Effect of deltamethrin on antipyrine pharmacokinetics and metabolism in rat

The effect of deltamethrin pretreatment on the pharmacokinetics and metabolism of antipyrine was studied in male rats. The total plasma clearance of antipyrine was significantly decreased by deltamethrin pretreatment (20 mg/kg and 40 mg/kg daily for 6 days prior to antipyrine administration), while the elimination half-life at phase, the area under the concentration-time curve and the mean residence time of antipyrine were significantly increased. The magnitude of the observed changes was dose dependent. The urinary excretion of norantipyrine, 4-hydroxyantipyrine and 3-hydroxymethylantipyrine was decreased by 39%, 32% and 26%, respectively (p<0.001) in the presence of deltamethrin. In addition, the rate constants for formation of each of these metabolites were significantly decreased by an average of approximately 71%. These results suggest that deltamethrin is capable of inhibiting oxidative metabolism, a finding which could be of clinical and toxicological significance.     

Retropublic colpourethropexy with transabdominal anterior and/or posterior repair for the treatment of genuine stress urinary incontinence and genital prolapse

A new operative technique combining retropublic colpourethropexy with transabdominal internal anterior and/or internal posterior repair for the treatment of genuine stress incontinence (GSI) and genital prolapse is described in 75 cases. The overall success rate in correcting GSI was 92.0%, with a 94.8% success rate in the primary surgical group (n=58) and an 82.4% in the secondary group (n=17). Average follow-up has been 1.31 years (range 6 weeks–6 years). There was a 3.4% incidence of residual prolapse. Nine patients also underwent concomitant colpourethropexy. Overall surgical complications include febrile morbidity 4/75 (5.3%), wound infection 1/75 (1.3%), deep vein thrombosis 1/75 (1.3%) and partial ureteric obstruction 1/75 (1.3%). There were no statistically significant changes in multichannel urodynamic studies preoperatively and at 1 year following surgery. Onethird (2/6) of the GSI failures had low MUCP (<20 cm H₂O) prior to surgery and continued so at 1 year follow-up.EDITORIAL COMMENT: Genital prolapse is often present in patients who have GSI. If an operation is performed to correct the GSI, and those areas of weakness in the pelvic support system that are contributing to the genital prolapse are not treated, the genital prolapse will become more severe. In the operation which has been described, the colpopexy sutures will correct any cystourethrocele, and the removal of the wedge of tissue from the anterior superior vaginal wall will correct the cystocele. The removal of the wedge of tissue from the posterior superior vaginal wall will reduce the redundancy of the posterior vaginal fornix, but a culdeplasty of the Moschcowitz or Halban type is recommended to treat or prevent an enterocele and to place the vaginal apex in the hollow of the sacrum. Any coexistent rectocele must always be treated vaginally. If it is not treated, it will appear to be more advanced following elevation of the anterior vaginal wall by retropubic urethropexy and the anterior repair which has been recommended.Genital prolapse is best treated by a vaginal approach. When one must une an abdominal approach, ancillary procedures such as the authors have described should be considered. A bulbous upper vagina is ideal for childbearing but if the apical support system and vaginal wall is weakened it is predisposed to prolapse. If the surgeon, in operating for genital prolapse, which involves the upper vagina, will taper the vaginal apex and support it by obliteration of the cul-desac and shortening and reattachment of the uterosacralcardinal complex, postoperative prolapse will be less likely to recur.     

Prediction of survival and recurrence in bladder carcinoma

Summary We have followed a large population of patients receiving radiation treatment for bladder carcinoma with respect to survival and recurrence-free survival. Bivariate and multivariate life table analyses have been performed using a set of independent variables. The most important were T class, grade (G), urinary carcinoembryonic antigen (U-CEA) taken before treatment and cytological analysis 4 months after treatment. We compared the usual way of classifying a patient (T+G) with the combination of U-CEA and cytology since the latter two variables seemed to have great prognostic importance. The analyses show that T+G gives the best significance for survival (P=0.0003) while U-CEA and cytology is better for recurrence-free survival (=0.0002). 0.0002).     

