Designing a mixer for calibrating blood-gas analyzers

Moscow Automobile Roads Institute. All-Union Medical Instrumentation Research Institute, Moscow. Translated from Meditsinskaya Tekhnika, No. 3, pp. 35–38, May–June, 1991.     

Mechanism of action of baclofen on myocardial and vascular contractility

Department of Anatomy and Physiology of Man and Animals, A. I. Gertsen Leningrad Pedagogic Institute. Department of Pharmacology, Academician I. P. Pavlov First Leningrad Medical Institute. (Presented by Academician of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR A. V. Val'dman.) Translated from Byulleten' Éksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 106, No. 10, pp. 436–438, October, 1988.     

The histoarchitectonics of the uveal tract vessels in the rabbit eye in the dynamics of the burn process]

By means of injecting soot into the vessels of the uveal tract of the rabbit eye the character of changes in the architectonics of the vascular bed in dynamics of the burn process could be detected. It was found that a burn trauma produces changes in practically the whole uveal tract, but to a greater extent, in its anterior segment. Reduction of blood filling of the vessels or their total segmentary "switching-off" is connected with the development of reversible (thrombosis, oedema of endotheliocytes and surrounding stroma, hemolysis) and irreversible (destruction of the vascular wall, obliteration of vessels) structural changes. The degree of disturbances in blood circulation and reversibility of these changes depend on the severity of the burn. In case of less severe burns, total structural restoration of the vascular network in the nearest time is recorded, while in severe burns--partial restoration with elements of vascular net reconstruction of adaptive character.     

Influence of a platelet concentrate on prosthetic bone ingrowth in a rabbit model

Recent studies have shown that an increase in bone ingrowth by addition of osteogenic growth factors can reduce micro motion and gross implant motion and contribute to joint implant stability through osseointegration. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has the potential to provide growth factors that may be conducive to osteointegration at the bone-implant interface. This study analyzed the influence of PRP on bone ingrowth upon a beaded metal implant in distal femurs of 22 rabbits. Rabbit limbs were randomly assigned to receive an implant plus PRP or plain implant. Half of the specimens were randomly assigned to a 2-week group (n = 20) or a 5-week group (n = 20). Histologic and histomorphometric comparison between implant alone and implant plus PRP, at 2 and 5 weeks, was performed. In both the 2- and 5-week comparisons, there was no statistical difference (p > .05) in bone ingrowth between the control and PRP group, despite a slight increase in trabecular bone growth in PRP groups. This study suggests that PRP is not a major contributing factor to bone ingrowth at the bone-implant interface. This supports growing evidence in the literature that PRP can lead to variable bone growth stimulation in vivo.