Acute mesenteric ischemia, a frequently lethal disease, requires prompt diagnosis and intervention for favorable clinical
outcomes. This goal remains elusive due, in part, to lack of a noninvasive and accurate imaging study. Traditional angiography
is the diagnostic gold standard but is invasive and costly. Computed tomography (CT) is readily available and noninvasive
but has shown variable success in diagnosing this disease. The faster scanning time of multidetector row CT (M.D.CT) greatly
facilitates the use of CT angiography (CTA) in the clinical setting. We sought to determine whether M.D.CT-CTA could accurately
demonstrate vascular anatomy and capture the earliest stages of mesenteric ischemia in a porcine model. Pigs underwent embolization
of branches of the superior mesenteric artery, then imaging by M.D.CT-CTA with three-dimensional reconstruction protocols.
After scanning, diseased bowel segments were surgically resected and pathologically examined. Multidetector row CT and CT
angiography reliably defined normal and occluded mesenteric vessels in the pig. It detected early changes of ischemia including
poor arterial enhancement and venous dilatation, which were seen in all ischemic animals. The radiographic findingsd—compared
with pathologic diagnosesd—predicted ischemia, with a positive predictive value of 92%. These results indicate that M.D.CT-CTA
holds great promise for the early detection necessary for successful treatment of acute mesenteric ischemia.
Presented at the Forty-Sixth Annual Meeting of The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Chicago, Illinois, May 14–18,
2005 (oral presentation).
Supported by the Karin Grunebaum Research Fellowship, Harvard Medical School (D.E.R.), the German Research Fellowship, German
Research Foundation STR 690/1-1 (O.S.), and the Phillip H. Meyers Grant from the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists
(S.P.T.). 相似文献
Cyclosporin A (CyA) toxicity is a common occurrence in pediatric organ transplant patients. We hypothesized that reduced mdr1a expression in newborn and developing mice would affect CyA accumulation within organs and/or toxicity. For functional studies, CyA was administered (5 mg kg(-1) i.p.) to 1-, 12-, and 19-day, and adult male and female mdr1a+/+ and mdr1a-/- mice. Peak blood CyA was lower in 1-, 12-, and 19-day-old (1000 ng ml(-1)) versus adult (1500 ng ml(-1)) mice but was similar in mdr1a+/+ and mdr1a-/- mice. Kidney mdr1a expression (measured by quantitative polymerase chain reaction) increased 2.5-fold in 19-day-old male and female mice and increased another 4-fold in adult females compared with adult males. Liver mdr1a expression increased 6-fold by day 12 compared with neonatal mice. Thereafter, maintenance of hepatic mdr1a expression in females and a reduction to neonatal levels in males was observed. Kidney/blood (8- to 9-fold) and liver/blood (12- to 15-fold) CyA levels were highest on days 12 and 19 and were not dependent on maturational changes in mdr1a mRNA levels. Adults had higher brain expression of mdr1a mRNA (3-fold), a corresponding 5-fold increase in immunodetectable P-glycoprotein, and 80% lower brain accumulation of CyA compared with 1-day-old mice. Conversely, in mdr1a-null mice, brain/blood CyA was similar in newborn and adult mice. A similar pattern was observed for the brain accumulation of the mdr1a substrate 3H-digoxin. We conclude that the risk for central nervous system drug toxicity could be higher in neonates or young children as a consequence of underdeveloped P-glycoprotein. 相似文献
Background: The ideal intrathecal isobaric bupivacaine dose for cesarean delivery anesthesia is uncertain. While small doses (5-9 mg) of bupivacaine may reduce side effects such as hypotension, they potentially increase spinal anesthetic failures. This study determined the ED50 and ED95 of intrathecal isobaric bupivacaine (with adjuvant opioids) for cesarean delivery.
Methods: After institutional review board approval and written informed consent were obtained, 48 parturients undergoing elective cesarean delivery under combined spinal-epidural anesthesia were enrolled in this double-blind, randomized, dose-ranging study. Patients received a 5-, 6-, 7-, 8-, 9-, 10-, 11-, or 12-mg intrathecal isobaric bupivacaine dose with 10 [mu]g fentanyl and 200 [mu]g morphine. Overall anesthetic success was recorded when no intraoperative epidural supplement was required during the cesarean delivery. ED50 and ED95 values for overall anesthetic success were determined using a logistic regression model.
Results: ED50 and ED95 values for overall anesthetic success were 7.25 and 13.0 mg, respectively. No advantages for low doses could be demonstrated with regard to hypotension, nausea, vomiting, pruritus, or maternal satisfaction, although this study was underpowered to detect significant differences in secondary outcome variables. 相似文献
Background: We performed a phase I study of a novel system of complete hepatic venous isolation and extracorporeal chemofiltration in
patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) to determine (a) whether systemic exposure to doxorubicin could
be limited after high-dose hepatic arterial infusion (HAI), and (b) the hepatic maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of doxorubicin.
Methods: Ten patients with biopsy-proven HCC were treated with 20-min HAI of doxorubicin (17 total treatments). Two patients were
treated with doxorubicin 60 mg/m2, three patients were treated at 90 mg/m2, and five patients received 120 mg/m2. A newly developed dual-balloon vena cava catheter was advanced from the femoral vein, and the balloons were inflated to
isolate and capture total hepatic venous outflow. The hepatic venous blood was pumped through extracorporeal carbon chemofilters
before return of the blood to the systemic circulation.
Results: Peak systemic doxorubicin levels were an average 85.6% lower than were peak prefilter levels (p<0.01). Because all catheters
were placed percutaneously and because the chemofiltration markedly limited systemic chemotherapy exposure, patients were
discharged 1 day after 16 of the 17 treatments. The hepatic and systemic MTD of doxorubicin in this treatment protocol was
120 mg/m2.
Conclusions: This novel system of complete hepatic venous isolation and chemofiltration limits systemic chemotherapy toxicity and will
allow use of higher doses of chemotherapeutic agents to treat HCC.
The results of this study were presented at the 46th Annual Cancer Symposium of The Society of Surgical Oncology, Los Angeles,
California, March 18–21, 1993. 相似文献
A unique case of a malignant oncocytoma of the maxillary sinus is reviewed in detail. The ultrastructural findings are presented. The histologic and ultrastructural criteria that characterize onco-cytes and the clinicopathologic features of benign and malignant oncocytomas are discussed. This case represents the eleventh reported case that would truly qualify as a malignant oncocytoma of the paranasal sinuses. 相似文献
The voltage-sensitive dye diO-C2-5 was used to produce an in vivo map of the membrane potential in two types of seizures. Mild limbic seizures were induced in rats with kainic acid; clonic convulsive seizures were induced with bicuculline. Kainic acid animals showed various levels of neural depolarization during their seizures in limbic, thalamic, cortical, and brainstem sites. The bicuculline animals showed uniformly greater levels of neural depolarization during their seizures. The magnitude of these changes relative to controls varied across seizure models and reflected the different underlying neural mechanisms for each model. The ability of the technique to capture local electrical events provides a new tool in which to explore brain activity. 相似文献