Brachiobasilic arteriovenous fistula with transpositionof the basilic vein: a multicenter study.

Background/aim: The aim of this paper was to present our 3-year multicenter experience in creating a vascular access using the basilic vein. The third choice in creating vascular access is the brachiobasilic arteriovenous fistula (AVFs) with transposition of the basilic vein.

Materials And Methods: During 2010-2012, out of a total of 874 AVFs that were performed in our two centers, 54 were brachiobasilic fistulas (6.

Study of Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients Suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Unlabelled: Pulmonary hypertension (PAH) represents a frequent complication in patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but the impact of accelerated inflammatory status on the pulmonary vascular bed is still insufficiently studied.

Objectives: The study of the PAH's prevalence in patients suffering from COPD, its severity compared with lung function and the correlation with certain clinical, biological and functional parameters.

Material And Method: The study was performed on a group of 64 patients, average age 53 years, 42 of whom were men (65,62%), suffering from COPD who were admitted to the Emergency County Hospital Craiova, on the II-nd Medical Clinic, within a period of 18 months.

Correlation between Tgf-Β1 and Fsp-1 Expression in Chronic Viral Hepatitis - an Immunohistochemical Study.

Infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the most important stimulus for chronic hepatitis and subsequent progression to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Fibrosis that follows inflammation represents the main complication. One of the mechanisms that could be associated with development of liver fibrosis is epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT).

Cytopathological Aspects in the Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a clinical syndrome characterised by a slow progressive decline in expiratory airflow [1], a process that has gradually developed over the years. Studies of patients with COPD show an inflammatory process in the small airways [2]. The aim of this paper is to identify the cytopathological aspects of the liquids present in the bronchoalveolar lavage in patients with COPD.

Nodular thyroid cancer. Diagnostic value of real time elastography.

Background: The most important aspect in the diagnostic approach of thyroid nodule is identifying the malignancy Elastography is a newly technique that measures the elasticity of tissue, after applying a external force, standardized control. US elastography is currently used in differentiation of malignant from benign lesions.

Patients: This prospective study included 69 patients, mean age 50.