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Kier C, Sadeghi H, Kay D, Langfelder-Schwind E, Berdella M, Joan D, Soultan Z, Caggana M, Dozor A, Fortner C, Giusti R, Goetz D, Kaslovsky R, Stevens C, Voter K, Welter J. 32 Characteristics of 225 infants with cystic fibrosis screen positive, inconclusive diagnosis and cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator–related metabolic syndrome identified in New York State over a 3-year period. J Cyst Fibros 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(22)00723-8] [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: 11/06/2022]
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Langfelder-Schwind E, Kay D, Berdella M, Joan D, Soultan Z, Dozor A, Fortner C, Giusti R, Goetz D, Kaslovsky R, Voter K, Welter J, Caggana M, Sadeghi H, Kier C. 151 Variable genetic counseling access and services for parents of infants who screen positive for cystic fibrosis in New York State. J Cyst Fibros 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(22)00842-6] [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: 11/06/2022]
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Choudhary S, Giusti R, Goetz D, Kaslovsky R, Berdella M, Sadeghi H, DeCelie-Germana J, Welter J, Kier C, Fortner C, Voter K, Kay D, Hammouda S. 80: New York Cystic Fibrosis Newborn Screening Consortium quality improvement: Focus on parent and pediatrician education and development of a statewide standard of care for CF-related metabolic syndrome infants. J Cyst Fibros 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(21)01505-8] [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: 10/20/2022]
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Ratjen F, Davis SD, Stanojevic S, Kronmal RA, Hinckley Stukovsky KD, Jorgensen N, Rosenfeld M, Kerby G, Kopecky C, Anthony M, Mogayzel P, Walker D, Zeglin B, Hoover W, Hathorne H, Slaten K, Dorkin H(H, Fowler R, Fenton C(N, Ulles M, Goetz D, Caci N, Cahill B, Roach C, Retsch-Bogart G, Johnson R, Cunnion R, McColley S, Ward S, Bell E, McPhail G, Keller K, Thornton K, Parsons A, Chmiel J, Schaefer C, Tribout M, Consiglio B, Tribout H, McCoy K, Johnson T, Olson P, Raterman L, Hiatt P, Walker B, Schaap N, Davis M, Davis S, Clem C, Bendy L, Starner T, Lux C, Carver T, Thompson R, Williams A, Schmoll C, Hastings PM, Noe J, Roth L, Kump T, McNamara J, Franck Thompson E, Yousef S, Wezel G(G, Oquendo O, Darling A, Valencia W, Milla C, Zirbes J, Rubenstein R, Donnelly E, Malpass J, Weiner D, Agostini B, Hartigan E, Cornell A, Klein B, Bucher J, Nusbaum P, Rosenfeld M, McNamara S, Genatossio A, Pittman J, Hicks T, Bauer I, Siegel M, Isaac S, Jensen R, Au J, Stanojevic S, Ratjen F, McDonald N, Prentice C, Chilvers M, Richmond M. Inhaled hypertonic saline in preschool children with cystic fibrosis (SHIP): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine 2019; 7:802-809. [DOI: 10.1016/s2213-2600(19)30187-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2019] [Revised: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Goetz D, Kopp BT, Salvator A, Moore-Clingenpeel M, McCoy K, Leung DH, Kloster M, Ramsey BR, Heltshe SH, Borowitz D. Pulmonary findings in infants with cystic fibrosis during the first year of life: Results from the Baby Observational and Nutrition Study (BONUS) cohort study. Pediatr Pulmonol 2019; 54:581-586. [PMID: 30672141 PMCID: PMC6557408 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.24261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 12/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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IMPORTANCE Treatment recommendations for infants with CF standardize care, but most surveillance or treatment guidance of pulmonary manifestations are consensus-based due to sparse evidence. OBJECTIVE To report observations about pulmonary correlates of growth and other clinical features in infants with CF. METHODS We analyzed data from the prospective Baby Observational and Nutrition Study conducted in 28 centers across the US, including clinical features, medications, guardian diaries of respiratory symptoms, oropharyngeal swab cultures and chest radiographs (CXR) collected over the first year of life. RESULTS Cough was reported in 84% of infants in the first year. Up to 30% had clinically important cough but only 6.3% had crackles; 16.5% had wheeze. Wisconsin CXR score was above 5 in 23% (normal = 0; maximum score = 100). Pseudomonas was recovered from at least one respiratory culture in 24% of infants and was associated with crackles/wheezes and use of proton pump inhibitors (PPI) (OR = 5.47; 95%CI = 1.36, 21.92; P = 0.02) or PPI plus histamine-2 (H2) blocker (OR = 8.2; 95%CI = 2.41, 27.93; P = 0.001), but not H2 blocker alone. Hospitalization for respiratory indications occurred in 18% of infants and was associated with crackles/wheeze and abnormal CXR but not low weight, Pseudomonas or use of acid blockade. CONCLUSIONS Cough is common in infants with CF, but few present with crackles/wheeze or CXR changes. Pseudomonas is associated with use of PPI or PPI plus H2 blocker, but not with respiratory hospitalization. These observations cannot prove cause and effect but add to our understanding of pulmonary manifestations of CF in infants. TRIAL REGISTRATION United States ClinicalTrials.Gov registry NCT01424696 (clinicaltrials.gov).
