Epidemiological trends for burn wound infections in 2020 in albania.

The burn patient is at high hazard for nosocomial infections (NI) as a result of the nature of the burn damage itself, the immune-compromising impacts of burns, prolonged clinic stays, and intensive diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. The aim of this study is to describe the actual epidemiology of burn wound colonization and infection in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Service of Burns and Plastic Surgery at the University Hospital Center in Tirana, Albania. The study is retrospective clinical and analytical.

Therapeutic monitoring of mycophenolic acid in renal transplanted patients by a validated HPLC method.

Introduction: Mycophenolate mofetil and its active metabolite mycophenolic acid are routinely used as immunosuppressant drugs in solid organ transplantation in a fixed daily dose regimen in association with cyclosporine, tacrolimus and steroids. Therapeutic drug monitoring for mycophenolic acid concentration has been suggested to optimize outcomes by reducing rejection and drug related toxicities in clinical renal transplantation.

Aim: To determine the predose concentration of mycophenolic acid in renal transplanted patients by a validated proposed high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method and to estimate the interindividual variability based on the therapeutic target.

Measurements Of Injury-Related Outcomes: Statistical And Analytical Data From Albania.

Numerous burn mortality indicators and prognostic scores are necessary to classify with priorities severely burned patients in order to predict outcome. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate mortality predictors on admission, in order to determine Lethal Area 50 and to validate burn prognostic scores. The study is retrospective, clinical and analytical.