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Ferguson M, Yu MW, Heath A. Calibration of the second International Standard for hepatitis B immunoglobulin in an international collaborative study. Vox Sang 2010; 99:77-84. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2010.01314.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ansah T, Nayyar T, Bubser M, Ferguson M, Montine T, Deutch A. P2.001 Cortical serotonin and norepinephrine denervation in parkinsonism: preferential loss of the beaded serotonin innervations. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1353-8020(09)70352-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Chalmers C, Lindsay M, Usher D, Warner P, Evans D, Ferguson M. Hysterectomy and ovarian function: levels of follicle stimulating hormone and incidence of menopausal symptoms are not affected by hysterectomy in women under age 45 years. Climacteric 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/cmt.5.4.366.373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Badger TM, Ronis MJJ, Wolff G, Stanley S, Ferguson M, Shankar K, Simpson P, Jo CH. Soy protein isolate reduces hepatosteatosis in yellow Avy/a mice without altering coat color phenotype. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2008; 233:1242-54. [PMID: 18791133 DOI: 10.3181/0802-rm-60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Agouti (A(vy)/a) mice fed an AIN-93G diet containing the soy isoflavone genistein (GEN) prior to and during pregnancy were reported to shift coat color and body composition phenotypes from obese-yellow towards lean pseudoagouti, suggesting epigenetic programming. Human consumption of purified GEN is rare and soy protein is the primary source of GEN. Virgin a/a female and A(vy)/a male mice were fed AIN-93G diets made with casein (CAS) or soy protein isolate (SPI) (the same approximate GEN levels as in the above mentioned study) for 2 wks prior to mating. A(vy)/a offspring were weaned to the same diets and studied at age 75 d. Coat color distribution did not differ among diets, but SPI-fed, obese A(vy)/a offspring had lower hepatosteatosis (P < 0.05) and increased (P < 0.05) expression of CYP4a 14, a PPARalpha-regulated gene compared to CAS controls. Similarly, weanling male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats fed SPI had elevated hepatic Acyl Co-A Oxidase (ACO) mRNA levels and increased in vitro binding of PPARalpha to the PPRE promoter response element. In another hepatosteatosis model, adult SD rats fed a high fat/cholesterol diet, SPI reduced (P < 0.05) steatosis. Thus, 1) consumption of diets made with SPI partially protected against hepatosteatosis in yellow mice and in SD rats, and this may involve induction of PPARalpha-regulated genes; and 2) the lifetime (in utero, neonatal and adult) exposure to dietary soy protein did not result in a shift in coat color phenotype of A(vy)/a mice. These findings, when compared with those of previously published studies of A(vy)/a mice, lead us to conclude that: 1) the effects of purified GEN differ from those of SPI when GEN equivalents are closely matched; 2) SPI does not epigenetically regulate the agouti locus to shift the coat color phenotype in the same fashion as GEN alone; and 3) SPI may be beneficial in management of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
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Pearce KL, Ferguson M, Gardner G, Smith N, Greef J, Pethick DW. Dual X-ray absorptiometry accurately predicts carcass composition from live sheep and chemical composition of live and dead sheep. Meat Sci 2008; 81:285-93. [PMID: 22063997 DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2008.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2008] [Revised: 08/01/2008] [Accepted: 08/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Fifty merino wethers (liveweight range from 44 to 81kg, average of 58.6kg) were lot fed for 42d and scanned through a dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) as both a live animal and whole carcass (carcass weight range from 15 to 32kg, average of 22.9kg) producing measures of total tissue, lean, fat and bone content. The carcasses were subsequently boned out into saleable cuts and the weights and yield of boned out muscle, fat and bone recorded. The relationship between chemical lean (protein+water) was highly correlated with DXA carcass lean (r(2)=0.90, RSD=0.674kg) and moderately with DXA live lean (r(2)=0.72, RSD=1.05kg). The relationship between the chemical fat was moderately correlated with DXA carcass fat (r(2)=0.86, RSD=0.42kg) and DXA live fat (r(2)=0.70, RSD=0.71kg). DXA carcass and live animal bone was not well correlated with chemical ash (both r(2)=0.38, RSD=0.3). DXA carcass lean was moderately well predicted from DXA live lean with the inclusion of bodyweight in the regression (r(2)=0.82, RSD=0.87kg). DXA carcass fat was well predicted from DXA live fat (r(2)=0.86, RSD=0.54kg). DXA carcass lean and DXA carcass fat with the inclusion of carcass weight in the regression significantly predicted boned out muscle (r(2)=0.97, RSD=0.32kg) and fat weight, respectively (r(2)=0.92, RSD=0.34kg). The use of DXA live lean and DXA live fat with the inclusion of bodyweight to predict boned out muscle (r(2)=0.83, RSD=0.75kg) and fat (r(2)=0.86, RSD=0.46kg) weight, respectively, was moderate. The use of DXA carcass and live lean and fat to predict boned out muscle and fat yield was not correlated as weight. The future for the DXA will exist in the determination of body composition in live animals and carcasses in research experiments but there is potential for the DXA to be used as an online carcass grading system.
