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Nozdrzykowski M, Fahr F, Schulz U, Jawad K, Huhn S, Al-Naamani A, Eifert S, Garbade J, Borger M, Saeed D. Stroke and Pump Thrombosis following LVAD Implantation: Impact of the Implantation Approach. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1742845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Deutschland
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- Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Deutschland
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- Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Deutschland
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- Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Deutschland
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- Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Deutschland
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- Herzchirurgie, Klinikum Links der Weser, Bremen, Deutschland
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- Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Deutschland
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- Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Deutschland
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Saeed D, Jawad K, Sipahi F, Huhn S, Kalampokas N, Albert A, Borger M, Lichtenberg A. Reduced Rethoracotomy Rate for Bleeding and Postoperative Hospital Stay with Less Invasive Ventricular Assist Device Implantation, Multicenter Experience. J Heart Lung Transplant 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.1082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Saeed D, Muslem R, Rasheed M, Caliskan K, Kalampokas N, Sipahi F, Lichtenberg A, Jawad K, Borger M, Huhn S, Cogswell R, John R, Schultz J, Shah H, Hsu S, Gilotra N, Tomashitis B, Hajj ME, Lozonschi L, Houston B, Tedford R. Less Invasive Surgical Implant Strategy is Associated with Significant Reduction in INTERMACS Defined Right Heart Failure Following LVAD Implantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.1005] [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] Open
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Saeed D, Jawad K, Huhn S, Schulz U, Eifert S, Sipahi N, Kalampokas N, Garbade J, Lichtenberg A, Borger M. Less Invasive Ventricular Assist Device Implantation Lowers Rethoracotomy Rate for Bleeding and Reduces Postoperative Hospital Stay: Multicenter Experience. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2020. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1705352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Huhn S, Weinhold N, Nickel J, Pritsch M, Hielscher T, Hummel M, Bertsch U, Huegle-Doerr B, Vogel M, Angermund R, Hänel M, Salwender HJ, Weisel K, Dürig J, Görner M, Kirchner H, Peter N, Graeven U, Lordick F, Hoffmann M, Reimer P, Blau IW, Jauch A, Dembowsky K, Möhler T, Wuchter P, Goldschmidt H. Circulating tumor cells as a biomarker for response to therapy in multiple myeloma patients treated within the GMMG-MM5 trial. Bone Marrow Transplant 2017; 52:1194-1198. [PMID: 28504661 PMCID: PMC5543255 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2017.91] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- S Huhn
- Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.,Myeloma Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Biostatistics, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Biostatistics, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.,National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Janssen-Cilag, Neuss, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH, Chemnitz, Germany
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Asklepios Klinik Altona, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II-Hematology and Oncology, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Community Hospital Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Medical Clinic III Hematology and Oncology, Städt. Krankenhaus Siloah, Hannover, Germany
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- 2nd Medical Department, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Charité, Carl-Thiem-Klinikum Cottbus, Cottbus, Germany
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- Hematology, Oncology and Gastroenterology, Maria-Hilf-Krankenhaus, Mönchengladbach, Germany
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- 3rd Medical Department, Haematology and Oncology, Klinikum Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.,University Cancer Center Leipzig (UCCL), University Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Medical Clinic A, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen gGmbH, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
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- Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Essen-Werden gGmbH, Essen, Germany
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- Medical Clinic III Hematology and Oncology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.,inVentiv Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.,Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunology, German Red Cross Blood Service Baden-Württemberg-Hessen, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.,National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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da Silva Filho MI, Försti A, Weinhold N, Meziane I, Campo C, Huhn S, Nickel J, Hoffmann P, Nöthen MM, Jöckel KH, Landi S, Mitchell JS, Johnson D, Morgan GJ, Houlston R, Goldschmidt H, Jauch A, Milani P, Merlini G, Rowcieno D, Hawkins P, Hegenbart U, Palladini G, Wechalekar A, Schönland SO, Hemminki K. Genome-wide association study of immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis in three patient cohorts: comparison with myeloma. Leukemia 2016; 31:1735-1742. [PMID: 28025584 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2016.387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2016] [Revised: 10/28/2016] [Accepted: 11/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
Immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis is characterized by tissue deposition of amyloid fibers derived from immunoglobulin light chain. AL amyloidosis and multiple myeloma (MM) originate from monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. We wanted to characterize germline susceptibility to AL amyloidosis using a genome-wide association study (GWAS) on 1229 AL amyloidosis patients from Germany, UK and Italy, and 7526 healthy local controls. For comparison with MM, recent GWAS data on 3790 cases were used. For AL amyloidosis, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at 10 loci showed evidence of an association at P<10-5 with homogeneity of results from the 3 sample sets; some of these were previously documented to influence MM risk, including the SNP at the IRF4 binding site. In AL amyloidosis, rs9344 at the splice site of cyclin D1, promoting translocation (11;14), reached the highest significance, P=7.80 × 10-11; the SNP was only marginally significant in MM. SNP rs79419269 close to gene SMARCD3 involved in chromatin remodeling was also significant (P=5.2 × 10-8). These data provide evidence for common genetic susceptibility to AL amyloidosis and MM. Cyclin D1 is a more prominent driver in AL amyloidosis than in MM, but the links to aggregation of light chains need to be demonstrated.
