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Tsoi SM, Nawaytou H, Almeneisi H, Steurer M, Zhao Y, Fineman JR, Keller RL. Prostaglandin-E1 infusion in persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn. Pediatr Pulmonol 2024; 59:379-388. [PMID: 37975485 PMCID: PMC10872594 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.26759] [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] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Revised: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Neonates with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) can present with hypoxia and right ventricular dysfunction with resultant inadequate oxygen delivery and end-organ damage. This study describes the use of prostaglandin-E1 (PGE) for ductal patency to preserve right ventricular systolic function and limit afterload in newborns with PPHN. METHODS This is a retrospective cohort study that follows the hemodynamics, markers of end-organ perfusion, length of therapeutics, and echocardiographic variables of 57 newborns who used prostglandin-E1 in the setting of PPHN. RESULTS Tachycardia, lactic acidosis, and supplemental oxygen use improved following PGE initiation. Fractional area change (FAC), to assess right ventricular systolic function, and pulmonary arterial acceleration time indexed to right ventricular ejection time (PAAT/RVET), to assess right ventricular afterload, also improved over three time points relative to PGE use (before, during, and after). CONCLUSIONS Overall, we described the safety and utility of PGE in newborns with severe PPHN for stabilization while allowing natural disease progression.
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- Stephanie M Tsoi
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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Torgerson D, Guardado M, Steurer M, Chapin C, Hernandez RD, Ballard PL. The hydrocortisone-responsive urinary metabolome of premature infants. Pediatr Res 2023; 94:1317-1326. [PMID: 37138028 PMCID: PMC10589081 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-023-02610-5] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/01/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Extremely premature infants are at risk for circulatory collapse or respiratory failure that are often treated with hydrocortisone (HC); however, there is no information on the metabolic consequences of this therapy. METHODS Longitudinal urine samples from infants <28 weeks gestation in the Trial of Late Surfactant were analyzed by untargeted UHPLC:MS/MS. Fourteen infants who received a tapering course of HC beginning at 3 mg/kg/day for ≥9 days were compared to 14 matched control infants. A secondary cross-sectional analysis by logistic regression used urines from 314 infants. RESULTS Of 1145 urinary metabolites detected, abundance of 219, representing all the major biochemical pathways, changed at p < 0.05 in the HC-treated group with 90% decreasing; 3 cortisol derivatives increased ~2-fold with HC therapy. Only 11% of regulated metabolites remained responsive at the lowest HC dose. Regulated metabolites included two steroids and thiamin that are associated with lung inflammation in infants. HC responsiveness was confirmed in 57% of metabolites by cross-sectional analysis. CONCLUSIONS HC treatment of premature infants influenced in a dose-dependent manner abundance of 19% of identified urinary metabolites of diverse biochemical systems, primarily reducing concentrations. These findings indicate that exposure to HC reversibly impacts the nutritional status of premature infants. IMPACT Hydrocortisone treatment of premature infants with respiratory failure or circulatory collapse alters levels of a subset of urinary metabolites representing all major biochemical pathways. This is the first description of the scope, magnitude, timing and reversibility of metabolomic changes in infants in response to hydrocortisone, and it confirms corticosteroid regulation of three biochemicals that are associated with lung inflammatory status. The findings indicate a dose-dependency of hydrocortisone for metabolomic and anti-inflammatory effects, that prolonged therapy may lower the supply of many nutrients, and that monitoring concentrations of cortisol and inflammation markers may be a useful clinical approach during corticosteroid therapy.
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- Dara Torgerson
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Guardado M, Steurer M, Chapin C, Hernandez RD, Ballard PL, Torgerson D. The Urinary Metabolomic Fingerprint in Extremely Preterm Infants on Total Parenteral Nutrition vs. Enteral Feeds. Metabolites 2023; 13:971. [PMID: 37755251 PMCID: PMC10537655 DOI: 10.3390/metabo13090971] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023] Open
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Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN), which uses intravenous administration of nutrients, minerals and vitamins, is essential for sustaining premature infants until they transition to enteral feeds, but there is limited information on metabolomic differences between infants on TPN and enteral feeds. We performed untargeted global metabolomics on urine samples collected between 23-30 days of life from 314 infants born <29 weeks gestational age from the TOLSURF and PROP cohorts. Principal component analysis across all metabolites showed a separation of infants solely on TPN compared to infants who had transitioned to enteral feeds, indicating global metabolomic differences between infants based on feeding status. Among 913 metabolites that passed quality control filters, 609 varied in abundance between infants on TPN vs. enteral feeds at p < 0.05. Of these, 88% were in the direction of higher abundance in the urine of infants on enteral feeds. In a subset of infants in a longitudinal analysis, both concurrent and delayed changes in metabolite levels were observed with the initiation of enteral feeds. These infants had higher concentrations of essential amino acids, lipids, and vitamins, which are necessary for growth and development, suggesting the nutritional benefit of an enteral feeding regimen.
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- Miguel Guardado
- Biological and Medical Informatics Graduate Program, School of Medicine, Mission Bay Campus, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94134, USA
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Mission Bay Campus, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA;
- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, School of Medicine, Mission Bay Campus, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94134, USA;
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Mission Bay & Parnassus Campuses, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; (M.S.); (C.C.); (P.L.B.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Mission Bay & Parnassus Campuses, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; (M.S.); (C.C.); (P.L.B.)
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, School of Medicine, Mission Bay Campus, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94134, USA;
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Mission Bay & Parnassus Campuses, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; (M.S.); (C.C.); (P.L.B.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Mission Bay Campus, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA;
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Chaudhry PM, Sen S, Steurer M, Levy VY, Gowda S, Ball MK, Ashrafi A, Emani SM, Bacha EA, Checchia PA, Levy PT, Krishnamurthy G. Perioperative Care Models for Neonates With Congenital Heart Disease: Evolving Role of Neonatology Within the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2023:21501351231170772. [PMID: 37309123 DOI: 10.1177/21501351231170772] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
A multidisciplinary team is needed to optimally care for infants with congenital heart disease (CHD). Different compositions of teams trained in cardiology, critical care, cardiothoracic surgery, anesthesia, and neonatology have been identified as being primarily responsible for perioperative care of this high-risk population in dedicated cardiac intensive care units (CICUs). Although the specific role of cardiac intensivists has become more well defined over the past two decades, the responsibilities of neonatologists remain highly variable in the CICU with neonatologists providing care along with a unique spectrum of primary, shared, or consultative care. The neonatologist can function as the primary physician and assume all or share responsibility with the cardiac intensivists for the management of infants with CHD. A neonatologist can provide care as a secondary consultant physician in a supportive role for the primary CICU team. Additionally, neonates with CHD can be mixed with older children in a CICU, cohorted in a dedicated space within the CICU or placed in a stand-alone infant CICU without older children. Although variations exist between centers on which model of care is deployed and the location within a CICU, characterization of current practice patterns represents the initial step required to determine optimal best practices to improve the quality of care for neonates with cardiac disease. In this manuscript, we present four models utilized in the United States in which the neonatologist provides neonatal-cardiac-focused care in a dedicated CICU. We also outline the different permutations of location where neonates can be cared for in dedicated pediatric/infant CICUs.
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- Paulomi M Chaudhry
- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Division of Neonatology and Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, California Preterm Birth Initiative, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, CHOC Children's Hospital, Orange, CA, USA
- University of California Irvine, Orange, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School Boston, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, New York-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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Colglazier E, Stevens L, Parker C, Nawaytou HM, Amin EK, Becerra J, Steurer M, Fineman JR. Hemodynamic assessment of transitioning from parenteral prostacyclin to selexipag in pediatric pulmonary hypertension. Pulm Circ 2022; 12:e12159. [PMID: 36514390 PMCID: PMC9732384 DOI: 10.1002/pul2.12159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Revised: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Despite the increase in therapeutic options, parenteral prostacyclins remain the cornerstone in the medical management of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). While the use of parenteral prostacyclins in pediatric patients is well documented, less is known about alternative drug delivery methods such as enteral administration. Given that parenteral routes of prostacyclin administration (IV or SC) are invariably accompanied by complicated logistics and lifestyle compromises, enteral prostacyclin administration represents an attractive treatment option. Selexipag (Uptravi®) was approved for adults PAH in 2015. There is limited data on the hemodynamic efficacy of transitioning from parenteral prostacyclins to selexipag, particularly in the pediatric population. We report 11 pediatric PAH patients who underwent this transition, in which 10 had complete cardiac catheterization data before and following the transition to selexipag. All patients/families reported an improvement in quality of life, and the transitions occurred without adverse effects. However, 3 of the 11 (27%) did not tolerate the transition; two for worsening hemodynamics, and one for acute right ventricular failure in the setting of an intercurrent illness. In addition, the transition to selexipag was associated with a modest increase in pulmonary vascular resistance index (6/10) and decrease in cardiac index (6/10) in some patients. Selexipag use in pediatric PAH represents a significant addition to our therapeutic arsenal, and its use provides a meaningful improvement in quality of life compared with other prostacyclin formulations. However, when goals of care include aggressive disease management, a decision between improved quality of life and possible adverse outcomes must be considered, and its substitution should include cautious, close, long-term follow-up.
