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Ai C, Bai J, Ye Q, Niu S, Li Y, Li P, Wu H, Wu J, Wang X. Accelerating healing at high altitudes: Oxygen and bFGF delivery through nanoparticle-loaded gel dressings. Biomed Pharmacother 2024; 179:117247. [PMID: 39236477 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2024.117247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2024] [Revised: 07/12/2024] [Accepted: 07/30/2024] [Indexed: 09/07/2024] Open
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High altitude environment is mainly characterized by low oxygen. Due to persistent hypoxia, nonhealing wounds are common in high-altitude areas. Moreover, Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) is a versatile biologically active substance that has crucial impact on wound healing. Given the limited availability of atmospheric oxygen and reduced blood oxygen saturation in high-altitude area, and the challenge that arises from direct oxygen and bFGF delivery to wounds through the traumatized vascular structure, it necessitates an innovative solution for local and permeable delivery of oxygen and bFGF. In this study, we present a strategy that involves revamping traditional gel-based wound dressings through the incorporation of nanoparticles encapsulating oxygen and bFGF, engineered to facilitate the localized delivery of dissolved oxygen and bFGF to wound surfaces. The prospective evaluation of this delivery technique's therapeutic impacts on epithelial, endothelial and fibroblasts cells can be materialized. Further experiment corroborated these effects on a high-altitude wounds' murine model. Given its biocompatibility, efficacy, and utility, we posit that NOB-Gel exhibits remarkable translational potential for managing and hastening the healing process of an array of clinical wounds, more so for wounds inflicted at high altitudes.
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- Chongyi Ai
- Tianjin Institute of Environmental and Operational Medicine, Tianjin 300050, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Environmental and Operational Medicine, Tianjin 300050, China; School and Hospital of Stomatology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Environmental and Operational Medicine, Tianjin 300050, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Environmental and Operational Medicine, Tianjin 300050, China; School and Hospital of Stomatology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Environmental and Operational Medicine, Tianjin 300050, China; School and Hospital of Stomatology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Environmental and Operational Medicine, Tianjin 300050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
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- Tianjin Institute of Environmental and Operational Medicine, Tianjin 300050, China.
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Bothma P, Hussain MA. Fatal cerebral air embolism post esophageal endoscopy with dilatation: A case report. MEDICINE, SCIENCE, AND THE LAW 2024; 64:250-251. [PMID: 38238964 DOI: 10.1177/00258024241227712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2024]
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- Pieter Bothma
- Intensive Care, James Paget University Hospital and LHM healthcare, Great Yarmouth, UK
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Palikov VA, Pavlov NB, Amirov RR, Ismailova AM, Borozdina NA, Palikova YA, Dyachenko IA, Khokhlova ON, Ponomareva TI, Rykov VA, Logunov AT, Murashev AN, Baranov VM. Effect of a helium and oxygen mixture on physiological parameters of rats with cerebral arterial air embolism. Front Physiol 2024; 15:1388331. [PMID: 38803366 PMCID: PMC11128824 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2024.1388331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024] Open
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Introduction: Cerebral arterial air embolism (CAE) is a serious and potentially dangerous condition that can interrupt the blood supply to the brain and cause stroke. One of the promising gas mixtures for emergency treatment of air embolism is an oxygen-helium mixture. Methods: We modeled CAE in awake rats by injecting air into the common carotid artery. Immediately after CAE, animals were either untreated or underwent hyperbaria, oxygen inhalation, heated air inhalation, or helium-oxygen mixture inhalation. Body temperature, locomotor activity, respiratory and cardiovascular parameters were monitored in the animals before CAE modeling, and 3 and 24 h after CAE modeling. Results: After 3 hours of CAE modeling in awake rats, depression of the nervous, cardiovascular and respiratory systems, as well as decreased body temperature were observed. 24 h after CAE modeling multifocal cerebral ischemia was observed. Normobaric helium-oxygen mixture inhalation, on par with hyperbaric treatment, restored body temperature, locomotor activity, respiratory volume, respiratory rate, and blood pressure 3 hours after CAE, and prevented the formation of ischemic brain damage lesions 24 h after CAE. Discussion: Thus, inhalation of a heated oxygen-helium gas mixture (O2 30% and He 70%) immediately after CAE improves the physiological condition of the animals and prevents the foci of ischemic brain damage formation.
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- V. A. Palikov
- Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Branch of the Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Branch of the Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- Branch of the Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- Branch of the Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- Branch of the Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- Branch of the Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- Branch of the Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- Branch of the Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- Closed Joint Stock Company «Specialized Design Bureau of Experimental Equipment at the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences», Khimki, Russia
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- Branch of the Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Tsushima R, Mori K, Imaki S. Secondary deterioration in a patient with cerebral and coronary arterial gas embolism after brief symptom resolution: a case report. Diving Hyperb Med 2024; 54:61-64. [PMID: 38507911 PMCID: PMC11227966 DOI: 10.28920/dhm54.1.61-64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/12/2023] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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Introduction Hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) is recommended for arterial gas embolism (AGE) with severe symptoms. However, once symptoms subside, there may be a dilemma to treat or not. Case presentation A 71-year-old man was noted to have a mass shadow in his left lung, and a transbronchial biopsy was performed with sedation. Flumazenil was intravenously administered at the end of the procedure. However, the patient remained comatose and developed bradycardia, hypotension, and ST-segment elevation in lead II. Although the ST changes spontaneously resolved, the patient had prolonged disorientation. Whole- body computed tomography revealed several black rounded lucencies in the left ventricle and brain, confirming AGE. The patient received oxygen and remained supine. His neurological symptoms gradually improved but worsened again, necessitating HBOT. HBOT was performed seven times, after which neurological symptoms resolved almost completely. Conclusions AGE can secondarily deteriorate after symptoms have subsided. We recommend that HBOT be performed promptly once severe symptoms appear, even if they resolve spontaneously.