Action of the competitive angiotensin II antagonist saralasin during the initial phase of glycerol-induced acute renal failure of the rat

Summary The effects of the competitive angiotensin II antagonist saralasin (1-sarcosine-8-alanine-5-isoleucine-angiotensin II) on renal function in healthy rats and in rats with myohemoglobinuric acute renal failure were studied. Acute renal failure was induced by an intramuscular injection of 50% glycerol (10 ml ·kg^–1). Functional impairment of the glycerol treated animals consisted in a decrease of renal blood flow (electromagnetic flowmeter) and GFR and in an increase of urine volume and arterial blood pressure.In healthy rats saralasin (6 g·kg^–1·min^–1 i.v.) had no renal effects by itself but antagonized the angiotensin II (200 ng·kg^–1·min i.v.) induced fall of renal blood flow and GFR and the increase of arterial blood pressure. Given to glycerol treated animals saralasin did not induce any change of arterial blood pressure, renal blood flow, GFR or the urinary excretion of fluid and sodium.Supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft     

Pharmacokinetics of spironolactone in man

Summary Five healthy male volunteers received 500 mg Aldactone^® orally together with 100 Ci ³H-20-21-spironolactone; one elderly patient received 1 mCi ³H-spironolactone without additional cold drug. For 6 days the disposition kinetics of the drug were studied in plasma, urine and feces. The tritium concentrations in plasma reached a peak between 25–40 min after administration amounting to 2–3% of the dose/1. Up to the 12th h, they fell rapidly and showed a monoexponential decline (t _1/2 : 2.57±0.27 days) between the 36th and 96th h. Later, a striking increase in the speed of elimination of radioactivity from plasma (t _1/2 : 1.66±0.21 days) was observed. The biological half-life of labeled material in plasma was longer than that of fluorigenic compounds. 47–57% of the dose were excreted in urine and the remaining amount culd be detected in feces (total recovery 90%). The half-life of the urinary excretion rate was distinctly shorter (t _1/2 : 0.9±0.11 days) than that of total radioactivity in plasma. This, together with an observed increase of the polar fraction in urine from 35 up to 85%, which was accompanied by a decrease in plasma from 55 to 35%, suggests either tubular reabsorption or enterohepatic recirculation of lipophilic compounds. TLC-separation of the lipophilic fraction in urine revealed two previously unknown compounds of which the main congener was identified as 3-(3-oxo-7-methylsulfonyl-6, 17-dihydroxy-4-androsten-17-yl) propionic acid -lactone, as well as canrenone and the metabolites which have already been described (Karim and Brown, 1972; Karim et al., 1975). This metabolite represents the main lipophilic degradation product in urine within the first hours, whereas the 6-OH-7-methylsulfinylspirolactone leveled off and seemed to be an endexcretion product. For further characterisation, the polar fraction was subjected to acidic hydrolysis. The known metabolic pathways of spironolactone degradation are discussed.The paper includes parts of the thesis of G. Luszpinski     

m-Dinitrobenzene intoxication due to skin absorption

Summary A case of m-dinitrobenzene intoxication is described. Clinical picture of the patient who was exposed to an industrial material containing m-dinitrobenzene, methaemoglobinemia and excretion of urinary metabolites observed in a volunteer who experimentally worked with the same material, absence of m-dinitrobenzene in the ambient air during the exposure, and penetration of m-dinitrobenzene through the protective gloves which were used by the patient indicate that m-dinitrobenzene was the toxic agent and that the main route of the invasion was skin absorption.     

筋膜悬带对女性压力性尿失禁的治疗作用

目的　对自体阔筋膜作为吊带行尿道悬吊术的疗效和安全性进行分析。方法　 2 0 0 0年 1月至 2 0 0 2年 7月 ,收治 1 3例压力性尿失禁伴子宫脱垂及前后壁膨出患者 ,取自体大腿外侧阔筋膜条作为吊带 ,经下腹阴道联合切口行尿道悬吊带手术 ,同时行阴道式全子宫切除及阴道前后壁修补术。结果　 1 3例患者均获得治愈 ,无阴道出血、感染、排斥反应等并发症发生。 5例患者在术后出现暂时性排尿困难 ,1个月内症状消失。结论　自体阔筋膜带尿道悬吊术是治疗女性压力性尿失禁的安全有效术式。     

