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Meyers JM, Tan S, Bell EF, Duncan AF, Guillet R, Stoll BJ, Angio CTD. Neurodevelopmental outcomes among extremely premature infants with linear growth restriction. J Perinatol 2019; 39:193-202. [PMID: 30353080 PMCID: PMC6351156 DOI: 10.1038/s41372-018-0259-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Revised: 08/29/2018] [Accepted: 10/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare neurodevelopmental outcomes in linear growth-restricted (LGR) infants born <29 weeks with and without weight gain out of proportion to linear growth. STUDY DESIGN We compared 2-year neurodevelopmental outcomes between infants with and without LGR and between LGR infants with and without weight gain out of proportion to linear growth. The outcomes were Bayley-III cognitive, motor, and language scores, cerebral palsy, Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) level ≥ 2, and neurodevelopmental impairment. RESULT In total, 1227 infants were analyzed. LGR infants were smaller and less mature at birth, had higher BMI, and had lower Bayley-III language scores (82.3 vs. 85.0, p < 0.05). Among infants with LGR, infants with high BMI had lower language scores compared with those with low-to-normal BMI (80.8 vs. 83.3, p < 0.05), and were more likely to have GMFCS level ≥2 and neurodevelopmental impairment. CONCLUSION Among infants with LGR, weight gain out of proportion to linear growth was associated with poorer neurodevelopmental outcomes.
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- JM Meyers
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Statistics and Epidemiology Unit, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, USA,Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
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Kent AL, Charlton JR, Guillet R, Gist KM, Hanna M, El Samra A, Fletcher J, Selewski DT, Mammen C. Neonatal Acute Kidney Injury: A Survey of Neonatologists' and Nephrologists' Perceptions and Practice Management. Am J Perinatol 2018; 35:1-9. [PMID: 28709164 DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1604260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Neonatal acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs in 40 to 70% of critically ill neonatal intensive care admissions. This study explored the differences in perceptions and practice variations among neonatologists and pediatric nephrologists in diagnostic criteria, management, and follow-up of neonatal AKI. METHODS A survey weblink was emailed to nephrologists and neonatologists in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, and the United States. Questions consisted of demographic and unit practices, three clinical scenarios assessing awareness of definitions of neonatal AKI, knowledge, management, and follow-up practices. RESULTS Many knowledge gaps among neonatologists, and to a lesser extent, pediatric nephrologists were identified. Neonatologists were less likely to use categorical definitions of neonatal AKI (p < 0.00001) or diagnose stage 1 AKI (p < 0.00001) than pediatric nephrologists. Guidelines for creatinine monitoring for nephrotoxic medications were reported by 34% (aminoglycosides) and 62% (indomethacin) of respondents. Nephrologists were more likely to consider follow-up after AKI than neonatologists (p < 0.00001). Also, 92 and 86% of neonatologists and nephrologists, respectively, reported no standardization or infrastructure for long-term renal follow-up. CONCLUSION Neonatal AKI is underappreciated, particularly among neonatologists. A lack of evidence on neonatal AKI contributes to this variation in response. Therefore, dissemination of current knowledge and areas for research should be the priority.
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- A L Kent
- Department of Neonatology, Canberra and Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
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- Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health, East Lafayette, Indiana
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- Department of Paediatrics, Canberra and Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Koutsouris D, Guillet R, Rhoda M, Guillemin M, Bertholom P, Galacteros F, Delatour-Hanss E, Beuzard Y. Altered rheological properties of RBCs in hemoglobinopathies. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 2016. [DOI: 10.3233/ch-1985-5520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- D. Koutsouris
- Laboratoire de Biophysique, Faculté de Médecine, 93000 BOBIGNY, FRANCE
- Laboratoire de Biophysique, U.E.R. Biomédicale des Sts-Pères, 75006 PARIS
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- Laboratoire de Biophysique, U.E.R. Biomédicale des Sts-Pères, 75006 PARIS
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- INSERM U.91 Hôpital Henri Mondor, 94010 CRETEIL, FRANCE
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- Laboratoire de Biophysique, U.E.R. Biomédicale des Sts-Pères, 75006 PARIS
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- Laboratoire de Biophysique, U.E.R. Biomédicale des Sts-Pères, 75006 PARIS
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- INSERM U.91 Hôpital Henri Mondor, 94010 CRETEIL, FRANCE
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- Laboratoire de Biophysique, Faculté de Médecine, 93000 BOBIGNY, FRANCE
- Laboratoire de Biophysique, U.E.R. Biomédicale des Sts-Pères, 75006 PARIS
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- INSERM U.91 Hôpital Henri Mondor, 94010 CRETEIL, FRANCE
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Koutsouris D, Guillet R, Leliévre J, Boynard M, Guillemin M, Bertholom P, Wenby R, Beuzard Y, Meiselman H. Individual red blood cell transit times during flow through cylindrical micropores. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 2016. [DOI: 10.3233/ch-1988-83-424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- D. Koutsouris
- Dept. of Biophysics, UER Blomédlcale des Saints-Pères, Paris, 75006, France
- Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Dept. of Biophysics, UER Blomédlcale des Saints-Pères, Paris, 75006, France
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- Dept. of Biorheology, Hopital Pitié-Salpetrière, Paris, 75013, France
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- Dept. of Biophysics, UER Blomédlcale des Saints-Pères, Paris, 75006, France
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- Dept. of Biophysics, UER Blomédlcale des Saints-Pères, Paris, 75006, France
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- Dept. of Biophysics, UER Blomédlcale des Saints-Pères, Paris, 75006, France
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- Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- INSERM U91, Hopital Henri Mondor, Créteil, 94000, France
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- Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Khodabandehlou T, Boynard M, Guillet R, Devehat CL. Sensitivity of the ultrasonic interferometry method (Echo-Cell) to changes of red cell aggregation: application to diabetes. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 2003; 27:219-32. [PMID: 12454379] [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: 02/27/2023]
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The sensitivity of the ultrasonic interferometry method (Echo-Cell) to changes in red blood cell (RBC) aggregation was investigated in comparison to the Regulest erythroaggregometry known as a reference method. In experiments where different concentrations of dextrans of 40 or 70 kD molecular weights were added to normal RBCs, the Echo-Cell was proved as sensitive as erythroaggregometry. A comparative study using RBC samples from normal and diabetic subjects showed that the Echo-Cell was much more sensitive when aggregation was measured in diluted than undiluted plasma. The sensitivity of Echo-Cell measurements in diluted plasma was similar to that of erythroaggregometry. Further analysis revealed that RBC aggregation was underestimated by Echo-Cell when measurements were made in undiluted plasma containing high fibrinogen levels, implying that in that case an elevated plasma viscosity might indirectly affect the sensitivity of the Echo-Cell. The low sensitivity of the Echo-Cell to detect an abnormal RBC aggregation when suspensions were prepared in undiluted plasma, is likely related to a relatively high shear stress exerted on RBC aggregates by the suspending medium. In conclusion, the sensitivity of the Echo-Cell to detect abnormal changes in RBC aggregation can be optimized by diluting the plasma.
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- T Khodabandehlou
- Unité de Recherches d'Hémorhéologie Clinique et de Microcirculation, Centre Hospitalier 58000 Nevers, France.
