[Brachial plexus anesthesia via an axillary route for emergency surgery: comparison of three approach methods].

Objectives: To compare three techniques of brachial plexus blockade for emergency surgery of the upper limb.

Study Design: Prospective, randomised study.

Patients: One hundred eleven patients admitted to an emergency surgical service, randomly assigned to three groups.

[-Secondary cerebral stress of systemic origin in children with severe craniocerebral injuries-].

Objective: To assess incidence of secondary brain insults of systemic origin (SBISOs) such as arterial hypotension, hypoxaemia, hypercarbia, and anaemia in severely head injured children; to assess their impact on mortality and morbidity in the short- and long-term.

Study Design: Prospective, open study covering a 24-month period.

Patients: Seventy-one children, under 15 years of age, admitted to a trauma centre for severe brain injury.

[Benzodiazepine withdrawal presenting as pseudo-surgical abdominal pain].

A 39-year-old patient was admitted to the emergency department for acute abdominal pain. Physical examination showed a peritoneal syndrome. However, CT-scan, Doppler and blood analysis were unremarkable.

[Anesthesia for arthroscopy of the knee: propofol versus thiopental and halothane].

Sixty ASA I or II patients, who underwent general anaesthesia for arthroscopy of the knee, were separated into two groups. Induction was performed either with thiopentone 7 mg . kg-1 (group I) or with propofol 2.