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Gravas S, Manuel-Palacios J, Chavan C, Roehrborn CG, Oelke M, Averbeck MA, Biswas A, García LM, Mohamed K, Cortes V. Modeling study of the effect of placebo and medical therapy on storage and voiding symptoms, nocturia, and quality of life in men with prostate enlargement at risk for progression. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 2023:10.1038/s41391-023-00731-w. [PMID: 37794168 DOI: 10.1038/s41391-023-00731-w] [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] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Modeling studies using large datasets from men with lower urinary tract symptoms/benign prostate enlargement (LUTS/BPE) can predict changes in International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) and risk of acute urinary retention/surgery under different treatment regimens and according to predictors (baseline characteristics) that commonly define risk of progression. We assessed the impact of treatments on different symptom types (storage, voiding, and nocturia), quality of life (QoL; IPSS Q8), and BPH Impact Index [BII]). METHODS Generalized least squares models were used to predict each outcome. Data from the CombAT study were used to predict outcomes for active treatments (dutasteride, tamsulosin, combination therapy). Predictors included: age; IPSS total, storage, voiding, nocturia and QoL (IPSS Q8) scores; BII; prostate volume; maximum urine flow rate (Qmax), prostate-specific antigen, postvoid residual urine (PVR); alpha-blocker usage within 12 months. Data from phase III dutasteride monotherapy studies were used to predict placebo outcomes. Results were visualized using an interactive web-based tool ( www.bphtool.com ). RESULTS Combination therapy provided greater predicted benefit than either monotherapy for all five outcomes for most patient profiles within the CombAT inclusion criteria. PVR and corresponding subscores were significant predictors of change in both storage and voiding subscores. Alpha-blocker use within 12 months, age (storage subscore), and Qmax (voiding subscore) were also significant predictors. PVR, age, Qmax, and nocturia score were significant predictors of change in nocturia. PVR, Qmax, previous alpha-blocker use, total IPSS, and QoL (IPSS Q8) score were significant predictors of change in QoL (IPSS Q8) score. For BII, significant predictors were PVR, age, total IPSS, and BII score. The multivariable effect of covariates and treatments is best visualized through the interactive web-based tool. CONCLUSIONS This predictive modeling study informs our understanding of how risk factors for disease progression interact and affect treatment impact on different symptom types and QoL scores.
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- Stavros Gravas
- Department of Urology, Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Urology, St. Antonius-Hospital, Gronau, Germany
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Lulic Z, Son H, Yoo SB, Cunnington M, Kapse P, Miller D, Cortes V, Park S, Bhak RH, Duh MS. Free combination of dutasteride plus tamsulosin for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia in South Korea: analysis of drug utilization and adverse events using the National Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service database. BMC Urol 2021; 21:178. [PMID: 34933674 PMCID: PMC8691067 DOI: 10.1186/s12894-021-00941-1] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Objective To assess the use and safety of free combination therapy (dutasteride and tamsulosin), dutasteride monotherapy, or tamsulosin monotherapy in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Methods This non-interventional retrospective cohort study used claims data from the Korea Health Insurance Review and Assessment-National Patient Sample database. Patients with BPH ≥ 40 years of age receiving combination therapy (dutasteride 0.5 mg and tamsulosin 0.4 mg daily) or dutasteride 0.5 mg, or tamsulosin 0.4 mg daily dose between 2012 and 2017 were included. The frequency, duration of treatment and risk of any adverse event (AE) or serious AE (SAE) was compared for combination therapy versus each monotherapy using non-inferiority testing. Results Of 14,755 eligible patients, 1529 (10.4%) received combination therapy, 6660 (45.1%) dutasteride monotherapy, and 6566 (44.5%) tamsulosin monotherapy. The proportion of patients treated with combination therapy exceeded the pre-specified 3% threshold for ‘frequent’ use. Safety results indicated a similar risk of any AE and SAE irrespective of treatment group. The adjusted relative risk for any AE over the treatment observation period comparing combination therapy with dutasteride monotherapy was 1.07 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.03, 1.12), and with tamsulosin monotherapy was 0.98 (95% CI 0.95, 1.02) demonstrating non-inferiority. The adjusted relative risk for any SAE was 1.07 (95% CI 0.66, 1.74) and 0.90 (95% CI 0.56, 1.45), compared with dutasteride and tamsulosin monotherapy, respectively. Although the SAE results did not statistically demonstrate non-inferiority of combination therapy based on pre-specified margins, the 95% CI for the risk ratio estimates included the null with a lower limit below the non-inferiority margins, indicating no meaningful differences in SAE risk between groups. Absolute SAE risks were low. Conclusion Combination therapy with dutasteride and tamsulosin is frequently used in real-world practice in South Korea for treatment of BPH and demonstrates a safety profile similar to either monotherapy. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12894-021-00941-1.
