Determinants of Work-Related Quality of Life in French Anesthesiologists.

Background: Little evidence is available regarding work-related quality of life (WRQoL) for anesthesiologists. We aimed to explore factors associated with WRQoL among French anesthesiologists.

Methods: The study surveyed French anesthesiologists qualified for more than 2 years.

Correction to: Efficacy of the Game Ready cooling device on postoperative analgesia after scoliosis surgery in children.

Unfortunately, one co-author name was incorrectly published in the original publication. The complete correct name of the co-author is given below.

Efficacy of the Game Ready cooling device on postoperative analgesia after scoliosis surgery in children.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the opioid-sparing effect of a cooling brace after surgical correction of idiopathic surgery in children.

Methods: We compared two consecutive cohorts of patients before and after introducing this technique in our institution. Management of patients was standardized.

[Prevention of venous thromboembolism in surgical patients].

Venous thromboembolism is a major risk for surgical patients during the perioperative period. Prevention of perioperative venous thromboembolism remains a critical component of surgical patient care. The risk for venous thromboembolism in surgical patients can be stratified by their risk factors and by the type of operation.

alpha6-integrin subunit plays a major role in the proangiogenic properties of endothelial progenitor cells.

Objective: Alpha6 integrin subunit (alpha6) expression is increased by proangiogenic growth factors such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and fibroblast growth factor. This increase correlates with enhanced in vitro tube formation by endothelial cells and their progenitors called endothelial colony-forming cells (ECFCs). We thus studied the role of alpha6 in vasculogenesis induced by human ECFCs, in a mouse model of hindlimb ischemia.

Maternal serum ischemia-modified albumin: a biomarker to distinguish between normal pregnancy and preeclampsia?

Objective: To determine whether a biological marker of ischemia, ischemia-modified albumin (IMA), alone or normalized to albumin serum concentration, was modified during the course of pregnancy and so could be used for discrimination between normal pregnancy and preeclampsia.

Methods: Serum IMA concentrations and IMA to serum albumin ratio (IMA/alb) were compared in 22 nonpregnant healthy women (NP), 19 healthy pregnant women (HP) and 20 pre-eclamptic women (PE). Influence of age of gestation on these markers was also investigated.