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- Elizabeth Colglazier
- Department of PediatricsUCSF Benioff Children's HospitalSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of PediatricsUCSF Benioff Children's HospitalSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of PediatricsUCSF Benioff Children's HospitalSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of PediatricsUCSF Benioff Children's HospitalSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of PediatricsUCSF Benioff Children's HospitalSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of PediatricsUCSF Benioff Children's HospitalSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of PediatricsUCSF Benioff Children's HospitalSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of PediatricsUCSF Benioff Children's HospitalSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA,UCSF Cardiovascular Research InstituteSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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Levy PT, Thomas AR, Wethall A, Perez D, Steurer M, Ball MK. Rethinking Congenital Heart Disease in Preterm Neonates. Neoreviews 2022; 23:e373-e387. [PMID: 35641458 DOI: 10.1542/neo.23-6-e373] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
Congenital heart disease (CHD) and prematurity are the leading causes of infant mortality in the United States. Importantly, the combination of prematurity and CHD results in a further increased risk of mortality and significant morbidity. The key factors in these adverse outcomes are not well understood, but likely include maternal-fetal environment, perinatal and neonatal elements, and challenging postnatal care. Preterm neonates with CHD are born with "double jeopardy": not only do they experience challenges related to immaturity of the lungs, brain, and other organs, but they also must undergo treatment for cardiac disease. The role of the neonatologist caring for preterm infants with CHD has changed with the evolution of the field of pediatric cardiac critical care. Increasingly, neonatologists invested in the cardiovascular care of the newborn with CHD engage at multiple stages in their course, including fetal consultation, delivery room management, preoperative care, and postoperative treatment. A more comprehensive understanding of prematurity and CHD may inform clinical practice and ultimately improve outcomes in preterm infants with CHD. In this review, we discuss the current evidence surrounding neonatal and cardiac outcomes in preterm infants with CHD; examine the prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal factors recognized to influence these outcomes; identify knowledge gaps; consider research and clinical opportunities; and highlight the ways in which a neonatologist can contribute to the care of preterm infants with CHD.
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- Philip T Levy
- Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, California Preterm Birth Initiative, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH.,Division of Neonatology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
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Braun L, Steurer M, Henry D. Healthcare Utilization of Complex Chronically Ill Children Managed by a Telehealth-Based Team. Front Pediatr 2021; 9:689572. [PMID: 34222153 PMCID: PMC8242159 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.689572] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Objectives: Medical advances have improved survival of critically ill children, increasing the number that have substantial ongoing care needs. The first aim of this study was to compare healthcare utilization of children with complex chronic conditions across an extensive geographic area managed by a predominantly telehealth-based team (FamiLy InteGrated Healthcare Transitions-FLIGHT) compared to matched historical controls. The second aim was to identify risk factors for healthcare utilization within the FLIGHT population. Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study of all patients enrolled in the care management team. First, we compared them to age- and technology-based matched historic controls across medical resource-utilization outcomes. Second, we used univariable and multivariable linear regression models to identify risk factors for resource utilization within the FLIGHT population. Results: Sixty-four FLIGHT patients were included, with 34 able to be matched with historic controls. FLIGHT patients had significantly fewer hospital days per year (13.6 vs. 30.3 days, p = 0.02) and shorter admissions (6.0 vs. 17.3 days, p = 0.02) compared to controls. Within the telehealth managed population, increased number of technologies was associated with more admissions per year (coefficient 0.90, CI 0.05 - 1.75) and hospital days per year (16.83, CI 1.76 - 31.90), although increased number of complex chronic conditions was not associated with an increase in utilization. Conclusion: A telehealth-based care coordination team was able to significantly decrease some metrics of healthcare utilization in a complex pediatric population. Future study is warranted into utilization of telemedicine for care coordination programs caring for children with medical complexity.
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- Lindsay Braun
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.,University of California, Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.,University of California, Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.,University of California, Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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Egle A, Jäger U, Skrabs C, Dürig J, Nösslinger T, Wanner D, Steurer M, Ringshausen I, Melchardt T, Greil R, Ysebaert L. UNMAINTAINED REMISSION AFTER DISCONTINUATION OF KINASE INHIBITOR TREATEMENT IN CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA: AN OBSERVATIONAL COHORT. Hematol Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.33_2630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- A. Egle
- 3rd Medical Department; Paracelsus Medical University; Salzburg Austria
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- Dept. Internal Medicine I; Medical University Vienna; Vienna Austria
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- Dept. Internal Medicine I; Medical University Vienna; Vienna Austria
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- Dept. Hematology; University Hospital Essen; Essen Germany
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- 3rd Medical Department for Hematology and Oncology; Hanusch Hospital Vienna; Vienna Austria
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- Dept. Internal Medicine V; Medical University Innsbruck; Innsbruck Austria
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- Dept. Internal Medicine V; Medical University Innsbruck; Innsbruck Austria
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- Department of Haematology; University of Cambridge; Cambridge United Kingdom
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- 3rd Medical Department; Paracelsus Medical University; Salzburg Austria
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- 3rd Medical Department; Paracelsus Medical University; Salzburg Austria
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- Service d'Hématologie; IUCT-Oncopole; Toulouse France
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Plaikner M, Kremser C, Zoller H, Steurer M, Glodny B, Jaschke W, Henninger B. Does gadoxetate disodium affect MRE measurements in the delayed hepatobiliary phase? Eur Radiol 2019; 29:829-837. [PMID: 30027410 PMCID: PMC6302879 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-018-5616-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2018] [Revised: 05/24/2018] [Accepted: 06/18/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES To assess if the administration of gadoxetate disodium (Gd-EOB-DTPA) significantly affects hepatic magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) measurements in the delayed hepatobiliary phase (DHBP). METHODS A total of 47 patients (15 females, 32 males; age range 23-78 years, mean 54.28 years) were assigned to standard hepatic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with application of Gd-EOB-DTPA and hepatic MRE. MRE was performed before injection of Gd-EOB-DTPA and after 40-50 min in the DHBP. Liver stiffness values were obtained before and after contrast media application and differences between pre- and post-Gd-EOB-DTPA values were evaluated using a Bland-Altman plot and the Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon test. In addition, the data were compared with regard to the resulting fibrosis classification. RESULTS Mean hepatic stiffness for pre-Gd-EOB-DTPA measurements was 4.01 kPa and post-Gd-EOB-DTPA measurements yielded 3.95 kPa. We found a highly significant individual correlation between pre- and post-Gd-EOB-DTPA stiffness values (Pearson correlation coefficient of r = 0.95 (p < 0.001) with no significant difference between the two measurements (p =0.49)). Bland-Altman plot did not show a systematic effect for the difference between pre- and post-stiffness measurements (mean difference: 0.06 kPa, SD 0.81). Regarding the classification of fibrosis stages, the overall agreement was 87.23% and the intraclass correlation coefficient was 96.4%, indicating excellent agreement. CONCLUSIONS Administration of Gd-EOB-DTPA does not significantly influence MRE stiffness measurements of the liver in the DHBP. Therefore, MRE can be performed in the DHBP. KEY POINTS • MRE of the liver can reliably be performed in the delayed hepatobiliary phase. • Gd-EOB-DTPA does not significantly influence MRE stiffness measurements of the liver. • MRE performed in the delayed hepatobiliary-phase is reasonable in patients with reduced liver function.
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- M Plaikner
- Department of Radiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Radiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Radiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Radiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Radiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Radiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Hinterleitner C, Steurer M, Dörfel D, Heitmann J, Kreisselmeier KP, Müller K, Kopp HG, Wirths S, Haap M, de Fend LQM, Horger M, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Kanz L, Müller MR. Long-term remission of refractory Rosai-Dorfman disease after salvage therapy with clofarabine in an adult patient. Ann Hematol 2018; 98:227-230. [PMID: 29980874 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-018-3421-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Clemens Hinterleitner
- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Immunology, University of Tübingen, Otfried-Müller-Str. 10, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Immunology, University of Tübingen, Otfried-Müller-Str. 10, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Immunology, University of Tübingen, Otfried-Müller-Str. 10, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Immunology, University of Tübingen, Otfried-Müller-Str. 10, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Immunology, University of Tübingen, Otfried-Müller-Str. 10, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Immunology, University of Tübingen, Otfried-Müller-Str. 10, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Immunology, University of Tübingen, Otfried-Müller-Str. 10, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Clinical Pathology and Metabolism, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Global Pediatric Medicine, St. Jude's Children Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Immunology, University of Tübingen, Otfried-Müller-Str. 10, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Immunology, University of Tübingen, Otfried-Müller-Str. 10, 72076, Tübingen, Germany. .,Department of Oncology, Hematology and Immunology, Klinikum Siloah, Hannover, Germany.
