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A Carter

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PubMed1979

The 3-methylhistidine content of human tissues.

1. The amount of 3-methylhistidine (3-MeH) has been measured in eighty-eight samples of tissue taken post-mortem from five adults. 2. The highest concentration (mumol/g fat-free dry weight) of 3-MeH was in skeletal muscle (3.31 +/- 0.05); intermediate values (2-3) were found in cardiac muscle and those tissues containing smooth muscle; and low values (less than 1) occurred in parenchymal tissues such as liver and kidney. 3. There was little variation between the mean 3-MeH content of striated muscles in different individuals, and no significant difference between the 3-MeH concentrations of striated muscles taken from six different sites. 4. The results suggest that it is justifiable to use values obtained from single muscles to calculate the rate of myofibrillar breakdown from urinary 3-MeH excretion.

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Postoperative transient bradycardia and asystole after bilateral bunionectomies performed using spinal anesthesia.

Medical complications after elective bunionectomy procedures are rarely encountered. This paper presents a case report of a healthy 51-year-old male patient who experienced transient bradycardia and asystole postoperatively after bilateral bunionectomies. The foot surgeon must be prepared for, be able to recognize, and then treat these untoward medical events.

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Monocyte chemotactic factor produced by large vessel endothelial cells in vitro.

Cultured rabbit aortic and human carotid artery endothelial cells produced a factor that was chemotactic for monocytes but not for neutrophils. Checkerboard analysis showed that the activity was due to chemotaxis and not to chemokinesis. The factor was produced in both serum-containing and serumless media. Treatment with carboxypeptidase and trypsin resulted in inhibition of chemotactic activity, indicating that the factor is a peptide. Medium from cultures of rabbit aortic, human carotid artery, and human umbilical vein endothelial cells previously exposed to beta migrating very low density lipoprotein (beta-VLDL) had substantially more chemotactic activity than medium from untreated cells or cells exposed to low density lipoprotein. beta-VLDL alone had no chemotactic activity. We conclude that large vessel endothelial cells produce a monocyte chemotactic factor that is increased after exposure of the cells to beta-VLDL.

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Complementary therapy. The use of touch in nursing practice.

Touching patients seems a natural and integral part of nursing care, but do nurses really understand the potential benefits and potential harm touch can cause patients? The authors look at the importance of touch in nursing care, and suggest that greater awareness of how touch affects patients would be of benefit to nurses.

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Influence of estrogen on markers of muscle tissue damage following eccentric exercise.

This study tested the hypothesis that estrogen levels of women influences the development of a muscle-tissue damage (creatine kinase, CK) marker and delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) following eccentric exercise. Seventeen oral contraceptive (OC) users and ten eumenorrheic (EU) subjects completed a 30-min downhill running bout at approximately 60% VO2max. The OC completed the exercise during the mid-luteal phase (day 22.9 +/- 1.5; high estrogen) while the EU did their exercise in the mid-follicular phase (day 9.6 +/- 4.4; low estrogen) of the menstrual cycle, respectively. The CK activity and DOMS were assessed pre-exercise, immediately post-, 24, 48 and 72 h post-exercise. ANOVA results indicated that there was a significant increase in CK activity in response to the downhill run (p < 0.001), and the interaction of group x time was significantly different (p < 0.01). The OC group had lower CK at 72 h post-exercise than did the EU group. Pre-exercise estrogen levels correlated with the overall mean CK (r = -0.43, p < 0.05) and 72 h (r = -0.38, p < 0.05) responses, respectively. Exercise caused an increase in DOMS in both groups (p < 0.001); but, no significant interaction was observed. These findings suggest that elevated estrogen levels have a protective effect on muscle tissue following eccentric exercise. The mechanism of this protective effect is unclear but may be related to the anti-oxidant characteristics and membrane stability properties associated with estrogen and its derivatives.

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Computed tomographic (CT) guided percutaneous fine-needle aspiration biopsy: the Yale experience.

Fifty-one CT-guided percutaneous fine-needle aspiration biopsies (PFNAB) were performed on 46 consecutive patients over 15 months. Cytologies were obtained to identify primary or secondary malignancy in the abdomen, pelvis, retroperitoneum, bone, and paraspinal region. Adequate cytologic material was obtained in 50 of 51 biopsies. There were 29 true-positive, 0 false-positive, 12 true-negative, and two false-negative cases with an overall accuracy rate of 95 percent. There was one minor complication, mesenteric hemorrhage, which did not require transfusion. Fifteen of the 51 biopsies were performed on outpatients. The procedure is an accurate, safe, and cost-effective nonsurgical means of diagnosing primary or secondary malignancy.

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