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Guillet R. [Guerilla warfare and health service: the resistance in Ain and the Jura mountains]. Hist Sci Med 2001; 25:21-30. [PMID: 11638359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To determine the usefulness of the bilirubin-albumin (B:A) molar ratio (MR) and unbound bilirubin (UB) as compared with serum total bilirubin (TB) in predicting bilirubin encephalopathy as assessed by auditory brainstem responses (ABR) in infants of 28 to 32 weeks' gestational age. STUDY DESIGN During a 2-year period, serial ABRs were obtained on 143 infants of 28 to 32 weeks' gestational age during the first postnatal week. Waveforms were categorized on the basis of response replicability and the presence of waves III and V. Wave V latencies were also serially analyzed when measurable for individual infants. Maturation of the ABR was defined as abnormal when the waveform category worsened and/or latency increased during the study interval. Serum albumin was analyzed at 48 to 72 hours of age in all patients. Serum TB was analyzed as clinically indicated. Aliquots of the same samples were also analyzed for UB in a subset of infants. RESULTS The mean peak TB concentration (10.1 +/- 1.7 mg/dL) for the 71 infants with normal ABR maturation was not significantly different from the mean peak TB (10.2 +/- 2.1 mg/dL) in the 24-hour period preceding the ABR's first showing abnormal maturation in the other 55 infants. However, in infants with UB analyzed, the mean peak UB (0.62 +/- 0.20 vs 0.40 +/- 0.15 microg/dL) was significantly higher in the infants with abnormal maturation (n = 25) than in infants with normal maturation (n = 20). The B:A MR results were equivocal. In the entire study population, there was no difference in B:A MR between infants with normal versus abnormal ABR maturation. However, in the subset of infants in whom UB was measured, although TB was not different, there was a significant difference in B:A MR. Based on receiver-operating characteristic curves, a UB level of 0.5 microg/dL was the best discriminator with a sensitivity of 70% and a specificity of 75%. The proportion of infants who had UB >0.5 microg/dL and UB </=0.5 microg/dL and who had abnormal ABR, maturation was 0.81 and 0.33, respectively, with a significant difference in the incidence of transient bilirubin encephalopathy among these 2 groups. The relative risk of abnormal ABR maturation with UB >0.5 microg/dL compared with UB </=0.05 microg/dL was 2.45 (95% confidence interval: 1.33-4.49). CONCLUSIONS UB is a more sensitive predictor than either serum bilirubin or B:A MR of abnormal ABR maturation, and hence transient bilirubin encephalopathy in premature newborns with hyperbilirubinemia.
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- S B Amin
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital at Strong, Rochester, New York, USA.
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OBJECTIVE To quantify the number, duration, and intensity of electrographic seizures (ESz) in neonates and to compare the outcome of neonates with ESz with those who were at risk but did not have ESz recorded. METHODS The EEG and outcome data were reviewed from 68 infants who met at-risk criteria for neonatal seizures and underwent prolonged continuous EEG monitoring. Forty infants had ESz. The control group contained 28 infants monitored for at least 18 hours and found not to have ESz. Outcomes for both groups were evaluated using hospital and follow-up clinic records and a standardized telephone interview. RESULTS The etiology of ESz included asphyxia (n = 23), stroke (n = 7), and other (n = 10, intraparenchymal, subdural, and subarachnoid bleeding; meningitis; sepsis; hyponatremia; and unknown). The cumulative recorded ESz duration was 8 minutes to 30 hours. Forty-three percent of infants with ESz spent 38 minutes to 32 hours in electrographic status. Despite doses of 40 mg/kg of phenobarbital and 20 mg/kg of phenytoin, 30% of infants continued to have ESz. Ten infants with ESz and one without died from causes related to neurologic instability. The occurrence of ESz was correlated with microcephaly (p = 0.04), severe cerebral palsy (CP) (p = 0.03), and failure to thrive (p = 0. 03). In the subgroup of infants with asphyxia, those with ESz were more likely to die of neurologic causes (p = 0.02) and have microcephaly (p = 0.05) or severe CP (p = 0.04). Additionally, those with the greatest number of ESz were more likely to have these severe outcomes. CONCLUSION The authors' data indicate an association between the amount of electrographic seizure activity and subsequent mortality and morbidity in at-risk infants in general and in infants with perinatal asphyxia. Only with more effective treatment of neonatal electrographic seizures can their potential contribution to poor neurodevelopmental outcome, independent of degree of insult, be ascertained.
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- M C McBride
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Akron, Ohio 43308, USA
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether brainstem maturation as measured by brainstem auditory-evoked responses (BAERs) in preterm infants is a function of dietary intake. STUDY DESIGN We obtained serial BAERs on infants 28 to 32 weeks' gestation at birth, cared for in the neonatal intensive care unit of a regional referral center in Upstate New York. Waveforms were analyzed for replicability and for the presence of waves III and V. Absolute and interwave latencies were measured. Baseline and follow-up BAER measurements were compared, and the rates of change were calculated. Patient charts were reviewed for type of enteral feeding during the interval between BAERs. Student's t test was used to analyze continuous variables and chi(2) analysis was used to analyze categorical variables. RESULTS Data from 37 study infants (17 fed breast milk and 20 fed commercial premature formula) revealed that there was no difference in absolute latencies of waves III and V at baseline; however, the rates of decrease of absolute latencies over the study interval were significantly greater in infants receiving human milk. CONCLUSIONS Infants fed breast milk have faster brainstem maturation, compared with infants fed formula, based on the rate of maturation of BAERs. This effect may be attributable to the constituent composition of breast milk, compared with synthetic formulas.
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- S B Amin
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital at Strong, University of Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Sinkin RA, Dweck HS, Horgan MJ, Gallaher KJ, Cox C, Maniscalco WM, Chess PR, D'Angio CT, Guillet R, Kendig JW, Ryan RM, Phelps DL. Early dexamethasone-attempting to prevent chronic lung disease. Pediatrics 2000; 105:542-8. [PMID: 10699107 DOI: 10.1542/peds.105.3.542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We previously demonstrated improved survival and early outcomes in a pilot trial of 2 doses of intravenous dexamethasone for infants with surfactant-treated respiratory distress syndrome. (1) A multicenter, randomized, double-blind trial was undertaken to confirm these results. METHODS Infants <30 weeks' gestation were eligible if they had respiratory distress syndrome, required mechanical ventilation at 12 to 18 hours of age, and had received at least 1 dose of exogenous surfactant. Infants were excluded if sepsis or pneumonia was suspected or if congenital heart disease or chromosomal abnormalities were present. A total of 384 infants were enrolled-189 randomized to dexamethasone (.5mg/kg birth weight at 12-18 hours of age and a second dose 12 hours later) and 195 to an equal volume of saline placebo. RESULTS No differences were found in the dexamethasone versus placebo groups, respectively, regarding the primary outcomes of survival (79% vs 83%), survival without oxygen at 36 weeks' corrected gestational age (CGA; both 59%), and survival without oxygen at 36 weeks' CGA and without late glucocorticoid therapy (46% vs 44%). No significant differences between the groups in estimates from Kaplan-Meier survival analyses were found for median days on oxygen (50 vs 56 days), ventilation (20 vs 27 days), days to regain birth weight (15.5 vs 14 days), or length of stay (LOS; 88 vs 89 days). Infants given early dexamethasone were less likely to receive later glucocorticoid therapy for bronchopulmonary dysplasia during their hospitalization (27% vs 35%). No clinically significant side effects were noted in the dexamethasone group, although there were transient elevations in blood glucose and blood pressure followed by a return to baseline by study day 10. Among infants who died (40 vs 33), there were no differences in the median days on oxygen, ventilation, nor LOS. However, in survivors (149 vs 162), the following were observed: median days on oxygen 37 versus 45 days, ventilation 14 versus 19 days, and LOS 79 versus 81 days, for the dexamethasone versus placebo groups, respectively. CONCLUSIONS This dose of early intravenous dexamethasone did not reduce the requirement for oxygen at 36 weeks' CGA and survival was not improved. However, early dexamethasone reduced the use of later prolonged dexamethasone therapy, and among survivors, reduced the median days on oxygen and ventilation. We conclude that this course of early dexamethasone probably represents a near minimum dose for instituting a prophylactic regimen against bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
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- R A Sinkin
- Departments of Pediatrics (Neonatology) and Biostatistics, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
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Sabolovic D, Sestier C, Perrotin P, Guillet R, Tefit M, Boynard M. Covalent binding of polyethylene glycol to the surface of red blood cells as detected and followed up by cell electrophoresis and rheological methods. Electrophoresis 2000; 21:301-6. [PMID: 10675005 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-2683(20000101)21:2<301::aid-elps301>3.0.co;2-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Cyanuric chloride activated polyethylene glycol (PEG)-5000 was covalently coupled to murine and human red blood cells (pegylated RBC). Our purpose was to camouflage RBC receptors, which is necessary for parasite invasion, a process essential to sustain parasitemia. Cell electrophoretic mobility analysis (CEM) of pegylated RBC distinguished a new population of cells bearing characteristic CEM. Pegylation of RBC also modified their rheological properties, which were documented by evaluation of cell deformability (based on cell transit time through calibrated micropores) and cell aggregation (as measured by ultrasonic interferometry). Homologous transfusion of pegylated RBC into murine malaria-infected mice had no significant effect on the cerebral malaria death rate in Plasmodium berghei-infected mice, but it reduced the peripheral blood parasitemia by a factor 2 while in Plasmodium yoelii infected mice, the parasitemia was dramatically reduced by a factor of 4. These experiments demonstrate that transfusion of pegylated RBC may inhibit peripheral parasitemia. Cell electrophoresis appears to be a useful tool to allow in vivo detection and to investigate the fate of transfused pegylated RBC.
