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Eichelberger L, Hansen A, Cochran P, Hahn M, Fried R. COVID-19 vaccine decision-making in remote Alaska between November 2020 and November 2021. Int J Circumpolar Health 2023; 82:2242582. [PMID: 37535846 PMCID: PMC10402834 DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2023.2242582] [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: 11/16/2022] [Revised: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023] Open
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Vaccine hesitancy is an ongoing barrier to achieve sufficient COVID-19 vaccination coverage. Although there are many studies globally of vaccine hesitancy based on large survey samples, there are fewer in-depth qualitative studies that explore vaccine hesitancy and acceptance as a spectrum of decision-making. In this paper, we begin to describe vaccination decision-making among 58 adults living in remote Alaska based on three waves of online surveys and follow-up semi-structured interviews conducted between November 2020 and November 2021. The survey question of intention was not a predictor of adoption for about one third of the interviewees who were unvaccinated when they took the survey (n=12, 35%). Over half of all interviewees (n=37, 64%) had vaccine-related concerns, including 25 vaccinated individuals (representing 57% of vaccinated interviewees). Most interviewees reported that they learned about COVID-19 vaccines through interpersonal interactions (n=30, 52%) and/or a variety of media sources (n=29, 50%). The major facilitators of acceptance were trust in the information source (n=20, 48% of the 42 who responded), and learning from the experiences of family, friends, and the broader community (n=12, 29%). Further, trust and having a sense of agency appears to be important to interviewee decision-making, regardless of vaccination status and intention.
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- Laura Eichelberger
- Tribal Water Center, Research Services, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK, USA
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- Tribal Water Center, Research Services, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK, USA
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- Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, USA
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- Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, USA
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Eichelberger L, Hansen A, Cochran P, Fried R, Hahn M. "In the beginning, I said I wouldn't get it.": Hesitant adoption of the COVID-19 vaccine in remote Alaska between November 2020 and 2021. Soc Sci Med 2023; 334:116197. [PMID: 37666096 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116197] [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: 05/26/2023] [Revised: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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Achieving sufficient COVID-19 vaccination coverage has been hindered in many areas by vaccine hesitancy. Many studies based on large survey samples have characterized vaccine refusal, but there are fewer in-depth qualitative studies that explore hesitant adoption: the middle-ground between vaccine acceptance and refusal, and how individuals may move across this continuum depending on their lived experience. For this paper, we use the narratives of 25 adults living in off-road, predominately Alaska Native communities to describe the complex decision-making processes undertaken by 'hesitant adopters', defined in our study as those who completed their initial COVID-19 series despite reporting hesitancy. Interviewees' stories help illustrate how hesitant adopters' decision-making processes involved making sense of information through interactions with trusted individuals, lived experiences, observations, emotions, and personal motivations. For the majority of these hesitant adopters' (n = 20, 80%) interpersonal interactions were key in helping to make the decision to get vaccinated. Over half of the interviewees (n = 14, 56%) described how conversations with individuals they trusted, including healthcare providers, family, friends, and interactions through their professional network made them feel safe. One third of the hesitant adopters (n = 7, 28%) attributed their decision to get vaccinated based on the influence of Alaska Native Elders including their knowledge, personal experiences, as well as being motivated by the desire to protect them. Independent research was also important to about a quarter of hesitant adopters (n = 6, 24%), and for these interviewees it was the process of gathering information on their own and learning from others, especially healthcare providers who could answer their questions and alleviate their concerns. This paper illustrates the temporality of vaccine decision-making: vaccine acceptance for those who are hesitant may be an ongoing process that is influenced by personal experience, relationships, and context.
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- Laura Eichelberger
- Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Tribal Water Center. 4000 Ambassador Drive Anchorage, Alaska, 99508, USA.
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- Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Tribal Water Center. 4000 Ambassador Drive Anchorage, Alaska, 99508, USA.
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- Alaska Native Science Commission. 429 L Street, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA.
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- University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies (ICHS), 1901 Bragaw, Suite 220, Anchorage, Alaska, 99508, USA.
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- University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies (ICHS), 1901 Bragaw, Suite 220, Anchorage, Alaska, 99508, USA.