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- Department of Urology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Boramae Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Analysis Group, Inc., Boston, MA, USA
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Garcia C, Soriano JM, Cortes V, Sevilla-Navarro S, Marin C, Catala-Gregori P. The use of dynamic prevalence maps to assess the prevalence of Salmonella in broiler flocks in the Valencian Community, Spain. REV SCI TECH OIE 2019; 37:1013-1020. [PMID: 30964452 DOI: 10.20506/rst.37.3.2903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The aim of this study was to design and implement a dynamic prevalence map for managing the data collected within the framework of the Salmonella spp. National control plan in broiler flocks, using a data set from the Valencian Community, Spain. Such a map would be a useful tool for veterinarians seeking to define control options. The development of the mapping tool for this study involved three main phases: data collection, data analysis and data representation. The data used were obtained from the results of the National Control Programme (based on European Commission [EC] Regulation No. 2160/2003). The Salmonella prevalence data were represented on a map of the Valencian Community, which included geographical information on flock locations to facilitate the interpretation of the results from monitoring. The average prevalence of Salmonella spp. was 2.74% from 2009 to 2013. Moreover, the proportion of broiler flocks that remained positive for the target serovars according to EC Regulation No. 2160/2003 (S. Enteritidis and/orS. Typhimurium [including monophasic S. Typhimurium]) was less than 1%. Over the five-year period of the study (2009-2013), the area of Bajo Maestrazgo had the highest level of Salmonella spp. prevalence every year, thereby validating the usefulness of this mapping tool. The aim of the study is to detect geographical 'highpressure' Salmonella zones over time and make suggestions on where efforts should be focused in this region to reduce future Salmonella spp. prevalence. Local Veterinary Services could, using the map, identify the infection pressure of Salmonella in the geographical areas where farms are located. Proximity to higher prevalences may imply an increased risk of flock contamination. Although annual data are represented, data can be presented in real time with regular frequency (daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly) or even over periods of several years. Therefore, the dynamic prevalence map provides extremely useful epidemiological information to veterinarians on the prevention of Salmonella.
