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Voiculescu D, Stefan B, Crina S. PO613 Association Between Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation and Hyperthyroidism. Glob Heart 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2018.09.474] [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: 11/29/2022] Open
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Kalle TV, Wirth T, Stefan B. Skelett-Tumoren, Tumorboard-Sitzung der COSS (Cooperative OsteoSarkom Studiengruppe). ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2016. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1581556] [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: 10/22/2022]
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Lück C, Härter G, Essig A, Gonser T, Stefan B, Baum HV. Legionella Ausbruch durch ein Rückkühlwerk in einer süddeutschen Großstadt: Klinische, mikrobiologische und epidemiologische Daten. Pneumologie 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1272166] [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: 10/18/2022]
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Sinescu I, Harza M, Serbanescu B, Stefan B, Baston C, Manu M, Cerempei V, Tacu D, Kerezsy E, Bucsa C, Domnisor L, Daia D, Burchiu E, Constantinescu I, Surcel C. C136 VASCULAR ANOMALIES IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION - A SURGICAL CHALLENGE? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-9056(10)61661-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Papadia A, Andrew S, Seitz S, Stefan B, Szalontay L, Szalontay L, Rick F, Halmos G, Bellyei S, Pozsgai E, Lucci J. Inhibition of growth of HEC-1-A and HEC-1-B human endometrial cancer by growth hormone releasing hormone antagonist JMR-132. Gynecol Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2009.10.021] [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: 10/19/2022]
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Lopez PP, Stefan B, Schulman CI, Byers PM. Prevalence of sleep apnea in morbidly obese patients who presented for weight loss surgery evaluation: more evidence for routine screening for obstructive sleep apnea before weight loss surgery. Am Surg 2008; 74:834-838. [PMID: 18807673] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The incidence of obstructive sleep apnea has been underestimated in morbidly obese patients who present for evaluation for weight loss surgery. This retrospective study shows that the incidence of obstructive sleep apnea in this patient population is greater than 70 per cent and increases in incidence as the body mass index increases. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common comorbidity in obese patients who present for evaluation for gastric bypass surgery. The incidence of sleep apnea in obese patients has been reported to be as high as 40 per cent. A retrospective review of our prospectively collected database was performed. All patients being evaluated for weight loss surgery for obesity were screened preoperatively for OSA using a sleep study. The overall incidence of sleep apnea in our patients was 78 per cent (227 of 290). All 227 were diagnosed by formal sleep study. There were 63 (22%) males and 227 (78%) females. The mean age was 43 years (range, 17-75 years). The mean body mass index (BMI) was 52 kg/m2 (range, 31-94 kg/m2). The prevalence of OSA in the severely obese group (BMI 35-39.9 kg/m2) was 71 per cent. For the morbidly obese group (BMI 40-40.9 kg/m2), the prevalence was 74 per cent and for the superobese group (BMI 50-59.9 kg/m2) 77 per cent. Those with a BMI 60 kg/m2 or greater, the prevalence of OSA rose to 95 per cent. The incidence of sleep apnea in patients presenting for weight loss surgery was greater than 70 per cent in our study. Patients presenting for weight loss surgery should undergo a formal sleep study to diagnose OSA before bariatric surgery.
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- Peter P Lopez
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229, USA.
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Lopez PP, Stefan B, Schulman CI, Byers PM. Prevalence of Sleep Apnea in Morbidly Obese Patients who Presented for Weight Loss Surgery Evaluation: More Evidence for Routine Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea before Weight Loss Surgery. Am Surg 2008. [DOI: 10.1177/000313480807400914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The incidence of obstructive sleep apnea has been underestimated in morbidly obese patients who present for evaluation for weight loss surgery. This retrospective study shows that the incidence of obstructive sleep apnea in this patient population is greater than 70 per cent and increases in incidence as the body mass index increases. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common comorbidity in obese patients who present for evaluation for gastric bypass surgery. The incidence of sleep apnea in obese patients has been reported to be as high as 40 per cent. A retrospective review of our prospectively collected database was performed. All patients being evaluated for weight loss surgery for obesity were screened preoperatively for OSA using a sleep study. The overall incidence of sleep apnea in our patients was 78 per cent (227 of 290). All 227 were diagnosed by formal sleep study. There were 63 (22%) males and 227 (78%) females. The mean age was 43 years (range, 17–75 years). The mean body mass index (BMI) was 52 kg/m2 (range, 31–94 kg/m2). The prevalence of OSA in the severely obese group (BMI 35–39.9 kg/m2) was 71 per cent. For the morbidly obese group (BMI 40–40.9 kg/m2), the prevalence was 74 per cent and for the superobese group (BMI 50–59.9 kg/m2) 77 per cent. Those with a BMI 60 kg/m2 or greater, the prevalence of OSA rose to 95 per cent. The incidence of sleep apnea in patients presenting for weight loss surgery was greater than 70 per cent in our study. Patients presenting for weight loss surgery should undergo a formal sleep study to diagnose OSA before bariatric surgery.