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Fried R, Hahn M, Gillott L, Cochran P, Eichelberger L. Coping strategies and household stress/violence in remote Alaska: a longitudinal view across the COVID-19 pandemic. Int J Circumpolar Health 2022; 81:2149064. [PMID: 36419229 PMCID: PMC9704083 DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2022.2149064] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced novel stressors. Remote/rural communities have experienced additional difficulties, while also potentially benefitting from unique sources of resilience against such stressors. However, very little research has been conducted in remote/rural communities regarding coping and stress/violence. This study examines coping strategies and household stress/violence in remote Alaska communities across the pandemic through three online survey waves (November 2020-September 2021) (total n = 1,020). Across all waves, personal care was reported most frequently followed by social activities, religious activities, and traditional/subsistence activities. Substance use combined (alcohol, nicotine, marijuana) and seeking counselling were less frequently reported, with significant differences across gender and age categories. Less than 10% of individuals reported physical violence towards children and/or other adults within the household. Overall, these findings indicate that individuals are primarily relying on positive coping strategies to contend with additional stress brought into their lives by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Ruby Fried
- University of Alaska Anchorage, Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies, AK, USA,CONTACT Ruby Fried University of Alaska Anchorage, Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies
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- University of Alaska Anchorage, Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies, AK, USA
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- Division of Community Health Services, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK, USA
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- Division of Community Health Services, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK, USA
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Graber E, Baldwin H, Harper J, Alexis A, Gold LS, Hebert A, Fried R, Rieder E, Kircik L, Del Rosso J, Kasujee I, Grada A. LB756 Patient-reported outcomes for sarecycline effectiveness in Acne Vulgaris in real-world settings: PROSES study protocol. J Invest Dermatol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.07.098] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Harper J, Armstrong A, Fried R, Rieder E, Alvarez-Dieppa A, Grada A. LB755 Patient-reported outcomes with sarecycline treatment for Acne Vulgaris: Pooled analysis of phase 3 clinical studies. J Invest Dermatol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.07.097] [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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McKerracher L, Fried R, Kim AW, Moffat T, Sloboda DM, Galloway T. Synergies between the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease framework and multiple branches of evolutionary anthropology. Evol Anthropol 2020; 29:214-219. [DOI: 10.1002/evan.21860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2019] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Luseadra McKerracher
- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada
- Department of Anthropology McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada
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- Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies, University of Alaska Anchorage Anchorage Alaska USA
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- Department of Anthropology Northwestern University Evanston Illinois USA
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- Department of Anthropology McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada
- Department of Pediatrics McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada
- Farncombe Institute of Digestive Health McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada
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- Department of Anthropology University of Toronto Mississauga Ontario Canada
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We present a robust and nonparametric test for the presence of a changepoint in a time series, based on the two-sample Hodges–Lehmann estimator. We develop new limit theory for a class of statistics based on two-sample U-quantile processes in the case of short-range dependent observations. Using this theory, we derive the asymptotic distribution of our test statistic under the null hypothesis of a constant level. The proposed test shows better overall performance under normal, heavy-tailed and skewed distributions than several other modifications of the popular cumulative sums test based on U-statistics, one-sample U-quantiles or M-estimation. The new theory does not involve moment conditions, so any transform of the observed process can be used to test the stability of higher-order characteristics such as variability, skewness and kurtosis.
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- H Dehling
- Fakultät für Mathematik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Statistics, TU Dortmund University, 44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Institut für Mathematische Stochastik, Otto von Guericke Universität Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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Lee J, Fried R, Thayer Z, Kuzawa C. Response to Agilli et al. Am J Hum Biol 2014; 26:874. [DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22611] [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: 08/12/2014] [Accepted: 08/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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- James Lee
- Department of Anthropology; Northwestern University; Evanston Illinois 60208
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- Department of Anthropology; Northwestern University; Evanston Illinois 60208
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- Department of Anthropology; Northwestern University; Evanston Illinois 60208
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- Department of Anthropology; Northwestern University; Evanston Illinois 60208
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Lee J, Fried R, Thayer Z, Kuzawa CW. Preterm delivery as a predictor of diurnal cortisol profiles in adulthood: evidence from Cebu, Philippines. Am J Hum Biol 2014; 26:598-602. [PMID: 24898414 DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2013] [Revised: 04/22/2014] [Accepted: 05/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Fetal exposure to elevated maternal cortisol can permanently modify hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function, and thereby have long-term health impacts. Maternal cortisol steadily increases throughout normal pregnancy, but is abnormally high in preterm deliveries (<37 weeks). Prematurity remains a widespread public health problem, yet little is known about its potential long-term effects on adult HPA function. Here we test the hypothesis that diurnal cortisol profiles measured in young adulthood will vary based upon an individual's preterm status. METHODS Diurnal salivary cortisol profiles, a marker of HPA-axis function, were measured in 1,403 young adults (ages 21-23 years) participating in the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey, located in Metropolitan Cebu City, Philippines. RESULTS Males who had been born preterm exhibited lower morning cortisol and non-significantly elevated evening cortisol, resulting in a more adverse, flatter rate of decline across the day. In contrast, there were no significant differences by preterm status in cortisol measured at any time of day in females. CONCLUSIONS These findings point to potential long-term effects of having been born preterm on adult HPA-axis function, and add to evidence from this and other populations for sex differences in the biological and health impacts of prenatal stress exposure.