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- D Sabolovic
- INSERM Unit 511, Immunobiologie Cellulaire et Moleculaire des Infections Parasitaires, CHU Pitié, Paris, France.
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Amin SB, Orlando MS, Dalzell LE, Merle KS, Guillet R. Morphological changes in serial auditory brain stem responses in 24 to 32 weeks' gestational age infants during the first week of life. Ear Hear 1999; 20:410-8. [PMID: 10526863 DOI: 10.1097/00003446-199910000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this investigation was to describe and quantify the sequential morphological changes in the auditory brain stem response (ABR) during the first postnatal week of life in very premature infants < or = 32 wk gestational age. These normative data could be useful in predicting neurological outcome in infants with perinatal risk factors. DESIGN Sequential ABRs were recorded on a total of 135 infants on 5 out of the first 7 days of life. For analysis, data were grouped by gestational age in 2 wk intervals. In addition, a unique system was devised to categorize waveform response types in premature infants: type 1, a response with normal morphology and replicable waves III and V; type 2, a replicable response with either a wave III or wave V; type 3, a replicable response with neither a wave III or wave V; type 4, a response with no replicable waveform. RESULTS The frequency of detection of waves improves over the first week of life with the detectability of waves III and V being more frequent than wave I at all gestational ages. There was a gradual improvement in response types in infants > 26 wk with the greatest improvement occurring during the 28 to 29 wk gestation. ABRs were predominantly types 3 and 4 at 24 to 25 wk, type 3 at 26 to 27 wk, type 2 at 28 to 29 wk, and types 1 and 2 at 30 to 31 wk. Absolute wave latencies and interwave latencies also progressively decreased during the first postnatal week. In some infants there was a transient increase in latencies or worsening of response type on the second to third test day. CONCLUSIONS There is progressive improvement in frequency of detection of waves I, III, and V with increasing gestational age. Response types gradually mature over the first postnatal week, particularly in premature infants 28 to 32 wk gestational age.
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- S B Amin
- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital at Strong, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, USA
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Guillet R, Driss F, Perrotin P, Pautou C, Nalpas B, Boynard M. Gender, menstrual cycle, oral contraceptives and red blood cell deformability in healthy adult subjects. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 1998; 19:83-8. [PMID: 9849921] [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: 02/09/2023]
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Gender, menstrual cycle and oral contraceptives may have influence on mechanical properties of Red Blood Cell (RBC) and particularly on RBC deformability. So cell transit parameters have been assessed by filtration with the Cell Transit Analyser (CTA) for a large healthy adult population (seventy-nine males and one-hundred-fifteen females). The CTA provides the distribution of cell transit times of 5000 red blood cells, the mean transit time of the population and different percentiles such as p50, p75, p90 and p95. No effect of oral contraceptives was found. Nevertheless, influence of sex and menstrual cycle were demonstrated. A significant increase of the filtration parameters measured in the female population with respect to the male population and during menstruation, preovulation and post-ovulation periods was observed. During ovulation, the CTA parameters are comparable to the same parameters found in males.
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- R Guillet
- Groupe de Recherche en Physique et Biophysique, Biophysique Appliquée, UFR Biomédicale, Université Paris V, France
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Guillet R. [Centenary session of the Surgical Society of Lyons. Inaugural address]. Ann Chir 1998; 52:253-8. [PMID: 9752453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Kendig JW, Ryan RM, Sinkin RA, Maniscalco WM, Notter RH, Guillet R, Cox C, Dweck HS, Horgan MJ, Reubens LJ, Risemberg H, Phelps DL. Comparison of two strategies for surfactant prophylaxis in very premature infants: a multicenter randomized trial. Pediatrics 1998; 101:1006-12. [PMID: 9606227 DOI: 10.1542/peds.101.6.1006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Previous trials of surfactant therapy in premature infants have demonstrated a survival advantage associated with prophylactic therapy as an immediate bolus, compared with the rescue treatment of established respiratory distress syndrome. The optimal strategy for prophylactic therapy, however, remains controversial. When administered as an endotracheal bolus immediately after delivery, surfactant mixes with the absorbing fetal lung fluid and may reach the alveoli before the onset of lung injury. This approach, however, causes a brief delay in the initiation of standard neonatal resuscitation, including positive pressure ventilation, and is associated with a risk for surfactant delivery into the right main stem bronchus or esophagus. As an alternative approach, surfactant prophylaxis may be administered in small aliquots soon after resuscitation and confirmation of endotracheal tube position. Although this strategy has substantial logistical advantages in clinical practice, its efficacy has not been established. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine whether the established benefits of the immediate bolus strategy for surfactant prophylaxis could still be achieved using a postventilatory aliquot strategy after initial standard resuscitation and stabilization. DESIGN Multicenter randomized clinical trial with patients randomized before delivery to immediate bolus or postventilatory aliquot therapy. PARTICIPANTS Inborn premature infants delivered to mothers at an estimated gestational age of 24[0/7] to 28[6/7] weeks. INTERVENTIONS Those infants who were randomized to the immediate bolus strategy were intubated as rapidly as possible after birth, and a 3-mL intratracheal bolus of calf lung surfactant extract (Infasurf) was administered before the initiation of positive pressure ventilation. Those infants who were randomized to the postventilatory aliquot strategy received standard resuscitation measures with intubation by 5 minutes of age, if not required earlier. At 10 minutes after birth, 3 mL of surfactant was administered in 4 divided aliquots of 0.75 mL each. Patients in both groups were eligible to receive up to three additional doses of surfactant as rescue therapy in the neonatal intensive care unit, if needed. OUTCOME MEASURES The primary outcome variable was survival to discharge to home. Secondary variables included neonatal complications and requirement for oxygen therapy at 36 weeks' postmenstrual age. RESULTS Among three centers, 651 infants were enrolled and randomized before delivery. Survival to discharge to home was similar for the two strategies for surfactant therapy as prophylaxis: 76% for the immediate bolus group and 80% for the postventilatory aliquot group. In a secondary analysis, the rate of supplemental oxygen administration at 36 weeks' postmenstrual age was 18% for the immediate bolus group and 13% for the postventilatory aliquot group. CONCLUSIONS Survival to discharge to home was similar with immediate bolus and postventilatory aliquot strategies for surfactant prophylaxis. Because of its logistical advantages in the delivery room and its beneficial effects on prolonged oxygen requirements, we recommend the postventilatory aliquot strategy for surfactant prophylaxis of premature infants delivered before 29 weeks' gestation.
