Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

A Structured Framework for Translation of the ACNS Standardized Critical Care EEG Terminology Into Spanish

Purpose: The American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS) Critical Care EEG Terminology provides standardized language for describing electroencephalographic (EEG) patterns in critically ill patients but has not been formally translated into Spanish. We aimed to develop a con...

Is it safe to use surgical instruments with debris from a previous surgery after sterilization?

Aims The presence of biological debris on surgical instruments after reprocessing poses potential risks of infection in orthopaedic surgery. While autoclave sterilization is the standard method, its effectiveness in eliminating microbial contamination from residual bone, cement,...

Timing and trajectory of acute kidney injury predict mortality in alcohol-associated hepatitis: A multinational cohort study.

BACKGROUND: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in alcohol-associated hepatitis (AH) and associated with poor outcomes, yet the prognostic implications of AKI timing and early renal trajectory remain unclear. METHODS: In this prospective multicenter cohort from the Global AlcHep...

Standards for practical management of drug hypersensitivity reactions to intravenous drugs and proactive early allergy involvement before referral: A WAO Statement

Hypersensitivity reactions to intravenous therapies—including antibiotics, chemotherapeutics, biologics, anesthesia agents, and contrast media—pose significant challenges in acute care settings. These reactions often occur outside the purview of allergy specialists, leading to de...

Rotator Cuff Tears Part I: Diagnosis, Nonoperative Management, and Repair of Posterosuperior Tears—An International Expert Consensus Statement

PURPOSE: To establish updated international consensus statements on the diagnosis, nonoperative management, and repair of posterosuperior rotator cuff tears, reflecting new evidence, evolving techniques, and ongoing areas of controversy. METHODS: A consensus process on the treatm...

Rotator Cuff Tears Part II: Subscapularis Repair, Augmentation, and Tendon Transfer—An International Expert Consensus Statement

PURPOSE: To establish updated international consensus statements on subscapularis repair, graft/patch augmentation and superior capsular reconstruction, and tendon transfers for rotator cuff tears, reflecting new evidence, evolving techniques, and ongoing areas of controversy. ME...

Management of metastatic spinal disease in low- and middle-income countries: an international survey of practices and challenges in Latin America

Spinal metastases impose urgent diagnostic and therapeutic demands; however, evidence from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in Latin America is sparse. We aimed to characterize real-world practices, access gaps, and priorities to in-form context-adapted guidelines. We con...

Monitoring strategies in adults eligible for pharmacological lipid-lowering therapy

OBJECTIVES: This is a protocol for a Cochrane review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the effects of different laboratory monitoring strategies for treatment efficacy (lipid levels) and treatment safety (hepatic, muscular, and renal parameters) in adults e...

Pharmacological lipid-lowering therapies for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults with dyslipidaemia: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

OBJECTIVES: This is a protocol for a Cochrane review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: Primary To compare the effects and safety of lipid-lowering therapies, including statin regimens (high intensity, moderate intensity, and low intensity), non-statin therapies, and...

Acquired hemophilia: insights from a multicenter real-life study in a middle-income country

Background Acquired hemophilia A (AHA) is a rare hemorrhagic disease with scarce published information from developing countries. Objectives The main objective was to describe the clinical manifestation and treatment, as well as laboratory characteristics of patients with AHA. Pa...

Long‐term follow‐up of PET / CT ‐adapted therapy after three cycles of ABVD for all stages of classic Hodgkin lymphoma: Results of the GATLA LH ‐05 trial

Summary The Grupo Argentino de Tratamiento de la Leucemia Aguda (GATLA) LH‐05 trial evaluated positron emission tomography‐computed tomography (PET‐CT)‐guided ABVD (doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine) in patients with stage I–IV classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL). A...