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B Hanson

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The effectiveness of hourly cuff deflation in minimizing tracheal damage.

The efficacy of hourly endotracheal tube cuff deflations in minimizing tracheal damage has not been clearly established. Two investigations which specifically address this question arrive at differing conclusions. These investigations fail to report important variables which may have explained the difference in their results. The present study examined the effects of hourly cuff deflations in minimizing tracheal damage in mechanically ventilated, anesthetized dogs over a 72 hour test period. Variables which may influence tracheal damage were measured and reported. Three groups of dogs received either continuous cuff inflation, hourly 5 minute cuff deflations, or a continuous air leak. The air leak group had significanlty less damage than the continuous inflation group (P less than 0.05) and the hourly deflation group (P less than 0.01). There was no significant difference between the continuous inflation group and the 5 minute hourly deflation group.

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[Two years of legal practice of euthanasia in Belgium: comparison with the Netherlands. First evaluation in a palliative care unit].

The Belgian law relative to euthanasia prescribes that a physician performing an euthanasia has to complete a registration document and to send it within 4 days to the federal commission for control and evaluation of euthanasia. The 259 first documents are described in the report of the commission referred to Parliament on September 17, 2004. The present paper analyses this report and compares its most important data with those published in the Netherlands: apart from the total number of euthanasia's, much smaller in Belgium, and apart from aspects which are specifically related to the Belgian law, the statistical data are very similar in both countries. The difference in the number of registration documents written in French and in Flemish is analyzed and discussed. A first evaluation of the application of the law in a supportive and palliative care unit is reported.

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