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- Danielle Goetz
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
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- Nationwide Children's Hospital, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
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- Biostatistics Core, Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
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- Nationwide Children's Hospital, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Houston, Texas
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- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Development Network Coordinating Center, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington.,Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Development Network Coordinating Center, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington.,Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Development Network Coordinating Center, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington.,Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.,Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Bethesda, Maryland
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by pancreatic insufficiency and chronic endobronchial airway infection. This latter feature results in progressive bronchiectasis and ultimately respiratory failure, which is the leading cause of death in patients with CF. Other complications include sinusitis, diabetes mellitus, bowel obstruction, hepatobiliary disease, hyponatremic dehydration, and infertility. Diagnosis of CF is confirmed by demonstration of elevated sweat chloride. Most cases of CF are identified through newborn screening (NBS). There are also infants with positive NBS but inconclusive diagnostic testing; a small proportion of these infants may go on to develop CF. CF is a lifelong, life-limiting disease, but an organized care center network with multidisciplinary approach, quality improvement initiatives, and research has led to markedly increased survival and development of adult CF care programs. In the past few years, medications that directly target the underlying CF defect have been developed, which should result in even greater survival benefits. [Pediatr Ann. 2019;48(4):e154-e161.].
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Kopp BT, Joseloff E, Goetz D, Ingram B, Heltshe SL, Leung DH, Ramsey BW, McCoy K, Borowitz D. Urinary metabolomics reveals unique metabolic signatures in infants with cystic fibrosis. J Cyst Fibros 2018; 18:507-515. [PMID: 30477895 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2018.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Revised: 10/25/2018] [Accepted: 10/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Biologic pathways and metabolic mechanisms underpinning early systemic disease in cystic fibrosis (CF) are poorly understood. The Baby Observational and Nutrition Study (BONUS) was a prospective multi-center study of infants with CF with a primary aim to examine the current state of nutrition in the first year of life. Its secondary aim was to prospectively explore concurrent nutritional, metabolic, respiratory, infectious, and inflammatory characteristics associated with early CF anthropometric measurements. We report here metabolomics differences within the urine of these infants as compared to infants without CF. METHODS Urine metabolomics was performed for 85 infants with predefined clinical phenotypes at approximately one year of age enrolled in BONUS via Ultrahigh Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectroscopy (UPLC-MS/MS). Samples were stratified by disease status (non-CF controls (n = 22); CF (n = 63, All-CF)) and CF clinical phenotype: respiratory hospitalization (CF Resp, n = 22), low length (CF LL, n = 23), and low weight (CF LW, n = 15). RESULTS Global urine metabolomics profiles in CF were heterogeneous, however there were distinct metabolic differences between the CF and non-CF groups. Top pathways altered in CF included tRNA charging and methionine degradation. ADCYAP1 and huntingtin were identified as predicted unique regulators of altered metabolic pathways in CF compared to non-CF. Infants with CF displayed alterations in metabolites associated with bile acid homeostasis, pentose sugars, and vitamins. CONCLUSIONS Predicted metabolic pathways and regulators were identified in CF infants compared to non-CF, but metabolic profiles were unable to discriminate between CF phenotypes. Targeted metabolomics provides an opportunity for further understanding of early CF disease. TRIAL REGISTRATION United States ClinicalTrials.Gov registry NCT01424696 (clinicaltrials.gov).
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- B T Kopp
- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA; Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.
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- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Development Network Coordinating Center, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA; University of Washington, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Development Network Coordinating Center, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA; University of Washington, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Bethesda, MD, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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Bera A, Singh S, Goetz D. A Case of Unusually Fluctuating Hypercarbia: When the Brain Fails to Sync With the Lungs. Chest 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.08.391] [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: 11/16/2022] Open
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Mann M, Goetz D, Leung DH, Borowitz D. Starting an academic career and starting a family: challenges and some potential solutions. J Pediatr 2014; 165:430-1. [PMID: 25152148 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.05.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Michelle Mann
- Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
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- State University of New York at Buffalo, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
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- State University of New York at Buffalo, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
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Goetz D, Kröger R, Miranda LE. Effects of smallmouth buffalo, Ictiobus bubalus biomass on water transparency, nutrients, and productivity in shallow experimental ponds. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 2014; 92:503-508. [PMID: 24526283 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-014-1231-8] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2013] [Accepted: 02/07/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The smallmouth buffalo Ictiobus bubalus is a native benthivore to floodplain lakes in the Yazoo River Basin, USA. Based on evidence from other benthivorous fish studies we hypothesized high biomasses of I. bubalus contribute to poor water quality conditions. We tested this hypothesis in shallow (<1.5 m) 0.05 ha earthen ponds at three stocking biomasses over a 10-week period during the summer of 2012. The most notable results from the permutational multivariate analysis of variance suggest I. bubalus at high and moderate biomasses significantly (p < 0.05) enhanced turbidity and suspended solid levels while decreasing Secchi depth. Our results suggest that effects of I. bubalus on water clarity may have considerable ecological implications in natural habitats such as shallow floodplain lakes.
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- D Goetz
- Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University, Box 9690, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, USA
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Lacroix P, Grasso JR, Roulle J, Giraud G, Goetz D, Morin S, Helmstetter A. Monitoring of snow avalanches using a seismic array: Location, speed estimation, and relationships to meteorological variables. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/2011jf002106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Baumgarten C, Barchetti A, Einenkel H, Goetz D, Schmelzbach PA. A compact electron cyclotron resonance proton source for the Paul Scherrer Institute's proton accelerator facility. Rev Sci Instrum 2011; 82:053304. [PMID: 21639497 DOI: 10.1063/1.3590777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A compact electron cyclotron resonance proton source has been developed and installed recently at the Paul Scherrer Institute's high intensity proton accelerator. Operation at the ion source test stand and the accelerator demonstrates a high reliability and stability of the new source. When operated at a 10-12 mA net proton current the lifetime of the source exceeds 2000 h. The essential development steps towards the observed performance are described.
