Publications by authors named "Maria Lopez-Picasso"
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- Despite clinical guidelines recommending lower use of central venous catheters (CVC), the prevalence remains high among patients undergoing hemodialysis, leading researchers to explore whether this is due to unavoidable circumstances or factors that can be addressed.
- A study involving 637 chronic hemodialysis patients from various centers in Spain sought to identify modifiable factors influencing CVC use, comparing demographics, vascular access types, and reasons patients had for not using arteriovenous fistulas (AVF).
- Results showed that 40% of the patients utilized CVCs, with major reasons for CVC use including patient refusal for surgery (often due to fear) and having initiated hemodialysis with a CVC, indicating that
Introduction: The reduction of renal mass after radical nephrectomy (RN) for renal neoplasm, could be associated with compensatory hypertrophy of the contralateral kidney. The capacity of compensation will determine the renal function (RF) evolution. Measuring of total renal volume (TRV) of the remaining kidney pre and post RN can help assess the RF evolution.
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