| [infectious complications in cardiac transplantation: lausanne experience]. | infectious complications, a major cause of morbidity and mortality after heart transplantation, were reviewed in 49 heart transplant patients at lausanne. the follow-up lasted 32 months on average. 43 patients (88%) presented 108 infections (2.20 episodes of infection/patient). 38 severe infections (0.78 episodes/patient) were diagnosed in 27 patients (55%). 2 of the 9 deaths which occurred were due to infection. the viruses, principally of the herpes group, were responsible for 37% of all the i ... | 1994 | 7939514 |
| [cause of death and autopsy findings in patients of the swiss hiv cohort study (shcs)]. | the swiss hiv cohort study (shcs) is a prospective cohort study of hiv-infected adolescents and adults seen at 7 outpatient clinics (swiss university hospitals in basle, berne, geneva, lausanne, zurich, the st. gall cantonal hospital and the civico hospital in lugano). the shcs serves as an infrastructure for different research projects and includes about 70% of all patients with advanced disease in switzerland. from april 1984 to november 1995 3120 hiv-infected patients of the shcs died. autops ... | 2000 | 11109604 |