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Tolksdorf W, Goetz D, Peters HJ, Potempa J, Lutz H. Infusionstherapie während transurethralen Prostataresektionen. Transfus Med Hemother 2009. [DOI: 10.1159/000221094] [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: 11/19/2022] Open
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Homsi J, Kim LC, Goetz D, Chen D, Fishman M, Daud A. High-dose bolus interleukin-2 in elderly patients (>60 years old) with metastatic melanoma or renal cell cancer. J Clin Oncol 2007. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2007.25.18_suppl.19559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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19559 Background: Although durable complete responses have been reported from using high-dose bolus interleukin-2 (HDB IL-2) in a small number of patients with metastatic melanoma and renal cell cancer (RCC), IL-2 toxicity limits its use especially in the elderly. Methods: the medical records of patients older than 60 years old with melanoma or renal cell carcinoma who received HDB IL-2 at the Moffitt Cancer Center between 2000–2005 were reviewed. The effect of increased age, primary diagnosis, and the HDB IL-2 regimen used on the side effects, number of administered doses, and survival was analyzed. Results: 55 cycles were administered to 35 patients (23 RCC, 12 melanoma, 26 men). Median age was 67 years old (range: 61–77). 17 patients received a traditional regimen (one cycle: 600,000 IU/Kg intravenously every 8 hours for 14 doses repeated in 2 weeks, maximum of 28 doses) and 18 received a clinical trial regimen (one cycle: 600,000 IU/Kg intravenously every 8 hours for 5 doses repeated weekly, maximum of 20 doses). Median number of administered cycles was 1 (range 1–4) and median number of total doses was 24 (range 3–79). Increased age was not related to total number of administered doses. Median percentage of IL-2 administered in a cycle was 75% of planned (range 11%-100%). Reasons to discontinue therapy were: oliguria (35%), hypotension (25%), and arrhythmia (15%). Side effects in all cycles were: hypotension (71%), oliguria (67%), Arrhythmia (18%), Myocardial infarction (7%), pulmonary edema (7%), hypothyroidism (4%), confusion (4%), seizures (2%) and stroke (2%). Pressors were used in 58% of all cycles. 20 patients died within a year from starting treatment and 5 lived more than 2 years (4 had RCC). Conclusions: 1) HDB IL-2 has multiple and life-threatening side effects in the elderly and caution is needed when selecting these patients to such therapy 2) the number of doses administered is comparable to that general population 3) more studies are needed to identify the population that would mostly benefit from HDB IL2. [Table: see text] No significant financial relationships to disclose.
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- J. Homsi
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
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Mining activities in Kirki ore deposit took place for a short period, from 1975 to1980 and 1990 to 1995. However, the waste piles and the remaining material of the floatation plant have become a significant source of large amount of toxic metals dispersed in the surrounding area. The dangerous wastes contain large amount of unexploited metal-concentrate and toxic chemicals from the former floatation plant (also a number of containers with unused sodium cyanide). All this toxic material is continuously transferred by the rainwater to the river Erini. This river discharges into Aegean sea at a distance of 23 km, on the east coast of Alexandroupolis town. The concentration level of the toxic metals such as Pb, Cu, Zn, As and Cd in the sediments of the river bed is 1140, 50, 290, 100 and 690 times over the stipulated standards.
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Winter KJ, Goetz D. The impact of sewage composition on the soil clogging phenomena of vertical flow constructed wetlands. Water Sci Technol 2003; 48:9-14. [PMID: 14621142] [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: 05/24/2023]
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The infiltration rate and therefore the principal function of a sand based vertical flow constructed wetland (VFCW) is influenced by the content of suspended solids (SS) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) of the waste water supply. In this study there were three operating conditions defined as "No Clogging"; "Partly Clogging" and "Clogging". Investigations on 21 VFCWs approved analytical differences between these conditions. The content of SS and especially particles > 50 microm are considered to play a key role. These particles are of the same size as the pores in which seepage mainly occurs. Thus their potential for surface blocking is high. It is concluded that the construction and size of the primary settling has to ensure that the mean concentration of SS after settling does not exceed 100 mg l(-1). The results of this study indicate that the area of the VFCW should be designed for a maximum loading rate of 5 g m(-2) d(-1) and the COD load should not exceed 20 g m(-2) d(-1).
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- K J Winter
- Institute of Soil Science, University of Hamburg, Allende Platz 2, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.
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Sánchez-Lacay JA, Lewis-Fernández R, Goetz D, Blanco C, Salmán E, Davies S, Liebowitz M. Open trial of nefazodone among Hispanics with major depression: efficacy, tolerability, and adherence issues. Depress Anxiety 2001; 13:118-24. [PMID: 11387731 DOI: 10.1002/da.1027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 11/10/2022] Open
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The efficacy and tolerability of nefazodone in the treatment of major depression among Spanish-monolingual Hispanics was examined and compared to historical controls among English-speaking, predominantly non-Hispanic subjects. Fifty monolingual Hispanic outpatients with major depression and a HAM-D17 score > or = 18 were treated with nefazodone in a flexible-dose 8-week open-label protocol. Sixty-three percent of the intent-to-treat (ITT) sample with > or = 1 efficacy visit were considered responders according to CGI-I criteria, falling within the range of response rates (58-69%) reported in six prior nefazodone trials with non-Hispanic subjects. Significant improvement was found for the ITT and completer samples in HAM-D17, HAM-D28, and SCL-90 scores and in two measures of psychosocial functioning. Endpoint mean dose in the ITT sample was 379 mg/day (SD = 170), also within the range of previous trials (321-472 mg/day). Adverse effects were not elevated, with only dry mouth (8%) reported by > 6% of subjects. However, 42% of the sample dropped out of treatment before study termination, usually because of side effects or due to family or work difficulties, a higher rate than previously reported for nefazodone (21-33%). This open trial finds nefazodone to be an efficacious treatment for major depression among monolingual Hispanics, with comparable efficacy to previous controlled trials among non-Hispanic subjects. Double-blind studies are required to confirm this comparable efficacy. Mean endpoint doses and adverse effect rates similar to previous trials do not support the need for reduced doses of nefazodone among Hispanics. However, an elevated rate of treatment discontinuation threatens treatment efficacy among this population. Causes for this elevated rate require explanation, given the apparently unremarkable pattern of adverse effect reports.
