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Crowley D, Murtagh R, Cullen W, Lambert JS, McHugh T, Van Hout MC. Hepatitis C virus infection in Irish drug users and prisoners - a scoping review. BMC Infect Dis 2019; 19:702. [PMID: 31395032 PMCID: PMC6686252 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-4218-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Hepatitis C infection is a major public health concern globally. In Ireland, like other European countries, people who use drugs (PWUD) and prisoners carry a larger HCV disease burden than the general population. Recent advances in HCV management have made HCV elimination across Europe a realistic goal. Engaging these two marginalised and underserved populations remains a challenge. The aim of this review was to map key findings and identify gaps in the literature (published and unpublished) on HCV infection in Irish PWUD and prisoners. METHODS A scoping review guided by the methodological framework set out by Levac and colleagues (based on previous work by Arksey & O'Malley). RESULTS A total of 58 studies were identified and divided into the following categories; Epidemiology, Guidelines and Policy, Treatment Outcomes, HCV-related Health Issues and qualitative research reporting on Patients' and Health Providers' Experiences. This review identified significantly higher rates of HCV infection among Irish prisoners and PWUD than the general population. There are high levels of undiagnosed and untreated HCV infection in both groups. There is poor engagement by Irish PWUD with HCV services and barriers have been identified. Prison hepatology nurse services have a positive impact on treatment uptake and outcomes. Identified gaps in the literature include; lack of accurate epidemiological data on incident infection, untreated chronic HCV infection particularly in PWUD living outside Dublin and those not engaged with OST. CONCLUSION Ireland like other European countries has high levels of undiagnosed and untreated HCV infection. Collecting, synthesising and identifying gaps in the available literature is timely and will inform national HCV screening, treatment and prevention strategies.
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- D. Crowley
- Irish College of General Practitioners, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Medicine, University College, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Medicine, University College, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Medicine, University College, Dublin, Ireland
- Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Public Health Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
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Basit I, Crowley D, Geary M, Kirkham C, Mc Dermott R, Cafferkey M, Sayers G. Awareness and Preventative Behaviours Regarding Toxoplasma, Listeria and Cytomegalovirus Among Pregnant Women. Ir Med J 2019; 112:947. [PMID: 31535836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Aim Infection with toxoplasma, listeria and cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections can negatively affect pregnancy outcomes. Awareness of these infections, knowledge of preventive practices and pertinent behaviours was assessed. Methods A survey of patients at antenatal clinics in a Dublin maternity hospital was conducted over a six month period. Analysis was undertaken using SPSS. Results The response rate was 36% (287/800). One in two respondents were aware of toxoplasma, one in four of Listeria but only 1 in 10 of CMV. Overall, knowledge was highest among older, more educated pregnant women. Nativity had a significant effect on knowledge and behaviour, but increasing parity did not. However the majority practised key safe behaviours. Conclusion Information must be conveyed to pregnant women in a user friendly format and in a culturally sensitive way.
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- I Basit
- Rotunda Hospital, Dublin 01 P5W9
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- Department of Public Health East, Health Service Executive, Dr Steeven’s Hospital, Dublin 08 W2A8
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- Rotunda Hospital, Dublin 01 P5W9
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- Department of Public Health East, Health Service Executive, Dr Steeven’s Hospital, Dublin 08 W2A8
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- Rotunda Hospital, Dublin 01 P5W9
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 02 VN51
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- Health Intelligence, Strategic Planning and Transformation, Health Service Executive, Dr Steevens Hospital, Dublin 08 W2A8
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Crowley D, Van Hout MC, Murphy C, Kelly E, Lambert JS, Cullen W. Hepatitis C virus screening and treatment in Irish prisons from nurse managers' perspectives - a qualitative exploration. BMC Nurs 2019; 18:23. [PMID: 31210751 PMCID: PMC6567378 DOI: 10.1186/s12912-019-0347-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Background Prisoners carry a greater burden of physical, communicable and psychiatric disease compared to the general population. Prison health care structures are complex and provide challenges and opportunities to engage a marginalised and poorly served group with health care including Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) screening, assessment and treatment. Optimising HCV management in prisons is a public health priority. Nurses are the primary healthcare providers in most prisons globally. Understanding the barriers and facilitators to prisoners engaging in HCV care from the perspectives of nurses is the first step in implementing effective strategies to eliminate HCV from prison settings. The aim of this study was to identify the barriers and facilitators to HCV screening and treatment in Irish prisons from a nurse perspective and inform the implementation of a national prison-based HCV screening program. Methods A qualitative study using focus group methodology underpinned by grounded theory for analysis in a national group of nurse managers (n = 12). Results The following themes emerged from the analysis; security and safety requirements impacting patient access, staffing and rostering issues, prison nurses’ skill set and concerns around phlebotomy, conflict between maintaining confidentiality and concerns for personal safety, peer workers, prisoners’ lack of knowledge, fear of treatment and stigma, inter-prison variations in prisoner health needs and health service delivery and priority, linkage to care, timing of screening and stability of prison life. Conclusions Prison nurses are uniquely placed to identify barriers and facilitators to HCV screening and treatment in prisoners and inform changes to health care practice and policy that will optimise the public health opportunity that incarceration provides.
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- D Crowley
- Irish College of General Practitioners, Lincoln Place, Dublin, Ireland
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- Public Health Institute, Liverpool John Moore's University, Liverpool, UK
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- Irish Prison Service, Mountjoy Prison, Dublin 7, Ireland
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- Irish Prison Service, Mountjoy Prison, Dublin 7, Ireland
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Crowley D, Van Hout MC, Murphy C, Kelly E, Lambert JS, Cullen W. Hepatitis C virus screening and treatment in Irish prisons from a governor and prison officer perspective - a qualitative exploration. Health Justice 2018; 6:23. [PMID: 30569249 PMCID: PMC6755610 DOI: 10.1186/s40352-018-0081-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/02/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Prisons are a key location to access Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infected people who inject drugs (PWID). Prison health care structures are complex and optimising health care delivery to this high need, marginalised and underserved population remains challenging. Despite international guidelines recommending that prisons are a priority location for HCV screening and treatment levels of prisoner engagement in HCV care remain low. Competing priorities between security and healthcare is a key feature of prison health care. A collaborative approach to health care delivery in prisons can maximise the benefits for prisoners, staff and the wider community. AIM To identify the barriers and enablers to HCV screening and treatment in Irish prisons and inform the implementation of a HCV screening program within the Irish Prison Services (IPS). METHODS Qualitative study using focus group methodology underpinned by grounded theory. RESULTS The following themes emerged from the analysis: priority of safety and security, staffing and resources, concerns about personal risk, lack of knowledge, concerns around confidentiality, prisoners' fear of treatment and stigma, timing of screening, use of peer workers, in-reach hepatology and fibroscanning services. The primary role of prison security is to ensure the safety of staff and prisoners with a secondary but important supporting role in health care delivery. Maintaining adequate staffing levels and the provision of training and education were seen as priorities and impacted on prison officers' fear for personal safety and risk of HCV transmission. Opt-out screening and peer support workers had high levels of support among participants. CONCLUSION Upscaling HCV management in prisons requires an in-depth understanding of all barriers and facilitators to HCV screening and treatment. Engaging prison officers in the planning and delivery of health care initiatives is a key strategy to optimising the public health opportunity that prisons provides.
