Sarcopenia as a Prognostic Factor in Patients with Hepatoblastoma: Does It Influence Surgical Outcomes and Survival? Preliminary Retrospective Study.

Aim: Sarcopenia is associated with poor prognosis in adult oncologic patients, with little evidence of this association in pediatric population, including hepatoblastoma.

Methods: Retrospective study in patients with hepatoblastoma, divided into those with or without sarcopenia. Sarcopenia was assessed by measuring psoas muscle area (PMA) at L4-L5 level on the CT/MR and defined as z-score values ≤ 2.

First case report of multivisceral transplant from a deceased cardiac death donor.

The current shortage of pediatric multivisceral donors accounts for the long time and mortality on the waiting list of pediatric patients. The use of donors after cardiac death, especially after the outbreak of normothermic regional perfusion, has increased in recent years for all solid organs except the intestine, mainly because of its higher susceptibility to ischemia-reperfusion injury. We present the first literature case of multivisceral donors after cardiac death transplantation in a 13-month-old recipient from a 2.

Comparative study between living and cadaveric donors in pediatric liver transplantation.

Unlabelled: We examined whether the results in living-related hepatic transplantation (LRLT) are better than those from a cadaveric donor (CDLT).

Material And Methods: The last 27 consecutive LRLT, performed from 1998 to 2005, were compared with 27 CDLT matched for age, weight, date, and diagnosis. Grafts in LRLT group were left lateral segment (n = 22), left lobe (n = 3), and right lobe (n = 2).

[Early puerperium rooming-in: an alternative of optimization of maternal-child care].

The observation that in Chilean Maternities, newborn infants are separated from their mothers during their first hours of life, originated this experience, destined to strengthen the early and permanent mother-infant bonding, where both of them were attended by the same assistant nurse, in a joined observation room. The influence of this method on the neonatal cardiorespiratory adaptation, as well as the initial moment of the lactation, was evaluated. In three groups of healthy newborn infants, full term newborn infants appropriate for gestational age (250), full term newborn infants small for gestational age (94) and preterm newborn infants (38), both vital signs and the initial moment of lactation were registered, during the first hours of life, period in which they remained with their mothers.

Renal handling of sodium and calcium in hypercalciuria.

The renal handling of Ca in response to Na intake was evaluated in 12 patients with hypercalciuria and active kidney stone disease. There was no depression of urinary Ca excretion in response to the hypocalciuric effect of metolazone. Patients were hospitalized and their Ca and Na excretions measured while on a 190-mEq Na, 800-mg Ca, 1200-mg PO4- diet.