[A rare case of "secondary" drowning]. / Considerazioni su un raro caso di annegamento "secondario".

The Authors present a case of a young man who drowned in sea water after the shock caused by a lightening that fell close to him as the swam. The Authors discuss and analyze the effects of the two events (drowning and lightening) which developed similar cerebral injuries but with a different origin.

[Anesthesiologic assistance to children undergoing magnetic resonance]. / Assistenza anestesiologica a pazienti in età pediatrica da sottoporre a risonanza magnetica.

The paper describes the anesthesiological technique used during magnetic resonance tomography in young patients. The Authors developed a neurosedative technique, based on the balanced use of thiopentone sodium, DBP and atropine, which was used in a large study involving 247 patients between November 1986 and April 1989. The results were found to be excellent in patients treated under day hospital conditions, and the Authors conclude that this method is the most efficacious of all solution tested in pediatric patients undergoing magnetic resonance tomography.