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K S Barnes

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Pharmacokinetics of combined intraperitoneal and incisional lidocaine in the dog following ovariohysterectomy.

Topical application of local anesthetics provides safe analgesia following abdominal surgery in people. Conservative doses have been utilized to avoid toxicity. Toxic effects are proportional to amount of drug administered and the plasma concentration of the drug, allowing predictions of safety following pharmacokinetic studies. The maximum plasma level, the pharmacokinetics and the safety of lidocaine hydrochloride when administered by the combined intraperitoneal (8 mg/kg i.p. with epinephrine 1:400 000) and incisional (2 mg/kg with epinephrine 1:200 000) routes were studied in six mixed breed dogs following ovariohysterectomy. Rapid uptake of lidocaine produced a peak concentration of 1.45 +/- 0.36 microg/mL (mean +/- SD, range 0.80-1.86 microg/mL) by 0.37 +/- 0.26 h (range 0.11-0.81) after administration. The absorption half-life was 0.13 +/- 0.1 h. Plasma concentrations decreased rapidly and the elimination half-life was 1.17 +/- 0.11 h. No signs of toxicity were observed in these dogs in the 18 h following drug administration. The dose studied generated levels of lidocaine well below toxic.

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Analysis of HLA DQ alpha allele and genotype frequencies in populations from Florida.

HLA DQ alpha allele and genotype frequencies for Caucasian, African American, Haitian, and Hispanic populations in Florida have been estimated. The Florida laboratories involved in these studies collected donor samples from a variety of sites including clinical laboratories, victim and suspect standards, blood banks, county jail detainees, and laboratory personnel. We have determined that the Caucasian and African American DQ alpha genotype frequencies do not deviate significantly from Hardy-Weinberg expectations and as a result of this heterogeneity analyses, data from the four Florida Caucasian populations may be combined and data from the four Florida African American populations may be combined to form two large HLA DQ alpha genotype frequency databanks. Further, data from the Florida Haitian population may be combined with the Florida African American population. Comparison of the combined Florida Caucasian populations, combined Florida African American populations, the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office (PBSO) Hispanic, and PBSO Haitian population with other databases does not support combination because allele frequency distributions are heterogeneous.

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