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Pigott A, Rudloff E. Traumatic Brain Injury-A Review of Intravenous Fluid Therapy. Front Vet Sci 2021; 8:643800. [PMID: 34307515 PMCID: PMC8299062 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2021.643800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This manuscript will review intravenous fluid therapy in traumatic brain injury. Both human and animal literature will be included. Basic treatment recommendations will also be discussed.
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- Armi Pigott
- BluePearl Specialty + Emergency Pet Hospital, Glendale, WI, United States
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- BluePearl Specialty + Emergency Pet Hospital, Glendale, WI, United States
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Gao X, Tao Q, Zhou X, Lei W. Lactated Ringer' Solution may be Superior to Saline-Based 6% Hydroxyethyl Starch 130/0.4 for Early Resuscitation within 12 hours from Hemorrhagic Shock. J INVEST SURG 2018; 32:515-522. [PMID: 29509042 DOI: 10.1080/08941939.2018.1439550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Purpose: To compare the effects of fluid resuscitation with lactated Ringer's solution (LR) and saline-based 6% hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 (HES) on the inflammatory response and oxidative stress in the small intestine as well as on bacterial translocation to the liver. Methods: Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to blood pressure-controlled hemorrhagic shock and then resuscitated with LR or HES. At 1, 3, 6, 12, and 24 hr after resuscitation, liver tissues were collected to count the bacterial colonies, and small intestines were harvested to analyze the levels of inflammatory (TNF-α and HO-1) and oxidative stress (MPO) mediators as well as the intestinal injury by immunohistochemistry, colorimetry and hematoxylin & eosin staining, respectively. Results: The expression level of TNF-α in the LR group was stable from 1 to 6 hr but decreased at 12 hr and then abruptly increased at 24 hr. The expression level of TNF-α in the LR group was significantly lower than that in the HES group, especially during the first 12 hr post-fluid infusion. MPO activity decreased to its lowest level at 3 hr but increased from 6 to 12 hr, with no difference at 24 hr between the two groups. Although a decreasing tendency was observed from 6 hr, HO-1 expression levels remained higher in the LR group than in the HES group at 12 and 24 hr, particularly at 12 hr. During the initial 12 hr, the LR group exhibited significantly lower colony-forming units in the liver tissues than the HES group. Chiu's score in the intestine decreased regardless of which resuscitative fluids were used. Conclusions: During early resuscitation (within 12 hr), LR may be superior to HES in reducing intestinal injuries by suppressing inflammatory and oxidative mediators.
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- Xinyue Gao
- Department of Anesthesiology, Gongli Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Gongli Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Gongli Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Pinto FCG, Oliveira MFD, Prist R, Silva MRE, Silva LFFD, Capone Neto A. Effect of volume replacement during combined experimental hemorrhagic shock and traumatic brain injury in prostanoids, brain pathology and pupil status. ARQUIVOS DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA 2016; 73:499-505. [PMID: 26083885 DOI: 10.1590/0004-282x20150039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2015] [Accepted: 02/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the main cause of trauma-related deaths. Systemic hypotension and intracranial hypertension causes cerebral ischemia by altering metabolism of prostanoids. We describe prostanoid, pupilar and pathological response during resuscitation with hypertonic saline solution (HSS) in TBI. Method Fifteen dogs were randomized in three groups according to resuscitation after TBI (control group; lactated Ringer's (LR) group and HSS group), with measurement of thromboxane, prostaglandin, macroscopic and microscopic pathological evaluation and pupil evaluation.Result Concentration of prostaglandin is greater in the cerebral venous blood than in plasma and the opposite happens with concentration of thromboxane. Pathology revealed edema in groups with the exception of group treated with HSS.Discussion and conclusion There is a balance between the concentrations of prostaglandin and thromboxane. HSS prevented the formation of cerebral edema macroscopically detectable. Pupillary reversal occurred earlier in HSS group than in LR group.
