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B Gregory

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PubMed1990

Citrate anticoagulation during in vivo simulation of slow hemofiltration.

Citrate anticoagulation has been used as an alternative to heparin for hemodialysis in high-risk patients; however, its use in hemofiltration has not been well studied. We examined citrate in 6 patients placed on slow hemofiltration for up to 6 h duration. During the experiments, the systemic citrate level increased from a baseline average of 0.15 to 0.55 mmol/l, and then decreased to 0.27 mmol/l. The citrate was freely filtered. The systemic total and ionized calcium decreased very slightly and no untoward effects were noted. Anticoagulation was successful. This preliminary study suggests that citrate anticoagulation can be used in slow hemofiltration.

Calcium↗
PubMed1990

The athlete's knee.

The trend of the 1990s is for improved physical fitness with increased participation in exercise and sports. As a result, there has been an increased incidence in sport-related injuries with the knee being one of the most common areas affected. Ambulatory surgical centers can expect to see increasing numbers of arthroscopic knee surgeries. It is important for the nursing staff to understand the anatomy and physiology of the knee, nature of the injury, treatment, and discharge planning.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1989

The relation of flow cytometry to clinical and biologic characteristics in women with node negative primary breast cancer.

Flow cytometry (FC) analysis including DNA index (ploidy status) and cell kinetics (%S and %S + G2/M) was done on frozen tissue of the primary lesions of 101 women with node negative (N-) breast cancer who were studied prospectively. Currently, 19% (19/101) of the patients have recurred. No significant relations have been found between recurrence or survival and age, estrogen/progesterone receptor status, tumor size, and tumor type. The DNA index (ploidy) was not related to any clinical variable, time to recurrence, or survival. Aneuploid tumors did, however, have significantly higher %S phase activity. Patients with %S activity less than or equal to the median value were significantly different from those patients with %S above the median. They were older and had a higher frequency of ER/PR positive and well- or moderately differentiated tumors. Patients with %S + G2/M greater than the median value showed shorter time to recurrence (P = .055) and shorter survival (P = .006), whereas %S alone was significantly associated only with survival. Multivariate analysis showed that neither DNA index nor cell kinetics was significantly associated with time to relapse. DNA index was not significantly associated with survival; %S was of borderline significance whereas %S + %G2/M was a significant independent predictor of survival. Although FC data may provide independent information related to survival in N-women, additional research in a larger number of patients is needed to define its precise role in patient management.

Breast Neoplasms↗
PubMed1988

How reproducible are flow cytometry data from paraffin-embedded blocks?

The purpose of this technical report is to determine the reproducibility of flow cytometry data for ploidy and cell cycle kinetics using paraffin-embedded blocks of breast cancer tissue. One block from each of 39 tumors was studied in this report with each block having multiple sections analyzed independently. All of these sections gave ploidy analyses, while only 34 gave cell kinetic values. The standard deviation for the DNA index value in the multiple analysis study was less than 0.1 in all but three cases. The cell kinetic values gave larger variability, and the actual values were dependent on the method of analysis. Comparison of the variability for each method of analysis could not predict which procedure was superior. These results would indicate that ploidy is a reproducible value, while cell kinetic parameters should only be used as an indicator of proliferative activity that has been normalized to the mean or median of a large set of observations processed and analyzed by the same procedure.

Breast Neoplasms↗
PubMed1982

Loperamide modifies Escherichia coli, heat-stable enterotoxin-induced intestinal secretion.

We have shown previously that loperamide, an opiate analogue, inhibits cholera-toxin- and prostaglandin E2-induced secretion in the rat small intestine. In these studies loperamide modified secretion induced by partially purified Escherichia coli, heat-stable enterotoxin in infant mice. The drug was effective whether administered before or after established secretion. These experiments provide further suggestive evidence that loperamide has a broad spectrum of antisecretory activity.

Animals↗
PubMed1981

The effect of protein deficiency on the development of chronic antigen-antibody complex disease in mice.

Mice genetically selected to produce antibodies of either high or low affinity to protein antigens injected in saline were fed either a normal protein diet or a protein-deficient diet and were given daily injections of HSA for up to 73 days to induce chronic antigen-antibody complex disease. In low-affinity mice fed the normal protein diet, this resulted in impairment of renal function, deposition of immunoglobulin, C3 and HSA in the glomeruli, high levels of circulating antigen-antibody complexes and death from apparent renal failure in 50% of the animals. High-affinity mice on either diet had no impairment of renal function, fewer deposits in the glomeruli, lower levels of circulating complexes and no deaths. Low-affinity mice fed the protein-deficient diet had less impairment of renal function and less glomerular deposition of complexes than did low-affinity mice fed the normal diet. In addition, none of these mice died from renal failure. These results demonstrate that the protein-deficient diet reduced the severity of the experimental chronic antigen-antibody complex disease in low affinity mice but did not increase the susceptibility of high-affinity mice to the disease.

Animals↗
PubMed1972

Isolation of protective somatic antigen from Vibrio cholerae (Ogawa) ribosomal preparations.

Ribosomal preparations from Vibrio cholerae Ogawa and Inaba are protective immunogens for mice challenged with either serotype. Column chromatography of ribosomal fractions separated protective antigen from the ribosomes. The antigen is a heterogeneous colloid which contains protein, lipid, and carbohydrate in the ratio 3:1:1. Amino acid composition is that of a slightly acidic protein with no unusual complement of amino acids. The lipid component consists of several longchain fatty acids and of phosphatidyl ethanolamine. The major sugars identified were glucose and galactose. The colloid can be dissolved by treatment with chelating agents and sodium dodecyl sulfate. Purification of the solubilized material or of the colloid was unsuccessful.

Amino Acids↗