Tacrolimus-Basiliximab versus Cyclosporine-Basiliximab in renal transplantation "de novo": acute rejection and complications.

Background: Optimal immunosuppression is essential to maintain kidney allograft viability but minimizing toxicity is also fundamental.

Objective: This article compares immunosuppressants, corticosteroids, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, and basiliximab, which are used in the treatment regimens for renal transplantation. The analyses evaluated their effectiveness to prevent acute rejection episodes and to reduce the appearance of other complications, mainly infectious disease complications.

Characteristics of general hospital patients referred for psychiatric consultation.

An analysis of 151 psychiatric consultations at a large publicly supported teaching hospital indicated that referral rates were greater from the medical services as compared with the surgical services. Minorities, elderly, and widowed persons were underrepresented. Depression and organic brain syndromes were the most common diagnoses and the presence of an organic brain syndrome had been frequently missed by the referring physician.