[Palliative care management of patients in a dermatology department].

Background: The number of patients referred to French University dermatology departments for skin cancers has increased continuously for many years. The aim of this study was to assess the management and number of patients who died in our dermatology department over a 10-year period.

Patients And Methods: All cases of patients who died in our dermatology department from 1992 to 2002 were retrospectively assessed.

[Randomized study comparing piroxicam analgesia and tramadol analgesia during outpatient electromagnetic extracorporeal lithotripsy].

Objective: To analyse the efficacy of two types of analgesia protocols during outpatient electromagnetic extracorporeal lithotripsy (ESWL) with a STORZ Modulith SLX second generation lithotriptor.

Material And Methods: One hundred and seventy one patients were prospectively randomized to 2 groups. Group 1 (n-82) received 40 mg of Piroxicam IM, and group 2 (n=89) received 100 mg Tramadol IV Lithotripsy was performed in 2 sequences, T1 and T2, during which quantitative evaluation of pain (VE) was performed according to a VAS scale and qualitative evaluation of pain (QE) was performed according to the McGill questionnaire.

[Palliative care of tumors of the excretory urinary tract].

The aim of palliative care for urinary tract cancer is to preserve the quality of life. Various urological disorders may need care: hematuria, micturition trouble, upper urinary tract obstruction complicated with pain or renal insufficiency. Endourological procedures have widely improved therapy.

Cardiovascular responses to acute hypoxia in dogs pretreated with benserazide and L-DOPA.

In the control dogs, hypoxia induced different hemodynamic modifications (i.e. an increase of arterial blood pressure, heart rate, cardiac output, regional blood flow) which seem to be related to a release of epinephrine.

[The treatment, by imipramine, of the hemodynamic, functional and biochemical consequences of an experimental cranio-cervical trauma in rats].

The experimental reproduction of a cranio-cervical traumatism in the rat and consecutive troubles prove the organicity of the post-concussional syndrom. This syndrom seems to be due to an acceleration of the catabolism of cerebral norepinephrin, and the treatment by imipramine seems to inhibit the decrease of its rate.

[Hemodynamic study of postural regulation in the dog treated or not treated with levomepromazine].

Analysis of hemodynamic parameters in untreated and treated dogs (levomepromazine 5 mg/kg i.v.) during supine and erect position showed, 1) that the regulation of cerebral blood flow remained in the anaesthetized (pentobarbital 25 mg/kg i.

Reduction of hypoxia-induced disturbances by previous treatment with benserazide and L-dopa in rats.

Pretreatment by benserazide (50 mg/kg i.p.) and L-Dopa (100 mg/kg i.

[Effect of L-dopa combined with benserazide on hemodynamics and motor activity in hypoxic rats].

Pretreatment by benserazide (50 mg/kg) and L.dopa (100 mg/kg) reduces functionnal deficiency produced by hypoxic hypoxia in rats reduces hemodynamic modifications in relation to it (rheoencephalogram) without any effect on ventilation.

[Hemodynamic modifications induced by hypoxia in the dog].

In non hypercapnic hypoxia (inhalation of a 4,5% O2 mixture during 10 minutes) blood pressure, heart rate, cardiac output, femoral and carotid blood flow inhance so that, in less extent, vertebral blood flow. Such a reaction is consequent with an hypoxic stimulation of adrenal glands.