Biomedical subjects

B S Strauch

Publications and source records attributed to B S Strauch.

12 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1992

Forecasting thrombosis of vascular access with Doppler color flow imaging.

A noninvasive technique, color Doppler flow imaging, was used to study the predictive value for future episodes of thrombosis in vascular access (polytetrafluoroethylene [PTFE] grafts and radial-cephalic fistulae) in a series of chronic hemodialysis patients. Patients with grafts were classified into three groups based on maximum constriction of the vascular access diameter: narrowing of greater than 50% (group I), narrowing of 30% to 50% (group II), and no narrowing or narrowing less than 30% (group III). More than half of the patients in group I suffered vascular access thrombosis within 6 months, while only 9% to 13% of patients in groups II and III had episodes of thrombosis during the same time interval. Decreased access volume flow (AVF) also correlated with episodes of thrombosis in these patients. No correlation could be demonstrated between recirculation and future thrombosis. No patient with a fistula had narrowing greater than 30% and none had vascular access thrombosis during the 6-month follow-up.

Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical↗

PubMed1977

Treatment of severe drug overdosage with charcoal hemoperfusion.

Mortality from severe poisoning remains excessively high in patients managed conservatively. In this report, charcoal hemoperfusion was used as a therapeutic aid to active drug removal in 10 patients (9 of whom were in Grade IV coma) intoxicated with a variety of drugs and a further 3 patients poisoned with the highly lethal herbicide, paraquat. All 10 patients who ingested drugs recovered. One of the 3 patients ingesting paraquat survived. The hemoperfusion treatments were associated with demonstrated drug removal. Complications associated with hemoperfusion were minor. Decreases in platelet levels were observed but were not accompanied by clinically important bleeding. The technique of hemoperfusion is simple and provides a therapeutic aid in the care of the severely poisoned patient.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1976

Hemodialysis in the treatment of severe hypercalcemia.

Severe hypercalcemia is a life-threatening problem that requires prompt therapy. With the exception of diuresis, most forms of therapy are either ineffective, slow in action, or have major serious disadvantages. In some instances diuresis is relatively ineffective. As shown in this case report, hemodialysis with a dialysate low in calcium is rapidly effective in such instances and should be considered for patients with severe hypercalcemia while they are being prepared for surgery or while diagnostic studies are being performed.

Calcium↗

PubMed1974

Kidney disease and pregnancy.

The course of 41 pregnancies was studied in 25 patients with renal disease. Histological classification of the disease in each patient was made by renal biopsy. The analysis suggests that the course of pregnancy in women with coexistent renal disease correlates with the underlying renal lesion and probably with the glomerular filtration rate and blood pressure. In patients with heavy proteinuria there is increased oedema formation, making the nephrotic syndrome a frequent complication.

Abortion, Spontaneous↗

PubMed1974