Liposuction for superficialization of deep veins after creation of arteriovenous fistulas.

Purpose: Many individuals with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have adequate arteries and veins for construction of an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) but the fistula may be too deep to cannulate because of overlying adipose tissue. This study evaluated the safety and efficacy of liposuction to superficialize deep AVFs.

Methods: Between September 2009 and January 2011, 13 patients participated in the study.

Tolerability of a new 10% liquid immunoglobulin for intravenous use, Privigen, at different infusion rates.

Purpose: The tolerability of L-proline-stabilized Privigen, a new 10% liquid immunoglobulin for intravenous administration, was assessed at high infusion rates in a Phase III, open-label, single-arm, multicenter study in 45 patients with primary immune deficiencies.

Patients And Methods: Maximum infusion rates were not assigned prospectively. For analysis, patients were grouped according to maximum infusion rate in a low infusion rate group (8 mg/kg/min) and high infusion rate group (12 mg/kg/min).

Association of staphylococcal superantigen-specific immunoglobulin e with mild and moderate atopic dermatitis.

Objective: To examine the frequency of allergic sensitization to staphylococcal superantigens in young children with mild to moderate atopic dermatitis (AD).

Study Design: AD severity was assessed with objective Scoring AD. Serum IgE to staphylococcal enterotoxin (SE) A, SEB, SEC, SED, and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 were measured with ImmunoCAP.

Safety and immunogenicity of live varicella virus vaccine in children with human immunodeficiency virus type 1.

Live varicella virus vaccine was administered to 10 stable human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected children. Subjects were monitored for adverse reactions, HIV-1 plasma levels, CD4 T cell counts and immune responses. The vaccine was well-tolerated.

Thymic volume, T-cell populations, and parameters of thymopoiesis in adolescent and adult survivors of HIV infection acquired in infancy.

Objectives: Antiretroviral therapy has significantly prolonged the lifespan of children who acquire HIV infection in infancy, but the impact of HIV on thymus-mediated maintenance of T lymphocytes has not been studied. To examine the long-term effects of HIV infection in childhood on thymopoiesis, thymic volume and parameters of thymic function from clinically stable adolescents and young adults with HIV infection acquired in infancy were compared with those from uninfected controls.

Methods: Thymic volume was determined using three-dimensional reconstruction and volumetric analysis of non-contrast enhanced computed tomography images of the upper chest.