Publications by authors named "Y Meymat"

Postoperative analgesia at home induces necessarily pain assessment by self-report or observational measure. A special scale has been validated for day-case surgery: the PPMP. Nevertheless, children's and parents' information and education are essential.

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Background: In this study, we sought to determine the level of inspiratory pressures allowing adequate and safe ventilation without any risk of gastric insufflation (GI) in children according to age.

Methods: One hundred children, aged 1 day to 16 years, ASA physical status I to II, scheduled for general anesthesia were studied prospectively. After induction of anesthesia, children's lungs were ventilated with pressure-controlled ventilation.

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Background: We studied 63 ASA I children (age 2-8 yr) to determine the sufentanil dose needed to facilitate intubation under excellent conditions after inhalation induction with various end-tidal concentrations of sevoflurane without neuromuscular block.

Methods: Subjects were allocated randomly to receive sevoflurane end-tidal concentrations (e'(sevo)) of 2.5%, 3%, or 3.

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Background: Target-controlled inhalation induction (TCII) with sevoflurane is becoming possible with new anesthesia platforms. Although TCII has already been performed in adults, it remains to be evaluated in children.

Methods: In a prospective study, we compared TCII using the Felix AInOC anesthetic station (Taema, Anthony, France) to our standard protocol inhalation induction in children scheduled for elective surgery under general anesthesia.

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Objective: To investigate the procedures used by French anaesthesiologists in children undergoing MRI.

Methods: A questionnaire was sent by Internet to every university hospital in France. Information concerning the specialty of the doctor in charge of the child, the age of the children, premedication, airway control, the agents used, presence of a specific recovery room, length of hospitalization and number of children undergoing MRI was obtained.

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