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Lawlor N, O'Neill JL, O'Connor K, Redmond M, O'Grady A, Wilkinson S. An investigation into the preparation of powdered infant formula in households in Ireland - CORRIGENDUM. Proc Nutr Soc 2023:1. [PMID: 37881870 DOI: 10.1017/s0029665123003762] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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- N Lawlor
- Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Danone Nutricia Specialised Nutrition, Dublin, Ireland
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- Danone Nutricia Specialised Nutrition, Dublin, Ireland
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- Danone Nutricia Specialised Nutrition, Dublin, Ireland
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- Danone Nutricia Specialised Nutrition, Dublin, Ireland
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- Danone Nutricia Specialised Nutrition, Dublin, Ireland
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Beatty P, Murphy L, McGrath S, Redmond M, O'Kane M. Generalised haemorrhagic vesicular eruption in a caucasian woman. Clin Exp Dermatol 2023; 48:571-574. [PMID: 36788675 DOI: 10.1093/ced/llad021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 01/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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- Paula Beatty
- Department of Dermatology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Dermatology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Dermatology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Dermatology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Dermatology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Bredin P, Breathnach O, O'Brien E, Morgan R, Sulaiman I, Redmond M, Higgins C, Doyle B, Naidoo J. P59.23 Biomarker Testing for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer at a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Ireland: Challenges and Opportunities. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.08.612] [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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Yoon J, Barton MJ, St John JA, Ekberg JAK, Khan A, Redmond M. Anterior skull base olfactory tumours, which is what? A case report and review. J Clin Neurosci 2020; 81:1-5. [PMID: 33222894 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2020.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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: 12/26/2019] [Revised: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 09/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Intracranial schwannomas not originating from cranial nerves are rare. In this paper, we report a case of a 50-year-old male who presented with worsening headaches, diplopia and nausea over two years. Radiological imaging revealed a large tumour arising from the olfactory groove region with a preoperative diagnosis of olfactory groove meningioma (OGM). Intraoperatively, the tumour originated from the region of the attachment of the falx to the crista galli. The patient recovered without complication and histopathology reported an unexpected diagnosis of WHO Grade 1 schwannoma. However, as olfactory groove schwannomas (OGSs) cannot be distinguished from olfactory ensheathing cell tumours (OECTs), it is possible that the tumour could have been either an OGS or an OECT. Distinguishing between OGSs, OECTs and OGMs preoperatively is difficult. OGMs exhibit distinct histopathological features from OGSs/OECTs, however, OGSs and OECTs currently cannot be distinguished from each other. Here, we review the literature to discuss the differentiating features and cellular origins of these three tumours.
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- J Yoon
- Neurosurgery Department, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia; School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia
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- Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia; Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia
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- Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia; Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia
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- Anatomical Pathology, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Neurosurgery Department, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Kenneth G Jamieson Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Maguire M, Drumm C, Woods G, Mullally W, Redmond M, Grogan L, O'Kane M. A case of delayed-onset scarring alopecia in a 75-year-old woman. Clin Exp Dermatol 2020; 45:768-770. [PMID: 32369207 DOI: 10.1111/ced.14211] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2019] [Revised: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- M Maguire
- Departments of, Department of, Dermatology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Departments of, Department of, Dermatology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of, Pathology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of, Oncology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of, Pathology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of, Oncology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Departments of, Department of, Dermatology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Doherty MK, O'Connor E, Hannon D, O'Reilly A, Yen D, Redmond M, Grogan LM, Hennessy BT, Breathnach OS, Morris PG. Absence of thyroid transcription factor-1 expression is associated with poor survival in patients with advanced pulmonary adenocarcinoma treated with pemetrexed-based chemotherapy. Ir J Med Sci 2018; 188:69-74. [PMID: 29948461 DOI: 10.1007/s11845-018-1839-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 04/16/2018] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Adenocarcinoma is the commonest histologic subtype of lung cancer and is often identified by immunohistochemical staining for thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1). However, up to 20% of lung adenocarcinomas do not express TTF-1, and there is uncertainty regarding the significance of this. We aimed to evaluate the prognostic effect of TTF-1 expression status on survival in patients treated with pemetrexed-based chemotherapy for advanced adenocarcinoma of the lung. METHODS This retrospective study included patients treated with pemetrexed-based chemotherapy for stage IIIB/IV lung adenocarcinoma, who had known TTF-1 expression status. Clinical and demographic data were obtained from medical records. Overall survival (OS) was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method, and differences in survival between groups assessed using the Cox proportional hazards model. RESULTS Forty-four patients were identified with documented TTF-1 expression: 35 with TTF-1-positive and 9 with TTF-1-negative disease. Patients in the TTF-1-negative group had poorer performance scores than those in the TTF-1-positive group (ECOG 2: 67 vs 20%, p = 0.008), and received less chemotherapy (median cycles 2 vs 4, p = 0.009), and were fewer in treatment with doublet regimens (22 vs 69%, p = 0.013). OS was significantly shorter in the TTF-1-negative group than in the TTF-1-positive group (2.4 vs 11.5 months, HR 8.38, p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS In this group of patients treated with pemetrexed-based chemotherapy for advanced pulmonary adenocarcinoma, absence of TTF-1 expression was associated with an aggressive tumor phenotype, poorer performance status, and poor survival. This subgroup of patients should be recognized as having a distinct clinical course, with limited benefit from standard chemotherapy.