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- M I da Silva Filho
- Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.,Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University, Malmo, Sweden
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Myeloma Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.,Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.,Department of Genomics, Life and Brain Research Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Surrey, UK
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Surrey, UK
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- Myeloma Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Surrey, UK.,Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Surrey, UK
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,National Centre of Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Amyloidosis Research and Treatment Center, Foundation 'Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Policlinico San Matteo', University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Amyloidosis Research and Treatment Center, Foundation 'Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Policlinico San Matteo', University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- National Amyloidosis Centre, University College London Medical School, London UK
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- National Amyloidosis Centre, University College London Medical School, London UK
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Amyloidosis Research and Treatment Center, Foundation 'Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Policlinico San Matteo', University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- National Amyloidosis Centre, University College London Medical School, London UK
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.,Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University, Malmo, Sweden
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Silverberg GD, Levinthal E, Sullivan EV, Bloch DA, Chang SD, Leverenz J, Flitman S, Winn R, Marciano F, Saul T, Huhn S, Mayo M, McGuire D. Assessment of low-flow CSF drainage as a treatment for AD: results of a randomized pilot study. Neurology 2002; 59:1139-45. [PMID: 12391340 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000031794.42077.a1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE This prospective, randomized, controlled study was designed to investigate the safety, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of long-term CSF drainage via a low-flow ventriculoperitoneal shunt in subjects suffering from AD. METHODS Twenty-nine subjects selected for probable AD (National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Diseases and Stroke-Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Association criteria) were screened to exclude normal pressure hydrocephalus or other etiologies of dementia and randomized to treatment (shunt) or no treatment groups. The study endpoint was the comparison of group performance on psychometric testing at quarterly intervals for 1 year. Shunted subjects had CSF withdrawn for MAP-tau and Abeta((1-42)) assays at the same time intervals. RESULTS There was no mortality from the surgical procedure, and no patient sustained a subdural hematoma. Five notable postoperative adverse events, which resolved without permanent neurologic deficit, were reported in the shunt group. Group mean Mattis Dementia Rating Scale total scores showed little change over the year in the shunt-treatment group, in contrast to a decline in the control group (p = 0.06). Mini-Mental State Examination mean scores supported a trend in favor of shunt treatment (p = 0.1). There was a concomitant decrease in ventricular CSF concentrations of AD biomarkers MAP-tau and Abeta((1-42)). CONCLUSIONS The surgical procedure and the device are reasonably safe. Adverse events were consistent with shunt procedures for hydrocephalus in this older population. The endpoint data show a trend in favor of the treated group. A larger, randomized, double-blinded, controlled, clinical trial is underway.
