Search PubMed⌕ Search

Biomedical subjects

B W Berry

Publications and source records attributed to B W Berry.

22 records · Page 2Linked to original sources
PubMed1978

Bacterial sampling techniques on beef, pork, and lamb adipose tissue.

Two methods were used to evaluate bacterial recovery from beef, pork, and lamb adipose tissue. Higher counts were obtained with a tissue removal and fluid agitation technique (shaking) than with surface swabbing, but only when bacterial levels were low. Bacterial recovery by both methods was unaffected by specie origin of adipose tissue and differences in surface texture, sample storage time (12 versus 6 days), and duration fluid agitation (5 versus 10 min).

Adipose Tissue↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Comparative bioavailability of two flurbiprofen products: stereospecific versus conventional approach.

In this randomized, crossover study comparing the bioavailability of a film-coated (Ansaid) with a sugar-coated (Froben) 100 mg tablets of racemic flurbiprofen in 23 healthy young men, no significant differences were found for Cmax, tmax or AUC, using a nonstereoisomeric assay for flurbiprofen. Minor differences in the appearance of flurbiprofen in serum during the first 30-min post-dosing period were noted, with Ansaid appearing earlier than Froben. These differences likely reflect dissolution rate dissimilarity between the two products. Stereospecific determinations demonstrate a small (7.8 per cent) but significant difference in AUC of the active S-configuration (Froben greater than Ansaid). No significant differences between Ansaid and Froben were found for tmax or Cmax for the S-flurbiprofen. In bioequivalency studies of chiral drugs, stereospecific approaches provide a more accurate assessment of products.

Adolescent↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Thyroid-stimulating hormone levels after radiotherapy and combined therapy for head and neck cancer.

Sixty-eight patients were studied prospectively with serial thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels after radiotherapy for head and neck neoplasms. Overall, 57% of the patients developed elevated TSH levels. Excluding patients with less than 2 years follow-up, 85% developed an elevated TSH. Ninety-two percent of patients treated with partial thyroidectomy and radiotherapy developed an elevated TSH. Most TSH elevations occurred within 1 year of treatment. The dose of radiotherapy used and the performance of hemithyroidectomy were related to the development of elevated TSH levels (p less than 0.05). The performance of radical neck dissection, gender, hyperfractionated radiotherapy and the use of chemotherapy were not related to the development of an elevated TSH (p greater than 0.05).

Combined Modality Therapy↗