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- James Lee
- Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 60208
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BACKGROUND To examine the association between psychological tests of executive functioning and functional outcomes among high-IQ adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). METHOD Subjects were high-IQ adults with (n=64) and without ADHD (n=53). Subjects were administered a battery of neuropsychological tests assessing executive functioning. RESULTS High-IQ adults with ADHD performed less well than those without ADHD on several psychological tests of executive functioning, including the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), Stroop Color and Word Test, Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (ROCF), California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT) and an auditory continuous performance test (CPT). Test performance in the high-IQ adult ADHD group, however, was average. In the entire sample, performance on several tests of executive functioning including the ROCF and the CVLT were significant predictors of real-world functioning. CONCLUSIONS High-IQ adults with ADHD perform less well on tests of executive functioning relative to high-IQ control participants. Performance on several tests of executive functioning was a significant predictor of functioning.
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- K M Antshel
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
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Antshel KM, Faraone SV, Maglione K, Doyle A, Fried R, Seidman L, Biederman J. Is adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder a valid diagnosis in the presence of high IQ? Psychol Med 2009; 39:1325-1335. [PMID: 19105857 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291708004959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Because the diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in higher education settings is rapidly becoming a contentious issue, particularly among patients with high IQs, we sought to assess the validity of diagnosing ADHD in high-IQ adults and to further characterize the clinical features associated with their ADHD. METHOD We operationalized high IQ as having a full-scale IQ120. We identified 53 adults with a high IQ who did not have ADHD and 64 adults with a high IQ who met diagnostic criteria for ADHD. Groups did not differ on IQ, socio-economic status or gender. RESULTS High-IQ adults with ADHD reported a lower quality of life, had poorer familial and occupational functioning, and had more functional impairments, including more speeding tickets, accidents and arrests. Major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder diagnoses were higher in high-IQ adults with ADHD. All other psychiatric co-morbidities, including antisocial personality disorder and substance abuse, did not differ between the two high-IQ groups. ADHD was more prevalent in first-degree relatives of adults with ADHD relative to controls. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that adults with ADHD and a high IQ display patterns of functional impairments, familiality and psychiatric co-morbidities that parallel those found in the average-IQ adult ADHD population.
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- K M Antshel
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
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Doyle AE, Wozniak J, Wilens TE, Henin A, Seidman LJ, Petty C, Fried R, Gross LM, Faraone SV, Biederman J. Neurocognitive impairment in unaffected siblings of youth with bipolar disorder. Psychol Med 2009; 39:1253-1263. [PMID: 19079809 PMCID: PMC2853769 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291708004832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is growing evidence for the familiality of pediatric bipolar disorder (BPD) and its association with impairments on measures of processing speed, verbal learning and 'executive' functions. The current study investigated whether these neurocognitive impairments index the familial risk underlying the diagnosis. METHOD Subjects were 170 youth with BPD (mean age 12.3 years), their 118 non-mood-disordered siblings and 79 non-mood-disordered controls. Groups were compared on a battery of neuropsychological tests from the Wechsler Intelligence Scales, the Stroop Color Word Test, the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure (ROCF), an auditory working memory Continuous Performance Test (CPT) and the California Verbal Learning Test-Children's Version (CVLT-C). Measures were factor analyzed for data reduction purposes. All analyses controlled for age, sex and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). RESULTS Principal components analyses with a promax rotation yielded three factors reflecting: (1) processing speed/verbal learning, (2) working memory/interference control and (3) abstract problem solving. The CPT working memory measure with interference filtering demands (WM INT) was only administered to subjects aged > or =12 years and was therefore analyzed separately. BPD youth showed impairments versus controls and unaffected relatives on all three factors and on the WM INT. Unaffected relatives exhibited impairments versus controls on the abstract problem-solving factor and the WM INT. They also showed a statistical trend (p=0.07) towards worse performance on the working memory/interference control factor. CONCLUSIONS Neurocognitive impairments in executive functions may reflect the familial neurobiological risk mechanisms underlying pediatric BPD and may have utility as endophenotypes in molecular genetic studies of the condition.
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- A E Doyle
- Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Child Psychiatry Service, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
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Kollár A, Mathis A, Arnold W, Fried R. Beeinflußt die optokinetische Stimulation das Richtungshören? Laryngorhinootologie 2008. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-998756] [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: 10/21/2022]
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Biederman J, Petty CR, Fried R, Doyle AE, Spencer T, Seidman LJ, Gross L, Poetzl K, Faraone SV. Stability of executive function deficits into young adult years: a prospective longitudinal follow-up study of grown up males with ADHD. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2007; 116:129-36. [PMID: 17650275 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2007.01008.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Although individuals with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) commonly exhibit deficits in executive functions that greatly increase the morbidity of the disorder, all available information on the subject is cross sectional. METHOD Males (n = 85) 9-22 years with ADHD followed over 7 years into young adulthood were assessed on measures of sustained attention/vigilance, planning and organization, response inhibition, set shifting and categorization, selective attention and visual scanning, verbal and visual learning, and memory. A binary definition of executive function deficits (EFDs) was defined based on a subject manifesting at least two abnormal tests 1.5 standard deviations from controls. RESULTS The majority of subjects maintained EFDs over time (kappa: 0.41, P < 0.001; sensitivity: 55%, specificity: 85%, positive predictive value: 69%, and negative predictive value: 75%). CONCLUSION Considering the morbidity of EFDs, these findings stress the importance of their early recognition for prevention and early intervention strategies. EFDs are stable over time.
