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Nguyen TB, Weitzel N, Hogan C, Kacmar RM, Williamson KM, Pattee J, Jevtovic-Todorovic V, Simmons CG, Faruki AA. Comparing Anesthesia and Surgery Controlled Time for Primary Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty Between an Academic Medical Center and a Community Hospital: Retrospective Cohort Study. JMIR Perioper Med 2024; 7:e45126. [PMID: 38407957 DOI: 10.2196/45126] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 02/27/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Osteoarthritis is a significant cause of disability, resulting in increased joint replacement surgeries and health care costs. Establishing benchmarks that more accurately predict surgical duration could help to decrease costs, maximize efficiency, and improve patient experience. We compared the anesthesia-controlled time (ACT) and surgery-controlled time (SCT) of primary total knee (TKA) and total hip arthroplasties (THA) between an academic medical center (AMC) and a community hospital (CH) for 2 orthopedic surgeons. OBJECTIVE This study aims to validate and compare benchmarking times for ACT and SCT in a single patient population at both an AMC and a CH. METHODS This retrospective 2-center observational cohort study was conducted at the University of Colorado Hospital (AMC) and UCHealth Broomfield Hospital (CH). Cases with current procedural terminology codes for THA and TKA between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2020, were assessed. Cases with missing data were excluded. The primary outcomes were ACT and SCT. Primary outcomes were tested for association with covariates of interest. The primary covariate of interest was the location of the procedure (CH vs AMC); secondary covariates of interest included the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification and anesthetic type. Linear regression models were used to assess the relationships. RESULTS Two surgeons performed 1256 cases at the AMC and CH. A total of 10 THA cases and 12 TKA cases were excluded due to missing data. After controlling for surgeon, the ACT was greater at the AMC for THA by 3.77 minutes and for TKA by 3.58 minutes (P<.001). SCT was greater at the AMC for THA by 11.14 minutes and for TKA by 14.04 minutes (P<.001). ASA III/IV classification increased ACT for THA by 3.76 minutes (P<.001) and increased SCT for THA by 6.33 minutes after controlling for surgeon and location (P=.008). General anesthesia use was higher at the AMC for both THA (29.2% vs 7.3%) and TKA (23.8% vs 4.2%). No statistically significant association was observed between either ACT or SCT and anesthetic type (neuraxial or general) after adjusting for surgeon and location (all P>.05). CONCLUSIONS We observed lower ACT and SCT at the CH for both TKA and THA after controlling for the surgeon of record and ASA classification. These findings underscore the efficiency advantages of performing primary joint replacements at the CH, showcasing an average reduction of 16 minutes in SCT and 4 minutes in ACT per case. Overall, establishing more accurate benchmarks to improve the prediction of surgical duration for THA and TKA in different perioperative environments can increase the reliability of surgical duration predictions and optimize scheduling. Future studies with study populations at multiple community hospitals and academic medical centers are needed before extrapolating these findings.
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- Thy B Nguyen
- University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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Leroue MK, Williamson KM, Curtin PC, Sontag MK, Wagner BD, Ambroggio L, Bixby M, Busgang SA, Murphy SE, Peterson LA, Vevang KR, Sipe CJ, Kirk Harris J, Reeder RW, Locandro C, Carpenter TC, Maddux AB, Simões EAF, Osborne CM, Robertson CE, Langelier C, Carcillo JA, Meert KL, Pollack MM, McQuillen PS, Mourani PM. Tobacco smoke exposure, the lower airways microbiome and outcomes of ventilated children. Pediatr Res 2023; 94:660-667. [PMID: 36750739 PMCID: PMC9903281 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-023-02502-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Revised: 12/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Tobacco smoke exposure increases the risk and severity of lower respiratory tract infections in children, yet the mechanisms remain unclear. We hypothesized that tobacco smoke exposure would modify the lower airway microbiome. METHODS Secondary analysis of a multicenter cohort of 362 children between ages 31 days and 18 years mechanically ventilated for >72 h. Tracheal aspirates from 298 patients, collected within 24 h of intubation, were evaluated via 16 S ribosomal RNA sequencing. Smoke exposure was determined by creatinine corrected urine cotinine levels ≥30 µg/g. RESULTS Patients had a median age of 16 (IQR 568) months. The most common admission diagnosis was lower respiratory tract infection (53%). Seventy-four (20%) patients were smoke exposed and exhibited decreased richness and Shannon diversity. Smoke exposed children had higher relative abundances of Serratia spp., Moraxella spp., Haemophilus spp., and Staphylococcus aureus. Differences were most notable in patients with bacterial and viral respiratory infections. There were no differences in development of acute respiratory distress syndrome, days of mechanical ventilation, ventilator free days at 28 days, length of stay, or mortality. CONCLUSION Among critically ill children requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation, tobacco smoke exposure is associated with decreased richness and Shannon diversity and change in microbial communities. IMPACT Tobacco smoke exposure is associated with changes in the lower airways microbiome but is not associated with clinical outcomes among critically ill pediatric patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation. This study is among the first to evaluate the impact of tobacco smoke exposure on the lower airway microbiome in children. This research helps elucidate the relationship between tobacco smoke exposure and the lower airway microbiome and may provide a possible mechanism by which tobacco smoke exposure increases the risk for poor outcomes in children.
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- Matthew K Leroue
- Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.
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- Biostatistics and Informatics, University of Colorado, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, USA
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- CHEAR Data Center, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Epidemiology, University of Colorado, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Biostatistics and Informatics, University of Colorado, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- CHEAR Data Center, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- CHEAR Data Center, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
- Epidemiology, University of Colorado, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Central Michigan University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
- Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Research Institute, Little Rock, AR, USA
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Mick E, Tsitsiklis A, Kamm J, Kalantar KL, Caldera S, Lyden A, Tan M, Detweiler AM, Neff N, Osborne CM, Williamson KM, Soesanto V, Leroue M, Maddux AB, Simões EA, Carpenter TC, Wagner BD, DeRisi JL, Ambroggio L, Mourani PM, Langelier CR. Integrated host/microbe metagenomics enables accurate lower respiratory tract infection diagnosis in critically ill children. J Clin Invest 2023; 133:e165904. [PMID: 37009900 PMCID: PMC10065066 DOI: 10.1172/jci165904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 04/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUNDLower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) is a leading cause of death in children worldwide. LRTI diagnosis is challenging because noninfectious respiratory illnesses appear clinically similar and because existing microbiologic tests are often falsely negative or detect incidentally carried microbes, resulting in antimicrobial overuse and adverse outcomes. Lower airway metagenomics has the potential to detect host and microbial signatures of LRTI. Whether it can be applied at scale and in a pediatric population to enable improved diagnosis and treatment remains unclear.METHODSWe used tracheal aspirate RNA-Seq to profile host gene expression and respiratory microbiota in 261 children with acute respiratory failure. We developed a gene expression classifier for LRTI by training on patients with an established diagnosis of LRTI (n = 117) or of noninfectious respiratory failure (n = 50). We then developed a classifier that integrates the host LRTI probability, abundance of respiratory viruses, and dominance in the lung microbiome of bacteria/fungi considered pathogenic by a rules-based algorithm.RESULTSThe host classifier achieved a median AUC of 0.967 by cross-validation, driven by activation markers of T cells, alveolar macrophages, and the interferon response. The integrated classifier achieved a median AUC of 0.986 and increased the confidence of patient classifications. When applied to patients with an uncertain diagnosis (n = 94), the integrated classifier indicated LRTI in 52% of cases and nominated likely causal pathogens in 98% of those.CONCLUSIONLower airway metagenomics enables accurate LRTI diagnosis and pathogen identification in a heterogeneous cohort of critically ill children through integration of host, pathogen, and microbiome features.FUNDINGSupport for this study was provided by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (UG1HD083171, 1R01HL124103, UG1HD049983, UG01HD049934, UG1HD083170, UG1HD050096, UG1HD63108, UG1HD083116, UG1HD083166, UG1HD049981, K23HL138461, and 5R01HL155418) as well as by the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub.
