Situs Inversus Totalis: A Clinical Review.

Situs inversus totalis is a rare congenital abnormality characterized by a mirror-image transposition of both the abdominal and the thoracic organs. While this anomaly is known since the ancient times, practicing doctors do not have much experience with it. Laterality is established early in development, and any failure in that process might lead to a wide variety of disorders which may be partial or complete.

Outcomes of first versus third kidney transplantations: propensity score matching and paired subgroup analysis-a single-centre experience.

Background: In the Eurotransplant, 12.6% of kidney transplantations are a repeat procedure. Third transplants are significantly more complex than first and second ones.

Effects of pH, lactate, hematocrit and potassium level on the accuracy of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in pediatric intensive care unit.

Background: Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) originally was developed for diabetic patients and it may be a useful tool for monitoring glucose changes in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Its use is, however, limited by the lack of sufficient data on its reliability at insufficient peripheral perfusion. We aimed to correlate the accuracy of CGM with laboratory markers relevant to disturbed tissue perfusion.