[Assessment of Teleconsultation for planned orthopaedic surgery].

The COVID-19 pandemic has motivated the development of teleconsultation in anaesthesia. We have conducted a single centre prospective study in patients scheduled for planned orthopaedic surgery during 9 weeks between may and july 2020 to assess its practicability. The quality of the consultation and patients' satisfaction, were evaluated during this period.

[Influenza incidence estimated with a rapid diagnostic test in critically ill patients with acute respiratory failure during the 2005 and 2006 winter flu epidemics].

Objective: To estimate the incidence of influenza infection with a rapid diagnostic test in patients hospitalized in an intensive care unit (ICU) during the epidemic periods of two consecutive winters (2005-2006).

Methods: This study tested nasal aspirate of all patients admitted to the ICU for acute respiratory failure during the influenza epidemic period with the QuickVue influenza rapid diagnostic test.

Results: The study included 39 patients: 22 men and 17 women.