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- J Biederman
- Pediatric Psychopharmacology Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
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Imhoff M, Fried R, Gather U, Siebig S, Wrede C. Intra-observer and inter-observer variability of clinical annotations of monitoring data. Crit Care 2007. [PMCID: PMC4095490 DOI: 10.1186/cc5597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Imhoff M, Schettlinger K, Fried R, Gather U, Siebig S, Wrede C. Robust regression methods for intensive care monitoring. Crit Care 2007. [PMCID: PMC4095491 DOI: 10.1186/cc5598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Fried R. Book Review: Härdle, W., Simar, L.: Applied multivariate statistical analysis, Springer Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York 2003, pp. XVIII/486, Eur69.95, ISBN 3-540-03079-4. METRIKA 2006. [DOI: 10.1007/s00184-006-0031-5] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Ulrich (1981) supposes in the hypothesis of humusdisintegration that the balance between polymerisation and breakdown of organic material may be disturbed in chemically well buffered European forest soils. This new aspect of aluminium toxicity may cause nitrogen exceedance in forest ecosystems and subsequent seasonal nitrate output (Eichhorn and Hutterman, 1999). In a research program the substances in the seepage water are monitored in a small woodland in central Germany. We explore these multivariate data for examining possible influences on the process of humusdisintegration and its temporal evolution. As a result, a regression model for carbon is developed, which includes covariables, i.e., other substances, as well as spatial and temporal terms describing systematic variability. Especially iron and aluminium turn out to be very influential in the model. So far our work is a basic step for monitoring the seepage water data by means of stochastic modelling.
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- R Fried
- Department of Statistics, University of Dortmund, Germany.
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Bauer M, Fried R, Gather U, Imhoff M. Dimension reduction for highdimensional online-monitoring data in intensive care. Stud Health Technol Inform 2001; 77:767-71. [PMID: 11187656] [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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Nowadays high dimensional data in intensive care medicine can be captured, stored, and retrieved with the help of clinical information systems. Intelligent alarm systems are needed for an adequate bedside decision support, in the course of which the detection of qualitative patterns in physiologic monitoring data such as outliers, level changes, or trends aims at a proper classification of the patients state. Statistical time series techniques have already been applied successfully to the analysis of single physiological variables. The simultaneous online analysis of the multivariate patient curve yields further challenges. We describe methods for reducing the dimension and for keeping the computational efforts necessary for monitoring low. We present preliminary results of an ongoing study on monitoring critically ill patients.
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- M Bauer
- Department of Statistics, University of Dortmund, Germany
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Fried R, Gather U, Imhoff M. Online pattern recognition in intensive care medicine. Proc AMIA Symp 2001:184-8. [PMID: 11825177 PMCID: PMC2243299] [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: 02/23/2023] Open
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In intensive care physiological variables of the critical-ly ill are measured and recorded in short time intervals. The existing alarm systems based on fixed thresholds produce a large number of false alarms. Usually the change of a variable over time is more informative than one pathological value at a particular time point. Intelligent alarm systems which detect important changes within a physiological time series are needed for suitable bedside decision support. There are various approaches to modeling time-dependent data and also several methodologies for pattern detection in time series. We compare several methodologies de-signed for online detection of measurement artifacts, level changes, and trends for a proper classification of the patient s state by means of a comparative case-study.
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- Department of Statistics, University of Dortmund, D-44225 Dortmund, Germany
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Demartines N, Eisner L, Schnabel K, Fried R, Zuber M, Harder F. Evaluation of magnetic resonance cholangiography in the management of bile duct stones. Arch Surg 2000; 135:148-52. [PMID: 10668871 DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.135.2.148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS Magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) offers the potential for accurate, noninvasive detection of common bile duct stones (CBDSs) before cholecystectomy, and for a consequent reduction in the incidence of preoperative negative diagnoses associated with endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC). DESIGN Prospective cohort study: MRC results were correlated with ERC (high-risk patients) or intraoperative cholangiography (moderate-risk patients). SETTING A university hospital providing primary, secondary, and tertiary care. PATIENTS Seventy patients with suspected CBDSs scheduled to undergo elective cholecystectomy between April 15, 1997, and September 30, 1998. Forty patients were considered at high risk and 30 at moderate risk for CBDSs, according to results of liver function tests and sonograms of the upper abdomen. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Confirmation or exclusion of CBDSs by MRC was assessed by a panel of radiologists who were unaware of the ERC results. Results of ERC and intraoperative cholangiography were analyzed by the investigating gastroenterologists or surgeon. RESULTS Results of MRC were positive for CBDSs in 21 (52%) of 40 high-risk patients, a finding confirmed by preoperative ERC in 19 (90%) of 21 patients. Results of MRC were positive for CBDSs in 6 (20%) of 30 moderate-risk patients, all of which were confirmed by intraoperative cholangiography. Finally, CBDSs were present in 19 (48%) of 40 high-risk patients and 6 (20%) of 30 moderate-risk patients (P = .02). Overall sensitivity and specificity of MRC were 100% and 95.6%, respectively; the positive and negative predictive values were 92.6% and 100%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Magnetic resonance cholangiography is a reliable, noninvasive method for the detection or exclusion of CBDSs, and seems to reduce the frequency of negative diagnoses associated with ERC. Magnetic resonance cholangiography revealed no CBDSs in 19 (48%) of 40 patients at high risk for CBDSs. Thus, MRC-based diagnosis has the potential to reduce the number of invasive preoperative diagnostic procedures and their associated risks and overall health care costs.
