Profile of bacterial resistance in emergency wards, non-intensive care unit areas, and intensive care units in Mexican hospitals with the antimicrobial stewardship program.

Objectives: Bacterial infections are important causes of death. Some reports have shown that the COVID-19 pandemic may have had an impact on drug resistance. The objective of this work was to compare the resistance profiles between 2019 and 2020 in the emergency department, non-intensive care units (ICU), and ICU areas in Mexican hospitals.

Neurological damage after radial artery harvesting in coronary surgery: a direct measure.

Background: The incidence of neurological complications in the forearm after radial artery harvesting varies in the literature, ranging from 2% to more than 50%. Also, the areas affected and the type of neurological complications differ a lot. Peripheral nerve injuries may be divided into three types: neuroapraxia (conduction block that recovers within 3 months), axonotmesis (recovers 1 ml/day) and neurotmesis (needs surgery for recovering).

NT-proBNP in cardiac surgery: a new tool for the management of our patients?

Objectives: Our aim was to determine NT-proBNP levels in patients undergoing cardiac surgery and if those levels are related to any of the baseline clinical characteristics of patients before surgery or any of the outcomes or events after surgery.

Methods: Prospective, analytic study including 83 consecutive patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Preoperatory and postoperatory data were collected.