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- D. Crowley
- Irish College of General Practitioners, Lincoln Place, Dublin, Ireland
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- Public Health Institute, Liverpool John Moore’s University, Liverpool, UK
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- Irish Prison Service, Mountjoy Prison, Dublin 7, Ireland
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- Irish Prison Service, Mountjoy Prison, Dublin 7, Ireland
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Martel G, Crowley D, Olive J, Halley J, Laverty S. Ultrasonographic screening for subclinical osteochondrosis of the femoral trochlea in foals (28-166 days old): a prospective farm study. Equine Vet J 2017; 50:312-320. [DOI: 10.1111/evj.12772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- G. Martel
- Comparative Orthopedic Research Laboratory; Department of Clinical Sciences; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; University of Montreal; Saint-Hyacinthe Quebec Canada
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- Fethard Equine Hospital; Fethard Ireland
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- Radiology, Department of Clinical Sciences; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; University of Montreal; Saint-Hyacinthe Quebec Canada
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- Fethard Equine Hospital; Fethard Ireland
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- Comparative Orthopedic Research Laboratory; Department of Clinical Sciences; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; University of Montreal; Saint-Hyacinthe Quebec Canada
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- D. Crowley
- Molecular Diagnostics Unit, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
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Cheung AF, Carter AM, Kostova KK, Woodruff JF, Crowley D, Bronson RT, Haigis KM, Jacks T. Complete deletion of Apc results in severe polyposis in mice. Oncogene 2009; 29:1857-64. [PMID: 20010873 PMCID: PMC2990498 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2009.457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene product is mutated in the vast majority of human colorectal cancers. APC negatively regulates the WNT pathway by aiding in the degradation of beta-catenin, which is the transcription factor activated downstream of WNT signaling. APC mutations result in beta-catenin stabilization and constitutive WNT pathway activation, leading to aberrant cellular proliferation. APC mutations associated with colorectal cancer commonly fall in a region of the gene termed the mutation cluster region and result in expression of an N-terminal fragment of the APC protein. Biochemical and molecular studies have revealed localization of APC/Apc to different sub-cellular compartments and various proteins outside of the WNT pathway that associate with truncated APC/Apc. These observations and genotype-phenotype correlations have led to the suggestion that truncated APC bears neomorphic and/or dominant-negative function that support tumor development. To analyze this possibility, we have generated a novel allele of Apc in the mouse that yields complete loss of Apc protein. Our studies reveal that whole-gene deletion of Apc results in more rapid tumor development than the APC multiple intestinal neoplasia (Apc(Min)) truncation. Furthermore, we found that adenomas bearing truncated Apc had increased beta-catenin activity when compared with tumors lacking Apc protein, which could lead to context-dependent inhibition of tumorigenesis.
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- A F Cheung
- Koch Institute and Department of Biology, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Boland M, O'Herlihy B, O'Brien A, MacDonald P, Crowley D, Kelleher K. Managing pandemic (H1N1) 2009. Ir Med J 2009; 102:267-268. [PMID: 19873871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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- M Boland
- Department of Public Health, HSE East, Dr Steevens Hospital, Dublin.
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- M Geary
- National Maternity Hospital, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Murrin C, Fallon UB, Hannon F, Nolan G, O'Mahony D, Crowley D, Bury G, Daly S, Morrison JJ, Murphy AW, Kelleher CC. Dietary habits of pregnant women in Ireland. Ir Med J 2007; 100:12-15. [PMID: 17955694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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This analysis of the Lifeways Cohort study mothers during pregnancy (n = 1124), utilises information from a standard food frequency questionnaire completed at baseline recruitment during early pregnancy. We demonstrate that 76% of women achieved recommended intakes of 5 plus portions of fruit and vegetables daily, though this is strongly socially patterned, inversely associated with age and positively associated with level of education. Achievement of the other recommended shelf intakes of the Food Pyramid is much lower, ranging from 12% achieving the recommended sparing intake of foods high in fat, salt or sugar, to 45% consuming the recommended 3 portions per day of meat and poultry. General medical services eligible respondents are generally less likely to achieve recommended intakes. While 61% of women under 25 years old stopped drinking during pregnancy, this dropped to 38% of expectant mothers over 35 years. Less than half (45%) of those (n = 860) who responded specifically to the question reported peri-conceptual folate supplement intake, again strongly socially patterned. These findings both provide important prevalence data and highlight the need for more concerted and supportive health promotion interventions during pregnancy.
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- C Murrin
- School of Public Health and Population Science, University College Dublin.
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Lamers L, Ensing G, Loccricchio E, Zamberlan M, Crowley D, Gajarski R. Evaluation of transplant coronary disease in young adults; utility of myocardial contrast echocardiography. J Heart Lung Transplant 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2004.12.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Barry J, Bourke M, Buckley M, Coughlan B, Crowley D, Cullen W, Dooley S, Keating S, Kelleher D, Moloney J, Murray F, McCormick PA, MacMathuna P, O'Connor J, O'Grady J, O'Sullivan C, O'Sullivan P, Quinn C, Smyth B, Sweeney B. Hepatitis C among drug users: consensus guidelines on management in general practice. Ir J Med Sci 2004; 173:145-50. [PMID: 15693384 DOI: 10.1007/bf03167929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hepatitis C (HCV) is a common cause of morbidity among patients who attend general practitioners (GPs) in Ireland for methadone maintenance treatment. AIMS To describe the development and content of guidelines for the management of HCV among current or former opiate users in the Eastern Regional Health Authority area attending GPs for methadone treatment. METHODS The guidelines were produced in five stages: identification of key stakeholders; development of evidence-based draft guidelines; discussion of content; determination of 'Delphi'-facilitated consensus and review by a sample of GPs for whom the guidelines would be intended. RESULTS The guidelines contain advice for GPs on all aspects of care of patients at risk of HCV, including general and preventative care, care of other bloodborne and hepatotoxic viruses, and the factors to be considered and appropriate evaluation prior to referring a patient for assessment at a hepatology unit. CONCLUSIONS GPs have an important role to play in the care of patients at risk of, or infected with, HCV.