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- Eran Mick
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, California, USA
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, and
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, California, USA
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
- Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, California, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children’s Research Institute, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, California, USA
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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Furuta GT, Fillon SA, Williamson KM, Robertson CE, Stevens MJ, Aceves SS, Arva NC, Chehade M, Collins MH, Davis CM, Dellon ES, Falk GW, Gonsalves N, Gupta SK, Hirano I, Khoury P, Leung J, Martin LJ, Menard-Katcher P, Mukkada VA, Peterson K, Spergel JM, Wechsler JB, Yang GY, Rothenberg ME, Harris JK. Mucosal Microbiota Associated With Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Eosinophilic Gastritis. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2023; 76:347-354. [PMID: 36525669 PMCID: PMC10201396 DOI: 10.1097/mpg.0000000000003685] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to determine the mucosal microbiota associated with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and eosinophilic gastritis (EoG) in a geographically diverse cohort of patients compared to controls. METHODS We conducted a prospective study of individuals with eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease (EGID) in the Consortium of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Researchers, including pediatric and adult tertiary care centers. Eligible individuals had clinical data, mucosal biopsies, and stool collected. Total bacterial load was determined from mucosal biopsy samples by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Community composition was determined by small subunit rRNA gene amplicons. RESULTS One hundred thirty-nine mucosal biopsies were evaluated corresponding to 93 EoE, 17 EoG, and 29 control specimens (18 esophageal) from 10 sites across the United States. Dominant community members across disease activity differed significantly. When comparing EoE and EoG with controls, the dominant taxa in individuals with EGIDs was increased ( Streptococcus in esophagus; Prevotella in stomach). Specific taxa were associated with active disease for both EoE ( Streptococcus , Gemella ) and EoG ( Leptotrichia ), although highly individualized communities likely impacted statistical testing. Alpha diversity metrics were similar across groups, but with high variability among individuals. Stool analyses did not correlate with bacterial communities found in mucosal biopsy samples and was similar in patients and controls. CONCLUSIONS Dominant community members ( Streptococcus for EoE, Prevotella for EoG) were different in the mucosal biopsies but not stool of individuals with EGIDs compared to controls; taxa associated with EGIDs were highly variable across individuals. Further study is needed to determine if therapeutic interventions contribute to the observed community differences.
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- Glenn T. Furuta
- Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Digestive Health Institute, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Disease Program, Mucosal Inflammation Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
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- Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Digestive Health Institute, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Disease Program, Mucosal Inflammation Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
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- Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
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- Division of Infectious Disease, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
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- Division of Infectious Disease, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
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- Division of Allergy/Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, CA
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- Department of Pathology, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Mount Sinai Center for Eosinophilic Disorders, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- Division of Immunology, Allergy and Retrovirology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX
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- Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing and Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Riley Hospital for Children/Indiana University School of Medicine, and Community Health Network, Indianapolis, IN
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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- Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD
- Human Eosinophil Section, NIAID, Bethesda, MD
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- Divisions of Allergy/Immunology and Gastroenterology, Tuft’s Medical Center, Boston, MA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- Division of Gastroenterology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Division of Gastrointestinal Pathology, Department of Pathology, Fineberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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- Division of Allergy/Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
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- Breathing Institute, Section of Pediatric Pulmonology, Children’s Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
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Mick E, Tsitsiklis A, Spottiswoode N, Caldera S, Serpa PH, Detweiler AM, Neff N, Pisco AO, Li LM, Retallack H, Ratnasiri K, Williamson KM, Soesanto V, Simões EAF, Smith C, Abuogi L, Kistler A, Wagner BD, DeRisi JL, Ambroggio L, Mourani PM, Langelier CR. Upper airway gene expression shows a more robust adaptive immune response to SARS-CoV-2 in children. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3937. [PMID: 35803954 PMCID: PMC9263813 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31600-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Unlike other respiratory viruses, SARS-CoV-2 disproportionately causes severe disease in older adults whereas disease burden in children is lower. To investigate whether differences in the upper airway immune response may contribute to this disparity, we compare nasopharyngeal gene expression in 83 children (<19-years-old; 38 with SARS-CoV-2, 11 with other respiratory viruses, 34 with no virus) and 154 older adults (>40-years-old; 45 with SARS-CoV-2, 28 with other respiratory viruses, 81 with no virus). Expression of interferon-stimulated genes is robustly activated in both children and adults with SARS-CoV-2 infection compared to the respective non-viral groups, with only subtle distinctions. Children, however, demonstrate markedly greater upregulation of pathways related to B cell and T cell activation and proinflammatory cytokine signaling, including response to TNF and production of IFNγ, IL-2 and IL-4. Cell type deconvolution confirms greater recruitment of B cells, and to a lesser degree macrophages, to the upper airway of children. Only children exhibit a decrease in proportions of ciliated cells, among the primary targets of SARS-CoV-2, upon infection. These findings demonstrate that children elicit a more robust innate and especially adaptive immune response to SARS-CoV-2 in the upper airway that likely contributes to their protection from severe disease in the lower airway.
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- Eran Mick
- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.,Arkansas Children's Research Institute, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. .,Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Mick E, Tsitsiklis A, Spottiswoode N, Caldera S, Serpa PH, Detweiler AM, Neff N, Pisco AO, Li LM, Retallack H, Ratnasiri K, Williamson KM, Soesanto V, Simões EAF, Kistler A, Wagner BD, DeRisi JL, Ambroggio L, Mourani PM, Langelier CR. Upper airway gene expression reveals a more robust innate and adaptive immune response to SARS-CoV-2 in children compared with older adults. Res Sq 2021:rs.3.rs-784784. [PMID: 34462739 PMCID: PMC8404906 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-784784/v1] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/23/2023]
Abstract
Unlike other respiratory viruses, SARS-CoV-2 disproportionately causes severe disease in older adults and only rarely in children. To investigate whether differences in the upper airway immune response could contribute to this disparity, we compared nasopharyngeal gene expression in 83 children (<19-years-old; 38 with SARS-CoV-2, 11 with other respiratory viruses, 34 with no virus) and 154 adults (>40-years-old; 45 with SARS-CoV-2, 28 with other respiratory viruses, 81 with no virus). Expression of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) was robustly activated in both children and adults with SARS-CoV-2 compared to the respective non-viral groups, with only relatively subtle distinctions. Children, however, demonstrated markedly greater upregulation of pathways related to B cell and T cell activation and proinflammatory cytokine signaling, including TNF, IFNγ, IL-2 and IL-4 production. Cell type deconvolution confirmed greater recruitment of B cells, and to a lesser degree macrophages, to the upper airway of children. Only children exhibited a decrease in proportions of ciliated cells, the primary target of SARS-CoV-2, upon infection with the virus. These findings demonstrate that children elicit a more robust innate and adaptive immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection in the upper airway that likely contributes to their protection from severe disease in the lower airway.
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- Eran Mick
- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Williamson KM, Wagner BD, Robertson CE, Stevens MJ, Sontag MK, Mourani PM, Harris JK. Modified PCR protocol to increase sensitivity for determination of bacterial community composition. Microbiome 2021; 9:90. [PMID: 33849648 PMCID: PMC8045227 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-020-00958-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 12/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND The objective of this project was to increase the sensitivity of sequence-based bacterial community determination without impacting community composition or interfering with cluster formation during sequencing. Two PCR protocols (standard and modified) were examined in airway samples where we observed a large range in bacterial load (3.1-6.2 log10 16S rRNA gene copies/reaction). Tracheal aspirate (TA) samples (n = 99) were collected from sixteen children requiring mechanical ventilation at a single center. DNA was extracted, and total bacterial load (TBL) was assessed using qPCR. Amplification of 16S rRNA was attempted with both protocols in all samples. RESULTS PCR product was observed using both protocols in 52 samples and in 24 additional samples only with the modified protocol. TBL, diversity metrics, and prominent taxa were compared for samples in three groups based on success of the two protocols (successful with both, success with modified only, unsuccessful for both). TBL differed significantly across the three groups (p<0.001). Specifically, the modified protocol allowed amplification from samples with intermediate TBL. Shannon diversity was similar between the two protocols, and Morisita-Horn beta diversity index showed high agreement between the two protocols within samples (median value 0.9997, range 0.9947 to 1). We show that both protocols identify similar communities, and the technical variability of both protocols was very low. The use of limited PCR cycles was a key feature to limit impact of background by exclusion of 24% of samples with no evidence of bacterial DNA present in the sample. CONCLUSION The modified amplification protocol represents a viable approach that increased sensitivity of bacterial community analysis, which is important for study of the human airway microbiome where bacterial load is highly variable. Video abstract.