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Electroporation-Facilitated Gene Therapy for Wound Healing. Wound Repair Regen 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1067-1927.2005.130215bk.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Electroporation-Enhanced Gene Therapy with KGF-1 Corrects Healing Impairment in Older Diabetic Mice. Wound Repair Regen 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1067-1927.2005.130215bo.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Needleman M, Gallagher R, Bustamante A, Mitchell E, Carter L, Ferguson M. Bare metal stent strut thickness does not predict major adverse cardiac event rates in patients with a history of prior in-stent restenosis. CARDIOVASCULAR REVASCULARIZATION MEDICINE 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2008.02.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Ferguson M, Brand C, Lowe A, Gabbe B, Dowrick A, Hart M, Richardson M. Outcomes of isolated tibial shaft fractures treated at level 1 trauma centres. Injury 2008; 39:187-95. [PMID: 17825303 DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2006] [Revised: 03/10/2007] [Accepted: 03/15/2007] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Although most tibial shaft fractures are expected to heal within 24 weeks, the long-term effects of these injuries on patients in terms of self-reported health status, disability, and pain are largely unknown. OBJECTIVES To investigate the clinical and patient-reported outcomes of patients with isolated tibial shaft fractures treated at the two level 1 adult trauma centres in Victoria, Australia. METHODS Sixty patients with isolated tibial shaft fractures treated at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Alfred Hospital between August 2003 and August 2004 were identified via the Victorian Orthopaedic Trauma Outcomes Registry (VOTOR). Patient-reported outcomes were prospectively measured 1 year post-injury using the 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12) (also administered at baseline); the Work subscale of the Sickness Impact Profile; and a Numerical Rating Scale for pain. A priori defined clinical outcomes were also determined by retrospectively reviewing hospital medical records and X-rays. RESULTS Full weight-bearing status was achieved after a median inter quartile range (IQR) time of 14.0 (12.5-20.0) weeks, and the median (IQR) time to radiological union was 35.8 (23.3-51.6) weeks. Sixty percent of patients completed the SF-12 at both baseline and 12 months post-injury. Although there were no clear changes in mental health scores (median change=+1.0; IQR=-3.5 to 4.0; p=0.52), physical health scores were significantly reduced (median change=-3.0; IQR=-19.5 to 0.3; p=0.003). Additionally, 47% of patients reported work-related disability and 40% experienced persistent pain 1 year post-injury. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that long-term physical disability remains a problem for many patients following tibial shaft fracture, and they should be considered when providing prognostic information to patients. Further research is required to identify the specific health problems experienced as well as the factors contributing to disability in order to inform post-fracture rehabilitation planning.
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Davis A, Smith P, Ferguson M, Stephens D, Gianopoulos I. Acceptability, benefit and costs of early screening for hearing disability: a study of potential screening tests and models. Health Technol Assess 2007; 11:1-294. [DOI: 10.3310/hta11420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 283] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Adighibe O, Micklem K, Campo L, Ferguson M, Harris A, Pozos R, Gatter K, Pezzella F. Is nonangiogenesis a novel pathway for cancer progression? A study using 3-dimensional tumour reconstructions. Br J Cancer 2006; 94:1176-9. [PMID: 16622442 PMCID: PMC2361259 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The nonangiogenic lung tumour is characterized by neoplastic cells co-opting the pre-existent vasculature and filling the alveoli space. 3-Dimensional reconstruction of the tumour reveals that this particular tumour progresses without neovascularization and there is no major destruction of the lung's architectural integrity.
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McKee EE, Ferguson M, Bentley AT, Marks TA. Inhibition of mammalian mitochondrial protein synthesis by oxazolidinones. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2006; 50:2042-9. [PMID: 16723564 PMCID: PMC1479116 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01411-05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The effects of a variety of oxazolidinones, with different antibacterial potencies, including linezolid, on mitochondrial protein synthesis were determined in intact mitochondria isolated from rat heart and liver and rabbit heart and bone marrow. The results demonstrate that a general feature of the oxazolidinone class of antibiotics is the inhibition of mammalian mitochondrial protein synthesis. Inhibition was similar in mitochondria from all tissues studied. Further, oxazolidinones that were very potent as antibiotics were uniformly potent in inhibiting mitochondrial protein synthesis. These results were compared to the inhibitory profiles of other antibiotics that function by inhibiting bacterial protein synthesis. Of these, chloramphenicol and tetracycline were significant inhibitors of mammalian mitochondrial protein synthesis while the macrolides, lincosamides, and aminoglycosides were not. Development of future antibiotics from the oxazolidinone class will have to evaluate potential mitochondrial toxicity.