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- Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Unidade de Terapia Intensiva, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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de Oliveira MF, Pinto FCG. Hypertonic saline: a brief overview of hemodynamic response and anti-inflammatory properties in head injury. Neural Regen Res 2015; 10:1938-9. [PMID: 26889177 PMCID: PMC4730813 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.169620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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- Division of Functional Neurosurgery of the Institute of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Sharma D, Holowaychuk MK. Retrospective evaluation of prognostic indicators in dogs with head trauma: 72 cases (January-March 2011). J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio) 2015; 25:631-9. [DOI: 10.1111/vec.12328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2013] [Accepted: 04/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Diya Sharma
- Ontario Veterinary College Health Sciences Centre; University of Guelph; Guelph Ontario Canada
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- Ontario Veterinary College Health Sciences Centre; University of Guelph; Guelph Ontario Canada
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Silberman H, Powers M. Fluids, Electrolytes, and Nutrition. Gynecol Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/9781118003435.ch4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Odland RM, Panter SS, Rockswold GL. The effect of reductive ventricular osmotherapy on the osmolarity of artificial cerebrospinal fluid and the water content of cerebral tissue ex vivo. J Neurotrauma 2010; 28:135-42. [PMID: 21121814 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2010.1282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study was to explore a novel treatment involving removal of free water from ventricular cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for the reduction of cerebra]l edema. The hypothesis is that removal of free water from the CSF will increase the osmolarity of the CSF, which will favor movement of tissue-bound water into the ventricles, where the water can be removed. Reductive ventricular osmotherapy (RVOT) was tested in a flowing solution of artificial CSF (aCSF) with two end-points: (1) the effect of RVOT on osmolarity of the CSF, and (2) the effect of RVOT on water content of ex vivo cerebral tissue. RVOT catheters are made up of membranes permeable only to water vapor. When a sweep gas is drawn through the catheter, free water in the form of water vapor is removed from the solution. With RVOT treatment, aCSF osmolarity increased from a baseline osmolarity of 318.8 ± 0.8 mOsm/L to 339.0 ± 3.3 mOsm/L (mean ± standard deviation) within 2 h. After 10 h of treatment, aCSF osmolarity approached an asymptote at 344.0 ± 4.2 mOsm/L, which was significantly greater than control aCSF osmolarity (p <<0.001 by t-test, n = 8). Water content at the end of 6 h of circulating aCSF exposure was 6.4 ± 0.9 g H₂O (g dry wt)⁻¹ in controls, compared to 6.1 ± 0.7 g H₂O (g dry wt)⁻ after 6 h of RVOT treatment of aCSF (p = 0.02, n = 24). The results support the potential of RVOT as a treatment for cerebral edema and intracranial hypertension.
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- Rick M Odland
- Department of Otolaryngology, Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415, USA.
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Fluid resuscitation with isotonic or hypertonic saline solution avoids intraneural calcium influx after traumatic brain injury associated with hemorrhagic shock. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 68:859-64. [PMID: 20386281 DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e3181af69d3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Calcium is one of the triggers involved in ischemic neuronal death. Because hypotension is a strong predictor of outcome in traumatic brain injury (TBI), we tested the hypothesis that early fluid resuscitation blunts calcium influx in hemorrhagic shock associated to TBI. METHODS Fifteen ketamine-halothane anesthetized mongrel dogs (18.7 kg +/- 1.4 kg) underwent unilateral cryogenic brain injury. Blood was shed in 5 minutes to a target mean arterial pressure of 40 mm Hg to 45 mm Hg and maintained at these levels for 20 minutes (shed blood volume = 26 mL/kg +/- 7 mL/kg). Animals were then randomized into three groups: CT (controls, no fluid resuscitation), HS (7.5% NaCl, 4 mL/kg, in 5 minutes), and LR (lactate Ringer's, 33 mL/kg, in 15 minutes). Twenty minutes later, a craniotomy was performed and cerebral biopsies were obtained next to the lesion ("clinical penumbra") and from the corresponding contralateral side ("lesion's mirror") to determine intracellular calcium by fluorescence signals of Fura-2-loaded cells. RESULTS Controls remained hypotensive and in a low-flow state, whereas fluid resuscitation improved hemodynamic profile. There was a significant increase in intracellular calcium in the injured hemisphere in CT (1035 nM +/- 782 nM), compared with both HS (457 nM +/- 149 nM, p = 0.028) and LR (392 nM +/- 178 nM, p = 0.017), with no differences between HS and LR (p = 0.38). Intracellular calcium at the contralateral, uninjured hemisphere was 438 nM +/- 192 nM in CT, 510 nM +/- 196 nM in HS, and 311 nM +/- 51 nM in LR, with no significant differences between them. CONCLUSION Both small volume hypertonic saline and large volume lactated Ringer's blunts calcium influx in early stages of TBI associated to hemorrhagic shock. No fluid resuscitation strategy promotes calcium influx and further neural damage.
