Publications by authors named "Ulrich Binswanger"

Background: Transplant recipients (TR) have a dramatically increased risk for widespread epithelial neoplasms of the skin. Thus, there is a need to treat initial stages of these neoplasms such as actinic keratoses (AK) and Bowen's disease (BD) to prevent progression to invasive and potentially fatal squamous cell carcinoma. Topical photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been proven to be an effective treatment for AK and BD in immunocompetent patients, but no prospective trials in immunocompromised TR have been performed so far.

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Objective: To evaluate the feasibility, efficacy, safety and side effects of routinely performed continuous venovenous hemofiltration (CVVH) with regional citrate anticoagulation using a citrate-containing substitution solution as compared with conventional systemic low-dose unfractionated heparin-anticoagulation in postoperative cardiac surgery patients.

Design/setting: Database review of all patients on CVVH during a three-year period at a cardiovascular intensive care unit of a tertiary referring university hospital.

Patients: Patients who had undergone cardiac surgery with acute or chronic renal failure were studied.

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Disseminated varicella-zoster (VZV) infection is a rare complication after renal allotransplantation in adults. We report four patients, among them one with combined VZV and cytomegalovirus infection. The main complications were hepatitis, pneumonitis, and disseminated intravascular coagulation.

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