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- J Barry
- Eastern Regional Health Authority
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Scallan E, Fitzgerald M, Collins C, Crowley D, Daly L, Devine M, Igoe D, Quigley T, Robinson T, Smyth B. Acute gastroenteritis in northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland: a telephone survey. Commun Dis Public Health 2004; 7:61-7. [PMID: 15137284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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Most people with acute gastroenteritis do not seek medical care and are therefore not captured by routine surveillance. For this reason, population-based studies are needed to measure the burden of illness. A study of acute gastroenteritis in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland surveyed 9,903 people by telephone over the 12-month period from December 2000 to November 2001. The rate of acute gastroenteritis was 0.60 episodes per person per year. A general practitioner was consulted by 29.2% of those reporting illness, and 2.0% submitted a stool sample. The use of antibiotics was reported by 7.4% of ill respondents and 14.8% took anti-diarrhoeals. Taking days off work due to illness, was reported by 17.4% of respondents. Acute gastroenteritis causes a large amount of illness in the community. There are established and effective measures to prevent this condition and the challenge is to find new ways of promoting these precautions.
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- E Scallan
- Food Safety Authority of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
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Gan J, Zhu Y, Wilen C, Pittenger D, Crowley D. Effect of planting covers on herbicide persistence in landscape soils. Environ Sci Technol 2003; 37:2775-2779. [PMID: 12854718 DOI: 10.1021/es026259u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Recent monitoring shows that the majority of urban streams in the United States are contaminated by pesticide residues, and the contamination is mainly due to runoff from residential landscapes. In this study we evaluated the effect of landscape planting on persistence of the herbicides 2,4-D and dicamba in soil under laboratory conditions. The herbicides exhibited substantially different persistence in the same soil type that had been subjected to different planting practices for about 6 years. In the 0-10 cm surface layer, the half-life of 2,4-D was 30.7 d in soil under trees, which was about 20 times longer than in soil planted with turf grass (1.6 d). The difference in 2,4-D persistence was closely correlated to the number of 2,4-D-degrading bacteria that had evolved in the soils. The half-life of dicamba was much longer in soil under a tree canopy (149 d) than in mulched soil (7.9 d). The rate of dicamba degradation was proportional to soil organic matter content. This study indicates that planting practices can modify soil chemical properties and microbial activity and may further affect pesticide runoff potential by influencing pesticide degradation. Characterizing pesticide behavior as a function of planting covers may improve our understanding of pesticide runoff in urban environments and also help to identify strategies for minimizing pesticide contamination to urban streams.
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- J Gan
- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
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Crowley D, Scallan E, Herbert J, Staines A, Herity B, Tracey J. Carbon monoxide poisoning in the Republic of Ireland. Ir Med J 2003; 96:83-6. [PMID: 12722785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning remains a common preventable cause of morbidity and mortality from poisoning worldwide. Common environmental sources include motor vehicle exhaust, faulty kerosene or gas heaters used in unventilated rooms, and fireplaces with blocked flues. This paper describes the epidemiology of CO poisoning in Ireland, using Hospital Inpatient Enquiry (HIPE) data, Mortality data and data from the National Poisons Information Centre (NPIC). CO poisoning is responsible for over 40 deaths per year in Ireland. Many occur at home as a result of house-fires. Incomplete combustion of domestic fuels is responsible for many cases of non-fatal unintentional CO poisoning. In comparison, most intentional poisonings are caused by motor vehicle exhaust, representing approximately 6.4% of successful suicides. The advent of catalytic converters in cars may lead to a decline in the effectiveness of this method of suicide. This study illustrates the hidden impact of CO poisoning. Most deaths occur at home and thus do not come to the attention of the health services. Those admitted to hospital represent the milder end of the spectrum and generally recover after a short stay. It is important that the public be aware of the risks of CO poisoning and that Public Health action be taken.
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- D Crowley
- Department of Public Health Medicine and Epidemiology, University College Dublin, Earlsfort Terrace
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MacPherson D, Sage J, Crowley D, Trumpp A, Bronson RT, Jacks T. Conditional mutation of Rb causes cell cycle defects without apoptosis in the central nervous system. Mol Cell Biol 2003; 23:1044-53. [PMID: 12529408 PMCID: PMC140709 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.3.1044-1053.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Targeted disruption of the retinoblastoma gene in mice leads to embryonic lethality in midgestation accompanied by defective erythropoiesis. Rb(-/-) embryos also exhibit inappropriate cell cycle activity and apoptosis in the central nervous system (CNS), peripheral nervous system (PNS), and ocular lens. Loss of p53 can prevent the apoptosis in the CNS and lens; however, the specific signals leading to p53 activation have not been determined. Here we test the hypothesis that hypoxia caused by defective erythropoiesis in Rb-null embryos contributes to p53-dependent apoptosis. We show evidence of hypoxia in CNS tissue from Rb(-/-) embryos. The Cre-loxP system was then used to generate embryos in which Rb was deleted in the CNS, PNS and lens, in the presence of normal erythropoiesis. In contrast to the massive CNS apoptosis in Rb-null embryos at embryonic day 13.5 (E13.5), conditional mutants did not have elevated apoptosis in this tissue. There was still significant apoptosis in the PNS and lens, however. Rb(-/-) cells in the CNS, PNS, and lens underwent inappropriate S-phase entry in the conditional mutants at E13.5. By E18.5, conditional mutants had increased brain size and weight as well as defects in skeletal muscle development. These data support a model in which hypoxia is a necessary cofactor in the death of CNS neurons in the developing Rb mutant embryo.
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- D MacPherson
- Center for Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Steddom K, Menge JA, Crowley D, Borneman J. Effect of Repetitive Applications of the Biocontrol Bacterium Pseudomonas putida 06909-rif/nal on Citrus Soil Microbial Communities. Phytopathology 2002; 92:857-862. [PMID: 18942964 DOI: 10.1094/phyto.2002.92.8.857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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ABSTRACT The effects of repetitive applications of Pseudomonas putida 06909-rif/nal on the resident microbial communities within a citrus orchard were studied with fatty acid methyl-ester (FAME) profiles and ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis. The data set from FAME was large and very complex, requiring 23 factors from principal component analysis to explain 91% of variability in the data. Spatial and temporal effects on variation within microbial communities were much greater than the effects of either yearly applications of Pseudomonas putida 06909-rif/nal, weekly repetitive applications of Pseudomonas putida 06909-rif/nal, or yearly applications of the fungicide metalaxyl and the nematicide phenamiphos. Multivariate analysis of covariance showed much of the variability between treatments could be accounted for by populations of Pseudomonas putida 06909-rif/nal. Soil fatty acids that showed significant changes between treatments were not related to fatty acids found in Pseudomonas putida 06909-rif/nal, suggesting applications of Pseudomonas putida 06909-rif/nal altered the soil microbial community.
