Maternal anxiety and pain during prenatal diagnostic techniques: a prospective study.

Objective: To explore anxiety and pain felt by women undergoing chorionic villus sampling (CVS) and amniocentesis (AC).

Method: We prospectively questioned 254 women (67 undergoing CVS, 187 AC) before the procedure on their anxiety, after the procedure on their pain felt, and the support they received or desired. The medical team collected technical information concerning each procedure.

[Morbidity and mortality of patients with preeclampsia or HELLP syndrome transferred in intensive care].

Context: During pregnancy, the two leading causes of admission in intensive care are preeclampsia and obstetric haemorrhage. However, there are few studies about preeclamptic patients admitted in intensive care. Our purpose was to determine the outcome of pregnancies with preeclampsia and/or HELLP syndrome admitted in intensive care.

A multicenter study of the Ambu laryngeal mask in nonparalyzed, anesthetized patients.

We designed this multicenter trial to evaluate the performance and safety of the Ambu laryngeal mask, a new disposable supraglottic airway device, in patients scheduled for elective surgery. One-hundred-eighteen nonparalyzed, anesthetized patients (ASA physical status I-II, age, 18-65 yr, body mass index, 18-30 kg/m(-2)) receiving total IV anesthesia were included in this study. After device insertion, fiberoptic position and oropharyngeal leak pressure were determined at an intracuff pressure of 60 cm H2O.