[Use of the Airtraq by inexperienced physicians supervised during a series of tracheal intubation in adult patient with anticipated difficult airway].

Introduction: The Airtraq optical laryngoscope (Vygon, Écouen, France) is a new intubation device designed to provide a view of the glottis without alignment of the oral, pharyngeal and laryngeal axes. In recent literature, the efficiency of the Airtraq even in difficult intubation and its short learning curve were characterized. The goal of our study is to evaluate Airtraq efficiency when use by inexperienced physicians in anticipated difficult intubation adult patients.

Use of intravenous ketamine-midazolam association for pain procedures in children with cancer. A prospective study.

We evaluated the safety and efficacy of midazolam-ketamine association to control pain induced by diagnostic procedures in paediatric oncology patients. 226 procedures were carried out in 92 patients aged three days to 18 years. Drugs were given i.

Airway compression in children due to congenital heart disease: value of flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopic assessment.

Objective: To evaluate the frequency and severity of airway compression due to congenital heart disease in children and validate the use of the fiberoptic bronchoscope to assess them.

Design: A retrospective study.

Setting: A single-institutional study in a university hospital.

The analgesic efficacy of an injectable prodrug of acetaminophen in children after orthopaedic surgery.

The analgesic efficacy and safety of propacetamol, an injectable prodrug of acetaminophen, (paracetamol) were studied in 87 children (36 boys, 51 girls; age 6-13; mean age 9.5 years) immediately after limb surgery. Using a double-blind, randomized, parallel group design, the effects of a single IV infusion of 30 mg.