Publications by authors named "J I Ayestaran"
Introduction: Although the survival rates of hematological patients admitted to the ICU are improving, little is known about the long-term outcome. Our objective was to identify factors related to long-term outcome in hematological patients after ICU discharge.
Methods: A prospective, observational study was carried out in seven centers in Spain.
Objective: Since March 2008, several linezolid and teicoplanin-resistant Staphylococcus hominis (S. hominis) isolates have been recovered from patients admitted to the two major hospitals on the island of Majorca, Spain. For this reason, a study was conducted to determine the molecular epidemiology of these isolates and the mechanism of linezolid resistance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There are reports with conflicting results on the expression of toll-like receptors (TLRs) in trauma patients. In addition, these studies analyzed TLR expression only at patients' hospital admission but not later when complications usually arise.
Objectives: To analyze the surface expression of TLR2 and TLR4 on circulating monocytes from trauma patients during the hospitalization period and to correlate this with cytokine production after stimulation with TLR2 and TLR4 agonists.
Objective: We sought to determine the utility of constrat-enhanced transcranial color sonography (TCCS) in the diagnosis of cerebral circulatory arrest in cases of difficult acoustic window.
Materials And Methods: From January 2007 to July 2008, we prospectively studied 50 patients who fulfilled clinical criteria of brain death. In all cases, we performed TCCS aiming to insonate both middle cerebral arteries (MCA) and the basilar artery (BA).