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- J A Sánchez-Lacay
- Columbia University, Department of Psychiatry, New York, New York, USA
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Fresco DM, Coles ME, Heimberg RG, Liebowitz MR, Hami S, Stein MB, Goetz D. The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale: a comparison of the psychometric properties of self-report and clinician-administered formats. Psychol Med 2001; 31:1025-1035. [PMID: 11513370 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291701004056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 557] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.2] [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: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND The clinician-administered version of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS-CA) is a commonly used assessment device for the evaluation of social anxiety disorder and has been shown to have strong psychometric characteristics. Because of its apparently straightforward rating format and potential savings in time and effort, interest in the use of the LSAS as a self-report (LSAS-SR) measure has increased, and the LSAS-SR has been used in a number of studies. However, the psychometric properties of the LSAS-SR have not been well established. METHODS This study examined the psychometric properties of the LSAS-SR in comparison to the LSAS-CA in a sample of 99 individuals with a primary diagnosis of social anxiety disorder and 53 individuals with no current psychiatric disorder. RESULTS There was little difference between the two versions of the LSAS on any scale or subscale score. Both forms were internally consistent and the subscale intercorrelations for the two forms were essentially identical. Correlations of each LSAS-SR index with its LSAS-CA counterpart were all highly significant. Finally, the convergent and discriminant validity of the two forms of the LSAS was shown to be strong. CONCLUSION Results of this study suggest that the self-report version of the LSAS compares well to the clinician-administered version and may be validly employed in the assessment of social anxiety disorder.
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- D M Fresco
- Adult Anxiety Clinic of Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122-6085, USA
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Liebowitz MR, Heimberg RG, Schneier FR, Hope DA, Davies S, Holt CS, Goetz D, Juster HR, Lin SH, Bruch MA, Marshall RD, Klein DF. Cognitive-behavioral group therapy versus phenelzine in social phobia: long-term outcome. Depress Anxiety 2000; 10:89-98. [PMID: 10604081] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED To evaluate the effects of maintenance treatment and durability of gains after treatment discontinuation, responders to either phenelzine (PZ) or cognitive-behavioral group therapy (CBGT) from an acute trial comparing these two treatments as well as pill placebo and a psychotherapy control (educational supportive group therapy) were enrolled into maintenance and treatment-free follow-up phases. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Responders to an acute trial contrasting PZ and CBGT entered a six-month maintenance phase. Patients who continued to respond through the maintenance phase entered a six-month treatment free phase. Patients receiving pill placebo or educational supportive group therapy in the acute trial did not enter the long term study. PRINCIPAL OBSERVATIONS PZ patients entered maintenance more improved than CBGT patients, and nonrelapsing PZ patients maintained their superior gains throughout the study. Relapse during maintenance did not differ between treatments. However, PZ patients showed a trend toward greater relapse during treatment-free follow-up. There was a greater relapse among patients with generalized social phobia with phenelzine. CONCLUSIONS PZ and cognitive-behavioral group therapy may differ in their long term effects. The superiority seen with PZ on some measures in the acute study persisted in patients who maintained their gains over the course of maintenance and treatment-free follow-up. However, CBGT may lead to a greater likelihood of maintaining response after treatment has terminated. Replication with larger samples is needed, as is a study of the acute and long-term efficacy of combined PZ and CBGT.
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Ataque de nervios is a common, self-labeled Hispanic folk diagnosis. It typically describes episodic, dramatic outbursts of negative emotion in response to a stressor, sometimes involving destructive behavior. Dissociation and affective dysregulation during such episodes suggested a link to childhood trauma. We therefore assessed psychiatric diagnoses, history of ataque, and childhood trauma in treatment-seeking Hispanic outpatients (N = 70). Significantly more subjects with an anxiety or affective disorder plus ataque reported a history of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and/or or a substance-abusing caretaker than those with psychiatric disorder but no ataque. In some Hispanic individuals, ataque may represent a culturally sanctioned expression of extreme affect dysregulation associated with childhood trauma. Patients with ataque de nervios should receive a thorough traumatic history assessment.
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- D S Schechter
- New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY, USA
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Fallon BA, Liebowitz MR, Campeas R, Schneier FR, Marshall R, Davies S, Goetz D, Klein DF. Intravenous clomipramine for obsessive-compulsive disorder refractory to oral clomipramine: a placebo-controlled study. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1998; 55:918-24. [PMID: 9783563 DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.55.10.918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Uncontrolled reports suggest that intravenous clomipramine hydrochloride may be effective for patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who are nonresponsive to oral clomipramine. METHODS Fifty-four patients with oral clomipramine-refractory OCD were randomized to receive 14 infusions of either placebo or clomipramine hydrochloride, starting at 25 mg/d and increasing to 250 mg/d. Ratings were conducted double-blind after infusion 14 among 54 patients, single-blind 1 week later among 39 patients, and nonblind 1 month later among 31 patients. Response was based on a Clinical Global Impressions rating of at least "much improved." RESULTS Six (21%) of 29 patients randomized to receive intravenous (i.v.) clomipramine vs 0 of 25 patients given i.v. placebo were responders after 14 infusions (df = 1, P<.02). Dimensional ratings after infusion 14 revealed significant (P = .007) improvement on the National Institute of Mental Health-Obsessive-Compulsive Scale and the Clinical Global Impressions Scale (P = .03), but not the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale. One week later, all dimensional measures of OCD showed significant improvement. At 1 week post-i.v., 9 (43%) of 21 patients initially randomized to i.v. clomipramine and treated subsequently with oral clomipramine were responders, whereas 0 of 18 patients initially randomized to receive i.v. placebo and treated subsequently with several days of open-label i.v. clomipramine responded (df = 1, P<.002). Of the 31 patients assessed 1 month after i.v. infusion (treatment not controlled), 18 (58.1%) were responders. Intravenous clomipramine treatment was safe with no serious adverse consequences. CONCLUSIONS Intravenous clomipramine is more effective than i.v. placebo for patients with OCD with a history of inadequate response or intolerance to oral clomipramine. Further study of this promising treatment for refractory OCD is needed.
