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Isabel Beneyto-castello
Cytomegalovirus infection management in solid organ transplant recipients across European centers in the time of molecular diagnostics: An ESGICH survey
Background Scant information is available about how transplant centers are managing their use of quantitative molecular testing (QNAT) assays for active cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection monitoring in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. The current study was aimed at gathering information on current practices in the management of CMV infection across European centers in the era of molecular testing assays. Methods A questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey study was conducted by the European Study Group of Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts (ESGICH) of the Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID). The invitation and a weekly reminder with a personal link to …
Results after 13 years of kidney-pancreas transplantation in type 1 diabetic patients in Comunidad Valenciana
INTRODUCTION Simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplant is a proven option of treatment for patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus and related end-stage renal disease, who are candidates for kidney transplantation. The results from the beginning of SPK transplant program in Comunidad Valenciana are presented. METHODS Descriptive, retrospective, and single-center study of the pancreas transplant performed at the Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe, from September 2002 to December 2015. Clinical variables from donors and recipients, peri-operative variables, patient survival, and pancreatic graft survival were collected. RESULTS Eighty-one patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (48 ma…
Resultados tras 13 años del inicio del trasplante simultáneo de páncreas-riñón en pacientes con diabetes mellitus tipo 1 en la Comunidad Valenciana
Resumen Introduccion El trasplante simultaneo de pancreas-rinon (SPK, por simultaneous pancreas kidney) es una opcion terapeutica valida en pacientes afectos de diabetes mellitus tipo 1 con enfermedad renal cronica terminal que son candidatos a trasplante renal. Se presentan los resultados desde el inicio del programa de trasplante SPK en la Comunidad Valenciana. Metodos Estudio descriptivo, retrospectivo y unicentrico de los trasplantes de pancreas realizados en el Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe, desde septiembre de 2002 a diciembre de 2015. Se recogieron variables clinicas de los donantes y receptores, variables peri-operatorias y supervivencia del paciente y del injerto pancrea…
Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplantation Improves Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy with Improved Valsalva Ratio as the Most Precocious Test
Background. Simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplantation is a proven option of treatment for patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and related end-stage renal disease. There is discrepancy between the results of different studies about the impact of prolonged normalization of glucose metabolism achieved by SPK on the course of diabetic complications including severe forms of diabetic neuropathy. The objective of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) in patients undergoing SPK transplantation and its evolution 10 years after transplantation. Methods. Prospective study of 81 patients transplanted in a single center from year 2002 t…