Asthmaanfälle unter niedrigdosierter Heparinprophylaxe bei einem Mann mit Schenkelhalsfraktur und Aortenaneurysma

Summary Hypersensitivity reactions to heparin preparations with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations have been reported frequently in the past, but are a rarity now. A 88 year old man was admitted for physical therapy of a collum femoris fracture. Treatment with a diuretic, Reserpine and Verapamil was continued. Chest x-ray revealed a large thoracic aortic aneurysm. From the 12th to the 18th day of low dose heparin prophylaxis with calcium heparin, 7500 U twice daily, at least eight attacks of asthma or cyanosis were observed, starting about two hours after heparin injection. The last attack began suddenly with wheezing, tachypnoea and cough and was associated with apprehension, a sudden blood pressure increase and severe cyanosis. Ventilation improved with oxygen and a ₂-stimulator, but hypertension and cyanosis lasted for three hours. After discontinuation of heparin no further attacks occurred. Causes other then heparin could not be found. Despite the use of porcine mucosa heparin, avoidance of preservatives and use of low doses a hypersensitivity reaction occurred in our case. The delayed onset after preceeding subcutaneous application as well as difficulties in separating the reaction from complications of underlying disease may delay heparin discontinuation.

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Dose to patients through nuclear medicine procedures in a department in northern Greece

Diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures in a large hospital in northern Greece during 1984–1988 have been surveyed in order to estimate the radiation burden to the patients. The mean effective dose equivalent (EDE) was found to be 1.96 mSv/examination and 2.46 mSv/patient, allowing for the fact that a number of patients underwent more than one examination. Apart from EDE, absorbed dose has been calculated for bone marrow, thyroid, gonads, kidneys and bladder. Patients undergoing multiple examinations have been used to calculate true patient dose distribution as well as patient time-weighted dose distribution. Because of the predominance of renal examinations, 8.5 fatal renal malignancies are expected per 100000 patients.     

Head injuries coexistent with pelvic or lower extremity fractures-early or delayed osteosynthesis

Summary The authors compared the results of a retrospective analysis of two groups of head-injured patients who had coexistent pelvic or lower extremit fractures. One group was treated with early osteosynthesis within the first 12 hours after trauma, simultaneously with neurosurgical treatment, while the second group was treated neurosurgically and osteosynthesis was postponed for 4 to 10 days. The second group revealed a higher mortality, which was due to fat embolism. We conclude that early osteosynthesis is the treatment of choice in patients with coexistent head injury and lower extremity fractures.     

Evidence for an Interaction Between the β-Blocker Pafenolol and Bile Salts in the Intestinal Lumen of the Rat Leading to Dose-Dependent Oral Absorption and Double Peaks in the Plasma Concentration–Time Profile

Pafenolol is a -blocker with unusual oral absorption properties. The blood concentration–time profile exhibits two peaks, and the bioavailability is low and dose dependent because of incomplete and nonlinear intestinal uptake. We addressed the question whether the intestinal absorption of pafenolol was affected by bile depletion in the gut lumen of rats. Further, the hypothesis that variable gastric emptying accounts for double peaks in blood was tested by duodenal administration of pafenolol. Following intraduodenal administration to rats with intact bile secretion, double peaks were observed in the blood concentration–time curve. The bioavailability was 6.8 ± 0.7% for the low dose (1 µmol/kg) and increased significantly to 28 ± 10% following the high duodenal dose (25 µmol/kg). These blood concentration–time profiles exclude interrupted gastric emptying as cause of the twin peaks. In bile duct-cannulated rats the intestinal absorption of the low dose (1 µmol/kg) was still poor (F = 10.7 ± 5.5%) and the blood concentration–time profile contained two peaks. Following administration of a high duodenal dose (25 µmol/kg) to rats with an almost bile-free small intestine, the absorption rate increased and the double-peak phenomenon disappeared in five of seven rats, while the bioavailability increased significantly, to 62 ± 27%. These results suggest that the low bioavailability of pafenolol is due to a complexation between bile and pafenolol in the gut lumen, preventing intestinal uptake in the major part of the small intestine. Further, such complex formation in the intestinal lumen may be the underlying mechanism of the double peaks observed in the blood concentration–time profile.     

