Diagnostic accuracy of a calibrated abdominal compression to predict fluid responsiveness in children.

Background: Fluid administration to increase stroke volume index (SVi) is a cornerstone of haemodynamic resuscitation. We assessed the accuracy of SVi variation during a calibrated abdominal compression manoeuvre (ΔSVi-CAC) to predict fluid responsiveness in children.

Methods: Patients younger than 8 yr with acute circulatory failure, regardless of their ventilation status, were selected.

[Clinical usefulness of new-generation pulse oximetry in the paediatric cardiac surgery setting].

Objectives: Arterial oxygen saturation (SaO(2)) monitoring using pulse oximeter (SpO(2)) is mandatory in the intensive care unit. The aim was to assess bias and precision of new (SpO(2)ng) and old (SpO(2)og) pulse oximeter technologies in the postoperative period following pediatric cardiac surgery in cyanotic children.

Study Design: Prospective, monocentric.

Anesthesia management in a child with PHACE syndrome and agenesis of bilateral internal carotid arteries.

This is the first case report of successful anesthesia management in a high-risk neurological procedure in a patient with PHACE syndrome. PHACE syndrome is rare but an important clinical entity. Anesthesiologists should be aware of the neurological, otolaryngogical, and vascular risk associated with this syndrome.

Time course and prognostic value of plasma B-type natriuretic peptide concentration in neonates undergoing the arterial switch operation.

Background: Plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) can predict postoperative complications after cardiac surgery in adults. Our aim was to investigate BNP kinetics and prognostic value in neonates undergoing the arterial switch operation (ASO) for transposition of the great arteries (TGA).

Methods: We measured BNP concentrations in 30 neonates before, immediately after, and 6, 12, 24, and 48 h after ASO for TGA.

[Anaesthesia and intensive care for cardiac surgery in France: results of the three days national survey realised in 2001 by the club of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Technics in Cardiac Surgery (ARTECC)].

Objectives: Ageing of the surgical population and the evolution in anaesthetic techniques have led the Club d'anesthésie-réanimation et techniques en chirurgie cardiaque (ARTECC) to conduct a survey among French cardiac surgery centers. The aim was to profile patient population undergoing cardiac surgery and perioperative techniques employed.

Study: National prospective study including all adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery on January 23rd, 24th and 25th, 2001.