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- Mark K Doherty
- Cancer Clinical Trials and Research Unit, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Cancer Clinical Trials and Research Unit, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Cancer Clinical Trials and Research Unit, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Cancer Clinical Trials and Research Unit, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Cancer Clinical Trials and Research Unit, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Pathology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Cancer Clinical Trials and Research Unit, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Medical Oncology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Cancer Clinical Trials and Research Unit, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Medical Oncology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Cancer Clinical Trials and Research Unit, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Medical Oncology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Cancer Clinical Trials and Research Unit, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
- Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
- Department of Medical Oncology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
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McGarry JG, Redmond M, Tuffy JB, Wilson L, Looby S. Metastatic pleomorphic adenoma to the supraspinatus muscle: a case report and review of a rare aggressive clinical entity. J Radiol Case Rep 2015; 9:1-8. [PMID: 26629288 DOI: 10.3941/jrcr.v9i10.2283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 01/30/2023] Open
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We report a case of a 65-year-old female with a recurrent right parotid pleomorphic adenoma (PA) 24 years after initial surgical excision. Positron-emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) demonstrated an unusual suspicious FDG-avid erosive rim enhancing mass centered in the right supraspinatus muscle. Cytology from CT-guided aspiration of the mass was consistent with a histologically benign PA, and the patient was diagnosed with metastatic pleomorphic adenoma (MPA). The patient later developed diffuse pulmonary metastases and died within 3 months. MPA, although rare, is recognised as a potentially lethal malignant complication of recurrent or longstanding benign PA. As no biochemical or genetic parameters are predictive of malignant change, patients presenting with recurrent PA should be considered for screening for metastatic disease.
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- Department of Pathology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Radiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Blackrock Clinic Nuclear Medicine PET CT centre, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Radiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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O Kelly J, Nason GJ, Shilling C, Redmond M, Little DM. Recurrent Non-islet Cell Tumor Hypoglycemia Secondary to Recurrent Renal Sarcoma. Curr Urol 2015; 8:212-214. [PMID: 30263029 DOI: 10.1159/000365719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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: 12/18/2014] [Accepted: 02/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Introduction Non-islet-cell tumor hypoglycemia (NICTH) is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome encountered in the setting of a wide variety of benign and malignant tumors. Case presentation A 46 year old lady was referred to our unit, with a large left sided retroperitoneal mass found on surveillance imaging on a background of renal sarcoma 6 years previously, for which she had a left nephrectomy. She had initially presented with symptoms of hypoglycaemia which was a result of tumor secretion of insulin like growth factor 2. She was counselled regarding the recurrence and listed for excision. On the day of surgery she developed symptomatic hypoglycaemia. The tumour was completely resected from the nephrectomy bed. The tumour was histologically identical to the initial tumor. Conclusion We report a rare case of recurrent non-islet cell hypoglycaemia in a lady with recurrent malignancy. Her hypoglycaemic episodes fully resolved on each occasion following resection. There have been reports of NICTH associated with recurrent retroperitoneal tumours and synchronous thyroid tumours and uterine leiomyomata. NICTH should be considered in patients with a known malignancy who present with recurrent hypoglycaemia. This is, to the best of our knowledge at the time of writing, the first case in the literature of recurrent NICTH secondary to recurrent renal sarcoma.
