Clinical outcome of renal transplant patients after coronary stenting.

Objective: To assess the clinical outcome of renal transplant patients who developed coronary artery disease and were treated with coronary stenting (TCA-ST).

Methods: A total of 3,334 renal transplants were performed in our service--Hospital do Rim e Hipertensão--HRH (Kidney and Hypertension Hospital) from July, 1998 to November, 2004. During this period, 33 of the renal transplant patients underwent TCA-ST to treat 62 severe stenoses in 54 coronary arteries.

[Duration of mechanical ventilation and development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia].

Objective: Verify the association between duration of mechanical ventilation and development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in neonates weighting at birth less than 1500 g.

Methods: Retrospective study conducted with neonates weighting less than 1500 g at birth submitted to mechanical ventilation. Neonates presenting major birth defects, transferred to other services or died before the 28th day of life were excluded from the study.