[Labor epidural analgesia for a woman with a pityriasis versicolor in the lumbar region].

Epidural analgesia is usually contraindicated in case of infection at the site of needle insertion. Tinea versicolor is a benign superficial cutaneous fungal infection caused by the proliferation of a skin commensal yeast of low pathogenicity. We report the case of a pregnant woman with a tinea versicolor in the lumbar region, who benefited from a labor epidural analgesia, realised with reinforced antiseptic measures.

French experience of 2009 A/H1N1v influenza in pregnant women.

Background: The first reports on the pandemic influenza 2009 A/H1N1v from the USA, Mexico, and Australia indicated that this disease was associated with a high mortality in pregnant women. The aim of this study was to describe and compare the characteristics of severe critically ill and non-severe pregnant women with 2009 A/H1N1v-related illness in France.

Methodology/principal Findings: A national registry was created to screen pregnant women with laboratory-confirmed 2009 A/H1N1v influenza.

Anesthesiologists' practices for late termination of pregnancy: a French national survey.

Background: Approximately 6600 cases of medical termination of pregnancy are performed in France annually, of which 78% are performed during the second or third trimester of pregnancy. There are few data and no recommendations regarding anesthesia and analgesia for these late terminations. The aims of this study were to determine the role of anesthesiologists and analgesia and anesthesia practices used for late terminations in France.

[Pregnancy and pandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009. Current concepts for anaesthesia and critical care medicine].

Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to the pandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009. Indeed, they are at high risk of developing a severe or fatal form of the disease. The physiological changes and the "immune deviation" from cellular to humoral immunity occurring during pregnancy are hypotheses to explain this vulnerability.