Optimum dose of epidural morphine for postsurgical analgesia

To determine the optimum dose of epidural morphine for postoperative pain control, 0.5–4.0mg of morphine was administered to 198 patients who had undergone operations on lower abdomen or lower extremities under continuous epidural anesthesia. Analgesic effect of morphine and incidence of nausea or vomiting were studied using linear discriminant analysis. As explanatory variables, age and dose of morphine were statistically significant in discriminating analgesic effect of morphine. Among indices for physique of patients, height was the most useful for predicting the analgesic effect. The dose which made the discriminant function zero corresponded to the minimum effective dose (MED) of morphine and it was expressed as follows; MED (mg·meter^–1) = –0.0107 × age + 1.85. Predicting the incidence of nausea or vomiting in relation to the dose of morphine did not reach a level of statistical significance.(Ochi G, Yamane C, Arai T: Optimum dose of epidural morphine for postsurgical analgesia. J Anesth 4: 35–39, 1990)     

Effect of low dose radiation on subpopulations of lymphocytes and T cell subsets in mice

<正> The effect of radiation on lymphocyte subpopulations and T cell subsets of peripheral blood was studied in mice after X- and y-irradiation.lt was found that (1) there were neither marked changes in the percentage and absolute number of acid alpha-naphthol acetyl esterase "positive(ANAE + )cells of different granular patterns, nor significant lowering of the T11/Ts ratio after single whole body X-irradiation in the dose range of 25-250 mGy with a dose rate of 12.5mGy/min. At the same time no significant changes were found at different time intervals after irradiation. After continuous low level irradiation with 60Co γ-rays with a dose rate of 5.4 mGy/6h.d,the ANAE grauular pattern of lymphocytes showed no significant changes with cumulative doses of 32.4 -520 mGy. (3)There was no decrease in the "splenocyte Ts index in Kunming mice after low dose X-irradiation. The results suggest that the stimulatory effect of low dose radiation on the PFC reaction can not be explained on the basis of a decrease in num     

Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of cicaprost in healthy volunteers after oral administration of 5 to 20 μG

Summary In a Phase I study, the tolerability, pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of cicaprost have been investigated in 6 male volunteers given 5, 10, 15 and 20 g as tablets of the -cyclodextrin clathrate.Individual inhibition of platelet aggregation and changes in facial colour (measured by chromametry) were dose-dependent and reached a maximum 30 to 60 min post-dose. The maximum inhibition of platelet aggregation was about 40%. After 3 to 4 h pre-treatment values had returned. Blood pressure remained within the normal range. The peak plasma level of cicaprost was reached within 15 to 90 min after drug intake. Both C_max-and AUC were individually dose-dependent. The terminal half-life in plasma of cicaprost was approx. 1 h, and its total clearance amounted to 4–7 ml·min^–1·kg^–1. The time courses of the plasma levels and of the pharmacodynamic actions were in agreement. Interindividual differences were observed in the occurrence of unwanted effects (e.g. headache).Thus, cicaprost is an orally available PGI₂-mimetic, for which effects on platelet aggregation and vascular perfusion have been demonstrated in healthy volunteers after doses of 5 to 15 g.The results will form part of the M.D. thesis of T.Staks. Some of the findings were presented at the CPT meeting, Mannheim/Heidelberg, 1989     

低剂量电离辐射对小鼠免疫器官Bcl-2蛋白表达的影响

目的 :研究低剂量电离辐射对小鼠胸腺、脾和肠系膜淋巴结 Bcl- 2蛋白表达的影响 ,以揭示辐射诱导细胞凋亡 J型曲线的分子机理。方法 :采用免疫组织化学及图像分析定量方法。结果 :假照组各免疫器官存在 Bcl- 2蛋白的基础表达 ;而照射组随着照射后时间的推移 ,Bcl- 2蛋白表达逐渐增高 ,2 4 h达峰值 ,且差异显著 ;72 h回复至假照水平。结论 :上述结果为揭示低剂量辐射免疫兴奋效应和辐射诱导细胞凋亡 J型曲线的分子机理提供了有意义的数据     

颅内破裂动脉瘤手术时机的选择

目的探讨颅内破裂动脉瘤不同手术时机与临床预后的关系.方法回顾性分析121例前循环动脉瘤,其中延期手术夹闭97例,早期24例,采用不同的统计方法分析不同手术时机对预后的影响.结果早期手术夹闭24例中除1例V级患者于术后3d死亡和1例Ⅲ级患者于术后2月因颅内感染死亡外,余22例均获得优或良疗效;平均住院18.2d,无1例再出血,延期手术的97例平均住院时间是前者的2倍,14例发生再出血.结论早期显微外科治疗颅内破裂动脉瘤,尤其对Hunt&HessI～Ⅲ级患者,有利于缩短住院时间,降低保守治疗期间再出血的危险性,而对于Ⅳ～V级脑肿胀患者,早期手术的困难程度相应增加.     

负荷量苯巴比妥预防新生儿缺氧缺血性脑病及颅内出血

观察重度窒息儿静注苯巴比妥预防新生儿缺氧缺血性脑病及颅内出血的效果。方法：选择本院产科出生的重度窦息儿６０例为观察对象,随机分为用药组和对照组各３０例。用药组转入我科后即给予苯巴比妥钠荷量２０ｍｇ／ｋｇ,１２小时后给予维持量５ｍｇ／ｋｇ．ｄ,共７天。