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Silva IT, Munkert J, Nolte E, Schneider NFZ, Rocha SC, Ramos ACP, Kreis W, Braga FC, de Pádua RM, Taranto AG, Cortes V, Barbosa LA, Wach S, Taubert H, Simões CMO. Cytotoxicity of AMANTADIG - a semisynthetic digitoxigenin derivative - alone and in combination with docetaxel in human hormone-refractory prostate cancer cells and its effect on Na +/K +-ATPase inhibition. Biomed Pharmacother 2018; 107:464-474. [PMID: 30107342 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2018.08.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2018] [Revised: 07/26/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Cardiac glycosides (CGs) are natural compounds used to treat congestive heart failure. They have garnered attention as a potential cancer treatment option, especially because they bind to Na+/K+-ATPase as a target and activate intracellular signaling pathways leading to a variety of cellular responses. In this study we evaluated AMANTADIG, a semisynthetic cardenolide derivative, for its cytotoxic activity in two human androgen-insensitive prostate carcinoma cell lines, and the potential synergistic effects with docetaxel. AMANTADIG induced cytotoxic effects in both cell lines, and a combination with docetaxel showed a moderate and strong synergism in DU145 and PC-3 cells, respectively, at concentrations considerably lower than their IC50 values. Cell cycle analyses showed that AMANTADIG and its synergistic combination induced G2/M arrest of DU145 and PC-3 cells by modulating Cyclin B1, CDK1, p21 and, mainly, survivin expression, a promising target in cancer therapy. Furthermore, AMANTADIG presented reduced toxicity toward non-cancerous cell type (PBMC), and computational docking studies disclosed high-affinity binding to the Na+/K+-ATPase α subunit, a result that was experimentally confirmed by Na+/K+-ATPase inhibition assays. Hence, AMANTADIG inhibited Na+/K+-ATPase activity in PC-3 cells, as well as in purified pig kidney at nanomolar range. Altogether, these data highlight the potent effects of AMANTADIG in combination with docetaxel and offer important insights for the development of more effective and selective therapies against prostate cancer.
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- Izabella Thaís Silva
- Departamento de Produtos Farmacêuticos, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, Chair of Pharmaceutical Biology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- Laboratório de Bioquímica Celular, Faculdade de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de São João del Rei, Campus Centro-Oeste Dona Lindu, Divinópolis, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioquímica Celular, Faculdade de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de São João del Rei, Campus Centro-Oeste Dona Lindu, Divinópolis, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, Chair of Pharmaceutical Biology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Departamento de Produtos Farmacêuticos, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Departamento de Produtos Farmacêuticos, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Química Farmacêutica Medicinal, Universidade Federal de São João del Rei, Campus Centro-Oeste Dona Lindu, Divinópolis, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioquímica Celular, Faculdade de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de São João del Rei, Campus Centro-Oeste Dona Lindu, Divinópolis, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioquímica Celular, Faculdade de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de São João del Rei, Campus Centro-Oeste Dona Lindu, Divinópolis, Brazil
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- Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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Freudenberg-Hua Y, Li W, Abhyankar A, Vacic V, Cortes V, Ben-Avraham D, Koppel J, Greenwald B, Germer S, Darnell RB, Barzilai N, Freudenberg J, Atzmon G, Davies P. Differential burden of rare protein truncating variants in Alzheimer's disease patients compared to centenarians. Hum Mol Genet 2016; 25:3096-3105. [PMID: 27260402 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddw150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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: 10/29/2015] [Revised: 05/06/2016] [Accepted: 05/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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We compared coding region variants of 53 cognitively healthy centenarians and 45 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), all of Ashkenazi Jewish (AJ) ancestry. Despite the small sample size, the known AD risk variant APOE4 reached genome-wide significance, indicating the advantage of utilizing 'super-controls'. We restricted our subsequent analysis to rare variants observed at most once in the 1000 Genomes database and having a minor allele frequency below 2% in our AJ sample. We compared the burden of predicted protein altering variants between cases and controls as normalized by the level of rare synonymous variants. We observed an increased burden among AD subjects for predicted loss-of-function (LoFs) variants defined as stop-gain, frame shift, initiation codon (INIT) and splice site mutations (n = 930, OR = 1.3, P = 1.5×E-5). There was no enrichment across all rare protein altering variants defined as missense plus LoFs, in frame indels and stop-loss variants (n = 13 014, OR = 0.97, P = 0.47). Among LoFs, the strongest burden was observed for INIT (OR = 2.16, P = 0.0097) and premature stop variants predicted to cause non-sense-mediated decay in the majority of transcripts (NMD) (OR = 1.98, P = 0.02). Notably, this increased burden of NMD, INIT and splice variants was more pronounced in a set of 1397 innate immune genes (OR = 4.55, P = 0.0043). Further comparison to additional exomes indicates that the difference in LoF burden originated both from the AD and centenarian sample. In summary, we observed an overall increased burden of rare LoFs in AD subjects as compared to centenarians, and this enrichment is more pronounced for innate immune genes.
