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Oropallo A, Snyder RJ, Karpf A, Valencia D, Curtin CR, Cetnarowski W. Quality of life improvement in patients with hard-to-heal leg wounds treated with Prontosan wound irrigation solution and wound gel. J Wound Care 2021; 30:854-865. [PMID: 34644140 DOI: 10.12968/jowc.2021.30.10.854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study evaluated the impact of four weeks of treatment with Prontosan Wound Irrigation Solution and Prontosan Wound Gel (B. Braun Medical Inc., US) on adults with hard-to-heal leg wounds. Overall change (weeks 1-5) in the Global Quality of Life scale (GQOL), changes in body, psyche and everyday life (EDL) quality of life (QoL) subscores, and changes in wound appearance and size after treatment were assessed. METHOD In this prospective, open-label, single-arm, five-centre study, non-hospitalised patients with no more than two wounds below the knee were recruited into the study; wounds were ≥5cm2 and ≤50cm2 and present for ≥4 weeks. The investigator or a designee applied the wound solution and gel to the wounds at clinic visits, and patients/caregivers applied the wound solution and gel at home. Wound-QoL questionnaires were completed at the initial screening and at each week of treatment. Wound size and photographs were obtained at pre- and post-treatment during clinic visits. RESULTS A total of 43 patients were enrolled in the study. Mean GQOL scores decreased by 1.11 (46.1%). Body, psyche and EDL decreased by 1.17 (60.0%), 1.26 (41.8%) and 1.00 (42.2%), respectively. Wounds also showed improvement in odour, appearance and size. Adverse events were mild in intensity and transient in nature. CONCLUSION This study demonstrated marked improvement in the QoL of patients with hard-to-heal leg wounds below the knee during four weeks of treatment with the wound solution and gel. Wounds also showed improvement in odour, appearance and size, and the treatment solution and gel were well tolerated. DECLARATION OF INTEREST B. Braun Medical Inc. funded the research and preparation of this article. AK, DV, CRC and WC are employees of B. Braun Medical Inc. AO and RS declare no conflict of interest.
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- Alisha Oropallo
- Comprehensive Wound Healing Center, 1999 Marcus Ave Suite M6, North New Hyde Park, US
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- Barry University, 11300 NE 2 Ave, Miami Shores, Fl 33161, US
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- B. Braun Medical Inc., 824 12 Ave, Bethlehem, PA 18018, US
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- B. Braun Medical Inc., 824 12 Ave, Bethlehem, PA 18018, US
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Schmitz ML, Rubino CM, Onufrak NJ, Martinez DV, Licursi D, Karpf A, Cetnarowski W. Pharmacokinetics and Optimal Dose Selection of Cefazolin for Surgical Prophylaxis of Pediatric Patients. J Clin Pharmacol 2020; 61:666-676. [PMID: 33202066 PMCID: PMC8049034 DOI: 10.1002/jcph.1785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cefazolin is an antibiotic frequently used for perioperative prophylaxis. Data from healthy adults and pediatric surgery patients were pooled to refine a previously developed population pharmacokinetic (PK) model and to determine the optimal body weight cutoff for selecting fixed doses of either 1 or 2 g cefazolin to produce exposures in pediatric surgery patients similar to a single 2‐g dose in adults. Regardless of dose used, cefazolin was well tolerated in pediatric patients. A total of 1102 plasma samples from 62 patients from 3 studies were available to assess the previous model. The pooled data set allowed for simplification of the model such that allometrically scaled clearance and volume parameters were found to provide a robust fit while removing unnecessary covariate relationships. Monte Carlo simulations using the final cefazolin population PK model suggested an optimal weight cutoff of 50 kg, in contrast to the previously suggested 60 kg for a single 2‐g dose. Patients at or above this 50‐kg cutoff would receive a 2‐g dose of cefazolin, and those below 50 kg but ≥25 kg would receive a 1‐g dose of cefazolin.
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- Institute for Clinical Pharmacodynamics, Inc., Schenectady, New York, USA.,University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Institute for Clinical Pharmacodynamics, Inc., Schenectady, New York, USA.,Boehringer Ingelheim, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA
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- B. Braun Medical Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
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Akers S, Moysich K, Zhang W, Link P, Miller A, Lele S, Odunsi K, Karpf A. Association between global DNA hypomethylation in leukocytes and risk of ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2010.12.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A retrospective study was conducted in order to investigate the relation between increased plantar pressure and ulcers in the diabetic foot and contribute more information on this subject. Maximal plantar pressure (MPP) is reported on various areas of the plantar aspects of the feet in 328 diabetic patients and 75 healthy subjects. An increase in MPP under all plantar areas except for the heels was found to be related with increasing severity of the diabetes symptoms. There was also a significant decrease in the application of high pressures to the heels, the metatarsal heads II-IV and the toes.
