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J Garry

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PubMed2001

[Natural history of vascular ports for hemodialysis after renal transplantation].

INTRODUCTION: The objective of this study was to assess the long-term outcome of AV shunts in renal transplant recipients, to discuss mechanisms affecting their functioning and the surgical strategy designed to optimally preserve the venous capital in the hypothesis of a return to dialysis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 160 renal transplant recipients, with a mean age of 47 years, were reviewed. AV shunts were performed at the wrist in 95% of cases and in the cubital fossa in 13% of cases. The AV shunt had been performed an average of 29 months before renal transplantation. RESULTS: 62% of AV shunts were considered to be functional with a mean follow-up of 69 months after transplantation and 95 months after creation. The intraoperative and early and late postoperative thrombosis rates were 6%, 7.5% and 17%, respectively. The AV shunt was subsequently closed in 12 patients (7.5%). CONCLUSION: Native distal AV shunts, although not used after renal transplantation, have a prolonged survival. The main risk is thrombosis which can be prevented intraoperative and perioperatively. These results encourage a conservative attitude to all well tolerated AV shunts.

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PubMed1997

Managing TMD.

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American Dental Association↗
PubMed1986

Nocturnal continuous infusion of growth hormone (GH)-releasing hormone results in a dose-dependent accentuation of episodic GH secretion in normal men.

Fluctuations in plasma GH levels have been found in patients with acromegaly who have continuously elevated levels of ectopically produced GH-releasing hormone (GHRH). Likewise, plasma GH fluctuations have been found in normal subjects receiving continuous GHRH infusions. We report the effects of two doses of GHRH, administered by constant infusion, on nocturnal GH secretion in six normal young men. Each received, in random order, 2.5 ng/kg X min GHRH, 15 ng/kg X min GHRH, and 0.15 M NaCl. During both GHRH doses, a highly significant increase in total nocturnal GH secretion was found (P less than 0.001) as well as an increase in GH secretion during different periods of the night. Nocturnal GH secretion was episodic during the GHRH infusions, with an increase in the number and magnitude of the peaks compared to those during the NaCl infusion. Plasma immunoreactive GHRH concentrations plateaued at 1 h during the high dose and at 3 h during the low dose GHRH infusion. Sleep parameters, including total sleep time, sleep latency, and duration and timing of the different sleep stages, were not affected by GHRH infusions. We conclude that GHRH, continuously infused, increases nocturnal GH secretion according to the dose, while the episodic pattern of GH secretion is maintained.

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Compilation of reported biological effects data and ultrasound exposure levels.

A compilation of reports of biological effects and related ultrasound exposure levels can be useful in the identification of trends in effects data that may be developing in the literature. The exposures in the experiments reviewed were at frequencies used in medicine. For short (10 minutes or less) continuous wave exposure, with the exception of behavioral effects where variable results have been observed, this tabulation did not identify any in vivo or in vitro effects at spatial peak, temporal average (SPTA) intensities less than 100 mW/cm2. However, a number of effects using pulsed sources with SPTA intensities under this level have been reported. There are several frequently recurring topics in recent reports which include developmental effects and microstructure changes at the cellular level. In addition to animal investigations, there are some limited human epidemiological studies reporting an association between medical ultrasound exposure in utero and developmental effects. Although sufficient research has not been completed to draw conclusions, the findings deserve further investigation. A systematic pattern of directed research on a large scale is not apparent. The available data consist of many scattered studies conducted by individual investigators and groups throughout the world.

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Feasibility of planar virtual pathology: a new paradigm in volume-rendered CT colonography.

Planar virtual pathology (PVP) is an isometric rendering method for examining the CT colonography dataset, which renders the colon in discrete colonic segments. Ten patients with 36 polyps were evaluated using traditional 2D axial, 2D multiplanar reformatted, and 3D endoluminal images as well as PVP. PVP displayed 13 of 17 (76%) polyps of >1 cm, whereas 11 of 17 (65%) were detected using traditional rendering methods. PVP may be a useful adjunct in detecting additional polyps at CT colonography.

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