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- B A Fallon
- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York 10032, USA.
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Marshall RD, Schneier FR, Fallon BA, Knight CB, Abbate LA, Goetz D, Campeas R, Liebowitz MR. An open trial of paroxetine in patients with noncombat-related, chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. J Clin Psychopharmacol 1998; 18:10-8. [PMID: 9472837 DOI: 10.1097/00004714-199802000-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The symptom overlap between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other pharmacotherapy-responsive disorders suggests that pharmacotherapy might be effective. Nevertheless, of the eight published placebo-controlled trials investigating the pharmacotherapy of PTSD, only four found statistically significant efficacy for the treatment being studied. This literature possesses a number of methodologic limitations, including the fact that most studies have been conducted with war veterans, who may constitute a more treatment-refractory population. Several open trials and one controlled trial with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have reported improvement in some or all core PTSD symptoms (reexperiencing, avoidance, numbing, and hyperarousal). The authors hypothesized that paroxetine might be effective in PTSD, based on findings of its particular efficacy for anxiety and agitation in studies of depressed patients. The study presented here summarizes a 12-week, open-label trial of paroxetine among patients with noncombat-related, chronic PTSD. Outcome was assessed by an independent evaluator, the treating physician, and the patient, with the use of established rating scales for depression, anxiety, general symptoms, and PTSD core symptoms. A repeated-measures analysis of variance revealed highly significant improvement in all three symptom clusters, as well as in associated anxiety, depressive, and dissociative symptoms, with 11 of 17 (65%) patients rated as much or very much improved. The mean reduction in PTSD symptom scores was 48%. Exploratory analyses revealed that cumulative childhood trauma was negatively correlated with pharmacotherapy response (r = -0.52, p = 0.03). There was also significant variation in the time course of response across symptom clusters, which is suggestive of multiple mechanisms of response. Because paroxetine seems a highly promising treatment for all three symptom clusters of PTSD, a placebo-controlled clinical trial is warranted.
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- R D Marshall
- Anxiety Disorders Clinic, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York 10032, USA
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BACKGROUND Moclobemide, a reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase A, previously has been reported to have efficacy in the treatment of social phobia. METHOD Seventy-seven non-responders to one week of single-blind placebo were randomly assigned to moclobemide or placebo for eight weeks of double-blind treatment. Outcome was assessed by independent evaluator, treating psychiatrist and self-ratings. After eight weeks, patients who were at least minimally improved continued treatment for a further eight weeks. RESULTS Intention-to-treat sample response rates at week 8 were 7/40 (17.5%) for the moclobemide group and 5/37 (13.5%) for placebo (NS). Moclobemide was significantly superior to placebo on 2 of 10 primary outcome measures. Moclobemide was well tolerated. CONCLUSIONS Moclobemide may have efficacy in the treatment of social phobia, but absence of significant differences on most primary outcome measures and small effect sizes for all outcome measures suggest that the magnitude of its clinical effect is small.
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- F R Schneier
- Department of Therapeutics, New York State Psychiatric Institute, NY 10032, USA.
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Zabawski E, Styles A, Goetz D, Cockerell C. Asymptomatic facial papules and acrochordons of the thighs. Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome. Dermatol Online J 1997; 3:6. [PMID: 9452372] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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- E Zabawski
- Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
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Zabawski EJ, Sands B, Goetz D, Naylor M, Cockerell CJ. Treatment of verruca vulgaris with topical cidofovir. JAMA 1997; 278:1236. [PMID: 9333263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Goetz D, Clarke S. Magnet programs for student recruitment. Radiol Technol 1997; 68:456, 455. [PMID: 9170195] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- D Goetz
- Department of Nursing and Allied Health, Bronx Community College, NY, USA
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Clarke S, Goetz D. Unrelieved job stress can lead to burnout. Radiol Technol 1996; 68:159-60. [PMID: 8938838] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- S Clarke
- Department of Nursing and Allied Health, Bronx Community, College, NY, USA
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Bauske B, Goetz D. Effects of Deicing-Salts on Heavy Metal Mobility Zum Einfluß von Streusalzen auf die Beweglichkeit von Schwermetallen. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1993. [DOI: 10.1002/aheh.19930210106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Patterson JM, Budd J, Goetz D, Warwick WJ. Family correlates of a 10-year pulmonary health trend in cystic fibrosis. Pediatrics 1993; 91:383-9. [PMID: 8424015] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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In this study, 33% of the variance in the 10-year trend of forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1), used as an index of pulmonary health, was explained by differences in family characteristics at the start of the study. Balanced family coping, a family emphasis on personal growth, and compliance with treatment for 91 children with cystic fibrosis were assessed at the start of the study and the FEV1 was observed at every clinic visit over the next 10 years. When both parents' coping emphasized family integration, support for self, and medical consultation, the FEV1 trend was better. Compliance with daily chest physical therapy and with quarterly clinic visits was associated with a better FEV1 trend. Poorer FEV1 trend was associated with active social involvement of family members. Older patients and patients whose parents worked more hours outside the home had lower compliance. These findings support the importance of encouraging families to balance their resources between the child's health needs and family needs.
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- J M Patterson
- School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455
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Fallon BA, Campeas R, Schneier FR, Hollander E, Feerick J, Hatterer J, Goetz D, Davies S, Liebowitz MR. Open trial of intravenous clomipramine in five treatment-refractory patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 1992; 4:70-5. [PMID: 1627966 DOI: 10.1176/jnp.4.1.70] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In a preliminary trial, five oral-clomipramine-refractory patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) were treated openly with 14 intravenous clomipramine infusions each. Using standardized assessments, three patients were rated as much improved, one as unchanged, and one as minimally improved. Statistically significant improvements were noted on both the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale and the NIMH Global OCD scores. No patient discontinued treatment because of side effects. Although the results are provocative in that three of five patients were much improved at the end of the protocol, conclusions about preferential efficacy for the intravenous route must await a placebo-controlled trial.