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Crowley D, Daly M, Lucey B, Shine P, Collins JJ, Cryan B, Moore JE, Murphy P, Buckley G, Fanning S. Molecular epidemiology of cystic fibrosis-linked Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates from three national referral centres in Ireland. J Appl Microbiol 2002; 92:992-1004. [PMID: 11972706 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2002.01612.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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AIMS Burkholderia cepacia is a Gram-negative bacterium associated with increasing morbidity and mortality and is readily transmitted among infected cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. The B. cepacia complex consists of five distinct subgroups, termed genomovars. A collection of 17 presumptive B. cepacia isolates, obtained from three national CF referral centres located in different geographical regions in Ireland, was studied. The aim of this study was to investigate these isolates using molecular subtyping protocols for evidence of genetic relationships and for the presence of antibiotic resistance-encoding class 1 integron structures. METHODS AND RESULTS Genomovar classifications were assigned to each isolate based on HaeIII enzyme profiles of their recA locus. Genetic relationships among this collection were also assessed after restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP)-mediated analysis of the 16S rDNA locus and DNA amplification fingerprinting (DAF). The surface expression of the cable pilus gene (cblA) may facilitate an early step in the infection process. All isolates were tested by amplification strategies for this marker. Burkholderia cepacia is known to be resistant to several antimicrobial agents. Resistance typing showed that the majority were resistant to three or more common antimicrobial agents. Five of the 17 isolates were resistant to sulphonamide, a characteristic linked with the presence of class 1 integrons. Gene cassettes containing beta-lactamase (oxa) and aminoglycoside acetyltransferase (aac(6')-1a) encoding genes were identified by polymerase chain reaction amplification. CONCLUSIONS Most of the isolates in this study were classified as genomovar III and were indistinguishable based on their corresponding 16S rDNA-RFLP profiles, whilst DAF further subtyped the collection. The cblA marker was identified in 47% of the isolates, many of which clustered in the genomovar III group. Class 1 integrons with recombined gene cassettes containing bla-OXA and aac(6')-1a genes were identified. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY This study demonstrates the application of molecular methods to investigate B. cepacia, a well-recognized human pathogen, cultured from Irish CF patients. Genomovar III was the most common genomic type identified. DNA fingerprinting further subtyped the latter isolates, facilitating a more detailed description of the molecular epidemiology. Drug resistance in these organisms can be explained, at least in part, by the presence of class 1 integrons. Development of targeted infection control strategies could be facilitated using these applied methods.
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- D Crowley
- Molecular Diagnostics Unit, Cork Institute of Technology, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland
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Jackson EL, Willis N, Mercer K, Bronson RT, Crowley D, Montoya R, Jacks T, Tuveson DA. Analysis of lung tumor initiation and progression using conditional expression of oncogenic K-ras. Genes Dev 2001; 15:3243-8. [PMID: 11751630 PMCID: PMC312845 DOI: 10.1101/gad.943001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1470] [Impact Index Per Article: 63.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Adenocarcinoma of the lung is the most common form of lung cancer, but the cell of origin and the stages of progression of this tumor type are not well understood. We have developed a new model of lung adenocarcinoma in mice harboring a conditionally activatable allele of oncogenic K-ras. Here we show that the use of a recombinant adenovirus expressing Cre recombinase (AdenoCre) to induce K-ras G12D expression in the lungs of mice allows control of the timing and multiplicity of tumor initiation. Through the ability to synchronize tumor initiation in these mice, we have been able to characterize the stages of tumor progression. Of particular significance, this system has led to the identification of a new cell type contributing to the development of pulmonary adenocarcinoma.
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- E L Jackson
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Marschner P, Crowley D, Lieberei R. Arbuscular mycorrhizal infection changes the bacterial 16 S rDNA community composition in the rhizosphere of maize. Mycorrhiza 2001; 11:297-302. [PMID: 24549350 DOI: 10.1007/s00572-001-0136-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/24/2001] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal (NM) maize plants were grown for 4 or 7 weeks in an autoclaved quartz sand-soil mix. Half of the NM plants were supplied with soluble P (NM-HP) while the other half (NM-LP), like the mycorrhizal plants, received poorly soluble Fe and Al phosphate. The mycorrhizal plants were inoculated with Glomus mosseae or G. intraradices. Soil bacteria and those associated with the mycorrhizal inoculum were reintroduced by adding a filtrate of a low P soil and of the inocula. At 4 and 7 weeks, plants were harvested and root samples were taken from the root tip (0-1 cm), the subapical zone (1-2 cm) and the mature root zone at the site of lateral root emergence. DNA was extracted from the roots with adhering soil. At both harvests, the NM-HP plants had higher shoot dry weight than the plants grown on poorly soluble P. Mycorrhizal infection of both fungi ranged between 78% and 93% and had no effect on shoot growth or shoot P content. Eubacterial community compositions were examined by polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of 16 S rDNA, digitisation of the band patterns and multivariate analysis. The community composition changed with time and was root zone specific. The differences in bacterial community composition in the rhizosphere between the NM plants and the mycorrhizal plants were greater at 7 than at 4 weeks. The two fungi had similar bacterial communities after 4 weeks, but these differed after 7 weeks. The observed differences are probably due to changes in substrate composition and amount in the rhizosphere.
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- P Marschner
- Institute for Applied Botany, University of Hamburg, Marseiller Strasse 7, 20355 Hamburg, Germany, petra.marschner @adelaide.edu.au
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Fan TW, Lane AN, Shenker M, Bartley JP, Crowley D, Higashi RM. Comprehensive chemical profiling of gramineous plant root exudates using high-resolution NMR and MS. Phytochemistry 2001; 57:209-21. [PMID: 11382236 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9422(01)00007-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Root exudates released into soil have important functions in mobilizing metal micronutrients and for causing selective enrichment of plant beneficial soil micro-organisms that colonize the rhizosphere. Analysis of plant root exudates typically has involved chromatographic methods that rely on a priori knowledge of which compounds might be present. In the research reported here, the combination of multinuclear and 2-D NMR with GC-MS and high-resolution MS provided de novo identification of a number of components directly in crude root exudates of different plant types. This approach was applied to examine the role of exudate metal ion ligands (MIL) in the acquisition of Cd and transition metals by barley and wheat. The exudation of mugineic acids and malate was enhanced by Fe deficiency. which in turn led to an increase in the tissue content of Cu, Mn, and Zn. The presence of elevated Cd maintained at a free activity pCd of 8.8 (10(-8.8) M), resulted in reduced phytosiderophore production by Fe deficient plants. The buffer morpholinoethane sulfonate (MES), which is commonly used in chelator-buffering nutrient solutions, was detected in the root exudate mixture, suggesting uptake and re-secretion of this compound by the roots. The ability to detect this compound in complex mixtures containing organic acids, amino acids, and other substances suggests that the analytical methods used here provide an unbiased method for simultaneous detection of all major components contained in root exudates.
