Background: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols have gained widespread recognition in general surgery, decreasing the length of hospital stay while maintaining equivalent or lower morbidity and increased patient satisfaction. The feasibility of the ERAS protocol has not been studied in kidney transplantation. In this single-center retrospective case series, we describe the outcomes of 45 consecutive deceased-donor kidney transplant recipients subjected to a modified ERAS protocol, and we discuss the potential for future developments.
Methods: Included in the analysis were 45 consecutive deceased-donor kidney transplant recipients from August 2014 to July 2015 in the John Paul II Krakow Specialist Hospital, Krakow, Poland. All patients were subjected to a modified ERAS protocol. The primary outcomes were length of hospital stay and mortality and morbidity rates. A surrogate composite criterion for discharge was ability to attend the transplant clinic weekly with no need for dialysis. The secondary outcome was the rate of unplanned readmissions within the 1st 3 months after transplantation.
Results: The median hospital stay was 10 days (range, 6-46). There were no deaths or acute coronary or thromboembolic events. Serious complications requiring surgery occurred in 6.6% of recipients. Three-month graft survival was 97.8%. The unplanned readmission rate was 8.9%.
Conclusions: ERAS protocol is feasible in deceased donor kidney transplantation and renders low morbidity rates and reasonable readmission rate. Further reduction of the length of the hospital stay can be expected with health care system financial policies.
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Indian J Pediatr
January 2025
Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
Objectives: To evaluate the predictive ability of furosemide stress test (FST), serum and urine cystatin-C in identifying progressive acute kidney injury (AKI) and the need for kidney replacement therapy (KRT).
Methods: Children aged one month to 18 y admitted in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with Kidney Diseases Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) stage-1/2 AKI were enrolled. FST and serum and urine cystatin-C levels were performed and analyzed.
Neurosurg Rev
January 2025
Department of Neurosurgery, King's College Hospital Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Minimally invasive parafascicular surgery (MIPS) with the use of tubular retractors achieve a safe resection in deep seated tumours. Diffusion changes noted on postoperative imaging; the significance and clinical correlation of this remains poorly understood. Single centre retrospective cohort study of neuro-oncology patients undergoing MIPS.
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January 2025
WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, VIDRL, Doherty Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Aims: Primary aim was to review severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) hospitalisations caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in children aged < 2 years in paediatric hospitals in Australia. Secondary aims included RSV subtyping, assessing RSV seasonality and contributing to the World Health Organisation's RSV surveillance programme.
Methods: We prospectively reviewed the medical records of children (< 2 years of age) with a confirmed SARI who were admitted to one of four major Australian paediatric hospitals and had a respiratory sample analysed by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).
Orthop Surg
January 2025
Orthopedics Department, Gongli Hospital of Shanghai Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China.
Objective: Soft tissue defects and postoperative wound healing complications related to calcaneus fractures may result in significant morbidity. The aim of this study was to investigate whether percutaneous minimally invasive screw internal fixation (PMISIF) can change this situation in the treatment of calcaneal fractures, and aimed to explore the mechanical effects of different internal fixation methods on Sanders type III calcaneal fractures through finite element analysis.
Methods: This retrospective analysis focused on 83 patients with Sanders II and III calcaneal fractures from March 2017 to March 2022.
Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi
January 2025
Department of Nephrology and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215000, China.
Objectives: To investigate the clinical sub-phenotype (SP) of pediatric acute kidney injury (AKI) and their association with clinical outcomes.
Methods: General status and initial values of laboratory markers within 24 hours after admission to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) were recorded for children with AKI in the derivation cohort (=650) and the validation cohort (=177). In the derivation cohort, a least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression analysis was used to identify death-related indicators, and a two-step cluster analysis was employed to obtain the clinical SP of AKI.
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