Once versus twice daily injection of enoxaparin for thromboprophylaxis in bariatric surgery: effects on antifactor Xa activity and procoagulant microparticles. A randomized controlled study.

Background: The optimal scheme of thromboprophylaxis in bariatric surgery remains uncertain, because clinical practice is different between countries and randomized trials are lacking.

Objectives: The primary objective of this randomized multicenter study was to determine the optimal regimen of enoxaparin providing an antifactor Xa peak activity between .3 and .

[Risks acceptability related to obstetrical epidural analgesia].

Objectives: Evaluation of the acceptability of complications related to obstetrical epidural analgesia in two populations, parturients and anesthesiologists.

Study Design: Prospective, transversal, single center study.

Materials And Methods: Evaluation of the acceptability of complications associated with obstetric epidural analgesia performed using a questionnaire of six clinical scenarii in two populations: parturients cared at the University maternity of Nancy and anesthesiologists of Lorraine.

[Nurses in telehealth].

The development of telehealth is gathering pace. Advice, telemonitoring, support, as well as teleconsultations or even telediagnosis help to improve access to care across the health territories. The nursing team of a telehealth platform based in Lorraine presents this new area of practice.

Inter-patient variability upon induction with sevoflurane estimated by the time to reach predefined end-points of depth of anaesthesia.

Background And Objectives: A difficult issue in anaesthesia is its titration for an individual patient to avoid over- and underdosage. Common practice is to use an initial dose and increase it subsequently if the defined end-point is not reached. This assumes that the end-point is reached after a similar interval of time in all patients given a similar dose.

Desflurane-remifentanil-nitrous oxide anaesthesia for abdominal surgery: optimal concentrations and recovery features.

Background: Intraoperative combinations of volatile and opioid agents are used to achieve unconsciousness, hypnotic sparing, haemodynamic stability and uneventful recovery. This study describes the influence of different remifentanil concentrations on these variables when combined with desflurane during abdominal surgery.

Methods: Sixty-one healthy adult patients were randomly allocated to one of five predefined remifentanil target concentrations (3, 5, 7, 10 or 15 ng ml(-1)).