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland.
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Zitzmann NU, Fried R, Elsasser S, Marinello CP. [The aspiration and swallowing of foreign bodies. The management of the aspiration or swallowing of foreign bodies during dental treatment]. Schweiz Monatsschr Zahnmed 2000; 110:619-32. [PMID: 10907377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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The purpose of this article is to draw attention to the possible complications of foreign body ingestion or aspiration associated with dental treatment, especially oral implant treatment. A guide for the management of swallowed or inhaled objects is given. When the object cannot be coughed out, then it is mandatory to take frontal and lateral chest roentgenograms to identify the object's position in the intestinal system or in the tracheobronchial tree. In case of ingestion, attempts should be made to recover the foreign object by esophagoscopy. Aspirated foreign bodies should be removed within 24 hours. Acute obstruction can be life threatening and delaying the removal of foreign objects may make a bronchoscopy technically more difficult. The clinician must be aware of the complications involved in accidentally inhaling or ingesting foreign bodies during dental treatment. Patients at greater risk of swallowing or aspirating foreign objects need to be identified and extra preventive steps must be taken to avoid such complications.
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- N U Zitzmann
- Klinik für Prothetik und Kaufunktionslehre, Zentrum für Zahnmedizin, Universität Basel, Schweiz
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- N U Zitzmann
- Clinic of Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and TMJ Disorders, University of Basel, Switzerland
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Suhijar D, Izbicki G, Fried R, Schifferli J. [Tropical calcific pancreatitis]. Schweiz Med Wochenschr 1999; 129:450. [PMID: 10226327] [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: 02/12/2023]
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- D Suhijar
- Departement Innere Medizin, Universitätskliniken, Kantonsspital Basel
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Hug B, Fried R, Terracciano L. [Pruritus in liver disease: case report with discussion]. Praxis (Bern 1994) 1998; 87:1805-1810. [PMID: 10025154] [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: 05/23/2023]
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In this article a young woman presenting with generalized pruritus and elevated liver enzymes is described. The broad differential diagnosis is discussed. We observed the appearance of antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA) and the diagnosis of early primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) could be established and documented histologically. The case report concludes with the discussion of the therapeutical possibilities for PBC.
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- Adult
- Autoantibodies/blood
- Biopsy, Needle
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Hepatitis, Autoimmune/diagnosis
- Hepatitis, Autoimmune/immunology
- Hepatitis, Autoimmune/pathology
- Humans
- Liver/immunology
- Liver/pathology
- Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary/diagnosis
- Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary/immunology
- Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary/pathology
- Mitochondria, Liver/immunology
- Mitochondria, Liver/pathology
- Pruritus/etiology
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- B Hug
- Departement Innere Medizin, Kantonsspital Basel
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Mottet C, Sieber CC, Nauer A, Drewe J, Fried R, Larsen F, Beglinger C. Hemodynamic effects of the somatostatin analog lanreotide in humans: placebo-controlled, cross-over dose-ranging Echo-Doppler study. Hepatology 1998; 27:920-5. [PMID: 9537429 DOI: 10.1002/hep.510270405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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Because of their vasoactive effects, somatostatin and its analogs are increasingly used in the management of complications of chronic liver diseases such as variceal bleeding. Postprandial hyperemia augments splanchnic blood flow, subsequently increasing portal pressure. The aim of this study was to explore effects of the somatostatin analog, lanreotide, on food-stimulated hemodynamic parameters in healthy human subjects. A dose-response curve was constructed in eight healthy male subjects in a placebo-controlled cross-over study. On 4 different days, either 0 (placebo), 50, 100, or 200 microg/h of lanreotide was infused intravenously in random order, starting at 45 minutes for 7 hours. On each day, a liquid test meal (Ensure plus, 1.5 kcal/mL) was perfused intraduodenally at a rate of 3 mL/min over 7 hours after a 45-minute basal period. Diastolic arterial pressure (dBP), heart rate (HR), superior mesenteric arterial (SMA) average flow velocity (SMA-V), SMA pulsatility index (SMA-PI), portal venous volume flow (PV-F), and renal artery (RA) resistance index (RA-RI) were measured on regular intervals (flows using Echo-Doppler technology). Lanreotide at all doses abolished food-stimulated splanchnic hyperemia both in the SMA and PV over 7 hours. The fall in dBP and increase in HR after food perfusion were blunted under lanreotide. Food as well as lanreotide did not modify RA-RI. In summary: 1) lanreotide inhibits food-induced splanchnic hyperemia in normal subjects; 2) in parallel, systemic hemodynamic alterations to food stimulation are abolished with lanreotide; and 3) renal vascular resistance is unchanged. Because of its persistent splanchnic vasoconstrictive effect, lanreotide should be tested in patients with portal hypertension.