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- Kayla M. Williamson
- Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 13001 17th Place, Mail Stop B119, Aurora, CO 80045 USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 13001 17th Place, Mail Stop B119, Aurora, CO 80045 USA
- Section of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado, 13123 E. 16th Ave. Box B395, Aurora, CO 80045 USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, 12700 East 19th Avenue, Mail Stop B168, Aurora, CO 80045 USA
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- Section of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado, 13123 E. 16th Ave. Box B395, Aurora, CO 80045 USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 13001 17th Place, Mail Stop B119, Aurora, CO 80045 USA
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- Section of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado, 13123 E. 16th Ave. Box B395, Aurora, CO 80045 USA
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- Section of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado, 13123 E. 16th Ave. Box B395, Aurora, CO 80045 USA
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Mourani PM, Sontag MK, Williamson KM, Harris JK, Reeder R, Locandro C, Carpenter TC, Maddux AB, Ziegler K, Simões EAF, Osborne CM, Ambroggio L, Leroue MK, Robertson CE, Langelier C, DeRisi JL, Kamm J, Hall MW, Zuppa AF, Carcillo J, Meert K, Sapru A, Pollack MM, McQuillen P, Notterman DA, Dean JM, Wagner BD. Temporal airway microbiome changes related to ventilator-associated pneumonia in children. Eur Respir J 2021; 57:13993003.01829-2020. [PMID: 33008935 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01829-2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We sought to determine whether temporal changes in the lower airway microbiome are associated with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in children.Using a multicentre prospective study of children aged 31 days to 18 years requiring mechanical ventilation support for >72 h, daily tracheal aspirates were collected and analysed by sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene. VAP was assessed using 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention paediatric criteria. The association between microbial factors and VAP was evaluated using joint longitudinal time-to-event modelling, matched case-control comparisons and unsupervised clustering.Out of 366 eligible subjects, 66 (15%) developed VAP at a median of 5 (interquartile range 3-5) days post intubation. At intubation, there was no difference in total bacterial load (TBL), but Shannon diversity and the relative abundance of Streptococcus, Lactobacillales and Prevotella were lower for VAP subjects versus non-VAP subjects. However, higher TBL on each sequential day was associated with a lower hazard (hazard ratio 0.39, 95% CI 0.23-0.64) for developing VAP, but sequential values of diversity were not associated with VAP. Similar findings were observed from the matched analysis and unsupervised clustering. The most common dominant VAP pathogens included Prevotella species (19%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (14%) and Streptococcus mitis/pneumoniae (10%). Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma were also identified as dominant organisms in several subjects.In mechanically ventilated children, changes over time in microbial factors were marginally associated with VAP risk, although these changes were not suitable for predicting VAP in individual patients. These findings suggest that focusing exclusively on pathogen burden may not adequately inform VAP diagnosis.
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- Peter M Mourani
- Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Epidemiology, University of Colorado, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Biostatistics and Informatics, University of Colorado, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Epidemiology, University of Colorado, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.,Epidemiology, University of Colorado, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.,Epidemiology, University of Colorado, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Dept of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Dept of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Pediatrics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Pediatrics, Children's National Medical Center and George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA
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- Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Biostatistics and Informatics, University of Colorado, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, USA
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Williamson KM, Wheeler S, Kerr J, Bennett J, Freeman P, Kohlhagen J, Peel AJ, Eby P, Merritt T, Housen T, Dalton C, Durrheim DN. Hendra in the Hunter Valley. One Health 2020; 10:100162. [PMID: 33117876 PMCID: PMC7582210 DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2020.100162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 07/08/2020] [Revised: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
In June 2019 the first equine case of Hendra virus in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia was detected. An urgent human and animal health response took place, involving biosecurity measures, contact tracing, promotion of equine vaccinations and investigation of flying fox activity in the area. No human or additional animal cases occurred. Equine vaccination uptake increased by over 30-fold in the surrounding region in the three months following the case. Black flying fox and grey-headed flying fox species were detected in the Valley. The incident prompted review of Hendra virus resources at local and national levels. This event near the “horse capital of Australia”, is the southernmost known equine Hendra case. Management of the event was facilitated by interagency collaboration involving human and animal health experts. Ongoing One Health partnerships are essential for successful responses to future zoonotic events. In June 2019 the southernmost known equine case of Hendra virus was detected in the Hunter Valley, Australia. This signified an increase in potential equine and human populations at risk of infection. Interagency collaboration between animal and human health experts is essential in managing Hendra virus spillover events.
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- K M Williamson
- Hunter New England Population Health, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.,Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Hunter New England Population Health, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.,Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Hunter Local Land Services, NSW, Australia
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- Hunter Local Land Services, NSW, Australia
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- NSW Department of Primary Industries, NSW, Australia
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- Hunter New England Population Health, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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- Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Hunter New England Population Health, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Hunter New England Population Health, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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- Hunter New England Population Health, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Guth TA, Overbeck MC, Roswell K, Vu TT, Williamson KM, Yi Y, Hilty W, Druck J. Impact of a Dedicated Teaching Attending Experience on a Required Emergency Medicine Clerkship. West J Emerg Med 2019; 21:58-64. [PMID: 31913820 PMCID: PMC6948705 DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2019.11.44399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Introduction One published strategy for improving educational experiences for medical students in the emergency department (ED) while maintaining patient care has been the implementation of dedicated teaching attending shifts. To leverage the advantages of the ED as an exceptional clinical educational environment and to address the challenges posed by the rapid pace and high volume of the ED, our institution developed a clerkship curriculum that incorporates a dedicated clinical educator role – the teaching attending – to deliver quality bedside teaching experiences for students in a required third-year clerkship. The purpose of this educational innovation was to determine whether a dedicated teaching attending experience on a third-year required emergency medicine (EM) clerkship would improve student-reported clinical teaching evaluations and student-reported satisfaction with the overall quality of the EM clerkship. Methods Using a five-point Likert-type scale (1 - poor to 5 - excellent), student-reported evaluation ratings and the numbers of graduating students matching into EM were trended for 10 years retrospectively from the inception of the clerkship for the graduating class of 2009 through and including the graduating class of 2019. We used multinomial logistic regression to evaluate whether the presence of a teaching attending during the EM clerkship improved student-reported evaluation ratings for the EM clerkship. We used sample proportion tests to assess the differences between top-box (4 or 5 rating) proportions between years when the teaching attending experience was present and when it was not. Results For clinical teaching quality, when the teaching attending is present the estimated odds of receiving a rating of 5 is 77.2 times greater (p <0.001) than when the teaching attending is not present and a rating of 4 is 27.5 times greater (p =0.0017). For overall clerkship quality, when the teaching attending is present, the estimated odds of receiving a rating of 5 is 13 times greater (p <0.001) and a rating of 4 is 5.2 times greater (p=0.0086) than when the teaching attending is not present. Conclusion The use of a dedicated teaching attending shift is a successful educational innovation for improving student self-reported evaluation items in a third-year required EM clerkship.