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Grottenthaler JM, Werner CR, Steurer M, Spengler U, Berg T, Engelmann C, Wedemeyer H, von Hahn T, Stremmel W, Pathil A, Seybold U, Schott E, Blessin U, Sarrazin C, Welker MW, Harrer E, Scholten S, Hinterleitner C, Lauer UM, Malek NP, Berg CP. Successful direct acting antiviral (DAA) treatment of HCV/HIV-coinfected patients before and after liver transplantation. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0197544. [PMID: 29874250 PMCID: PMC5991346 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2018] [Accepted: 05/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Objectives The aim of this multicenter retrospective study was to investigate safety and efficacy of direct acting antiviral (DAA) treatment in the rare subgroup of patients with HCV/HIV-coinfection and advanced liver cirrhosis on the liver transplant waiting list or after liver transplantation, respectively. Methods When contacting 54 German liver centers (including all 23 German liver transplant centers), 12 HCV/HIV-coinfected patients on antiretroviral combination therapy were reported having received additional DAA therapy while being on the waiting list for liver transplantation (patient characteristics: Child-Pugh A (n = 6), B (n = 5), C (n = 1); MELD range 7–21; HCC (n = 2); HCV genotype 1a (n = 8), 1b (n = 2), 4 (n = 2)). Furthermore, 2 HCV/HIV-coinfected patients were denoted having received DAA therapy after liver transplantation (characteristics: HCV genotype 1a (n = 1), 4 (n = 1)). Results Applied DAA regimens were SOF/DAC (n = 7), SOF/LDV/RBV (n = 3), SOF/RBV (n = 3), PTV/r/OBV/DSV (n = 1), or PTV/r/OBV/DSV/RBV (n = 1), respectively. All patients achieved SVR 12, in the end. In one patient, HCV relapse occurred after 24 weeks of SOF/DAC therapy; subsequent treatment with 12 weeks PTV/r/OBV/DSV achieved SVR 12. One patient underwent liver transplantation while on DAA treatment. Analysis of liver function revealed either stable parameters or even significant improvement during DAA therapy and in follow-up. MELD scores were found to improve in 9/13 therapies in patients on the waiting list for liver transplantation; in only 2 patients a moderate increase of MELD scores persisted at the end of follow-up. Conclusion DAA treatment was safe and highly effective in this nation-wide cohort of patients with HCV/HIV-coinfection awaiting liver transplantation or being transplanted.
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- Julia M. Grottenthaler
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Infectiology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) partner site, Tuebingen, Bonn, Hannover, Heidelberg, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Infectiology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) partner site, Tuebingen, Bonn, Hannover, Heidelberg, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Infectiology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) partner site, Tuebingen, Bonn, Hannover, Heidelberg, Munich, Germany
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) partner site, Tuebingen, Bonn, Hannover, Heidelberg, Munich, Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) partner site, Tuebingen, Bonn, Hannover, Heidelberg, Munich, Germany
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endocrinology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) partner site, Tuebingen, Bonn, Hannover, Heidelberg, Munich, Germany
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endocrinology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) partner site, Tuebingen, Bonn, Hannover, Heidelberg, Munich, Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine IV, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) partner site, Tuebingen, Bonn, Hannover, Heidelberg, Munich, Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine IV, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) partner site, Tuebingen, Bonn, Hannover, Heidelberg, Munich, Germany
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Medizinische Poliklinik-Innenstadt, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 3, Institute of Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) partner site, Tuebingen, Bonn, Hannover, Heidelberg, Munich, Germany
- Department of Medical Oncology, Haematology, Immunology, Rheumatology and Pulmology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) partner site, Tuebingen, Bonn, Hannover, Heidelberg, Munich, Germany
- Department of Clinical Tumor Biology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Infectiology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) partner site, Tuebingen, Bonn, Hannover, Heidelberg, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Infectiology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) partner site, Tuebingen, Bonn, Hannover, Heidelberg, Munich, Germany
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Henninger B, Raithel E, Kranewitter C, Steurer M, Jaschke W, Kremser C. Evaluation of an accelerated 3D SPACE sequence with compressed sensing and free-stop scan mode for imaging of the knee. Eur J Radiol 2018; 102:74-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2018.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2017] [Revised: 01/30/2018] [Accepted: 03/01/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Steurer M, Burke E, Oltman S, Baer R, Ryckman K, Paynter R, Liang L, McCarthy M, Feuer S, Chambers C, Norton M, Peyvandi S, Grady A, Rand L, Rajagopal S, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L. THE EFFECT OF BIRTH WEIGHT ON MORTALITY IN INFANTS WITH CRITICAL CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE. J Am Coll Cardiol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(18)31170-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Widmann G, Juranek D, Waldenberger F, Schullian P, Dennhardt A, Hoermann R, Steurer M, Gassner EM, Puelacher W. Influence of Ultra-Low-Dose and Iterative Reconstructions on the Visualization of Orbital Soft Tissues on Maxillofacial CT. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2017; 38:1630-1635. [PMID: 28596194 PMCID: PMC7960431 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a5239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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] [Received: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 03/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Dose reduction on CT scans for surgical planning and postoperative evaluation of midface and orbital fractures is an important concern. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the variability of various low-dose and iterative reconstruction techniques on the visualization of orbital soft tissues. MATERIALS AND METHODS Contrast-to-noise ratios of the optic nerve and inferior rectus muscle and subjective scores of a human cadaver were calculated from CT with a reference dose protocol (CT dose index volume = 36.69 mGy) and a subsequent series of low-dose protocols (LDPs I-4: CT dose index volume = 4.18, 2.64, 0.99, and 0.53 mGy) with filtered back-projection (FBP) and adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASIR)-50, ASIR-100, and model-based iterative reconstruction. The Dunn Multiple Comparison Test was used to compare each combination of protocols (α = .05). RESULTS Compared with the reference dose protocol with FBP, the following statistically significant differences in contrast-to-noise ratios were shown (all, P ≤ .012) for the following: 1) optic nerve: LDP-I with FBP; LDP-II with FBP and ASIR-50; LDP-III with FBP, ASIR-50, and ASIR-100; and LDP-IV with FBP, ASIR-50, and ASIR-100; and 2) inferior rectus muscle: LDP-II with FBP, LDP-III with FBP and ASIR-50, and LDP-IV with FBP, ASIR-50, and ASIR-100. Model-based iterative reconstruction showed the best contrast-to-noise ratio in all images and provided similar subjective scores for LDP-II. ASIR-50 had no remarkable effect, and ASIR-100, a small effect on subjective scores. CONCLUSIONS Compared with a reference dose protocol with FBP, model-based iterative reconstruction may show similar diagnostic visibility of orbital soft tissues at a CT dose index volume of 2.64 mGy. Low-dose technology and iterative reconstruction technology may redefine current reference dose levels in maxillofacial CT.
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- G Widmann
- From the Departments of Radiology (G.W., P.S., M.S., E.-M.G.)
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- Craniomaxillofacial Surgery (D.J., F.W., A.D., W.P.)
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- From the Departments of Radiology (G.W., P.S., M.S., E.-M.G.)
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- Craniomaxillofacial Surgery (D.J., F.W., A.D., W.P.)
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- Division of Functional and Clinical Anatomy (R.H.), Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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- From the Departments of Radiology (G.W., P.S., M.S., E.-M.G.)
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- From the Departments of Radiology (G.W., P.S., M.S., E.-M.G.)
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- Craniomaxillofacial Surgery (D.J., F.W., A.D., W.P.)
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Bruderer U, Fisler A, Steurer MP, Steurer M, Dullenkopf A. Post-discharge nausea and vomiting after total intravenous anaesthesia and standardised PONV prophylaxis for ambulatory surgery. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2017. [PMID: 28626981 DOI: 10.1111/aas.12921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND The incidence of post-discharge nausea and vomiting (PDNV) after ambulatory anaesthesia using total intravenous anaesthesia with a risk-stratified anti-emetic approach is not well documented in the literature. In this study, we outline such an approach. The goal was to achieve an acceptably low rate of PDNV both immediately and the day after surgery. METHODS With ethics committee approval, adult patients undergoing outpatient surgery received a Propofol-based general anaesthetic plus standardised PONV-prophylaxis corresponding to their Apfel risk-score (0-4); ondansetron (risk-score 2), additional dexamethasone (risk-score 3), and additional droperidol (risk-score 4). On post-operative days one and two, patients scored PDNV and pain (numeric rating scale (NRS); 0 = none at all; 10 = worst imaginable). On post-operative day two, patients indicated the level of interference of PDNV and/or pain with their quality of life. Data are descriptive (%) or mean. RESULTS There were 222 patients included (age 43 years, 44% female, anaesthesia time 95 min). On the day of surgery, 69.4% of patients did not experience any nausea, 10.4% complained about severe (NRS > 6) nausea, 6.3% experienced vomiting or retching. On the first and second postoperative day, nausea was absent in 88.7% of patients and 97.3%, respectively. Quality of life was impacted (NRS ≥ 4) more by pain (32.8% of cases), than by PDNV (13.6%). CONCLUSION Acceptably low rates of PDNV were achieved with the proposed standardised approach to PDNV prophylaxis. For almost 90% of patients, PDNV was not an issue the first day after surgery. Pain after discharge was a more common problem.
