76
|
Torres MJ, Criado A, Palomares JC, Aznar J. Use of real-time PCR and fluorimetry for rapid detection of rifampin and isoniazid resistance-associated mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Clin Microbiol 2000; 38:3194-9. [PMID: 10970356 PMCID: PMC87353 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.9.3194-3199.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Very fast amplification of DNA in small volumes can be continuously monitored with a rapid cycler that incorporates fluorimetric detection. Primers were designed to amplify a 157-bp fragment of the rpoB gene spanning codons 526 and 531 and a 209-bp fragment of the katG gene spanning codon 315 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Most mutations associated with resistance to rifampin (RMP) and isoniazid (INH) in clinical isolates occur in these codons. Two pairs of hybridization probes were synthesized; one in each pair was 3' labeled with fluorescein and hybridized upstream of the codon with the mutation; the other two probes were 5' labeled with LightCycler-Red 640. Each pair of probes recognized adjacent sequences in the amplicon. After DNA amplification was finished by using a LightCycler, the temperature at which the Red 640 probe melted from the product was determined in a 3-min melt program. Twenty M. tuberculosis clinical isolates susceptible to streptomycin, INH, RMP, and ethambutol and 36 antibiotic-resistant clinical M. tuberculosis isolates (16 resistant to RMP, 16 to INH, and 4 to both antimicrobial agents) were amplified, and the presence of mutations was determined using single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis, the LiQor automated sequencer, and the LightCycler system. Concordant results were obtained in all cases. Within 30 min, the LightCycler method correctly genotyped all the strains without the need of any post-PCR sample manipulation. Overall, this pilot study demonstrated that real-time PCR coupled to fluorescence detection is the fastest available method for the detection of RMP and INH resistance-associated mutations in M. tuberculosis clinical isolates.
Collapse
|
77
|
Criado A, Zúñiga FJ. Low-Temperature Structure, Molecular Dynamics and Phase Transition of Phenothiazine. Acta Crystallogr A 2000. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767300027215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
|
78
|
Criado A, Cárdenas S, Gallego M, Valcárcel M. Fast urinary screening for paracetamol using on-line microwave assisted hydrolysis and spectrophotometric detection. Analyst 2000; 125:1179-83. [PMID: 10932861 DOI: 10.1039/b001153n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
A fully automated urinary screening system for paracetamol and its metabolites is proposed. The method comprises on-line acid microwave assisted hydrolysis of the drug to p-aminophenol followed by reaction with o-cresol in alkaline medium. The indophenol blue dye formed can be continuously monitored at 620 nm. The detection limit achieved, 0.1 microgram ml-1, allows a high dilution of the samples, thus reducing potential interferences from the sample matrix (mainly protein degradation during urine hydrolysis). The proposed screening system also possesses an adequate selectivity, as the major interferent, epinephrine, is tolerated at concentrations higher than those that could be found in the positive urine samples. The reproducibility, expressed as relative standard deviation, was 3.0% and the sample frequency 20 h-1. The reliability of the method was established at five concentrations (between 0.5 and 4 times the detection limit). Finally, it was applied to the screening of several human urine samples. The results obtained were compared with those provided by batch acid hydrolysis, and were similar in all instances.
Collapse
|
79
|
Marsico F, Nascimento P, de Paula A, Nascimento A, Tendillo F, Criado A, de Segura IG. Epidural injection of ketamine for caudal analgesia in the cow. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2995.1999.tb00182.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
|
80
|
Greco R, Cordovilla G, Sanz E, Benito J, Criado A, Gonzalez M, De Miguel E. Warm ischemic time tolerance after ventilated non-heart-beating lung donation in piglets. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998; 14:319-25. [PMID: 9761444 DOI: 10.1016/s1010-7940(98)00181-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE The availability of lungs for transplantation could be ameliorated with the use of organs retrieved from ventilated non-heart-beating donors (VNHBD). The aim of this work is to determine the limit to tolerable in situ warm ischemia time (WIT) for lung grafts after circulation is stopped. METHODS Twenty piglets underwent left lung allotransplantation. Animals were randomly allocated based on the donor's status before lung harvesting into the following study groups: Sham (n = 5), Heart-beating donors-non-warm ischemia; I-30 (n = 5), I-60 (n = 5) and I-90 (n = 5), VNHBD-WIT of 30, 60 and 90 min, respectively. Right pulmonary artery and bronchus were permanently occluded one hour after transplantation. Assessment of pulmonary function was monitored hourly by hemodynamic, oxygenation and pulmonary mechanic measurements during a period of 6 h after reperfusion. Lung grafts were weighed pre- and post-transplantation. RESULTS Cold ischemic time was similar for all groups, and averaged 80.1+/-2.7 min. Final mean lung weight was significantly greater in VNHBD (92.5+/-3.1 g vs. Sham values 75.6+/-2.4 g, P < 0.01). After right lung exclusion, hemodynamic changes consisted of a sustained increase in pulmonary vascular resistance and a reduction in cardiac output. Lung mechanics also modified, with a rise in airway resistance and a fall in compliance. CONCLUSIONS Post-transplantation lung graft function from VNHBD with up to 90 min of WIT, is equivalent to those achieved by grafts harvested after heart-beating donation. This method may be a promising strategy of increasing the pulmonary donor pool.
