Expertise in surgical neuro-oncology. Results of a survey by the EANS neuro-oncology section.

Introduction: Technical advances and the increasing role of interdisciplinary decision-making may warrant formal definitions of expertise in surgical neuro-oncology.

Research Question: The EANS Neuro-oncology Section felt that a survey detailing the European neurosurgical perspective on the concept of expertise in surgical neuro-oncology might be helpful.

Material And Methods: The EANS Neuro-oncology Section panel developed an online survey asking questions regarding criteria for expertise in neuro-oncological surgery and sent it to all individual EANS members.

Adherence to the "Atrial fibrillation Better Care" (ABC) pathway in patients with atrial fibrillation and cancer: A report from the ESC-EHRA EURObservational Research Programme in atrial fibrillation (EORP-AF) General Long-Term Registry.

Background: Implementation of the Atrial fibrillation Better Care (ABC) pathway is recommended by guidelines on atrial fibrillation (AF), but the impact of adherence to ABC pathway in patients with cancer is unknown.

Objectives: To investigate the adherence to ABC pathway and its impact on adverse outcomes in AF patients with cancer.

Methods: Patients enrolled in the EORP-AF General Long-Term Registry were analyzed according to (i) No Cancer; and (ii) Prior or active cancer and stratified in relation to adherence to the ABC pathway.

Visceral Leishmaniasis and Herpes Zoster as a Component of Syndrome of Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in an HIV-Positive Patient.

Immune reconstitution syndrome (IRIS) is a state of unusual hyperinflammatory response against latent infections which occurs after CD4 cell count improvement and as a consequence of immune response once highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV is introduced. Leishmania parasites and varicella zoster virus (VZV) may be a manifestation of IRIS, but few data exist in literature in particular regarding Leishmania parasites. .

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour of the lung: Case report and review of the literature.

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour (IMT) of the lung is a rare tumour encountered in children. Although it is seen mostly in paediatric ages, a small number of cases exists in the literature. It may appear as an inflammatory mass or may have the characteristics of a tumour with the ability for recidivism and metastasis.

Brain dysfunction in tubular and tubulointerstitial kidney diseases.

Kidney function has two important elements: glomerular filtration and tubular function (secretion and reabsorption). A persistent decrease in glomerular filtration rate (GFR), with or without proteinuria, is diagnostic of chronic kidney disease (CKD). While glomerular injury or disease is a major cause of CKD and usually associated with proteinuria, predominant tubular injury, with or without tubulointerstitial disease, is typically non-proteinuric.

A rare case report of simultaneous occurrence of a pediatric pleuropulmonary blastoma and an intralobar pulmonary sequestration.

We are presenting a rare case with the simultaneous occurrence of pleuropulmonary blastoma and an intra lobar pulmonary sequestration. Although there have been cases reported previously with pleuropulmonary blastoma associated with congenital pulmonary malformations, the association with an intra lobar pulmonary sequestration is very rare. The patient, a female, 6-month-old child arrived at our pediatric service with the clinic of cough, respiratory distress, and fever after being treated for 2 weeks for left lung bronchopneumonia according clinical signs and radiographic description but without clinical improvements.

Unusual case presentation of fungal ball infection causing diabetes insipidus and seizure disorder.

Sphenoid sinus fungal ball (FB) is a noninvasive fungal infection affecting predominantly immunocompetent middle-aged female patients. Common clinical manifestations include headaches, postnasal drip, and nasal discharge. In this case report, we present a 56-year-old female with a 10-year history of occasional dizziness, vertigo, nystagmus, feeling disoriented and feeling her eyes moving rapidly.

The potential effect of cardiac function on pulmonary hypertension, other risk factors, and its impact on survival in dialysis patients.

Introduction: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a recently recognized as a complication of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease. The pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension in this group of patients is not fully understood, probably due to the interaction of multiple aspects of the altered cardiovascular physiology and also hormonal and metabolic disorders. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of PH, correlation with cardiac function and other risk factors and its impact of survival in chronic hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients.

Sclerostin: a new biomarker of CKD-MBD.

The causes of the increased cardiovascular risk associated with kidney diseases partly reside in the chronic kidney disease-mineral bone disorder (CKD-MBD) syndrome. Three cardiovascular risk factors [hyperphosphatemia, vascular calcification, and elevated fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23)] levels have been discovered within the CKD-MBD over the last decades. In addition, sclerostin is recently presented as a new bone and vascular disease biomarker.

A Very Rare Case of Cor Triatriatum with Severe Mitral Regurgitation.

Background: Cor triatriatum sinister is rare congenital heart disease. It is mainly presented in childhood and often accompanied with other congenital anomalies. The cases with cor triatriatum treated surgically in adults and accompanied with severe mitral regurgitation are very rare.

Electrical Burns and Their Treatment in a Tertiary Hospital in Albania.

Introduction: The electrical current burns represent a very aggressive pathology that leaves many functional and aesthetic consequences.

Aim: To evaluate the epidemiology of electrical burn injury and its associated complications and treatment.

Material And Methods: Demographic data, aetiology, burn percentage and other measures related to electrical burn injury of 33 electrical burn patients in a tertiary hospital during the years 2015-2017.

Mortality risk disparities in children receiving chronic renal replacement therapy for the treatment of end-stage renal disease across Europe: an ESPN-ERA/EDTA registry analysis.

Background: We explored the variation in country mortality rates in the paediatric population receiving renal replacement therapy across Europe, and estimated how much of this variation could be explained by patient-level and country-level factors.

Methods: In this registry analysis, we extracted patient data from the European Society for Paediatric Nephrology/European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ESPN/ERA-EDTA) Registry for 32 European countries. We included incident patients younger than 19 years receiving renal replacement therapy.

Renal replacement therapy in Europe: a summary of the 2012 ERA-EDTA Registry Annual Report.

Background: This article summarizes the 2012 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association Registry Annual Report (available at www.era-edta-reg.org) with a specific focus on older patients (defined as ≥65 years).

Disparities in treatment rates of paediatric end-stage renal disease across Europe: insights from the ESPN/ERA-EDTA registry.

Background: Considerable disparities exist in the provision of paediatric renal replacement therapy (RRT) across Europe. This study aims to determine whether these disparities arise from geographical differences in the occurrence of renal disease, or whether country-level access-to-care factors may be responsible.

Methods: Incidence was defined as the number of new patients aged 0-14 years starting RRT per year, between 2007 and 2011, per million children (pmc), and was extracted from the ESPN/ERA-EDTA registry database for 35 European countries.

The influence of pacing rate and autonomic blockade on human primary and secondary atrial pacemakers.

The morphology of the first spontaneous post-pacing P wave was assessed in 106 patients who underwent electrophysiological study for various arrhythmias. An overall number of 589 atrial pacing sessions, from 60-200 b/min, were analyzed (mean 5.55 +/- 1.