Impact of inhaled sedation on delirium incidence and neurological outcome after cardiac arrest - A propensity-matched control study (Isocare).

Rationale: Poor neurological outcome is common following a cardiac arrest. The use of volatile anesthetic agents has been proposed during post-resuscitation to improve outcome.

Objectives: To determine the effects of inhaled isoflurane on neurological outcome, delirium incidence, ICU length-of-stay, ventilation duration, mortality during post-resuscitation care of ICU patients.

Evaluation of emotional excitation during standardized endotracheal intubation in simulated conditions.

Objective: To assess how stressful conditions in endotracheal intubation could induct emotional excitation in a population of acute care physicians.

Materials And Methods: Two situations were randomly tested: one in standard and easy intubation conditions the other under difficult conditions presumed to induce stress (monitoring alarms, manikin lying on the floor, difficult intubation). Emotional excitation was assessed using several physiological (cardiac patterns, electrodermal activity and eye-tracking) and psycho-cognitive patterns.

Routine biological tests in self-poisoning patients: results from an observational prospective multicenter study.

Context: Routine biological tests are frequently ordered in self-poisoning patients, but their clinical relevance is poorly studied.

Materials And Methods: This is a prospective multicentric observational study conducted in the emergency departments and intensive care units of 5 university and nonuniversity French hospitals. Adult self-poisoning patients without severely altered vital status on admission were prospectively included.