Simplified acute physiology score II and Mannheim peritonitis index are associated with in-hospital mortality in patients with abdominal sepsis admitted to ICU.

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the association and interaction of laboratory parameters, Simplified Acute Physiology Score II (SAPSII), Modified Shock Index (MSI), and Mannheim Peritonitis Index (MPI) with in-hospital mortality.

Material And Methods: We conducted a single-center case-control study. Adult patients with abdominal sepsis were included from May 2015 to May 2020.

Naturalistic Study of Depression Associated with Parkinson's Disease in a National Public Neurological Referral Center in Mexico.

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a major health problem in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. We described the clinical and sociodemographic factors of MDD among patients with PD at a national neurological referral center in Mexico. One hundred patients with PD + MDD were included in the study.

Micro-elimination of Hepatitis C in Low- and Middle-Income Settings: Challenges and Windows of Opportunity.

Content available: Author Interview and Audio Recording.

Inadequate prediction of postoperative complications in breast cancer surgery: An evaluation of the ACS Surgical Risk Calculator.

Background: The American College of Surgeon (ACS) Surgical Risk Calculator is an online tool that helps surgeons estimate the risk of postoperative complications for numerous surgical procedures across several surgical specialties.

Methods: We evaluated the predictive performance of the calculator in 385 cancer patients undergoing breast surgery. Calculator-predicted complication rates were compared with observed complication rates; calculator performance was evaluated using calibration and discrimination analyses.

Glycosylated hemoglobin as a predictor of mortality in severe pneumonia by COVID-19.

Objective: Determine whether the levels of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) measured on admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) are associated with mortality in patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia with invasive mechanical ventilation.

Design: Cohort study, retrospective, observational. A single center.

Isolated limb perfusion for soft tissue sarcoma: Current practices and future directions. A survey of experts and a review of literature.

Soft tissue sarcomas constitute 1% of adult malignant tumors. They are a heterogeneous group of more than 50 different histologic types. Isolated limb perfusion is an established treatment strategy for locally advanced sarcomas.

Overdiagnosis of Septic Shock and Loss of Potential Donors of Corneal Tissue in the Hospital General de México Dr. Eduardo Liceaga.

At the Hospital General de México Dr. Eduardo Liceaga, a large number of potential donors of corneal tissue are discarded owing to various contraindications such as shock septic. The objective of this study is to determine the number of patients with postmortem diagnosis of septic shock and analyze whether there is an overdiagnosis of it.

[Primary central nervous system lymphoma: clinical experience in a neurological center].

Introduction: Primary lymphoma of the central nervous system is a variety of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that accounts for 4-5% of intracranial tumours and 5% of all lymphomas. It has its origin in the brain, the eyes, the leptomeninges and the spinal cord with no systemic evidence of lymphomatoid activity; the subtype of lymphoma is predominantly of B-type cells.

Patients And Methods: We conducted a descriptive study of the patients diagnosed with primary brain lymphoma who were attended to at third-level centres in Mexico between the years 1980 and 2016.

Radiotherapy plus temozolomide or PCV in patients with anaplastic oligodendroglioma 1p19q codeleted.

Introduction: Radiotherapy with procarbazine, lomustine, and vincristine (PCV) improves overall survival in patients with anaplastic oligodendroglioma 1p19q codeleted.

Patients And Methods: This retrospective analysis investigated outcomes in patients with anaplastic oligodendroglioma 1p19q codeleted compared two different protocols (radiotherapy plus temozolomide or PCV). The primary end points were overall survival and progression-free survival.

Neurophysiological intraoperative monitoring during an optic nerve schwannoma removal.

This paper reports the case of a patient with optic nerve schwannoma and the first use of neurophysiological intraoperative monitoring of visual evoked potentials during the removal of such tumor with no postoperative visual damage. Schwannomas are benign neoplasms of the peripheral nervous system arising from the neural crest-derived Schwann cells, these tumors are rarely located in the optic nerve and the treatment consists on surgical removal leading to high risk of damage to the visual pathway. Case report of a thirty-year-old woman with an optic nerve schwannoma.

Utility of electrocorticography in the surgical treatment of cavernomas presenting with pharmacoresistant epilepsy.

Aim: To describe the general aspects of cavernomas and epilepsy and review the available literature on the utility of electrocorticography (ECoG) in cerebral cavernoma surgery.

Methods: We searched studies in PubMed, MedLine, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar (from January 1969 to December 2013) using the keywords "electrocorticography" or "ECoG" or "prognosis" or "outcome" and "cavernomas". Original articles that reported utility of ECoG in epilepsy surgery were included.