Publications by authors named "D Mosquera"
Background: Vitamin D deficiency is linked to worse outcomes in patients with chronic liver diseases (CLD). However, data in patients with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) remain limited.
Aims: We aimed to assess the impact of vitamin D deficiency on the outcomes of individuals with AIH.
Disparities in patient care and outcomes are well-documented in medicine but have received comparatively less attention in anesthesiology. Those disparities linked to racial and ethnic identity are pervasive, with compelling evidence in operative anesthesiology, obstetric anesthesiology, pain medicine, and critical care. This narrative review presents an overview of disparities in perioperative patient care that is grounded in historical context followed by potential solutions for mitigating disparities and inequities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) is increasingly utilized in trauma care, yet its elective use during high-risk surgeries remains unreported.
Case Report: We report a successful instance of prophylactic ECMO support via a Veno-Venoarterial (V-VA) configuration during high-risk surgery in a patient with extensive trauma, including severe thoracic damage and a highly unstable thoracic spine fracture. V-VA ECMO prevented complications such as hemodynamic and respiratory collapse associated with chest compression during the surgical procedure, as the patient should be in a prone position.
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- * Out of 696 patients studied, a high persistence rate of 96.1% with PCSK9i treatment was observed over a median follow-up of 3.7 years, leading to significant reductions in LDL-C levels.
- * The treatment not only improved cholesterol management, with 77% reaching 2016 LDL-C goals, but also maintained a good quality of life for the patients throughout the study period.