Emphysematous gastritis (EG) is a rare and potentially lethal process caused by invasive, gas-producing bacteria leading to inflammation and gas dissection of the stomach. The most common etiologic agents are Clostridium infections, but other organisms, including enterobacteria, staphylococcus, and fungi...
Abstract Introduction: Renal fibrosis is the end point of a process that begins at transplant, with ischemia reperfusion and early inflammation, and progresses over time with immunological and non-immunological phenomena. Early identification of morphological markers and intervention could improve graft...
Abstract Background: The practice of screening for complications has provided high survival rates among heart transplantation (HTx) recipients. Objectives: Our aim was to assess whether changes in left ventricular (LV) and right ventricular (RV) global longitudinal strain (GLS) are associated with cell...
Background The use of narrow therapeutic index generic immunosuppressant in solid organ transplantation is controversial. Most experiences switching to these drugs have short term follow-up periods, analyze only pharmacokinetic issues and do not systematically include either complications or cost analys...
SUMMARY Melatonin has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties that can influence tissue growth and apoptosis. This aspect may influence the success of organ transplantation. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship between melatonin and organ transplantation. METHODS A systematic review was perfor...
Introducción. El desarrollo de terapias inmunosupresoras en trasplante hepático ha sido uno de los aspectos fundamentales que ha permitido disminuir la presencia de rechazos y mejorar la supervivencia del injerto y de los pacientes. El presente estudio se hizo para conocer la efectividad de dos esquem...
Introducción. La tecnología de la información y la comunicación en la atención en salud viene en aumento en Colombia, al igual que en el resto del mundo. El uso de la telemedicina para el manejo y seguimiento del paciente con patologías crónicas ha demostrado gran utilidad. En el área del traspla...
Combined prophylaxis with intravenous immunoglobulin and plasmapheresis in highly sensitized patients, recipients of kidney or combined liver-kidney transplant: experience in a Colombian medical center
El trasplante renal constituye la mejor opción de tratamiento para
los pacientes con enfermedad renal crónica terminal. La supervivencia del injerto
es de gran importancia y puede ser afectada por factores inmunológicos o no
inmunológicos; esto unido al número de pacientes en las listas de espera, h...