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- U. Bruderer
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine; Kantonsspital Frauenfeld; Frauenfeld Switzerland
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine; Kantonsspital Frauenfeld; Frauenfeld Switzerland
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- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care; University of California; San Francisco CA USA
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- Department of Pediatrics; University of California; San Francisco CA USA
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine; Kantonsspital Frauenfeld; Frauenfeld Switzerland
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Wieser T, Steurer MP, Steurer M, Dullenkopf A. Factors influencing the level of patients using the internet to gather information before anaesthesia: a single-centre survey of 815 patients in Switzerland : The internet for patient information before anaesthesia. BMC Anesthesiol 2017; 17:39. [PMID: 28270097 PMCID: PMC5341440 DOI: 10.1186/s12871-017-0319-1] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2016] [Accepted: 02/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Aim of this study was to identify factors associated with patients using the internet to find information about their upcoming surgery in general, and more specifically about anaesthesia. Methods With Ethics committee approval, 1000 consecutive patients seen before elective surgery in the anaesthesia preoperative clinic of a Swiss Level 2 hospital were asked to complete a questionnaire. Primary outcome were patients using the internet to gather any medical information related to their upcoming hospital stay, secondary outcome patients using the internet to gather information regarding the upcoming anaesthesia. Multiple regression was performed to identify independent factors associated with internet use. Results Eighty-two percent of the patients (n = 815) participated. 97% of those were ASA physical status 1 or 2; 83% (n = 676) had experience with previous anaesthetics, 86% (n = 700) reported to use the internet in general. Overall, about one-third of the participants used the internet to learn more about their medical condition, 26% regarding their upcoming surgical procedure. Only 7% (n = 55) obtained information about the anaesthetic. In multivariate analyses, factors associated with internet use were generally doing so, and planned moderate compared to minor surgery; not using the internet was associated with previous anaesthetic experience. Of those who did not use the Internet to learn about their anaesthetic, 34% indicated that they would have visited a trusted website. Conclusion Only few patients used the internet to obtain information about their upcoming procedure and the anaesthetic part played an even smaller role. However, many patients would have appreciated guidance to find trustworthy internet sites. Trial registration German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS00005434; date of registration: 27th December 2013); date of enrolment of first patient: 1st August 2013; study retrospectively registered.
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- T Wieser
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Kantonsspital Frauenfeld, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
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- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, UCSF, San Francisco, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, UCSF, San Francisco, USA
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Kantonsspital Frauenfeld, Frauenfeld, Switzerland.
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Hergenhan A, Steurer M, Berger TM. Gestational age-adapted oxygen saturation targeting and outcome of extremely low gestational age neonates (ELGANs). Swiss Med Wkly 2015; 145:w14197. [PMID: 26523460 DOI: 10.4414/smw.2015.14197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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QUESTIONS UNDER STUDY Optimal oxygen saturation (SpO2) targets for extremely low gestational age neonates (ELGANs, gestational age [GA] <28 weeks) are unknown. Conflicting results from five recently published multicentre trials, which randomised ELGANs to high (91 to 95%) or low (85 to 89%) SpO2 targets from birth up to a corrected GA of 36 weeks, prompted us to examine our experience with two different SpO2 policies. METHODS We retrospectively compared outcomes of two cohorts of ELGANs which were exposed to two different SpO2 target policies adapted to the infants' corrected GA. Between 1 January 2000 and 30 June 2007, SpO2 targets were 85 to 95% at <30 weeks and 88 to 97% at ≥30 weeks (high SpO2 target cohort, n = 157). Between 1 July 2007 and 31 December 2011, SpO2 targets were lowered to 80 to 90% at <30 weeks, 85 to 95% between 30 and 34 weeks and finally 88 to 97% at ≥34 weeks (low SpO2 target cohort, n = 84). RESULTS There were no statistically significant differences between the high and low SpO2 target cohorts in mortality rates (15.9 vs 17.9%, risk ratio [RR] 0.89; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.50-1.60), incidences of severe retinopathy of prematurity (2.3 vs 0%, RR 3.68; 95% CI 0.19-70.3), or moderate/severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (14.4 vs 21.1%, RR 0.68; 95% CI 0.37-1.26). CONCLUSIONS Adapting SpO2 targets to the advancing corrected GA seems safe and is associated with low incidences of short-term complications. Mortality rates did not vary with the two different SpO2 target policies utilised and were comparable to those reported from recently published randomised controlled SpO2 target trials.
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- Anja Hergenhan
- Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital of Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital of Lucerne, Switzerland
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Morgillo D, Morgillo-Mitchell J, Fontanta M, Steurer M, Schmitt-Mechelke T, Bauder F, Berger TM. Outcome of extremely low gestational age newborns (ELGANs) following a pro-active treatment approach: a Swiss single centre experience over 10 years. Swiss Med Wkly 2014; 144:w14014. [PMID: 25255015 DOI: 10.4414/smw.2014.14014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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QUESTIONS UNDER STUDY To determine the impact of a pro-active treatment approach on outcome of extremely low gestational age neonates (ELGANs; gestational age [GA] <28 weeks) born at the perinatal centre of Lucerne, Switzerland. METHODS We assessed rates of survival, severe neonatal morbidity and neuro-developmental impairment (NDI) of all ELGANs born alive and treated at our centre between 2000 and 2009. The results were compared with published data from contemporary national and international cohorts. RESULTS Over the 10-year study period, a total of 216 ELGANs were born alive at the perinatal centre of Lucerne. The survival rate was 74% for all live-born infants, and 81% for those admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. Among the 160 survivors, 25% sustained at least one major neonatal morbidity; severe brain injury (i.e., periventricular/intraventricular haemorrhage grade 3 or 4 and/or cystic periventricular leukomalacia) affected 10%; moderate or severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia 16%; retinopathy of prematurity ≥ stage 3 1%; and necrotising enterocolitis 2%. Neuro-developmental outcome data at 18 to 24 months was available for 92% of all survivors: 88% had no or mild NDI, whereas moderate and severe NDI were present in 10% and 2%, respectively. CONCLUSION When compared with published national or international data, our pro-active treatment approach to ELGANs was associated with higher or equal survival rates without increasing rates of severe neonatal morbidity or neuro-developmental impairment at the age of 18 to 24 months.
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- Davide Morgillo
- Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital of Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital of Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital of Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Division of Paediatric Critical Care, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Paediatric Neurology Unit, Children's Hospital of Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital of Lucerne, Switzerland
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Aksel S, Steurer M, Steinauer J, Lederle L, Sokoloff A, Drey E. Safety of deep sedation without intubation in late second-trimester dilation and evacuation. Contraception 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2014.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Fiegl M, Stauder R, Steurer M, Mian M, Hopfinger G, Brychtova Y, Skrabs C, Zabernigg A, Schmid F, Haslbaur F, Winder G, Walder A, Lang A, Voskova D, Greil R, Mayer J, Gastl G. Alemtuzumab in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: final results of a large observational multicenter study in mostly pretreated patients. Ann Hematol 2013; 93:267-77. [PMID: 24292560 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-013-1966-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Accepted: 11/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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This retrospective study evaluated the benefit of alemtuzumab monotherapy in unselected patients with advanced B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and prolymphocytic leukemia (B-PLL) to definitely describe the impact of this antibody in clinical routine use. Data were collected from 208 consecutive, mainly pretreated, patients with CLL (n = 202), and B-PLL (n = 6) who had received alemtuzumab. Response, progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS) in various settings were assessed, and toxicities were documented. In these routine patients, a comparably low cumulative dose of alemtuzumab (median, 403 mg) was applied. In CLL, overall response rate was 32 %, and various pre-therapeutic parameters were predictive for inferior response, among them, the prior administration of ≥3 therapy lines (P < 0.001), refractoriness to fludarabine (P = 0.002), and bulky lymphadenopathy (P = 0.003). PFS and OS after start of alemtuzumab were 6.2 and 21.0 months, respectively. Bulky lymphadenopathy was the prominent risk factor for both inferior PFS (P < 0.001) and OS (P = 0.002). In B-PLL, four patients experienced a fatal outcome, whereas two patients had some benefit with alemtuzumab. The main adverse effects were CMV reactivation (20 %) and a broad spectrum of infections, which together were the main reasons for treatment interruption and/or premature termination. In conclusion, alemtuzumab administered even at low dose levels was effective but overall considerably toxic in routine CLL patients. We emphasize that alemtuzumab remains an important therapeutic option in subsets of CLL patients.
