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F Samhouri

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PubMed1986

Contrast media for angiography: effect on renal function.

A total of 125 patients with severe peripheral vascular disease were examined with translumbar aortography. The mean dose of contrast medium injected was 65 ml of Angio Conray (containing 31.2 g of iodine). Forty patients were pretreated with mannitol, and 32 received furosemide. Thirty-eight patients (30%) had diabetes and, presumably, diabetic nephropathy. Eleven of them had significant azotemia (creatinine values greater than or equal to 4 mg/dl). Administration of contrast material did not significantly reduce renal function in any patient group. We conclude that acute renal failure following the injection of contrast material is uncommon, is reversible, and almost always occurs when avoidable complicating factors are present.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1981

Effects of sphincter of Oddi bypass on bile acid metabolism in fed and fasted intact and cholecystectomized dogs.

The effects of cholecystectomy and sphincter of Oddi bypass on bile acid (BA) metabolism in dogs have been studied. Cholecystectomy and sphincter bypass decreased the BA pool half-life and increased the percent of taurodeoxycholic acid in the pool. A 48-hour fast had no effect on total BA pool size of intact and intact sphincter-of-Oddi-bypassed dogs but caused a marked decrease in cholecystectomized dogs. It was concluded that while the sphincter of Oddi is unnecessary to maintain bile acid pool size in fasting dogs, the gallbladder is. Alimentation is necessary to maintain pool size in cholecystectomized dogs.

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PubMed1978

The management of colonic and rectal injuries.

One hundred fifty cases of patients treated at the Henry Ford Hospital with traumatic injuries of the colon and rectum are reviewed. Five of 119 patients treated with exteriorization died, two of them from multiple visceral injuries, shortly after operation. The mortality rate for the primary-closure group of 24 patients was 8.3 per cent. In this group, 11 patients had postoperative complications. Thirty-nine of the 119 patients in Group II nad 62 complications. Infection was the predominant problem in both groups of patients. We still believe that exteriorization of the injured colon remains the safest method of managing these patients.

Adolescent↗
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The morbidity and mortality of colostomy closure.

Restrospective analysis was done of 304 patients who underwent colostomy closure at Henry Ford Hospital between 1967 and 1977. A mortality of less than 0.3 per cent and a morbidity rate of 14 per cent, with an average hospital stay of 15 days, is hereby reported. Wound infection was the most common complication with an incidence of 9.5 per cent. Late complications during the study period were less than 3 per cent. In our experience, if and intraperitoneal closure technique with resectiona and anastomosis is used, colostomy closure can be a safe procedure with minimal mortality and morbidity. We believe colostomy closure should be considered as nothing less than a major colonic resection.

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