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Characteristics and Outcomes of Candidemia in Patients with Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Support
In conclusion, fungemia is a rare and severe complication in LVAD patients occurring early postimplant.
Source: ASAIO Journal - August 1, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Tags: Adult Circulatory Support Source Type: research

Outcome of CentriMag ™ extracorporeal mechanical circulatory support use in critical cardiogenic shock (INTERMACS 1) patients
ConclusionOur results demonstrate an excellent outcome with the use of the CentriMag ™ device in this seriously ill population. Despite requiring multiple procedures, over 58% of patients were discharged from hospital with 5-year survival of 46%.
Source: Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - September 29, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research

Postoperative management of lung transplant recipients.
Authors: Kao CC, Parulekar AD Abstract Despite advances in surgical technique, lung transplantation is associated with worse survival when compared with other solid organ transplantations. Graft dysfunction and infection are the leading causes of mortality in the first 30 days following transplantation. Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) is a form of reperfusion injury that occurs early after transplantation. Management of PGD is mainly supportive with use of lung protective ventilation. Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation may be used in severe cases. Bacterial pneumonias are the most co...
Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - October 23, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Thorac Dis Source Type: research

Pentraxin 3 in Cardiovascular Disease
Giuseppe Ristagno1*, Francesca Fumagalli1, Barbara Bottazzi2, Alberto Mantovani2,3,4, Davide Olivari1, Deborah Novelli1 and Roberto Latini1 1Department of Cardiovascular Research, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS, Milan, Italy 2Humanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS, Milan, Italy 3Humanitas University, Milan, Italy 4The William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom The long pentraxin PTX3 is a member of the pentraxin family produced locally by stromal and myeloid cells in response to proinflammatory signals and microbial moieties. The p...
Source: Frontiers in Immunology - April 16, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research

Outcomes of Hospitalization for Stem Cell Transplant in Sickle Cell Disease: Are We There Yet?
Conclusions: The rate of inpatient mortality with SCT in sickle cell disease is lower than the overall inpatient mortality rate for allogeneic SCT (7%; Godara et al bbmt 2018), indicating a favorable outcome for these patients. Infections do occur commonly during the course of hospitalization, especially in association with GVHD. Length of stay is adversely impacted by occurrence of GVHD, bacterial sepsis, C.difficile infection and viral infections. While we are limited by duration of follow up in our study, these patterns suggest some essential modifiers for inpatient morbidity and mortality, therefore require validation ...
Source: Blood - November 21, 2018 Category: Hematology Authors: Godara, A., Siddiqui, N., Afzal, A., Khan, M., Yared, J., Kansagra, A., Dahiya, S. Tags: 732. Clinical Allogeneic Transplantation: Results: Poster III Source Type: research

Evaluation of Neuroimaging Findings of Central Nervous System Complications in Heart Transplant Recipients.
CONCLUSIONS: Posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome and ischemic stroke were the most common neurologic complications in our heart transplant recipients. The other complications were hemorrhagic stroke, intracranial abscess, and intracranial dissemination of sinusoidal fungal infection. Neurologic complications are common in heart transplant recipients and should be identified promptly for early treatment. For the recognition of these complications, computed tomography should be performed for initial evaluation to rule out edema or hemorrhage. However, in the presence of serious neurologic symptoms that cannot b...
Source: Experimental and Clinical Transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation - May 23, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Turnaoglu H, Agildere AM, Kural Rahatli F, Yildirim Donmez F, Ocal R, Sezer T, Can U, Sezgin A, Aslamaci S Tags: Exp Clin Transplant Source Type: research

Neurological complications in renal transplant patients: A single-center experience
Conclusion We conclude that complications involving the neurological system occur in 10.5% of all transplant patients with 8% involving CNS and 7% involving the PNS. The high mortality rates associated with CNS complications warrant early diagnosis and aggressive treatment in renal transplant recipients.
Source: Indian Journal of Transplantation - November 24, 2015 Category: Transplant Surgery Source Type: research