Effects secondaires des traitements anticancereux et interferences avec l'anestheie generale

The full knowledge of the neoplasic affection and the side effects of the antineoplastic drugs is required to take over the security of the patient in the perioperative period. This has been made necessary by the interactions between the anesthetic drugs and the antineoplastic therapeutics. Surgery must not be a break in the cancer therapy

Passage intra-tracheal d'une sonde gastrique chez un patient anethesie

The authors report the tracheal passage of a gastric tube in an anesthetised patient. They discuss the severe complications that may occur when it is not diagnosed. They recall the criteria of a correct localisation of a gastric tube especially when patients are unconscious, or presenting an abolition of the laryngo- pharyngeal reflexes

drowning in the reanimation

Clinical data were investigated in a retrospective study of 27 cases of near- drowning. The mortality of 14% of the patients depends on the cerebral lesions due to hypoxemia. Any correlation between mortality and severity of pulmonary lesions is found. So, prognosis depends mainly on the initial care where correct reoxygenation must be the basic action to avoid irreversible cerebral lesions and death