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- Yun Freudenberg-Hua
- Litwin-Zucker Research Center for the Study of Alzheimer's Disease, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA .,Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Zucker Hillside Hospital, Northwell Health, Glen Oaks, NY 11004, USA
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- Robert S Boas Center for Genomics and Human Genetics, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA
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- Litwin-Zucker Research Center for the Study of Alzheimer's Disease, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA
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- Institute for Aging Research and the Diabetes Research Center, Department of Medicine and Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Litwin-Zucker Research Center for the Study of Alzheimer's Disease, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA
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- Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Zucker Hillside Hospital, Northwell Health, Glen Oaks, NY 11004, USA
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- Institute for Aging Research and the Diabetes Research Center, Department of Medicine and Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Robert S Boas Center for Genomics and Human Genetics, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.,The Regeneron Genetics Center, Tarrytown, NY 10591, USA and
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- Institute for Aging Research and the Diabetes Research Center, Department of Medicine and Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.,Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel
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- Litwin-Zucker Research Center for the Study of Alzheimer's Disease, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA
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Alarcon G, Cortes V, Victorio R, Andres M, Monfort L, Peñaranda N. P16.2 Pediatric muscular weakness: a case report. Clin Neurophysiol 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(11)60461-6] [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: 11/30/2022]
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Alarcon G, Cortes V, Victorio R, Peñaranda N, Narro J, Gonzalez J, Quillis V, Botella L. P11.4 Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring during cerebral artery clipping: review of our cases. Clin Neurophysiol 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(11)60392-1] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Gonzalez-Lopez P, Cortes V, Roldan P, Verdu F, Garcia-March G, Gonzalez-Darder J. P31-15 Multimodal navigation in the functional resection of brain tumors located in eloquent motor areas. Role of cortical and subcortical stimulation. Clin Neurophysiol 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(10)61182-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Abbensetts K, Cortes V, Fox B, Perdrizet G. Blood alcohol concentrations in patients presenting to a level one trauma center: Effects of the new Federal Guidelines and mechanism of injury. J Surg Res 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2005.11.483] [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: 11/15/2022]
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Luk SS, Jacobs L, Ciraulo DL, Cortes V, Sable A, Cowell VL. Outcome assessment of physiologic and clinical predictors of survival in patients after traumatic injury with a trauma score less than 5. J Trauma 1999; 46:122-8. [PMID: 9932694 DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199901000-00020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To define those physiologic and clinical variables that have a positive or negative predictive value in discriminating survivors from nonsurvivors with traumatic injuries and a Trauma Score of 5 or less. METHODS A retrospective review of 2,622 trauma patients transported by an air medical service from the scene of injury to a Level I trauma center was performed. Demographic, physiologic, and clinical variables were evaluated. RESULTS One hundred thirty-six patients were studied; 14 patients survived trauma resuscitation. Survivors had statistically significant improvement in the Glasgow Coma Scale from the field to arrival in the emergency room. Revised Trauma Score, probability of survival, pulse, respiratory rate, cardiac rhythm, central nervous system activity, and signs of life were statistically more favorable in survivors. CONCLUSION In patients who survived to discharge, signs of central nervous system activity in the field was a positive predictor of survival, and severe head injury served as a negative predictor of survival.
