External validation of the Glasgow Coma Scale-Pupils in patients with severe head injury.

Objectives: To compare the ability of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score, the GCS Pupils (GCS-P) score, and the Pupil Reactivity Score (PRS) to predict mortality in patients with severe head injury.

Material And Methods: Retrospective analysis of all patients with severe head injury and initial GCS scores of 8 or lower on initial evaluation for whom records included pupil dilation information and clinical course after admission to intensive care units of participating hospitals. We assessed the ability of each of the 3 scores (GCS, GCS-P, and PRS) to predict mortality using discrimination analysis.

Controlled Donation After Circulatory Death Program: Analysis and Results at a Tertiary Care Hospital.

Background: The objective of the study was to evaluate the impact in organs obtained and transplanted from controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD).

Methods: Transplants from cDCD donors performed at the Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla from the beginning of the program (December 2013) to December 2020 were evaluated. All procedures were performed with normothermic regional perfusion.