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- J W Kendig
- Rochester Surfactant Trials Group, Children's Hospital at Strong, Rochester, New York, USA
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PURPOSE Experience with continuous EEG monitoring in 29 consecutive infants at risk of neonatal seizures demonstrated that background abnormalities on the initial EEG were strongly associated with electrographic seizures in the subsequent 18-24 h. To test this association prospectively, we examined the relationship between EEG background and the presence of electrographic seizures in the next 22 at-risk infants monitored for seizures. METHODS A standard EEG was recorded for each infant at risk for seizures. Based on specific criteria, the background was graded as normal; immature for age; or mildly, moderately, or severely abnormal. The EEG was then monitored continuously until no electrographic seizures were recorded for 18-24 h. RESULTS Findings in the retrospective group of 29 infants and the prospective group of 22 infants did not differ. For the combined 51 infants, a normal or immature initial EEG background predicted the absence of seizures in the subsequent 18-24 h with a sensitivity of 96% [confidence interval (CI) 0.88, 1.0] and specificity of 81% (CI 0.67, 0.96). Administration of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) before the start of the EEG recording did not affect this association. CONCLUSIONS In 51 consecutively monitored infants at risk for neonatal seizures, a normal or immature EEG background strongly predicted the absence of electrographic seizures in the subsequent 18-24 h; background abnormalities strongly predicted the occurrence of electrographic seizures concomitantly or in the subsequent 18-24 h of recording. Screening infants at risk for neonatal seizures with a routine EEG allows identification of infants at highest risk for seizures, thus conserving resources required for continuous EEG monitoring and facilitating early intervention for seizures.
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- N Laroia
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York 14642, USA
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OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of the dorsal penile nerve block (DPNB) with a less invasive form of local anesthesia, eutectic mixture of local anesthetic (EMLA) cream, for reduction of pain during neonatal circumcision. DESIGN Prospective, blinded, randomized, controlled trial. SETTING Tertiary referral, neonatal intensive care nursery in a university teaching hospital. PATIENTS Fifty infants >/=341/2 weeks postmenstrual age and stable for discharge at time of circumcision; gestational age at birth 25 to 41 weeks; birth weight 600 to 4390 g; age at study 3 to 105 days. An additional cohort of term newborns (n = 20), who were not randomized, were circumcised without anesthesia. INTERVENTIONS Administration of either EMLA cream (0.5 g topically 1 hour before circumcision) or 1% lidocaine (0.7-1.0 mL subcutaneously 3 minutes before circumcision). OUTCOME MEASURES Primary: Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS) score; secondary: heart rate, respiratory rate. All outcome measures were assessed by an individual who was blinded to the group assignment and did not perform the circumcision. RESULTS NIPS scores were significantly lower in the DPNB infants (2.3 +/- 1.8) compared with the EMLA infants (4.8 +/- 0.7). NIPS scores in patients circumcised without anesthesia indicated severe pain. There was a significantly greater increase in heart rate over the duration of the circumcision in the EMLA group than in the DPNB group (49 vs 9 beats per minute). Adverse effects included small hematomas at the site of injection in DPNB infants (10/23), mild erythema at 1 and/or 24 hours after circumcision in the EMLA infants (3/21), and penile edema noted 5 days after circumcision requiring removal of the circumcision bell in 1 DPNB infant. CONCLUSIONS DPNB provides better pain reduction during neonatal circumcision than EMLA cream. EMLA cream may provide pain reduction compared with no anesthesia during neonatal circumcision.
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- M Butler-O'Hara
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Chabance B, Marteau P, Rambaud JC, Migliore-Samour D, Boynard M, Perrotin P, Guillet R, Jollès P, Fiat AM. Casein peptide release and passage to the blood in humans during digestion of milk or yogurt. Biochimie 1998; 80:155-65. [PMID: 9587673 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9084(98)80022-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [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: 02/07/2023]
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In adult humans, after milk or yogurt ingestion, many peptides derived from alpha s1-, beta- or kappa-caseins were detected in stomach, including the kappa-caseinoglycopeptide, an inhibitor of platelet aggregation. Smaller peptides derived from casein and lactoferrin were recovered from duodenum. Two long peptides, the kappa-caseinoglycopeptide and the N-terminal peptide of alpha s1-casein, were absorbed and detected in plasma. These results support the concept that food-born peptides could have physiological activities in man.
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- B Chabance
- CNRS-URA 1188, Université de Paris V, France
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Chabance B, Perrotin P, Guillet R, Boynard M, Migliore-Samour D, Jollès P, Fiat AM. Measurement of platelet aggregation peptide inhibitors by ultrasonic interferometry. Anal Biochem 1998; 255:217-22. [PMID: 9451507 DOI: 10.1006/abio.1997.2448] [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: 02/06/2023]
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Several peptide inhibitors of thrombin- or collagen-induced platelet aggregation and of the interaction between glycoprotein Ib and von Willebrand factor were studied by a new method--ultrasonic interferometry (Echo Cell). Inhibition of aggregate formation in a concentration-dependent manner was observed. The sensitivity of the method was 3 to 40 times higher than that of classical turbidimetry.
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- B Chabance
- CNRS URA 1188, Laboratoire des Protéines, Université de Paris V, Paris, France
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Laroia N, McBride L, Baggs R, Guillet R. Dextromethorphan ameliorates effects of neonatal hypoxia on brain morphology and seizure threshold in rats. Brain Res Dev Brain Res 1997; 100:29-34. [PMID: 9174243 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-3806(97)00018-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Hypoxic injury to the brain is mediated in part by NMDA receptors. Therefore, NMDA receptor blockade with dextromethorphan (DM), a non-competitive channel blocker, was hypothesized to ameliorate injury even when given after the hypoxic insult. Rats were exposed to 8% oxygen for 3 h on postnatal day 7. Within 20 min of exposure, animals received 30 mg/kg i.p. DM or normal saline. Littermates maintained in room air for 3 h also received DM or saline. At 14 days of age, 7 days after exposure, cortical thickness and hippocampal area were measured. At 70-90 days of age, approximately two months after exposure, in a separate group of rats, seizure threshold using pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) and passive avoidance learning and retention were determined. There were no gross changes in cellular morphology and no evidence for cellular necrosis in any of the exposure groups. However, cortical thickness was decreased in animals exposed to hypoxia. DM administration prevented this decrease. Hippocampal area was unaffected. Seizure susceptibility in adulthood was increased in animals exposed to hypoxia in the neonatal period. DM prevented the decrease in seizure threshold. There was no difference in passive avoidance learning or retention as a function of neonatal exposure condition. Mild to moderate hypoxia, previously thought not to produce any histologic changes, causes significant short-term loss of cortical thickness and long-term decrease in seizure threshold. DM appears to ameliorate these effects even when given after the hypoxic insult. These results implicate the glutamate receptor system in the pathophysiology of hypoxia damage and suggest that treatment with a glutamate receptor blocker when neonatal asphyxia is suspected would help ameliorate the consequences of such an insult.