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- T W Fan
- Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis 95616, USA.
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Johnson L, Mercer K, Greenbaum D, Bronson RT, Crowley D, Tuveson DA, Jacks T. Somatic activation of the K-ras oncogene causes early onset lung cancer in mice. Nature 2001; 410:1111-6. [PMID: 11323676 DOI: 10.1038/35074129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 855] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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About 30% of human tumours carry ras gene mutations. Of the three genes in this family (composed of K-ras, N-ras and H-ras), K-ras is the most frequently mutated member in human tumours, including adenocarcinomas of the pancreas ( approximately 70-90% incidence), colon ( approximately 50%) and lung ( approximately 25-50%). To construct mouse tumour models involving K-ras, we used a new gene targeting procedure to create mouse strains carrying oncogenic alleles of K-ras that can be activated only on a spontaneous recombination event in the whole animal. Here we show that mice carrying these mutations were highly predisposed to a range of tumour types, predominantly early onset lung cancer. This model was further characterized by examining the effects of germline mutations in the tumour suppressor gene p53, which is known to be mutated along with K-ras in human tumours. This approach has several advantages over traditional transgenic strategies, including that it more closely recapitulates spontaneous oncogene activation as seen in human cancers.
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- L Johnson
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Pahl E, Sundararaghavan S, Strasburger JF, Mitchell BM, Rodgers S, Crowley D, Gidding SS. Impaired exercise parameters in pediatric heart transplant recipients: comparison of biatrial and bicaval techniques. Pediatr Transplant 2000; 4:268-72. [PMID: 11079265 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3046.2000.00122.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The exercise performance of pediatric heart transplant recipients and the effects of bicaval anastomosis were studied in 19 children using a Bruce protocol. Although all children had decreased exercise capacity and heart rates when compared with normals, the bicaval anastomosis patients had similar endurance and peak heart rates as the standard biatrial group.
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- E Pahl
- Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Arroyo AG, Taverna D, Whittaker CA, Strauch UG, Bader BL, Rayburn H, Crowley D, Parker CM, Hynes RO. In vivo roles of integrins during leukocyte development and traffic: insights from the analysis of mice chimeric for alpha 5, alpha v, and alpha 4 integrins. J Immunol 2000; 165:4667-75. [PMID: 11035110 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.8.4667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Mice chimeric for integrins alpha(5), alpha(V), or alpha(4) were used to dissect the in vivo roles of these adhesion receptors during leukocyte development and traffic. No major defects were observed in the development of lymphocytes, monocytes, or granulocytes or in the traffic of lymphocytes to different lymphoid organs in the absence of alpha(5) or alpha(V) integrins. However, in agreement with previous reports, the absence of alpha(4) integrins produced major defects in development of lymphoid and myeloid lineages and a specific defect in homing of lymphocytes to Peyer's patches. In contrast, the alpha(4) integrin subunit is not essential for localization of T lymphocytes into intraepithelial and lamina propria compartments in the gut, whereas one of the partners of alpha(4), the beta(7) chain, has been shown to be essential. However, alpha(4)-deficient T lymphocytes cannot migrate properly during the inflammatory response induced by thioglycolate injection into the peritoneum. Finally, in vitro proliferation and activation of lymphocytes deficient for alpha(5), alpha(V), or alpha(4) integrins upon stimulation with different stimuli were similar to those seen in controls. These results show that integrins play distinct roles during in vivo leukocyte development and traffic.
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- A G Arroyo
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Center for Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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A strategy to measure bacterial functional redundancy was developed and tested with soils collected along a soil reclamation gradient by determining the richness and diversity of bacterial groups capable of in situ growth on selected carbon substrates. Soil cores were collected from four sites along a transect from the Jamari tin mine site in the Jamari National Forest, Rondonia, RO, Brazil: denuded mine spoil, soil from below the canopy of invading pioneer trees, revegetated soil under new growth on the forest edge, and the forest floor of an adjacent preserved forest. Bacterial population responses were analyzed by amending these soil samples with individual carbon substrates in the presence of bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU). BrdU-labeled DNA was then subjected to a 16S-23S rRNA intergenic analysis to depict the actively growing bacteria from each site. The number and diversity of bacterial groups responding to four carbon substrates (L-serine, L-threonine, sodium citrate, and alpha-lactose hydrate) increased along the reclamation-vegetation gradient such that the preserved forest soil samples contained the highest functional redundancy for each substrate. These data suggest that bacterial functional redundancy increases in relation to the regrowth of plant communities and may therefore represent an important aspect of the restoration of soil biological functionality to reclaimed mine spoils. They also suggest that bacterial functional redundancy may be a useful indicator of soil quality and ecosystem functioning.
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- B Yin
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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Freudenstein U, Crowley D, Welch F. Chemical incident management: gaseous emissions from a stockpile of coal. Public Health 2000; 114:41-4. [PMID: 10787025 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Spontaneous combustion of coal releases a wide range of airborne pollutants which, in high concentrations, may be hazardous to health. Little is known about how the effects on health change in relation to the release of multiple substances. This article reports an incident in which a stockpile of coal released potentially harmful gases into the environment. Although the resultant health effects reported were few, the co-ordinated response by local authorities and health authorities highlighted the advantage of a multidisciplinary approach. Public health departments need to be aware of major chemical hazards within their district. Prompt environmental monitoring and exposure measurement needs to be arranged as this is crucial to making an appropriate response. Updated registers are needed from private companies and public bodies; who can provide timely measurements of chemical hazards. Health districts with more than one local authority may benefit from pooling resources and knowledge in order to prepare for such an incident.
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Lucey B, Crowley D, Moloney P, Cryan B, Daly M, O'Halloran F, Threlfall EJ, Fanning S. Integronlike structures in Campylobacter spp. of human and animal origin. Emerg Infect Dis 2000; 6:50-5. [PMID: 10653570 PMCID: PMC2627975 DOI: 10.3201/eid0601.000109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Resistance to antimicrobial agents used to treat severe Campylobacter spp. gastroenteritis is increasing worldwide. We assessed the antimicrobial resistance patterns of Campylobacter spp. isolates of human and animal origin. More than half (n = 32) were resistant to sulphonamide, a feature known to be associated with the presence of integrons. Analysis of these integrons will further our understanding of Campylobacter spp. epidemiology.