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- Todd A Guth
- University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
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- University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
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- University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Aurora, Colorado
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- University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Aurora, Colorado
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- University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
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- University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
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- Saint Mary's Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Grand Junction, Colorado
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- University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
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Halliday TM, Polsky S, Schoen JA, Legget KT, Tregellas JR, Williamson KM, Cornier MA. Comparison of surgical versus diet-induced weight loss on appetite regulation and metabolic health outcomes. Physiol Rep 2019; 7:e14048. [PMID: 30927343 PMCID: PMC6440915 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [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: 10/04/2018] [Revised: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Bariatric surgery is associated with significant and sustained weight loss and improved metabolic outcomes. It is unclear if weight loss alone is the main mechanism of improved metabolic health. The purpose of this trial was to compare indices of appetite regulation, insulin sensitivity and energy intake (EI) between participants achieving 10 kg of weight loss via Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) or dietary restriction (DIET); intake of a very low calorie liquid diet (800 kcal/d; 40% protein, 40% fat, 20% carbohydrate that matched the post-RYGB dietary protocol). Adults qualifying for bariatric surgery were studied before and after 10 kg of weight loss (RYGB [n = 6]) or DIET [n = 17]). Appetite (hunger, satiety, and prospective food consumption [PFC]), appetite-related hormones, and metabolites (ghrelin, PYY, GLP-1, insulin, glucose, free fatty acids [FFA], and triglycerides [TG]) were measured in the fasting state and every 30 min for 180 min following breakfast. Participants were provided lunch to evaluate acute ad libitum EI, which was similarly reduced in both groups from pre to post weight loss. Fasting ghrelin was reduced to a greater extent following RYGB compared to DIET (P = 0.04). Area under the curve (AUC) for ghrelin (P = 0.01), hunger (P < 0.01) and PFC (P < 0.01) increased after DIET compared to RYGB, following 10 kg weight loss. Satiety AUC increased after RYGB and decreased after DIET (P < 0.01). Glucose and insulin (fasting and AUC) decreased in both groups. FFA increased in both groups, with a greater increase in AUC seen after RYGB versus DIET (P = 0.02). In summary, appetite-related indices were altered in a manner that, if maintained, may promote a sustained reduction in energy intake with RYGB compared to DIET. Future work with a larger sample size and longer follow-up will be important to confirm and extend these findings.
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- Tanya M Halliday
- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.,Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Recreation, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Division of GI, Tumor and Endocrine Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Division of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Division of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.,Anschutz Health and Wellness Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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Jalbert E, Williamson KM, Kroehl ME, Johnson MJ, Cutland C, Madhi SA, Nunes MC, Weinberg A. HIV-Exposed Uninfected Infants Have Increased Regulatory T Cells That Correlate With Decreased T Cell Function. Front Immunol 2019; 10:595. [PMID: 30972079 PMCID: PMC6445326 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 12/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Background: HIV-exposed uninfected infants (HEU) are at higher risk of severe infections, hospitalizations and death compared with HIV-unexposed uninfected infants (HUU), but the immune deficit underlying it is not known. To address this gap, we investigated T cell functionality and its relationship to phenotypic profiles of T cells and antigen presenting cells (APC) in HEU and HUU. Methods: Blood mononuclear cells from 55 HEU and 16 HUU were stimulated with Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B (SEB) or mock for 72 h, and tested by flow cytometry for proliferation and expression of Th1, Th2, and regulatory (Treg) markers. In parallel, cells were phenotypically assessed for differentiation profiles of Treg, conventional T cell (Tconv) and APC in unstimulated cells. Results: HEU had lower CD4+ functional responses to SEB/mock and similar CD8+ responses compared with HUU. In the phenotypic T cell panel, HEU showed higher proportions of CD4+ and CD8+ Treg expressing IL10, FOXP3, and CD25; higher effector Tconv and Treg; and lower naïve and CD4+TGFβ+ Treg compared with HUU. In the phenotypic APC panel, HEU showed higher proportions of CD1c+ cDC2, CD123+ pDC, CD16+ inflammatory monocytes and cDC and higher expression of CD103 on CD1c-CD123-CD16-cDC1 compared with HUU. Regression analyses adjusted for HIV exposure and multiple comparisons showed that higher CD8+IL10+ and CD8+FOXP3+ Treg in unstimulated cells were associated with lower CD8+ T cell functional responses to SEB/mock. Functionality was not affected by Tconv differentiation, but higher APC activation in aggregate was associated with higher CD8+IL10+ Treg responses to SEB. Conclusions: T cell functionality was decreased in HEU compared with HUU. High CD8+ Treg proportions were the most important predictors of decreased T cell functionality in HEU and HUU.
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- Emilie Jalbert
- University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, CO, United States
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- University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, CO, United States
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- University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, CO, United States
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- University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, CO, United States
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- University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, CO, United States
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Williamson KM, Wagner BD, Robertson CE, Johnson EJ, Zemanick ET, Harris JK. Impact of enzymatic digestion on bacterial community composition in CF airway samples. PeerJ 2017; 5:e3362. [PMID: 28584706 PMCID: PMC5452939 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 04/27/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Background Previous studies have demonstrated the importance of DNA extraction methods for molecular detection of Staphylococcus, an important bacterial group in cystic fibrosis (CF). We sought to evaluate the effect of enzymatic digestion (EnzD) prior to DNA extraction on bacterial communities identified in sputum and oropharyngeal swab (OP) samples from patients with CF. Methods DNA from 81 samples (39 sputum and 42 OP) collected from 63 patients with CF was extracted in duplicate with and without EnzD. Bacterial communities were determined by rRNA gene sequencing, and measures of alpha and beta diversity were calculated. Principal Coordinate Analysis (PCoA) was used to assess differences at the community level and Wilcoxon Signed Rank tests were used to compare relative abundance (RA) of individual genera for paired samples with and without EnzD. Results Shannon Diversity Index (alpha-diversity) decreased in sputum and OP samples with the use of EnzD. Larger shifts in community composition were observed for OP samples (beta-diversity, measured by Morisita-Horn), whereas less change in communities was observed for sputum samples. The use of EnzD with OP swabs resulted in significant increase in RA for the genera Gemella (p < 0.01), Streptococcus (p < 0.01), and Rothia (p < 0.01). Staphylococcus (p < 0.01) was the only genus with a significant increase in RA from sputum, whereas the following genera decreased in RA with EnzD: Veillonella (p < 0.01), Granulicatella (p < 0.01), Prevotella (p < 0.01), and Gemella (p = 0.02). In OP samples, higher RA of Gram-positive taxa was associated with larger changes in microbial community composition. Discussion We show that the application of EnzD to CF airway samples, particularly OP swabs, results in differences in microbial communities detected by sequencing. Use of EnzD can result in large changes in bacterial community composition, and is particularly useful for detection of Staphylococcus in CF OP samples. The enhanced identification of Staphylococcus aureus is a strong indication to utilize EnzD in studies that use OP swabs to monitor CF airway communities.
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- Kayla M Williamson
- Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States of America
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- Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States of America.,Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States of America
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States of America.,Multicare Tacoma Family Medicine, Tacoma, WA, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States of America
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Esaulov AA, Kantsyrev VL, Safronova AS, Velikovich AL, Shrestha IK, Williamson KM, Osborne GC. Wire ablation dynamics model and its application to imploding wire arrays of different geometries. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2012; 86:046404. [PMID: 23214697 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.86.046404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
Abstract
The paper presents an extended description of the amplified wire ablation dynamics model (WADM), which accounts in a single simulation for the processes of wire ablation and implosion of a wire array load of arbitrary geometry and wire material composition. To investigate the role of wire ablation effects, the implosions of cylindrical and planar wire array loads at the university based generators Cobra (Cornell University) and Zebra (University of Nevada, Reno) have been analyzed. The analysis of the experimental data shows that the wire mass ablation rate can be described as a function of the current through the wire and some coefficient defined by the wire material properties. The aluminum wires were found to ablate with the highest rate, while the copper ablation is the slowest one. The lower wire ablation rate results in a higher inward velocity of the ablated plasma, a higher rate of the energy coupling with the ablated plasma, and a more significant delay of implosion for a heavy load due to the ablation effects, which manifest the most in a cylindrical array configuration and almost vanish in a single-planar array configuration. The WADM is an efficient tool suited for wire array load design and optimization in wide parameter ranges, including the loads with specific properties needed for the inertial confinement fusion research and laboratory astrophysics experiments. The data output from the WADM simulation can be used to simplify the radiation magnetohydrodynamics modeling of the wire array plasma.