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- N Laroia
- Department of Pediatrics (Neonatology), The Children's Hospital at Strong, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this case-control study was to develop a screening protocol using head ultrasound (HUS) to detect high-grade intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) in very-low-birthweight infants with greater specificity than current practice, while maintaining a high degree of sensitivity. MATERIALS AND METHODS All infants </= 32 weeks or </= 1500 g admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit between January 1, 1991 and December 31, 1992 were studied. The 1991 cohort was analyzed to identify the factors most sensitive and specific for predicting the occurrence of a high-grade (III or IV) IVH. RESULTS Eighty-five percent of infants born at 28-32 weeks gestation screened by 2 weeks of age for IVH had normal HUS scans. The factors most predictive of a high-grade IVH were gestational age < 28 weeks, forceps delivery, or any of the following in the first 2 weeks of life: seizures, head circumference increasing by more than 1 cm per week, base deficit >/= 10, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the neonatal intensive care unit. CONCLUSION Infants born at 28-32 weeks with a high-grade IVH can be identified with a high degree of sensitivity using refined screening criteria, eliminating 50 % of the HUS scans currently obtained for IVH screening.
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- P R Chess
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Chronic administration of an adenosine receptor antagonist disturbs spatial learning and memory in adult mice and neonatal caffeine exposure results in long-term behavioral and biochemical sequelae in mice and rats. We thus postulated that early treatment with caffeine would have latent effects on learning and memory as measured in a passive avoidance paradigm. Rats were not handled or received caffeine (15-20 mg/kg/day) by gavage over postnatal days 2-6. At 28 or 70-90 days of age, rats were trained to avoid an electrified grid and tested for retention 24 h, 72 h, and 7 days later. At 28 days, caffeine-exposed rats required more trials to meet criterion than did control rats, regardless of gender. There was minimal effect on retention of either neonatal treatment or gender at this age. At 70-90 days, there was no effect of either gender or treatment on learning; however, there was a significant effect of gender (P < 0.05) on retention at 24 h that was more pronounced in neonatally caffeine-treated rats (P < 0.01). At 72 h, the effect of caffeine on retention differed between male and female rats. Neonatal caffeine exposure significantly improved retention in females (P < 0.01) and significantly decreased retention in males (P < 0.05). Thus, caffeine exposure limited to the first week of life resulted in alterations in passive avoidance retention that became apparent over pubertal development. These changes were a function of the gender of the animal.
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- S Fisher
- Department of Pediatrics (Neonatology), Children's Hospital at Strong, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, NY 14642, USA
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Chabance B, Perrotin P, Fiat AM, Migliore-Samour D, Jolles P, Guillet R, Boynard M. Measurement of human platelet microaggregates by a new method: ultrasonic interferometry. J Lab Clin Med 1996; 127:296-302. [PMID: 9273363 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2143(96)90098-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We have adapted the ultrasonic interferometry technique (Echo-Cell), which was initially designed to study red blood cell aggregation and agglutination, to the detection of human platelet microaggregates. The experimental parameter chosen was the slope of the signal over the first 5 minutes of sedimentation. We compared our new method with the conventional aggregometry for the measurement of aggregates after thrombin-, collagen-, and epinephrine-induced platelet activation. Under these conditions we demonstrated the particular sensibility of the present method in detecting small platelet aggregates induced in the first phase of aggregation and formed by low concentrations of agonists. Furthermore, as an illustration of this method, we showed an inhibition of the formation of thrombin-induced platelet aggregates in a concentration-dependent manner by the well known antagonist arginine-glycine-aspartic acid-serine with a median inhibitory concentration of 0.4 micromol/L, which is 30 times lower than the median inhibitory concentration found by aggregometry.
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- B Chabance
- CNRS URA 1188, Laboratoire des Proteines, Paris, France
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Early developmental exposure to caffeine in rats results in decreased susceptibility to certain chemically-induced seizures in the adult. To determine whether this effect first appears in adulthood or is present during preceding developmental stages, we exposed neonatal rats to caffeine and determined seizure thresholds in animals 28, 42 and 70-90 days of age. Rats were unhandled or received either vehicle (water) or caffeine (15-20 mg/kg/day) by gavage (0.05 ml/10 g) over postnatal days 2-6. At 28, 42, or 70-90 days of age, rats were infused intravenously with picrotoxin (PIC), bicuculline (BIC), pentylenetetrazol (PTZ), caffeine (CAFF), strychnine (STR), or kainic acid (KA). Seizure thresholds for each compound were analyzed as a function of neonatal treatment, sex, and age. At 28 days, neonatally caffeine-exposed rats had a higher seizure threshold only for PTZ (P < 0.03). At 42 days, neonatally caffeine-exposed rats had higher seizure thresholds for PIC (P < 0.0007) and PTZ (P < 0.0001) than did controls. These results at 28 and 42 days are compared with previously reported data that demonstrated that in adulthood, rats neonatally exposed to caffeine have higher thresholds for seizure induction with CAFF, PTZ, and KA. Thus, early developmental exposure to caffeine results in decreases in seizure susceptibility that are agent specific and may result in a delay in the decrease in seizure threshold that occurs for many agents between late juvenile ages and adulthood.
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- R Guillet
- Department of Pediatrics (Neonatology), Strong Children's Medical Center, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, NY 14642, USA
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Early developmental exposure to caffeine in rats results in changes in brain excitability that persist to adulthood. The mechanism of these alterations is unknown. To identify potential neurotransmitter systems involved, we exposed neonatal rats to caffeine and determined seizure thresholds for chemoconvulsants active at different CNS receptors in the adult animal. Rats were unhandled (NH) or received by gavage (0.05 ml/10 g) either vehicle (water) or caffeine (15-20 mg/kg/day) for postnatal days 2-6. At age 70-90 days, each rat was infused intravenously (i.v.) with picrotoxin (PIC), bicuculline (BIC) [convulsants acting at the gamma-aminobutyric acid/benzodiazepine (GABA/BDZ) receptor], pentylenetetrazol [PTZ, possibly acting at both GABA/BDZ and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors], caffeine (acting at adenosine receptors), strychnine (STR, acting at glycine receptors), or kainic acid (KA, acting at the NMDA receptor). Seizure thresholds were analyzed as a function of neonatal treatment and sex. Thresholds for caffeine, PTZ, PIC, and KA were increased as a function of neonatal caffeine exposure (p = 0.01, 0.02, 0.02, and 0.005, respectively). The thresholds for BIC and STR were not altered. There were also gender differences in seizure susceptibility. Thresholds for seizures produced by BIC, caffeine, PIC, and STR were higher in females (p = 0.005, 0.005, 0.001, and 0.0001, respectively), but were not different for seizures caused by PTZ. These results suggest that early developmental exposure to caffeine affects later seizure susceptibility. Moreover, some of these effects are gender specific.
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- R Guillet
- Strong Children's Medical Center, University of Rochester, New York, USA
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Labetalol is used to treat hypertensive crisis in women with preeclampsia. Glucagon was used as a nonselective beta-adrenergic agonist to treat a preterm infant with symptomatic beta-blockade caused by maternal labetalol therapy.
