Prediction Score for Postoperative Neurologic Complications after Brain Tumor Craniotomy: A Multicenter Observational Study.

What We Already Know About This Topic: WHAT THIS ARTICLE TELLS US THAT IS NEW: BACKGROUND:: Craniotomy for brain tumor displays significant morbidity and mortality, and no score is available to discriminate high-risk patients. Our objective was to validate a prediction score for postoperative neurosurgical complications in this setting.

Methods: Creation of a score in a learning cohort from a prospective specific database of 1,094 patients undergoing elective brain tumor craniotomy in one center from 2008 to 2012.

Oceanic Meteorological Conditions Influence Incidence of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.

Objective: Publications concerning the weather pattern of occurrence of the subarachnoid hemorrhage have produced controversial results. We chose to study subarachnoid hemorrhage occurring in oceanic climate with deep variations focusing on partial oxygen volume (pO) and patient history.

Methods: Seventy-one patients had been successively recruited from a single center 45 km from the Atlantic shore.

The CNAP™ Finger Cuff for Noninvasive Beat-To-Beat Monitoring of Arterial Blood Pressure: An Evaluation in Intensive Care Unit Patients and a Comparison with 2 Intermittent Devices.

Background: Continuous and intermittent noninvasive measurements of arterial blood pressure (BP) have not been compared in the same population. In a large panel of intensive care unit patients, we assessed the agreement between CNAP™ (Continuous Noninvasive Arterial Pressure) finger cuff beat-to-beat monitoring of BP and reference intraarterial measurements. Two automated oscillometric brachial cuff devices were also tested: CNAP brachial cuff (used for CNAP finger cuff calibration) and an alternative device.

Active Bleeding after Cardiac Surgery: A Prospective Observational Multicenter Study.

Main Objectives: To estimate the incidence of active bleeding after cardiac surgery (AB) based on a definition directly related on blood flow from chest drainage; to describe the AB characteristics and its management; to identify factors of postoperative complications.

Methods: AB was defined as a blood loss > 1.5 ml/kg/h for 6 consecutive hours within the first 24 hours or in case of reoperation for hemostasis during the first 12 postoperative hours.

Influence of Vitamins on Secondary Reactive Oxygen Species Production in Sera of Patients with Resectable NSCLC.

Background: Singlet oxygen (¹O₂) oxidizes targets through the production of secondary reactive oxygen species (SOS). Cancers induce oxidative stress changing with progression, the resulting antioxidant status differing from one patient to the other. The aim of this study was to determine the oxidative status of patients with resectable Non-Small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) and the potential influence of antioxidants, compared to sera from healthy donors.