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- John O Kelly
- Department of Urology and Transplantation, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Histopathology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Urology and Transplantation, Dublin, Ireland
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Fitzpatrick J, Nolke L, Redmond M, McGuinness J. Oxygen requirements on admission predict longer length of stay in paediatric empyema: Findings from a nine-year national referral centre retrospective study. Int J Surg 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.07.121] [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: 10/22/2022]
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Jahangeer S, Hannan M, Blake G, Healy D, Redmond M, McGuinness J, Javadpour H, Chughtai ZJ, Nolke L, McCarthy J. 28 Surgery for infective mitral valve endocarditis: a 10 year single centre experience. Heart 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-308621.28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Ayoubi A, McGuinness J, Nolke L, Redmond M. 44 Can the principles of aortic root surgery in adults be safely applied to children. Heart 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-308621.44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Daly A, Cullen P, McGuinness J, Redmond M, Nolke L. 25 The surgical workload of adult congenital heart disease at the national cardiothoracic and transplant unit, Ireland: a 5 year review. Heart 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-308621.25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Shah A, Moftah M, Morrin M, Redmond M, Cahill RA. Single-site laparoscopic excision of mesocolic cystic lymphangioma - a video vignette. Colorectal Dis 2014; 16:566. [PMID: 24617916 DOI: 10.1111/codi.12589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 01/12/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- A Shah
- Departments of Colorectal Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Dublin, Ireland
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Redmond M, Knapp C, Salim M, Shanbhag S, Jaumdally R. Use of vasopressors in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: a cautionary tale. Br J Anaesth 2013; 110:487-8. [DOI: 10.1093/bja/aes586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Ghallab A, El-Gohary Y, Redmond M, Corbally M. In-situ emergency pediatric surgery in the intensive care unit. Ir J Med Sci 2012; 182:33-6. [PMID: 22528250 DOI: 10.1007/s11845-012-0819-4] [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] [Received: 10/19/2011] [Accepted: 03/26/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The role of surgery in the intensive care unit (ICU) remains unclear. Although previous studies have not shown any increase in morbidity when operating on patients in the ICU for surgical procedures; there remains a reluctance to operate on sick patients in the ICU. AIM We did a retrospective study of critically ill children and neonates who underwent in-situ surgery (ISS) to further evaluate its safety and potential. Surgery was aided with the use of operative loupes and high-intensity headlight. METHODS The medical records of all patients who had undergone surgical procedures in the pediatric ICU over an 11-year period from January 1998 till December 2008 were retrospectively reviewed. We reviewed our experience looking specifically at wound infection rates along with other morbidities in 543 patients. RESULTS Our morbidities were comparable with that of operations performed in the operating theater, with low wound infection rates (1%) for all surgeries undertaken in the pediatric ICU. CONCLUSION ISS avoids the risks of transfer to the operative theater and the potential delays in theater access. Our results suggest that ISS in a tertiary-level pediatric surgical hospital is safe and does not impact adversely on clinical outcome.
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- A Ghallab
- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12, Ireland.
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Sibitz I, Lakeman R, Parkinson M, Walsh J, Mc Gowan P, Redmond M, Stevenson C, Mac Gabhann L. The impact of hospitalisation on discrimination experiences. Eur Psychiatry 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(11)72287-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BackgroundThe aim of the study was to assess the experiences of discrimination as reported by people with mental health problems and to explore the impact of hospitalisation.Methods306 people with mental health problems provided sociodemographic data and data on discrimination using the discrimination and stigma scale version 12 (DISC-12) with the domains negative experienced discrimination, anticipated discrimination, overcoming stigma and discrimination, and positive experienced discrimination. Logistic regression analysis was used to test the impact of hospitalisation on discrimination, controlled for age, gender, education, employment, diagnosis and having been prescribed medication.ResultsHospitalisation had a major impact on negative discrimination: People were more likely to be treated unfairly in making or keeping friends, in marriage or divorce, by people in their neighbourhood, in social life, by mental health staff and in terms of privacy, if they had been hospitalised. They were also more likely to be avoided or shunned by people who knew about the mental health problem. People with a history of hospitalisation also reported more anticipated discrimination: They had stopped themselves more often from having a close personal relationship and concealed their mental health problem from others more often than those without a history of hospitalisation. However, people who had been hospitalised also experienced more positive discrimination in terms of being treated more positively in getting welfare benefits or disability pensions and in housing.ConclusionFindings suggest that treatment in hospital contributed to a higher extent to experienced discrimination than treatment in the community.