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- S S Luk
- Department of Trauma/EMS, Hartford Hospital, CT 06102, USA
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Ciraulo DL, Luk S, Palter M, Cowell V, Welch J, Cortes V, Orlando R, Banever T, Jacobs L. Selective hepatic arterial embolization of grade IV and V blunt hepatic injuries: an extension of resuscitation in the nonoperative management of traumatic hepatic injuries. J Trauma 1998; 45:353-8; discussion 358-9. [PMID: 9715195 DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199808000-00025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Recognizing the significant mortality and complications inherent in the operative management of blunt hepatic injuries, hepatic arterial embolization was evaluated as a bridge between operative and nonoperative interventions in patients defined as hemodynamically stable only with continuous resuscitation. METHODS Seven of 11 patients with grade IV or V hepatic injuries identified by computed tomography underwent hepatic arterial embolization. A prospective evaluation of hepatic embolization based on subsequent hemodynamic parameters was assessed by matched-pair analysis. A summary of this study population's demographic data and outcomes is presented, including age, Glasgow Coma Scale score, Injury Severity Score, Revised Trauma Score, computed tomography grade, intensive care unit and hospital length of stay, transfusion requirements, complications, and mortality. RESULTS No statistical difference was demonstrated between pre-embolization and postembolization hemodynamics and volume requirements. After embolization, however, continuous resuscitation was successfully reduced to maintenance fluids. Hepatic embolization was the definitive therapy for all seven patients who underwent embolization. CONCLUSION Results of this preliminary investigation suggest that hepatic arterial embolization is a viable alternative bridging the therapeutic options of operative and nonoperative intervention for a subpopulation of patients with hepatic injury.
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- D L Ciraulo
- Department of Trauma/EMS, Hartford Hospital, Connecticut, USA
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BACKGROUND The 24-hour observation critical pathway for trauma is a clinical tool developed to expedite health care delivery to minimally injured patients. The use of patient care, BS, guidelines and physician-approved standing orders was implemented in a Level I trauma center. METHODS A retrospective chart review was performed of 122 patients admitted via the emergency department between December 1, 1993, and May 31, 1994. All patients were evaluated in the emergency department by emergency medicine and trauma physicians and deemed appropriate for 24-hour observation. The information collected included patient demographics, hospital charges, injuries, length of stay, diagnostic tests, consultations, and variances from the critical pathway. RESULTS During the 6-month study period, there were 600 trauma admissions. Of those admissions, 122 patients (20%) were evaluated in the emergency department and deemed appropriate for enrollment in the 24-hour observation pathway. The charts of these patients were reviewed. Fourteen admissions were determined inappropriate for the critical pathway because of the severity of injuries or discharge against medical advice. One hundred eight charts were evaluated further. Eighty-nine patients (80%) completed the critical pathway with a length of stay of 24 hours. CONCLUSION The 24-hour observation critical pathway was designed and used appropriately as exemplified by an overall 80% completion rate. The critical pathway offers a mechanism to streamline care of the minimally injured trauma patient. It also serves as a quality-improvement tool for increasing efficiency, decreasing utilization of resources, and decreasing length of stay.
