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Serbanescu L, Voica I, Georgescu M, Gales L, Anghel R. P-213 Role of reactive oxygen species, IL-6 and KRAS mutation in rectal adenocarcinoma. Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.04.295] [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: 10/23/2022] Open
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Georgescu M, Raita S, Ghimpețeanu M, Durdun C, Ilie L. Ripening proteolysis profile of soft cheese enriched with Nigella sativa seed oil. J Biotechnol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2019.05.058] [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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Predescu C, Ilie L, Georgescu M, Raita S, Ghimpeteanu M. The effects of tomato and pepper peel carotenoids on thermal stability of sunflower oil. J Biotechnol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2019.05.209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Ghimpeteanu O, Predescu C, Ilie L, Georgescu M, Raita S. Correlations between quality parameters of some types of unpasteurized beer and consumers safety. J Biotechnol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2019.05.171] [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: 10/25/2022]
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Voidazan S, Tarcea M, Abram Z, Georgescu M, Marginean C, Grama O, Buicu F, Ruţa F. Associations between lifestyle factors and smoking status during pregnancy in a group of Romanian women. Birth Defects Res 2018; 110:519-526. [PMID: 29318743 DOI: 10.1002/bdr2.1190] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2017] [Revised: 11/26/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is an estimated birth rate of 9.27 births/1,000 population in Romania each year, with approximately 8.4% born with low birth weight (LBW). Our purpose was to evaluate the relationships between maternal smoking and LBW and preterm birth in Mureș County, Romania. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 1,278 mothers who had given birth in Mureș County obstetrical wards in 2015, based on a lifestyle questionnaire of 109 items and personal and laboratory data from hospitals records. RESULTS The variables associated with smoking during pregnancy taken into account were: Rroma ethnicity, education <8 grades, income lower than 140 dollars (minimum wages in our country), and lack of facilities in their households. In a multivariable model, smoking during pregnancy was correlated with a low level of education (p = .02), coffee and alcohol use (p = .0001), and lack of interest in potential environmental and behavioral risks during pregnancy (including smoking and diet). The newborn baby's weight was associated with smoker status of the mother (OR 1.71, 95%CI 1.09-2.66, p = .01), by the lack of ownership of a household (OR 3.52, 95%CI 2.27-5.47, p = .0001), and by the pregnant woman not receiving proper information regarding a healthy behavior and diet during pregnancy (OR 1.91, 95%CI 1.33-2.74, p = .0005). CONCLUSION Our study aimed to emphasize the high rates of maternal smoking during pregnancy and its importance in LBW outcomes in Romanian pregnant women. Moreover, the study highlights disparities in smoking status observed in ethnic minorities and those living in poverty.
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- S Voidazan
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tîrgu Mureș, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania
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- Department of Community Nutrition and Food safety, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tîrgu Mureș, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania
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- Department of Hygiene, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tîrgu Mureș, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania
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- Ward No. Gynecology 1, Regional Emergency Hospital of Tîrgu Mureș, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania
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- Department of Gynecology II, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tîrgu Mureș, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania
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- Department of Gynecology II, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tîrgu Mureș, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania
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- Department of Public Health, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tîrgu Mureș, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania
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- Department of Community Nutrition and Food safety, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tîrgu Mureș, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania
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Nicolas C, Le Gouge A, d’Alteroche L, Ayoub J, Georgescu M, Vidal V, Castaing D, Cercueil JP, Chevallier P, Roumy J, Trillaud H, Boyer L, Le Pennec V, Perret C, Giraudeau B, Perarnau JM, STIC-TIPS group. Evaluation of Doppler-ultrasonography in the diagnosis of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt dysfunction: A prospective study. World J Hepatol 2017; 9:1125-1132. [PMID: 29026464 PMCID: PMC5620422 DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v9.i27.1125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2017] [Revised: 08/24/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
AIM To prospectively evaluate the performance of Doppler-ultrasonography (US) for the detection of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) dysfunction within a multicenter cohort of cirrhotic patients.
METHODS This study was conducted in 10 french teaching hospitals. After TIPS insertion, angiography and liver Doppler-US were carried out every six months to detect dysfunction (defined by a portosystemic gradient ≥ 12 mmHg and/or a stent stenosis ≥ 50%). The association between ultrasonographic signs and dysfunction was studied by logistic random-effects models, and the diagnostic performance of each Doppler criterion was estimated by the bootstrap method. This study was approved by the ethics committee of Tours.
RESULTS Two hundred and eighteen pairs of examinations performed on 87 cirrhotic patients were analyzed. Variables significantly associated with dysfunction were: The speed of flow in the portal vein (P = 0.008), the reversal of flow in the right (P = 0.038) and left (P = 0.049) portal branch, the loss of modulation of portal flow by the right atrium (P = 0.0005), ascites (P = 0.001) and the overall impression of the operator (P = 0.0001). The diagnostic performances of these variables were low; sensitivity was < 58% and negative predictive value was < 73%. Therefore, dysfunction cannot be ruled out from Doppler-US.
CONCLUSION The performance of Doppler-US for the detection of TIPS dysfunction is poor compared to angiography. New tools are needed to improve diagnosis of TIPS dysfunction.