尿激酶型纤溶酶原激活剂系统在喉癌中的表达及意义

目的　探讨尿激酶型纤溶酶原激活剂及其抑制剂在喉癌中的表达及与临床病理各参数及预后的关系。方法　采取免疫组化链霉卵白素生物素过氧化酶法 (labeled streptoavidin biotin peroxidase,SAB)法 ,对 10 4例喉鳞状细胞癌标本中的尿激酶型纤溶酶原激活剂 (urokinase typeplasminogenactivator,uPA)、抑制剂 (plasminogenactivatorinhibitors ,PAI)PAI 1和PAI 2表达情况进行检测。结合临床随访 ,经Kaplan Meier生存曲线、log rank检验及Cox比例风险模型分析其与临床病理参数及患者生存预后的关系。结果　uPA、PAI 1、PAI 2在喉癌组织中的表达分别为 66 3 %、70 2 %、5 0 0 %。uPA、PAI 1、PAI 2的阳性表达在颈部淋巴结转移组与非转移组中差异有显著性 ,经半定量分析P值分别为 0 0 10、0 0 2 7、0 0 3 8。单因素分析显示 :淋巴结转移及复发、肿瘤细胞分化程度、uPA和PAI 2表达是影响患者预后的因素。多因素分析提示 :淋巴结转移及复发、临床分期、uPA和PAI 2是影响患者预后的独立因素。结论　uPA在喉癌转移中起着重要的作用 ;PAI 1的作用复杂 ,可能不单纯是uPA的抑制剂 ;PAI 2可能是uPA主要抑制剂 ,由于其表达不足尚不能抑制uPA的活性     

Comparison of preputial sac and urine cultures in healthy children

The aim of the present study was to examine subpreputial bacteriology and to compare it with the urine cultures of healthy male children. Seventy-two male children were divided into two groups as A and B according to age. In both groups preputial sac and urine cultures were taken simultaneously. Gram (+) enteric cocci were the most common isolated pathogens from the preputial sac in group B. Enterobacter, E. coli and staphylococci species were isolated from the urine cultures of three patients in group B. We could not find any difference between the preputial sac swabs of group A and B patients, but the isolation rate of urine cultures of group A patients was significantly higher than group B (p < 0.05). The findings of the present study support a potential role of the prepuce acting as a reservoir of faecal bacteria in the pathogenesis of UTI in male infants, especially in the first year of life. Improved penile hygiene after the first year of life does not alter the subpreputial bacteriology, but significantly decreases the contamination of urine. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

保留盆腔自主神经的直肠系膜全切除术对患者术后排尿和性功能的影响

目的　研究保留盆腔自主神经的直肠系膜全切除术后患者的排尿和性功能。方法　将 63例DukesA、B期直肠癌患者随机分为对照组 (2 9例 )和研究组 (3 4例 )。对照组行Miles手术 (13例 ) ,Dixon手术 (16例 ) ;研究组行保留盆腔自主神经的直肠系膜全切除术 ,保留肛门 2 5例 ,未保留肛门 9例。观察比较 2组患者术后自主排尿的情况 ,膀胱残余尿量及性功能。结果　研究组患者术后轻、中、重度排尿障碍的发生率分别为 11.8%、5 .9%和 0 ,明显低于对照组 (2 4.1%、2 0 .7%和 3 .5 % )。研究组中 17例男性患者术后 2例 (11.8% )阴茎不能勃起 ,4例 (2 3 .5 % )不能完成性交及射精 ;17例女性患者术后 1例 (5 .9% )性交时阴道湿润性差 ;7例男、女患者 (2 0 .6% )术后不能体会性高潮。对照组中 15例男性患者术后 11例 (73 .3 % )阴茎不能勃起 ,13例 (86.7% )不能完成性交及射精 ;14例女性患者术后 6例 (4 2 .9% )阴道湿润性差 ;2 5例男、女患者 (86.2 % )术后不能体会性高潮。研究组男、女患者术后性功能障碍发生率显著低于对照组。结论　保留盆腔自主神经的直肠系膜全切除术能较好保留直肠癌患者术后的排尿和性功能。