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- B Lucey
- Cork Institute of Technology, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland
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Geary M, Crowley D. The Barker hypothesis. Ir Med J 1999; 92:390-1. [PMID: 10598417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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Hodivala-Dilke KM, McHugh KP, Tsakiris DA, Rayburn H, Crowley D, Ullman-Culleré M, Ross FP, Coller BS, Teitelbaum S, Hynes RO. Beta3-integrin-deficient mice are a model for Glanzmann thrombasthenia showing placental defects and reduced survival. J Clin Invest 1999; 103:229-38. [PMID: 9916135 PMCID: PMC407888 DOI: 10.1172/jci5487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 552] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/1998] [Accepted: 12/11/1998] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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beta3 integrins have been implicated in a wide variety of functions, including platelet aggregation and thrombosis (alphaIIbbeta3) and implantation, placentation, angiogenesis, bone remodeling, and tumor progression (alphavbeta3). The human bleeding disorder Glanzmann thrombasthenia (GT) can result from defects in the genes for either the alphaIIb or the beta3 subunit. In order to develop a mouse model of this disease and to further studies of hemostasis, thrombosis, and other suggested roles of beta3 integrins, we have generated a strain of beta3-null mice. The mice are viable and fertile, and show all the cardinal features of GT (defects in platelet aggregation and clot retraction, prolonged bleeding times, and cutaneous and gastrointestinal bleeding). Implantation appears to be unaffected, but placental defects do occur and lead to fetal mortality. Postnatal hemorrhage leads to anemia and reduced survival. These mice will allow analyses of the other suggested functions of beta3 integrins and we report that postnatal neovascularization of the retina appears to be beta3-integrin-independent, contrary to expectations from inhibition experiments.
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- K M Hodivala-Dilke
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Center for Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Maher C, Crowley D, Cullen C, Wall C, Royston D, Fanning S. Double fluorescent-amplification refractory mutation detection (dF-ARMS) of the factor V Leiden and prothrombin mutations. Thromb Haemost 1999; 81:76-80. [PMID: 9974379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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Simultaneous fluorescent [F] detection of the factor V Leiden (G1691A) and the prothrombin 3'-untranslated region (G20210A) mutations were performed in a single tube polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Amplification refractory mutation detection system (ARMS) formed the basis of this assay design. Fluorescent-labelled primers incorporated into amplicons during the reaction facilitated detection directly by GeneScan analysis without further manipulation. To test the efficacy of this double [F]-ARMS (dF-ARMS) method, 48 patients with unexplained thrombotic tendencies were investigated for their factor V Leiden and prothrombin genotypes. These results corresponded exactly with data achieved using the more conventional methods of restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP)-PCR and direct DNA sequencing. Three out of the 48 patients in this group were found to be compound heterozygotes.
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- C Maher
- Molecular Diagnostics Unit, Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland
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alphav integrins have been implicated in many developmental processes and are therapeutic targets for inhibition of angiogenesis and osteoporosis. Surprisingly, ablation of the gene for the alphav integrin subunit, eliminating all five alphav integrins, although causing lethality, allows considerable development and organogenesis including, most notably, extensive vasculogenesis and angiogenesis. Eighty percent of embryos die in mid-gestation, probably because of placental defects, but all embryos develop normally to E9.5, and 20% are born alive. These liveborn alphav-null mice consistently exhibit intracerebral and intestinal hemorrhages and cleft palates. These results necessitate reevaluation of the primacy of alphav integrins in many functions including vascular development, despite reports that blockade of these integrins with antibodies or peptides prevents angiogenesis.
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- B L Bader
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Center for Cancer Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Tsai KY, Hu Y, Macleod KF, Crowley D, Yamasaki L, Jacks T. Mutation of E2f-1 suppresses apoptosis and inappropriate S phase entry and extends survival of Rb-deficient mouse embryos. Mol Cell 1998; 2:293-304. [PMID: 9774968 DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(00)80274-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 299] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Mice mutant for the Rb tumor suppressor gene die in mid-gestation with defects in erythropoiesis, cell cycle control, and apoptosis. We show here that embryos mutant for both Rb and its downstream target E2f-1 demonstrate significant suppression of apoptosis and S phase entry in certain tissues compared to Rb mutants, implicating E2f-1 as a critical mediator of these effects. Up-regulation of the p53 pathway, required for cell death in these cells in Rb mutants, is also suppressed in the Rb/E2f-1 double mutants. However, double mutants have defects in cell cycle regulation and apoptosis in some tissues and die at approximately E17.0 with anemia and defective skeletal muscle and lung development, demonstrating that E2F-1 regulation is not the sole function of pRB in development.
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- K Y Tsai
- MIT Center for Cancer Research, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA
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McClatchey AI, Saotome I, Mercer K, Crowley D, Gusella JF, Bronson RT, Jacks T. Mice heterozygous for a mutation at the Nf2 tumor suppressor locus develop a range of highly metastatic tumors. Genes Dev 1998; 12:1121-33. [PMID: 9553042 PMCID: PMC316711 DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.8.1121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 305] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/1998] [Accepted: 02/25/1998] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A role for the membrane/cytoskeleton interface in the development and progression of cancer is established, yet poorly understood. The neurofibromatosis type II (NF2) tumor suppressor gene encodes a member of the ezrin/radixin/moesin (ERM) family of membrane/cytoskeleton linker proteins thought to be important for cell adhesion and motility. We report that in contrast to the narrow spectrum of benign tumors in human NF2 patients, Nf2 heterozygous mice develop a variety of malignant tumors. Using the fact that Nf2 is linked to the p53 tumor suppressor locus in the mouse we have also investigated the effects of genetic linkage of cancer-predisposing mutations on tumorigenesis and examined the genetic pathway to tumor formation involving Nf2 loss. Importantly, we observed a very high rate of metastasis associated with Nf2 deficiency, with or without loss of p53 function, and we provide experimental evidence supporting a role for Nf2 loss in metastatic potential. Together, our results suggest an important role for the NF2 tumor suppressor, and perhaps the ERM family in tumor formation and metastasis.
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- A I McClatchey
- Department of Biology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
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Fan TW, Lane AN, Pedler J, Crowley D, Higashi RM. Comprehensive analysis of organic ligands in whole root exudates using nuclear magnetic resonance and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Anal Biochem 1997; 251:57-68. [PMID: 9300083 DOI: 10.1006/abio.1997.2235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Root exudates in the rhizosphere are vital to the normal life cycle of plants. A key factor is phytometallophores, which function in the nutritional acquisition of iron and zinc and are likely to be important in the uptake of pollutant metals by plants. Unraveling the biochemistry of these compounds is tedious using traditional analyses, which also fall short in providing the overall chemical composition or in detecting unknown or unexpected organic ligands in the exudates. Here, we demonstrate a comprehensive analysis of the exudate composition directly by 1H and 13C multidimensional NMR and silylation GC-MS. The advantages are (a) minimal sample preparation, with no loss of unknown compounds, and reduced net analysis time; (b) structure-based analysis for universal detection and identification; and (c) simultaneous analysis of a large number of constituents in a complex mixture. Using barley root exudates, a large number of common organic and amino acids were identified. Three derivatives of mugineic acid phytosiderophores were also determined, the major one being 3-epihydroxymugineic acid, for which complete 1H and 13C NMR assignments were obtained. Quantification of all major components using these methods revealed a sevenfold increase in total exudation under moderate iron deficiency, with 3-epihydroxymugineic acid comprising approximately 22% of the exudate mixture. As iron deficiency increased, total quantities of exudate per gram of root remained unchanged, but the relative quantity of carbon allocated to phytosiderophore increased to approximately 50% of the total exudate in response to severe iron deficiency.