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- G D Silverberg
- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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Silverberg GD, Heit G, Huhn S, Jaffe RA, Chang SD, Bronte-Stewart H, Rubenstein E, Possin K, Saul TA. The cerebrospinal fluid production rate is reduced in dementia of the Alzheimer's type. Neurology 2001; 57:1763-6. [PMID: 11723260 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.57.10.1763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the production rate of CSF in patients with differing disease states. METHODS The authors measured the production rate of CSF in three groups of patients: five patients with PD below age 60 (aged 51 +/- 4 years, mean +/- SD), nine with PD over age 60 (aged 69 +/- 6 years, mean +/- SD), and seven with dementia of the Alzheimer's type (AD) (aged 72 +/- 9 years, mean +/- SD). This method, based on the Masserman technique, employs ventricular rather than a lumbar access to the CSF space. Furthermore, the volume of CSF removed during the procedure is only 3 mL rather than 10 mL. RESULTS These measurements indicate that the mean rate of CSF production in patients with PD under age 60 was 0.47 +/- 0.13 mL/minute, in patients with PD aged 60 or older the mean rate was 0.40 +/- 0.12 mL/minute, and in patients with AD the mean rate was 0.20 +/- 0.06 mL/minute. CONCLUSION These results indicate that the rate of CSF production in patients with PD is normal, and that the rate of CSF production in patients with AD is markedly reduced.
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- G D Silverberg
- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305-5327, USA.
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Huhn S. [HIV and AIDS in the aged]. Pflege Aktuell 2000; 54:673-4. [PMID: 11288317] [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: 02/19/2023]
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Huhn S. [The bed as an aid in nursing: as you make your bed so will you lie]. Pflege Z 1999; 52:410-2. [PMID: 10562127] [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: 02/14/2023]
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Huhn S. [With a clear aim towards the future. 10 years of geriatric nursing in 1999. Geriatric fair and congress]. Pflege Aktuell 1999; 53:289-90. [PMID: 10578873] [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: 02/14/2023]
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Huhn S. [Assistance in eating and drinking for patients and residents: feeding patients may be delegated only after training]. Pflege Z 1998; 51:118-9. [PMID: 9574051] [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: 02/07/2023]
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Huhn S. [Eating and drinking in the care of the elderly]. Pflege Z 1998; 51:67-9. [PMID: 9479273] [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: 02/06/2023]
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Nelson SJ, Huhn S, Vigneron DB, Day MR, Wald LL, Prados M, Chang S, Gutin PH, Sneed PK, Verhey L, Hawkins RA, Dillon WP. Volume MRI and MRSI techniques for the quantitation of treatment response in brain tumors: presentation of a detailed case study. J Magn Reson Imaging 1997; 7:1146-52. [PMID: 9400861 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880070630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Patients with primary brain tumors may be considered for several different treatments during the course of their disease. Assessments of disease progression and response to therapy are typically performed by visual interpretation of serial MRI examinations. Although such examinations provide useful morphologic information, they are unable to reliably distinguish active tumor from radiation necrosis. This poses a particular problem in the assessment of response to localized radiation therapies such as gamma knife radiosurgery. In this paper, we present methodology for evaluating changes in tissue morphology and metabolism based on serial volumetric MRI and magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) examinations. Registration and quantitative analysis of these data provide measurements of the temporal and spatial distributions of gadolinium enhancement and of N-acetylasparate, choline, creatine, and lactate/lipid. The key features of this approach and the potential clinical benefits are illustrated by a detailed analysis of six serial MRI/MRSI examinations and three serial 1-[F-18] fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) studies on a patient with a recurrent anaplastic astrocytoma.
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- S J Nelson
- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA.