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- C Mottet
- Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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Bargetzi MJ, Schönenberger A, Tichelli A, Fried R, Cathomas G, Signer E, Speck B, Gratwohl A. Celiac disease transmitted by allogeneic non-T cell-depleted bone marrow transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 1997; 20:607-9. [PMID: 9337064 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1700926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We observed the occurrence of celiac disease following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in a patient transplanted for acute leukemia. The marrow donor was his HLA-identical sister, who had suffered from celiac disease since birth. The post-transplant period was characterized by recurrent episodes of diarrhea. Detailed workup showed atrophic intestinal mucosa on histology and anti-gliadin and anti-endomysium antibodies in the serum, features that were not present before transplantation. GVHD was absent at that time. The patient remains free of symptoms on gluten-free diet and slight immunosuppression. This case suggests transmission of celiac disease by bone marrow transplantation and supports the T cell concept in celiac disease.
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- M J Bargetzi
- Department of Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Basel, Switzerland
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Hänseler E, Fried R, Savoca R. [External quality control in the medical laboratory: evaluation of 12 ring trials 1994-1996]. Schweiz Med Wochenschr 1997; 127:1519-27. [PMID: 9411709] [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: 02/05/2023]
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The regulations for reimbursement of laboratory tests provide that such tests will be paid for by social insurance institutions only if the laboratories participate in internal and external quality control schemes. Twelve surveys of the external quality assessment scheme of MQ Zürich (Association for Medical Quality Control) were evaluated. We analyzed the imprecision and inaccuracy of the participant results depending on the analytical system or methods used. Furthermore, the number of participants who met the quality criteria published by FKGRAL (Expert Committee for Overall Revision of Analysis List) was determined. The deviations from the internationally recommended or reference methods respectively were within +/-33% for the metabolites and enzymes if native plasma was used as control sample. If lyophilized samples were used, 5 deviations observed were > +/-33% (maximum +99%). For hematologic parameters the deviations were in the range of +/-10%. The CV's were 5.7-17.6% for wet chemistry methods used by the participants and 4.5-15.1% for the other methods. (Cobas Ready, Ektachem, Reflotron, Vision). For hematologic parameters we found CV's between 4.5 and 14.0%. 69-83% of the participants using wet chemistry methods met the FKGRAL criteria, while 86-98% of participants using one of the other system obtained adequate results. The corresponding figure for the hematologic parameters was 83-93%. The nature of the control samples (native samples or lyophilizate) did not influence the number of participants who successfully passed the survey. The study showed that the surveys are an adequate tool for determining participants with inadequate analytical performance, and in many cases the survey results make it possible to propose the necessary educative measures.
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- E Hänseler
- Institut für Klinische Chemie, Universitätsspital Zürich
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Just as psychodermatologic disorders can mimic real dermatologic conditions, real dermatologic or other bona fide physical problems such as neurologic disorders can also mimic psychodermatologic disorders. This article illustrates several cases of pseudopsychodermatologic disorders. When faced with a difficult patient or baffling case, sometimes there is a tendency to "jump to conclusions" with regard to the psychogenic origins of the case. It is important to be cognizant of the possibility that one may be missing a real organic disorder if one does not keep an open mind with regard to diagnosis of the patient's skin condition.
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- J Koo
- UCSF psoriasis Treatment Center, USA
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Fried R, Beckmann N, Keller U, Ninnis R, Stalder G, Seelig J. Early glycogenolysis and late glycogenesis in human liver after intravenous administration of galactose. Am J Physiol 1996; 270:G14-9. [PMID: 8772496 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1996.270.1.g14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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: 02/02/2023]
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Galactose is incorporated by a different metabolic pathway than glucose. Its contribution to glycogen synthesis has not been studied in humans. We administered galactose (0.5 g/kg iv) to overnight-fasted normal human volunteers and examined its effects on hepatic glycogen synthesis and hepatic glucose output (HGO). Hepatic glycogenesis was assessed noninvasively, determining glycogen concentration by 13C magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and liver volume by magnetic resonance imaging. HGO was determined by [6,6-2H2]glucose and gluconeogenesis calculated by adding the amount of hepatic glycogenesis to the HGO. After galactose administration, liver glycogen concentration (baseline 254 +/- 11 mmol/l) decreased in the first 45 min to 207 +/- 15 mmol/l (P < 0.05) and increased thereafter to 313 +/- 7 mmol/l (P < 0.01). Net hepatic glycogenesis was 101 +/- 12 mmol over 150 min. HGO (baseline 14.3 +/- 1.9 mumol.kg-1.min-1) increased threefold in the first 15 min and then returned to baseline. The average rate of gluconeogenesis was 12.3 mumol.kg-1.min-1. Intravenous galactose leads to an increase in hepatic glycogen and hepatic glucose output in normal humans. Competitive inhibition of UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase by UDP-galactose could explain the apparent glycogenolysis observed early after galactose administration. 13C MRS in combination with a stable isotope tracer is a noninvasive and safe method to study hepatic carbohydrate metabolism in humans.