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- V L Cowell
- Department of Trauma, Hartford Hospital, Connecticut 06102-5037, USA
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Donoso MV, Brown N, Carrasco C, Cortes V, Fournier A, Huidobro-Toro JP. Stimulation of the sympathetic perimesenteric arterial nerves releases neuropeptide Y potentiating the vasomotor activity of noradrenaline: involvement of neuropeptide Y-Y1 receptors. J Neurochem 1997; 69:1048-59. [PMID: 9282927 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.69031048.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [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: 02/05/2023]
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Neuropeptide Y (NPY) appears to be involved in the sympathetic regulation of vascular tone. To assess the putative role of NPY in mesenteric circulation, the release and biological effect of NPY were examined after electrical stimulation of perimesenteric arterial nerves. Nerve stimulation with trains of 2-30 Hz increased the perfusion pressure of the arterially perfused rat mesenteric bed in a frequency- and time-dependent fashion. Trains of 15-30 Hz significantly displaced to the left, approximately threefold, the noradrenaline (NA)-induced pressor concentration-response curve, in addition to increasing significantly its efficacy. Perfusion with 10 nM exogenous NPY mimicked the electrical stimulation effect, causing a threefold leftward shift of the NA concentration-response curve and increasing the maximal NA response. These effects were antagonized by 100 nM BIBP 3226, indicating the activity of NPY-Y1 receptors. Electrical stimulation of the perimesenteric nerves released immunoreactive NPY (ir-NPY) in a frequency-dependent fashion; the ir-NPY coelutes with synthetic NPY as confirmed by HPLC. Both the electrically induced pressor response and the calcium-dependent release of NPY were obliterated in preparations perfused with 1 microM guanethidine or in rats pretreated intravenously for 48 h with 6-hydroxydopamine, thus revealing the sympathetic origin of these phenomena. Only a small proportion of the total NPY content in the perimesenteric arterial nerves is released after electrical stimulation. Chromatographic studies of the physiological sources of the ir-NPY support that NPY fragments are generated via peptidase degradation. The present findings demonstrate that NPY is released from the perimesenteric arterial sympathetic nerves and acts, via the activation of NPY-Y1 receptors, as the mediator responsible for the potentiation of NA's effect on perfusion pressure in the isolated rat mesenteric bed.
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- M V Donoso
- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, P. Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
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Fernández C, Alarcón-Riquelme ME, Abedi-Valugerdi M, Sverremark E, Cortes V. Polyreactive binding of antibodies generated by polyclonal B cell activation. I. Polyreactivity could be caused by differential glycosylation of immunoglobulins. Scand J Immunol 1997; 45:231-9. [PMID: 9122611 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1997.d01-397.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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: 02/04/2023]
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The aim of this study was to gain knowledge of the pre-immune repertoire with reactivity directed to the carbohydrate antigen dextran B512 (Dx). Polyclonal activation of spleen cells in mice has been estimated to be a method of revealing the available repertoire. Hybridoma cell lines derived from lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated C57BL/6 spleen cells were screened for reactivity with Dx and with the non-related protein bovine serum albumin (BSA). Despite the lack of structural similarity between Dx and BSA we observed that nearly all of the Dx positive monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) cross-reacted with BSA. The Dx and BSA crossreactive MoAbs were also found to bind to several foreign-and auto-antigens, and therefore we concluded that these MoAbs fulfilled the criteria of polyreactivity. The Dx and BSA cross-reactive antibodies were produced in an apparently random fashion as judged by the use of kappa and lambda light chains and the use of V(H) J558 subfamily genes. There are two possible explanations for this type of polyreactivity: (1) LPS induces a randomly generated polyreactive and a randomly generated specific immunoglobulin (Ig) repertoire; (2) polyreactivity can be the result of post-translational modifications. Since immunoglobulins are glycoproteins we considered the possibility that post-translational modifications such as glycosylation could be responsible for the generation of the polyreactive pool. Dextran-specific and Dx/BSA cross-reactive MoAbs showed different degrees of sensitivity to inhibition of glycosylation performed by treatment with tunicamycin (Tm), an inhibitor of the formation of N-glycosidic linkages. Other polyreactive, connective and specific MoAbs were also tested. The authors found that Tm treatment had a more profound effect in reducing the binding capacity of the polyreactive antibodies (Abs), suggesting that the polyreactive Abs may be more dependent than the specific Abs on the carbohydrate content of the molecule for binding to the antigens. The authors propose that lymphocytes may use differential glycosylation as a means to generate polyreactive or monospecific Abs.
