The present study was undertaken to assess the temporal association between
the profiles of serum concentrations of oestradiol-17beta, progesterone,
chorionic gonadotrophin (CG) and relaxin in pregnancies established
naturally, and after embryo transfer, as well as in failed pregnancies in
rhesus monkeys. In naturally mated cycles (group 1) a conception rate of
75% was obtained. In group 1, the mean day of CG detection in serum was
11.5 +/- 1.9 day post-ovulation, and for relaxin, 9.0 +/- 2.5 day
post-ovulation. In group 2, embryo transfer to synchronous, non-mated
surrogate recipients was performed; seven embryo transfer cycles yielded
three pregnancies which were allowed to continue to term and normal infants
were delivered. In embryo transfer cycles the mean day of CG detection was
14.8 +/- 1.8 day post- ovulation, and for relaxin, 11.4 +/- 2.6 day
post-ovulation. A delay of about 3 days was observed in the appearance in
circulation of CG (P < 0.05) and also of relaxin (P < 0.05) between
natural mated and embryo transfer conception cycles. Significant
differences (P < 0.05 for progesterone and P < 0.03 for oestradiol)
were obtained for the areas under the curves for progesterone and
oestradiol between days 12 and 16 in conception cycles compared with failed
pregnancies. These data provide the first observation of the normal
hormonal signals associated with maternal recognition of transferred
embryos during the peri- implantation period, and suggest that the use of
such an experimental primate embryo transfer model may help to elucidate
components of maternal and embryonic signal-response mechanisms during
embryo implantation.
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intercellular gap junctional communication (GJIC) has been implicated in
tumor promotion, neuropathy and teratogenesis. Oxidative stress has also
been implicated in similar pathologies such as cancer. We report a
potential link between oxidative stress and GJIC. Hydrogen peroxide, a
known tumor promoter, inhibited GJIC in WB-F344 rat liver epithelial cells
with an I50 value of 200 microM. Inhibition of GJIC by H2O2 was reversible
as indicated by the complete recovery of GJIC with the removal of H2O2 via
a change of fresh media. Free radical scavengers, such as t-butyl alcohol,
propylgallate, and Trolox, did not prevent the inhibition of GJIC by H2O2,
which indicated that the effects of H2O2 on GJIC was probably not a
consequence of aqueous free radical damage. The depletion of intracellular
GSH reversed the inhibitory effect of H2O2 on GJIC. The treatment of
glutathione- sufficient cells with H2O2 resulted in the
hyperphosphorylation of connexin43, which is the basic subunit of the
hexameric gap junction protein, as determined by Western blot analysis.
TPA, a well-known tumor promoter, also inhibits GJIC via
hyperphosphorylation of GJIC, which is a result of protein kinase-C
activation. However, H2O2 also induced hyperphosphorylation in
GSH-deficient cells that had normal rates of GJIC. Therefore, the mechanism
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Patients with pelvic and acetabular fractures often have considerable pain in the perioperative period. Regional anesthesia (RA) including peripheral nerve blocks and spinal analgesia may reduce pain. However, the real-world impact of these modalities on inpatient opioid consumption and outpatient opioid demand is largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of perioperative RA on inpatient opioid consumption and outpatient opioid demand.
Methods
This is a retrospective, observational review of inpatient opioid consumption and outpatient opioid demand in all patients ages 18 and older undergoing operative fixation of pelvic and acetabular fractures at a single Level, I trauma center from 7/1/2013–7/1/2018 (n = 205). Unadjusted and adjusted analyses were constructed to evaluate the impact of RA on inpatient opioid consumption and outpatient opioid demand while controlling for age, sex, race, body mass index (BMI), smoking, chronic opioid use, ASA score, injury mechanism, additional injuries, open injury, and additional inpatient surgery.
Results
Adjusted models demonstrated increases in inpatient opioid consumption in patients with RA (12.6 estimated OE’s without RA vs 16.1 OE’s with RA from 48 to 72 h post-op, p < 0.05) but no significant differences at other timepoints (17.5 estimated OE’s without RA vs 16.8 OE’s with RA from 0 to 24 h post-op, 15.3 vs 17.1 from 24 to 48 h post-op, p > 0.05). Estimated cumulative outpatient opioid demand was significantly higher in patients with RA at discharge to 90 days post-op (and 156.8 vs 207.9 OE’s to 90 days, p < 0.05) but did not differ significantly before that time (121.5 OE’s without RA vs 123.9 with RA from discharge to two weeks, 145.2 vs 177.2 OE’s to 6 weeks, p > 0.05).
Discussion
In pelvis and acetabulum fracture surgery, RA was associated with increased inpatient and outpatient opioid demand after adjusting for baseline patient and treatment characteristics. Regional anesthesia may not be beneficial for these patients.