Publications by authors named "Carlos Villavicencio"
Diabetic kidney disease is the most common driver of chronic kidney disease (CKD)-associated mortality and kidney replacement therapy. Despite recent therapeutic advances (sodium glucose co-transporter 2 [SGLT2] inhibitors, finerenone), the residual kidney and mortality risk remains high for patients already diagnosed of having CKD (i.e.
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- Red blood cell wastage happens when blood is thrown away instead of being used for transfusions, often due to poor ordering practices; a new project aimed to improve this in a pediatric hospital using enhanced electronic ordering tools.
- A team applied best practices and the Toyota Production System approach to revamp the blood ordering process, analyzing data for insights on how effective their changes were in reducing waste.
- Results showed an 11% drop in unnecessary crossmatch procedures and a significant 77% reduction in red blood cell wastage; the analysis indicated a 61% decrease in expected waste due to their interventions.