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H P Fritz

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PubMed2001

Prospective trial evaluating early initiation of feeding in patients with newly placed one-step button gastrostomy devices.

The purpose of this study was to prospectively assess the feasibility and safety of early feeding in patients with newly placed one-step button (OSB) gastrostomy devices. Twenty-five patients who underwent percutaneous endoscopic button gastrostomy placement were prospectively enrolled. The patients underwent radiographic assessment (Gastrografin gastrograms) 3 hr after gastrostomy placement. Contrast extravasation was not documented in any patient. Aside from one patient who aspirated the contrast solution after the radiologic study, all others (96%) were successfully fed on the day the gastrostomy buttons were placed. In this prospective study of patients with newly placed OSB gastrostomy devices, early initiation of feeding was feasible and safe. In a fashion similar to their tube-style counterparts, button gastrostomy devices provide adequate apposition between the stomach and abdominal wall immediately after their initial placement.

Adult↗
PubMed1989

Biloma secondary to hepatocellular carcinoma in an HIV-seropositive patient.

Biloma has been defined as an extraductular collection of bile within a defined capsular space. Prior reports have documented an association of biloma with abdominal trauma and abdominal surgery. Biloma has not been reported in association with or as the presenting manifestation of hepatocellular carcinoma. In addition, hepatocellular carcinoma has not been previously reported in an HIV-seropositive patient. We present the case of an HIV-seropositive patient with hepatocellular carcinoma complicated by a biloma.

Bile↗
PubMed1984

Idiopathic de Toni-Debré-Fanconi syndrome with absence of proximal tubular brush border.

In a girl with idiopathic de Toni-Debré-Fanconi syndrome associated with psychomotor retardation, severe renal tubular dysfunction was observed from the first day of life. At the age of 21/2 and 4 years the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was only 60 ml/min/1.73 m2. No tubular transport of glucose, phosphate, paraaminohippurate and amino acids could be demonstrated. The tubular handling of uric acid, potassium and calcium, was also disturbed. Renal net acid excretion was zero at a plasma bicarbonate level of 14 mmol/l. Urinary osmolality ranged between 88 and 680 mosmol/kg. During hypotonic saline diuresis GFR decreased further; a GFR of 19 ml/min/1.73 m2 was accompanied by a fractional distal sodium delivery of 96.5% and a fractional free water clearance of 73%. In a renal biopsy specimen the proximal tubular cells showed variations in height with dedifferentiation and a widespread absence of brush border on electron microscopy. This formerly undescribed tubulopathy offers a unique chance to investigate glomerulo-tubular balance, adaptive mechanisms of distal tubular transport and renal metabolism under conditions where an apparently unchanged ultrafiltrate is offered by the proximal tubule to the loop of Henle and to a primarily intact distal tubule.

Amino Acids↗