Background: Morbid obesity is a serious disease that afflicts over five million Americans, threatening their health with such
co-morbidities as diabetes, arthritis, pulmonary failure and stroke. Surgery is the only effective therapy, providing long-term
control of weight, diabetes, pulmonary failure, and hypertension for as long as 14 years. Because the operation presents a
major expense, this study examined whether X-ray examination of the gut could be omitted safely as a cost-saving measure.
Methods: The records of 814 consecutive morbidly obese patients who underwent gastric bypass were reviewed to determine: (1)
whether these individuals had undergone an upper gastro-intestinal (GI) series, and (2) if these studies influenced therapy
or caused cancellation or postponement of surgery. Results: Of the 814 patients, 657 (80.7%) underwent a preoperative GI radiography.
Of these examinations, 393 (59.8%) were normal, with the following abnormalities in the remaining 264: hiatal hernia, 164;
esophageal reflux, 39; Schatzki's ring, 18; small bowel diverticula, four; renal stones, four; malrotation, three; gall stones,
two; pyloric ulcer, one; possible pelvic mass, one; calcified leiomyoma, one; and dysphagial lusoria, one. None of these findings
resulted in cancellation or a delay in surgery. Conclusions: The upper GI series can be safely omitted from the routine preoperative
evaluation of patients undergoing gastric bypass. At a cost of $741.00 per examination, this change represents significant
potential savings. Similar evaluations of other routine preoperative tests may well provide a better basis for the evaluation
of these complex patients. 相似文献
Background. Hypoxia and warm ischemia produce severe injury to cardiac grafts harvested from non-heart-beating donors. To potentially improve recovery of such grafts, we studied the effects of intravenous phenylephrine preconditioning.
Methods. Thirty-seven blood-perfused rabbit hearts were studied. Three groups of non-heart-beating donors underwent intravenous treatment with phenylephrine at 12.5 (n = 8), 25 (n = 7), or 50 μg/kg (n = 7) before initiation of apnea. Non-heart-beating controls (n = 8) received saline vehicle. Hypoxic cardiac arrest occurred after 6 to 12 minutes of apnea, followed by 20 minutes of warm in vivo ischemia. A 45-minute period of ex vivo reperfusion ensued. Nonischemic controls (n = 7) were perfused without antecedent hypoxia or ischemia.
Results. Phenylephrine 25 μg/kg significantly delayed the onset of hypoxic cardiac arrest compared with saline controls (9.6 ± 0.5 versus 7.7 ± 0.4 minutes; p = 0.00001), yet improved recovery of left ventricular developed pressure compared with saline controls (57.1 ± 5.3 versus 41.0 ± 3.4 mm Hg; p = 0.04). Phenylephrine 25 μg/kg also yielded a trend toward less myocardial edema than saline vehicle (p = 0.09).
Conclusions. Functional recovery of nonbeating cardiac grafts is improved by preconditioning. We provide evidence that the myocardium can be preconditioned with phenylephrine against hypoxic cardiac arrest. 相似文献
Background: Mice immunized with murine mammary carcinoma cells genetically engineered to secrete interleukin-2 (IL-2) are rendered resistant
to subsequent challenge with unmodified tumor cells, and in the case of mice bearing established tumors, the rate of development
of pulmonary metastases is reduced. Despite these encouraging animal results, little is known about the induction of antitumor
immunity by IL-2 gene transfer in human breast cancer.
Methods: Adenovirally mediated IL-2 gene transfer was performed in 12 tumor fragment cultures established from seven primary breast
cancers. Autologous tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) or peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were cocultured with
transduced tumor fragments, and changes in phenotype and cytotoxicity were measured.
Results: IL-2 was never detectable in the untransduced cultures, but it peaked at 5.0—1,324.8 ng/ml in the transduced cultures. Lymphocyte
counts declined in all untransduced cultures, but they increased two- to sevenfold in four transduced cultures. CD4:CD8 ratios
decreased from a mean of 2.11 at baseline to 1.27 after stimulation in coculture (p=0.03). Expansion of lymphocytes expressing
the natural killer cell phenotype (CD3−CD56+) occurred in only one culture, but the CD3+CD56+ population increased in four of six cultures. Lymphocytes from four of 10 cocultures generated significant cytotoxicity against
allogeneic breast cancer cells. Induction of cytotoxicity correlated with expansion of the CD3+CD56+ phenotype (R2=0.805, p=0.02).
Conclusions: IL-2 gene expression by human breast cancer causes expansion of CD3+CD56+ cytotoxic lymphocytes. This phenotype is consistent with that of a non-major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-restricted
cytokine induced killer cell population previously described.
Opinions, interpretations, conclusions and recommendations are those of the author and are not necessarily endorsed by the
U.S. Army.
Presented at the 49th Annual Cancer Symposium of The Society of Surgical Oncology, Atlanta, Georgia, March 21–24, 1996. 相似文献
We studied 16 patients (18 shoulders) with frozen shoulders, 8 patients with subacromial impingement syndrome, and 3 healthy volunteers with dynamic magnetic resonance imaging enhanced with gadolinium diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid. After intravenous contrast was administered, gradient-recalled echo images were obtained in the oblique coronal plane every 11 to 13 seconds for a total period of 4 to 5 minutes. The signal intensity was measured at the periphery of the glenohumeral joint and in the subacromial bursa. The coefficient of enhancement (percent signal increase per second) in the frozen shoulders was 1.33±0.43 (mean ± SD) for the glenohumeral joint and 0.89±0.47 for the subacromial bursa. These values were far greater than those in subacromial impingement syndrome or in the control group, indicating increased blood flow to the synovium in the frozen shoulders. No previous reports have shown a clinical measure related to the pathophysiology of this disease. 相似文献
Thirteen diabetic male sex offenders were compared to 13 nondiabetic sex offenders matched on age, education and offense type. A standard battery of tests administered in the assessment of sex offenders was used to compare the two groups. The tests examine sexual history and preference, substance abuse, violence, personality, and neuropsychological impairment. Results showed that diabetics more often than controls complained of impotence and were nonresponders during phallometric testing. Diabetics, as adults, tended to have less sexual experience with adults and more with pubescent females. The two groups did not differ in number of sexual or nonsexual offenses. The diabetics reported more problems controlling their emotions and more often than controls presented in assessment with inappropriate and/or aggressive behavior and poor cooperation. MMPI results showed diabetics to have more overall clinical disturbance than controls including anxiety, health concerns, family problems, authority problems, criminality, confused thinking and ruminating. Diabetics and controls did not differ in reported frequency of violent behavior but the diabetics responded more extremely, given the circumstances. Diabetics tended to show more violence to their own children. The role of diabetes in the relapse cycle model of offending is discussed. 相似文献