of many studies do not support their broad utilization. A protocol for selective ordering of preoperative chest x-rays, according to the patient's clinical status, medical history and scheduled surgery, was developed and implemented in a teaching hospital in Paris. The utilization of the protocol during a one-year period was evaluated.

Evaluation of a protocol for selective ordering of preoperative tests.

A protocol for selective ordering of 12 preoperative tests, according to clinical status and type of surgery, was prospectively tested for one year in a teaching hospital. 3866 consecutive surgical patients had an average of about 4 tests each. The possible value of tests that were omitted was assessed in the light of events during and after operation.

Effect of a new analeptic drug, almitrine, on fentanyl-induced respiratory depression and analgesia in man.

Five female patients received fentanyl 0.0066 mg kg-1 i.v.

[Human campylobacteriosis. Apropos of 6 cases].

Campylobacteriosis, first described as a disease of cattle where it is very common and causes sterility or abortion, appears to occur in man mainly in predisposed subjects with debility or some constitutional defect. The nature of the background should make one consider Campylobacter as pathogenic. Antibiotic treatment is necessary in all cases in order to avoid decompensation of the congenital disease.