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B Fuchs

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PubMed1982

Prevention of meal-induced heartburn and regurgitation with metoclopramide in patients with gastroesophageal reflux.

Ten patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease participated in a randomized, double-blind, crossover study in which they received a single 20-mg oral dose of metoclopramide or a placebo 15 minutes before a provocative test meal. All patients had previously been challenged with the test meal and had exhibited symptoms of heartburn and regurgitation. Metoclopramide reduced the severity of heartburn from the onset, its effect reaching statistical significance within two hours and persisting for at least five hours. Eighty percent of the patients who received metoclopramide, compared with only 30% of placebo-treated patients, were completely free of heartburn at the end of the trial. A significant reduction in regurgitation during the 1 1/2 to four hours after the test meal was also noted with metoclopramide. No adverse effects occurred. The ability of metoclopramide to prevent the symptoms of heartburn and regurgitation induced by a provocative meal in patients with gastroesophageal reflux was clearly demonstrated.

Adult↗
PubMed1980

The value of endoscopy in the diagnosis of lymphoid nodular hyperplasia.

A 16-year-old boy was hospitalized because of abdominal pain, diarrhea, and weight loss. Serum immunoelectrophoresis showed an absence of IgA and diminished levels of IgM and IgG. Radiological examination of the upper gut was suggestive of lymphoid nodular hyperplasia, a diagnosis confirmed by endoscopy and intestinal biopsy. In addition, infestation with Giardia Lamblia was proven by duodenal aspirate at the time of endoscopy.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1980

Resting metabolism of Yucatan miniature swine.

Oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide production, rectal temperature and skin temperatures were measured in six conscious Yucatan miniature swine. Heat production was calculated from oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production data. Under ambient conditions (20 degrees C), the parameters studied were similar to what has been reported for conventional domestic swine. During 90 minutes of cold exposure (0 degrees C), oxygen consumption increased by approximately 50%. At 0 degrees C, excessive shivering and grunting were noticeable and were associated with decreases in skin and rectal temperature.

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PubMed1979

Colonic involvement in salmonellosis.

Two cases of Salmonella colitis are described. Clinical and radiological differentiation from ulcerative colitis is difficult and necessitates repeated stool cultures. The management of Salmonella colitis is reviewed.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1976

[The effect of an ambulatory long term training on performance, metabolic and coagulation parameters after myocardial infarct].

It is reported on the results of a training treatment for outpatients after myocardial infarction which was carried out twice a week during one and a half year, compared to a control group without physical conditioning. Out of 30 patients 14 continuously took part in the training lessons. In contrast to the control group in the training group a clear increase of the working capacity, a slight decrease of the body-weight, of the blood pressure in rest and of the triglycerides in the serum as well as a favourable influence on the glucose tolerance could be proved. The serum cholesterol level and the coagulation parameters did not change significantly. One patient of the training group and one of the control group died. One patient of the training group and one patient of the control group suffered a reinfarction.

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Does chronic prenatal methadone exposure affect beta-receptor subtypes in placental, fetal and maternal brain homogenates?

Computer competition analysis of 3H-DHA (3H-dihydroalprenolol, a nonselective beta-adrenergic radioligand) binding in the presence of unlabeled metoprolol (a beta 1-selective antagonist) indicates the existence of both beta 1- and beta 2-adrenergic receptor subtypes in the rat placenta and confirms previous reports that both beta-adrenoceptors are present in adult rat cortex. In the fetal brain (20th day of gestation), however, only beta 1-receptors were detected. Pregnant rats were chronically exposed to methadone from day 7 to day 20 of gestation via implanted osmotic minipumps (6.3-9.0 mg/kg/day). This treatment schedule did not induce a change in the affinity and density of either beta-receptor subtype in the placental, fetal and maternal brain homogenates. The results are discussed in terms of the reported monoaminergic and opiate receptor functional interactions.

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Fatty degeneration of the muscles of the rotator cuff: assessment by computed tomography versus magnetic resonance imaging.

Forty-one patients scheduled for shoulder surgery underwent computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination of their affected shoulder to verify whether fatty degeneration of the rotator cuff muscles could reproducibly be assessed by CT or by MRI and whether the grading with the 2 methods was comparable. In addition, rotator cuff muscle cross-sectional areas were measured on parasagittal MRI scans to establish a possible correlation between rotator cuff muscle atrophy and fatty degeneration. Interobserver reproducibility for grading fatty degeneration was good to excellent for CT and for MRI. The correlation between MRI and CT was fair to moderate and remained unsatisfactory, even if the classification system was simplified with only a 3- rather than a 5-grade scale as originally proposed. The degree of fatty degeneration was significantly related to the amount of atrophy of the respective muscles.

Adult↗
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[Lung resection in the principle disease of mucoviscidosis and status following poliomyelitis--2 case reports].

Two cases of destroyed lung after repeated pneumonia are reported; one in a patient suffering from cystic fibrosis in the age of 8 years, the other in a 15 year old girl with a phrenic nerve paralysis. In both children physiotherapy as well as retreatments with appropriate antibiotics did not achieve any long-term curative effect. Therefore a pneumonectomy was indicated. In the patient with cystic fibrosis a small air leak was observed on the first postoperative day at the bronchial suture line, which was treated with an immediate rethoracotomy and correction. In the other child a pericardial effusion 4 weeks after surgery occurred. Regression was seen within two weeks under antibiotic therapy. In diseases such as cystic fibrosis and paralysis of the diaphragm a resection of the lung is justified in cases even if they are complicated by recurrent infections due to atelectasis or bronchiectasia. The preoperative investigation includes the proof of a total lung failure by scintiscan and/or measurement of a mucociliary clearance. A non altered function of the remaining lung is a prerequisite.

Adolescent↗