BACKGROUND Heart transplantation is an established treatment for advanced heart failure. Primary allograft dysfunction (PGD) is reported in up to 40% of transplants and is associated with a poor outcome. METHODS As part of Heart Evaluation and Retrieval for Transplantation study, an investigation of the assessment of donor hearts for transplantation, we proposed a clinical definition for card...

This corrects the article on p. 928 in vol. 56, PMID: 26069113.

During the last years Acinetobacter species have emerged as clinically significant pathogens. Most infections are nosocomially acquired and mainly due to Acinetobacter baumannii. Little is known about the epidemiology and clinical significance of unnamed Acinetobacter species 3 (the second most often encountered member of the genus Acinetobacter) and other Acinetobacter species such as A. johns...

Approximately 3,500 Americans undergo heart transplantation each year. A portion of this patient population will possibly present later for an elective noncardiac surgery. Anesthesia professionals can be tasked to assess and provide the anesthesia management for heart transplant recipients undergoing a noncardiac surgical procedure. A 57-year-old man with a complicated cardiac history before un...

Bacterial pericarditis can be considered a rare pathology, usually associated with cardiac procedures and, to lesser extent, immunosuppression and chronic diseases. The importance of its knowledge lies in the fact that mortality reach up 100% untreated patients. Once diagnosed, pericardiocentesis administration intravenous antimicrobial therapy are mandatory for prevention complications, which ...

OBJECTIVE to evaluate the cases of wound infections in orthopedic postoperative period. METHODS postoperative patients who developed infection during the period from November 2012 to November 2013 were studied. Secretions were collected during surgery using sterile swabs, and sent for microbiological analysis. RESULTS during the period analyzed, 38 surgical procedures progressed to infectio...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Acinetobacter baumannii can cause a wide range of infections, including bacteremia, pneumonia, urinary tract infection, peritonitis, etc. This organism is becoming resistant to a large group of antibiotics, especially β-lactam antibiotics. The reason for multi-drug resistance may be the production of extended- spectrum β-lactamses (ESBLs), carbapenemases/metallo β-lactam...

Patients with heart failure represent a significantly ill cohort, and the survival of the most advanced heart failure patients is dismal with medical management alone. This cohort of advanced heart-failure patients benefits from several surgical treatments. Although several techniques for surgical ventricular restoration in the setting of left ventricular aneurysms have been described, the broa...

Left ventricular assist devices have become an established treatment for patients with advanced heart failure, as a bridge to transplantation or recovery, or as a long-term option for those who are not candidates for cardiac transplantation (destination therapy). Although studies have clearly shown that LVADs can signifi cantly improve quality of life for patients, there are substantial risks a...

BACKGROUND Surgical complications in hair transplantation can sometimes be a serious matter. Most of the published literature on this issue deals with individual case reports rather than larger series of patients. OBJECTIVE The authors analyze complications in 425 consecutive patients undergoing 533 hair transplantations. METHODS Patients with androgenetic alopecia (407 men and 17 women), c...