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Extrahepatic complications of liver transplantation. [PDF]

, 1985
The massive surgical assault associated with hepatic transplantation makes a high frequency of complications almost inevitable. In this review of 225 patient records, selected at random from cases of liver transplantation in Pittsburgh over a 2 1/2 year ...
Shaw, BW, Starzl, TE, Wood, RP
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Antimicrobials: a global alliance for optimizing their rational use in intra-abdominal infections (AGORA) [PDF]

, 2016
Intra-abdominal infections (IAI) are an important cause of morbidity and are frequently associated with poor prognosis, particularly in high-risk patients.
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Open abdomen procedure in managing abdominal compartment syndrome in a child with severe fungal peritonitis and sepsis after gastric perforation

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2016
Abdominal compartment syndrome with increased abdominal pressure resulted in multi-organ dysfunctions can be lethal in children. The open abdomen procedure intentionally leaves the abdominal cavity open in patients with severe abdominal sepsis and ...
Wei Lai, Yang Wu, Bo Xiang
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Hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm ligation after orthotopic liver transplantation-a report of 7 cases [PDF]

, 1992
Pseudoaneurysm (PA) is a rare but life-threatening complication of liver transplantation. The authors present their experience on 7 patients treated by ligation of a post-OLT PA.
Gordon, R, Madariaga, J, Starzl, TE, Tepetes, K, Todo, S, Tzakis, A, Tzoracoleftherakis, E, Zajko, AB   +7 more
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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman, Neehar Parikh, Dan J. Clauw, David A. Williams, Elliot B. Tapper   +4 more
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Anatomo-radiological correlation using 18-FDG-PET in abdominal sepsis model in rats. A preliminary study [PDF]

Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, 2017
Purpose: To examine a correlation of micro-PET images with photographic images of the digestive organs in abdominal sepsis model. Methods: Male Wistar rats weighing 265±18g were used. Abdominal sepsis was induced by ligature and cecal puncture.
Ítalo Medeiros Azevedo, Marília Daniela Ferreira Carvalho, Rafael Pereira Nascimento, Robson Macedo, Mônica Raquel de Souza Aquino, Aldo Cunha Medeiros   +5 more
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Epidemiology of Sepsis in Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of a Multi-Specialty Hospital (Experimental Study)

Общая реаниматология, 2019
Purpose of the study: to investigate the epidemiology of sepsis in patients with different locations of the infection focus, who were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a multi-specialty hospital in 2014 and 2016.Material and methods.
I. N. Tyurin, S. N. Avdeikin, D. N. Protsenko, R. A. Cherpakov, G. M. Mullakaeva, I. A. Kozlov   +5 more
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Abdominal decompression for abdominal compartment syndrome in critically ill patients: a retrospective study [PDF]

, 2010
Background. The abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) refers to organ dysfunction that may occur as a result of increased intra-abdominal pressure (IAP). Successful management may require abdominal decompression and temporary abdominal closure (TAC).
Ceelen, Wim, De laet, Inneke, De Waele, Jan, Desender, Liesbeth, Hoste, Eric, Pattyn, Piet   +5 more
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Candida auris, what do paediatricians need to know? [PDF]

, 2018
AW is supported by the Wellcome Trust Strategic Award (grant 097377) and the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology (grant MR/N006364/1) at the University of Aberdeen.Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Warris, Adilia
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Obesity as a risk factor following cadaveric renal transplantation [PDF]

, 1990
Obesity has generally been thought to increase the risk of operative mortality and postoperative complications in surgical patients. No data examining obesity as a factor in cadaveric renal transplantation were available.
Hakala, TR, Holley, JL, Lopatin, WB, Shapiro, R, Starzl, TE, Tzakis, AG   +5 more
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