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Pagliusi SR, Dillner J, Pawlita M, Quint WGV, Wheeler CM, Ferguson M. Chapter 23: International Standard reagents for harmonization of HPV serology and DNA assays—an update. Vaccine 2006; 24 Suppl 3:S3/193-200. [PMID: 16950007 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2006] [Accepted: 06/02/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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International reference materials such as International Standard reagents facilitate quality assurance of essential biopharmaceutical products and related in vitro diagnostic tests. Standardization of antibody and DNA measurements and harmonization of laboratory procedures are key to the success of cancer prevention strategies through screening methods as well as for development and implementation of vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV). The WHO supported the preparation and initial analysis of a panel of candidate serological and DNA reference reagents aimed at facilitating inter-laboratory comparisons and detection of HPV worldwide. Two international collaborative studies assessed the performance of various HPV antibody and HPV-DNA detection assays and examined the feasibility of generating HPV antibody and DNA standard reagents. These studies showed that improvement in performance and comparability of assays is urgently needed and that the use of the same International Standard reference reagent could significantly improve performance and comparability. It is hoped that the establishment of International Units and International Standards for HPV antibody and DNA analysis will be pursued with high priority.
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Ross M, Street D, Ferguson M, Klontz K, Luccioli S. Emergency Department Visits for Food Allergy Reactions from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System. Am J Epidemiol 2006. [DOI: 10.1093/aje/163.suppl_11.s21-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Festini E, Madge S, Nedi S, Ballarin S, Anbar R, Annam A, Armoni Y, Boulanger L, Bregnballe V, Crews B, De Vries J, Douthit J, Elworthy S, Erwander I, Ferguson M, Green M, Hennessey R, Heydendael M, Jokinen L, Kerbrat M, Laraya-Cuasay L, Lomas E, McMullen A, Nation K, Peterson M, Tolomeo M. 409 Procedural pain in children with Cystic Fibrosis: an international survey on the methods used by CF centres to prevent and reduce it. J Cyst Fibros 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(06)80349-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Naumova A, Yarnykh V, Ferguson M, Rosenfeld M, Yuan C. Tu-P9:379 Feasibility characterization of atherosclerotic plaque by magnetic resonance microscopy on the murine model of atherosclerosis. ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPP 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5688(06)81081-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Gemmell C, Ferguson M, Mead A, Hamilton C, Dandalides P. P4.21 High Contact Sites in Wards as Sources of MRSA Contamination? J Hosp Infect 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s0195-6701(06)60083-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Ferguson M, Durkin A. P-612 Determinants of long-term survival after resection for stage I lung cancer: Implications for parenchymal-sparing operations. Lung Cancer 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5002(05)81105-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Ferguson M. Research (under the patronage of etrs) Fibrosis. J Tissue Viability 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0965-206x(05)52029-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Marti G, Ferguson M, Wang J, Byrnes C, Dieb R, Qaiser R, Bonde P, Duncan MD, Harmon JW. Electroporative transfection with KGF-1 DNA improves wound healing in a diabetic mouse model. Gene Ther 2005; 11:1780-5. [PMID: 15470477 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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We recently demonstrated that electroporation enhances transfection in a mouse wound-healing model. Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) is an inducer of epithelial cell proliferation and differentiation and has been shown to be under expressed in the wounds of diabetic individuals. We hypothesized that KGF delivered into an excisional wound via naked DNA injection with subsequent electroporation would be a novel and potentially effective method to enhance wound closure in a diabetic mouse model. ELISA assays confirmed production of KGF protein in cultured mouse cells and RT-PCR assays confirmed KGF mRNA in skin samples taken from mice. In all, 32 genetically diabetic mice were given two identical excisional wounds of their dorsum and split into two groups with one group receiving KGF DNA injection and electroporation with the other group receiving no treatment. Over 90% of wounds healed in the presence of KGF and electroporation versus 40% in the untreated group by day 12. Histological analysis of the wounds demonstrated that untreated wounds contained microulcers with thin or incomplete epithelium with unresolved inflammation as compared to treated wounds where intact and mature epithelium was observed. Taken together these findings suggest that a single injection of KGF DNA encoded on a plasmid coupled with electroporation improves and accelerates wound closure in a delayed wound-healing model.