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- M Fiegl
- Department of Internal Medicine V (Hematology and Oncology), Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria,
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Hörl S, Bánki Z, Huber G, Ejaz A, Windisch D, Muellauer B, Willenbacher E, Steurer M, Stoiber H. Reduction of complement factor H binding to CLL cells improves the induction of rituximab-mediated complement-dependent cytotoxicity. Leukemia 2013; 27:2200-8. [PMID: 23760402 PMCID: PMC3826035 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2013.169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [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: 01/02/2013] [Revised: 04/23/2013] [Accepted: 05/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A main effector mechanism of rituximab (RTX) is the induction of complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC). However, this effector function is limited, because CLL cells are protected from complement-induced damage by regulators of complement activation (RCAs). A prominent RCA in fluid phase is factor H (fH), which has not been investigated in this context yet. Here, we show that fH binds to CLL cells and that human recombinant fH-derived short-consensus repeat 18–20 (hSCR18–20) interferes with this binding. In complement-based lysis assays, CLL cells from therapy-naive patients were differently susceptible to RTX-induced CDC and were defined as CDC responder or CDC non-responder, respectively. In CDC responders, but notably also in non-responders, hSCR18–20 significantly boosted RTX-induced CDC. Killing of the cells was specific for CD20+ cells, whereas CD20− cells were poorly affected. CDC resistance was independent of expression of the membrane-anchored RCAs CD55 and CD59, although blocking of these RCAs further boosted CDC. Thus, inhibition of fH binding by hSCR18–20 sensitizes CLL cells to CDC and may provide a novel strategy for improving RTX-containing immunochemotherapy of CLL patients.
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- S Hörl
- Division of Virology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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Arocker-Mettinger E, Steurer-Georgiew L, Steurer M, Huber-Spitzy V, Hoelzl E, Grabner G, Kuchar A. Circulating ICAM-1 levels in serum of uveitis patients. Curr Eye Res 2009; 11 Suppl:161-6. [PMID: 1358555 DOI: 10.3109/02713689208999527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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]
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Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 (ICAM-1) is a cytokine-inducible adhesion molecule expressed on cells of multiple lineages at sites of inflammation. Recently a truncated form of ICAM-1 has been discovered to be circulating in serum. This study reports on circulating serum (cICAM-1) levels in 132 uveitis patients (HLA-B 27 pos. acute anterior uveitis (AAU); HLA-B27 neg. anterior uveitis (AU); intermediate uveitis (IU); heterochromic cyclitis Fuchs (HCF); sarcoidosis; Toxoplasmosis). Measurement of circulating ICAM-1 serum levels was performed using a monoclonal antibody based ELISA, with healthy blood donors serving as the control group. Applying multiple variance analysis and the Student Newmann-Keuls test we found a statistically significant elevation of serum cICAM-1 level in the HLA-B 27 neg. AU group (n:31), in the IU group (n:25) and in patients with sarcoidosis (n:18). Serum levels of HLA-B27 pos. AAU patients, patients with HCF and patients suffering from ocular toxoplasmosis did not differ significantly from levels of the control group.
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Stauder R, Valentiny C, Hofer R, Moser K, Willenbacher W, Steurer M. P125 A single cycle of azacitidine induces complete remission in a case of relapsed acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Leuk Res 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s0145-2126(09)70206-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Steurer M, Schläpfer M, Steurer M, Z'graggen BR, Booy C, Reyes L, Spahn DR, Beck-Schimmer B. The volatile anaesthetic sevoflurane attenuates lipopolysaccharide-induced injury in alveolar macrophages. Clin Exp Immunol 2008; 155:224-30. [PMID: 19032551 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2008.03807.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Acute lung injury (ALI) is a well-defined inflammation whereby alveolar macrophages play a crucial role as effector cells. As shown previously in numerous experimental approaches, volatile anaesthetics might reduce the degree of injury in pre- or post-conditioning set-ups. Therefore, we were interested to evaluate the effect of the application of the volatile anaesthetic sevoflurane on alveolar macrophages regarding the expression of inflammatory mediators upon lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation in vitro. Alveolar macrophages were stimulated with LPS. Two hours later, cells were exposed additionally to air (control) or to sevoflurane-containing air for 4, 6, 8, 12 or 24 h. Tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant-1 (CINC-1), macrophage-inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) proteins were determined and chemotaxis assays were performed. To evaluate possible cellular signalling pathways phosphorylation of the kinases extracellular-regulated kinase (ERK) and Akt was assessed. In the early phase of sevoflurane post-conditioning expression of TNF-alpha, CINC-1, MIP-2 and MCP-1 was attenuated, leading to a diminished chemotaxis reaction for neutrophils. Phosphorylation of ERK seems to be a possible cellular mechanism in the sevoflurane-induced protection in vitro. Pharmacological post-conditioning of alveolar macrophages with sevoflurane immunmodulates the inflammatory response upon stimulation with endotoxin. This might be a possible option for a therapeutical approach in ALI.
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- M Steurer
- Institute of Physiology, Zurich Center of Integrative Human Physiology, Zurich, Switzerland
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Salvador C, Steurer M, Tzankov A, Wolf AM, Gastl G, Konwalinka G, Wolf D. Naturally occurring CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cells modulate the haematopoietic potential of human stem cells in vitro. Br J Haematol 2008; 142:845-7. [PMID: 18637805 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07190.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Yue T, Roth Z'graggen B, Blumenthal S, Neff SB, Reyes L, Booy C, Steurer M, Spahn DR, Neff TA, Schmid ER, Beck-Schimmer B. Postconditioning with a volatile anaesthetic in alveolar epithelial cells in vitro. Eur Respir J 2008; 31:118-25. [PMID: 17898018 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00046307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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: 11/05/2022]
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Acute lung injury is a common complication in critically ill patients. The present study examined possible immunomodulating effects of the volatile anaesthetic sevoflurane on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated alveolar epithelial cells (AEC) in vitro. Sevoflurane was applied after the onset of injury, simulating a "postconditioning" scenario. Rat AEC were stimulated with LPS for 2 h, followed by a 4-h co-exposure to a CO(2)/air mixture with sevoflurane 2.2 volume %; control cells were exposed to the CO(2)/air mixture only. Cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, intercellular adhesion molecule-1, as well as the potential protective mediators inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS)2 and heat shock protein (HSP)-32, were analysed. Additionally, functional assays (chemotaxis, adherence and cytotoxicity assay) were performed. A significant reduction of inflammatory mediators in LPS-stimulated, sevoflurane-exposed AEC was found, leading to reduced chemotaxis, neutrophil adherence and neutrophil-induced AEC killing. While iNOS2 was increased in the sevoflurane group, blocking experiments with iNOS2 inhibitor did not affect sevoflurane-induced decrease of inflammatory mediators and AEC killing. Interestingly, sevoflurane treatment also resulted in an enhanced expression of HSP-32. The data presented in the current study provide strong evidence that anaesthetic postconditioning with sevoflurane mediates cytoprotection in the respiratory compartment in an in vitro model of acute lung injury.
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- Institute of Anesthesiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Fong D, Steurer M, Obrist P, Barbieri V, Margreiter R, Amberger A, Laimer K, Gastl G, Tzankov A, Spizzo G. Ep-CAM expression in pancreatic and ampullary carcinomas: frequency and prognostic relevance. J Clin Pathol 2007; 61:31-5. [PMID: 16775119 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2006.037333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [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: 11/04/2022]
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AIMS Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is an aggressive gastrointestinal malignancy with only a few long-term survivors even after radical surgery. Patients with ampullary cancer have a better prognosis but adjuvant therapy needs further improvement. Epithelial cell adhesion molecule (Ep-CAM) is strongly expressed in a variety of epithelial cancers and represents a promising target for immunological tumour therapy. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate Ep-CAM expression and its potential prognostic impact in pancreatic and ampullary carcinomas. METHODS Ep-CAM expression was investigated retrospectively by immunohistochemistry in paraffin-embedded primary tumour tissue samples from a series of consecutive patients with pancreatic (n = 153) and ampullary cancer (n = 34). RESULTS Ep-CAM overexpression was observed in 85 of 153 pancreatic cancer specimens (56%) and in 29 of 34 ampullary cancer samples (85%). Overall, Ep-CAM failed to be an independent prognostic marker. However, subgroup analyses showed that Ep-CAM overexpression correlated with shorter overall survival among patients with ampullary cancer and advanced stage pancreatic cancer. In the latter subgroup, survival gradually worsened with increasing Ep-CAM scores. Furthermore, in ampullary cancer, Ep-CAM overexpression was found to correlate with tumour stage. CONCLUSIONS Ep-CAM overexpression was detectable in the majority of cases with pancreatic and ampullary cancer. Therefore, Ep-CAM represents an attractive target for immune-based therapeutic interventions in these tumour entities. However, the prognostic value of Ep-CAM overexpression remains undetermined.
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria.
