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Open AccessSarcopenia of kidney transplant recipients as a predictive marker for reduced graft function and graft survival after kidney transplantation
The association between sarcopenia of kidney transplant recipients and outcome after kidney transplantation (KT) has not yet been fully understood and is still considered controversial. The aim of our study wa...
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Open AccessWhen to operate after SARS-CoV-2 infection? A review on the recent consensus recommendation of the DGC/BDC and the DGAI/BDA
Since the eruption of the worldwide SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in late 2019/early 2020, multiple elective surgical interventions were postponed. Through pandemic measures, elective operation capacities were reduced i...
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Intra-abdominal sepsis: new definitions and current clinical standards
The abdomen is the second most common source of sepsis and is associated with unacceptably high morbidity and mortality. Recently, the essential definitions of sepsis and septic shock were updated (Third Inter...
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Open AccessThe impact of early surgical intervention in free intestinal perforation: a time-to-intervention pilot study
An abdominal inflammatory focus is the second most often source of sepsis with a high risk of death in surgical intensive care units. By establishing evidence-based bundled strategies the surviving sepsis camp...