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- C Fernández
- Department of Immunology, Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Sweden
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OBJECTIVE Early enteral nutrition is an important adjunct in the care of critically ill patients. A double-lumen gastrostomy tube with a duodenal extension has been reported to enable early enteral feeding with simultaneous gastroduodenal decompression. We tested the ability of this device to achieve these goals in critically ill patients. DESIGN Noncomparative, descriptive case series. SETTING Surgical intensive care unit in a university hospital. PATIENTS Fifteen consecutive critically ill patients, who, at the time of laparotomy, were assessed likely to need long-term nutritional support and gastric decompression, underwent tube placement. Mean age was 47 +/- 21 yrs. Mean Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II) and Therapeutic Intervention Scores were 15 +/- 7.3 (SD) and 29 +/- 10.2, respectively, and the mean Injury Severity Score of 11 trauma patients in the group was 27 +/- 7.4. INTERVENTIONS Correct tube positioning was verified by radiograph or endoscopy. METHODS Caloric and protein requirements, nutritional parameters, and problems encountered with the device were recorded. The correlation between the volume of feeding port input and suction port output was noted, and this correlation was considered significant if r2 was > or = .5. RESULTS Only three (20%) of 15 patients reached full enteral nutritional support via the enteral route. None of these patients achieved this level of nutritional support within the first postoperative week. In 67% of the patients, large quantities of enteral feeding solution appeared in the gastroduodenal suction port effluent. When feeding port input was plotted against effluent volume, a correlation coefficient of > .71 (r2 = > or = .5) was found in 40% of the patients. Other complications included: a) excessive gastroduodenal drainage requiring fluid/electrolyte replacement in eight (53.3%) patients; and b) skin ulceration at the tube entrance site in seven (46.7%) patients. CONCLUSIONS These data do not support the use of this device for early enteral feeding and simultaneous gastric decompression in critically ill patients.
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- L M Gentilello
- Department of Surgery, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center, Miami, FL
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Garcia del Moral R, Gomez-Morales M, Cortes V, Aguayo ML, Gigosos RL, Lardelli P, Navas A, Aneiros J, Aguilar D. Mononuclear cell subsets in IgM mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis. A comparative study with minimal change nephrotic syndrome and immunonegative mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis. Nephron Clin Pract 1993; 65:215-21. [PMID: 8247183 DOI: 10.1159/000187477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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: 01/29/2023] Open
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Glomerular and interstitial leukocyte subpopulations were analyzed in renal biopsies from 18 patients with IgM mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis (IgM MPGN), 19 patients with minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MC) and 10 patients with immune-negative mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis (IN MPGN), by immunoperoxidase techniques with monoclonal antibodies. Mesangial cell proliferation was strongly correlated with absolute numbers of intraglomerular T lymphocytes (r = 0.71; p < 0.01) in IgM MPGN, but not in MC or IN MPGN. Significant differences were found in the numbers of macrophages, CD4- and CD8-positive glomerular cells (Student's t test p < 0.01, 0.05 and 0.01, respectively) in IgM MPGN, but not in MC or IN MPGN. The numbers of CD45-, CD3- and CD8-positive cells also differed in each patient group (ANOVA p < 0.01, 0.05 and 0.05, respectively), the greatest and smallest values appearing in IgM MPGN and MC, respectively. Multiple regression test showed initial proteinuria values in IgM MPGN to be closely dependent on the density of neutrophils, macrophages, T and B lymphocytes and CD4 cell inflammatory infiltrates (r2 = 0.92; p < 0.01). At the end of the follow-up, proteinuria in IgM MPGN, but not in MC or IN MPGN, was dependent on T cell infiltrate (r2 = 0.97; p < 0.01). Our findings suggest that proteinuria in IgM MPGN results from local mesangial damage rather than from the effects of a soluble circulating factor, as has been proposed for MC. The clinical and immunohistochemical differences observed between these two processes support the notion that they should be considered as separate entities.
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Sosa JL, Cortes V, Zeppa R. Melanosis coli: a case report in a trauma patient and review of the literature. Am Surg 1991; 57:378-80. [PMID: 2048850] [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: 12/30/2022]
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Melanosis Coli (MC) is a benign pigmentation disorder of the colon occasionally diagnosed at endoscopy. The authors report a case of M. coli in a patient with a gunshot to the abdomen, in whom the entity produced an interesting clinical picture, and a review of the literature on this condition.
