Introduction. Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is characterized by an abrupt decrease in kidney function that triggers severe long term consequences after the event. Prediction of the development of AKI in the (ICU) is limited. ...

Introduction. A lot of patients with chronic renal failure on hemodialysis have a peripheral arteriovenous fistula (AVF) to ensure proper blood flow during hemodialysis, a variability in blood flow in the arm to the ...

Objective:To evaluate the effect on mean arterial pressure (MAP), hospital stay, mortality and tissue perfusion with the use of vasopressors in children with refractory septic shock in the pediatric intensive care unit of ...

Introduction: Acute myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries is a frequent clinical condition caused by a wide array of diseases. Absence of a definitive diagnosis can difficult proper treatment. Given ...

Organ transplantation is considered one of the most significant advances in modern medicine and is a successful procedure in terms of patients survival, being nowadays the best treatment option for patients with many ...

Traumatic Brain Injury is the silent epidemic disease actually, and generates spent of health costs about 60 billion dollars per year, and almost 400 billion dollars in rehabilitation in survivors. The cornerstone, in the ...

Human Butyrylcholinesterase (BChE; EC 3.1.1.8) is a polymorphic enzyme synthesized in the liver and adipose tissue, widely distributed in the body and responsible for hydrolyze some choline esters such as procaine, aliphatic ...