Biomedical subjects

B Guillaume

Publications and source records attributed to B Guillaume.

5 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1992

Diagnosis of venous thrombosis in the legs using 81Krm venography.

Contrast venography, the accepted gold standard for the diagnosis of venous thrombosis of the leg, is a painful and invasive procedure with late side effects. There is controversy in literature reports about the sensitivity of 99Tcm-macroaggregated albumin (MAA) phlebography: indeed, using 99Tcm-MAA, poor results are obtained when one has to detect calf vein thrombosis. As with other isotopic procedures requiring a pedal injection of the tracer, the use of an injectable solution of 81Krm is a nonspecific method, based upon the abnormality in flow in the deep venous system which results from a deep venous thrombosis. However, when compared with 99Tcm-MAA, 81Krm offers theoretical advantages for phlebographic studies of the lower limbs. In this work 24 patients were studied both with contrast phlebography and with 81Krm. Although 81Krm provided images of high quality, there was a lack of sensitivity below the knee, where false negative results were observed. This could be explained by the fact that the radionuclide venographic procedures usually visualize only one or, in some cases, two of the three deep veins of the calf. Moreover, accurate differentiation between superficial and deep veins in the calf often appears difficult, even using a tourniquet.

Humans↗

PubMed1991

Responses of dairy cows to supplemental rumen-protected forms of methionine and lysine.

Multiparous Holstein cows at six universities were utilized to examine effects of ruminally protected methionine and lysine on lactational performance. Three hundred and four cows began the study; 259 cows were included in the production analysis. Following a 21-d standardization period, cows received a basal diet of corn silage and ground corn supplemented with one of five dietary treatments, which were supplements of soybean meal or corn gluten meal, the latter with zero and three combinations of protected methionine and lysine (methionine; methionine and lysine; methionine and double (2x) lysine). Treatment effects were evaluated during early, mid, late, and total lactation (22 to 112, 113 to 224, 225 to 280, and 22 to 280 d postpartum, respectively). On a DM basis, ratios of forage to concentrate (50:50, 60:40, and 70:30) increased, and dietary CP (16.0, 14.5, and 13.0%) decreased during the three periods of lactation. Amount of amino acid supplementation also decreased (15, 12, and 9 g/d methionine; 20, 16, and 12 g/d lysine; and 40, 32, and 24 g/d 2x lysine) with period of lactation. Actual and least squares means for milk, FCM, and milk protein yields were greater for soybean than for corn gluten meal during early, mid, and total lactation. In addition, these variables responded linearly to lysine in early lactation. Response to lysine was quadratic during mid and total lactation for these variables. Differences in nutrient intake explained production responses to protein sources but not to lysine. Serum amino acid responses primarily reflected differences in dietary protein source and rumen-protected amino acid.

Amino Acids↗

PubMed1990

[Mandibular osseous lacuna, salivary inclusion].

Salivary inclusion is seen, on panoramic films of the maxilla and the mandible, in the form of a mandibular osseous lacuna. Such an indicative diagnostic image, the prognosis for which is often sobering, requires CT scan exploration. The latter permits the diagnosis of Stafne's lacuna, the nature of which is benign. Quick and sure.

Diagnosis, Differential↗

PubMed1987

Comparison of sweet white lupin seeds with soybean meal as a protein supplement for lactating dairy cows.

Data were from 45 Holstein cows (23 multiparous, 22 primiparous) assigned by calving date and parity within groups to one of two isonitrogenous (16% crude protein) diets. The diets were 50% forages (corn silage, alfalfa silage) and 50% concentrate, dry basis. In diet A, soybean meal supplied 34.2% of total crude protein; in diet B, ground sweet white lupin seeds provided 37.9% of total crude protein. Cows were fed once daily during the experimental period (d 4 to 116 postpartum). Cows fed lupins consumed significantly less dry matter, produced 1.8 kg/d less milk (but not significantly different), and had lower milk protein percent. Milk fat and total solids percents were similar. Reasons for reduced intake of cows fed lupins were not evident. Traces of alkaloids (.005% dry basis) were present in diet B. Combined results of in vitro continuous culture fermentation and in situ degradation measurements indicated that crude protein from lupins was more degradable than that of soybean meal. Poor performances of cows fed lupins could be partly due to a reduced true protein supply to the small intestine.

Animal Feed↗

PubMed1977

[Severe hypercalcemia during hyperthyroidism].

A particularly high hypercalcemia (141 mg/ml) was observed in a man with Graves' disease. An intense muscle asthenia, with lack of dynamism and vomiting which may cause dehydration, are the most suggestive signs of hypercalcemia. Bone biopsy and above all parathormone estimations permit one to eliminate associated hyperparathyroidism. The efficacy of mithramycin used alone, without any other hypocalcemic drug, was remarkable. The direct responsibility of thyrotoxicosis as a cause of the calcium disorder seems undoubted but the precise mechanism of the hypercalcemia remains unexplained.

Adult↗