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Walker PA, Jimenez F, Cox CS. Progenitor cell therapy for traumatic brain injury: effect of serum osmolarity on cell viability and cytokine production. Regen Med 2010; 5:65-71. [PMID: 20017695 DOI: 10.2217/rme.09.73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION The potential translation of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy into a multimodal protocol for traumatic brain injury requires evaluation of viability and cytokine production in a hyperosmolar environment. Optimization of MSC therapy requires delivery to the target area without significant loss of cellular function or viability. No model evaluating the potential efficacy of MSC therapy at varying osmolarities currently exists. METHODS Rat MSCs were characterized with flow cytometric immunophenotyping. MSCs (passage 3) were placed in culture with multipotent adult progenitor cell media at varying osmolarities (250, 270, 290, 310, 330, 350 and 370 mOsm) potentially found with hypertonic saline infusion. After culture for 24 h, cellular viability was measured using flow cytometry (n = 6). Next, brain tissue supernatant was harvested from both normal rat brains and injured brains 6 h after cortical injury. Subsequently, MSCs were placed in culture with multipotent adult progenitor cell media +/- 20% normal brain or injured brain supernatant (at the aforementioned osmolarities) and allowed to remain in culture for 24 h (n = 11). At this point, media supernatant cytokine levels were measured using a multiplex cytokine assay system. RESULTS MSCs showed no clinically significant difference in viability at 24 h. MSCs cultured with 20% injured brain supernatant showed an decrease in proinflammatory cytokine production (IL-1alpha and IL-1beta) with increasing osmolarity. No difference in anti-inflammatory cytokine production (IL-4 and IL-10) was observed. CONCLUSION Progenitor cell therapy for traumatic brain injury may require survival and activity in a hyperosmolar environment. Culture of MSCs in such conditions shows no clinically significant effect on cell viability. In addition, MSC efficacy could potentially be enhanced via a decrease in proinflammatory cytokine production. Overall, a multimodal traumatic brain injury treatment protocol based upon MSC infusion and hypertonic saline therapy would not negatively affect progenitor cell efficacy and could be considered for multicenter clinical trials.
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- Peter A Walker
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 5.234, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Although the need and benefit of prehospital interventions has been controversial for quite some time, an increasing amount of evidence has stirred both sides into more frequent debate. Proponents of the traditional "scoop-and-run" technique argue that this approach allows a more timely transfer to definitive care facilities and limits unnecessary (and potentially harmful) procedures. However, advocates of the "stay-and-play" method point to improvement in survival to reach the hospital and better neurologic outcomes after brain injury. Given the lack of consensus, the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma convened a Practice Management Guideline committee to answer the following questions regarding prehospital resuscitation: (1) should injured patients have vascular access attempted in the prehospital setting? (2) if so, what location is preferred for access? (3) if access is achieved, should intravenous fluids be administered? (4) if fluids are to be administered, which solution is preferred? and (5) if fluids are to be administered, what volume and rate should be infused?