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Barber A, Luger JE, Karpf A, Salame K, Shlomi B, Kogan G, Nissan M, Alon M, Rochkind S. ADVANCES IN LASER THERAPY FOR BONE REPAIR. Laser Ther 2000. [DOI: 10.5978/islsm.13.80] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Weiss A, Karpf A, Luger E, Schmilowitz H, Dekel S, Shapira I. Long-term antibiotic treatment in geriatric diabetic foot infection. J Med 1999; 29:365-73. [PMID: 10503171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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A case report involving a 77-year old diabetic patient with an arterial foot ulcer and subsequent osteomyelitic infection is presented. Due to the patient's ineligibility for surgical intervention, long term antibiotic treatment based upon multiple culture, bone biopsy, radiograms and isotope scanning was initiated. Complete resolution of the osteomyelitis defined by subjective as well as objective criteria was achieved after three months of antibiotic treatment. The common and atypical characteristics of the geriatric population coupled with treatment plan involving a multidisciplinary approach resulted in maintaining foot function and pain-free ambulation in this 77-year old patient.
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- Departments of Geriatrics A, Tel Aviv E. Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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The longitudinal arch between the heel and the forefoot and the transverse arch between the first and fifth metatarsal heads, absorb shock, energy and force. A device to measure plantar pressure was used in 66 normal healthy subjects and in 294 patients with various types of foot disorder. Only 22 (3%) of a total of 720 feet, had a dynamic metatarsal arch during the stance phase of walking, and all had known abnormality. Our findings show that there is no distal transverse metatarsal arch during the stance phase. This is important for the classification and description of disorders of the foot.
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- E J Luger
- Department of Orthopaedics B, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre, Israel
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Hoyer D, Waeber C, Karpf A, Neijt H, Palacios JM. [3H]ICS 205-930 labels 5-HT3 recognition sites in membranes of cat and rabbit vagus nerve and superior cervical ganglion. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 1989; 340:396-402. [PMID: 2586633 DOI: 10.1007/bf00167040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The binding characteristics of [3H]ICS 205-930, a 5-hydroxytryptamine 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, were investigated in membranes prepared from cat and rabbit vagus nerve (VN) and superior cervical ganglion (SCG). The autoradiographic localisation of 5-HT3 recognition sites was also assessed using [3H]ICS 205-930 in slices from cat medulla oblongata, nodose ganglion and vagus nerve. [3H]ICS 205-930 bound to a homogeneous population of high affinity recognition sites in cat VN: Bmax = 201 +/- 43 fmol/mg protein, pKD = 9.26 +/- 0.17 and SCG: Bmax = 291 +/- 40 fmol/mg, pKD = 9.35 +/- 0.80 (n = 3). Competition experiments performed in membranes from cat VN and SCG with agonists and antagonists suggested the presence of a homogeneous population of [3H]ICS 205-930 recognition sites. Competition curves were steep and monophasic and were best fitted by a 1 receptor site model. The following rank order of affinity for [3H]ICS 205-930 binding sites was observed with antagonists: SDZ 206-830 = ICS 205-930 greater than BRL 43694 greater than SDZ 206-792 greater than quipazine greater than MDL 72222 greater than metoclopramide greater than mCPP and agonists: 2-methyl-5-HT = 5-HT greater than phenylbiguanide. A similar profile was observed for a limited series of compounds in rabbit membranes. Drugs acting at 5-HT1, 5-HT2 and dopamine receptors (domperidone, spiperone and metergoline) showed very low affinities for [3H]ICS 205-930 recognition sites. The sites labelled with [3H]ICS 205-930 in vagus nerve and superior cervical ganglion of both species displayed the pharmacological profile of a 5-HT3 receptor.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- Preclinical Research, Sandoz Ltd., Basel, Switzerland
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Hoyer D, Neijt HC, Karpf A. Competitive interaction of agonists and antagonists with 5-HT3 recognition sites in membranes of neuroblastoma cells labelled with [3H]ICS 205-930. J Recept Res 1989; 9:65-79. [PMID: 2915346 DOI: 10.3109/10799898909066045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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[3H]ICS 205-930 labelled 5-HT3 recognition sites in membranes prepared from murine neuroblastoma N1E-115 cells. Binding was rapid, reversible, saturable and stereoselective to an apparently homogeneous population of sites. Kinetic studies revealed that agonists and antagonists produced a monophasic dissociation reaction of [3H]ICS 205-930 from its recognition sites. The dissociation rate constant of the radioligand was similar whether the dissociation was induced by an agonist or an antagonist. Competition studies carried out with agonists and antagonists also suggested the presence of a homogeneous population of [3H]ICS 205-930 recognition sites. Competition curves were best fit for a 1 site model. [3H]ICS 205-930 binding sites displayed the pharmacological profile of a 5-HT3 receptor. The interactions of agonists and antagonists with [3H]ICS 205-930 recognition sites were apparently competitive in nature, as demonstrated in kinetic and equilibrium experiments. In saturation experiments carried out with [3H]ICS 205-930 in the presence and the absence of unlabelled agonists and antagonists, apparent Bmax values were not reduced whereas apparent Kd values were increased in the presence of competing ligands. There was a good agreement between apparent pKB values calculated for the competing ligands in saturation experiments and pKd values calculated from competition experiments. The present data demonstrate that [3H]ICS 205-930 labels a homogeneous population of sites at which agonists and antagonists interact competitively.