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- T W Fan
- Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, University of California, Davis 95616, USA
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Chang E, Boyd A, Nelson CC, Crowley D, Law T, Keough KM, Folkman J, Ezekowitz RA, Castle VP. Successful treatment of infantile hemangiomas with interferon-alpha-2b. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 1997; 19:237-44. [PMID: 9201147 DOI: 10.1097/00043426-199705000-00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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PURPOSE Hemangiomas are benign tumors occurring in 10% of infants. A small percentage are complicated by blockage of vital structures, consumptive coagulopathy, or heart failure, resulting in a mortality of -20% of patients with complications. Here, we describe four infants with complicated hemangiomas responding to interferon-alpha-2b therapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS Four children with hemangiomas were treated with interferon-alpha-2b for complicating heart failure (1), visual impairment (2), or coagulopathy (1). Patients received interferon-alpha-2b alone or in conjunction with corticosteroid therapy over 2 to 9 months. Imaging studies and urinary basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) levels were used to monitor treatment response. RESULTS Three of four patients demonstrated involution of the hemangiomas with improvement in their coagulopathy or visual impairment. The fourth patient expired due to cardiac complications despite radiologic evidence of hemangioma involution. Side effects associated with interferon-alpha-2b treatment included elevated transaminases (2) and leukocytosis (2), which resolved upon completion of therapy. One patient developed mild gross motor delay (1), which improved after cessation of therapy. Decreased urinary bFGF levels correlated with hemangioma involution. CONCLUSION Interferon-alpha-2b therapy is an effective, well-tolerated treatment for complicated hemangiomas. Measurement of urinary bFGF levels may provide an objective method for monitoring treatment response.
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- E Chang
- Departments of Pediatrica, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, USA
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Harger C, Skupski M, Allen E, Clark C, Crowley D, Dickinson E, Easley D, Espinosa-Lujan A, Farmer A, Fields C, Flores L, Harris L, Keen G, Manning M, McLeod M, O'Neill J, Pumilia M, Reinert R, Rider D, Rohrlich J, Romero Y, Schwertfeger J, Seluja G, Siepel A, Schad PA. The Genome Sequence DataBase version 1.0 (GSDB): from low pass sequences to complete genomes. Nucleic Acids Res 1997; 25:18-23. [PMID: 9016496 PMCID: PMC146367 DOI: 10.1093/nar/25.1.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The Genome Sequence DataBase (GSDB) has completed its conversion to an improved relational database. The new database, GSDB 1.0, is fully operational and publicly available. Data contributions, including both original sequence submissions and community annotation, are being accomplished through the use of a graphical client-server interface tool, the GSDB Annotator, and via GIO (GSDB Input/Output) files. Data retrieval services are being provided through a new Web Query Tool and direct SQL. All methods of data contribution and data retrieval fully support the new data types that have been incorporated into GSDB, including discontiguous sequences, multiple sequence alignments, and community annotation.
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- C Harger
- National Center for Genome Resources, 1800A Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA.
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Keen G, Burton J, Crowley D, Dickinson E, Espinosa-Lujan A, Franks E, Harger C, Manning M, March S, McLeod M, O'Neill J, Power A, Pumilia M, Reinert R, Rider D, Rohrlich J, Schwertfeger J, Smyth L, Thayer N, Troup C, Fields C. The Genome Sequence DataBase (GSDB): meeting the challenge of genomic sequencing. Nucleic Acids Res 1996; 24:13-6. [PMID: 8594561 PMCID: PMC145611 DOI: 10.1093/nar/24.1.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The genome sequence database (GSDB) is a complete, publicly available relational database of DNA sequences and annotation maintained by the National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR) under a Cooperative Agreement with the US Department of Energy (DOE). GSDB provides direct, client- server access to the database for data contributions, community annotation and SQL queries. The GSDB Annotator, a multi-platform graphic user interface, is freely available. Automatically updated relational replicates of GSDB are also freely available.
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- G Keen
- National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA
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Gomez C, Dick M, Hernandez R, Coran AG, Crowley D, Serwer GA. Peritoneal migration of an abdominally implanted epicardial pacemaker: a cause of intestinal obstruction. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 1995; 18:2231-2. [PMID: 8771141 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1995.tb04655.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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We report the case of a 10-year-old child with an abdominally implanted epicardial pacemaker that eroded through the peritoneum and migrated to an intraperitoneal location, resulting in partial and then complete intestinal obstruction. This potentially life-threatening complication should be considered when a patient with an abdominally implanted pacemaker presents with abdominal pain.
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- C Gomez
- C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
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Volkert MR, Loewen PC, Switala J, Crowley D, Conley M. The delta (argF-lacZ)205(U169) deletion greatly enhances resistance to hydrogen peroxide in stationary-phase Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 1994; 176:1297-302. [PMID: 8113168 PMCID: PMC205192 DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.5.1297-1302.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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In this study, we demonstrate that a strain bearing the delta (argF-lacZ)205(U169) deletion exhibits a high level of resistance to hydrogen peroxide compared with its undeleted parent. Our initial investigation of the mechanism behind the observed differences in peroxide resistance when parent and mutant strains are compared indicates that the parent strain carries a region near argF that is responsible for the H2O2-sensitive phenotype, which we have named katC. The H2O2 resistance phenotype of the delta katC [delta (argF-lacZ)205(U169)] mutant strain can be duplicated by Tn9 insertion in a specific locus (katC5::Tn9) which maps near argF. The increased H2O2 resistance of the delta katC and katC5::Tn9 mutant strains can be seen only when cells are grown to stationary phase; exponential-phase cells are unaffected by the presence or absence of katC. This H2O2 resistance mechanism requires functional katE and katF genes, which suggests that the mechanism of H2O2 resistance may involve the activity of the stationary-phase-specific catalase HPII. Cloning, DNA sequencing, and analysis of the katC5::Tn9 insertion allele in comparison with its parent allele implicate two insertion elements, IS1B and IS30B, and suggest that their presence sensitizes parent cells to H2O2.