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Loeffler-Ragg J, Steurer M, Ulmer H, Skvortsov S, Kircher B, Herold M, Zwierzina H, Stauder R. Elevated levels of serum CD44 and E-cadherin predict an unfavourable outcome in myelodysplastic syndromes. Leukemia 2006; 20:2064-7. [PMID: 16990777 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2404382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recent trials suggest improved response rates for purine antagonists compared to alkylator-based regimens in the treatment of B-CLL. However, none was able to show a survival advantage. OBJECTIVES To determine if there is any advantage of purine antagonists compared to alkylating agents (alone or in combination) in the treatment of patients with previously untreated B-CLL. SEARCH STRATEGY Medical databases (Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, EMBASE), conference proceedings and internet-based trial registers were searched electronically and/or by hand (1990-2003). All references were checked for further trial information. We also contacted experts in the field and pharmaceutical companies. SELECTION CRITERIA Randomised controlled trials comparing purine antagonists as single agents with alkylator-based regimens in patients with previously untreated B-CLL were included. We included full-text and abstract publications as well as unpublished data. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Data extraction and quality assessment were done in duplicate by two independent reviewers. Missing data were obtained from original authors. Endpoints included overall survival, overall response rate, rate of complete remissions, progression-free survival, treatment-related morbidity and mortality. MAIN RESULTS Five trials with 1838 randomised patients were included. There is some evidence for improved overall survival after treatment with purine antagonists compared to alkylators, but statistical significance was not reached (HR 0.89 [95% CI 0.78-1.01], 4 trials, n=1638). However, the relative risk for achieving an overall response (RR 1.22 [95% CI 1.13-1.31], 5 trials, n=1751) and complete remission (RR 1.94 [95% CI 1.65-2.28], 5 trials, n=1751) was significantly higher, resulting in a longer progression-free survival (HR 0.70 [95% CI 0.61-0.82], 4 trials, n=1638). Incidence of grade III/IV infections was significantly higher in patients receiving treatment with purine antagonists (RR 1.83 [95% 1.30-2.58], 4 trials, n=1620). There was no significant difference concerning the relative risk for grade III/IV neutropenia (RR 1.14 [95% CI 0.98-1.34], 4 trials, n=1620) and therapy-related mortality (RR 0.94 [95% CI 0.45-1.95]). Overall incidence of hemolytic anemia was low, but significantly increased in the purine antagonist group (RR 3.36 [95% CI 1.27-8.91], 3 trials, n=1258). AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Despite significantly increased overall response and complete remission rates and longer progression-free survival with first-line treatment of B-CLL patients with single-agent purine antagonists, we were not able to detect a statistically significant improvement of overall survival compared to alkylator-based regimens. Furthermore, the use of purine antagonists also augments the risk for grade III/IV infections and hemolytic anemia.
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- M Steurer
- Innsbruck University Hospital, Division of Haematology & Oncology, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is frequently associated with autoimmune diseases such as polymyalgia, arthritis, and rarely, with systemic vasculitis. The pathogenesis of these autoimmune complications remains unknown, but there is increasing evidence of profound immune dysregulation in MDS. In the few cases reported so far, vasculitides associated with MDS affected mainly cutaneous vessels. Here we describe two cases of acute large-vessel vasculitis in association with MDS. The first patient is a 67-yr-old male presenting with a massive large-vessel arteritis as primary manifestation of refractory anemia with excess of blasts type 1 (RAEB-1). The second patient is a 60-yr-old male, who presented with acute thoracic aortitis after a 2-yr history of refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts (RARS). Both patients received immunosuppressive treatment with steroids, leading to rapid improvement of systemic inflammatory symptoms, vessel wall injury and peripheral blood counts. Whereas the first patient displayed sustained favorable hematologic responses under long-term steroid therapy, there was a rapid transformation into secondary acute myeloid leukemia in the second patient. We conclude that large-vessel vasculitis should be added to the list of potential autoimmune complications in MDS. In this clinical setting, steroid therapy may alleviate inflammatory symptoms and result in beneficial hematologic responses.
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- M Steurer
- Division of Haematology & Oncology, Innsbruck University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Zojer N, Strasser-Weippl K, Steurer M, Kees M, Augustin F, Tzankov A, Dirnhofer S, Thiele J, Gisslinger H, Ludwig H. Cytogenetic abnormalities in myelofibrosis determined by FISH. J Clin Oncol 2004. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2004.22.90140.9611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- N. Zojer
- First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, Wilhelminen Hospital Vienna, Austria; Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Innsbruck, Austria; First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, Vienna, Austria; Department of Pathology, University Innsbruck, Austria; Institute of Pathology, University Cologne, Germany; First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, University Vienna, Austria
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- First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, Wilhelminen Hospital Vienna, Austria; Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Innsbruck, Austria; First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, Vienna, Austria; Department of Pathology, University Innsbruck, Austria; Institute of Pathology, University Cologne, Germany; First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, University Vienna, Austria
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- First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, Wilhelminen Hospital Vienna, Austria; Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Innsbruck, Austria; First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, Vienna, Austria; Department of Pathology, University Innsbruck, Austria; Institute of Pathology, University Cologne, Germany; First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, University Vienna, Austria
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- First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, Wilhelminen Hospital Vienna, Austria; Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Innsbruck, Austria; First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, Vienna, Austria; Department of Pathology, University Innsbruck, Austria; Institute of Pathology, University Cologne, Germany; First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, University Vienna, Austria
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- First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, Wilhelminen Hospital Vienna, Austria; Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Innsbruck, Austria; First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, Vienna, Austria; Department of Pathology, University Innsbruck, Austria; Institute of Pathology, University Cologne, Germany; First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, University Vienna, Austria
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- First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, Wilhelminen Hospital Vienna, Austria; Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Innsbruck, Austria; First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, Vienna, Austria; Department of Pathology, University Innsbruck, Austria; Institute of Pathology, University Cologne, Germany; First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, University Vienna, Austria
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- First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, Wilhelminen Hospital Vienna, Austria; Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Innsbruck, Austria; First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, Vienna, Austria; Department of Pathology, University Innsbruck, Austria; Institute of Pathology, University Cologne, Germany; First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, University Vienna, Austria
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- First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, Wilhelminen Hospital Vienna, Austria; Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Innsbruck, Austria; First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, Vienna, Austria; Department of Pathology, University Innsbruck, Austria; Institute of Pathology, University Cologne, Germany; First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, University Vienna, Austria
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- First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, Wilhelminen Hospital Vienna, Austria; Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Innsbruck, Austria; First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, Vienna, Austria; Department of Pathology, University Innsbruck, Austria; Institute of Pathology, University Cologne, Germany; First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, University Vienna, Austria
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- First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, Wilhelminen Hospital Vienna, Austria; Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Innsbruck, Austria; First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, Vienna, Austria; Department of Pathology, University Innsbruck, Austria; Institute of Pathology, University Cologne, Germany; First Medical Department with Medical Oncology, University Vienna, Austria
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Strasser-Weippl K, Steurer M, Kees M, Augustin F, Tzankov A, Zojer N, Thiele J, Gisslinger H, Ludwig H. A new prognostic model (MPI) for patients with myelofibrosis. J Clin Oncol 2004. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2004.22.90140.6621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- K. Strasser-Weippl
- Department of Medicine and Medical Oncology, Vienna, Austria; Department of Hematology and Oncology, Innsbruck University, Austria; Department of Hematology, University Vienna, Austria; Department of Pathology, University Innsbruck, Austria; Department of Pathology, University of Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Medicine and Medical Oncology, Vienna, Austria; Department of Hematology and Oncology, Innsbruck University, Austria; Department of Hematology, University Vienna, Austria; Department of Pathology, University Innsbruck, Austria; Department of Pathology, University of Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Medicine and Medical Oncology, Vienna, Austria; Department of Hematology and Oncology, Innsbruck University, Austria; Department of Hematology, University Vienna, Austria; Department of Pathology, University Innsbruck, Austria; Department of Pathology, University of Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Medicine and Medical Oncology, Vienna, Austria; Department of Hematology and Oncology, Innsbruck University, Austria; Department of Hematology, University Vienna, Austria; Department of Pathology, University Innsbruck, Austria; Department of Pathology, University of Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Medicine and Medical Oncology, Vienna, Austria; Department of Hematology and Oncology, Innsbruck University, Austria; Department of Hematology, University Vienna, Austria; Department of Pathology, University Innsbruck, Austria; Department of Pathology, University of Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Medicine and Medical Oncology, Vienna, Austria; Department of Hematology and Oncology, Innsbruck University, Austria; Department of Hematology, University Vienna, Austria; Department of Pathology, University Innsbruck, Austria; Department of Pathology, University of Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Medicine and Medical Oncology, Vienna, Austria; Department of Hematology and Oncology, Innsbruck University, Austria; Department of Hematology, University Vienna, Austria; Department of Pathology, University Innsbruck, Austria; Department of Pathology, University of Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Medicine and Medical Oncology, Vienna, Austria; Department of Hematology and Oncology, Innsbruck University, Austria; Department of Hematology, University Vienna, Austria; Department of Pathology, University Innsbruck, Austria; Department of Pathology, University of Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Medicine and Medical Oncology, Vienna, Austria; Department of Hematology and Oncology, Innsbruck University, Austria; Department of Hematology, University Vienna, Austria; Department of Pathology, University Innsbruck, Austria; Department of Pathology, University of Cologne, Germany
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BACKGROUND Despite recent advances in systemic and supportive therapies, multiple myeloma remains an incurable plasma cell malignancy. Novel therapeutic approaches are thus needed. Thalidomide has recently been recognized as an effective new agent for previously untreated, refractory or relapsed myeloma. PATIENTS AND METHODS To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of thalidomide in myeloma, we performed a retrospective analysis of 21 consecutive patients receiving thalidomide alone or in combination with dexamethasone and/or intermittent cyclophosphamide as first-line, maintenance or salvage therapy within a compassionate use program. RESULTS Of the 21 patients, 16 (76.2%) had refractory or relapsed disease, including 7 (33.3%) patients relapsing after autologous stem cell transplantation. Three patients received thalidomide as maintenance therapy after having achieved a partial remission following autologous stem cell transplantation or conventional chemotherapy. Two patients were given thalidomide as first-line treatment for indolent disease. During long-term treatment (median 12 months, range 1-27 months), patients tolerated only low doses of thalidomide (50-150 mg/day) due to cumulative neurotoxicity. At a median follow-up of 16 months (range 1.5-28 months), we observed an overall response rate of 61.9% (50% for the subgroup receiving thalidomide alone; 77.8% for combination therapy) consisting of 1 complete response, 2 near-complete responses, 8 partial responses and 2 minor responses. Median progression-free survival was 20 months. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that low-dose thalidomide (50-100 mg/day) alone or in combination is a safe, well-tolerated and effective form of therapy for patients with myeloma at various stages of disease.