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Huhn S. [Importance of the Bobath concept in the care of patients with hemiplegia]. Pflege Aktuell 1997; 51:328-31. [PMID: 9239090] [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: 02/04/2023]
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Huhn S, McLone DG, Radkowski MA, De Leon G, Laurent JP. 15-year-old young woman with brachial plexus tumor. Pediatr Neurosurg 1997; 26:277-80. [PMID: 9440499 DOI: 10.1159/000121205] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- S Huhn
- Department of Surgery, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Ill. 60614, USA
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Nelson SJ, Day MR, Buffone PJ, Wald LL, Budinger TF, Hawkins R, Dillon WP, Huhn S, Prados MD, Chang S, Vigneron DB. Alignment of volume MR images and high resolution [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose PET images for the evaluation of patients with brain tumors. J Comput Assist Tomogr 1997; 21:183-91. [PMID: 9071283 DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199703000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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PURPOSE The goal of the study was to investigate the use of automated registration techniques for interpretation of volume MR and high resolution FDG-PET images that were obtained from patients with brain tumors. METHOD Twenty-one patients with brain tumors were studied on one or more occasions using MRI and high resolution FDG-PET. The data were aligned using automated volume- and surface-matching algorithms. Composite images comprising the resliced pre- and postgadolinium spoiled GRE, T2-weighted SE, and PET data were constructed to correlate intensities of regions on the PET images with regions that corresponded to normal gray matter, white matter, and gadolinium enhancement. RESULTS The accuracy of registration between the MR and PET images was estimated to be within 1-2 mm based upon the distance between surfaces of the outside of the head. In 12 of the 24 examinations, there were diagnoses of recurrent tumor, with only 5 of these exhibiting regions of higher FDG uptake than normal gray matter. For 19 of the 24 studies, the anatomic context provided by the registered MR images was found to be important in distinguishing recurrent tumor from necrosis based upon FDG uptake. CONCLUSION The automated alignment was found to be an important factor in interpreting the high resolution PET images. This was particularly true for small lesions close to the cortex and for situations where FDG uptake had been reduced by prior treatment with radiation therapy.
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- S J Nelson
- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA
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Huhn S. [Care of incontinence in demented patients: talk to the patient in normal language!]. Pflege Z 1996; 49:410-1. [PMID: 8717989] [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: 02/01/2023]
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Huhn S. [Nursing measures for the prevention of constipation]. Pflege Aktuell 1996; 50:199-202; quiz 203-4. [PMID: 8715676] [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: 02/01/2023]
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Huhn S. [Falls and their prevention]. Pflege Aktuell 1996; 50:34-6. [PMID: 8680661] [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: 02/01/2023]
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Kämmer K, Huhn S, König EM. [Quality of care--spirit of the age or chance?]. Pflege Z 1995; 48:6-8. [PMID: 7850143] [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: 01/27/2023]
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Huhn S. [Prevention of falls--a nursing task]. Pflege Z 1995; 48:33-4. [PMID: 7850141] [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: 01/27/2023]
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Blochmann E, Felgner L, Huhn S, Huneke MJ, Lingenberg E. [A new start towards qualification. Interview with the teachers of the Essen educational center on their new educational concept]. Pflege Aktuell 1994; 48:734-5. [PMID: 7804553] [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: 01/27/2023]
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Fifty-two patients with acute traumatic bilateral locked facets were treated at one trauma center during a 3 1/2-year period (July, 1987, to December, 1990). The patients presented with complete motor quadriplegia (34 cases), incomplete myelopathy (13 cases), or intact long-tract function (five cases). The injuries occurred at C2-3 (one patient, with intact function), C4-5 (12 patients), C5-6 (16 patients), C6-7 (19 patients), and C7-T1 (four patients). Immediate traction (with increasing weight and serial x-ray studies) and/or induction of general anesthesia and muscle relaxation reduced the dislocation in 40 patients, but 12 needed prompt operative reduction as their injuries failed to reduce within 4 hours. Stabilization was indicated for all patients, but three did not undergo surgery: two elderly patients with complete injuries (one refused surgery and one died), and one patient with multiple injuries (fusion was achieved by halo-vest immobilization for 3 months). Of the 49 patients treated operatively, 23 (44.2%) underwent surgery on the day of injury and 26 on a delayed basis (mean 8.7 days postinjury). Surgical treatment included fusion of the posterior facet to a spinous process (44 cases), an anterior Caspar plate technique (three cases), and both procedures (two cases). Of these 49 patients, three (6.1%) with complete injuries died due to an adult respiratory distress syndrome. Improvement of cord function, judged by functional grade change, was observed at discharge in 15 patients (31.9%) and in 15 (71.4%) of the 21 patients with a 1-year follow-up period. Of the 34 patients with complete myelopathy on admission, three are ambulatory after 1 year, and 13 others have gained function in at least one nerve root. It is concluded that prompt reduction (nonoperative or surgical) and internal stabilization facilitate recovery even in neurologically compromised patients, and that early operative intervention is a wiser option than conservative management. This report also documents a higher incidence of this injury without deficit (five of the 52 cases) than reported in other series.
