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F Braun

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PubMed1987

[A multidisciplinary approach to algodystrophy of the hand].

A multidisciplinary approach for the management of reflex sympathetic dystrophy at SOS Main of Strasbourg has been progressively adopted due to the severe functional sequelae of this disease. The TC99 bone scan in three phases has allowed us after a one week duration of the symptoms to make an early diagnosis and to start dynamic splinting in flexion. Our study compares two groups of patients, one with an early treatment and the other with delayed treatment. It shows a correlation between the stiffness of the affected hand and the isotopic findings. The benefit from an early dynamic splinting in flexion as evidenced by a clinical improvement is corroborated by the bone scan.

Combined Modality Therapy↗
PubMed1986

[Effect of bile on intestinal calcium and vitamin D absorption. Animal experiment studies in swine].

In the human system calcium is the major constituent of bone and the regulator of important bioelectric and biochemical effects. Calcium homeostasis is underlying exact control mechanisms in which vitamin D is a predominant factor. Cholecalciferol (VD3) is metabolized and the active form 1 alpha, 25-dihydroxycholecalciferol (1,25(OH)2D3) is formed by the kidney. 1,25(OH)2D3 acts on the cell nuclei and on the luminal membrane of the intestinal mucosal cell. It enhances intestinal Ca absorption and the Ca transport to the blood system. VD3 metabolism and mechanisms of action are reported in the introduction. Early reports have described the important influence of bile for the intestinal Ca absorption. Up to now conclusive investigations are missing and became major topics as new regulator mechanisms were described recently. One of the main questions arising is, whether VD3 and other vitamin D metabolites can be absorbed in the absence of the biliary system and which effect on the enterocyte can be observed. Intestinal Ca absorption and transport was estimated in piglets using triple lumen tube system and duodenal perfusion. 4 untreated animals and 3 experimental animals with bile deprivation for a period of 5 (7) days were studied. Ductus choledochus ligation and concommittant cholecysto-colic anastomosis was applied for this purpose. The effect of vitamin D metabolites was estimated on 3 experimental animals applying a daily dosage of 600.000 I.E. VD3 orally, measuring Ca absorption 5 days afterwards; 3 animals in addition were administered a daily dosage of 2 micrograms 1,25(OH)2D3, measuring the Ca absorption 5 (7) days afterwards. Electrolytes, bilirubin, transaminases, total protein, albumin, triglycerides, Ca, phosphate, alkaline phosphatase, parathormone (PTH), 25 hydroxycholecalciferol (25OHD3) and 1,25(OH)2D3 were measured in all the animals before and after the experimental procedure. Data were calculated statistically. VD3 absorption was measured in 3 untreated control animals and 3 animals with bile deprivation, absorption of 1,25(OH)2D3 in 2 animals with bile deprivation. The basis for the evaluation of the experimental model was given by the laboratory values after bile deprivation. Changes in electrolyte and intermediary metabolism were observed postoperatively only and are assigned to the surgical treatment, thus ruling out severe metabolic disorders, which means that the experimental model should be appropriate for our purpose to look for Ca homeostasis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

Alanine Transaminase↗
PubMed1986

[Effect of a synthetic detergent (Syndet) on the pH of the skin of infants].

The long- and short-term effects on the skin of infants of a synthetic detergent (syndet) with an acid pH were investigated and compared to ordinary soap. The short-term effect was determined by measuring the skin pH on different parts of the body before and 20 min after washing with syndet. The long-term effect was tested in a second group, in which the infants were washed either with ordinary soap or with syndet for 3 days. The skin pH was measured 4-5 h after washing. The results were evaluated statistically. The results show that for a short time syndet displaces the skin pH towards acid pH in younger infants; however, the skin pH is not influenced in older infants. Syndet keeps the skin pH in the physiological range for a longer time after washing than ordinary soap.

Acid-Base Equilibrium↗
PubMed1985

[DiGeorge syndrome--significance of early diagnosis in cellular immunodeficiency].