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- D Hoyer
- Preclinical Research, SANDOZ Ltd, Basel, Switzerland
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[125I]SCH 23982, a ligand reported to be very selective for dopamine D-1 receptors, binds with high affinity to membranes of pig choroid plexus (KD = 186 pM, Bmax = 142 fmol/mg protein). Saturation and competition experiments suggested that [125I]SCH 23982 labels a homogeneous population of sites. The rank order for affinity of agonists, 5-HT greater than or equal to DOI (1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenyl)-2-aminopropane) much greater than dopamine greater than fenoldopam, and antagonists, metergoline greater than mesulergine = mianserin greater than SCH 23390 greater than methiothepin greater than ketanserin greater than fluphenazine much greater than (-)-sulpiride greater than (+)-sulpiride, was compatible with labelling of 5-HT1C receptors by [125I]SCH 23982. It also correlates very significantly with [3H]mesulergine binding to pig choroid plexus membranes. The effects of SCH 23390 and its analogues should not be systematically attributed to an interaction with D-1 receptors.
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- Preclinical Research, Sandoz Ltd., Basel, Switzerland
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Karpf A. Broken images. Nurs Times 1988; 84:16-7. [PMID: 3387261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Neijt HC, Karpf A, Schoeffter P, Engel G, Hoyer D. Characterisation of 5-HT3 recognition sites in membranes of NG 108-15 neuroblastoma-glioma cells with [3H]ICS 205-930. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 1988; 337:493-9. [PMID: 3412489 DOI: 10.1007/bf00182721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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1. The binding characteristics of [3H]ICS 205-930, a potent and selective 5-hydroxytryptamine 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, were investigated in membranes prepared from murine neuroblastoma-glioma NG 108-15 cells. 2. [3H]ICS 205-930 bound rapidly, reversibly and stereoselectively to a homogeneous population of high affinity recognition sites: Bmax = 58 +/- 3 fmol/mg protein, pKD = 9.01 +/- 0.08 (n = 11). Non linear regression and Scatchard analysis of saturation data suggested the existence of a single class of [3H]ICS 205-930 recognition sites on NG 108-15 cells. The binding was rapid, stable and reversible. The affinity of [3H]ICS 205-930 determined in kinetic studies was in agreement with that obtained under equilibrium conditions. 3. Competition studies performed with a variety of agonists and antagonists also suggested the presence of a homogeneous population of [3H]ICS 205-930 recognition sites. All competition curves were steep and monophasic and were best fit by a 1 receptor site model. [3H]ICS 205-930 binding sites displayed the pharmacological profile of a 5-HT3 receptor. Potent 5-HT3 receptor antagonists showed nanomolar affinities for [3H]ICS 205-930 binding sites with the following rank order of potency: SDZ 206-830 greater than ICS 205-930 greater than SDZ 206-792 greater than BRL 43694 greater than quipazine greater than BRL 24924 greater than SDZ 210-204 greater than MDL 72222 greater than SDZ 210-205. Metoclopramide, mCP and mianserin showed submicromolar affinity.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- Department of Veterinary Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Toxicology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Karpf A. Giving birth to the revolution. Health Soc Serv J 1978; 88:1166-7. [PMID: 10239157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/13/2023]
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Karpf A, Taher ES. [Studies on the internal lymphatic system of the testis, ovary, lung and pancreas]. Zentralbl Veterinarmed A 1965; 12:553-8. [PMID: 4954084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Karpf A. [The internal lymphatic vessels system of the lung]. Anat Anz 1965; 116:442-51. [PMID: 5851317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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