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- R Fried
- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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Fried R. Unfamiliar terms need explaining. Aust Fam Physician 1995; 24:1775. [PMID: 7487669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Otto VI, Fried R, Wiederkehr F, Hänseler E. Separation of the two most closely related isoenzymes of alkaline phosphatase by two-dimensional electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 1995; 16:1284-8. [PMID: 7498177 DOI: 10.1002/elps.11501601210] [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: 01/25/2023]
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Seminoma is the most frequent testicular germ cell tumor. While effective curative treatment of the disease is available today, there is to date no tumor marker suited for the diagnosis and follow-up. Several authors have suggested that the germ-cell-specific isoenzyme of alkaline phosphatase (GCAP) might be valuable for this purpose. GCAP shows 98% sequence homology with the placental isoenzyme of alkaline phosphatase (PLAP). Both display a high degree of phenotypic heterogeneity. Until now all attempts to raise an antibody reacting specifically with GCAP have failed. Consequently there is no immunological assay that allows the measurement of GCAP in the presence of PLAP. Two-dimensional electrophoresis with a sigmoid immobilized pH-gradient of 3-10 for the first dimension makes it possible to differentiate clearly between these two closely related isoenzymes. Additionally, it resolves their many phenotypic variants. This is of special interest, since malignant transformation affects the glycosylation patterns of many glycoproteins. For the detection of GCAP and PLAP in two-dimensional electrophoresis it is essential to purify the raw tissue extracts thoroughly. A chromatographic method suited for this purpose is presented.
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- V I Otto
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
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Sieber CC, Frei R, Beglinger C, Mossi S, Binek J, Schaufelberger H, Fried R, Stalder GA. [Helicobacter pylori resistance against metronidazole in Switzerland: implications for eradication therapy?]. Schweiz Med Wochenschr 1994; 124:1381-4. [PMID: 8091165] [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: 01/28/2023]
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Gastroduodenal ulcers are strongly associated with Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection. Successful eradication drastically diminishes ulcer recurrence. Most of the eradication schemes include metronidazole (Flagyl). The present study was designed to establish the metronidazole resistance rate in Switzerland. Antral biopsies were taken in 153 patients with suspected ulcers (115 men, 38 women, mean age 46 +/- 16 [SD] years) during upper endoscopy for bacteriological testing. Metronidazole resistance (> 8 micrograms/ml) was found in 47/153 (31%) of the isolates. Resistance was found in no case to amoxicillin (Clamoxyl) (0/104 = 0%) and only in 3% (2/66) to clarithromycin (Klazid). Metronidazole resistance of HP in a third of the isolates studied is comparable to numbers found in other European countries. These findings raise the question whether eradication schemes including metronidazole without prior sensitivity testing are justified. Amoxicillin and clarithromycin appear to be valid alternatives.
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- C C Sieber
- Abteilung für Gastroenterologie, Kantonsspital Basel
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Paraneoplastic pemphigus is a recently described disease in which patients have polymorphous skin lesions suggestive of both erythema multiforme major and pemphigus vulgaris in association with internal neoplasms, especially non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. These patients have characteristic autoantibodies that bind specific epidermal proteins. A Nikolsky-negative bullous pemphigoid-like eruption developed within the radiation therapy field in a 72-year-old man receiving palliative treatment for recurrent large cell lymphoma. The eruption rapidly progressed to a Nikolsky-positive bullous process more typical of pemphigus vulgaris with extensive involvement of respiratory epithelia. Despite aggressive treatment with high-dose corticosteroids and antibiotics, the patient rapidly succumbed. Results of immunofluorescence studies and autopsy findings confirmed the diagnosis of paraneoplastic pemphigus.
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- R Fried
- Dermatology Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11209
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During the last 8 years we performed 212 endopyelotomies with an overall success rate of 86%. To determine if the failed endopyelotomies resulted in a more difficult subsequent open corrective procedure, we compared the procedures and outcomes of 15 failed endopyelotomies with 16 control patients undergoing pyeloplasty who had not undergone a previous endopyelotomy. The variables of duration of the surgical procedure, average estimated blood loss, average number of transfusions and average length of hospitalization were analyzed for both groups. No statistically significant differences were detected for any of these variables. We conclude that despite a previously failed endopyelotomy, a subsequent open operation on the ureteropelvic junction, although slightly more difficult, was not associated with an increased morbidity rate nor less successful than de novo pyeloplasty. Therefore, we continue to advocate endopyelotomy as the procedure of choice for obstruction of the ureteropelvic junction.