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Small volume resuscitation with 3% hypertonic saline solution decrease inflammatory response and attenuates end organ damage after controlled hemorrhagic shock. Am J Surg 2009; 198:407-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2008] [Revised: 01/04/2009] [Accepted: 01/04/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Walker PA, Harting MT, Baumgartner JE, Fletcher S, Strobel N, Cox CS. Modern approaches to pediatric brain injury therapy. THE JOURNAL OF TRAUMA 2009; 67:S120-7. [PMID: 19667844 PMCID: PMC2874892 DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e3181ad323a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Each year, pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) accounts for 435,000 emergency department visits, 37,000 hospital admissions, and approximately 2,500 deaths in the United States. TBI results in immediate injury from direct mechanical force and shear. Secondary injury results from the release of biochemical or inflammatory factors that alter the loco-regional milieu in the acute, subacute, and delayed intervals after a mechanical insult. Preliminary preclinical and clinical research is underway to evaluate the benefit from progenitor cell therapeutics, hypertonic saline infusion, and controlled hypothermia. However, all phase III clinical trials investigating pharmacologic monotherapy for TBI have shown no benefit. A recent National Institutes of Health consensus statement recommends research into multimodality treatments for TBI. This article will review the complex pathophysiology of TBI as well as the possible therapeutic mechanisms of progenitor cell transplantation, hypertonic saline infusion, and controlled hypothermia for possible utilization in multimodality clinical trials.
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- Peter A Walker
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Hypertonic saline attenuates cord swelling and edema in experimental spinal cord injury: a study utilizing magnetic resonance imaging. Crit Care Med 2009; 37:2160-6. [PMID: 19487936 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e3181a05d41] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to characterize secondary injury immediately after spinal cord injury (SCI), and to show the effect of hypertonic saline on MRI indices of swelling, edema, and hemorrhage within the cord. DESIGN A prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled study. SETTING Research laboratory. SUBJECTS Twelve adult Long-Evans female rats. INTERVENTIONS Rats underwent a unilateral 12.5 mm SCI at vertebral level C5. Animals were administered 0.9% NaCl (n = 6) or 5% NaCl (n = 6) at 1.4 mL/kg intravenously every hour starting 30 minutes after SCI. Immediately after SCI, rats were placed in a 4.7T Bruker MRI system and images were obtained continuously for 8 hours using a home-built transmitter/receiver 3 cm Helmholtz coil. Rats were killed 8 hours after SCI. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Quantification of cord swelling and volumes of hypointense and hyperintense signal within the lesion were determined from MRI. At 36 minutes after SCI, significant swelling of the spinal cord at the lesion center and extending rostrally and caudally was demonstrated by MRI. Also, at this time point, a hypointense core was identified on T1, PD, and T2 weighted images. Over time this hypointense core reduced in size and in some animals was no longer visible by 8 hours after SCI, although histopathology demonstrated presence of red blood cells. A prominent ring of T2-weighted image hyperintensity, characteristic of edema, surrounded the hypointense core. At the lesion center, this rim of edema occupied the entire unilateral injured cord and in all animals extended to the contralateral side. Administration of HS resulted in increased serum [Na], attenuation of cord swelling, and decreased volume of hypointense core and edema at the last time points. CONCLUSIONS We were able to use MRI to detect rapid and acute changes in the evolution of tissue pathophysiology, and show potentially beneficial effects of hypertonic saline in acute cervical SCI.
