Publications by authors named "Carol Morales-Contreras"
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- A study conducted at a tertiary hospital in Medellín, Colombia over 6 years aimed to determine the prevalence of arterial hypertension among pediatric patients under 18 years old.
- Results indicated that 30.6% of 382 hospitalized children had hypertension, with 23.6% experiencing systolic hypertension and 20.7% diastolic hypertension, particularly in those under 5 years, on vancomycin, or in critical care.
- The findings suggest that hypertension is more common in hospitalized children compared to outpatients, highlighting the need for recognition of high-risk groups and careful long-term monitoring for complications, especially left ventricular hypertrophy.
BK virus nephropathy in kidney transplantation is widely recognized as an important cause of graft dysfunction and loss. In the case of transplants of organs other than kidney, BK virus nephropathy in native kidneys has been recognized as a cause of chronic kidney disease, which is related with immunosuppression; however, the diagnosis is usually late because the renal dysfunction is attributed to other causes, such as toxicity by anticalcineurinic drugs, interstitial nephritis due to medications, hemodynamic changes, diabetes, hypertension, etc. We report a case of BK virus nephropathy in a patient who underwent heart transplantation due to peripartum cardiomyopathy.
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