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K Neumann

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Acetylsalicylic acid in combination with dihydroergotamine for preventing thromboembolism.

In a prospective randomized clinical trial involving 150 patients who underwent major abdominal surgery, acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and dihydroergotamine (DHE) were examined either alone or in combination for their potential to prevent thromboembolism. Combined treatment with ASA and DHE was found to be more effective in preventing the spread of thrombi and their propagation to the femoral veins.

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[The influence of glucocorticoids on the physiological cell renewal of gastric and intestinal mucosa (author's transl)].

The influence of Methylprednisolone (1.2 mg/kg body weight daily for 14 days) on the physiological cell renewal of gastric and intestinal mucosa was examined autoradiographically by determination of the 3H-labelling index and the cell cycle of the regenerating epithelial cells. Macroscopical or microscopical changes of the gastric or intestinal mucosa could not be observed. The labelling index was not significantly altered compared to the controls. Against this the determination of the cell cycle showed a clear inhibition of epithelial cell proliferation in all parts of the gastrointestinal tract with a prolongation of the postmitotic phase, a small inhibition of the DNA synthesis and a corresponding prolongation of the mean generation time.

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Effect of prolonged infusion of maximal and supramaximal doses of pancreozymin on pancreatic enzyme secretion in the rat--exhaustion or inhibition?

Secretion of trypsin, chymotrypsin, lipase and amylase was measured in male rats under urethane anaesthesia using a method of continuous perfusion of the duodenum. Prolonged infusion of cholecystokinin-pancreozymin (CCK-PZ) over a period lasting 200-360 min was administered either alone or together with a submaximal dose of secretin (1 unit/100 g - 10 min). Infusion of CCK-PZ was carried out using maximal doses (1--1.5 unit/100 g - 10 min) with and without secretin. Supramaximal doses of CCK-PZ (2 and 4 units/100 g - 10 min) were used only in combination with secretin. In all experiments secretion of enzymes showed a triphasic pattern including an initial peak followed by a plateau secretion after 10--20 min (phase 1), a decreasing second phase and finally base-line secretion (phase 3), thus demonstrating exhaustion of enzyme output from the gland with time. With increasing and supramaximal dose of CCK-PZ the cumulative output of enzymes from start to baseline secretion decreased progressively. Under the same conditions the levels of peak and plateau secretion were lower, the duration of plateau secretion was longer and the decreasing phase of secretion was shortened. These features indicate inhibition of secretion with increasing supramaximal doses of CCK-PZ infusion. Whereas the proteolytic enzymes and lipase reacted in a parallel way always amylase secretion was sustained on a higher level, implicating an alternative pathway for secretion.

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[Kidney function and arterial acid-base status during continuous stimulation of the carotid chemoreceptors in vagotomized cats].

In spontaneously breathing, chloralose narcotized and bilaterally vagotomized cats under mannite saline diuresis, the isolated carotid sinus were perfused for 1 hr with arterial and then for 1 hr with venous blood, and subsequently again with arterial blood for 1 hr. Either measure d or calculated were the parameters of arterial acid-base status, the arterial systemic bl-od pressure, the p-aminohippuric acid (PAH), inulin (IN), and osmolar clearance, the filtration fraction, the tubular reabsorption of oxmotically free water, the urinary time volume, and fractional excretions of the kidneys. Stimulation of the carotic chemoreceptors increased respiration, slightly enhanced the CPAH, and caused a minor fall of CIN with little altered filtration fraction. The renal resistance increased. The absolute and fractional excretions of urine, sodium, potassium, and of osmotically active particles rose significantly. Tubular reabsorption of osmotically free water showed a singificant increase. Urinary osmolarity remained constant in general. The changes of water and electrolyte excretion did not correlate with those of renal hemodynamics. The results argue against natriuresis being caused on chemoreceptor stimulation by increased filtrate volume of the whole kidney, or by decreased osmolarity of the renal medulla. The results are discussed with regard to the renal function in arterial oxygen deficiency.

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