Articles: mortality.
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Background and Objective: Klebsiella pneumoniae appears to be a significant problem due to its ability to accumulate antibiotic-resistance genes. After 2013, alarming colistin resistance rates among carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae have been reported in the Balkans. The study aims to perform an epidemiological, clinical, and genetic analysis of a local outbreak of COLr CR-Kp. ⋯ Clone B isolates had only OXA-48-like enzymes and intact mgrB genes. No plasmid-mediated resistance was found. The extremely high mortality rate and limited treatment options warrant strict measures to prevent outbreaks.
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Clustering COVID-19 ARDS patients through the first days of ICU admission. An analysis of the CIBERESUCICOVID Cohort.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) can be classified into sub-phenotypes according to different inflammatory/clinical status. Prognostic enrichment was achieved by grouping patients into hypoinflammatory or hyperinflammatory sub-phenotypes, even though the time of analysis may change the classification according to treatment response or disease evolution. We aimed to evaluate when patients can be clustered in more than 1 group, and how they may change the clustering of patients using data of baseline or day 3, and the prognosis of patients according to their evolution by changing or not the cluster. ⋯ During the first days, patients can be clustered into two groups and the process of clustering patients may change as they continue to evolve. This means that despite a vast majority of patients remaining in the same cluster, a minority reaching 33% of patients analyzed may be re-categorized into different clusters based on their progress. Such changes can significantly impact their prognosis.
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Mar 2024
Changes in Heart Transplant Outcomes of Elderly Patients in the New Allocation Era.
Studies demonstrate that heart transplantation can be performed safely in septuagenarians. We evaluate the outcomes of septuagenarians undergoing heart transplantation after the US heart allocation change in 2018. ⋯ Septuagenarians comprise a greater proportion of heart transplant recipients after the allocation change, and their post-transplant outcomes relative to younger recipients have worsened.
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Mar 2024
Periprosthetic joint infections in patients with rheumatoid arthritis are associated with higher complication and mortality rates.
Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) remains the most devasting complication after total joint arthroplasty (TJA). There has been a significant focus on this topic in recently-published medical literature. However, relatively little has been published about PJI in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which are often physiologically frail and immunocompromised. A better understanding of PJI in this patient population is therefore crucial. The main aims of this paper are to (1) report complication and mortality rates in a cohort of PJI-RA patients; and (2) clinically characterize them. ⋯ A cohort level III retrospective study.
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This study aimed to present the early and mid-term outcomes of fenestrated/branched thoracic endovascular aortic repair (f/bTEVAR) for aortic arch pathologies. ⋯ f/bTEVAR presented high technical success and acceptable 30-day mortality. Non-native proximal landing zone was related to lower stroke rate. Half of patients needed a reintervention within the 24-month follow-up.