Publications by authors named "Konstantina Triantafyllopoulou"
Background: Current guidelines discourage prophylactic plasma use in non-bleeding patients. This study assesses global plasma transfusion practices in the intensive care unit (ICU) and their alignment with current guidelines.
Study Design And Methods: This was a sub-study of an international, prospective, observational cohort.
Article Synopsis
- RBC transfusions are a frequent intervention in ICUs, yet there's a gap in understanding how hemoglobin (Hb) thresholds for transfusion are applied in practice.
- An international study analyzed transfusion practices in 233 ICUs across 30 countries, including 3,643 adult patients from March 2019 to October 2022.
- Of the patients studied, 25% received RBC transfusions, with variations in transfusion rates observed across different ICUs, countries, and continents, highlighting diverse clinical practices.
Background: The sodium bicarbonate infusion test evaluates the function of the parathyroid glands. The present study aims to evaluate the range of parathyroid response in healthy individuals and the potential influence of various factors.
Methods: Fifty healthy volunteers were subjected to the test.
Context: Hypocalcemia, transient or permanent, represents a common complication after total thyroidectomy, but data on the secretory capacity of the parathyroid glands in thyroidectomized patients without clinical or biochemical hypocalcemia are limited.
Study Design: To address this issue, we studied the parathyroid response to acute hypocalcemia induced by iv infusion of sodium bicarbonate in normocalcemic patients submitted to total thyroidectomy at the early postoperative period and 3 months later.
Patients And Methods: Sixty patients who underwent total thyroidectomy for benign thyroid disease and did not develop clinical or biochemical hypocalcemia and hypoparathyroidism postoperatively and 50 healthy volunteers were included in the study.