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Solares C, Panizza B, Redmond M, Parmar P, O'Rourke P. Surgical Resection for Clinical Perineural Invasion from Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck. Skull Base 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2011-1274333] [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: 10/18/2022]
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Bond J, O'Leary H, Williams M, Redmond M, Wood F, McMahon C. Use of SAG-M-suspended red cell concentrate in large volume transfusion associated with cardiac surgery in neonates and infants: a retrospective audit. Transfus Med 2010; 20:287-9. [PMID: 20146752 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2010.00993.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Shah AR, Redmond M. Single coronary artery; extremely rare coronary anomaly successfully treated surgically in young adult male. Ir Med J 2010; 103:150-151. [PMID: 20666088] [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: 05/29/2023]
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Single coronary artery arising from aortic root, is a rare congenital anomaly. A 30-year-old male presented with acute myocardial infarction (MI) complaining of chest pain and raised troponin levels. Emergency angiography showed no coronary lesions but both left and right coronary arteries arising from single ostium. Patient was operated electively and perioperative findings confirmed the diagnosis of single coronary artery, as left coronary artery after taking origin from right sinus of valsalva runs through the septum, before dividing into left anterior descending and circumflex branches. The single coronary ostium opened with a slit like incision over the course of left main coronary, making the size of ostium three to four times bigger than the native one. In addition left internal mammary artery was harvested and grafted to the left anterior descending branch distally. Patient made successful recovery. Four months follow up dobutamine stress echo showed no inducible ischemia.
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- A R Shah
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles St, Dublin 7.
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Shapiro A, Redmond M, Mitchell L, Chung C, Shah H, Hahn S, Bogart J, Canute G. Repeated Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Recurrent Brain Metastases is Safe and Effective. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.276] [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]
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Conlon S, Redmond M, Nolan I, Leader M, Kay EW, Grace A. An audit of cervical cytology smear results reported as "dyskaryosis, difficult to grade; colposcopy advised". Diagn Cytopathol 2009; 37:930-1. [PMID: 19795484 DOI: 10.1002/dc.21152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Hannan M, Diamond P, Redmond M, Grainger R. 118 PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS (PVE) CAUSED BY LANCEFIELD GROUP C STREPTOCOCCUS. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-8579(09)70137-2] [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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Redmond M, Ockochinski L, Kay E, Nixon S, McBrearty P, Leader M, Grace A. The difficulty with audit of high grade cervical cytology in the absence of a national screening programme. Ir Med J 2008; 101:175-177. [PMID: 18700511] [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: 05/26/2023]
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Audit is an essential requirement of a cervical screening programme to ensure that laboratories are practising to agreed standards, and to ensure high quality patient care. The aim of this study was to assess the ability to audit high-grade cytology smear reports in a large cervical cytology laboratory in Ireland, where a nationally organised screening programme does not exist. Seven hundred and five questionnaires were forwarded to smear takers requesting follow-up data regarding high grade smear results from 2003. Seventy-four percent of the questionnaires were returned containing insufficient data, with a "don't know result" rate of >50%. This attempt at detailed audit took place 5 years ago. Annual internal audit continues to the best of the laboratory's ability but the situation, in terms of a centralised database in the context of a national screening programme, remains unchanged. A National Cervical Cytology Screening Programme is essential to centralise patient data, to allow for improved patient care, patient follow-up and audit.
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- M Redmond
- Department of Pathology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont, Dublin
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Redmond M, Quinn J, Murphy P, Patchett S, Leader M. Plasmablastic lymphoma presenting as a paravertebral mass in a patient with Crohn's disease after immunosuppressive therapy. J Clin Pathol 2007; 60:80-1. [PMID: 17213349 PMCID: PMC1860602 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2006.037556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 11/04/2022]
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The case of a 32-year-old man with a paravertebral mass and skin nodules, occurring against a background of immunosuppressive therapy for Crohn's disease, is presented. The tumours showed morphological and immunophenotypical features of plasmablastic lymphoma. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of plasmablastic lymphoma presenting in this location, and also after immunosuppression with infliximab treatment for Crohn's disease.