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- T P Stevens
- Department of Pediatrics, Strong Children's Medical Center, University of Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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The ontogeny of adenosine A1 receptor density was assessed via autoradiographical analysis of [3H]cyclohexyladenosine ([3H]CHA) binding in brains of 14-31-day-old rats as a function of exposure to caffeine over postnatal days 2-6. This exposure period was analogous to the period during which human infants are administered caffeine as treatment for apnea of prematurity. [3H]CHA binding was greatest in CA1 and CA3 hippocampus in both caffeine-exposed and control rats across all ages. Within the anterior, ventral, lateral and medial regions of the thalamus of unmanipulated rats, [3H]CHA binding did not change with age. In caffeine-exposed rats, however, [3H]CHA binding increased significantly within these thalamic subregions as the rats aged. In addition, with age in both treatment groups, the molecular and granular layers of the cerebellum and the CA1 and dentate gyrus of the hippocampus displayed increasing [3H]CHA density. Furthermore, regardless of age, [3H]CHA binding was decreased in the molecular layer of neonatally caffeine-exposed animals as compared to controls. Thus, limited exposure to caffeine within the first postnatal week altered the subsequent expression of adenosine A1 receptors in most subregions of the thalamus and in the molecular layer of the cerebellum.
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- B A Etzel
- Department of Psychology, Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester, NY 14627
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Coulibaly H, Razavian M, Rameau P, Guillet R, Desaint C, Boynard M, Beuzard Y. [Measurement of immunologic agglutination of erythrocytes by ultrasonic interferometry]. Transfus Clin Biol 1994; 1:135-40. [PMID: 8019648 DOI: 10.1016/s1246-7820(94)80009-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [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: 01/28/2023]
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Ultrasound interferometry is a new methodology which has been developed in our laboratories in order to measure precisely and quickly the size of particles sedimenting in liquid on horizontal surface, upon gravity. Applied to red blood cells, this method evaluates the sedimentation of erythrocytes, their aggregation induced by proteins or aggregating compounds as well as their agglutination upon immune reactions. The quantitative assessment of red cell agglutination was applied to the study of blood groups and to the search for red cell antibodies. Preliminary results show that ultrasound interferometry is 1) quantitative, measuring the size of agglutinates; 2) sensitive; 3) specific; 4) fast; 5) able to detect irregular antibodies.
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- H Coulibaly
- INSERM U91, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
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Hammi H, Perrotin P, Guillet R, Boynard M. Determination of red blood cell aggregation in young and elderly subjects evaluated by ultrasound. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 1994. [DOI: 10.3233/ch-1994-14115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- H. Hammi
- Laboratoire de Biophysique Appliquée, Groupe de Recherche en Physique et Biophysique UFR Biomédicale des Saints-Pères, Université Paris V, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Biophysique Appliquée, Groupe de Recherche en Physique et Biophysique UFR Biomédicale des Saints-Pères, Université Paris V, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Biophysique Appliquée, Groupe de Recherche en Physique et Biophysique UFR Biomédicale des Saints-Pères, Université Paris V, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Biophysique Appliquée, Groupe de Recherche en Physique et Biophysique UFR Biomédicale des Saints-Pères, Université Paris V, Paris, France
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Boynard M, Ribier F, Guillet R, Driss F, Perrotin P, Gaudey F, Pautou C, Nalpas B. Assessment of red blood cell deformability in healthy adult subjects: Influence of sex, age, cigarette smoking, menstrual cycle and oral contraceptives. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 1994. [DOI: 10.3233/ch-1994-14212] [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: 11/15/2022]
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- M. Boynard
- Laboratoire de Biophysique Appliquée and Groupe de Recherche en Physique et Biophysique, UFR Biomédicale, Université Paris V, Paris, France
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- Centre de Transfusion Sanguine, Hôpital Laennec, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Biophysique Appliquée and Groupe de Recherche en Physique et Biophysique, UFR Biomédicale, Université Paris V, Paris, France
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- Centre de Transfusion Sanguine, Hôpital Laennec, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Biophysique Appliquée and Groupe de Recherche en Physique et Biophysique, UFR Biomédicale, Université Paris V, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Biophysique, UFR Médicale, Université Paris XIII, Bobigny, France
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- Laboratoire de Biophysique Appliquée and Groupe de Recherche en Physique et Biophysique, UFR Biomédicale, Université Paris V, Paris, France
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- Service d'Hépatologie, Hôpital Necker, INSERM U 99, Paris, France
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Studies were done to determine whether the apparent changes in behavioral sensitivity to adenosine receptor ligands that occur with age and with neonatal caffeine exposure were due to a change in sensitivity of the receptor for the ligand or to a more fundamental change in the receptor. Using an animal model that mimics the brain developmental period and level of caffeine exposure in human premature neonates treated with caffeine for apnea of prematurity, behavioral and neurochemical investigations were undertaken. The locomotor responses to acute challenge with caffeine (15, 30 and 60 mg/kg) and with D-phenylisopropyladenosine (D-PIA) (0.038 and 0.38 mg/kg), an adenosine receptor agonist, were measured in control and neonatally caffeine-exposed rats at 12, 15, 18, and 28 days of age. The dissociation constants (Kd) and maximal binding densities (Bmax) for agonist binding at the adenosine A1 receptor site were determined over a similar time period. Caffeine displacement of an adenosine A1 agonist was also measured to examine in vitro sensitivity to caffeine as a function of age and neonatal caffeine exposure. Our studies demonstrated that the differential responses to adenosine receptor ligands seen as a function of both age and neonatal caffeine exposure could not be overcome by merely increasing the doses of ligand administered. In addition, the results of the binding studies indicated that changes in the adenosine receptor are occurring as a function of age in different regions of the brain of control animals and that this development is influenced by neonatal caffeine exposure.
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- R Guillet
- Department of Psychology, University of Rochester, NY 14627
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An ultrasonic interferometry method was designed to study sedimentation of particles in liquid. The method, based on A mode echography, measures the amplitude of ultrasonic waves reflected (echo E1) by a fixed interface I1 called "solid plate-sediment" interface formed when particles are sedimenting on a solid plate. The amplitude of the echo depends both on mechanical properties of the three media (solid plate, sediment and suspension) on the thickness of the sediment and on the presence of a second mobile interface I2 called "sediment-suspension" interface. In the first phase of sedimentation when the second interface is very close to the first, two reflected waves interfere. Then, in the second phase of sedimentation when the sediment is thick enough, the amplitude of the echo E1 depends only on the sediment and solid plate properties. The first phase will give information on the sedimentation rate of particles (SR). We have compared SR of particles determined by this method with SR measured in a cylindrical tube of the same geometry as the ultrasonic measurement cell and with theoretical values of the sedimentation rate given by theoretical models.
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- S M Razavian
- Laboratoire de Biophysique Appliquée, UER Biomédicale des Saints-Péres, Université Paris V, Paris, France
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Caffeine is a methylxanthine, commonly used in the premature neonate to treat apnea of prematurity. It is efficacious and appears to have few short-term side effects. An animal model, designed to mimic the developmental period in brain and level and duration of exposure in humans, was used to investigate possible long-term effects of early developmental exposure to caffeine on the ontogeny of the adenosine receptor to which caffeine binds. Specific binding at the adenosine A1 receptor, in five distinct regions of the brain was determined in rats, 14-90 days old, as a function of early postnatal exposure to caffeine, over days 2-6. In cortex, cerebellum and hippocampus but not in the brain stem or hypothalamus, there was an increase in specific binding, following neonatal exposure to caffeine, compared to specific binding in control animals. Kinetic analysis of binding to the A1 site in cortical tissue suggests that this increase was due to an increased maximum binding density (Bmax); binding affinity (Kd) did not change. Thus, limited exposure to caffeine, in the early neonatal period, may result in up-regulation of the adenosine A1 receptor that persists to young adulthood in the rat.