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- A A Esaulov
- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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Kantsyrev VL, Esaulov AA, Safronova AS, Velikovich AL, Rudakov LI, Osborne GC, Shrestha I, Weller ME, Williamson KM, Stafford A, Shlyaptseva VV. Influence of induced axial magnetic field on plasma dynamics and radiative characteristics of Z pinches. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2011; 84:046408. [PMID: 22181284 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.84.046408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2011] [Revised: 08/02/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The influence of an induced axial magnetic field on plasma dynamics and radiative characteristics of Z pinches is investigated. An axial magnetic field was induced in a novel Z-pinch load: a double planar wire array with skewed wires (DPWAsk), which represents a planar wire array in an open magnetic configuration. The induced axial magnetic field suppressed magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor (MRT) instabilities (with m = 0 and m = 1 instability modes) in the Z-pinch plasma. The influence of the initial axial magnetic field on the structure of the plasma column at stagnation was manifested through the formation of a more uniform plasma column compared to a standard double planar wire array (DPWA) load [V. L. Kantsyrev et al., Phys. Plasmas 15, 030704 (2008)]. The DPWAsk load is characterized by suppression of MRT instabilities and by the formation of the sub-keV radiation pulse that occurs before the main x-ray peak. Gradients in plasma parameters along the cathode-anode gap were observed and analyzed for DPWAsk loads made from low atomic number Z (Al) and mid-Z (brass) wires.
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- V L Kantsyrev
- Physics Department, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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Williamson KM, Kantsyrev VL, Safronova AS, Wilcox PG, Cline W, Batie S, LeGalloudec B, Nalajala V, Astanovitsky A. Grazing incidence extreme ultraviolet spectrometer fielded with time resolution in a hostile z-pinch environment. Rev Sci Instrum 2011; 82:093506. [PMID: 21974586 DOI: 10.1063/1.3626930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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This recently developed diagnostic was designed to allow for time-gated spectroscopic study of the EUV radiation (4 nm < λ < 15 nm) present during harsh wire array z-pinch implosions. The spectrometer utilizes a 25 μm slit, an array of 3 spherical blazed gratings at grazing incidence, and a microchannel plate (MCP) detector placed in an off-Rowland position. Each grating is positioned such that its diffracted radiation is cast over two of the six total independently timed frames of the MCP. The off-Rowland configuration allows for a much greater spectral density on the imaging plate but only focuses at one wavelength per grating. The focal wavelengths are chosen for their diagnostic significance. Testing was conducted at the Zebra pulsed-power generator (1 MA, 100 ns risetime) at the University of Nevada, Reno on a series of wire array z-pinch loads. Within this harsh z-pinch environment, radiation yields routinely exceed 20 kJ in the EUV and soft x-ray. There are also strong mechanical shocks, high velocity debris, sudden vacuum changes during operation, energic ion beams, and hard x-ray radiation in excess of 50 keV. The spectra obtained from the precursor plasma of an Al double planar wire array contained lines of Al IX and AlX ions indicating a temperature near 60 eV during precursor formation. Detailed results will be presented showing the fielding specifications and the techniques used to extract important plasma parameters using this spectrometer.
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- K M Williamson
- Plasma Physics and Diagnostics Laboratory, Physics Department, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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Safronova AS, Ouart ND, Lepson JK, Beiersdorfer P, Stratton B, Bitter M, Kantsyrev VL, Cox PG, Shlyaptseva V, Williamson KM. X-ray spectroscopy of Cu impurities on NSTX and comparison with Z-pinch plasmas. Rev Sci Instrum 2010; 81:10E305. [PMID: 21034004 DOI: 10.1063/1.3478673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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X-ray spectroscopy of mid-Z metal impurities is important in the study of tokamak plasmas and may reveal potential problems if their contribution to the radiated power becomes substantial. The analysis of the data from a high-resolution x-ray and extreme ultraviolet grating spectrometer, XEUS, installed on NSTX, was performed focused on a detailed study of x-ray spectra in the range 7-18 Å. These spectra include not only commonly seen iron spectra but also copper spectra not yet employed as an NSTX plasma impurity diagnostic. In particular, the L-shell Cu spectra were modeled and predictions were made for identifying contributions from various Cu ions in different spectral bands. Also, similar spectra, but from much denser Cu plasmas produced on the UNR Z-pinch facility and collected using the convex-crystal spectrometer, were analyzed and compared with NSTX results.
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Jones B, Ampleford DJ, Vesey RA, Cuneo ME, Coverdale CA, Waisman EM, Jones MC, Fowler WE, Stygar WA, Serrano JD, Vigil MP, Esaulov AA, Kantsyrev VL, Safronova AS, Williamson KM, Chuvatin AS, Rudakov LI. Planar wire-array Z-pinch implosion dynamics and X-ray scaling at multiple-MA drive currents for a compact multisource hohlraum configuration. Phys Rev Lett 2010; 104:125001. [PMID: 20366539 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.104.125001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2009] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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An indirect drive configuration is proposed wherein multiple compact Z-pinch x-ray sources surround a secondary hohlraum. Planar compact wire arrays allow reduced primary hohlraum surface area compared to cylindrical loads. Implosions of planar arrays are studied at up to 15 TW x-ray power on Saturn with radiated yields exceeding the calculated kinetic energy, suggesting other heating paths. X-ray power and yield scaling studied from 1-6 MA motivates viewfactor modeling of four 6-MA planar arrays producing 90 eV radiation temperature in a secondary hohlraum.
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- B Jones
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA.
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Coverdale CA, Safronova AS, Kantsyrev VL, Ouart ND, Esaulov AA, Deeney C, Williamson KM, Osborne GC, Shrestha I, Ampleford DJ, Jones B. Observation of >400-eV precursor plasmas from low-wire-number copper arrays at the 1-MA zebra facility. Phys Rev Lett 2009; 102:155006. [PMID: 19518644 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.102.155006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Experiments with cylindrical copper wire arrays at the 1-MA Zebra facility show that high temperatures exist in the precursor plasmas formed when ablated wire array material accretes on the axis prior to the stagnation of a z pinch. In these experiments, the precursor radiated approximately 20% of the >1000 eV x-ray output, and time-resolved spectra show substantial emission from Cu L-shell lines. Modeling of the spectra shows an increase in temperature as the precursor forms, up to approximately 450 eV, after which the temperature decreases to approximately 220-320 eV until the main implosion.
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- C A Coverdale
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA
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Wilcox PG, Safronova AS, Kantsyrev VL, Safronova UI, Williamson KM, Yilmaz MF, Clementson J, Beiersdorfer P, Struve KW. Extreme ultraviolet spectroscopy of low-Z ion plasmas for fusion applications. Rev Sci Instrum 2008; 79:10F543. [PMID: 19044685 DOI: 10.1063/1.2956745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The study of impurities is a key component of magnetic fusion research as it is directly related to plasma properties and steady-state operation. Two of the most important low-Z impurities are carbon and oxygen. The appropriate method of diagnosing these ions in plasmas is extreme ultraviolet (EUV) spectroscopy. In this work the results of two different sets of experiments are considered, and the spectra in a spectral region from 40 to 300 A are analyzed. The first set of experiments was carried out at the Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment at LLNL, where EUV spectra of oxygen ions were recorded. The second set of experiments was performed at the compact laser-plasma x-ray/EUV facility "Sparky" at UNR. In particular, Mylar and Teflon slabs were used as targets to produce carbon, oxygen, and fluorine ions of different ionization stages. Nonlocal thermodynamic equilibrium kinetic models of O, F, and C were applied to identify the most diagnostically important spectral features of low-Z ions between 40 to 300 A and to provide plasma parameters for both sets of experiments.