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- M Redmond
- Department of Histopathology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
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Hanly AM, Redmond M, Winter DC, Brophy S, Deasy JM, Bouchier-Hayes DJ, Kay EW. Thrombomodulin expression in colorectal carcinoma is protective and correlates with survival. Br J Cancer 2006; 94:1320-5. [PMID: 16622452 PMCID: PMC2361416 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Thrombomodulin (TM) is an endothelial receptor that exhibits anticoagulant, antifibrinolytic and anti-inflammatory activity by inhibiting thrombin and cellular adhesion. In this study, the expression and significance of TM was examined in primary colorectal cancer and its prognostic implications explored. TM immunostaining was performed on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections, from primary lesions of 200 patients with colorectal carcinoma. Institutional Ethical approval was granted and clinical data retrieved from patients' records. All normal colonic tissue expressed TM on endothelial cells. TM tumour cell expression was demonstrated in 53 (26.5%) cases and 147 (73.5%) showed no neoplastic cell staining. On univariate and multivariate analysis TM expression on tumour cells correlated significantly with tumour stage, differentiation, Jass score and 5 year survival. TM expression decreases as overall stage and tumour size increase (P=0.03). In all, 91% TM positive tumours were well differentiated and 85% of TM negative tumours were poorly differentiated (P<0.01). Five year survival rates of patients with positive and negative TM expression were 71 and 41%, respectively. Survival rate was poorer in those patients who were TM negative compared with those who were positive (P<0.01). A total of 101 (50.5%) of the cases were node negative. In this group, 5 year survival rates of patients with positive and negative TM expression were 87.5 and 37.8%, respectively, demonstrating a poorer survival rate for those who are node negative and TM negative at the time of surgery (P<0.001). This study demonstrates that loss of TM is a key indicator in tumour biology and prognosis.
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- A M Hanly
- Department of Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Histopathology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Histopathology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Histopathology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. E-mail:
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Pillai R, Redmond M, Roding J. Anti-Wrinkle Therapy: Significant New Findings in the Non-Invasive Cosmetic Treatment of Skin Wrinkles with Beta-Glucan. Int J Cosmet Sci 2005. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2005.00268_3.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Lee H, Tarazi FI, Chakos M, Wu H, Redmond M, Alvir JM, Kinon BJ, Bilder R, Creese I, Lieberman JA. Effects of chronic treatment with typical and atypical antipsychotic drugs on the rat striatum. Life Sci 1999; 64:1595-602. [PMID: 10328519 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(99)00106-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 12/01/2022]
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Human MRI studies have demonstrated that treatment with typical antipsychotics may increase the volume of the caudate nucleus while clozapine treatment is associated with either no change or a reversal of the previous volume increase. In this study four groups of seven rats were treated for 8 months with either the typical antipsychotic haloperidol, the atypical antipsychotic clozapine, the D2/D3 receptor antagonist raclopride, or vehicle (plain drinking water). Striatal sections were prepared using D1-like and D2-like receptor ligand autoradiography. Images (4-6 sections per rat, per ligand) were digitized and the area of the striatum was measured on each section. Rats treated with haloperidol did not have a larger mean striatum area than the control group on either D1- or D2-like ligand autoradiograms. Using the D2-like ligand autoradiograms, the clozapine treated animals had a smaller mean striatum area than the control group. Mean left striatum area was larger than mean right striatum area in each treatment group and in the control group. In contrast to the MRI findings reported in schizophrenia, the area of the striatum was not increased in rats treated with typical antipsychotic agents, but the clozapine-associated area reduction may parallel the clinical studies.
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- H Lee
- Hillside Hospital, Division of Long Island Jewish Hospital, New York, NY 11004, USA
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Yun CH, Estrada A, Van Kessel A, Gajadhar A, Redmond M, Laarveld B. Immunomodulatory effects of oat beta-glucan administered intragastrically or parenterally on mice infected with Eimeria vermiformis. Microbiol Immunol 1998; 42:457-65. [PMID: 9688080 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb02309.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 10/26/2022]
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The immunostimulatory effect of intragastrically or parenterally administered beta-(1-->3; 1-->4) glucan, extracted from oats (ObetaG), on disease resistance to Eimeria vermiformis was studied in C57BL/6 mice. Multiple administrations of ObetaG by intragastric or subcutaneous routes reduced fecal oocyst shedding compared to the non-treated control group. The administration of ObetaG by subcutaneous route resulted in higher levels of total serum immunoglobulins and antigen (sporozoite and merozoite)-specific immunoglobulins as compared with the non-treated group. To evaluate the effect of a single subcutaneous dose, groups of mice were treated with ObetaG 2 days before E. vermiformis infection, at the time of infection and at 2 or 6 days after infection. From day 11 post-infection the oocyst discharge was significantly diminished (P<0.05-0.01) in the ObetaG-treated groups, except in those treated 6 days after infection, as compared to the non-treated control group. The proliferative responses to E. vermiformis sporozoite antigen of lymphocytes isolated from the spleen were significantly increased (P<0.05) when ObetaG was administered 2 days before or at the time of E. vermiformis infection. Lymphocyte proliferative responses to merozoite antigen were not influenced by treatment. In conclusion, ObetaG appeared to up-regulate immune mechanisms and provide enhanced resistance against eimerian coccidiosis in mice.