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- R Guillet
- Department of Psychology, University of Rochester, New York 14627
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Aggregation of human red blood cells (RBCs) induced by dextrans of various molecular weight has been studied by using a new ultrasonic interferometry method. This method, based on A-mode echography, allowed for the measurement of the accumulation rate of particles on a solid plate which is related to their sedimentation rate (i.e., to their mean size). The initial aggregation process, the mean and the maximum sedimentation rate of aggregates and the packing of the sedimented RBCs have been investigated. Effects of hematocrit, molecular weight of dextrans and inhibition by dextran 40 on the RBC aggregation induced by dextran of higher molecular weight have been determined by analysing variations of the aggregate size. Results obtained confirm the aggregation effect of dextrans of molecular weights equal or higher than 70,000 dalton and disaggregation effect of dextran 40,000 dalton on aggregation by dextrans of higher molecular weight.
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- S M Razavian
- Laboratoire de Biophysique Appliquée, UFR Biomédicale, Université Paris V, France
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Guillet R, Nalpas B, Perrotin P, Beuzard Y, Koutsouris D, Boynard M. Increased erythrocyte rigidity in chronic alcoholics without cirrhosis: Deformability improvement of erythrocyte sub-populations after alcohol withdrawal. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 1991. [DOI: 10.3233/ch-1991-111-208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- R. Guillet
- Laboratoire de Biophysique, UFR Biomédicale des Saints-Pères, Université Paris V, Paris, France
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- Unité d'Hépatologie, Hôpital Laennec, INSERM U. 99, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Biophysique, UFR Biomédicale des Saints-Pères, Université Paris V, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France
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- Laboratoire de Biophysique, UFR Biomédicale des Saints-Pères, Université Paris V, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Biophysique, UFR Biomédicale des Saints-Pères, Université Paris V, Paris, France
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To study the long-term effects of prenatal diazepam (DZ) exposure, 31P NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) spectra and levels of thiobarbituric acid (TBA)-reactive material were measured in the brains of rats from 3 to 26 months of age. In control rats, there were aging-related increases in levels of TBA-reactive material, decreases in intracellular pH (pHi) and alterations in phosphocreatine (PCr) utilization. Prenatal (late gestational) DZ exposure induced lasting, dose-related and age-related alterations in levels of TBA-reactive material and pHi. The results indicate that the prenatal chemical environment can influence cellular metabolism throughout the lifetime of the organism, and that the process of aging can in turn interact with the consequences of prenatal drug exposure.
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- R Miranda
- Department of Psychology, University of Rochester, NY 14627
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Alterations in brain high energy phosphate compounds, using 31P-NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) spectroscopy, were measured in vivo in young adult (3-4 months) rats following prenatal exposure to ligands acting specifically at benzodiazepine (BDZ) binding sites. The exposure induced a decrease in intracellular pH that indicated a predominant interaction of the drugs in utero with central-type BDZ receptor sites. Late gestational exposure to BDZ ligands also induced changes in brain phosphocreatine (PCr) utilization. Exposure to the lowest dose of DZ (1.0 mg/kg) but not the higher dose (2.5 mg/kg) induced a significant change in PCr utilization. Exposure to the central-type BDZ receptor antagonist RO15-1788 alone clearly altered PCr utilization in adult offspring, and DZ (2.5 mg/kg) when administered concurrently was not able to prevent this effect. Though exposure to a peripheral-type ligand (PK11195) had no effect by itself, it converted the effect of the high dose of DZ to that of the low dose. Together, these results indicate an interaction during development between the central and peripheral-type BDZ binding sites on organization and/or regulation of cellular energy metabolism. Normalized ATP levels were not changed by any prenatal treatment indicating adequate buffering of intracellular ATP by phosphocreatine. The dopaminergic antagonist haloperidol did not alter intracellular pH or any index of phosphate metabolism indicating a selective receptor mediated role for BDZ ligands in influences on the long term organization of intracellular phosphate metabolism.
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- R Miranda
- Department of Psychology, University of Rochester, NY 14627
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An animal model was developed to approximate the magnitude and brain developmental period of caffeine exposure experienced by the human infant receiving caffeine for apnea of prematurity. Serum levels of caffeine of 5-15 mg/l over the 24-hour period were achieved by administering to rat pups a loading dose of 20 mg/kg p.o. on day 2, followed by 15 mg/kg p.o. on days 3-6 of life. Locomotor activity, both spontaneous and following an acute challenge with D-phenylisopropyl adenosine (an adenosine receptor agonist, 10 mumol/kg i.p.) or caffeine (an adenosine receptor antagonist, 100 mumol/kg i.p.), was measured in 12-to 28-day-old native rat pups or pups neonatally exposed to caffeine. The stimulatory effect of acute caffeine on locomotor activity was developmentally delayed in neonatally exposed pups. It is postulated that early exposure to caffeine in some way altered the development of the central adenosine receptor control over locomotor activity.
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- R Guillet
- Department of Psychology, University of Rochester, N.Y
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Koutsouris D, Guillet R, Wenby RB, Meiselman HJ. Determination of erythrocyte transit times through micropores. II-- Influence of experimental and physicochemical factors. Biorheology 1988; 25:773-90. [PMID: 3252927 DOI: 10.3233/bir-1988-25505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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A new red blood cell filtration system, termed the Cell Transit Time Analyzer (CTTA), has been developed in order to measure the individual transit times of a large number of cells through cylindrical micropores in special "oligopore" filters: the system operates on the electrical conductometric principle and employs special computer software to provide several measures of the resulting transit time histogram. Using this system with filters having pore diameters of 4.5 or 5.0 cm and length to diameter ratios of 3.0 to 4.7, we have evaluated the effects of several experimental factors on the flow behavior of normal and modified human RBC. Our results indicate : 1) linear PBC pressure - flow behavior over a driving pressure range of 2 to 10.5 cm H2O with zero velocity intercepts at delta P = 0, thus suggesting the Poiseuille - like nature of the flow; 2) resistance to flow or "apparent viscosities" for normal RBC which are between 3.1 to 3.9 cPoise and are independent of driving pressure and pore geometry; 3) increased flow resistance (i.e., increased transit times) for old versus young RBC and for RBC made less deformable by DNP-induced crenation or by heat treatment at 48 degrees C; 4) increased mean transit time and poorer reproducibility when using EDTA rather than heparin as the anticoagulant agent. Further, using mixtures of heat-treated and normal RBC and various percentile values of the transit time histogram. We have been able to demonstrate the presence of sub-populations of rigid cells and thus the value of measurements which allow statistical analyses of RBC populations.
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- D Koutsouris
- Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033
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Koutsouris D, Guillet R, Lelievre JC, Guillemin MT, Bertholom P, Beuzard Y, Boynard M. Determination of erythrocyte transit times through micropores. I--Basic operational principles. Biorheology 1988; 25:763-72. [PMID: 3252926 DOI: 10.3233/bir-1988-25504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 01/04/2023]
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To study the transit times of each red blood cell passing through cylindrical micropores and in order to evaluate sub-population of cells with regard to their deformability, we have developed a new system called the cell transit time analyser (CTTA). By using an AC voltage (100 KHz) across a special filter, we measure the electrical conductance change produced by the cells passing through the pores under a known driving pressure. This computer based device provides the distribution of transit times tau for 2000 cells in 1 minute and as a result the mean transit time [tau]. Experiments with red cells were designed to evaluate the flow behavior of both normal cells and cells whose mechanical properties were artificially altered. Cell volume was changed by use of non-isotonic media. Cell shape and cell volume were modified by varying the pH of the suspending buffer. Results of these experiments are: 1) a skew distribution of transit times towards high tau values for both control cells and artificially altered cells is observed: 2) [tau] is minimum for isotonic conditions and increases sharply for either hypotonic or hypertonic media: 3) [tau] is minimum at physiological pH and increases for either acid or alcaline changes of pH.