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Ferguson M. Prevention of scarring laboratory discovery to clinical therapeutic. J Tissue Viability 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0965-206x(05)51006-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Sardari Nia P, Colpaert C, Blyweert B, Kui B, Vermeulen P, Ferguson M, Hendriks J, Weyler J, Pezzella F, Van Marck E, Van Schil P. Prognostic value of nonangiogenic and angiogenic growth patterns in non-small-cell lung cancer. Br J Cancer 2004; 91:1293-300. [PMID: 15328525 PMCID: PMC2409915 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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An essential prerequisite of nonangiogenic growth appears to be the ability of the tumour to preserve the parenchymal structures of the host tissue. This morphological feature is visible on a routine tissue section. Based on this feature, we classified haematoxylin and eosin-stained tissue sections from 279 patients with non-small-cell lung cancer into three growth patterns: destructive (angiogenic; n=196), papillary (intermediate; n=38) and alveolar (nonangiogenic; n=45). A Cox multiple regression model was used to test the prognostic value of growth patterns together with other relevant clinicopathological factors. For overall survival, growth pattern (P=0.007), N-status (P=0.001), age (P=0.020) and type of operation (P=0.056) were independent prognostic factors. For disease-free survival, only growth pattern (P=0.007) and N-status (P<0.001) had an independent prognostic value. Alveolar (hazard ratio=1.825, 95% confidence interval=1.117–2.980, P=0.016) and papillary (hazard ratio=1.977, 95% confidence interval=1.169–3.345, P=0.011) growth patterns were independent predictors of poor prognosis. The proposed classification has an independent prognostic value for overall survival as well as for disease-free survival, providing a possible explanation for survival differences of patients in the same disease stage.
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Marti G, Makary M, Ferguson M, Wang J, Dieb R, Marti A, Lin M, Bonde P, Duncan M, Harmon J. Transfection with keratinocyte growth factor 1 cDNA with electroporation improves wound healing in an aged mouse model. J Surg Res 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2004.07.175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Chalmers C, Lindsay M, Usher D, Warner P, Evans D, Ferguson M. Hysterectomy and ovarian function: levels of follicle stimulating hormone and incidence of menopausal symptoms are not affected by hysterectomy in women under age 45 years. Climacteric 2002; 5:366-73. [PMID: 12626216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate levels of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), as a measure of ovarian function and menopausal symptoms prior to and following hysterectomy in women under the age of 45 years. DESIGN This was a prospective controlled study. SAMPLE A total of 56 hysterectomy patients and 34 controls, up to the age of 42 years, were recruited. METHODS Women undergoing hysterectomy were recruited prior to their operation and were matched, where possible, with controls for age, parity and smoking. Five blood samples were taken over 2 years, two before the operation (or at a 1-month interval in the control group) and then at 6 months, 1 year and 2 years. Questionnaires were completed at each sampling to assess symptoms associated with reduced estrogen secretion. RESULTS No significant differences in FSH levels between patients and controls were found. Modest differences in FSH levels between different time-points were identified (p = 0.03), but this disappeared if age and smoking were included as covariates. For the questionnaire data, there were no significant differences between the two groups on the somatic and vasomotor scales, but for psychological symptoms the patients scored significantly higher than the controls (p = 0.007), particularly at the pre-operation time-point. CONCLUSION The study found no evidence of compromise of ovarian function, as reflected in FSH levels, within 2 years of hysterectomy. Psychological symptoms were higher in women undergoing hysterectomy both before and after the operation.
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Bauer J, Capra S, Ferguson M. Use of the scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) as a nutrition assessment tool in patients with cancer. Eur J Clin Nutr 2002; 56:779-85. [PMID: 12122555 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 678] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2001] [Revised: 01/05/2002] [Accepted: 01/08/2002] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the use of the scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) as a nutrition assessment tool in patients with cancer. DESIGN An observational study assessing the nutritional status of patients with cancer. SETTING Oncology ward of a private tertiary Australian hospital. SUBJECTS Seventy-one cancer patients aged 18-92 y. INTERVENTION Scored PG-SGA questionnaire, comparison of scored PG-SGA with subjective global assessment (SGA), sensitivity, specificity. RESULTS Some 24% (17) of 71 patients were well nourished, 59% (42) of patients were moderately or suspected of being malnourished and 17% (12) of patients were severely malnourished according to subjective global assessment (SGA). The PG-SGA score had a sensitivity of 98% and a specificity of 82% at predicting SGA classification. There was a significant difference in the median PG-SGA scores for each of the SGA classifications (P<0.001), with the severely malnourished patients having the highest scores. Re-admission within 30 days of discharge was significantly different between SGA groups (P=0.037). The mortality rate within 30 days of discharge was not significantly different between SGA groups (P=0.305). The median length of stay of well nourished patients (SGA A) was significantly lower than that of the malnourished (SGA B+C) patients (P=0.024). CONCLUSION The scored PG-SGA is an easy to use nutrition assessment tool that allows quick identification and prioritisation of malnutrition in hospitalised patients with cancer.
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