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- Charlotte Nicolas
- Service d’Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Hôpital Trousseau, CHRU Tours, 37044 Tours, France
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- CIC, CHRU de Tours, 37044 Tours, France
- INSERM, CIC 202, 37044 Tours, France
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- Service d’Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Hôpital Trousseau, CHRU Tours, 37044 Tours, France
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- Unité d’échographie-doppler, Hôpital Trousseau, CHRU Tours, 37044 Tours, France
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- Unité d’échographie-doppler, Hôpital Trousseau, CHRU Tours, 37044 Tours, France
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- Service de Radiologie, Hôpital de la Timone, 13385 Marseille, France
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- Centre Hépato-Biliaire, Hôpital Paul Brousse, 94800 Villejuif, France
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- Service d’Imagerie Médicale Diagnostique et interventionnelle Hôpital de l’Archet II Nice, 06200 Nice, France
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- Service de Radiologie et Echographie, CHRU Poitiers, 86021 Poitiers, France
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- Service d’Imagerie Médicale Hôpital Saint André, CHRU Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Service d’Imagerie viscérale et vasculaire, CHRU Clermont Ferrand, 63003 Clermont Ferrand, France
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- CIC, CHRU de Tours, 37044 Tours, France
- INSERM, CIC 202, 37044 Tours, France
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- Service d’Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Hôpital Trousseau, CHRU Tours, 37044 Tours, France
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Tarcea M, Voidazan S, Ruta F, Georgescu M, Marginean C, Sipos R, Abram Z, Foley K. Knowledge and Practices related to Smoking Cessation support among Romanian General Practitioner's. Eur J Public Health 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckw175.085] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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Harris ND, Raptis A, Raptis S, Dixon RM, Grubb PA, Ionescu-Tirgoviste C, Khalangot N, Anestiadi V, Anestiadi Z, Georgescu M, Stanciu E, Pruna S. Black Sea tele-diab: development and implementation of an electronic patient record for patients with diabetes. Health Informatics J 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/146045820100700209] [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: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Black Sea tele-diab (BSTD) is a three-year European Union (EU)-funded International Collaboration (INCO) Telematics Application Project to develop a standardized software package (in the national languages of the partners) for the storage and transfer of medical information collected from patients with diabetes. The software utilizes an electronic medical record architecture based on the Good European Health Record, developed within the Advanced Informatics in Medicine programme. Software development is being carried out by the partners in Eastern Europe, which will help promote the development of medical informatics and communication technologies among countries of Central Europe (CCE) and newly independent states (NIS) countries. The diabetes data set is based on the WHO Europe DiabCare Basic Information Sheet; the project therefore supports the World Health Organisation (WHO) Quality Care Programme for monitoring the prevalence and incidence of diabetic complications across Europe. Diabetes is used as a model, as standards for data collection and clinical care are well developed and the concepts applied and learnt in diabetes will be generally applicable to other chronic diseases and medical disciplines.
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- N. D. Harris
- Dept of Medical Physics, University of Sheffield, UK,
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- 2nd Dept of Int. Medicine Research Institute and Diabetes Center, University of Athens, Greece,
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- 2nd Dept of Int. Medicine Research Institute and Diabetes Center, University of Athens, Greece,
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- Medical Informatics Group, University of Hull, UK
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- Medical Informatics Group, University of Hull, UK,
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- Dept. of Diabetes and Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Hospital `I Paulescu', Bucharest, Romania
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- Endocrinology Department, Donetsk State Medical University, Ukraine 4,
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- Romanian Society for Clinical Engineering and Medical Computing, Telemedicine Centre, Bucharest, Romania
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- Romanian Society for Clinical Engineering and Medical Computing, Telemedicine Centre, Bucharest, Romania
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- Romanian Society for Clinical Engineering and Medical Computing, Telemedicine Centre, Bucharest, Romania,
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Georgescu M, Gheorghe I, Dudu A, Czobor I, Costache M, Cristea VC, Lazăr V, Chifiriuc MC. First report of OXA-72 producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Romania. New Microbes New Infect 2016; 13:87-8. [PMID: 27547405 PMCID: PMC4982923 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2016] [Accepted: 07/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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This is the first report of an OXA-72-producing Acinetobacter baumannii strain in Romania, isolated from chronic leg ulcer samples. Identification of the strain was performed using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Presence of carbapenem resistance genes was investigated by PCR and sequencing. Our data support the spread of the blaOXA-72 gene in Eastern Europe.
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- M Georgescu
- Department of Dermatology, Central Emergency University Military Hospital "Carol Davila", Romania
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- Research Institute, ICUB, Romania; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Romania
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- Research Institute, ICUB, Romania; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Romania
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- Research Institute, ICUB, Romania; Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Romania
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- Research Institute, ICUB, Romania; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Romania
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Romania; Central Reference Laboratory Synevo, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Romania
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- Research Institute, ICUB, Romania; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Romania
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Arbeille P, Zuj K, Saccomandi A, Ruiz J, Andre E, de la Porte C, Carles G, Blouin J, Georgescu M. Teleoperated Echograph and Probe Transducer for Remote Ultrasound Investigation on Isolated Patients (Study of 100 Cases). Telemed J E Health 2016; 22:599-607. [DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2015.0186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Philippe Arbeille
- UMPS-CERCOM (Unit of Medicine and Space Physiology), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tours, Tours, France
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- UMPS-CERCOM (Unit of Medicine and Space Physiology), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tours, Tours, France
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, Ceuta, Spain
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- Multidisciplinary Health House, Richelieu, France
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- Hospital of North East Guyana, St. Laurent du Maroni, Guyana, France
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- UMPS-CERCOM (Unit of Medicine and Space Physiology), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tours, Tours, France
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- UMPS-CERCOM (Unit of Medicine and Space Physiology), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tours, Tours, France
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Georgescu M, Sacccomandi A, Baudron B, Arbeille PL. Remote Sonography in Routine Clinical Practice Between Two Isolated Medical Centers and the University Hospital Using a Robotic Arm: A 1-Year Study. Telemed J E Health 2016; 22:276-81. [DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2015.0100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Monica Georgescu
- UMPS-CERCOM Service d'Echographie Doppler, CHU Trousseau, Tours, France
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- Etablissement d'Hospitalisation pour Personnes Agées et Dependantes, Montoire sur Loir, France
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Pârvănescu V, Georgescu M, Georgescu I, Șurlin V, Pătraşcu Ș, Picleanu AM, Georgescu E. The Role of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) as a Prognostic Factor in Epithelial and Lymphatic Neoplasia. Chirurgia (Bucur) 2015; 110:506-510. [PMID: 26713823] [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] [Accepted: 12/01/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Matrix metalloproteinase 9 is a zinc-dependent extracellular matrix remodeling endopeptidase directly involved in the local invasion mechanisms and in metastasis. The current review aims to evaluate the expression of MMP-9 and its prognostic value in the most common epithelial and lymphatic neoplasia of the pelvic-abdominal region. We included 19 studies published between January 1st, 1995 and July 31st 2015, involving a total of 1523 patients. The analysis indicate that MMP-9 is valid marker of poor survival in epithelial and lymphatic neoplasia.
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Arbeille P, Provost R, Zuj K, Dimouro D, Georgescu M. Teles-operated echocardiography using a robotic arm and an internet connection. Ultrasound Med Biol 2014; 40:2521-2529. [PMID: 25130450 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2014.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2014] [Revised: 05/05/2014] [Accepted: 05/19/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The objective was to design and validate a method of tele-operated echocardiography. The method was tested in a hospital facility with an expert sonographer located in a room 10 m away from the patient. An ultrasound probe, fixed to a motorized probe holder, was located on the patient by a non-sonographer and was remotely controlled by the expert sonographer via an Internet connection. Scans were performed on 41 cardiac patients. The quality of the cardiac views obtained using tele-echocardiography was lower than that of reference echocardiography, but generated similar measurements in 93%-100% of the cases. Bland-Altman plots and statistical comparison of tele- and reference echocardiography measures revealed no differences (p > 0.05). Of the 71 valve leaks or aortic stenoses present, 61 (86%) were detected using tele-echocardiography. These results indicate that tele-echocardiography provided reliable diagnoses and acceptable measurements in 86% and 93% of cases, respectively, with no false-positive diagnoses being reported.