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- B A Fallon
- Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY
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Chapman ML, Dimitrijevich SD, Hevelone JC, Goetz D, Cohen J, Wise GE, Gracy RW. Inhibition of psoriatic cell proliferation in in vitro skin models by amiprilose hydrochloride. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol 1990; 26:991-6. [PMID: 2243063 DOI: 10.1007/bf02624474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Amiprilose hydrochloride, a 3-substituted glucose derivative, was found to inhibit the proliferation of human fibroblasts and keratinocytes originating from psoriatic lesions. Fibroblasts and keratinocytes were obtained from skin biopsies of normal donors, and from the biopsies of active/involved and uninvolved sites of psoriatic donors. The cells were cultured as monolayers or as components of tissue equivalent models. Keratinocytes and fibroblasts originating from biopsies of psoriatically involved areas were shown to proliferate at a significantly higher rate than those derived from uninvolved areas. The antiproliferative effect of amiprilose hydrochloride was not observed with normal keratinocytes or fibroblasts from the skin of healthy donors or from uninvolved areas of psoriatic donors. Amiprilose hydrochloride was not cytotoxic to any of these cells at levels below 0.1%. The combination of the low cytotoxicity and the selective antiproliferative effect indicates that this compound may be a useful antipsoriatic agent. The use of monolayer cultures and tissue equivalent models in this study illustrates the utility of such a progressive strategy in the evaluation of potential topical pharmaceuticals.
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- M L Chapman
- Department of Biochemistry, University of North Texas/Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Worth 76109
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Puig-Antich J, Dahl R, Ryan N, Novacenko H, Goetz D, Goetz R, Twomey J, Klepper T. Cortisol secretion in prepubertal children with major depressive disorder. Episode and recovery. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1989; 46:801-9. [PMID: 2673131 DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1989.01810090043008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Plasma cortisol concentrations were measured every 20 minutes for 24 hours in a group of 45 rigorously assessed, drug-free, prepubertal children who met the unmodified Research Diagnostic Criteria for major depressive disorder (MDD), 20 children with nonaffective psychiatric disorders, and eight normal controls. All children were studied in a low-stress environment. There were no significant differences in plasma cortisol concentration among the three groups as measured by 24-hour mean, peak, nocturnal rise, or nadir values. Division of the MDD group into subgroups based on endogenicity, psychotic symptoms, and suicidality also failed to reveal significant differences for cortisol secretion. Hypersecretion of cortisol (defined as 2 SDs above the grand mean) was identified in only four children with depressive illness and one normal control. Following clinical recovery, 24 depressed children were restudied in a drug-free state and compared with themselves during the episode of illness and with both groups of controls. No significant differences in plasma cortisol concentrations were found. All four depressed hypersecretors were restudied after clinical recovery, and one showed persistence of hypersecretion. These results suggest that abnormalities of cortisol secretion occur infrequently in prepubertal children with major depression when they are studied in a nonstressful environment.
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- J Puig-Antich
- Department of Child Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York
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Puig-Antich J, Goetz D, Davies M, Kaplan T, Davies S, Ostrow L, Asnis L, Twomey J, Iyengar S, Ryan ND. A controlled family history study of prepubertal major depressive disorder. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1989; 46:406-18. [PMID: 2653268 DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1989.01810050020005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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First-degree (N = 195) and second-degree (N = 785) adult relatives of prepubertal children with major depression (N = 48), children with nonaffective psychiatric disorders (N = 20), and normal children (N = 27) were assessed by the Family History-Research Diagnostic Criteria method (FH-RDC), except for the adult informant (usually the mother), who was directly interviewed. Compared with normal controls, prepubertal children with major depressive disorder (MDD) had significantly higher familial rates of psychiatric disorders in both first- and second-degree relatives, especially MDD, alcoholism, and "other" (mostly anxiety) diagnoses. Relatives of children in the nonaffective psychiatric control (PC) group had low rates of alcoholism, high rates of other (anxiety) disorder diagnoses, and intermediate rates of MDD (accounted for by those children with separation anxiety). This suggests that prepubertal onset of major depression may be especially likely in families with a high aggregation of affective disorders when these families also have a high prevalence of alcoholism, and that a proportion of children without affective disorder but with separation anxiety disorder in this study were at high risk for the development of affective illness later in life. These results support the validity of prepubertal-onset depressive illness as a diagnostic category, and are consistent with high familial rates of MDD and other psychiatric disorders found in family studies of adolescent and early-onset adult probands with major affective disorders, and with studies of the offspring of parents with major affective disorders. Within the child MDD group substantial heterogeneity was found. Low familial rates of MDD were associated with suicidality and comorbid conduct disorder in the child probands. The highest familial rates of MDD, approximately threefold those in the normal controls, and all the bipolar relatives, were found in the families of prepubertal probands with MDD who never had a concrete suicidal plan or act and who were without comorbid conduct disorder. A useful nosological continuum in which to classify prepubertal MDD may be to place at one end those patients with comorbid conduct disorder and at the other end those patients with manifestations related to bipolarity, including hypomania, mania, and psychotic subtype.
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- J Puig-Antich
- Department of Child Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute
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Fyer AJ, Liebowitz MR, Gorman JM, Campeas R, Levin A, Sandberg D, Fyer M, Hollander E, Papp L, Goetz D. Effects of clonidine on alprazolam discontinuation in panic patients: a pilot study. J Clin Psychopharmacol 1988; 8:270-4. [PMID: 3209718] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Effects of adjunctive clonidine (0.15 to 0.7 mg/day) on symptoms experienced during and for 4 weeks after gradual alprazolam discontinuation were observed in panic disorder patients after 6 weeks of successful treatment. Twelve of 14 entered patients were considered to have had a sufficient period of discontinuation (2 weeks) and clonidine administration (1 week) for effects to be assessed adequately. Nine of these 12 patients reached zero dose of alprazolam in 3 to 4 weeks. However, 10 of 12 patients experienced new withdrawal symptoms and 11 of 12 experienced recurrent panic attacks during tapering. Although a greater proportion of patients were successfully discontinued in a shorter time than in a previous nonclonidine trial, clonidine did not appear to have a specific effect on relapse or withdrawal. A placebo-controlled trial is needed to discriminate between possible contributions of clonidine and other factors (e.g., physician attitude, placebo effect of pill taking) to this improved outcome.