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- M R Volkert
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655
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Crowley D. Women. Iowa Med 1992; 82:495-6. [PMID: 1464528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Delius RE, Bove EL, Meliones JN, Custer JR, Moler FW, Crowley D, Amirikia A, Behrendt DM, Bartlett RH. Use of extracorporeal life support in patients with congenital heart disease. Crit Care Med 1992; 20:1216-22. [PMID: 1521436 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199209000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To review a large experience with extracorporeal life support in patients with congenital heart disease. To determine the major causes of mortality and morbidity in order to improve the results of using this technology in this patient population. DESIGN Retrospective chart review. PATIENTS Twenty-five patients between the ages of 1 day and 8 yrs. These patients had congenital heart disease and were clinically felt to be at high risk for death caused by cardiac failure or by respiratory failure complicated by congenital heart disease. INTERVENTIONS All patients in this report were placed on extracorporeal life support to allow recovery of myocardial or pulmonary function. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Of these 25 patients, 52% were weaned from bypass support and 40% survived to discharge. Patients who were not weaned from extracorporeal life support characteristically suffered from irreversible neurologic injury, multiple organ failure, or bleeding complications. Only one patient died of irreversible cardiac failure. CONCLUSIONS Extracorporeal life support can be useful in supporting patients with congenital heart disease with life-threatening cardiac or pulmonary failure. Improvements in limiting neurologic and bleeding complications may lead to improvements in the use of extracorporeal life support for this indication. However, prospective, randomized studies are needed to appreciate the role of extracorporeal life support in these patients.
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- R E Delius
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0331
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Christos S, Katch VL, Beekman R, Eakin D, Lindauer A, Crowley D, Katch FI. HEMODYNAMIC RESPONSES TO UPRIGHT CYCLING OF ADOLESCENT CARDIAC TRANSPLANT PATIENTS. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1992. [DOI: 10.1249/00005768-199205001-00520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- K Uzark
- University of Michigan Medical Center, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Ann Arbor 48109-0204
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Delius RE, Zwischenberger JB, Cilley R, Behrendt DM, Bove EL, Deeb GM, Crowley D, Heidelberger KP, Bartlett RH. Prolonged extracorporeal life support of pediatric and adolescent cardiac transplant patients. Ann Thorac Surg 1990; 50:791-5. [PMID: 2241345 DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(90)90688-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Options for mechanical support of pediatric patients with severe heart failure who are awaiting transplantation or have undergone transplantation are limited. This report examines 3 patients placed on extracorporeal life support (ECLS) while awaiting transplantation and 3 patients who underwent transplantation and suffered subsequent heart failure due to rejection or postoperative myocardial dysfunction. The overall survival rate was 2 of 6. The 2 surviving patients had a failing transplanted heart. There were no survivors among the patients placed on ECLS as a bridge to transplantation. In each case a contraindication to transplantation developed before a donor heart could be obtained. The mean time of ECLS support was 147.5 hours (range, 70 to 370 hours). The ECLS circuit did not affect cyclosporin levels or antirejection therapy. Extracorporeal life support can be used to support pediatric cardiac transplant patients with biventricular failure due to acute rejection or postoperative dysfunction. Although the results have been discouraging, ECLS may still have a role as a bridge to transplantation. However, complications can develop during ECLS that may preclude transplantation.
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- R E Delius
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0331
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Connolly JH, McClelland WM, O'Neill HJ, Crowley D. Hepatitis B virus infection in Northern Ireland 1970-1987. Ulster Med J 1989; 58:72-82. [PMID: 2788948 PMCID: PMC2448567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In the 18 years between 1970 and 1987, 504 patients were found to have hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in their blood. Acute hepatitis was present in 184 patients and six died (3.3%). The annual incidence of acute hepatitis B virus infection in Northern Ireland was about one-quarter that of England and Wales. A decrease in acute infection occurred in 1986-87, while in England and Wales acute infection has fallen by more than half since the peak in 1984. Hepatitis B virus infection in health care staff and patients in high risk groups were reviewed: 32% were in those of foreign origin or who had known foreign contacts. In blood donors there was a marked fall in incidence of hepatitis B surface antigen carriage from 1982 onwards: the incidence in antenatal patients and those screened for rubella antibody (mainly females) was half that of new blood donors in 1972-81. Carrier rates in blood donors and antenatal patients were less than those from other parts of the United Kingdom. All indices show that Northern Ireland has a lower incidence of hepatitis B virus infection than the rest of the United Kingdom.
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Uzark K, Crowley D. Family stress after pediatric heart transplantation. Prog Cardiovasc Nurs 1989; 4:23-7. [PMID: 2649881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Parents of ten children who underwent cardiac transplantation at the authors' institution participated in this study to evaluate the effect of heart transplantation on the family. Parents completed the Hymovich Chronicity Impact and Coping Instrument (CICI) and/or the Feetham Family Function Survey (FFFS) 3 to 24 months (mean, 8.4 months) after the transplant. Results indicate that parents face significant psychological and social stresses after their child's heart transplantation related to (1) the uncertainty of the child's future health and well-being, (2) role strain, (3) social isolation, and (4) financial burdens. Recommendations for nursing practice are suggested.
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Choy M, Rocchini AP, Beekman RH, Rosenthal A, Dick M, Crowley D, Behrendt D, Snider AR. Paradoxical hypertension after repair of coarctation of the aorta in children: balloon angioplasty versus surgical repair. Circulation 1987; 75:1186-91. [PMID: 2952372 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.75.6.1186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The incidence and possible causes of paradoxical hypertension were evaluated in eight children who underwent balloon dilatation and seven children who underwent surgical repair of coarctation of the aorta. Both procedures resulted in a significant reduction in the coarctation gradient. Both systolic and diastolic blood pressures increased in the surgical group after repair, whereas systolic pressures decreased and diastolic pressures remained unchanged after balloon angioplasty. In the surgical group, but not in the balloon angioplasty group, plasma catecholamines and plasma renin activity rose during the first 2 days after relief of the coarctation. The data presented in this report support the hypothesis that the sympathetic nervous system and the renin angiotensin system are important mediators of the paradoxical hypertension that occurs after surgical repair of coarctation. Furthermore, balloon angioplasty of coarctation of the aorta does not stimulate either system and thus paradoxical hypertension is not a complication of this procedure.
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Bharucha C, Crowley D. Post-transfusion hepatitis: a problem in Northern Ireland? Ulster Med J 1986; 55:23-7. [PMID: 3090757 PMCID: PMC2448089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A retrospective analysis of post-transfusion hepatitis reported to us from 1980 through 1984 revealed 16 patients. We believe that this apparently low incidence is due to lack of notification and make a case for direct notification to us of any suspected cases. Disqualification of implicated blood donors is of prime importance in prevention of transfusion-associated hepatitis.
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