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- Ryota Tsushima
- Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital 1-1, Mitsuzawanishi-chou, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-city, Kanagawa-ken 221-0855, Japan
- Corresponding author: Dr Ryota Tsushima, Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital 1-1, Mitsuzawanishi-chou, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-city, Kanagawa-ken 221-0855, Japan,
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- Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital 1-21-1, Mutsurahigashi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama- city, Kanagawa-ken 236-0037, Japan
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- Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital 1-1, Mitsuzawanishi-chou, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-city, Kanagawa-ken 221-0855, Japan
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Mitchell SJ. Decompression illness: a comprehensive overview. Diving Hyperb Med 2024; 54:1-53. [PMID: 38537300 PMCID: PMC11168797 DOI: 10.28920/dhm54.1.suppl.1-53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 05/20/2024]
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Decompression illness is a collective term for two maladies (decompression sickness [DCS] and arterial gas embolism [AGE]) that may arise during or after surfacing from compressed gas diving. Bubbles are the presumed primary vector of injury in both disorders, but the respective sources of bubbles are distinct. In DCS bubbles form primarily from inert gas that becomes dissolved in tissues over the course of a compressed gas dive. During and after ascent ('decompression'), if the pressure of this dissolved gas exceeds ambient pressure small bubbles may form in the extravascular space or in tissue blood vessels, thereafter passing into the venous circulation. In AGE, if compressed gas is trapped in the lungs during ascent, pulmonary barotrauma may introduce bubbles directly into the pulmonary veins and thence to the systemic arterial circulation. In both settings, bubbles may provoke ischaemic, inflammatory, and mechanical injury to tissues and their associated microcirculation. While AGE typically presents with stroke-like manifestations referrable to cerebral involvement, DCS can affect many organs including the brain, spinal cord, inner ear, musculoskeletal tissue, cardiopulmonary system and skin, and potential symptoms are protean in both nature and severity. This comprehensive overview addresses the pathophysiology, manifestations, prevention and treatment of both disorders.
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- Simon J Mitchell
- Department of Anaesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Department of Anaesthesia, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
- Slark Hyperbaric Medicine Unit, North Shore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
- Corresponding address: Department of Anaesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand, ORCiD: 0000-0002-5149-6371,
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Fakkert RA, Koopman MS, Preckel B, van Hulst RA, Weber NC, Weenink RP. Re: Cerebral arterial air emboli on immediate post-endovascular treatment CT are associated with poor short- and long-term clinical outcomes in acute ischaemic stroke patients. J Neuroradiol 2024:S0150-9861(24)00108-1. [PMID: 38382803 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2024.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2024] [Accepted: 02/17/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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- Raoul A Fakkert
- Department of Anesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Hyperbaric Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Hyperbaric Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Hyperbaric Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Fakkert RA, Koopman MS, Scheerder MJ, Beenen LFM, Weber NC, Preckel B, van Hulst RA, Weenink RP. Computer tomography perfusion patterns in iatrogenic cerebral arterial gas embolism: A retrospective cohort study. Eur J Radiol 2024; 170:111242. [PMID: 38043382 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2023.111242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/26/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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PURPOSE Cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE) occurs when air or medical gas enters the systemic circulation during invasive procedures and lodges in the cerebral vasculature. Non-contrast computer tomography (CT) may not always show intracerebral gas. CT perfusion (CTP) might be a useful adjunct for diagnosing CAGE in these patients. METHODS This is a retrospective single-center cohort study. We included patients who were diagnosed with iatrogenic CAGE and underwent CTP within 24 h after onset of symptoms between January 2016 and October 2022. All imaging studies were evaluated by two independent radiologists. CTP studies were scored semi-quantitatively for perfusion abnormalities (normal, minimal, moderate, severe) in the following parameters: cerebral blood flow, cerebral blood volume, time-to-drain and time-to-maximum. RESULTS Among 27 patient admitted with iatrogenic CAGE, 15 patients underwent CTP within the designated timeframe and were included for imaging analysis. CTP showed perfusion deficits in all patients except one. The affected areas on CTP scans were in general located bilaterally and frontoparietally. The typical pattern of CTP abnormalities in these areas was hypoperfusion with an increased time-to-drain and time-to-maximum, and a corresponding minimal decrease in cerebral blood flow. Cerebral blood volume was mostly unaffected. CONCLUSION CTP may show specific perfusion defects in patients with a clinical diagnosis of CAGE. This suggests that CTP may be supportive in diagnosing CAGE in cases where no intracerebral gas is seen on non-contrast CT.
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- Raoul A Fakkert
- Anesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Hyperbaric Medicine, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Anesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Anesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Hyperbaric Medicine, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Anesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Hyperbaric Medicine, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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