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- Philippe Arbeille
- UMPS-CERCOM (Unite Medecine Physiologie Spatiales), Medecine Nucleaire et Ultrasons, Hopital Universitaire Trousseau, Tours, France.
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- UMPS-CERCOM (Unite Medecine Physiologie Spatiales), Medecine Nucleaire et Ultrasons, Hopital Universitaire Trousseau, Tours, France
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- UMPS-CERCOM (Unite Medecine Physiologie Spatiales), Medecine Nucleaire et Ultrasons, Hopital Universitaire Trousseau, Tours, France
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- UMPS-CERCOM (Unite Medecine Physiologie Spatiales), Medecine Nucleaire et Ultrasons, Hopital Universitaire Trousseau, Tours, France
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- UMPS-CERCOM (Unite Medecine Physiologie Spatiales), Medecine Nucleaire et Ultrasons, Hopital Universitaire Trousseau, Tours, France
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Georgescu M, Afonso VM, Graham MD, Pfaus JG. Glutamate release in the ventromedial hypothalamus of the female rat during copulation: modulation by estradiol. Horm Behav 2014; 65:119-26. [PMID: 24333845 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2013] [Revised: 10/29/2013] [Accepted: 12/04/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Binding of glutamate or its ionotropic receptor agonists in the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) of female rats inhibits both appetitive and consummatory aspects of sexual behavior. Because vaginocervical stimulation activates glutamate neurons in the VMH, and administration of estradiol benzoate (EB) and progesterone (P) delays this effect, the present study examined the effects of hormonal priming on glutamate release within the VMH of female rats paired with sexually vigorous males. Ovariectomized, sexually experienced rats were implanted with guide cannula aimed at the ventrolateral VMH, through which microdialysis probes were inserted prior to testing. Females were assigned randomly to one of three hormone treatment conditions: EB+P, EB alone, or the oil vehicle. Testing was conducted over 5h, including a 120-min period of habituation to the testing chamber, a 60-min period of baseline sample collection, and a 120-min period during which a sexually vigorous male was introduced into the testing chamber. Dialysates were collected every 20min during the test and were analyzed for glutamate using HPLC. Females primed with oil had large and significant increases in glutamate release from baseline once the male was introduced to the chamber. Treatment with EB alone decreased glutamate release in response to male cues. Although treatment with EB+P did not differ significantly from EB alone, the degree of reduced glutamate release was less than with EB alone. These results indicate that priming with EB reduces glutamate transmission in the VMH in response to male cues. Taken together with our previous findings, estradiol blunts the activation of glutamate neurons in the VMH thus allowing female rats to copulate.
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- M Georgescu
- Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, QC H4B 1R6, Canada
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- Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, QC H4B 1R6, Canada
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- Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, QC H4B 1R6, Canada
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- Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, QC H4B 1R6, Canada.
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Arbeille P, Fornage B, Boucher A, Ruiz J, Georgescu M, Blouin J, Cristea J, Carles G, Farin F, Vincent N. Telesonography: virtual 3D image processing of remotely acquired abdominal, vascular, and fetal sonograms. J Clin Ultrasound 2014; 42:67-73. [PMID: 24115133 DOI: 10.1002/jcu.22093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2013] [Revised: 06/30/2013] [Accepted: 08/01/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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PURPOSE To design and test a new telesonography technique using remote volume acquisition by untrained operators in locations without access to trained sonographers, postprocessing, and interpretation done at expert centers. MATERIALS AND METHODS The technique was tested with 84 sonograms of organs acquired in pregnant women (n = 8) and patients with various abdominal pathologic conditions (n = 11) located in French Guyana (France), Ceuta (Spain), and Murighiol (Romania). An operator inexperienced in sonography (US) placed the transducer over the predetermined acoustic window for each organ, then swept it from a -45° to a +45° position to scan the targeted organ. The acquired volume dataset was sent to an expert center via the Internet and reconstructed using a proprietary software, which allowed a trained sonographer to navigate through the appropriately reconstructed sonograms. RESULTS After three-dimensional processing at the expert center, the organs scanned in the obstetrical cases were adequately visualized by the expert in seven of eight (88%) examinations of the fetal head, femur, and umbilical cord and eight of eight (100%) examinations of the fetal abdomen and placenta, whereas in the general abdominal cases, the liver, gallbladder, portal vein, and right kidney were correctly visualized in 10 of 11 (91%) examinations. CONCLUSIONS Telesonography allowed untrained operators to scan and transfer the US volume datasets over the Internet to an expert center where an expert sonographer could navigate through the reconstructed US volume and visualize sonograms of diagnostic quality.
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- Ph Arbeille
- UMPS-CERCOM University Hospital Trousseau, 37044, Tours, France
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Parlea E, Georgescu M, Calarasu R. Tympanometry as a predictor factor in the evolution of otitis media with effusion. J Med Life 2012; 5:452-4. [PMID: 23346249 PMCID: PMC3539835] [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] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2012] [Accepted: 12/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Otitis media with effusion (OME) is one of the most frequently met pathologies in small children. Long-term persistence of the liquid in the middle ear cavity correlates with the impairment in speech acquisition and poor results in school. AIM To evaluate the predictive value of impedancemetry in recovery of the normal middle ear status. METHODS 30 children (age 4 month-9 years) with OME were periodically monitored by means of tympanometry. The children were treated with the same treatment protocol for 7 days minimum and tympanometry was repeated after seven and fourteen days. After follow-up tympanometry at 7 days, children with abnormal middle ear condition were randomly allocated into two groups: one, which continued the same treatment for another 7 days and one group with no treatment for the next 7 days. RESULTS After 7 days, 64% of the patients had an improvement in tympanometry (type C tympanogram) and 10% had a complete resolution of the middle ear effusion (type A tympanogram). After 14 days, tympanometry was normal in 74% of the patients (53.9% rate of success in the no-treatment group). CONCLUSION Complete resolution of the middle ear effusion is obtained in various periods of time, depending on numerous factors, with an appropriate treatment. Tympanometry proved to be a good tool in predicting the length of the treatment.
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- E Parlea
- Medical Center for Diagnosis and Treatment, ENT Department, Bucharest, Romania.