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- C H Yun
- Animal Biotechnology Centre, Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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Baumgartner WA, Redmond M, Brock M, Tseng E, Blue ME, Troncoso JC, Johnston MV. Pathophysiology of cerebral injury and future management. J Card Surg 1997; 12:300-10; discussion 310-1. [PMID: 9271760] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Central nervous system dysfunction continues to represent significant morbidity and associated mortality in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Neurological dysfunction is most exaggerated in patients undergoing hypothermic circulatory arrest (HCA). Although surgical techniques, anesthetic management, and postoperative care have significantly improved over the past two decades, the incidence of stroke and other neurocognitive deficits remains problematic. Understanding the mechanisms of cell death associated with HCA may provide information that is germane to all types of cerebral injury involved in cardiac surgery. Using a closed-chest cardiopulmonary bypass model, dogs underwent 2 hours of circulatory arrest at 18 degrees C followed by resuscitation and recovery for 3 days. Animals were assessed functionally by a species-specific behavioral scale, histologically for patterns of selective neuronal necrosis and receptor autoradiography for NMDA glutamate receptor subtype expression. Using a selective NMDA (-glutamate) receptor antagonist (MK801), an AMPA-antagonist (NBQX) and a nonspecific neuroprotectant (GM1-ganglioside), the role of glutamate excitotoxicity in the development of HCA-induced brain injury was documented and validated. Using a similar canine preparation, a microdialysis technique was used to evaluate the role of nitric oxide in neuronal death. Arginine plus oxygen is converted to nitric oxide plus citrulline by the action of nitric oxide synthase. Simultaneous infusion of artificial cerebrospinal fluid containing L-[14C] arginine or L-[14C] arginine and L-NAME (a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor) was performed in contralateral hemispheres. Citrulline recovery in the cerebrospinal fluid, citrulline production in vitro from canine cortical homogenates, and nitric oxide metabolites in the serum were all significantly increased during HCA and reperfusion. These studies demonstrated that neurotoxicity following HCA involves a significant and early induction of neuronal NOS expression and neuronal processes leading to widespread augmented NO production in the brain. Continued research into the pathophysiologic mechanisms involved in cerebral injury will undoubtedly yield a safe and reliable neuroprotectant strategy.
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- W A Baumgartner
- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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OBJECTIVE The authors review the results and outcomes of esophagectomy (prophylactic esophagectomy) for patients with Barrett's esophagus and high-grade epithelial dysplasia (HGD). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA The role of prophylactic esophagectomy for Barrett's esophagus with HGD is controversial, with some authors recommending surgery and others favoring endoscopic surveillance until biopsy diagnosis of carcinoma is made. METHODS Between 1982 and 1994, 30 consecutive patients with HGD underwent esophagectomy and had the pre- and postoperative pathology reviewed at our institution. The medical records were reviewed to determine patient characteristics, preoperative endoscopic data, surgical approach, operative morbidity and mortality, length of hospitalization, and treatment outcome. Patients were divided into two groups based on whether invasive adenocarcinoma was found in the resection specimen (group 1) or not (group 2). RESULTS The duration of reflux symptoms was 22 +/- 14 years for group 1 and 9 +/- 11 years for group 2 (p = 0.05). There was one operative death (3.3%) and six complications (20%). In 13 patients (43%, group 1), invasive adenocarcinoma was found in the resected esophagus. The American Joint Committee on Cancer stage for these patients was stage I (8 patients), stage II (2 patients), and stage III (3 patients). One stage I patient died of adenocarcinoma (72 months) in an incompletely excised HGD segment. Other stage I and II patients are alive without adenocarcinoma with an 18-and 63-month mean follow-up, respectively. Outcome for stage III patients was one operative death, one noncancer death (6 months), and one patient with metastatic adenocarcinoma (26 months). For group 2 (57%), there were no adenocarcinoma deaths (40 months). CONCLUSIONS High-grade epithelial dysplasia is an indication for esophagectomy because of the prevalence of occult adenocarcinoma (43%). Esophagectomy can be performed safely, and survival in patients with completely resected Barrett's esophagus and early-stage adenocarcinoma is excellent.
