Biomedical subjects

S Kazmi

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PubMed2000

Model for avulsion injury in the rat brachial plexus using passive acceleration.

We have developed an experimental model for brachial plexus injuries in the rat that closely simulates the characteristics of human injury. This model produces avulsion injuries in a noninvasive manner. A prototype apparatus was designed that allowed a force to be transmitted to a restrained limb by passive acceleration. Reproducible results were obtained in 32 rats. A significant correlation was found between the test weight and the number of roots avulsed (r = 0.92; P < 0.05). The amount of force also correlated to the pattern of avulsion injury: a 230-g weight produced either C6 (54%), C7 (15%), or C6 and C7 (31%) avulsions; a 330-g weight produced C6 (18%), C7 (9%), or C6 and C7 (73%) avulsions; a 530-g weight produced C5 through C8 (75%) or C6 through T1 (25%) avulsions. This model of brachial plexus injury may be useful to further our understanding of the cellular response to this incapacitating injury and to develop therapeutic strategies with behavioral correlates.

Acceleration↗

PubMed1995

Pakistan: consumer satisfaction and dissatisfaction with maternal and child health services.

The attitudes of a sample of 800 urban and 400 rural women towards pregnancy services and delivery care in Sindh province, Pakistan, were surveyed. The sample consisted of predominantly poor and illiterate women of reproductive age. Generally little access to quality institutional care services existed in the rural areas. Most rural women delivered at home using the services of the traditional midwife, the dai. Concern for costs and convenience was found to be coupled with a high degree of trust in the services of the dai. In the urban setting preference for the dais' services was likewise expressed, but the hospital was considered the safest place for delivery by the majority of respondents. The quality of the services rendered by all occupational groups was considered highly, in particular those of the traditional dais. The absence of trained doctors in the rural areas is noted and changes to increase their availability and services are proposed.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1981

High-pressure liquid chromatographic determination of ibuprofen in plasma.

A sensitive, simple, and rapid method for the quantitation of ibuprofen in plasma, using 1-(p-fluorobenzoyl)-5-methoxy-2-methylindole acetic acid as the internal standard, was developed. The method is based on reversed-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography with a mobile phase containing acetonitrile--0.1 M acetic acid (55:45 v/v). The chromatographic elution time was 8.5 min, and ibuprofen quantities as low as 0.1 microgram/ml can be assayed. The suitability of the method is demonstrated.

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PubMed1973

Hemospermia.

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Adult↗