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- A J Fyer
- Anxiety Disorders Clinic, New York State Psychiatric Institute, NY 10032
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Liebowitz MR, Gorman JM, Fyer AJ, Campeas R, Levin AP, Sandberg D, Hollander E, Papp L, Goetz D. Pharmacotherapy of social phobia: an interim report of a placebo-controlled comparison of phenelzine and atenolol. J Clin Psychiatry 1988; 49:252-7. [PMID: 3292516] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Forty-one patients meeting DSM-III criteria for social phobia completed a randomized comparative trial of the monoamine oxidase inhibitor phenelzine, the cardioselective beta-adrenergic blocker atenolol, and placebo. No significant differences were seen after 4 weeks of treatment in this preliminary trial. At the end of 8 weeks, however, phenelzine demonstrated greater efficacy than atenolol or placebo on dimensional ratings of overall severity of social phobia. No atenolol-placebo differences were observed. The authors shall present maintenance and discontinuation findings in a final report. Phenelzine may act in patients with social phobia by directly reducing interpersonal hypersensitivity.
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- M R Liebowitz
- Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY
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Gorman JM, Liebowitz MR, Fyer AJ, Goetz D, Campeas RB, Fyer MR, Davies SO, Klein DF. An open trial of fluoxetine in the treatment of panic attacks. J Clin Psychopharmacol 1987; 7:329-32. [PMID: 3500189] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Fluoxetine is a new antidepressant with pharmacologic effects apparently limited to blockade of neuronal serotonin reuptake. We entered 20 patients who met DSM-III criteria for either panic disorder or agoraphobia with panic attacks into an open, uncontrolled pilot study of fluoxetine. Four responded to placebo in the week before fluoxetine administration and were dropped from the study. Of the remaining 16 patients, nine were nonresponders and seven were responders, with complete cessation of their panic attacks. Eight of the nine nonresponders were unable to tolerate the side effects of fluoxetine. In contrast, all of the responders (and one nonresponder) experienced minimal side effects. Fluoxetine may be effective in the treatment of panic attacks, perhaps implicating the serotonergic system in the pathophysiology of panic disorder. Future studies should use very low doses of fluoxetine to initiate treatment.
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- J M Gorman
- Anxiety Disorders Clinic, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York
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Alprazolam treatment was tapered in 17 panic patients at a rate of 10% of the starting dose every 3 days. Only four subjects completed withdrawal on schedule (4-5 weeks); four additional subjects discontinued treatment in 7-13 weeks. During withdrawal 15 patients had recurrent or increased panic attacks and nine had significant new withdrawal symptoms. Most common among the latter were malaise, weakness, insomnia, tachycardia, lightheadedness, and dizziness. None had seizures, psychosis, or significant neurological or EEG abnormalities. Results indicate that relapse and withdrawal are important considerations in the choice of alprazolam treatment for panic attacks.
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Liebowitz MR, Fyer AJ, Gorman JM, Campeas R, Levin A, Davies SR, Goetz D, Klein DF. Alprazolam in the treatment of panic disorders. J Clin Psychopharmacol 1986; 6:13-20. [PMID: 2869059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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An open clinical trial of alprazolam therapy of patients with panic disorder or agoraphobia with panic attacks was undertaken to clarify certain issues not resolved by previous studies. These included the proportion of patients who significantly improve with alprazolam; the relative time courses for improvement in panic attacks, anticipatory anxiety, and phobic avoidance; whether successful alprazolam treatment alters vulnerability to panic with sodium lactate infusion; and what factors predict response to alprazolam in panic patients. Thirty patients meeting DSM-III criteria for panic disorder or agoraphobia with panic attacks completed a 12-week open clinical trial, and 22 were considered responders. In responders, panic attacks showed rapid improvement, whereas improvement of anticipatory anxiety and phobic avoidance was more variable. Successful alprazolam therapy appeared to block lactate vulnerability. High pretreatment Hamilton Anxiety Scale scores were associated with poor treatment response. The data suggest that alprazolam is an effective treatment for panic disorder and agoraphobia with panic attacks, and acts by directly blocking panic attacks.
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Puig-Antich J, Lukens E, Davies M, Goetz D, Brennan-Quattrock J, Todak G. Psychosocial functioning in prepubertal major depressive disorders. I. Interpersonal relationships during the depressive episode. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1985; 42:500-7. [PMID: 3985760 DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1985.01790280082008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Psychosocial environment and relationships with parents, peers, and siblings of 115 prepubertal children were measured by interview with their parent(s) for the three-month period preceding the assessment. The children had a current diagnosis of major depression (52 children) or nondepressed neurotic disorder (23) or were assessed to be normal (40). Most aspects of psychosocial relationships were found to be significantly impaired in the psychiatric groups. This impairment was generally worse in the depressives and significantly worse for aspects of verbal and affective communication with parents and siblings. Prepubertal children with major depressive disorder regularly present social relation deficits in which two components can be distinguished: one general to childhood psychiatric disorder and another specific to major depression.