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Georgescu M, Tanoubi I, Fortier LP, Donati F, Drolet P. Efficacy of preoxygenation with non-invasive low positive pressure ventilation in obese patients: Crossover physiological study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 31:e161-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2012.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2012] [Accepted: 05/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Vere C, Streba C, Rogoveanu I, Georgescu M, Pirvu D, Iordache S, Gheonea D, Saftoiu A, Ciurea T. The contribution of the video capsule endoscopy in establishing the indication of surgical treatment in the tumoral pathology of the small bowel. Curr Health Sci J 2012; 38:69-73. [PMID: 24778844 PMCID: PMC3994675] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2012] [Accepted: 05/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Capsule endoscopy (CE) represents a novel method which allows safe, non-invasive and rapid exploration of the small bowel. Our aim was to determine the feasibility CE has in assessing tumoral pathology of the small bowel and aiding surgical teams in determining appropriate treatment. Material and Method Our study was conducted on 11 patients who presented tumoral pathology of the small bowel, from a total of 50 patients investigated by VCE. Malignancy was determined on the surgical resection piece, by histological exam. Statistic analysis of the data was conducted using Fisher's Exact Test. Results Tumoral pathology was represented by: 3 intestinal polyps, 2 benign stromal tumors, 2 malign stromal tumors, 2 adenocarcinomas, one neuroendocrine malign tumor and one duodenal papilla carcinoma. We followed the presence of malign tumors in regards to age. All malign tumors (n=6) were recorded in patients over 60 years old, while benign tumors were recorded in most cases (80%, n=4) in people under 60 years old. One case of benign tumor (intestinal polyp) was observed above 60 years old. Conclusion Capsule endoscopy represents a real help for the surgeon, as it allows identification of small bowel pathology, giving information regarding the approximate localization of lesions, their size and orienting on their nature. Tumoral pathology is encountered mainly with the old age population and can be presented under a multitude of forms. We believe that an efficient method for incipient detection and a protocol to establish malignity is necessary.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova
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Georgescu M, Enescu-Bieru D, Georgescu D, Bogdan C, Sfredel V, Streata O, Nestianu V, Iancau M. P22.18 Using the edge frequency index of the cerebral frequencies spectrum in evaluating the development of skills. Clin Neurophysiol 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(11)60579-8] [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: 11/16/2022]
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Mitroi M, Căpitănescu A, Georgescu CV, Mogoantă CA, Popescu C, Georgescu M, Mitroi G, Ioniţă E. Expression pattern of CK7 and CK20 in nasal polyps, at patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis. Rom J Morphol Embryol 2011; 52:1051-1057. [PMID: 22119824] [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: 05/31/2023]
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We investigated the expression of cytokeratins 7 (CK7) and 20 (CK20) in nasal polyps on a group of 106 patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (45 women - 42% and 61 men - 58%) who benefited from surgical procedures. Harvested biological material was analyzed in the pathology laboratory through two methods: histopathological and immunohistochemical analysis. Classical histopathological method of processing the tissues initially fixed in 10% formalin was used. The tissues were then processed by paraffin impregnation, sectioned and stained with Hematoxylin-Eosin. The immunohistochemical method was based on soluble immunoenzymatic complexes - LSAB/HRP (labeled Streptavidin Biotin) method. We used DAKO LSAB 2 System HRP (Universal DAKO Labeled Streptavidin Biotin 2 System Horseradish Peroxidase). The expressions of CK7 and CK20 in nasal polyps were analyzed.
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- Mihaela Mitroi
- Department of ENT, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania.
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Sarafoleanu C, Mella C, Georgescu M, Perederco C. The importance of the olfactory sense in the human behavior and evolution. J Med Life 2009; 2:196-8. [PMID: 20108540 PMCID: PMC3018978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Not long ago it was believed that the human olfactory sense had a low importance, a vision which turned into the exploration of the environment. Recent studies have shown that, despite the weak representation of the olfactory receptor common in other species too, the cortical areas of integration of the olfactory sensations are very large and have important interconnections with memory, language, and neuro-vegetative areas. In humans, olfaction has a small contribution in identifying objects or other people, but plays an important social and emotional part. People learn to love or to hate certain foods or objects only by appreciating their odor and this proved to be a very important economic factor. The most significant role of olfactory signals in humans appears to be the modulation of their behavior and interpersonal relationships, of their affiliation to certain groups or social classes, having a major influence in their tastes and personality. signal that will be sent to the specialized areas in their tastes and personality.
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Georgescu M, Miguez-Macho G, Steyaert LT, Weaver CP. Climatic effects of 30 years of landscape change over the Greater Phoenix, Arizona, region: 2. Dynamical and thermodynamical response. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1029/2008jd010762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Georgescu M, Miguez-Macho G, Steyaert LT, Weaver CP. Climatic effects of 30 years of landscape change over the Greater Phoenix, Arizona, region: 1. Surface energy budget changes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1029/2008jd010745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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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Mitroi M, Dumitrescu D, Simionescu C, Popescu C, Mogoantă C, Cioroianu L, Surlin C, Căpitănescu A, Georgescu M. Management of second branchial cleft anomalies. Rom J Morphol Embryol 2008; 49:69-74. [PMID: 18273506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Branchial cleft anomalies are developmental disorders of the neck. The aim of this study was to evaluate the data of our patients, who have been diagnosed and treated for second branchial abnormalities in the last six years. We report our clinical experience in second branchial anomalies with a review of the literature. Our study is a retrospective one on a number of 23 patients hospitalized within 2001-2007 in ENT Clinic of Craiova for second branchial abnormalities in relation with age, gender, origin environment, clinical and paraclinical context in which the therapeutic decision was made, surgical procedures, post-surgical evolution. Among the anomalies of the second branchial arch, we encountered 10 (43.47%) patients with branchial cyst and 13 (56.52%) patients with branchial sinus. Twelve (52.17%) of the 23 patients were women and 11 (47.83%) were men; 9 (39.13%) patients were diagnosed and treated within the first age decade, seven (30.43%) within the second age decade, five (39.13%) within the third age decade and two (8.71%) in the fourth age decade. Histological examination of the lesions after excision established the diagnosis in all the cases. Second branchial arches anomalies are the most common branchial anomalies. Sinuses are more frequently than cysts and branchial fistulae are extremely rare. There is no gender predilection. The majority of patients (approximately 70%) were diagnosed and treated during their childhood. Treatment for these lesions is complete surgical excision for prevent recurrences.
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- Mihaela Mitroi
- Otolaryngology Clinic, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania.