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- R F Heitmiller
- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21287-5674, USA
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Hosking M, Redmond M, Allen L, Broecker L, Keaney M, Lebeau J, Walley V. Responses of systemic and pulmonary veins to the presence of an intravascular stent in a swine model. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1995; 36:90-6; discussion 97. [PMID: 7489601 DOI: 10.1002/ccd.1810360123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The outcome of stent implantation for children with pulmonary venous obstruction has been characterized by late reocclusion associated with a marked vessel neointimal proliferation. The purpose of this study was to compare the responses of the systemic vein and pulmonary vein to the presence of an intravascular stent, using a Yorkshire swine (N = 10) model. Under cardiopulmonary bypass, a single Palmaz stent was placed in the inferior vena cava (IVC) and right lower pulmonary vein (PV) with sacrifice at 4.9-6.1 months. Angiography and hemodynamic data were determined at 1 and 3 months post-stent implant and prior to euthanasia. All stents were found to be patent, with no difference in degree of thrombosis or neointimal formation. No statistical difference was found in the initial and final stent diameter for both inferior vena cava and pulmonary vein stents (PV initial 6.8 +/- 0.9; final 7.1 +/- 0.6) (IVC initial 10.4 +/- 1.2; final 10.4 +/- 1.2). Electron microscopy demonstrated smooth endothelialization of both pulmonary and systemic venous stent devices. No thrombosis was found on gross morphology. The data indicate that there is no intrinsic difference in the response of the pulmonary vein to the presence of a stent device. The clinical experience of restenosis following stent implantation for pulmonary vein stenosis appears to be more related to variables of final stent diameter combined with the marked intrinsic abnormal vessel architecture, as seen with this condition.
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- M Hosking
- Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada
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A lymphocyte proliferation assay was used to examine the helper T cell response to rotavirus in mice following parenteral immunization with the UK strain of bovine rotavirus. Mixed populations of lymphocytes prepared from spleen or peripheral lymph nodes were tested for proliferation in the presence of UK strain rotaviruses, prepared as cell culture lysates, ultracentrifuged (pelleted) lysates, sucrose-purified virus and caesium chloride-purified virus. Live rotavirus induced non-specific stimulation of lymphocytes, which was not observed in response to inactivated virus. Putative helper T cells of the L3T4+ phenotype were prepared as an enriched population from UK strain-immunized mice or grown in vitro as a polyclonal T cell line. The response of L3T4(+)-enriched cells from mice immunized with inactivated virus was dependent on antigen-presenting cells (APCs). Cells obtained following immunization with live virus did not require further addition of APCs. The response of the L3T4+ T cell line was wholly dependent on APCs. UK strain-specific L3T4+ cells responded to whole UK rotavirus and to isolated VP6 of both UK and C486 rotavirus strains. The results indicate that virus-specific L3T4+ T cells are induced following rotavirus immunization and can respond to epitopes on VP6. UK strain-primed L3T4+ cells also responded to an avian rotavirus strain, Ch2, which shares only minimal serological cross-reactivity with the UK strain. T cell recognition of rotavirus may thus be broadly cross-reactive.
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- M G Bruce
- Moredun Research Institute, Edinburgh, U.K
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Arroyo S, Lesser RP, Gillinov AM, Redmond M, Zehr KJ, Troncoso JC, Jackson D, Baumgartner WA, Cameron DE. EEG and prognosis of neurologic recovery of dogs under profound hypothermic circulatory arrest. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1993; 87:242-9. [PMID: 7691555 DOI: 10.1016/0013-4694(93)90024-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Deep hypothermia (18-20 degrees C) (DH) during prolonged circulatory arrest and cardiopulmonary bypass is used to repair complex intracardiac lesions and vascular neurosurgical lesions. DH diminishes the risk of ischemic damage and multiorgan failure after circulatory arrest. Profound hypothermia (PH) to 6-7 degrees C has recently been reported to improve the neurological outcome of dogs after 2 h of circulatory arrest. There are no reports of the possible utility of EEG activity to predict the neurological outcome. As a part of a controlled study of cardiopulmonary bypass and 2 h of circulatory arrest we compared EEG recovery to the neurological outcome in 2 groups of dogs: 4 under DH and 4 under PH. All of the dogs under PH had a good outcome: mean neurodeficit score was 6.25/500 in PH and 139.25/500 in DH dogs (P < 0.03); mean histopathological score was 19.25/100 for DH and 47.75/100 in PH dogs (P < 0.03). EEG activity 2 h after reperfusion and starting of rewarming correlated with eventual neurological outcome. EEG variables associated with good outcome were: main final frequency and degree of rhythmicity of the activity. We conclude that PH exerted a protective effect for animals undergoing 2 h of circulatory arrest. EEG was a useful tool for predicting neurological outcome under the studied conditions.
