[Preparation of the patient for reoperation]. / Préparation du malade à la réintervention

The preparation of patients for reintervention should aim at the correction of: - states of shock and collapse, found in one out of three patients; - hydroelectrolytic disturbances (sodium depletion, hypochloremia, dyskaliemia); - and finally, re-establishment of the acid-base balance.

Ventilation and blood-gas studies during experimentally produced Mendelson's syndrome in the dog.

Hydrochloric acid was instilled into the bronchial tree in anaesthetized dogs. A severe respiratory acidosis resulted. The metabolic component of acid-base balance was little affected.