Can lung ultrasonography predict prone positioning response in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients?

Purpose: The purpose was to assess whether lung ultrasonography (L-US) is a useful tool in prediction of prone positioning (PP) oxygenation response in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

Methods: In a prospective study, 19 ARDS patients were included for assessment of PP oxygenation response. The latter was assessed for at least 12 hours 6 different ultrasonography windows were performed on each hemithorax before prone (H0, H2, H12 before return to supine and at H14 (2 hours after return to supine).

[Long term outcomes of sleeve gastrectomy for morbid obesity].

Background: Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is a recent increasingly realized isolated procedure performed in the surgical treatment of obesity.

Aim: The goal of this study was to evaluate the long term postoperative results among a multicentric cohort.

Methods: Retrospective multicenter study including patients operated from 2006 to 2010 within the Brest's Bariatric Surgery Network.