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- S Arroyo
- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21286
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Redmond M, Schumacher B. Study of the abnormal cervical-vaginal cytology of sexually active young women living within the Waterloo region. Can J Public Health 1990; 81:235-6. [PMID: 2361216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- M Redmond
- Dept. of Health Services, University of Waterloo
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Bleackley RC, Lobe CG, Havele C, Shaw J, Pohajdak B, Redmond M, Letellier M, Paetkau VH. A molecular-genetic analysis of cytotoxic T lymphocyte function. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1988; 532:359-66. [PMID: 3052211 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1988.tb36353.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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: 01/03/2023]
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Two genes that are specifically expressed in T cells with cytolytic activity were isolated from a CTL cDNA library by differential screening. Both appear to encode serine proteases, thus suggesting a cascade mechanism, similar to complement, in activated CTL. Both CTL-specific proteases have a number of unusual structural features that suggest that they will have novel substrate specificities. One of the proteins (CCPI) has been oriented to the granules found in the cytoplasm of CTL. Taken together, these data strongly suggest that these molecules play an important role in target-cell lysis by CTL. Furthermore, we believe that the detailed molecular knowledge being accumulated through these studies may lead to the development of innovative forms of immunotherapy.
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- R C Bleackley
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Rodrigues MM, Hackett J, Gaskins R, Wiggert B, Lee L, Redmond M, Chader GJ. Interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein in retinal rod cells and pineal gland. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1986; 27:844-50. [PMID: 3700035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Immunoelectron microscopic staining demonstrates Interphotoreceptor Retinoid-Binding Protein (IRBP) in monkey rod cell cytoplasm with virtually none in cone cells. The pineal also contains significant amounts of IRBP demonstrating a similarity of pinealocytes to rod but not cone photoreceptors.
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Inana G, Totsuka S, Redmond M, Dougherty T, Nagle J, Shiono T, Ohura T, Kominami E, Katunuma N. Molecular cloning of human ornithine aminotransferase mRNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1986; 83:1203-7. [PMID: 3456579 PMCID: PMC323043 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.83.5.1203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The isolation and characterization of a cDNA clone for the mRNA of human ornithine aminotransferase (OATase; ornithine-oxo-acid aminotransferase; L-ornithine:2-oxo-acid aminotransferase, EC 2.6.1.13), a nonabundant mitochondrial matrix enzyme that is severely deficient in a hereditary chorioretinal degenerative disease (gyrate atrophy), is described. Human liver, retina, and retinoblastoma (Y79) mRNAs were prepared and tested for the OATase mRNA content by in vitro translation, immunoprecipitation, and NaDodSO4/PAGE. The retinoblastoma cells were found to be expressing this enzyme at a relatively high level. The primary translation product of the OATase mRNA is larger than the pure OATase protein on NaDodSO4/PAGE by approximately equal to 4 kDa, suggesting a precursor protein. lambda gt11 cDNA libraries were prepared from the human mRNAs, and the recombinant clones were immunoscreened as plaques with two different preparations of rabbit anti-human OATase antibodies. A clone (lambda gtRB315) was isolated from the retinoblastoma library that reacts with both of the antibody preparations, and the DNA sequence of its 2.1-kilobase-pair cDNA insert was obtained. An open reading frame consisting of 1371 nucleotides is present in the sequence, and a putative translational initiation methionine codon is identified at position 55. A putative leader sequence consisting of 32 amino acid residues is identified, resulting in a precursor protein of 439 amino acid residues and a molecular mass of 48,534 Da and a mature protein of 407 residues and 45,136 Da. The amino acid sequences of seven tryptic peptides (115 amino acid residues) of the pure human OATase were obtained by microsequencing. When the tryptic peptide and cDNA-derived amino acid sequences were compared, homologies in 111 of 115 residues, including a match of 20 consecutive residues, were observed. An RNA blot hybridization of 32P-labeled OATase cDNA to normal human retina and retinoblastoma mRNAs demonstrated an OATase mRNA species of approximately equal to 2.2 kilobases. The level of OATase mRNA in the normal human retina is approximately equal to 1/100th the level of rhodopsin mRNA and 1/5th to 1/10th the level present in the retinoblastoma cells.
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"The U.S. Bureau of the Census created the State Data Center program in 1978 to improve public access to census information. This article discusses the background, structure, and services of that program; the role of libraries in the program; and future directions in State Data Center/library relationships. The appendix lists contact person names, as well as addresses and telephone numbers for State Data Center lead agencies."
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