[Dual kidney transplantation, report of a case and review of the literature].

Background: Kidney transplant is the best replacement therapy for kidney function; However, donors are insufficient, so extended criteria donors (ECD) are needed, which, in well-selected recipients, provide better survival than being on dialysis. Dual kidney transplantation (DRT) should be offered to elderly patients with lower immunological risk and with a lower body mass index. DCE are considered donors who died due to stroke, ≥ 60 years old or aged between 50 and 59 years, with diabetes or previous hypertension, clinical proteinuria, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) between 30 and 60 mL/min, or Terminal serum creatinine > 2.

Utility of a clinical risk scale to predict the requirement of advanced airway management in patients with a diagnosis of deep neck abscess.

Objectives: To analyze the clinical utility of a clinical risk scale to predict the need for advanced airway management in patients with deep neck abscess.

Methods: Observational, analytical, cross-sectional study. Patients over 18 years old, both genders, with surgical management of a deep neck abscess, between January 1st, 2015 to December 31th, 2021, who were applied the clinical risk scale (https://7-414-5-19.

[Risk factors at admission associated with intubation in patients with COVID-19].

Background: Intubation rates up to 33% have been found in patients diagnosed with COVID-19. Some cohorts have reported the presence of dyspnea in 84.1% of intubated patients, being this the only symptom associated with intubation.

Kidney Donor Profile Index in a Transplant Center in Mexico.

Background: The Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) was created in 2014 to measure the likelihood of graft failure for a given donor compared with the median kidney donor from the previous year. This scale is based on the American population only. Mexico is one of the countries with greater incidence of chronic kidney disease, a long waiting list, and not enough kidney donors with KDPI smaller than 80%.

Interleukin 8 Is Overexpressed in Acute Rejection in Kidney Transplant Patients.

The main complication associated with renal graft loss is immune rejection. The gold standard for the diagnosis of renal graft rejection is percutaneous renal biopsy, which is expensive and can lead to complications. Inflammation is one of the main pathogenic pathways in allograft rejection, and urine samples seem to be efficient windows to explore the allograft condition with a high cost-benefit ratio.

Main factors affecting the loss of multi organ potential donors for transplantation.

Antecedents: In the field of organ donation and procurement, a possible donor is a patient with severe neurological damage and appropriate medical criteria for donation, and a potential donor is a patient suspected of being brain dead.

Objective: The aim of this study is to identify specific factors that cause the loss of possible multiorgan donors in an intensive care unit (ICU).

Methods: A review of cross-sectional charts of possible liver and kidney donors was done with patients admitted to the ICU with full respiratory support and Glasgow score < 8.