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Puig-Antich J, Lukens E, Davies M, Goetz D, Brennan-Quattrock J, Todak G. Psychosocial functioning in prepubertal major depressive disorders. II. Interpersonal relationships after sustained recovery from affective episode. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1985; 42:511-7. [PMID: 3985761 DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1985.01790280093010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Psychosocial relationships with parents, peers, and siblings, as well as school functioning, were measured at two points in time by parental interview in 21 prepubertal children: during an episode of major depression and after they had sustained an affective recovery from the index episode for at least four months. School functioning was completely normalized, but deficits in the child's intrafamilial and extra-familial relationships had improved only partially. The pattern of improvement was merely quantitative. Moderate deficits during the depressive episode reached, after affective recovery, the level of the normal control group. In contrast, severe deficits only improved to a moderate level of severity. It is suggested that treating the affective disorder is not sufficient in many children with major depression and that efficacy studies of psychotherapeutic interventions in affectively recovered children are needed.
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Puig-Antich J, Novacenko H, Davies M, Tabrizi MA, Ambrosini P, Goetz R, Bianca J, Goetz D, Sachar EJ. Growth hormone secretion in prepubertal children with major depression. III. Response to insulin-induced hypoglycemia after recovery from a depressive episode and in a drug-free state. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1984; 41:471-5. [PMID: 6372736 DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1984.01790160057006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Insulin tolerance tests (ITTs) were performed after at least four months of sustained recovery from an episode of a major depressive disorder in 18 drug-free prepubertal children. Eleven had a definite endogenous subtype; seven did not. Sixteen children with nondepressed neurotic disorders made up a control group. The children with past endogenous depression continued to have significant hyposecretion of growth hormone (GH) in this test when compared with the other groups. Illness-recovery correlations were highly significant for the major depressive group as a whole. Paired comparisons of both depressive groups were not significantly different from illness to recovery. We conclude that prepubertal children with endogenous major depression continue to have hyposecretion of GH in response to ITTs in a recovered state and that this neuroendocrine marker is state independent. A GH hyporesponse to ITT may be a true marker of a past episode or of trait for endogenous major depressive disorder in prepuberty.
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Pancorbo S, Benson J, Goetz D, Moore K, Vaida A, Johnson D. Evaluation of the effect of nonlinear kinetics on dosage adjustments of theophylline. Ther Drug Monit 1983; 5:173-7. [PMID: 6879641 DOI: 10.1097/00007691-198306000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The pharmacokinetics of theophylline at two different dosage levels were studied in six adult volunteers. The subjects were allowed to reach steady-state serum concentrations of theophylline after 7 days of administration of a sustained-release oral product. There was a statistically significant decrease (p = 0.03) in the total body clearance (TBC) of theophylline at the higher dosage level. At a daily dose of 10.6 mg/kg/day, the mean TBC was 0.76 ml/min/kg, whereas at a dose of 15.7 mg/kg/day the TBC averaged 0.68 ml/min/kg. For two of the subjects, a linear increase in serum concentrations occurred with increasing doses. The remaining four subjects showed a saturation of the elimination processes at the higher dosage. The apparent maximum velocity (Vmax) calculated in these subjects averaged 2,923 mg/day. The mean Michaelis-Menten constant (Km) was 23.70 micrograms/ml. Computer-generated serum concentrations produced by a linear increase in doses predicted toxic concentrations of theophylline in two of the six subjects. The results suggest caution in employing a linear model for the individualization of theophylline therapy.
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The practice of multiple use of dialyzers was examined over a 15-month period on all 104 patients in a chronic maintenance hemodialysis facility. A computerized medical information system permitted analysis of the incidence of events in over 10,000 successive hemodialyses. It also allowed analysis of the events in 27 patients dialyzed for a total of 655 months successively in two units practicing single and multiple dialyzer use. The incidence of complications during dialysis, of complications that might be related to infection, and the rate of hospitalization was not greater when the 27 patients were dialyzed in the unit practicing multiple use as compared with the rates in the unit practicing single use. Events possibly associated with infection did not occur more frequently during dialyses in which the dialyzer had been used between 2 and 20 times than they did with the initial use of the dialyzer. With successive dialyzer use, there was no significant change in the ability to remove fluid or in the dialysance of urea and creatinine. The neutropenia that characteristically occurs early in dialysis was substantially less with reused dialyzers than with their initial use. Under the operating conditions described, we conclude that multiple dialyzer use over a 15-month period is safe, efficacious, and is not associated with an increased rate of infection, of morbidity from any cause, or of mortality.
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Tolksdorf W, Goetz D, Peters HJ, Potempa J, Lutz H. [Infusion therapy during transurethral prostatectomy]. Infusionsther Klin Ernahr 1980; 7:148-154. [PMID: 7191835] [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: 05/21/2023]
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In 24 patients undergoing transurethral resection (TUR) of the prostate, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, osmolarity and protein in serum were measured every 15 min. Depending on the composition of the electrolyte solution, there is a sharp fall in serum sodium and osmolarity caused by the leakage of irrigation fluid into the patients circulation. There is also a rise in central venous pressure and a fall of serum protein. There is a correlation between the fall of serum sodium and osmolarity and the rise of central venous pressure. Our results allow the conclusion that a restricted infusion programme with high sodium concentrations can be recommended. Depending on the patients serum protein, preoperative albumin solutions (20%) can be necessary to prevent a dangerous fall of oncotic pressure intraoperatively. The pathophysiology of the TUR syndrome and the importance of an adequate infusion therapy are discussed.
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Bettelheim FA, Goetz D. Distribution of hexosamines in bovine cornea. Invest Ophthalmol 1976; 15:301-4. [PMID: 942597] [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: 12/25/2022]
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Excised bovine cornea were sectioned from epithelium to endothelium into 6 to 8 fractions. The glucosamine/galactosamine ratio steadily increases from epithelium to endothelium in all bovine corneas investigated. The glucosamine/galactosamine ratio reflects the keratan sulfate/chondroitin-4-sulfate ratio in the cornea. The significance of this topographic distribution is discussed in terms of the different hydration properties of proteoglycans containing predominantly keartan sulfate or chondroitin-4-sulfate chains.
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