Publications by authors named "L T Illescas"
Inferior vena cava ultrasonography before general anesthesia cannot predict arterial hypotension in patients undergoing vascular surgery.
Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim (Engl Ed)
April 2022
Introduction: Intraoperative hypotension (IH) is an independent predictor of mortality. Some experts have suggested that ultrasound measurement of the inferior vena cava (IVC) in spontaneous ventilation can predict IH.
Objective: To evaluate the capacity of ultrasound measures of IVC in spontaneous ventilation to predict episodes of IH after anaesthesia induction.
Article Synopsis
- Several studies have investigated cannabidiol (CBD) for its potential to reduce anxiety and depression, although the exact biological mechanisms are still not fully understood.
- In experiments with 130 male mice, different doses of CBD were tested for their effects on anxiety and depressive-like behaviors, revealing that a dose of 20 mg/kg was most effective in wild-type mice, while the anxiolytic effects were absent in mice lacking the CB1 cannabinoid receptor.
- Additionally, changes in gene expression related to cannabinoid receptors and GABA(A) subunits were observed, suggesting that CBD operates through complex pathways in the brain that vary by dose and brain region.
Identification of Coinfections by Viral and Bacterial Pathogens in COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients in Peru: Molecular Diagnosis and Clinical Characteristics.
Antibiotics (Basel)
November 2021
The impact of respiratory coinfections in COVID-19 is still not well understood despite the growing evidence that consider coinfections greater than expected. A total of 295 patients older than 18 years of age, hospitalized with a confirmed diagnosis of moderate/severe pneumonia due to SARS-CoV-2 infection (according to definitions established by the Ministry of Health of Peru) were enrolled during the study period. A coinfection with one or more respiratory pathogens was detected in 154 (52.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA descriptive design was carried out studying the correlation between antimicrobial consumption and resistance profiles of ESKAPE pathogens (, , , , , and spp.) in a Peruvian hospital, including the surgical, clinical areas and the intensive care unit (ICU) during the time period between 2015 and 2018. There was a significant correlation between using ceftazidime and the increase of carbapenem-resistant isolations (R = 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Arterial lactate, mixed venous O saturation, venous minus arterial CO partial pressure (PCO) and the ratio between this gradient and the arterial minus venous oxygen content (PCO/CO) were proposed as markers of tissue hypoperfusion and oxygenation. The main goals were to characterize the determinants of PCO and PCO/CO, and the interchangeability of the variables calculated from mixed and central venous samples.
Methods: 35 cardiac surgery patients were included.