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- J L Sosa
- University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center, Florida
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Gentilello LM, Cortes V, Buechter KJ, Gomez GA, Castro M, Zeppa R. Whipple procedure for trauma: is duct ligation a safe alternative to pancreaticojejunostomy? J Trauma 1991; 31:661-7; discussion 667-8. [PMID: 2030513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The use of pancreatic duct ligation (DL) during a Whipple procedure for trauma has been reported but not analyzed. We reviewed 13 cases of DL and compared the results with that reported for the Whipple procedure for trauma with pancreaticojejunostomy (PJ). The mortality rate of DL was 53.8%. Pancreatitis occurred in three cases (23.1%) and caused one death. Pancreatic fistulae occurred in 50% of patients surviving two or more days after DL. No long-term survivor developed overt diabetes mellitus. Malabsorption occurred in 50% of the long-term survivors of DL. When the DL and PJ groups were compared no statistically significant difference could be found in either mortality or pancreatic morbidity. The 46.2% survival rate for DL warrants its consideration as a technique available to trauma surgeons when faced with an unstable patient unable to tolerate further operative therapy.
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- L M Gentilello
- Department of Surgery, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center, Florida
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- S Norwood
- University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana-Champaign
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Gentilello LM, Cortes V, Moujaes S, Viamonte M, Malinin TL, Ho CH, Gomez GA. Continuous arteriovenous rewarming: experimental results and thermodynamic model simulation of treatment for hypothermia. J Trauma 1990; 30:1436-49. [PMID: 2258954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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We evaluated a technique for treating hypothermia that uses extracorporeal circulation but does not require heparin or pump assistance. Hypothermia to 29.5 degrees C was induced in eight anesthetized dogs, and thermistors placed in the pulmonary artery, liver, bladder, esophagus, rectum, muscle, and skin. Four experimental animals were rewarmed by creating a fistula which connected arterial and venous femoral lines to an interposed counter-current heat exchanger. External rewarming was used in four controls. Bleeding time (BT), coagulation profile (PT, PTT, TT), and cardiac output (CO) were measured during rewarming. Core temperature (T) rose significantly faster with CAVR (0.00001). Average time to rewarming was 45 min, vs. 4 hrs in controls. Haptoglobin, platelet, fibrinogen, and fibrin split product levels were unaffected. Continuous arteriovenous rewarming (CAVR) improved T, CO, BT, and coagulation profile faster than any method yet reported not requiring heparin or cardiac bypass. The application of CAVR in post-traumatic hypothermia warrants further investigation.
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- L M Gentilello
- Department of Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine
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Thirty-one critically ill surgical patients were receiving central parenteral nutrition. All were intubated, and 29 were receiving mechanical ventilatory support. Nutritional and metabolic data were recorded at the time of indirect calorimetry. Measured energy expenditure (MEE) was compared with predictions of basal energy expenditure (BEE) and calculated energy expenditure, defined as the product of BEE and a stress factor estimated by the nutrition support service to account for severity of illness and activity. The MEE was significantly greater than the BEE and significantly less than the calculated energy expenditure. The estimated stress factor was significantly greater than the actual MEE/BEE ratio, and the correlation between these values was poor. Clinical assessment may overestimate energy expenditure in critically ill patients because of the apparent degree of illness used to determine the stress factor. Bedside indirect calorimetry may be useful to assess more accurately energy expenditure and optimize nutritional support.
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- V Cortes
- Department of Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine
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Cortes V, McCracken JA, Lloyd CW, Weisz J. Progestin production by the ovary of the testosterone-sterilized rat treated with an ovulatory dose of LH, and the normal, proestrous rat. Endocrinology 1971; 89:878-85. [PMID: 5566398 DOI: 10.1210/endo-89-3-878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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