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G Becker

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PubMed1984

Urea secretion into the colon of sheep and goat.

Total urea entry rate into the body pool and urea hydrolysis rate (transfer of endogenous urea into the total gastrointestinal (g.i.) tract) were obtained after single intravenous injections of [14C]urea and from renal urea excretion in sheep and goat. Secretion of endogenous urea into the colon was estimated from the appearance of urea N in the temporarily isolated and perfused colon. Rate of urea secretion into the colon was rather small (0.10-0.31 mmol . h-1). It was only 0.3-1.1% of urea entry rate, or 0.4-7% of urea hydrolysis rate. Urea secretion into the colon increased linearly with increase of plasma urea concentration. Dietary conditions and short-chain fatty acid concentrations in colonic contents had no significant effect on the permeability of the colonic epithelium for urea.

Animals↗
PubMed1984

Percutaneous transhepatic drainage for malignant biliary obstruction.

Percutaneous transhepatic drainage ( PTHD ) is an adjunct in the management of malignant biliary obstruction. It can be used for two purposes: as a palliative measure alone or as part of the preoperative preparation. This study assesses the efficacy of this technique. The charts of all patients undergoing PTHD were reviewed, and the data were collated according to the intent of catheterization. In the palliative group (18 patients), bilirubin levels fell from 20 +/- 1.8 to 10 +/- 1.9 mg/dl. PTHD complications developed in 14 (78%), the 1-month mortality was 56 per cent (10/18), and all of the patients have died (mean, 2.3 months). In the preoperative group (17 patients), bilirubin levels fell from 17 +/- 1.4 to 6 +/- 0.6 mg/dl, PTHD complications developed in three (18%), and postoperative complications occurred in five (30%). All patients in the preoperative group survived operation, 11 of 16 dying a mean of 4.5 months postoperatively. The five surviving patients have lived 2 to 25 months. The authors conclude that PTHD significantly lowers the serum bilirubin in both preoperative and palliative groups. In the preoperative group, its use is associated with low morbidity and may improve the patient's preoperative condition. In the palliative group, PTHD is associated with an appreciable morbidity that tempers the enthusiasm for its routine use in this circumstance.

Aged↗
PubMed1983

[Continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration in acute postoperative and post-traumatic kidney failure].

Acute renal failure of 40 patients with polytrauma or abdominal surgery was treated by continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration. The excretory function of the kidney could be replaced by the method. Spontaneous urine excretion recurred in five patients after an interval of 11.3 days. The best survival rate was in patients with acute renal failure after bleeding shock. Contrary to the conventional hemodialysis no special personal or apparatus besides the hemofilter is necessary. Thus, continuous hemofiltration is not withheld from patients that can not be moved to dialysis.

Acute Kidney Injury↗
PubMed1981

[Blood-sugar-controlled insulin infusion systems for rapid adjustment of insulin-dependent diabetics (author's transl)].

Empirically obtained data could be verified and the basis for assessment of total insulin requirement, circadian distribution of insulin doses and contents of single insulin portions of old and delayed-action insulin could be established in a prospective study in 13 insulin-dependent diabetics. Assessment of insulin requirements was done after a 36-hour investigation period with the artificial endocrine pancreas using standardised conditions. Readjustment was complemented by dietary advice and rearrangement of total calory input and distribution of carbohydrates during the day. Therapeutic success in 55 patients justifies this procedure. Adjustment of insulin-dependent diabetics was thus obtained more rapidly, better and at less cost.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1981

Influence of fucoidan on the intestinal absorption of iron, cobalt, manganese and zinc in rats.

Fucoidan was extracted from the seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum with boiling water and purified by repeated precipitation steps. Increasing doses of fucoidan (1.2--200 mg) were injected together with 360 nmol 59Fe-(FeCl3) or 60Co-(CoCl2) into tied-off jejunal segments of two groups of rats fed either a normal (160 mg Fe/kg) or a low iron diet (5 mg/kg). Fucoidan together with 360 nmol 54Mn-(MnCl2) or 65Zn-(ZnCl2) was administered in the same manner in rats fed a normal diet only. Fucoidan administered in doses above 30 mg decreased the absorption of iron, cobalt, manganese and zinc in normal rats, and the absorption of iron and cobalt in iron-deficient rats. This inhibitory effect of fucoidan on the absorption of heavy metals is apparently the consequence of the formation of metal complexes which are poorly absorbed from the intestinal lumen.

Animals↗
PubMed1980

Radioligand assays-methods and applications. IV. Uniform regression of hyperbolic and linear radioimmunoassay calibration curves.

In order to handle all types of radioimmunoassay (RIA) calibration curves obtained in our laboratory in the same way, we tried to find a non-linear expression for their regression which allows calibration curves with different degrees of curvature to be fitted. Considering the two boundary cases of the incubation protocol we derived a hyperbolic inverse regression function: x = a1y + a0 + a-1y-1, where x is the total concentration of antigen, ai are constants, and y is the specifically bound radioactivity. An RIA evaluation procedure based on this function is described providing a fitted inverse RIA calibration curve and some statistical quality parameters. The latter are of an order which is normal for RIA systems. There is an excellent agreement between fitted and experimentally obtained calibration curves having a different degree of curvature.

Humans↗
PubMed1980

Inhibition of the intestinal absorption of iron by sodium alginate and guar gum in rats.

Na-alginate as well as guar gum inhibit the absorption of a 59Fe-labelled iron dose (360 nmol) from tied-off jejunal segments of either normal or iron-deficient rats. In order to inhibit the absorption of the iron dose by half as compared with normal rats to which ionized iron was administered 1.2--8 mg of guar gum and 8-30 mg Na-alginate was necessary. In iron-deficient rats the highest dose dose of Na-alginate tested, 100 mg, inhibited the absorption of iron by about 20%; the highest dose of guar gum, 30 mg, inhibited the amount of iron absorbed by about 25%. An artificial diet containing 10% of either guar gum and Na-alginate fed for 3 days inhibited the absorption of iron in normal but not in iron-deficient rats. Also, in these experiments guar gum proved to be more effective than Na-alginate.

Alginates↗
PubMed1980

[Control of blood coagulation and complications in long-term streptokinase therapy].

Streptokinase was infused for 103 +/- 25 hrs. in 27 patients (6 with deep vein thrombosis of the leg, 7 with thrombosis of Vv. axillaris and subclavia, 9 with acute massive pulmonary embolism, 3 with chronic artery occlusion, 2 with thrombosis of the retinal vein). Blood coagulation studies were performed repeatedly. Anticoagulation (prolongation of thrombin time to 1 1/2-2 1/2 of normal) could be achieved without additional heparin by reduction of streptokinase to doses as low as 20 000 U/h. Reptilase time correlated significantly with thrombin times. Following 24 hrs. of infusion, PTT was less than 50 sec. and Quick test less than 50% of normal in most instances. No correlation was found between PTT or Quick test and factor II, V, VI, X activities during streptokinase infusion. Bleeding was observed in 18 patients. The infusion was stopped because of bleeding in 3 cases. None of the coagulation tests performed in this study correlated with the incidence of bleeding. Hemoglobin concentration decreased 2,6 +/- 1,6 gr% and this decrease could no be explained by blood lesses.

Female↗