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- P G Wilcox
- Physics Department, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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Safronova AS, Kantsyrev VL, Esaulov AA, Ouart ND, Yilmaz MF, Williamson KM, Shlyaptseva V, Shrestha I, Osborne GC, Coverdale CA, Jones B, Deeney C. X-ray diagnostics of imploding plasmas from planar wire arrays composed of Cu and few tracer Al wires on the 1MA pulsed power generator at UNR. Rev Sci Instrum 2008; 79:10E315. [PMID: 19044477 DOI: 10.1063/1.2965785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Tracer aluminum alloyed wires (Al5056) are used to provide additional information for x-ray diagnostics of implosions of Cu planar wire arrays (PWAs). Specifically, the analysis of combined PWA experiments using the extensive set of x-ray diagnostics is presented. In these experiments, which were conducted at the 1MA pulsed power generator at University of Nevada, Reno, the Z-pinch load consisted of several (eight) Cu alloyed (main material) and one to two Al alloyed (tracer) wires mounted in a single plane row or double parallel plane rows, single planar wire array (SPWA) or double planar wire array (DPWA), respectively. The analysis of x-ray spatially resolved spectra from the main material indicates the increase in the electron temperature T(e) near the cathode. In general, the axial gradients in T(e) are more pronounced for SPWA than for DPWA due to the more "columnlike" plasma formation for SPWA compared to "hot-spot-like" plasma formation for DPWA. In addition, x-ray spectra from tracer wires are studied, and estimated plasma parameters are compared with those from the main material. It is observed that the x-ray K-shell Al spectra manifest more opacity features for the case of SPWA with about 18% of Al mass (to the total load mass) compared to the case of DPWA with about 11% of Al mass. The analysis of time-gated spectra shows that the relative intensity of the most intense K-shell Al line, small before the x-ray burst, increases with time and peaks close to the maximum of the sub-keV signal.
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- A S Safronova
- Physics Department, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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Osborne GC, Safronova AS, Kantsyrev VL, Safronova UI, Yilmaz MF, Williamson KM, Shrestha I, Beiersdorfer P. Diagnostic of charge balance in high-temperature tungsten plasmas using LLNL EBIT. Rev Sci Instrum 2008; 79:10E308. [PMID: 19044470 DOI: 10.1063/1.2968100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Diagnostic of high-temperature M-shell W plasmas is challenging because of contribution of numerous ionization stages in a relatively narrow x-ray spectral region. A method using LLNL EBIT data generated at different electron beam energies has been established for the identification of prominent spectral features and for the determination of charge balance in x-ray M-shell W spectra between 3.5 and 8.5 A. It extends previous work [A. S. Safronova et al., Can. J. Phys. 86, 267 (2008)] which used only Ni-like lines to include the neighboring ionization stages. This diagnostic procedure was tested with results from Z-pinch plasmas produced on the 1 MA pulse power generator Zebra at UNR. These results are of particular importance for fusion research.
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- G C Osborne
- Physics Department, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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Kantsyrev VL, Safronova AS, Williamson KM, Wilcox P, Ouart ND, Yilmaz MF, Struve KW, Voronov DL, Feshchenko RM, Artyukov IA, Vinogradov AV. Extreme ultraviolet spectroscopy diagnostics of low-temperature plasmas based on a sliced multilayer grating and glass capillary optics. Rev Sci Instrum 2008; 79:10F542. [PMID: 19044684 DOI: 10.1063/1.2957934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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New extreme ultraviolet (EUV) spectroscopic diagnostics of relatively low-temperature plasmas based on the application of an EUV spectrometer and fast EUV diodes combined with glass capillary optics is described. An advanced high resolution dispersive element sliced multilayer grating was used in the compact EUV spectrometer. For monitoring of the time history of radiation, filtered fast EUV diodes were used in the same spectral region (>13 nm) as the EUV spectrometer. The radiation from the plasma was captured by using a single inexpensive glass capillary that was transported onto the spectrometer entrance slit and EUV diode. The use of glass capillary optics allowed placement of the spectrometer and diodes behind the thick radiation shield outside the direction of a possible hard x-ray radiation beam and debris from the plasma source. The results of the testing and application of this diagnostic for a compact laser plasma source are presented. Examples of modeling with parameters of plasmas are discussed.
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- V L Kantsyrev
- Physics Department, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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McCune JS, Lindley C, Decker JL, Williamson KM, Meadowcroft AM, Graff D, Sawyer WT, Blough DK, Pieper JA. Lack of gender differences and large intrasubject variability in cytochrome P450 activity measured by phenotyping with dextromethorphan. J Clin Pharmacol 2001; 41:723-31. [PMID: 11452704 DOI: 10.1177/00912700122010627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Gender-based differences in cytochrome P450 (CYP) activity may occur due to endogenous hormonal fluctuations with the menstrual cycle, which are altered by oral contraceptives. This study assessed the average activity and within-subject variability in CYP3A4 and CYP2D6 in men, women taking Triphasil, and regularly menstruating women not receiving oral contraceptives. Thirty-three healthy volunteers participated in this 28-day pilot study (12 women receiving Triphasil) (OCs), 11 regularly menstruating women not on exogenous progesterone or estrogen (no OCs), and 10 men. CYP3A4 and CYP2D6 activities were phenotyped with dextromethorphan (DM) on study days 7, 14, 21, and 28 using urinary ratios of DM:3-methoxymorphinan (3MM) and DM:dextrorphan (DX), respectively. Serial blood concentrations of estrogen and progesterone and menstrual diaries were used to determine menstrual phase in both groups of women. Average urinary DM:3MM and DM:DX in the 28 extensive metabolizers of CYP2D6 did not differ between the three study populations (p = 0.86 and 0.93, respectively). Post hoc power analysis indicated that more than 1000 subjects would be needed for 80% power (alpha = 0.05) to detect a +/- 15% difference from the population mean in the urinary ratios of dextromethorphan and its metabolites 3MM and DX. Variability in CYP3A4 and CYP2D6 activity, characterized by intrasubject standard deviation, also did not differ. The varying doses of levonorgesterol and ethinyl estradiol in Triphasil, fluctuations in estrogen and progesterone, and menstrual phase did not influence CYP3A4 or CYP2D6 activity. It was concluded that CYP3A4 and CYP2D6 activity and intrasubject variability were not different in the three study populations, and thus a clinically important difference between men, women on Triphasil, and women not receiving oral contraceptives is unlikely. High inter- and intrasubject variability in DM:3MM and DM:DX were clearly demonstrated and limit the use of dextromethorphan to phenotype endogenous CYP3A4 and CYP2D6 activity.
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Graff DW, Williamson KM, Pieper JA, Carson SW, Adams KF, Cascio WE, Patterson JH. Effect of fluoxetine on carvedilol pharmacokinetics, CYP2D6 activity, and autonomic balance in heart failure patients. J Clin Pharmacol 2001; 41:97-106. [PMID: 11225566 DOI: 10.1177/00912700122009746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The objective of this study was to examine the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic consequences of concomitant administration of fluoxetine and carvedilol in heart failure patients. Fluoxetine (20 mg) or matching placebo was administered in a randomized, double-blind, two-period crossover study to 10 patients previously identified as extensive metabolizers of CYP2D6 substrates. Patients were maintained on a carvedilol dose of 25 or 50 mg bid and given fluoxetine/placebo for a minimum of 28 days. Plasma was collected over the 12-hour carvedilol dosing interval, and the concentrations of the R(+) and S(-) enantiomers of carvedilol were measured. CYP2D6 phenotype was assessed during each study period using dextromethorphan (30 mg). Changes in autonomic modulation between study periods were measured by heart rate variability in the time and frequency domains using ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring. Compared to placebo, fluoxetine coadministration resulted in a 77% increase in mean (+/- SD) R(+) enantiomer AUC0-12 (522 +/- 413 vs. 927 +/- 506 ng.h/mL, p = 0.01) and a nonsignificant increase in S(-) enantiomer AUC (244 +/- 185 vs. 330 +/- 179 ng.h/mL, p = 0.17). Mean apparent oral clearance for both enantiomers decreased significantly with fluoxetine administration (R(+): 10.3 +/- 7.2 vs. 4.5 +/- 2.2 mL/min/kg; S(-): 22.5 +/- 12.3 vs. 12.6 +/- 7.4 mL/min/kg; p = 0.004 and 0.03, respectively). No differences in adverse effects, blood pressure, or heart rate were noted between treatment groups, and there were no consistent changes in heart rate variability parameters. In conclusion, fluoxetine administration resulted in a stereospecific inhibition of carvedilol metabolism, with the R(+) enantiomer increasing to a greater extent than the S(-) enantiomer. However, this interaction was of little clinical significance in our sample population.
