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A Geiger

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PubMed1983

Effect of adrenalectomy and administration of hypertonic saline on the content of aldehyde fuchsin-positive neurosecretory material and posterior lobe hormones in the median eminence and the neural lobe of rats.

The influence of adrenalectomy and administration of hypertonic saline on the amount of vasopressin, oxytocin, and neurophysin contained in the median eminence and the neural lobe of rats was studied by means of the following methods: (i) morphometric and microphotometric analyses of aldehyde fuchsin-stained histological sections of the neurohypophysis; (ii) immunohistochemical demonstration of vasopressin, oxytocin, and neurophysin in the neurohypophysis, and (iii) radioimmunological measurement of vasopressin and oxytocin in extracts of the median eminence and the neural lobe. Adrenalectomy increases the amount of vasopressin and neurophysin in the external layer of the median eminence but does not change the content of oxytocin. It has no influence on the amount of vasopressin, oxytocin, and neurophysin demonstrable in the inner layer of the median eminence and in the neural lobe two weeks after the operation. Hypertonic saline markedly diminishes the vasopressin, oxytocin, and neurophysin content of the inner layer of the median eminence and the neural lobe but reduces only slightly, if at all, the amount of vasopressin and neurophysin in the outer layer of the median eminence. The findings support the concept that osmotic stress reduces only the vasopressin and oxytocin content of the hypothalamus-neural lobe system and has no or only little influence on the vasopressin content of the outer layer of the median eminence.

Adrenalectomy↗
PubMed1982

Treatment of psoriasis with somatostatin.

In 22 of 26 patients suffering from psoriasis the drip infusion therapy with Somatostatin, an inhibitor of the human growth hormone (HGH), leads to complete or partial remission of skin lesions. Fast reduction of joint pains in arthropathic psoriasis could be observed in four of four patients. The repeated measurement of HGH blood level showed a decrease of HGH in five cases following the Somatostatin therapy combined with the clinical remission.

Adult↗
PubMed1981

Treatment of psoriasis with bromocriptin.

Sixty patients suffering from psoriasis of all clinical forms have been treated with an increased dosage of Bromocriptin. The age of the patients ranged from 20 to 72 years. Patients with contraindications for Bromocriptin were excluded from the test. In 80% a remission or reduction of psoriasis lesions was noticed. Side effects in the form of nausea, dizziness and vomiting occurred in 15%, but decreased in the course of Bromocriptin therapy.

Adult↗
PubMed1981

[Correlation of growth hormone and aetiology of psoriasis].

Pathological alterations of capillaries, accelerated epidermopoesis, increased rate and extent of metabolism in the psoriatic lesion and first manifestation of psoriasis rarely in the first 20 years of life made us decide to investigate the human growth hormone (STH) in blood serum. In 70 patients suffering from psoriasis we found that the extention of skin lesions was correlated to the STH levels, which were determined every 2 h all over the day. The average STH level in psoriasis was three times as high as average value in the group of 40 controls. Thus, one can conclude that psoriasis is caused by a persistence of STH with individual penetrance.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1979

[A computer-controlled monitoring and therapy system for shock compensation in severe burns (author's transl)].

A computer-controlled control loop for the automatic diagnosis of shock and infusion therapy is reported. External information (off-line) and vital parameters measured with serial devices (on-line) are used by the computer for the automatic control of infusion pumps. By this method the critical shock phase could be prevented in five seriously burned patients. The construction of the system also permits its use in other shock conditions.

Blood Pressure↗
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[Psychologic adjustment in pediatric cardiologic interventions. Observations and recommendations].

Under the assumption that no appropriate psychological care of children exists in the area of pediatric cardiology, a pediatric-cardiologic team worked together with a child-and-adolescent-psychiatrist to define the possibilities of preventing psychic traumatisation associated with cardiac interventions on children. The emotional reactions of children between 5 and 15 years of age and of their parents in connection with a cardiac catheter examination, as well as the role of the intervening doctor in his own eyes and in the eyes of the child, will be described. Practical recommendations for patients, families and institution follow, concerning the preparation of cardiac interventions with children and a detailed preparation program for cardiac catheter examination.

Adaptation, Psychological↗