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F G Prior

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PubMed1999

Oedema, Starling and pulse reverse osmosis: towards a possible biochemical marker for oedema.

Several conflicting theories have been proposed to explain the development of oedema. Pulse reverse osmosis (PRO) suggests that oedema occurs when the mean pulse capillary pressure exceeds the osmotic gradient between the plasma and the interstitial fluid. In order to test this concept mean arterial blood pressures and colloid osmotic pressures were taken in a group of healthy volunteers, a group of patients with bilateral ankle oedema and a group of treated hypertensives. Patients with oedema were found to have colloid osmotic pressures (COP's) which were significantly less than those of the healthy volunteers (p <0.001) and the treated hypertensives (p <0.001). The results support the oedema mechanism proposed by PRO and indicate that the relationship between blood pressure and COP may be a useful biochemical marker of oedema and its treatment. Further study is required to numerically quantify this relationship.

Analysis of Variance↗
PubMed1996

The therapeutic significance of pulse reverse osmosis.

Pulse reverse osmosis (1) is a new theory of fluid balance and exchange which suggests that the mean blood pressure and osmotic gradient control fluid balance and that the pulse controls fluid exchange. In vitro testing has confirmed some of the physico chemical principles underlying the theory (2). The hypothesis suggests a relationship between mean capillary blood pressure and osmotic gradient. Imbalance in this relationship can be related to the development of hypertension, hypotension, oedema and shock. In an attempt to test this concept mean blood pressures and colloid osmotic pressures were measured and compared in a group of 50 healthy human volunteers. The results suggest a curvilinear correlation between the mean blood pressure and the COP.

Blood Pressure↗
PubMed1991

Pulsing reverse osmosis as the mechanism underlying fluid exchange.

Problems inherent in the existing theories of fluid exchange are discussed. An alternative theory based on the interaction between the pulsing of the capillary pressure and the osmotic gradient between plasma and interstitial fluid is offered. Theoretic values for plasma and interstitial osmolalities are calculated. These are similar to the pressure found in the Bowman's capsule in the kidney. The theory offers a possible explanation for the pulsatile nature of the blood pressure, the formation of oedema and the stasis of fluid exchange in shock.

Animals↗
PubMed1985

Theoretical involvement of vitamin B6 in tumour initiation.

Vitamin B6 is a co-enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of thymidine. Thymidine deficiency has been reported to increase DNA replication errors and hence increase mutagenesis. Carcinogenic stimulae increase the rate of DNA repair, and increase cell multiplication, both of which increase the requirement for thymidine. Vitamin B6 deficiency occurring at the same time as contact with carcinogens could well lead to tumour initiation and subsequent cancer development.

DNA↗