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Congenital pancreas malformations: a clinical case report

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to review the congenital malformation known as agenesis of the dorsal pancreas (ADP) and other pancreatic birth defects, based on a rare and exemplary clinical case of pancreatic malformations. The intent was to review the latest information published in the national and international literature on pancreatic birth defects, and to investigate the diversity of clinical presentations o...

Coronary surgery in patients with diabetes mellitus: a risk-adjusted study on e...

OBJECTIVES: We aimed at determining the effect of diabetes mellitus (diabetes) on short-term mortality and morbidity in a cohort of patients with ischemic disease undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) at our institution. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 4567 patients undergoing isolated CABG in a 10-year period were studied. Diabetes mellitus was present in 22.6% of the cases but the percentage incre...

Mortality risk prediction in coronary surgery: a locally developed model outper...

This study aimed at assessing the performance of three external risk-adjusted models - logistic EuroSCORE, Parsonnet score and Ontario Province Risk (OPR) score - in predicting in-hospital mortality in patients submitted to coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and to develop a local risk-score model. Data on 4567 patients who underwent isolated CABG (1992-2001) were extracted from our clinical database. Hospital...

Use of a blood gas analyzer to measure blood hemoglobin during liver transplant...

Left ventricular aneurysms: early and long-term results of two types of repair

OBJECTIVE: Controversy still exists regarding the optimal surgical technique for postinfarction left ventricular (LV) aneurysm repair. We analyze the efficacy of two established techniques, linear vs. patch remodeling, for repair of dyskinetic LV aneurysms. METHODS: Between May 1988 and December 2001, 110 consecutive patients underwent repair of LV aneurysms. These represent 2.0% of a total group of 5429 patien...

Renal dysfunction after myocardial revascularization

OBJECTIVES: In this study, we evaluate the incidence of and analyse the pre and intraoperative risk factors for the development of postoperative renal dysfunction (PRD), and the impact of such an event on perioperative mortality and on hospital length of stay. In addition, we sought to investigate the influence of a mildly increased serum creatinine (1.3-2.0 mg/dl) on perioperative mortality and morbidity. METH...

Predictors of cerebrovascular events in patients subjected to isolated coronary...

OBJECTIVE: Stroke is a major complication after coronary surgery, occurring in 1-4% of the patients. In this study, we evaluate the incidence and pre- and intraoperative risk factors for the development of a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) and the impact of such an event on perioperative mortality and on hospital length of stay. METHODS: Data from 4567 patients submitted to isolated coronary artery bypass graft...

The Coimbra University Hospital experience in liver transplantation in patients...

Cytokine-producing T lymphocytes as a marker of prognosis and rejection episode...

Local immunosuppression in clinical small bowel transplantation (report of two ...