OBJECTIVE To evaluate the use of the EuroSCORE as a predictor of postoperative morbidity after cardiac surgery. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the charts of 900 patients operated on and admitted to the intensive care unit postoperatively at the Royal Portuguese Hospital of Recife. We included all patients with complete medical records, excluding those who died during surgery, underwent t...

introduction:   renal transplantation are admitted to emergency department (ed) more than normal population. the present brief report aimed to determine the reasons of renal transplant patients’ ed visits. methods: this retrospective case series study analyzed the reasons of renal transplant recipients’ admission to one ed between 2011 and 2014. the patient data were collected via a checklist a...

Eighty-one renal, seventeen heart, and twenty-four liver transplant patients were followed for infection. Seventeen renal patients received azathioprine (Aza) and prednisone as part of a randomized trial of immunosuppression with 21 cyclosporine-and-prednisone-treated renal transplant patients. All others received cyclosporine and prednisone. The randomized Aza patients had more overall infecti...

H1N1 infection and acute kidney injury in the critically ill Sir, Acute renal failure due to viral infections rarely occurs. We assessed the development of acute kidney injury in critically compromised patients due to H1N1 influenza virus. All patients with PCR-confirmed diagnosis of H1N1 infection between May and July 2009 were retrospectively studied. Thereafter, the risk factors associated w...

H1N1 infection and acute kidney injury in the critically ill Sir, Acute renal failure due to viral infections rarely occurs. We assessed the development of acute kidney injury in critically compromised patients due to H1N1 influenza virus. All patients with PCR-confirmed diagnosis of H1N1 infection between May and July 2009 were retrospectively studied. Thereafter, the risk factors associated w...

Background Elevated liver enzymes are frequently observed in renal transplant recipients and warrant further exploration. In immunosuppressed patients, hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection may cause chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and extrahepatic manifestations such as renal injury. Methods We performed a retrospective cross-sectional study investigating the prevalence, clinical correlates, and o...

introduction: mycobacterial tuberculosis (tb) infection is a serious opportunistic infection in renal transplant patients. although tb is normally considered as an opportunistic infection of the early period, it can be diagnosed at any time. in this study four patients who suffered from tb were examined. cases report: among 200 patients who were monthly examined in sina hospital of tehran, tb w...

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is common in adolescence, but fulminant infection is very rare. A 40-year-old man presented with high fever and sore throat. Symptoms, including cervical lymphadenopathy, jaundice, atypical lymphocytosis, respiratory distress and oliguria, suggested infectious mononucleosis with multiple organ failure that required mechanical ventilation and renal replacement ...