Publications by authors named "Constanza Maximiano Alonso"
Background And Objective: To describe the characteristics and the evolution of patients with solid tumours admitted to the ICU and to identify factors associated with hospital mortality and to evaluate three illness severity scores.
Material And Methods: Descriptive study including 132 patients with solid tumour admitted to the ICU (2010-2016). Demographics and cancer-related data, organ failures, life-supporting therapies and severity scores: APACHE II, SOFA and ICU Cancer Mortality Model (ICMM) were collected.
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- The recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) showed over 90% effectiveness against herpes zoster in adults over 50 and was tested on cancer patients receiving chemotherapy to evaluate its safety and immune response.
- In a randomized study, participants were given either the RZV or a placebo, with immune responses measured at various intervals post-vaccination.
- Results indicated that RZV recipients had stronger immune responses compared to those receiving a placebo, with no serious safety issues noted over a year of follow-up.
Primary brain lymphoma is a rare variant of extranodal non-Hodgkin's B-cell lymphoma. In >90% of cases, this is diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with CD20 expression and is confined to the brain, meninges, spinal cord, and eyes. It accounts for fewer than 7% of primary brain tumors.
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