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Prunoiu C, Georgescu EF, Georgescu M, Simionescu C. Sjögren's syndrome associated with chronic hepatitis C - the benefit of the antiviral treatment. Rom J Morphol Embryol 2008; 49:557-562. [PMID: 19050807] [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: 05/27/2023]
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Chronic hepatitis C virus infection (CHCV) has high prevalence of immunological abnormalities. Extrahepatic manifestations (EHM) have been reported in association with CHCV infection, whose heterogeneity makes difficult any correlation between the two disorders. Among extrahepatic symptoms of C virus hepatitis, sicca syndrome is also registered. Sjögren's or sicca syndrome (SS) is a chronic, slowly progressive disease, with inflammatory-immune mediation characterized by lymphocytic infiltration of the lachrymal and salivary glands. A distinct primary form and a secondary one, occurring when presented in the context of an autoimmune or hepatic disease have been described. We present a case of SS in a patient with CHCV, commenting a possible link between primary SS and the CHCV, as well as the similarities and the distinctions among these conditions. Our conclusion is that CHCV can induce SS with some clinical particularities like presence of pericapillary and not pericanalicular lymphocytic infiltrate without destroying the salivary glands, in the absence of SS-A/SS-B antibodies. The favorable evolution of SS under IFN therapy is an argument for an authentic relation. Further studies are necessary to determine if CHCV is an etiological agent of SS or of it can induce a pseudo-sicca syndrome, characterized by a simple glandular inflammation consisting mainly in a simple lymphocytic adenitis.
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- Cristina Prunoiu
- Department of Internal Medicine, Private Policlinic, Craiova, Romania
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to design and validate a method of performing sonography between an expert center and an isolated site. A sonography probe is held on the patient by a robotic arm and remotely controlled from the expert's center. The robotic arm reproduces all the movements of the expert's dummy probe on the patient probe. The system was tested on 87 patients at our hospital. CONCLUSION Robotic telesonography can be used for reliable diagnosis without moving the patient. No false diagnoses were made in this study. A bandwidth of 250 Kbps via integrated services digital network or satellite is required for reliable diagnosis. Such a system can provide diagnostic information that is currently unavailable in isolated or inaccessible areas and on rescue vehicles.
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- Philippe Arbeille
- Spatial Medicine and Physiology Unit, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Ultrasonography, CHU Trousseau, Tours, France 37044.
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Codorean E, Tanase C, Iosif C, Neagu M, Manda G, Popescu D, Raducan E, Georgescu M. 121 Biological markers monitoring Pb immunotoxicity; interference with ethanol. Toxicol Lett 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4274(03)90120-2] [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: 11/26/2022]
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Arbeille P, Carles G, Georgescu M, Tobal N, Herault S, Bousquet F, Perrotin F. Consequences of reduced umbilical and increased foetal cerebral flow during malaria crisis on foetal behaviour. Parasitology 2003; 126:513-9. [PMID: 12866790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/03/2023]
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The objectives of this study were (a) to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of foetal Doppler indices for the prediction of abnormal foetal heart rate (aFHR) at delivery after malaria crisis and (b) to test Doppler parameters against crisis duration for predicting aFHR. Every day during the malaria crisis, the umbilical and cerebral vascular resistance indices were measured by Doppler. These indices allowed evaluation of the amplitude of the foetal flow redistribution induced by malaria (C/U=cerebral resistance/umbilical resistance ratio), the duration of the flow redistribution period and the hypoxic index (mean %C/U change x crisis duration). It was found that the mean duration of the flow redistribution period was: 7 +/- 2 days, mean C/U change -7% +/- 4, hypoxic index -56 +/- 37, prematures 35%, and aFHR 17%. An hypoxic index > 150 predicted occurrence of aFHR with high sensitivity and specificity (100%/91%). The highest foetal flow disturbance (max %C/U) and the duration of the period with flow disturbance (> 7 days) predicted aFHR at delivery with a sensitivity of 10% and 40% and a specificity of 77% and 78%. It was concluded that the hypoxic index was more predictive of aFHR at delivery than the amplitude or the duration (i.e. crisis duration) of the foetal flow redistribution.
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- P Arbeille
- Inserm 316, Département Medecine Nucléaire and Ultrasons, CHU Trousseau, 37044 Tours, France.
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Perrotin F, Tobal N, Georgescu M, Herve P, Lansac J, Arbeille P. Fetal vascular response to maternal deep-vein thrombosis and subsequent heparin therapy. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2001; 99:121-3. [PMID: 11604200 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-2115(01)00348-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 11/20/2022]
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The fetal umbilical and cerebral Doppler changes were recorded in a 27-year-old primigravida referred at 38 weeks for the treatment of an iliofemoral vein thrombosis. On admission and in comparison to a previous Doppler assessment systematically performed during growth scan at 37 weeks, the umbilical resistance index (URI) demonstrated an increase of 19%, the cerebral resistance index (CRI) a reduction of 15% and the cerebral-umbilical (C/U) ratio a decrease of 29% reaching the lowest value of 1.05. Under intravenous heparin therapy, Doppler normalisation was observed within 1 week and the mother delivered a healthy, non-hypoxemic baby by caesarean section at 39 weeks and 2 days. This observation suggests that deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) may, in some cases, be responsible for transient fetal hypoxia. Moreover, treatment with intravenous heparin had a direct beneficial effect on the fetus as it improved placental hemodynamics and fetal oxygenation.
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- F Perrotin
- Inserm U316, Département Médecine Nucléaire et Ultrasons, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, F-37044 Tours Cedex, France.
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Pruna S, Georgescu M, Stanciu E, Dixon RM, Harris ND. The Black Sea Tele-Diab System: development-implementation-clinical evaluation. Stud Health Technol Inform 2001; 77:656-60. [PMID: 11187635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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This paper describes the application of the GEHR (Good European Health Record) architecture to develop a system to enable the storage and exchange of EHCRs (Electronic Health Care Record) of patients with diabetes, in the Black Sea area. The objectives of the Black Sea Tele Diab System (BSTD) were to develop and evaluate the use of a fully-computerised healthcare record system in a clinical setting, to promote the use of electronic data exchange of healthcare information and to provide a framework for the epidemiological study and monitoring of diabetes care.
