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Major determinants of primary non function from kidney donation after Maastrich...
Gaspar, Ana; Gama, Madalena; Nobre De Jesus, Gustavo; Querido, Sara; Damas, Juliana; Oliveira, João; Neves, Marta; Santana, Alice; Ribeiro, João MiguelPurpose: Organ shortage greatly limits treatment of patients with end-stage chronic kidney. Maastricht type 2 donation after circulatory death (DCD) has been shown to have similar results in long term outcomes in kidney transplantation, when compared with brain dead donation. Our main goal was to assess Maastricht type 2 DCD and evaluate factors that impact on early graft function. Methods: A retrospective stud...
Post-intubation tracheal laceration
Nobre De Jesus, Gustavo; Freitas, Francisco; Fernandes, Susana M.; Alvarez, AntónioPost-intubation tracheal laceration (PITL) is an extremely rare entity (0.005% of entubations) with very high mortality and morbidity. Treatment can be conservative, namely for lacerations below 3 cm, surgical or endoscopic, according to size and location of the laceration and ventilatory efciency. Tere is no clear indication for one of these approaches and it depends on local expertise.