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- D Koutsouris
- Laboratoire de Biophysique, Université Paris V, UER Biomédicale, France
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Younkin D, Medoff-Cooper B, Guillet R, Sinwell T, Chance B, Delivoria-Papadopoulos M. In vivo 31P nuclear magnetic resonance measurement of chronic changes in cerebral metabolites following neonatal intraventricular hemorrhage. Pediatrics 1988; 82:331-6. [PMID: 3405662] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether cerebral metabolic changes occur after intraventricular hemorrhage in the newborn. Five babies with bilateral grade 3 to 4 intraventricular hemorrhage were compared with 15 preterm infants without intraventricular hemorrhage. Cerebral high-energy phosphorus metabolites and intracellular pH were measured with in vivo 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Spectra were collected initially within the first 2 weeks of life, and then every other week until discharged from the hospital. The phosphocreatine to inorganic phosphate ratio and the phosphocreatine to adenosine triphosphate ratio were significantly lower in the group with intraventricular hemorrhage, but differences in intracellular pH were not significant. Differences between babies with and without intraventricular hemorrhage varied with postconceptional age: in those with intraventricular hemorrhage, the phosphocreatine to adenosine triphosphate ratio was decreased at all postconceptional ages, and the phosphocreatine to inorganic phosphate ratio was lower in babies with intraventricular hemorrhage and younger than 30 weeks. Results of this study confirm the presence of chronic metabolic changes following intraventricular hemorrhage which may exacerbate neurologic damage after intraventricular hemorrhage in the newborn.
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- D Younkin
- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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Guillet R, Wyatt J, Baggs RB, Kellogg CK. Anesthetic-induced corneal lesions in developmentally sensitive rats. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1988; 29:949-54. [PMID: 3372167] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Developmental critical periods for the induction of abnormalities by exposure to exogenous substances need not be confined to the early embryonic stage of organogenesis. The combination of ketamine hydrochloride and xylazine, two commonly used anesthetic agents, resulted in a corneal epithelial calcium deposition in 84% of rat pups whose exposure was limited to a single injection during the third postnatal week only. Concurrent exposure to ketamine hydrochloride, xylazine, and yohimbine, an alpha 2 adrenergic receptor antagonist, resulted in corneal lesions in only 6% of rat pups so exposed. The etiology is presently not understood but may involve interference with neurally directed corneal development. Corneal desiccation may also play a role. Altered drug metabolism, and toxic interactions resulting from a changing oxygen or light milieu are less likely etiologic mechanisms. Aspects of corneal development and mechanisms by which drugs can interact with and disturb normal maturational sequences can now be approached.
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- R Guillet
- Department of Psychology, University of Rochester, NY 14627
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The erythrocyte aggregation phenomenon is an important factor in capillary circulation. This phenomenon can be evaluated by a number of methods (microscopic observations, viscometry, light measurements) which cannot be applied simply to in vivo measurements. In contrast, ultrasound which propagates through soft tissues allows measurement of the mechanical properties of red blood cell (RBC) suspensions which depend on the aggregation phenomenon. We devised an apparatus in order to measure in vitro the ultrasonic backscattering intensity of RBC suspensions. First, with latex particles of different sizes, the ultrasonic backscattering coefficient has been measured in order to evaluate the apparatus response. Then, the ultrasonic backscattering coefficient of different aggregated erythrocyte suspensions has been measured and correlated with the erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Finally, the size of RBC aggregates of different suspensions has been evaluated.
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- M Boynard
- Laboratoire de Biophysique Appliquée, UER Biomédicale, Paris, France
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Lawson B, Anday E, Guillet R, Wagerle LC, Chance B, Delivoria-Papadopoulos M. Brain oxidative phosphorylation following alteration in head position in preterm and term neonates. Pediatr Res 1987; 22:302-5. [PMID: 3658550 DOI: 10.1203/00006450-198709000-00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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An alteration in head position, which effects cerebral blood flow, may increase the risk for intraventricular hemorrhage in the critically ill infant. The purpose of this study was to evaluate in vivo cerebral oxidative metabolism as an index of tissue oxygen delivery reflecting brain blood flow, in healthy preterm and term infants following a change in head position. Cerebral phosphoenergetics using 31 phosphorus nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy were measured in 10 preterm and eight term infants following three different head positions: neutral, prone, and supine. All infants were clinically stable at the time of study. The phosphocreatine to inorganic phosphate ratio, an indicator of bioenergetic reserve, was determined. The mean +/- SD for phosphocreatine to inorganic phosphate ratio in the neutral position in preterm and term infants was 1.08 +/- 0.15 and 1.12 +/- 0.21, respectively, and did not change significantly following head turning. These data suggest that any alteration in cerebral blood flow as a result of a change in head position in the healthy neonate may be compensated by physiological and biochemical regulations so that no changes in brain oxidative phosphorylation are measurable.
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- B Lawson
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104
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Fabry J, Meynet R, Joron MT, Sepetjan M, Lambert DC, Guillet R. Cost of nosocomial infections: analysis of 512 digestive surgery patients. World J Surg 1982; 6:362-5. [PMID: 7113241 DOI: 10.1007/bf01653558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Guillet R, Tissot E. [Surgical treatment, excluding proximal vagotomy, of uncomplicated peptic ulcers (author's transl)]. Chirurgie 1981; 107:536-45. [PMID: 7297221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Aulagnier G, Fournier B, Prud'homme B, Maurin T, Guillet R, Rudigoz R, Rochet Y. [Uterine and sigmoid perforations following voluntary interruption of pregnancy by aspiration. A case report (author's transl)]. J Chir (Paris) 1981; 118:339-41. [PMID: 7251699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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A recent case of mixed uterine and colic perforations associated with generalized peritonitis is reported, the lesions developing within the context of the digestive complications of the method known as aspiration for voluntary interruption of pregnancy. The frequency, severity, and treatment of these lesions are described, urgent laparotomy being necessary to correct both abdominal digestive tract and genital lesions. Prevention of these complication technique. Coelioscopy is essential if a perforation is suspected, and must be followed by a laparotomy if its presence is confirmed.
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Aulagnier G, Fournier B, Donné R, Guillet R. [Acute cholecystitis without gallstones following gastrectomy. A report on two cases (author's transl)]. J Chir (Paris) 1980; 117:393-5. [PMID: 7419635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Two recent cases of acute cholecystitis without gallstones following gastrectomy are reported. Details of the cases are described and the rare nature of this postoperative complication emphasized. Clinical diagnosis is difficult and the cause of this complication is usually not ascertained. Cholecystectomy remain the basic treatment, of choice, but cholecystotomy or simple drainage may be the only possible therapy, and should be employed whenever necessary. Postoperative acute cholecystitis is rarely observed, is usually associated with gallstones, and occurs in patients with previously healthy gallbladders in only exceptional cases, usually following digestive tract operations (Thomoret and Bronstein, 9). The initial surgical intervention then involves the stomach, whether it be a gastrectomy or vagotomy (Champeau, Delattre, 2). Two recent cases of post-gastrectomy acute cholecystitis without gallstones led to a review of the published literature to determine the frequency of this complication, and an attempt to define its characteristics.
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Aulagnier G, Philibert M, Rassat Y, Claudel S, Ducluzeau R, Guillet R. [Traumatic recto-vesical wounds (author's transl)]. J Chir (Paris) 1980; 117:257-8. [PMID: 7430273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The authors report a case of a traumatic recto-vesical wound: such cases are rare and serious. The importance of an early diagnosis, which is not usually difficult, allows quick reparative treatment by the trans vesical route associated with a colostomy higher up which is later closed.
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