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- M Steurer
- Abteilung für Hämatologie & Onkologie, Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Steurer M, Passler C, Denk DM, Schneider B, Mancusi G, Schickinger B, Niederle B, Bigenzahn W. Functional Laryngeal Results after Thyroidectomy and Extensive Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Dissection without Neuromonitoring. Eur Surg 2003. [DOI: 10.1007/s10353-003-0023-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Spizzo G, Gastl G, Wolf D, Gunsilius E, Steurer M, Fong D, Amberger A, Margreiter R, Obrist P. Correlation of COX-2 and Ep-CAM overexpression in human invasive breast cancer and its impact on survival. Br J Cancer 2003; 88:574-8. [PMID: 12592372 PMCID: PMC2377167 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Recent studies have demonstrated cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) overexpression in various human malignancies, especially in breast cancer, where COX-2 turned out to be a predictor of poor survival. To evaluate the relation of COX-2 and Ep-CAM overexpression and its prognostic significance, we performed a retrospective study on 212 breast cancer patients with a median follow-up time of 10.5 years. Overexpression of COX-2 in tumour tissue samples was assessed by immunohistochemistry. COX-2 overexpression was found in 48.6% of the tumour samples and was predictive for poor disease-free and overall survival. Univariate analysis revealed a strong correlation between COX-2 and Ep-CAM overexpression (P=0.009). Concurrent COX-2 and Ep-CAM overexpression was present in 21.7% of tumour specimens and had an additive negative impact on disease-free and overall survival. Determination of both tumour markers should help in guiding new therapeutic strategies in patients with invasive breast cancer.
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- G Spizzo
- Division of Haematology & Oncology, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Haematology & Oncology, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Haematology & Oncology, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Haematology & Oncology, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Haematology & Oncology, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Tyrolean Cancer Research Institute, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Tyrolean Cancer Research Institute, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Department of Pathology, Innsbruck University Hospital, Müllerstrasse, 44, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria. E-mail:
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Cefdinir is a new, extended-spectrum, orally active, third-generation cephalosporin that is resistant to bacterial beta-lactamase production. To evaluate efficacy and safety of the antibiotic in maxillary sinusitis, its use was compared with amoxicillin/clavulanate (amox/clav), which is a well-accepted beta-lactamase-resistant antibiotic. In this investigator-blinded multicenter phase III clinical study, 569 patients were randomly assigned to one of three treatment regimens: one daily dose of cefdinir 600 mg (OD), cefdinir 300 mg every 12 h (BD), and amox/clav 500/125 mg every 8 h. All antibiotics were administered orally for 10 days. Maxillary sinusitis was documented by typical clinical signs and symptoms and was confirmed by X-ray imaging. Before treatment, the genus and species of any pathogens were determined from sinus aspirates. Cultures were tested for beta-lactmase production and in vitro resistance to cefdinir and amox/clav. The effectiveness of antibiotic treatment was evaluated 7-14 days after therapy and whether or not recurrent clinical symptoms or persistent infection was determined 21-35 days post-therapy. The appearance of any adverse events was classified as associated or not associated with the medication of the study. Present findings showed that the in vitro susceptibility of pathogens to cefdinir and amox/clav was similar. Cefdinir OD or BD was therapeutically as effective as or better than amox/clav, although cefdinir BD was not as useful as amox/clav clinically. Cefdinir OD and BD and amox/clav were well tolerated. The statistical incidence of adverse events was the same among the three treatment groups, although cefdinir OD treatment had significantly fewer treatment discontinuations due to adverse events than BD and amox/clav.
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- M Steurer
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, General Hospital of Vienna, University of Vienna Medical School, Austria
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Temmel AF, Herbst T, Popovic R, Toth J, Marks B, Horak F, Kautzky M, Steurer M. Upper airway findings in patients with nocturnal breathing disorders. Wien Klin Wochenschr 2000; 112:767-71. [PMID: 11042906] [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: 02/18/2023]
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This prospective open study was performed to examine the relation between pathologic findings of the upper respiratory tract and the types of noncentral sleep disorders (rhonchopathy, obstructive sleep apnea). 312 men and 274 women aged between 35-75 years attended our outpatient department for relief of their nocturnal breathing disorder. About 1/3 of the patients suffered only of habitual rhonchopathy and 2/3 were obstructive. No findings of the head and neck examination could predict the degree of oxygen desaturation, although pathologies of the nose (73.68%), the soft palate (94.1%) and narrowing of the oro- and hypopharynx (74.19%) were very common in patients with sleep disorder. At least one pathology could be found in every patients. The more pathologies were found the higher was the risk of obstructive sleep apnoea with desaturation below 70%. Unrelated tonsillectomy (51.36%) did not prevent nocturnal breathing disorders.
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- A F Temmel
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Vienna, AKH Wien, Austria.
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The specifics of the ablation mechanism of the holmium:YAG laser remain largely unexplored. Following laser exposure to the oral mucosa of rats, the ultrastructural damage profile obtaining to varying degrees in blood vessels, erythrocytes, nerves, and muscle cells was examined. An attempt was made to relate the cytoplasmatic alterations to the tissue ablation modes of midinfrared lasers described in the literature. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS The biological effects of a new pulsed holmium:YAG laser (lambda = 2,120 nm) on the oral mucosa of rats were examined by light and transmission electron microscopy. Laser incisions reaching into the muscle layer were made on different sites of the tongue of white rats. Laser energy (400 mJ, 2.5 microseconds pulse, 2 Hz) was delivered to the target via 400 microns nylon fibers. RESULTS The fine-structural morphology of the sublingual mucosa after laser surgery of the epithelial surface revealed no carbonization layer but a 150-micron-wide zone of lacunar structures extending to the lamina propria. In the muscle cells there is partial decomposition of the cell contents resulting in the development of electron optically empty spaces within the cortical cytoplasm underneath the intact plasma membrane of the muscle cell. The organelles within the cell remain ultrastructurally intact. CONCLUSION These features support the assumption of an additional nonthermal holmium:YAG laser-tissue interaction.
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- M Kautzky
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Vienna Medical School, Austria
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Temmel AF, Kierner AC, Steurer M, Riedl S, Innitzer J. Hearing loss and tinnitus in acute acoustic trauma. Wien Klin Wochenschr 1999; 111:891-3. [PMID: 10599152] [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: 02/14/2023]
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Despite extensive educational and protective measures, acute acoustic trauma continues to be a major problem in young military recruits. This retrospective study concern conscripts from eastern Austria who were referred to the Central Military Hospital for acute acoustic trauma (AAT) during the last 18 months. The study was designed to provide information on the profile of hearing loss and the presence of tinnitus after AAT. At the time when AAT occurred, hearing protection was not used in the majority of cases. In more than 75% of the ears hearing loss was registered in the high-frequency region (above 2 kHz). In the remaining 25% the speech frequency range under 2 kHz was also affected. Interestingly, the degree of hearing loss was independent of the type of firearm used, the number of shots and the use of hearing protection (ear plugs). Hearing loss occurred asymmetrically due to one-sided noise, whereas the distribution of tinnitus was symmetrical. The majority of patients experienced both, tinnitus and hearing loss as a consequence of AAT. Yet, in 6.2% of the subjects tinnitus was the only symptom. These results strongly suggest that tinnitus is as important a symptom of AAT as is hearing loss. Therefore, we believe that a tinnitus match should be performed in every patient with suspected AAT.