Collapse
|
81
|
Dawidowski J, Bermejo FJ, Fayos R, Bennington SM, Criado A. Coherent neutron scattering response from glassy glycerol. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL PHYSICS, PLASMAS, FLUIDS, AND RELATED INTERDISCIPLINARY TOPICS 1996; 53:5079-5088. [PMID: 9964839 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.53.5079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
|
82
|
Maseda E, Suárez L, Peinado R, Moreno I, del Campo JM, Criado A. [Predictive factors of inotropic support in myocardial revascularization surgery]. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE ANESTESIOLOGIA Y REANIMACION 1996; 43:123-5. [PMID: 8815463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES The use of perioperative inotropics in myocardial revascularization surgery can be considered a marker of ventricular dysfunction, the etiology of which involves a variety of pre- and intraoperative factors. Knowledge of the risk factors and their relative importance can allow them to be modified for improved outcome. This study aims to determine the incidence of and factors that predict the need for inotropic support in order to finalize extracorporeal circulation and in the first 6 hours after myocardial revascularization. PATIENTS AND METHODS Two hundred forty-two patients who underwent myocardial revascularization were studied retrospectively. The parameters collected were age, sex, NYHA classification, left ventricular telediastolic pressure at baseline and after contrast, ejection fraction, collateral circulation, number of distal anastomoses, time of clamping, time of extracorporeal circulation, need for inotropic support to end extracorporeal circulation and during the first 6 hours after surgery. RESULTS Inotropics were used in 27.6% of the sample. The need for inotropic support was related to female sex (odds ratio [OR] 3.85 with 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.56-9.49); NYHA class III (OR 2.13 with 95% CI, 1.05-4.32) or IV (OR 10.16 with 95% CI, 3.22-32.13); low injection fraction (OR 2.41 with 95% CI, 1.22-4.76); and prolonged extracorporeal circulation (OR 2.97 with 95% CI, 1.54-5.76). CONCLUSIONS The independent variables associated with the need for inotropic support during the perioperative period in myocardial revascularization are NYHA functional class III and IV, female sex, low injection fraction and prolonged extracorporeal circulation. New techniques for myocardial protection during extracorporeal circulation, plus adequate peroperative stabilization of patients and shorter time of extracorporeal circulation will probably diminish short term morbidity in revascularization surgery.
Collapse
|
83
|
Srinivasan A, Bermejo FJ, Dawidowski J, Zúñiga J, Criado A. Evidence for a supercooled plastic-crystal phase in solid ethanol. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1996; 53:8172-8175. [PMID: 9982300 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.53.8172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
|
84
|
Bermejo FJ, Criado A, Enciso E, Schober H. Microscopic dynamics of glycerol in its crystalline and glassy states. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1996; 53:5259-5267. [PMID: 9984131 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.53.5259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
|
85
|
Uña R, Uña S, Ureta P, Criado A. [Vaporizers in anesthesia]. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE ANESTESIOLOGIA Y REANIMACION 1995; 42:392-398. [PMID: 8584778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
|
86
|
Zúñiga FJ, Criado A. Structure at 140 K, lattice dynamics and phase transition of 4,4'-dichlorobenzophenone. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION B: STRUCTURAL SCIENCE 1995. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108768194014321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
|
87
|
Uña R, Ureta P, Royo C, Martínez E, Uña S, Criado A. [High-frequency ventilation in a patient with bilateral tension pneumothorax caused by barotrauma and severe bronchospasm]. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE ANESTESIOLOGIA Y REANIMACION 1995; 42:351. [PMID: 8560061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
|
88
|
Ortiz JR, García J, Archilla J, Criado A. [Latex allergy in anesthesiology]. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE ANESTESIOLOGIA Y REANIMACION 1995; 42:169-174. [PMID: 7792415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
Allergy to latex, described 15 years ago, is increasing. It affects mainly certain risk groups, such as health-care workers and patients with spina bifida or genitourinary malformations. Symptoms vary in intensity from mild to life-threatening and can present during any medical procedure involving skin or mucosal contact, or inhalation, of the allergen in a previously sensitized patient. The most serious cases reported have generally involved patients undergoing surgery. Prevention is based mainly on tentative diagnosis made when the patient's history is taken, followed by laboratory tests and consultation with an allergist. Because prophylactic drug protocols have proven ineffective, the patient must be offered a latex-free environment in keeping with standard recommendations.
