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B Magnusson

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The effect of parietal cell vagotomy and selective vagotomy with pyloroplasty on iron absorption. A prospective randomized study.

Iron absorption from a composite meal was studied in 37 male patients before and 1 year after parietal cell vagotomy (PCV) and selective vagotomy with pyloroplasty (SV + P) in a prospective randomized series. The ability to absorb dietary non-haem iron was studied by relating in each subjects the food iron absorption to the absorption from a small dose of ferrous iron, which has been shown to be unaffected by gastric surgery. After both PCV and SV + P there was a malabsorption of food iron which was statistically significant in patients with increased iron requirements caused by phlebotomy. Malabsorption of food iron was less marked after PCV and SV + P than in patients after gastric resection, and it is concluded that there may be no need for a general prophylactic iron supplementation in patients operated on with PCV and SV + P.

Adult

Contact allergy without skin disease.

Patch tests with a standard series were performed in 274 non-dermatologic patients undergoing orthopedic surgery. Allergic reactions were observed in 22%, particularly to nickel (7%) and balsam of Peru (5%). Contact allergy in patients without previous or present skin disease was observed in 9%. A certain frequency of contact allergy in the general population should be held in mind when considering the incidence in patients with skin disease.

Aged

Tumours in Iceland. I. Malignant tumours of skin--a histological classification.

Four hundred and eighty-five primary malignant skin tumours submitted for histological diagnosis in Iceland during the period 1955--1974 were typed according to the WHO histological classification. The incidence of these tumours, age-adjusted to the "World" population, was 12.6/100.000 in males and 11.0/100.000 in females. These are very low figures for a white population. The distribution by type among males was: basal cell carcinoma 66.8%, squamous cell carcinoma 22%, malignant melanoma 7.2% and others 4%. Among females: basal cell carcinoma 66.9%, malignant melanoma 20.8%, squamous cell carcinoma 10.2% and others 2.1%. The exposed areas of the body were affected much more frequently than other areas. The results support the theory that intensity of solar radiation is of major aetiological significance.

Adenocarcinoma

Glyceryl p-aminobenzoate patch testing in benzocaine-sensitive subjects.

Benzocaine-reactive patients were patch tested to two commercial sources of glyceryl p-aminobenzoate containing varying concentrations of benzocaine as a contaminant. Eleven of 20 reacted to the source with approximately 0.3% benzocaine; none reacted to the source with approximately 0.001% benzocaine.

4-Aminobenzoic Acid

Triclocarban: evaluation of contact dermatitis potential in man.

Triclocarban was subjected to a profiling of its dermatitis producing potential including irritancy (21-day cumulative irritancy potential and application to 213 normal controls), phototoxicity (method of Marzulli), predictive contact sensitization (modified Draize method), predictive phototesting and battery screening in 2200 dermatitis patients, in an effort to define its relative dermatitis potential. The allergic contact dermatitis potential of triclocarban following bar soap use appears minimal.

Carbanilides

The adjuvant effect of tuberculin in experimental sensitization to merthiolate.

When guinea pigs were sensitized to tuberculin by exposure to complete Freund's adjuvant the size of the intradermal PPD test was positively correlated to the body weight of the animal. Old Tuberculin showed stimulating effect in a subsequent sensitization to merthiolate (thimerosal). The high frequency of delayed cutaneous allergy to merthiolate in Swedish population is probably explained by sensitization through intradermal testing with tuberculin containing merthiolate as a preservative.

Animals

Gastrointestinal blood loss in man during administration of two ampicillin esters.

The gastrointestinal blood loss during intake of two ampicillin esters (pivampicillin and bacampicillin) was studied in 10 male volunteers. A radioactive chromium method was used. The study was performed with a double-blind cross-over technique. Pivampicillin seemed to give a slightly higher increase in gastrointestinal blood loss compared to placebo and bacampicillin but these bleedings are probably of no clinical significance.

Adult

A comparative study of gastrointestinal bleeding during administration of ketoprofen and naproxen.

The gastrointestinal blood losses arising after ketoprofen and naproxen therapy were studied in 12 male volunteers. A 51Cr-technique was used and the study was carried out using a double-blind crossover design. The median daily blood losses were 3.3 and 1.2 ml after ketoprofen and naproxen, respectively. Both preparations caused significantly increased gastrointestinal blood losses compared with preceding control periods, but there was no statistically significant difference between the two preparations.

Administration, Oral

Iron absorption in patients with dermatitis herpertiformis.

Iron absorption has been studied in patients with dermatitis herpetiformis (DH). Four patients out of 20 had iron deficiency, defined as absence of or only traces of haemosiderin in bone marrow smears. These four had adequate absorption of ferrous iron. The iron deficiency in at least 3 of them was ascribed to increased iron loss. The results indicate that, although having a mild to moderate malabsorption syndrome, DH patients can be expected to exhibit adequate absorption of orally administered iron. Explanations of a negative iron balance other than defective absorption should therefore be sought.

Adolescent