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- Peter P. Lopez
- From the Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center–San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas; and the
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- Dewitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Dewitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Dewitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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Gingu C, Patrascoiu S, Harza M, Chibelean C, Stefan B, Balsanu C, Tica D, Surcel C, Sinescu I. VID-06.03: Multimodal salvage therapy for a patient with penile carcinoma and bulky inguinal lymph nodes metastases. Urology 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.06.574] [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: 12/01/2022]
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Nelson LG, Lopez PP, Haines K, Stefan B, Martin T, Gonzalez R, Byers P, Murr MM. Outcomes of bariatric surgery in patients > or =65 years. Surg Obes Relat Dis 2006; 2:384-8. [PMID: 16925358 DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2006.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2005] [Revised: 02/14/2006] [Accepted: 02/23/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee found that significant evidence supports the safety and effectiveness of bariatric surgery, few data are available on the outcomes of bariatric procedures in patients > or =65 years. The aim of this study was to report on contemporary outcomes of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) in patients > or =65 years. METHODS We reviewed prospectively collected data from all patients > or =65 years who underwent RYGB at two Florida university-based programs from 1999 to 2005. Similarly, the Florida Discharge Database was queried for patients> or =65 years who had undergone RYGB from 1999 to 2005. The data are presented as the mean +/- SEM. RESULTS A total of 25 patients > or =65 years had undergone RYGB at our institutions (age 68 +/- 1 years, body mass index 50 +/- 3 kg/m(2)). The overall complication rate was 20%, and the length of stay was 7 +/- 3 days. One patient (4%) died 5 weeks postoperatively of septic complications. For the 13 patients with a median follow-up of 21 months (range 9-61), the percentage of excess body weight loss was 51% +/- 7%; medication use for co-morbidities decreased from 9 +/- 1 to 4 +/- 1 medications/day (P <.01). The Florida Discharge Database reported 231 patients > or =65 years who had undergone RYGB. In that group of patients, the mean age was 67 +/- 0.2 years, the length of stay was 6 +/- 1 days, in-hospital mortality rate was 1.3%, and the overall complication rate was 15%. CONCLUSION In a small cohort of patients > or =65 years, RYGB resulted in significant weight loss and resolution of obesity-related co-morbidities. The findings from the mandatory reported Florida Discharge Database strongly confirmed the safety of RYGB in patients > or =65 years.
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- Lana G Nelson
- Department of Surgery, Interdisciplinary Obesity Treatment Group, University of South Florida Health Sciences Center, USF College of Medicine, c/o Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL 33601, USA
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Intra-abdominal infection is one of the major causes of septic shock and multiple organ failure. To date, what causes the disease's progression remains unclear and therefore the relevance of immune modulating therapies remains speculative. The primary outcome measure of this study was to investigate immune modulating mediators at the onset of peritonitis before the development of subsequent septic shock. The secondary outcome measure was to investigate the usefulness of these immune parameters in predicting progression from peritonitis to septic shock. Fifty-eight peritonitis patients were included in this study: 14 patients subsequently developed septic shock. All patients were examined on "diagnosis of peritonitis" (<4 h within establishment of diagnosis), during "early septic shock" (<12 h following the onset of septic shock), and once again during "late septic shock" (within 72-98 h following the onset of septic shock). The immune modulating parameters tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), the soluble TNF-alpha receptors I and II (sTNF-alpha RI and sTNF-alpha RII), interleukines (IL) -1beta, -6, -8, and -10, and the adhesions molecules endothelial-leukocyte-adhesion-molecule (E-Selectin), intercellular-adhesion-molecule-1 (ICAM-1), and vascular-adhesion-molecule-1 (VCAM-1), in addition to nitrate and nitrite, were determined. In the peritonitis group with subsequent septic shock, TNF-alpha, sTNF-alpha RI + RII IL-1beta, IL-8, IL-10, and nitrate were significantly increased before the onset of septic shock. TNF-alpha had an area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUC) of 0.84 and was reliable in predicting the progression from peritonitis to septic shock. The AUC of the other immune modulating parameters, despite being significantly elevated, ranged from 0.71 to 0.76. The AUC of the conventional laboratory markers such as leukocytes and C-reactive protein ranged from 0.64 to 0.68. In peritonitis that progressed to septic shock, an early immune response had already occurred before the onset of septic shock. The progression was best predicted by TNF-alpha. Therefore, mediator therapy might be considered in high-risk peritonitis patients who show an exaggerated immune response before the progression to septic shock.