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BACKGROUND Despite literature outlining suggested initial therapy for pediatric patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), our impression has been that there may be variations from these recommendations during the initial therapy of pediatric patients with DKA. In order to improve education initiatives, an understanding of the deviations from current practice is required. METHODS Patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit with a diagnosis of DKA were identified from the admission log. The pre-pediatric intensive care unit care including laboratory evaluation, insulin dosing, and fluid therapy was recorded. RESULTS The study cohort included 135 episodes of DKA in 127 patients (age range: 10 months to 21 years). A complete blood count was obtained in 83.7% of the patients. Serum electrolytes, blood urea nitrogen, and creatinine were obtained in 89.6%, and a serum pH was obtained in 58%. Seventy-two patients received a bolus dose of insulin. The insulin bolus was < or =0.05 units/kg in 1 patient, >0.05 to < or =0.1 units/kg in 13 patients, >0.1 to < or =0.2 units/kg in 27 patients, and >0.2 units/kg in 31 patients. The route of administration for the insulin bolus was intravenous (IV) in 58 patients, a combination of IV and subcutaneous in 7 patients, subcutaneous in 6, and a combination of intramuscular and IV in 1 patient. Fluid administered before transport ranged from 0 to 60.6 mL/kg. Sixteen patients did not receive a fluid bolus. Normal saline was used in 115 patients, Ringer's lactate solution in 3, and 5% glucose in (1/2) normal saline in 1. Seventeen patients (12.6%) received IV sodium bicarbonate. CONCLUSIONS Major issues with the prehospital care of children and adolescents with DKA included lack of appropriate laboratory evaluation, excessive insulin dosing (both bolus doses and infusion rates), lack of fluid resuscitation, use of inappropriate fluids for resuscitation, and the use of sodium bicarbonate.
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Low Hematocrit Levels Increase Intracranial Pressure in an Animal Model of Cryogenic Brain Injury. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 66:720-6. [DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e3181719b35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Andreoni C, Araujo MB, Bomfim AC, Manzano JP, Silva FD, Scapulatempo-Neto C, Fagundes DJ, Poli-de-Figueiredo L, Ortiz V. In-vitro renal shrinkage after hypertonic saline perfusion for organ removal during laparoscopic nephrectomy. J Endourol 2007; 21:891-6. [PMID: 17867948 DOI: 10.1089/end.2006.0402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE To evaluate the possibility of shrinking the kidney by perfusion with hypertonic solution to facilitate organ removal in laparoscopic surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS After 18 open nephrectomies (ONs) in 9 pigs, one of four saline solutions (5%, 7.5%, 10%, and 15%) was infused through a catheter into the renal artery for 5 minutes in four kidneys each. The volumes and weights of the kidneys were measured before and after renal perfusion; the kidneys were then sent for histologic evaluation. Eight ONs were performed, and the kidneys were removed from the abdominal cavity in a plastic bag in order to mimic organ entrapment during laparoscopy. The kidneys were perfused with hypertonic solution and were again put in a plastic bag and removed from the same animal's abdomen through another incision. The incisions were measured with calipers before and after extraction of the unperfused and perfused organs. RESULTS The kidneys that underwent perfusion with 5% saline had the greatest decrease in both weight and volume, an average of 16% and 17.8%, respectively. The average incision needed for extraction of unperfused kidneys was 44.9 mm (range 40-58 mm), whereas the mean size of the incision needed to remove perfused kidneys was 26.6 mm (range 20-30 mm) (P < 0.001). The relative reduction in the necessary incision size therefore was 44.3% (range 33.3%-55%). CONCLUSION Perfusion with 5% saline is able to shrink the kidney volume slightly with mild histologic changes. In the pig, it is possible to decrease the renal incision necessary for kidney removal by 44% using this method.
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- Cássio Andreoni
- Division of Urology, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil.
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Calzia E, Radermacher P, Matejovic M. Splanchnic resuscitation revisited: Combining hyperoxia and hypertonic saline during early goal-directed treatment*. Crit Care Med 2006; 34:2858-60. [PMID: 17053577 DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000242920.21280.7d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The fact that traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of death and disability in the most active population (< 45 years of age) of industrialised countries underscores the need for intensified efforts to define and implement effective neuroprotective strategies. However, despite progressively growing knowledge on the mechanisms involved in the pathobiology of traumatic brain injury and promising preclinical findings, most of the neuroprotection trials have failed to deliver the expected level of beneficial effects. Some of the possible reasons underlying the lack of success of these clinical trials are addressed in this review, which describes some of the most promising and/or controversial ongoing clinical trials from their pathophysiological basis. In addition, new neurobiological findings and their consequence for novel neuroprotective approaches are discussed.
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- Ibolja Cernak
- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Biomedicine Business Area, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723-6099, USA.
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