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T Ida

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[Evaluation of the fetal movements and accelerations of fetal heart rate in twin pregnancy].

In twin pregnancy, the fetal heart rates (FHR) of each fetus and uterine contraction were recorded simultaneously on a single recording chart by two cardiotocographs and a linear multichannel recorder. In addition, with a new technique, FHR and fetal movement (FM) signal bursts for each fetus were recorded similarly on a single recording chart by two ultrasonic Doppler actographs and an electronic polyrecorder. Simultaneous nonstress tests were done for 32 sets of twins at 28 to 41 weeks' gestation. The observed acceleration number in every gestational week increased till 38 weeks and this result was similar to that in singletons. Completely synchronous acceleration patterns in the 2 fetuses were observed in 654 recordings (31.4%) and asynchronous acceleration patterns in 1,108 recordings (53.1%). Simultaneous FHR and FM signal burst recordings were performed in 7 twin pregnancies. In about half of the 1,535 recordings, the FM signal bursts were synchronous between 2 fetuses, whereas they were asynchronous in the other half. Synchronous FM bursts in each gestational week decreased with time. Neurological independency between the twins was suggested by the results. The synchronous appearance of FM signal bursts with FHR accelerations of 2 fetuses was more pronounced in a uniovular twin than in a biovular twin.

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Treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus in non-obese diabetic mice by transplantation of allogeneic bone marrow and pancreatic tissue.

Non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice provide a model for type 1 diabetes mellitus. We previously showed that allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (ABMT) can prevent and treat insulitis and overt diabetes in NOD mice. However, ABMT alone could not be used to treat overt diabetes in NOD mice whose islets had been completely destroyed. To provide insulin-producing cells, pancreatic tissue from newborn mice was grafted under the renal capsules in combination with ABMT. The aims of concomitant ABMT are as follows. (i) It induces immunological tolerance to the donor-type major histocompatibility complex determinants and permits the host to accept subsequent pancreatic allografts from the bone marrow donor. (ii) ABMT replaces abnormal stem cells with normal stem cells. After transplantation of bone marrow plus newborn pancreas, NOD mice showed reduction of the glycosuria and a normal response in the glucose-tolerance test. Immunohistological study revealed the presence of clustered insulin-containing beta cells in the grafted pancreatic transplants. ABMT may become a viable treatment of established type 1 diabetes mellitus in humans.

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Diffuse intrapulmonary hemorrhage and renal failure in adult Henoch-Schönlein purpura.

A 53-year-old woman with Henoch-Schönlein purpura presented with massive intrapulmonary hemorrhage and renal failure. Renal pathology revealed diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis with granular deposition of immunoglobulin on immunofluorescent staining. Therapy with oral prednisolone resulted in resolution of the pulmonary lesions and renal failure.

Acute Kidney Injury↗

Evaluation of fetal development and well-being with ultrasonic Doppler fetal actocardiogram.

A new ultrasonic technique for objective, continuous and simple recordings method of fetal movements on CTG chart has been introduced. Fetal activity and heart-rate will be correlated. This allows a differentiation of fetal active and resting states. The duration of the first one was 24 to 150 minutes, that of the last one 10 to 36 minutes. Fetal actogram is useful in the prediction of imminent fetal distress.

Embryonic and Fetal Development↗

[Ureterosigmoidostomy--clinical review of 18 cases].

Although various complications such as electrolyte imbalance and urinary infection are known to be induced by ureterosigmoidostomy, it is still a surgical technique difficult to ignore since it allows patients to lead an almost normal life without the encumbrance of external urinary devices. At our hospital, we performed eighteen ureterosigmoidostomy operations between 1976 and 1985. Herein, we review the postoperative conditions of electrolyte, renal function and other complications. The patients (16 male, 2 female) were between 53 and 72 years old, the mean age being 61.5 years. The primary diseases were bladder tumor (14 patients), prostatic cancer (2), carcinoma of the female urethral diverticulum (1) and urethral stricture (1). As to the electrolytes, both serum Na and serum K values fluctuated within the normal range. Hyperchloremia was detected in 4 cases (22.2%), but it was only slightly above the normal range and the conditions were more or less stabilized a year after the operation. Although blood urea nitrogen had a tendency to elevate one or two years after the operation, serum creatinine fluctuated within the normal range. During the observation period, only 7 of the 18 cases (38.9%) showed complications, the major complication being pyelonephritis (3 cases). Postoperative excretory urogram revealed slight to medium hydronephrosis two months after the operation in 9 of the 18 cases (50%), but most of these conditions were normalized within a year. Four patients died after leaving hospital; 3 due to the recurrence of cancer and one due to pneumonia. The 14 other outpatients are enjoying a normal life without the use of any external urinary device.

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Differential assay of salivary and pancreatic alpha-amylase in serum and urine, with use of monoclonal antibody to human salivary amylase immobilized on bacterial cell wall.

We previously reported (Clin Chim Acta 1986;159:89) that bacterial cell wall chemically coated with a monoclonal antibody specific to human salivary (S) amylase (EC 3.2.1.1) could be successfully used to separate S and pancreatic (P) amylase in solution. We have now applied this method to serum and urine samples and found that the activities of S and P amylases so measured correlated well with those measured by the isoamylase inhibitor method. The present method is simple and reliable for routine clinical tests.

Antibodies, Monoclonal↗

[The efficacy of a tissue adhesive agent (BI 0.022) in urinary tract surgery--application to pyelo- and ureterolithotomy].