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- D W Graff
- Division of Pharmacotherapy, University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7360, USA
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Meadowcroft AM, Williamson KM, Patterson JH, Hinderliter AL, Pieper JA. The effects of fluvastatin, a CYP2C9 inhibitor, on losartan pharmacokinetics in healthy volunteers. J Clin Pharmacol 1999; 39:418-24. [PMID: 10197301 DOI: 10.1177/00912709922007886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Losartan is an angiotensin II receptor antagonist that is metabolized by CYP2C9 and CYP3A4 to a more potent antihypertensive metabolite, E3174. Interaction studies with inhibitors of CYP3A4 have not demonstrated significant changes in the pharmacokinetics of losartan or E3174. The authors assessed the steady-state pharmacokinetics of losartan and E3174 when administered alone and concomitantly with fluvastatin, a specific CYP2C9 inhibitor. A prospective, open-label, crossover study was conducted in 12 healthy volunteers with losartan alone and in combination with fluvastatin. The baseline phase was 7 days of losartan (50 mg QAM), and the inhibition phase was 14 total days of fluvastatin (40 mg QHS), with the final 7 days including losartan. The authors found that fluvastatin did not significantly change the steady-state AUC0-24 or half-life of losartan or E3174. Losartan apparent oral clearance was not affected by fluvastatin. Inhibition of losartan metabolism appears to require both CYP2C9 and CYP3A4 inhibition.
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- A M Meadowcroft
- School of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmacotherapy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599-7360, USA
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Williamson KM, Thrasher KA, Fulton KB, LaPointe NM, Dunham GD, Cooper AA, Barrett PS, Patterson JH. Digoxin toxicity: an evaluation in current clinical practice. Arch Intern Med 1998; 158:2444-9. [PMID: 9855382 DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.22.2444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Serum digoxin concentrations (SDCs) are frequently sampled before completion of drug distribution. If elevated, these concentrations may be misinterpreted, potentially leading to a misdiagnosis of digoxin toxicity. OBJECTIVES To determine the frequency of elevated SDCs (>2.6 nmol/L [>2.0 ng/mL]) obtained at appropriate postdosing intervals and to evaluate the frequency of clinically defined digoxin toxicity in patients with elevated SDCs. METHODS The medical records of adult patients with SDCs assayed at 5 general hospitals in North Carolina during a 3-month period (May 1 through July 31, 1996) were prospectively evaluated. Data on SDC, inpatient or outpatient status, and medical or surgical service were collected for all patients. Data on patient demographics, serum chemistry values, indication for digoxin treatment, clinical evidence of digoxin toxicity, and timing of the blood sample relative to administration of the last dose of digoxin were collected for patients with SDCs higher than 2.6 nmol/L (>2.0 ng/mL). RESULTS Of 3434 SDCs assayed in 2009 patients, 320 (9.3%) were higher than 2.6 nmol/L (>2.0 ng/mL). Fifty-one (15.9%) of the 320 SDCs were drawn at 6 hours or less following a digoxin dose. Sampling time relative to the digoxin dose could not be determined in 70 (21.9%) of the 320 elevated SDCs, leaving 199 (62.2%) of 320 SDCs in 138 patients evaluable for digoxin toxicity. Eighty-three of the 138 patients had clinical evidence of digoxin toxicity for an overall incidence of 4.1%. CONCLUSIONS Digoxin toxicity occurs less frequently than historically reported. Continued emphasis needs to be placed on obtaining appropriately timed SDCs.
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- K M Williamson
- Quintiles Cardiovascular Therapeutics, Quintiles Inc, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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Williamson KM, Patterson JH, McQueen RH, Adams KF, Pieper JA. Effects of erythromycin or rifampin on losartan pharmacokinetics in healthy volunteers. Clin Pharmacol Ther 1998; 63:316-23. [PMID: 9542475 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-9236(98)90163-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Losartan is metabolized by CYP2C9 and CYP3A4 to an active metabolite, E3174, which has greater antihypertensive activity than the parent compound. Coadministered drugs that inhibit or induce metabolic processes may therefore alter the pharmacokinetics and pharmacologic response of losartan and E3174. OBJECTIVE AND METHODS Ten healthy volunteers were studied to assess the effects of CYP3A4 inhibition and nonspecific P450 enzyme induction on the pharmacokinetics of losartan and E3174. Subjects completed three 1-week phases separated by 6 days: 50 mg losartan every morning, losartan plus 500 mg erythromycin four times a day, and losartan plus 300 mg rifampin (INN, rifampicin) twice a day. On the eighth day of each phase, serial plasma concentrations of losartan and E3174 were obtained over 32 hours and steady-state pharmacokinetics were determined. RESULTS Rifampin decreased the area under the concentration-time curve from time zero to 24 hours after the dose (AUC[0-24]) of losartan by 35% (349 +/- 246 versus 225 +/- 130; p = 0.0001) and decreased the AUC(0-24) of E3174 by 40% (1336 +/- 445 versus 792 +/- 302; p < 0.005). Losartan oral clearance was increased by 44% (p = 0.0001). The half-life values of both compounds were decreased by 50% (p < 0.005). In contrast, erythromycin did not significantly affect the AUC(0-24) or half-life of either losartan or E3174. CONCLUSIONS Rifampin is a potent inducer of losartan and E3174 elimination. Given the magnitude of the effect, this interaction is likely to be clinically significant. On the basis of the minimal inhibitory effects observed with erythromycin, CYP3A4 appears to play a minor role in the in vivo metabolism of losartan to E3174. Further studies are needed to define the contribution of other isozymes, particularly CYP2C9, to the pharmacokinetics of losartan and E3174.
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- K M Williamson
- Division of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
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Ali PB, Cotton BR, Williamson KM, Smith G. Intraperitoneal bupivacaine or lidocaine does not provide analgesia after total abdominal hysterectomy. Br J Anaesth 1998; 80:245-7. [PMID: 9602595 DOI: 10.1093/bja/80.2.245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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We have compared pain scores at rest and on standardized movement, and morphine consumption using patient-controlled analgesia in 60 patients who had undergone total abdominal hysterectomy. Patients were allocated randomly to one of three groups: in the saline group, 0.9% sodium chloride 50 ml was administered into the pelvic cavity before closure of the peritoneum; in the second group, the solution administered was 20 ml of 0.5% bupivacaine solution with epinephrine 1:200,000 diluted with saline to a final volume of 50 ml; in the third group, the solution used was 20 ml [corrected] of 2% lidocaine with epinephrine 1:200,000 diluted with saline to a final volume of 50 ml. We found that there was no significant difference between the three groups in visual analogue pain scores at 8, 12, 36 or 48 h after operation at rest or on movement, and no significant difference in sedation or dose of antiemetic administered. Mean morphine consumption in the first 24 h was 54.6 (SEM 5.9) mg in the saline group, 55.5 (6.4) mg in the bupivacaine group and 52.5 (5.3) mg in the lidocaine group. In the second 24 h, morphine consumption was 34.9 (6.6) mg, 28.1 (3.5) mg and 28.0 (3.5) mg in the three groups, respectively. We conclude that i.p. administration of local anaesthetic solution into the pelvic cavity did not confer appreciable analgesia in patients undergoing abdominal hysterectomy.
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- P B Ali
- Department of Anaesthesia, Leicester Royal Infirmary
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OBJECTIVE To review the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) clinical practice guideline for heart failure and comment on the guideline regarding pharmacotherapy from the perspective of the latest clinical trial data and the authors' clinical experience. DATA SOURCES A MEDLINE search (1966 to June 1997) of English-language literature pertaining to the pharmacotherapy of heart failure was performed. Special emphasis was placed on literature published in the last 5 years. Additional literature was obtained from reference lists of key articles identified through the search. DATA SYNTHESIS Pertinent clinical trials were reviewed and considered along with information from the authors' database of over 800 patients with heart failure. Evidence concerning the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors at appropriate dosages in all New York Heart Association classes of heart failure and the inclusion of digoxin as part of triple therapy in all symptomatic patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction are reviewed. Strategies to circumvent clinical problems that may limit the proper application of standard therapeutic agents are considered, and the possible future role of beta-blockers as the therapeutic agents in patients with heart failure is discussed. CONCLUSIONS The AHCPR guideline provides the clinician with an excellent framework for treating the patient with heart failure. Building on the fundamentals of the guideline, the clinician can carefully apply current therapy at appropriate dosages and in the best combinations to individualize and thereby optimize pharmacologic therapy for this patient population.