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- A F Temmel
- Universitätsklinik für Hals, Nasen-, Ohrenerkrankungen, Vienna, Austria.
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Fritze W, Steurer M, Fritze P. On inner ear function and the origin of oto-acoustic emissions. Acta Otolaryngol 1999; 119:333-5. [PMID: 10380738 DOI: 10.1080/00016489950181341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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The extremely low hearing threshold of the mammalian ear suggests the presence of a special amplifying mechanism, because the stereocilia of the outer hair cells (OHCs) are not likely to be sensitive enough themselves, although their mechanical embedding may provide some amplification. In the past decades, biophysicists have increasingly turned to the chaos theory for explanation. a theory the implications of which are considerable. One of its major tenets, self-organization, is not easily understood at first glance, but is easily reproducible mathematically. With self-organization, the processes involving the OHCs can readily be simulated: Self-organization can help to explain why OHCs vibrate at amplitudes much higher than those of the exciting stimulus. To further our understanding of the process of hearing, vibratory processes, which presumably occur in normal and damaged OHC clusters, are described and compared with a mathematical analysis of data sets obtained from normal subjects using an extremely sensitive microphone.
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- W Fritze
- ENT Department, University of Vienna Medical School, Austria.
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Although health problems in musicians have been previously reported; not much is known about noise-induced hearing loss due to choir singing. However, there are data to show that peak levels of more than 110 dB SPL are produced in choir singing, and major parts of sound energy can be found below 1 kHz and even 500 Hz but not below 100 Hz. To find out about possible hearing loss due to professional choir singing, we measured the hearing threshold level of 62 choir singers in a large opera choir. Most publications about noise-induced hearing loss report that the high-frequency region is impaired most. However, in our study the low frequency region was affected most, when compared with normative data (especially ISO 7029). Control groups of women and men with normal auditory function did not show pure-tone hearing thresholds different from ISO 7029. The permanent threshold shifts at 250 Hz and above are most likely noise induced with choir singing as noise source. However, hearing losses at 125 Hz and possibly partial at 250 Hz are caused by some other effect. An (unproven) hypothesis is that singing might lead to increased endolymph pressure, and thus might cause hearing loss especially in the low-frequency region. Whether more choirs show similar hearing impairment and whether singing raises cerebrospinal fluid pressure will be the subject of further investigations.
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- M Steurer
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, General Hospital Vienna, University of Vienna Medical School, Austria
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Angiogenesis is a key step in tumor growth, invasion and metastasis. Thus, antiangiogenic therapy was postulated to be an attractive approach for antitumor treatment. Based on today's knowledge, at least three strategies for inhibition of angiogenesis are feasible: (1) inhibition of release of angiogenic factors from tumor cells and/or neutralization of angiogenic molecules that have already been released: (2) inhibition of vascular endothelial cell proliferation and migration, and (3) inhibition of the synthesis and turnover of vessel basement membrane. To date, a number of antiangiogenic agents have been identified. In animal models, treatment with angiogenesis inhibitors has proven antitumor effects. Early clinical experience with angiogenic inhibitors indicates that optimal antiangiogenic therapy in the future is likely to be based on the long-term administration to cancer patients in adjunct to surgery, radiotherapy and conventional chemotherapy.
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- G Gastl
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Austria
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The presence of a basal activity in the cochlea is postulated. This activity is generated by the OHCs which are made to vibrate at their intrinsic resonant frequency by Brown's motion. In keeping with the chaos theory clusters vibrating in phase at one and the same frequency aggregate in the process. These clusters alternate with one another. Minor pathology enhances OHC synchronization so that the clusters become larger. As a result, more energy is projected back into the outer ear canal. This energy is high enough for being picked up as SOAE by current measuring tools.
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- W Fritze
- ENT Department, University of Vienna Medical School, Austria
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Sicca syndrome consists of two major clinical findings: keratoconjunctivitis sicca and xerostomia due to destruction of the lacrimal and salivary gland parenchyma. Although it is most often due to Sjögren's syndrome, a variety of other diseases causes sicca syndrome. We report the rare case of a patient with gland infiltration in primary amyloidosis. Sonographic, computed tomographic and magnetic resonance findings are presented.
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- W Schima
- Department of Radiology, University of Vienna, Austria
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27 patients, clinically suspected of having parotid tumours, were examined prospectively by sonography (high frequency linear array) and MRI (1.5 T, T1- and T2-weighted SE sequences before, and T1-weighted SE sequences after contrast). In 23 patients, 25 intraglandular tumours were demonstrated (two were multicentric); they consisted of 6 malignant parotid tumours, 11 pleomorphic adenomas, 7 cystadenolymphomas and one oncocytic adenoma. 4 patients had extraglandular tumours. All tumours were demonstrated by either method, but two extraglandular tumours were incorrectly diagnosed by sonography as being intraglandular and 8 tumours (28%) were not completely delineated by sonography. MRI localised the tumours correctly in all cases and demonstrated all lesions accurately, independent of their position or size. In summary, sonography appears suitable as the primary imaging method in the investigation of parotid tumours but in case of large, parapharyngeal or malignant tumours, MRI is clearly superior to sonography.
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- E Steiner
- Universitätsklinik für Radiodiagnostik, Wien
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A pulsed holmium: YAG-laser (lambda = 2120 nm) was used to reopen the basal turn of artificially obliterated human cochleas in freshly dissected cadavers for intracochlear insertion of the stimulation electrode of a cochlear implant under simulated surgical conditions. Laser energy was transmitted through a 400 microns nylon fibre via the opened facial recess directly to the round window niche. At an energy level of 500 mJ/2.5 microseconds pulse, a repetition rate of 2 Hz, and an exposure time of 20-30 s, the photo-ablative mechanism of laser-bone interaction, which has only a limited thermal component, led to recanalisation of the basal turn of the cochlea in a length of 8-10 mm without damaging the surrounding structures. Light microscopic changes in the cochlea were evaluated following laser recanalisation. The artificial bony occlusion and the recanalised basal turn of the cochlea were visualised by means of computed tomography and histological thin section technique.
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Kautzky M, Susani M, Steurer M, Youssefzadeh S. [Plasmacytoma of the nose and paranasal sinuses with intracranial and orbital extension]. Laryngorhinootologie 1993; 72:352-5. [PMID: 8369090 DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-997916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 01/30/2023]
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A rare case of a solitary extramedullary plasmocytoma of the nasal cavity and the paranasal sinuses with orbital and intracranial extension of a 61-year old male patient was examined clinically, histologically and immunohistologically. The interrelationship of the generalised disease (multiple myeloma = MM) and the solitary extramedullary form (extramedullary plasmocytoma = EMP) is discussed as well as the importance of the magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of tumours of the facial part of the skull.
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- M Kautzky
- Univ.-Klinik für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenkrankheiten, Universität Wien
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Steurer M, Stiglbauer R, Zrunek M, Höfler H. [Chondromatous tumors of the larynx based on three case reports with special reference to magnetic resonance tomography]. Laryngorhinootologie 1993; 72:256-60. [PMID: 8323632 DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-997895] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Cartilaginous tumours of the larynx are rare, altogether about 250 cases being reported in the literature. These tumours typically grow slowly and malignant types usually show only local infiltrative growth. Distant metastases are rarely observed. Up until the present CT has been the main diagnostic tool due to its excellent demonstration of intra-tumoral calcifications. In the German literature Grevers et al. reported on MRI in cases of laryngeal tumours. Since we do not know of any reports discussing the special situation of cartilaginous tumours in this location, we present three cases of cartilaginous tumours outlining the effectiveness of MRI.
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A pulsed Holmium:YAG-laser (lambda = 2,120 nm) was used for the first time clinically in tumour surgery. The primary lesion of a transitional cell carcinoma of the nasopharynx with metastatic disease in the neck (T2N2Mo) was laser resected in a photoablative manner with a minor thermal component without danger of damage to the skull base. Neck dissection was performed by conventional surgery. In comparison to laser types depending primarily on the thermal effects of laser-tissue interaction the coagulative necrosis zone following Holmium:YAG-laser surgery is small and there is no area of carbonisation. Macroscopic wound healing showed no complications and was completed after three weeks. At this time radiation therapy was started. The results of the histological examination and the physical properties of this new infrared laser system are discussed as well as the possibilities of flexible fiber Holmium:YAG endoscopic laser tumour surgery in clinical use.
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- M Kautzky
- II. Univ.-Klinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenkrankheiten, Universität Wien
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Steurer M, Kautzky M, Zrunek M. [Chondrosarcoma of the nose and paranasal sinuses. Status of diagnostic imaging and therapeutic concept]. HNO 1993; 41:30-2. [PMID: 8449785] [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: 01/30/2023]
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Chondrosarcomas of the nose and paranasal sinuses are extremely rare. The present report deals with a case of chondrosarcoma situated in the ethmoid, destroying the cribriform lamina and infiltrating into the orbit. Diagnosis and therapy are discussed. The possibilities offered by imaging techniques and the advantages of magnetic resonance imaging are presented.
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