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- J A Motola
- Department of Urology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York
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Beckmann N, Fried R, Turkalj I, Seelig J, Keller U, Stalder G. Noninvasive observation of hepatic glycogen formation in man by 13C MRS after oral and intravenous glucose administration. Magn Reson Med 1993; 29:583-90. [PMID: 8505893 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910290502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The formation of glycogen in the liver of normal volunteers was followed noninvasively with 13C magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) under two different conditions: a) intravenous infusion of [1-13C]glucose under hyperglycemic and hyperinsulinemic clamp conditions, and b) oral intake of glucose in the form of a bolus. For the intravenous infusion, [1-13C]glucose with an enrichment level of 99% was employed. The C1 signals of alpha- and beta-glucose could be detected in the human liver already after an infusion period of 8 min. However, an increase in the glycogen signal was observed only after a prolonged infusion of about 60 min. Changes in the glycogen signal correlated well with the time course of insulin and glucagon during the measurement. Experiments showed also that liver glycogen formation in man can be followed noninvasively by 13C-MRS using nonlabeled glucose or [1-13C]glucose with a low level of enrichment (6.6%). The use of nonlabeled glucose may therefore simplify the quantitation of net liver glycogen synthesis since it can be based directly on changes in the natural abundance 13C MRS glycogen signal, avoiding label dilution through the various metabolic pathways of glucose. The glucose uptake, estimated from the increase in the glycogen signal, was consistent with findings from more complex and invasive studies of glucose uptake in the liver. The average liver glycogen concentration in 12 h overnight fasted volunteers (n = 18) without any special dietary preparation was assessed to be 229 +/- 34 mM (minimum = 160 mM; maximum = 274 mM).
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- N Beckmann
- MR Center and Biocenter, University of Basel, Switzerland
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- R Fried
- Respiratory Psychophysiology Laboratory, Hunter College, CUNY, New York
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Conzelmann M, Zenklusen HR, Fried R, Frei R, John H, Huber F. [Unusual intestinal manifestations of tuberculosis]. Schweiz Med Wochenschr 1993; 123:234-9. [PMID: 8434253] [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: 01/30/2023]
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In an 87-year-old Swiss female referred with complaints of bloody diarrhea and weight loss, colonoscopy revealed three ulcers in the rectum and colon. Cultures from the colonic ulcers were positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. There was no evidence of pulmonary infection. One week after adequate therapy was begun, a perforation occurred at the rectosigmoid junction. The sigmoid was resected and left-sided colostomy was performed. Seven days after surgery the patient died. Clinical features, diagnosis and morphological changes of intestinal tuberculosis are discussed.
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- M Conzelmann
- Geriatrische Aufnahme- und Abklärungsstation, Felix Platter-Spital, Basel
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Fried R, Simon D. Gender and pancreatitis: do the ducts make the difference? Am J Gastroenterol 1992; 87:1521. [PMID: 1415116] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- R Fried
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York
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A method is described for the characterization of protein antigens from circulating immune complexes from plasma. Free immunoglobulins G were separated from larger immune complexes by gel filtration with a fast protein liquid chromatographic system. The collected immune complexes were dissociated with 4M urea into antigens and antibodies. With a second column run with 4M urea, antigens smaller than 120 kDa were separated from unloaded antibody fractions. After concentration, they were analyzed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis.
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- R Fried
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland
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Fried R, Fox MC, Carlton RM. Effect of diaphragmatic respiration with end-tidal CO2 biofeedback on respiration, EEG, and seizure frequency in idiopathic epilepsy. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1990; 602:67-96. [PMID: 2122789 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1990.tb22730.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Breathing rate (RR), end-tidal percent CO2, and EEG were obtained in three groups: psychiatric referral subjects presenting with anxiety, panic phobia, depression and migraine; a group of idiopathic seizure sufferers; and a group of asymptomatic controls. Virtually all the noncontrol subjects were found to show moderate to severe hyperventilation and the accompanying EEG dysrhythmia. The seizure group subjects were taught diaphragmatic respiration with end-tidal percent CO2 biofeedback. The training normalized their respiration and altered their EEGs and seizure frequency.
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- R Fried
- Hunter College, City University of New York, New York 10021
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Quasiformal reports of widespread use of music in counterarousal techniques abound despite little evidence of its psychophysiological effects. Some known effects are presented here, and they suggest, among other things, an influence on hemispheric dominance, changes in autonomic nervous system activity, and relaxation by paradoxical arousal patterns contrary to those in cognitive function and anxiety. Hypothetical subcortical reflexes are postulated as mediators. Different types of music and their effect are described. Of particular relevance is that some forms of music have been reliably shown to have a profound beneficial effect on breathing.
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- R Fried
- Institute for Rational Emotive Therapy, New York
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Fried R. The orphan trains. Ohio Med 1990; 86:474-6. [PMID: 2195411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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