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- K F Adams
- Heart Failure Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599, USA
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The evidence supporting the efficacy of digoxin in patients with heart failure who are in sinus rhythm is substantial. Digoxin improves hemodynamics, exercise capacity, symptoms, and quality of life and reduces hospitalizations. All of this is accomplished with a drug that is very inexpensive and can be given once daily. Its safety has been established through the DIG trial. Although digoxin does not decrease mortality beyond that of diuretics and ACE inhibitors, it does not increase mortality, unlike many positive inotropes. Furthermore, digoxin, in addition to ACE inhibitors and a diuretic, decreases the hospitalization rate due to worsening of heart failure. From a managed care perspective, as well as that of the patient, this is of enormous benefit. A pharmacoeconomic analysis estimated that continuation of digoxin in patients with stable congestive heart failure could save the healthcare system an estimated $ 400 million, based on costs from one hospital. The issue is not whether to use digoxin in these patients, but rather, how early to initiate therapy. From some of the recent data in patients with systolic dysfunction and mild heart failure, as well as knowledge of the neurohormonal activation that occurs early in these patients, it could be suggested that early use of neurohormonal modulators, including digoxin, would decrease the progression of heart failure. Thus, rather than waiting for symptoms despite optimal doses of an ACE inhibitor and diuretic, as suggested by the AHCPR practice guideline for heart failure, initiation of digoxin therapy in patients as early as NYHA class II at a dosage that will achieve a serum concentration of 1.0 ng/mL or less should occur. With the understanding of digoxin's effect on the neurohormonal systems, its role in patients with preserved systolic function needs to be reexplored. The debate can now focus on asymptomatic patients or those with preserved systolic function. Could these patients benefit from therapy with digoxin as well?
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- K M Williamson
- School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Meadowcroft AM, Williamson KM, Patterson JH, Pieper JA. Pharmacogenetics and heart failure: a convergence with carvedilol. Pharmacotherapy 1997; 17:637-9. [PMID: 9250542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In this preliminary randomized study, we have measured pain scores at rest and on movement, 24 and 48 h after operation in 19 control patients, who received 50 ml of saline i.p., and in 20 test patients, in whom 50 ml of saline solution containing lignocaine 200 mg and adrenaline 1:500,000 were instilled into the peritoneal cavity after total abdominal hysterectomy. We found that there was no difference in linear analogue scores for nausea, pain on movement or morphine consumption after operation between the two groups, but pain scores at rest were significantly lower in the lignocaine group at 24 and 48 h compared with the saline group. In the lignocaine group, blood sampling over a 3-h period revealed a mean maximum serum concentration of 0.4 microgram ml-1 at 3 h and a highest concentration in any patient of 0.87 microgram ml-1.
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- K M Williamson
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, City Hospital, Nottingham
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OBJECTIVE To describe the elimination of diltiazem and desacetyldiltiazem in an overdose situation. CASE SUMMARY An 18-year-old woman ingested controlled delivery diltiazem 14.94 g in a suicide attempt. After arriving at the hospital unresponsive and hypotensive, her condition progressed to complete heart block, cardiogenic shock, asystole, and acute renal failure. Supportive care consisted of vasopressors, intravenous calcium, intravenous glucagon, charcoal hemoperfusion, temporary transvenous pacing, and an intraaortic balloon pump. After 12 days in the hospital, the patient recovered fully. DISCUSSION We report a large, documented overdose of diltiazem and detail the pharmacokinetic profiles of both diltiazem and its active metabolite, desacetyldiltiazem. Nonlinear elimination of diltiazem appears to occur at higher concentrations. Although the patient improved clinically following charcoal hemoperfusion, no dramatic effects on diltiazem elimination were apparent. CONCLUSIONS Survival following massive diltiazem overdose can be achieved with supportive care. Charcoal hemoperfusion had a limited effect on improving the clearance of diltiazem as evidenced by serial plasma concentrations.
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- K M Williamson
- School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599, USA
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Williamson KM. Is there a role for digoxin in patients with systolic dysfunction? Pharmacotherapy 1996; 16:37S-42S. [PMID: 8668604] [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: 02/01/2023]
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In early placebo-controlled trials in patients with heart failure who were in sinus rhythm, digoxin improved hemodynamics, signs and symptoms of heart failure, and exercise capacity, and decreased functional deterioration and the need for pharmacologic cointervention. A more recent trial showed that withdrawing digoxin from patients who were clinically stable while receiving diuretics and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors often resulted in clinical deterioration, whereas continuing the agent maintained stability. Which patients should initially be treated with digoxin remains to be determined. The effects of digoxin on mortality in patients who are receiving ACE inhibitors must also be established.
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- K M Williamson
- Division of Pharmacy Practice, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Pharmacy 27599-7360, USA
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Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastro-intestinal tract. It arises as a result of incomplete dissolution of the vitello-intestinal duct. Approximately 4% of patients with Meckel's diverticula develop complications, most commonly obstruction, gastro-intestinal bleeding and inflammation. We describe three unusual presentations of Meckel's diverticulum-perforation due to ingested foreign body, a smooth muscle neoplasm simulating an ovarian tumour, and a Littre's hernia.
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- D R Andrew
- Department of General Surgery, Glenfield General Hospital, Leicester
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Few studies have focused on how university faculty learn and understand expectations of their professional role. The purpose of this study was to describe the experiences of five female physical education teacher educators in their first positions as assistant professors in research oriented universities. Data were collected using primarily qualitative methods--weekly journals and in-depth interviews. Quantitative data were gathered to compare organizational factors such as salary, load allocation, equipment, and travel funds. Data yielded five main categories concerning how and what participants learned about their faculty roles. These categories included participants' perceptions of (a) organizational structure and job facilitation, (b) work tasks, (c) support systems, (d) evaluation and feedback, and (e) participants' psychological states. All participants reported experiencing role ambiguity and stress. Clear criteria for job performance, collegial support and mentoring, and regular evaluation and feedback were cited by all participants as important factors for reducing stress and facilitating their roles as faculty.
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The purpose of this study was to conduct a nationwide survey to determine the number of master's-prepared infection control practitioners (ICPs) and those eligible for admission to graduate programs. Continuing education needs also were assessed to determine whether they might best be met through formal education or in a continuing education format. ICPs at 3765 health care facilities listed by the American Hospital Association as having more than 100 beds were invited to participate, and 2197 usable responses were received. Respondents' perceived educational needs were categorized into the eight sections outlined by the Educational Committee of the Association for Practitioners in Infection Control (APIC). Whenever possible, demographic characteristics of subjects were compared with the findings of the 1976-1977 Study on the Efficacy of Nosocomial Infection Control; apparent shifts have occurred in age, basic educational preparation, and numbers of practitioners with advanced degrees. The major perceived educational needs of the respondents were in the areas of Management and Communication, followed by Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology and Statistics. Nationwide generalization of the results may be hampered by the skewed regional distribution of responses. ICPs, however, expressed a multiplicity of perceived educational needs in each of APIC's eight sections, which may indicate that many ICPs believe that their performance and effectiveness are hampered by knowledge deficits.
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- J G Turner
- School of Nursing, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294
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Brown KC, Williamson KM. Marketing occupational health nursing services. AAOHN J 1988; 36:383-4. [PMID: 3415730] [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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Williamson KM, Brown KC, Packa J. AIDS education at the worksite. AAOHN J 1988; 36:262-5. [PMID: 3382472] [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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Newman KD, Sirles A, Williamson KM. Nurse management of the HIV-infected employee. AAOHN J 1988; 36:258-61. [PMID: 3382471] [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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Turner JG, Williamson KM. AIDS: a challenge for contemporary nursing. Part II: Clinical aids. Focus Crit Care 1986; 13:41-50. [PMID: 3639046] [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: 01/06/2023]
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Turner JG, Williamson KM. AIDS: a challenge for contemporary nursing, Part I. Focus Crit Care 1986; 13:53-61. [PMID: 3013697] [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: 01/03/2023]
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