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- S Pruna
- Romanian Society for Clinical Engineering and Medical Computing, Telemedicine Centre, I.L. Caragiale Str. 12, Sect. 2, 70208 Bucharest, Romania
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Cheţa D, Străchinariu R, Trifan E, Nicolau A, Ionescu-Tîrgovişte C, Georgescu M, Ghenof M, Mincu I, Uţă D, Ristic S. Safety and efficacy of insulin lispro in patients with diabetes mellitus. Rom J Intern Med 1998; 36:85-96. [PMID: 10660973] [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: 02/15/2023]
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Lispro is a human insulin analogue with a very rapid onset of action, and a shorter duration of activity than soluble insulin. In order to assess the therapeutical value of lispro, we have had an open-label, non-comparative study, for 12 weeks, involving 19 IDDM patients. The treatment regimen with lispro and Humulin N has been adapted depending on each patient characteristics. Patients attended three visits, and the main metabolic control parameters included values of hemoglobin Alc, fasting and postprandial blood glucose monitoring. The patients themselves monitored their blood glucose using a glucometer. The mean age value of 19 patients (8 females and 11 males) was 22.32 (+/- 13.59) years. In patients previously receiving insulin treatment, therapy with lispro insulin significantly reduced postprandial glucose values. Lispro has been administered t.i.d. in 14 patients, and b.i.d. in 5 patients. At visit 1, mean value of HbAlc was 10.32% (+/- 1.63%); at visit 3, mean HbAlc was 9.90% (+/- 1.59%). Total insulin daily dose and the rate of short and long acting insulin did not change from visit 1 to visit 3. There has been reported only one serious adverse event during the study: a ketoacidosis due to a technical dosing error. Ten patients have reported mild hypoglycemic episodes. The outcomes of clinical study and of Quality of Life Questionnaire suggests that lispro--the first human insulin analogue used in humans--is effective, safe, and it is broadening beneficially the spectrum of insulins.
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- D Cheţa
- N. C. Paulescu Institute, Clinic of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Bucharest, Romania
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Georgescu M, Roşca D. [Pulmonary fibrosis and systemic sclerosis]. Pneumoftiziologia 1997; 46:267-83. [PMID: 9654967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- M Georgescu
- Facultaţea de medicină Craiova, Spitalul Clinic Judeţean nr. 1, Clinica a II-a Medicală
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Goţia DG, Aprodu SG, Savu B, Nedelcu D, Bejenaru T, Filip F, Munteanu V, Paiu C, Frasin M, Georgescu M. [The results of the Ravitch-Sutherland technic for surgical correction in pectus excavatum]. Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi 1997; 101:152-5. [PMID: 10756788] [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: 02/16/2023]
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The aim of our study was to assess the functional and cosmetic results after performing a modified Ravitch-Sutherland procedure in children presenting with excavatum. A series of 31 children with ages ranging between 5 and 16 years, presenting with pectus excavatum, were operated between 1986-1996 in our service. In 5 cases surgical treatment was required by the presence of respiratory and/or cardiac functional impairment due to the malformation. In the other 23 cases operation was performed mainly for cosmetic reasons. In all cases a modified Ravitch-Sutherland procedure was performed. Modification consisted in renouncing at the plicature of the perichondra and in associating a diaphragmatic elongation and Bedouelle laparoplasty in all cases. Longitudinal sternotomy was performed in 2 cases with severely impaired ventilatory capacity. Functional and cosmetic results were good in all cases. In 2 cases, in which recurrence of the condition was observed, a second identical procedure was performed, with a good result. The interval between the operation and the moment of long-term evaluation ranged between 3 months and 11 years. We conclude that the modified Ravitch-Sutherland procedure represents an effective method for the treatment of pectus excavatum cases, offering good functional and cosmetic long-term results.
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- D G Goţia
- Facultatea de Medicină, Clinica de chirurgie şi ortopedie pediatrică Iaşi, Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr.T. Popa Iaşi
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Tranquart F, De Bray JM, Georgescu M, Pourcelot L. [Cerebral HITS: diagnosis, clinical relevance, outlook]. J Mal Vasc 1997; 22:13-7. [PMID: 9120364] [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: 02/04/2023]
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After 6 years of experience, Spencer and colleagues described the detection of embolus signals as height intensity transient signals (HITS) within Doppler flow spectrum from intracranial vessels. These signals (gaseous or materials) are recorded in many situations such as cardiac prosthetic valves, atrial fibrillation, carotid stenosis, carotid surgery or angioplasty. The clinical value is not well known: neurological impairment associated with brain lesions is described in case of cardiac prosthetic valves. The observation of HITS in carotid stenosis is associated with an increased risk of stroke. The detection of HITS offers a new orientation in studying stroke but some technical and/or clinical difficulties have to be solved.
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Goţia DG, Aprodu SG, Savu B, Nedelcu D, Bejenaru T, Filip F, Munteanu V, Paiu C, Frasin M, Georgescu M. [The results of the Ravitch-Sutherland technic for surgical correction in pectus excavatum]. Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi 1996; 100:169-72. [PMID: 9455459] [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: 02/06/2023]
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The aim of our study was to asses the functional and cosmetic results after performing a modified Ravitch-Sutherland procedure in children presenting with pectus excavatum. A series of 31 children with ages ranging between 5 and 16 years, presenting with pectus excavatum, were operated between 1986-1996 in our service. In 5 cases surgical treatment was required by the presence of respiratory and/or cardiac functional impairment due to the malformation. In the other 23 cases operation was performed mainly for cosmetic reasons. In all cases a modified Ravitch-Sutherland procedure was performed. Modifications consisted in renouncing at the plication of the perichondrium and in associating a diaphragmatic elongation and Bedouelle laparoplasty in all cases. Longitudinal sternotomy was performed in 2 cases with severely impaired ventilatory capacity. Functional and cosmetic results were good in all cases. In 2 cases, in which recurrence of the condition was observed, a second identical procedure was performed, with a good result. The interval between the operation and the moment of long-term evaluation ranged between 3 months and 11 years. We conclude that the modified Ravitch-Sutherland procedure represents an effective method for the treatment of pectus excavatum cases, offering good functional and cosmetic long-term results.
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- D G Goţia
- Clinica de chirurgie şi ortopedie pediatrică, Facultatea de Medicină, Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr. T. Popa, Iaşi
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Carazeanu I, Georgescu M. Investigation of the hydration process in 3CaO�SiO 2 -plasticizer-water systems by X-ray diffraction. Anal Bioanal Chem 1996; 355:730-2. [PMID: 15045356 DOI: 10.1007/s0021663550730] [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] [Received: 09/25/1995] [Revised: 12/22/1995] [Accepted: 01/08/1996] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The development of the hydration-hydrolysis processes in the 3CaO. SiO(2)-H(2)O system is studied by X-ray diffraction in presence of varying contents of a new plasticizer, belonging to the lignosulphonates class. The influence of the additives upon these processes with increasing time is observed and it is shown to depend on the nature and content of the additives and the reaction time. This influence of the additives on the kinetics of the hydration-hydrolysis processes, retardation or acceleration, is due to the strong adsorption of these admixtures on the surface of the anhydrous or partially hydrated particles of the system. The influence of the additives also appears during the development of the formed hydrocompounds according to structure and composition. As a result of these complex actions provided in the forming system (3CaO. SiO(2)-H(2)O), the mechanical strength is favorized mainly by certain proportions of plasticizer admixtures (0.1% LSC and 2% ADCOM).