To evaluate the effect of a tissue adhesive agent (BI 0.022) on renal pelvic and ureteral surgery, the adhesive was applied for 44 patients with urolithiasis. The conventional suture method was performed in 87 patients as a control. The tissue adhesive is composed of fibrinogen, thrombin, factor XIII, aprotinin and CaCl2. The number of sutures for closure of the incision made on the rental pelvis and the ureter was significantly reduced by the use of the tissue adhesive (p less than 0.01). There was no tendency of increase in urinary leakage following the application of the method in comparison with the control. Furthermore, it was noteworthy that 10 in cases with less than a 1 cm ureteral incision were completely closed by the use of the adhesive agent. This tissue adhesive agent should be valuable for renal pelvic and ureteral surgery as a simple substitute for the conventional suture method.

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[Studies on individual fetal weight estimation by ultrasonography in multiple pregnancies].

Fetal weight estimation was tried in each fetus in 16 cases of twins and 2 cases of triplets using the formula derived from the regression analysis of fetal biometric data and actual neonatal weights in 26 cases of singleton pregnancies. The fetal biometric data used were biparietal diameter (BPD), abdominal antero-posterior diameter (APD), abdominal transverse diameter (TD), abdominal circumference (AC) and fetal femur length (FFL). The correlation between the estimated and actual weight was significant (r = 0.926) and the estimation error in neonates smaller than 2,500 g was less than 10% of the birth weight. Estimated weight differences in 16 pairs of twin pregnancies correlated well with the actual weight differences (r = 0.678). A sensitivity of 70% and specificity of 100% were revealed in the diagnosis of IUGR using the estimation formula and the intrauterine fetal growth curve. These results showed how the estimation formula derived from ultrasonically measured fetal biometric parameters, can be applied clinically but two kinds of formula with or without BPD are necessary for fetal weight estimation in multiple pregnancies as only 53% of BPD were available for fetal weight estimation.

Anthropometry↗

Prevention of type I diabetes in nonobese diabetic mice by allogenic bone marrow transplantation.

An animal model [the nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse] for type I diabetes features a striking infiltration of T cells into the pancreatic islets. This infiltration selectively destroys beta cells. Most of the T cells are Lyt-1+, but some are Lyt-2+,3+. Transfer experiments using parabiosis revealed that insulitis can be transferred within 2 weeks after parabiosis to immunoincompetent thymectomized mice. When NOD mice (6 mo old) were irradiated and reconstituted with bone marrow cells from young BALB/c nu/nu mice (less than 2 mo old), the NOD mice exhibited neither insulitis nor overt diabetes. Deposits of immunoglobulin in mesangial areas of the glomeruli disappeared within 3 mo after bone marrow transplantation in such irradiated allogeneic bone marrow reconstituted mice. Assays for immunological functions, including mitogen response and mixed lymphocyte reaction, revealed that both T- and B-cell functions were increased in NOD mice with overt diabetes. NOD mice reconstituted with BALB/c nu/nu bone marrow cells displayed normal T- and B-cell functions. The newly developed T cells in the allogeneic bone marrow recipients are tolerant to cells with both donor- and host-type major histocompatibility complex determinants. These results suggest that bone marrow transplantation may ultimately be developed as a component of a strategy to be employed for treatment of type I diabetes in humans.

Animals↗

Clinical experience of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty--technique and results.

PTCA (percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty) was performed on 109 patients from April 1981 through March 1984, and successful dilatation was achieved in 82 patients (75.2%). The patients were followed for an average period of 15.6 +/- 10.6 months (range, 0.5-36 months). Twenty-one patients (24%) relapsed, and repeat PTCA resulted in successful dilatation in 13 of 24 patients. The present communication discusses important technical points of PTCA, results of follow-up, and findings in cases of recurrence. The prognosis was good in patients with an uneventful course during six months or more of follow-up. When the successful patients were divided into two groups of relapse and non-relapse, there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups regarding sex, age, history of angina pectoris, number of vessels involved, and which coronary artery was involved. It remains for further studies to find the cause of recurrent stenosis and establish an appropriate therapy to prevent it.

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Effects of intraaortic balloon pumping on acute myocardial infarction in 64 cases of cardiogenic shock, severe heart failure and mechanical heart failure.

Of the patients treated in the CCU of Nippon Medical School for acute myocardial infarction in the past 5 years and 8 months, 44 with cardiogenic shock, 11 with severe heart failure, 7 with ventricular septal perforation and 2 with mitral regurgitation were treated by IABP. The peak effect of IABP on the hemodynamics of patients with cardiogenic shock was noted 24 hours after starting on IABP. When hemodynamics were compared between surviving and dead groups, there was a significant difference in stroke volume index between the two groups. When left ventricular function was compared between them, it was suggested that patients whose left ventricular function does not respond to IABP for 48 hours or longer are more likely to die than responders. Twenty-four of 44 patients became independent of IABP, but no more than 13 patients (30%) survived for 6 months or longer. Isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN) was combined with IABP in 7 patients who had a persistence of heart failure in spite of IABP. Combination therapy with IABP and ISDN elicited a significant increase in cardiac index, a significant decrease in pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, mean pulmonary arterial pressure and total peripheral resistance and a pronounced improvement in left ventricular function, and all 7 patients became independent of IABP. In the patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated with ventricular septal perforation, the mean systolic arterial pressure was 87.7 +/- 8.3 mmHg, mean pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, 20.3 +/- 7.4 mmHg and pulmonary-to-systemic flow ratio, 3.12 +/- 0.95 before starting on IABP. When the hemodynamics at 3 hours of IABP were compared to the pre-IABP values, the right atrial pressure, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure and pulmonary-to-systemic flow ratio had a tendency to decline, but the changes were not statistically significant, except for the peak arterial pressure which showed a significant elevation at 3 hours of IABP. Three of the 7 patients became dependent on IABP, and 2 of the 3 patients were saved by emergency operation.

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