Publications by authors named "M Lathelize"

Deep wound infection is a rare but dreaded postoperative complication after total hip prosthesis (THP) procedures but its incidence can be reduced by systemic antimicrobial prophylaxis. The objective of the present study was to evaluate whether antimicrobial prophylaxis for elective primary THP in patients without any history of hip infection, in orthopaedic wards, participating on a voluntary basis, in French public hospitals and private institutions, complies with published guidelines. Three types of data were collected from anaesthetic and surgical records (November 2000-January 2001) in participating hospitals: (1) administrative data on the hospitals and orthopaedic wards, (2) data on patients, (3) data on compliance of practices with five critical criteria derived from published French guidelines.

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Objectives: To assess after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) the role of paf-acether (paf), a phospholipid mediator whose injection in animal mimics the hemodynamics observed after CPB.

Design: Prospective double-blind randomized study.

Setting: Single institutional university hospital.

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Prescription and carrying out of autologous blood transfusion in a university hospital during a whole year (1992) were investigated. 554 patients were involved. 88% of them gave at least one blood unit.

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Two groups of nine patients each, all undergoing surgery for aorto-bifemoral prosthesis, were studied. They were premedicated with 10 mg morphine and 1 mg flunitrazepam. A Swan-Ganz catheter was then inserted.

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