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- I Carazeanu
- University of "Ovidius", 124 Mamaia Street, 8700-RO, Constantza, Romania
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PURPOSE The goal of the project was to determine the quantity of bacteria on the contact lens and adjacent areas of the eye. This paper is a quantitative study of the contact lens and ocular aerobic microbiota in a mixed group of daily and extended wear disposable contact lens users. METHODS The contact lens, the lower fornix, tears collecting at the lower fornix, and edge of the lower lid at the Meibomian gland margin were assayed for the quantity of bacterial colony forming units (CFU). Eighteen patients wearing 49 disposable high water content hydrogel contact lenses were assayed and the mean lens age was 8.8 +/- 4.6 days. Three patients wore their lenses on a daily wear basis and 15 on an extended wear schedule. Tear samples were obtained with sterile microbial loops and the lens was macerated into small particles with a tissue grinder. The samples were poured onto the surface of chocolate agar plates and incubated at 35 degrees C for 48 h in 5% Co2. RESULTS The lid margin revealed the greatest bacterial presence (mean = 9.7 CFU; median = 2 CFU; mode = 0 CFU). The lens showed the next greatest presence of CFU (mean = 4.5 CFU; median = 1 CFU; mode = 0). The fornix and tears revealed the least bacterial presence (fornix: mean = 2.6 CFU; median = 0 CFU; mode = 0 CFU). The bacteria were coagulase-negative staphylococci. CONCLUSIONS The bacterial assay of disposable lens wearing contact lens subjects indicates that the lid margins are the greatest source of bacteria with the tears being the lowest. These studies support the concept that in the eye, the lens typically does not possess a large number of bacteria under normal conditions.
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- D E Hart
- Department of Ophthalmology of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute of the Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA
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This study compared the shear bond strengths of three core materials: a light activated glass-ionomer cement (VariGlass VLC), a fluoride-release dual cure composite resin (Fluoro Core), and a conventional silver-reinforced glass-ionomer cement (Miracle Mix) when cured to dentin. Fifty-four noncarious molar teeth were extracted, cleaned, mounted in acrylic resin, and sectioned horizontally to expose the dentin surface. Each material was mixed according to manufacturer's instructions, applied in a premade mold to the exposed dentin, and then cured. The specimens were randomized into three group (six teeth from each material) and stored (37 degrees C, 100% humidity) for 15 minutes, 24 hours, and 24 hours and were then thermocycled (5 degrees to 55 degrees C) for 125 cycles. The specimens were tested for shear bond strength with the Instron universal testing machine. The differences among time groups were not statistically significant except for Miracle Mix and VariGlass VLC cements, which showed a greater improvement with thermocycling. This study indicated that the FluoroCore resin exhibited the greatest shear bond strength of the core materials and that VariGlass VLC cement had greater bond strength than Miracle Mix cement except after thermocycling, when VariGlass VLC cement and FluoroCore resin were not significantly different.
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- S Levartovsky
- Kriser Dental Center, New York University, New York, USA
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The cementation of artificial crowns is commonly accompanied by sensitivity, so the clinical application of desensitizing agents has become prevalent. This study investigated the effects of Imperva bonding agent and All-Bond desensitizing agent on the retention of artificial crowns. The cements selected for this study were: zinc phosphate, polycarboxylate, glass ionomer, and resin luting agents. Extracted, intact, human molars were mounted in autopolymerizing acrylic resin and prepared for complete cast copings. Thirty-two teeth were treated with All-Bond desensitizing agent, 32 teeth with Imperva bonding agent, and 32 remained untreated. Castings were cemented and tested on an Instron testing machine. The results demonstrated a significant reduction in retention when All-Bond desensitizing agent was used with polycarboxylate cement and some reduction with zinc phosphate cement. Imperva bonding agent demonstrated less retention with glass ionomer cement.
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- I K Mausner
- Division of Restorative and Prosthodontic Sciences, College of Dentistry, New York University, New York, USA
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The ideal restorative material should cause minimal wear of opposing enamel. This study compared the effects of gold alloy, glazed porcelain, and a laboratory-processed composite on opposing enamel. Ten samples of a type III gold alloy, a porcelain, and a visible-light, heat, and vacuum-processed composite were abraded against cusps of extracted molars for 10,000 cycles on an abrading machine. Pretest and posttest profilometric measurements of the restorative materials demonstrated no statistical difference. Pretest and posttest tracings of the cusps were made on an optical comparator to determine loss of vertical height and surface area. The porcelain caused significantly more loss of vertical height and surface area than the gold alloy or the composite, which were similar.
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- J D Hudson
- College of Dentistry, New York University, N.Y., USA
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Georgescu M, Uebersax R. [Alcohol and diabetes]. Rev Med Suisse Romande 1995; 115:707-11. [PMID: 7481358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- M Georgescu
- Service de médecine interne, Centre hospitalier, St-Imier
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Levartovsky S, Kuyinu E, Georgescu M, Goldstein GR. A comparison of the diametral tensile strength, the flexural strength, and the compressive strength of two new core materials to a silver alloy-reinforced glass-ionomer material. J Prosthet Dent 1994; 72:481-5. [PMID: 7844747 DOI: 10.1016/0022-3913(94)90118-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 01/27/2023]
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This study compared three mechanical properties of two recently introduced core materials, a light-activated glass ionomer cement (VariGlass VLC) and a fluoride-release dual cure composite resin (FluoroCore), with those of a conventional silver-reinforced glass-ionomer cement (Miracle Mix). Seventy-two samples (eight per product for each property) were prepared for testing diametral tensile strength, flexural strength, and compressive strength. The specimens were cured, stored for 24 hours at 37 degrees C in 100% humidity, and tested with the use of an Instron universal testing machine. The results of this study indicate that the diametral tensile strength, flexural strength, and compressive strength of the FluoroCore and VariGlass VLC materials were significantly higher than those of the conventional Miracle Mix. The values obtained with FluoroCore material were consistently higher than those obtained with VariGlass VLC material.
