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Neonatal red blood cell transfusion practices in Switzerland: national survey and review of international recommendations.

Jan 30, 2020

WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT? Red blood cell transfusions are frequently used in the care of...

Highly Sensitive and Contactless Ammonia Detection Based on Nanocomposites of Phosphate Functionalized Reduced Graphene Oxide/Polyaniline Immobilized on Microstrip Resonators.

Jan 30, 2020

Ammonia is a key-compound in a variety of industrial sectors, including automotive, chemical and...

Association between Adult Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Intravenous Misuse of Opioid and Benzodiazepine in Patients under Opioid Maintenance Treatment: A Cross-Sectional Multicentre Study.

Jan 30, 2020

Intravenous misuse and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are common in patients...

Intravenous Fluid Management Practices in Kidney Transplant Patients: A Multicenter Observational Cohort Pilot Study.

Jan 30, 2020

Limited evidence exists with regard to best practices in fluid management during kidney transplantation, which may directly affect the incidence of DGF. The authors of this study embarked on a collaborative observational...

The impact of cytomegalovirus infection on clinical severity and outcomes in kidney transplant recipients with pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia.

Jan 30, 2020

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is associated with pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs), but its impact on clinical severity and outcomes in KTRs with PJP is unknown. We reviewed 1994...

Management of BK Viremia is Associated with a Lower Risk of Subsequent Cytomegalovirus Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

Jan 30, 2020

The risk of subsequent cytomegalovirus infection (CMV) in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) after diagnosis of BK polyoma-virus viremia (BKV) is unclear, and current evidence is conflicting. We reviewed all KTR transplanted at...

Barriers to Kidney Transplant Evaluation in HIV-Positive Patients with Advanced Kidney Disease: A Single-Center Study.

Jan 30, 2020

HIV-positive kidney transplant (KT) recipients have similar outcomes to HIV-negative recipients. However, HIV-positive patients with advanced kidney disease might face additional barriers to initiating the KT-evaluation process....

Patient survival scale after kidney transplant from deceased donors in Veracruz, Mexico

Jan 30, 2020

The Estimated Post Transplant Survival (EPTS) score is calculated based on age, the presence of diabetes mellitus, years on dialysis, and prior organ transplant. The EPTS score has been validated in other countries.To apply and...

Fetuin-A Thr256Ser gene polymorphism as a mortality predictor in patients with chronic kidney disease on maintenance haemodialysis in Medan, Indonesia.

Jan 30, 2020

Aim To investigate an impact of Fetuin-A Thr256Ser gene polymorphism on the mortality rate of chronic kidney disease on maintenance haemodialysis patients in Indonesia. Methods This is an analytic-longitudinal observational...

Crescentic IgA nephropathy in children.

Jan 30, 2020

Crescentic IgA nephropathy (C-IgAN) is defined as IgAN with more than 50% of glomeruli showing crescents. C-IgAN in children is rare; we investigate in detail for the first time.We retrospectively analyzed the 515 consecutive...

Response to direct-acting antiviral agents in chronic hepatitis C patients with end-stage renal disease: a clinical experience.

Jan 30, 2020

The recent development of direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) has dramatically changed the treatment of chronic hepatitis C, and interferon-based regimes have become a poor treatment choice in clinical practice. Today DAAs...

Skin Infections and Outpatient Burn Management: Bacterial Skin Infections.

Jan 30, 2020

Patients with bacterial skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) commonly present to family physicians. Common uncomplicated bacterial SSTIs include impetigo, ecthyma, cellulitis, erysipelas, abscesses, furuncles, and carbuncles....

The utility of exome sequencing for fetal pleural effusions.

Jan 30, 2020

We sought to evaluate the performance of exome sequencing (ES) in determining an underlying genetic etiology for cases of fetal pleural effusions.We examined a prospective cohort series of fetal pleural effusions visualized...

Impact of intrauterine transfusion on fetal coagulation physiology by thromboelastography.

Jan 30, 2020

Thromboelastography (TEG) is a point-of-care device used to evaluate whole blood coagulation function. The TEG is unique as a test of coagulation function in that it measures the interaction of all components of clot formation,...

Sickle cell disease: A distinction of two most frequent genotypes (HbSS and HbSC).

Jan 30, 2020

Sickle cell disease (SCD) consists of a group of hemoglobinopathies in which individuals present highly variable clinical manifestations. Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is the most severe form, while SC hemoglobinopathy (HbSC) is...

The ARK Assay Is a Sensitive and Versatile Method for the Global Detection of DNA-Protein Crosslinks.

Jan 30, 2020

DNA-protein crosslinks (DPCs) are a frequent form of DNA lesion and are strongly inhibitive in diverse DNA transactions. Despite recent developments, the biochemical detection of DPCs remains a limiting factor for the in-depth...