Publications by authors named "Cesar Aragon-Gonzalez"
Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) poses a significant challenge in liver transplant patients, affecting between 10% and 30% of candidates. Historically, HPS was considered a contraindication for liver transplantation due to its association with high mortality rates. However, recent studies have shown improvements in pulmonary function post-transplant, leading to the inclusion of these patients as candidates.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Our objectives were to describe the incidence, clinical characteristics, and risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in critically ill patients and to determine C. difficile PCR-ribotypes.
Methods: Prospective, observational study in 26 Spanish ICUs.
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- Recent studies suggest that CO(2) levels in the bladder could be linked to low blood flow conditions, prompting researchers to investigate this claim.
- Six beagle dogs were subjected to shock induced by E. coli lipopolysaccharide, measuring CO(2) levels in both the bladder and gastric tissues continuously.
- Findings revealed that bladder CO(2) levels were significantly lower than gastric CO(2) levels and showed poor correlation with hemodynamic measures, indicating that bladder CO(2) may not be a reliable indicator for identifying low perfusion states.
Purpose: We hypothesized that RIFLE based on creatinine clearance (CrCl) is superior to that based on serum creatinine (sCr) or Cockroft-Gault (C-G) because it is an earlier marker of kidney dysfunction.
Materials And Methods: At day 3 of admission, we compared the RIFLE based on sCr, C-G, and CrCl with 28-day mortality and development of RIFLE-F during intensive care unit stay.
Results: Percentages in the RIFLE levels were similar for the 3 estimates, but the patients included in each level were different; with CrCl as the reference, κ statistic was 0.