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- S Levartovsky
- Division of Restorative and Prosthodontic Sciences, Kriser Dental Center, New York University, New York
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Park K, Georgescu M, Scherer W, Schulman A. Comparison of shear strength, fracture patterns, and microleakage among unfilled, filled, and fluoride-releasing sealants. Pediatr Dent 1993; 15:418-21. [PMID: 8153005] [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: 01/29/2023]
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- K Park
- New York University College of Dentistry, Division of Restorative Dentistry
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Mincu I, Ionescu-Tîrgovişte C, Moldovan A, Mirodon Z, Georgescu M, Ionescu L, Tinu AM. Insulin resistance: the link between impaired glucose tolerance, body mass index and plasma lipids. Rom J Intern Med 1993; 31:237-43. [PMID: 8148775] [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: 01/29/2023]
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Body mass index defined as weight (Kg)/height (cm2) and plasma lipids (total lipids-TL, triglycerides-TG and cholesterol-CH) were determined in 131 patients (61 males and 70 females aged between 21 and 63 years) with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) defined according to WHO criteria. Blood glucose (BG) values and plasma insulin (PI) levels (radioimmunological assay) were determined during 2 hours OGTT with samples obtained before and after 1 h and 2 h after the intake of 75 g glucose. The sum of blood glucose and plasma insulin levels (0 + 1h + 2h) were compared in each of the following 5 groups of subjects: A--25 cases with IGT but without obesity (BMI: 23.2 +/- 2.6) and hyperlipidaemia (PL: 627 +/- 112; TG: 102 +/- 109 and CH: 208 +/- 35 mg/dl); B--35 cases with IGT and obesity (BMI: 31.2 +/- 2.6) but without hyperlipidaemia (PL: 807 +/- 109; TG: 136 +/- 31 and CH: 254 +/- 41 mg/dl); C--23 cases with IGT and hyperlipidaemia (PL: 1013 +/- 217; TG: 214 +/- 85 and CH: 311 +/- 52 mg/dl) but without obesity (BMI: 25.4 +/- 1.9); D--48 cases with IGT and both obesity (BMI: 30.9 +/- 2.8) and hyperlipidaemia (PL: 1457 +/- 155; TG: 597 +/- 188 and CH: 483 +/- 184 mg/dl); a control group of 49 cases without IGT, obesity (BMI: 26.2 +/- 1.9) or hyperlipidaemia (PL: 726 +/- 99 mg/dl).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- I Mincu
- N. C. Paulescu Institute of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Bucharest, Romania
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Scherer W, Penugonda B, Styner D, Georgescu M. At-home vital bleaching: effects on stained enamel and dentin. Pract Periodontics Aesthet Dent 1992; 4:11-5. [PMID: 1525369] [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: 12/27/2022]
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In a scanning electron microscope study evaluating the effects of a 10% carbamide peroxide gel on stained enamel and dentin, no surface morphologic changes were observed after 72 hours of contact with the bleaching gel.
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- W Scherer
- New York University College of Dentistry
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Frenkel K, Zhong ZJ, Wei HC, Karkoszka J, Patel U, Rashid K, Georgescu M, Solomon JJ. Quantitative high-performance liquid chromatography analysis of DNA oxidized in vitro and in vivo. Anal Biochem 1991; 196:126-36. [PMID: 1888026 DOI: 10.1016/0003-2697(91)90128-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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: 12/29/2022]
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Oxidative modification of genetic material has been implicated as a factor in carcinogenesis, particularly during promotion and progression, and therefore there is a need for sensitive detection of oxidized DNA bases. We developed a method that can be applied to DNA isolated from any source and used to simultaneously quantify oxidized nucleosides without a need to prelabel the DNA or use destructive hydrolytic procedures. This method is based on: (a) enzymatic DNA digestion; (b) HPLC separation of the resultant nucleosides; (c) acetylation of the oxidized nucleosides with [3H]Ac2O (acetic anhydride); (d) removal of the radioactive debris; and (e) quantitative analysis of tritiated nucleoside acetates by HPLC. Enzymatic DNA digestion was optimized using DNase I in the presence of Mg2+ (pH 7), followed by nuclease P1 in the presence of Zn2+ (pH 5.1) and alkaline phosphatase (pH 7.5). Analysis of DNA oxidized with H2O2 in the presence of Fe2+/EDTA for 30 min showed that the levels of 8-OHdG (8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine) were increased 2.7-fold, HMdU (5-hydroxymethyl-2'-deoxyuridine) 3.15-fold, and FdU (5-formyl-2'-deoxyuridine) 2.5-fold. Although the (-)-isomer of cis-dTG (cis-thymidine glycol) was enhanced 2.3 times, the (+)-isomer remained virtually unchanged. Analysis of DNA isolated from epidermal cells of mice treated in vivo with the tumor promoter TPA (12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate) showed 4.8-, 2.7-, and 8.7-fold increases in the levels of total cis-dTG, 8-OHdG, and HMdU, respectively, and of some unknown DNA oxidation products. These results prove applicability of the 3H-postlabeling method to the analysis of DNA (and potentially RNA) isolated from many sources, including animals and humans.
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- K Frenkel
- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016
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Cheţa D, Manciulea M, Sântu E, Georgescu M, Perciun R, Sulica A, Mincu I. Not only quantitative but also qualitative changes of serum immunoglobulins in diabetes mellitus. Rom J Intern Med 1991; 29:181-7. [PMID: 1784947] [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: 12/28/2022]
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To extend previous observations on the quantitative changes of IgA and other serum Ig in diabetics, additional immunochemical investigations were carried out in 96 patients, 63 males and 33 females, mean age 43.5 +/- 15.7 years, 51 with type 1 (insulin-dependent) and 45 with type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes. The immunological data were correlated with the clinical-metabolic aspects. In the whole group, the IgA level was increased (144.1 +/- 57.2 I.U.). Significant differences were recorded with respect to age for IgG, to age and diabetes type for IgA, to sex for IgM. Qualitative Ig changes, reflecting disturbances of molecular structure, mainly for IgG, seldom for IgM, but never for IgA, were observed in 20% of the patients with both types of diabetes, more seldom in cases with long disease duration. The IgG with qualitative changes were purified and their functional capacity of inhibiting the natural cytotoxic activity (NK) was tested in comparison with that induced by pretreatment of the effectory cells with normal IgG. Some of these modified IgG showed a reduced capacity of inhibiting the NK activity. These data confirm the existence of certain quantitative changes of the main serum Ig in diabetics and reveal the presence of qualitative disorders of the IgG molecules, with consequences on their functionality.
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- D Cheţa
- Clinic of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabólic Disease, Bucharest, Romania
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