Collapse
|
89
|
Muñoz A, Criado A. A molecular dynamics interpretation of the inelastic neutron spectra in the plastic phase of hexachloroethane. Mol Phys 1995. [DOI: 10.1080/00268979500100841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
|
90
|
Maseda E, Diaz-Agero P, Suarez L, del Campo JM, Moreno I, Criado A. Tracheal intubation through tracheoesophageal fistula. Anesth Analg 1995; 80:422-3. [PMID: 7818137 DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199502000-00039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
|
91
|
López-Vidaur P, Seiz A, de la Cruz CA, Fraile JR, Criado A. [Electromyographic response to precurarization with vecuronium bromide]. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE ANESTESIOLOGIA Y REANIMACION 1995; 42:47-50. [PMID: 7899652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To analyze electromyographic response and clinical effects after precurarization with vecuronium bromide (0.01 mg/Kg), also noting intubation conditions and the presence or not of fasciculations after administration of succinylcholine (1.5 mg/Kg). PATIENTS AND METHODS A single precurarization dose of vecuronium was administered to 20 patients 5 minutes before anesthetic induction for general surgery. During this period we monitored neuromuscular transmission of the cubital nerve in the wrist by electromyography with a series of 4 stimuli, expressing each as the percentage of the first response and of the ratio T4/T1. We also recorded clinical repercussions. General anesthesia was then induced; after administration of succinylcholine, the presence or not of fasciculations was noted and intubation conditions were evaluated. RESULTS The electromyographic response after precurarization was highly variable, as 4 different responses were recorded. We found potentiation phenomena in 20% of our patients, diminished response in 60%, fatigue phenomena in 15% and no change in 5%. Clinical signs noted were blurred vision and heavy eyelids. Fasciculations disappeared in 95% of the patients and intubation conditions were excellent. CONCLUSIONS Vecuronium at a precurarization dose produces highly varied but well-tolerated electromyographic responses. The drug is effective in eliminating fasciculations produced by succinylcholine and does not affect intubation conditions.
Collapse
|
92
|
Uña R, Maseda E, Sánchez T, Uña S, Reinaldo JA, de Retes R, Criado A. [Ebstein's anomaly. Anesthetic alternatives in non-cardiac surgery]. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE ANESTESIOLOGIA Y REANIMACION 1995; 42:35. [PMID: 7892531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
|
93
|
Bermejo FJ, García-Hernández M, Mason T, Martínez JL, Enciso E, Criado A. Correlated atomic motions in glassy selenium. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1994; 50:13286-13296. [PMID: 9975520 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.50.13286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
|
94
|
|
95
|
Taboada S, Prieto C, Martínez JL, Criado A. Optical phonons, crystal-field transitions, and europium luminescence-excitation processes in Eu2BaCoO5: Experiment and theory. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1994; 50:9157-9168. [PMID: 9974961 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.50.9157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
|
96
|
Bermejo FJ, Enciso E, Criado A, Martínez JL, Garcia-Hernández M. Thermal transport in glassy selenium: The role of low-frequency librations. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1994; 49:8689-8695. [PMID: 10009648 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.49.8689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
|
97
|
Muñoz-Ramón JM, de la Cruz MT, Criado A. [Critical incident in relation to an anti-pollution system]. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE ANESTESIOLOGIA Y REANIMACION 1994; 41:43. [PMID: 8016432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
|
98
|
Criado A, Luty T. Disorder and molecular-flexibility model for the ferroelastic phase transition in phenothiazine. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1993; 48:12419-12424. [PMID: 10007608 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.48.12419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
|
99
|
Bermejo FJ, Frikkee E, García-Hernández M, Martínez JL, Criado A. Neutron scattering from polycrystalline ice (Ih): Some keys to understanding the collective behavior of liquid water. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL PHYSICS, PLASMAS, FLUIDS, AND RELATED INTERDISCIPLINARY TOPICS 1993; 48:2300-2303. [PMID: 9960852 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.48.2300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
|
100
|
Criado A, Muñoz A. Disorder in the plastic phase of hexachloroethane. Acta Crystallogr A 1993. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767378090248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
|