ETI in ICU patients is associated with a high rate of immediate and severe life-threatening complications. Independent risk factors of complication occurrence were presence of acute respiratory failure and presence of shock as an indication for ETI. Further studies should aim to better define protocols for intubation in critically ill patients to make this procedure safer.

Regional analgesic techniques improve early rehabilitation after major knee surgery by effectively controlling pain during continuous passive motion, thereby hastening convalescence.

Diaphragmatic weakness, injury, and atrophy occur rapidly in critically ill patients during MV, and are significantly correlated with the duration of ventilator support.

Background: Surgical correction of craniosynostosis in children is associated with substantial intraoperative bleeding. Tranexamic acid (TXA) decreases intraoperative blood loss during cardiac or orthopedic surgery in children. We hypothesized that intraoperative TXA would reduce blood transfusion relative to placebo in patients pretreated with erythropoietin.

Lumbar plexus depth is correlated with the patient's body mass index and differs between men and women, but this is not true of the lumbar plexus-transverse process distance. Considering new landmarks, a continuous psoas compartment block promotes optimal analgesia after hip arthroplasty, with few side effects.

French Ministry of Health and the Société Française d'Anesthésie Réanimation.

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Current controlled trials. Identifier: NCT01532063.