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- B Katja
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Benjamin Franklin Medical Center, Free University Berlin, Germany
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Schenk JF, Berg G, Mörsdorf S, Stefan B, Kroll H, Krischek B, Pindur G, Schieffer H, Wenzel E. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: a critical risk/benefit analysis of patients in intensive care treated with R-hirudin. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost 2000; 6:151-6. [PMID: 10898275 DOI: 10.1177/107602960000600306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Patients in intensive care may be at high risk of in vivo platelet activation because comorbid conditions, such as infections, septicemia, shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and cancer represent procoagulant states. Hyperreactivity of platelets with or without a decline of cell count may result in thromboembolic complications potentially associated with the phenomenon of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. We analyzed the data of 10 patients highly suspected of having heparin-induced thrombocytopenia during their intensive care treatment of 29 plus or minus 22 days. In seven patients, thrombocytopenia coincided with thromboembolic complications. Six patients had additionally undergone fibrinolytic therapy before starting activated partial thromboplastin time-adapted alternative anticoagulation with r-hirudin. In three patients, the platelet count decreased without a clinical manifestation, of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. R-Hirudin treatment monitored by activated partial thromboplastin time and prothrombin time (PT) was effective and safe. The target value for activated partial thromboplastin time was a twofold prolongation. In four of five patients with deep venous thrombosis, a partial recanalization of the lower extremity could be achieved. Three patients with pulmonary embolism associated with deep venous thrombosis in two cases and in one additional case with an acute myocardial infarction did clinically profit from fibrinolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) and r-hirudin treatment. Two lethal events probably caused by the underlying multimorbidity could not be prevented. No recurrence of thrombosis occurred, and there were no severe bleeding complications attributed to r-hirudin treatment. Platelet counts were significantly reduced on day 9.4 plus or minus 6.4 of heparin administration in all cases (>50% decrease related to the initial values) from 224,000 plus or minus 126,000/microL to 96,000 plus or minus 61,000/microL, and increased during rhirudin treatment to mean values of 224,000 plus or minus 126,000/microL. The heparin-induced platelet activation assay (HIPAA) assay was positive in 8/10 cases, whereas the PF4 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay showed a positive result in four of eight analyzed cases. In four cases, the assays were concordantly positive. The PF4 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was not performed in two cases.
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- J F Schenk
- Department of Clinical Hemostaseology and Transfusion Medicine, University of Homburg, Germany
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Krassimir K, Stefan B. Comparative experimental study of 10% and 15% medical gelatin in the anterior chamber and in the posterior eye segment as a viscosubstance in the viscosurgery. Doc Ophthalmol 1998; 93:211-21. [PMID: 9550349 DOI: 10.1007/bf02569061] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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This article discusses the possibility of application of 15% medical gelatin solution compared to 10% medical gelatin solution in the anterior chamber and in the posterior eye segment as a viscosubstance in the viscosurgery. The experimental investigations were performed on 24 Chinchilla rabbits, divided in two groups consisting of 12 each. 0.5 ml of 10% and 15% of medical gelatin were injected in the anterior chamber and 2 ml of 10% and 15% medical gelatin were injected in the vitreous body of the tested eyes. 2% methyl cellulose and 0.89% Sodium Chloride were injected in the vitreous body of the control eyes. Clinical, biomicroscopical, ophthalmoscopical, tonometrical, histological and electron-microscopical examinations were performed. It was established that when the eyes were injected with 10% and 15% medical gelatin, as well as with 0.89% Sodium Chloride, the intraocular pressure was not increased but when the eyes were injected with methyl cellulose the intraocular pressure was increased. We also found that 15% of medical gelatin has longer effect than 10% medical gelatin. Toxoallergic and inflammatory changes were not observed in the eyes injected with 10% and 15% medical gelatin. In the same eyes, histologically and by electron microscopy, were not found any changes in the layers of the cornea and retina. These substances could be used as viscosubstances and as instruments in surgical interventions of the anterior eye segment and in the posterior eye segment (vitrectomy).
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- K Krassimir
- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty, Sofia, Bulgaria
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