Prophylactic ECMO Support during Elective Coronary Percutaneous Interventions in High-Risk Patients: A Single-Center Experience.

Introduction: Evidence regarding the impact of prophylactic implantation of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) for elective high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is limited. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the outcome during index hospitalization and 3 years after interventions.

Methods: This is an observational retrospective study including all patients undergoing elective, high-risk PCI and receiving VA-ECMO for cardiopulmonary support.

[Stigmatization of psychiatric nurses].

Within the framework of its establishment project, a public mental health establishment located in Essonne wished to develop paramedical research. The theme of the stigmatization of nurses working in psychiatry was chosen. Using a qualitative methodology, interviews were conducted with two groups of professionals and one group of student nurses, the aim being to find out whether they felt stigmatized by their peers and/or by society in general.

Spinal Cord Infarction in the Course of a Septic Shock: About One Case and Review of the Literature.

We report the case of a patient admitted to our intensive care unit in the course of a septic shock, secondary to cholangitis. After rapid hemodynamic stabilization, antibiotherapy, and endoscopic extraction of bile ducts stones, she appeared to have developed flaccid paraplegia. The suspected diagnosis of medullar ischemia was confirmed by typical MRI findings.

Preoperative frailty assessment: a review.

Elderly surgical population is growing faster than the rate of population ageing. The risk of postoperative complication is higher in this population, the type of complication and the risk indicators are different from younger patients. There is also a huge heterogeneity in the elderly population.

The anti-inflammatory effects of ketamine: state of the art.

Inflammation is a major component in keeping the body in homeostasis. However, an overwhelmed inflammatory response may be associated to a loss of this homeostatic status, which may lead to tissue injury or organ dysfunction. A huge number of drugs interacts with the inflammatory response in a positive, negative or "dual" manner.