Di George syndrome is caused by anomalous development of the organs arising from the third and fourth pharyngeal pouches and results in congenital aplasia of the thymus, aplasia or hypoplasia of the parathyroid glands and cardiovascular malformations. Clinically, affected children show hypoparathyroidism and, because of depressed cell-mediated immunity, serious bacterial, viral and fungal infections. We present an infant, aged 6 weeks, with convulsions due to hypocalcemia, in which cell-mediated immunodeficiency was detected. Additionally diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities in DiGeorge syndrome are shown.

Calcium↗
PubMed1981

Mediation of the ocular response to cyclocryocoagulation.

The possible roles of prostaglandins and a neural pathway in the disruption of the blood-aqueous barrier in the rabbit eye after cyclocryocoagulation were studied. Both the preoperative IV administration of the prostaglandin inhibitor acetylsalicylic acid and the application of retrobulbar and topical anesthesia reduced IOP and decreased breakdown of the blood-aqueous barrier, as measured by protein in the aqueous humour. These results imply that the acute response of the animal eye to cyclocryocoagulation is mediated partly by prostaglandins and partly by a neural component resistent an inhibitor of prostaglandin synthesis. When administered together, acetylsalicylic acid and ocular anesthesia yielded a further reduction in postoperative reactions and protein concentrations in the aqueous humour, but were unable to abolish the ocular response completely. The dual ocular mediation to cyclocryocoagulation is apparently due to the combined thermal and mechanical injury caused to ocular structures which synthesize prostaglandins and receive sensory innervation from the trigeminal nerve. The considerable breakdown of the blood-aqueous barrier in cyclocryocoagulation allows leakage of different molecular weight proteins, in equal ratio, into the aqueous humour.

Animals↗
PubMed1980

Cyclocryokoagulation. Sequelae of induced alterations and effect of a prostaglandin-inhibitor on the breakdown of the blood-aqueous barrier.

Histopathological changes following cyclocryokoagulation in a group of rabbits pretreated with acetylsalicyclic acid (ASA) were studied and compared with similar changes in a control group. As observed clinically, macroscopical and histological differences were only noted in the early phase after the procedure. In this phase, all operated eyes revealed an immense vascular response with edema, exudation and extravasation of blood cells. The treated animals, however, showed some reduction of tissue edema than the animals not treated. At a later stage there is an necrosis of the stroma with reduction of small vessels and tissue cells. The reparative process, tending to restore both epithelial and stromal lesions, begins already in the 3rd. week after cyclocryokoagulation. Neither the epithelial nor the stromal alterations differed significantly in any of the operated eyes at this stage. This indicates that ASA mainly affects an obviously prostaglandin-mediated acute vascular response. The disruption of the epithelial barrier may be aggravated by the subsequent stromal alterations, but does not seem to be influenced by ASA.

Animals↗
PubMed1980

Semisynthetic cephalosporins. III. Synthesis and structure activity relationships of novel orally active 7-[4-hydroxy-3-(substituted methyl)phenyl]-acetamido-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acids.

A family of novel optically active alpha-amino-3-substituted-methyl-4-hydroxy benzene acetic acids (3) have been prepared. A number of these amino acids were converted to a group of cephalosporins (12). Compound 12A showed the most interesting activity in vitro and in vivo, primarily against Gram-positive organisms and was shown to be well absorbed orally.

Animals↗
PubMed1980

[Autoimmunhemolytic anemia in infancy (author's transl)].

Autoimmunhemolytic anemia in childhood can be divided into two main groups according to the length of the illness: an acute, transient form and a chronic, prolonged one. The etiopathology of the illness is still unknown. It is most postable that there is a connection with virus infections, whereby the antibodies, appearing within the framework of an immunological reaction, are to be considered as a secondary response to the infection. It could not, unfortunately, be proved in the case of our patient that there had been a virus infection. The role of immunodefects in the case of the acute form is currently being discussed in the more recent literature and the point als made that genetic defects are possible in the connection.

Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune↗