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- A Wolf
- Division of Neurological Surgery, Maryland Institute of Emergency Medical Services Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore
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Huhn S, Kämmer K. [Characteristics of the various degrees in the quality of geriatric nursing--group living and group nursing]. Krankenpflege (Frankf) 1991; 45:625-6. [PMID: 1762394] [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: 12/28/2022]
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Guthkelch AN, Huhn S, Chvapil M. Reactions to dural substitutes. J Neurosurg 1989; 71:629. [PMID: 2477516 DOI: 10.3171/jns.1989.71.4.0629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Reich G, Huhn S, Wolf-Kussl C. [Interaction pattern and therapy of compulsive families]. Prax Kinderpsychol Kinderpsychiatr 1988; 37:17-24. [PMID: 3353363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Kang J, Kaladas P, Chang C, Chen S, Dondero R, Frank A, Huhn S, Lisi P, Monchnal D, Nasser J. A highly sensitive immunoenzymometric assay involving "common-capture" particles and membrane filtration. Clin Chem 1986; 32:1682-6. [PMID: 3091291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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This highly sensitive immunoenzymometric method involves monoclonal antibodies, a common-capture microsphere, and a rapid, membrane-filtration separation step. The common-capture solid phase is monoclonal anti-fluorescein antibody convalently attached to 6.5 micron-diameter latex particles. In sandwich-type assays for large-molecule analytes, the capture antibody is conjugated with fluorescein isothiocyanate and the probe antibody is conjugated with beta-galactosidase (EC 3.2.1.23). In competitive assays for small analytes, the analyte-beta-galactosidase conjugate competes with the analyte in the clinical samples for the fluoresceinated capture antibody. After simultaneous incubation of the reagents for 2 h, the bound and unbound reagents are separated by filtration through the bottom of each well of a 96-well plate. Substrate (4-methylumbelliferyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside) is then added to the wells, and the rate of product formation is determined kinetically for 12 min. The rate is proportional to the concentration of analyte in the sandwich assays and inversely proportional in the competitive assays. The assay results for choriogonadotropin, thyrotropin, digoxin, and thyroxin show the assay to be sensitive, rapid, and applicable to any size analyte. With this system, several different sandwich and (or) competitive-type assays can be performed simultaneously on the same plate.
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Kang J, Kaladas P, Chang C, Chen S, Dondero R, Frank A, Huhn S, Lisi P, Monchnal D, Nasser J. A highly sensitive immunoenzymometric assay involving "common-capture" particles and membrane filtration. Clin Chem 1986. [DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/32.9.1682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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This highly sensitive immunoenzymometric method involves monoclonal antibodies, a common-capture microsphere, and a rapid, membrane-filtration separation step. The common-capture solid phase is monoclonal anti-fluorescein antibody convalently attached to 6.5 micron-diameter latex particles. In sandwich-type assays for large-molecule analytes, the capture antibody is conjugated with fluorescein isothiocyanate and the probe antibody is conjugated with beta-galactosidase (EC 3.2.1.23). In competitive assays for small analytes, the analyte-beta-galactosidase conjugate competes with the analyte in the clinical samples for the fluoresceinated capture antibody. After simultaneous incubation of the reagents for 2 h, the bound and unbound reagents are separated by filtration through the bottom of each well of a 96-well plate. Substrate (4-methylumbelliferyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside) is then added to the wells, and the rate of product formation is determined kinetically for 12 min. The rate is proportional to the concentration of analyte in the sandwich assays and inversely proportional in the competitive assays. The assay results for choriogonadotropin, thyrotropin, digoxin, and thyroxin show the assay to be sensitive, rapid, and applicable to any size analyte. With this system, several different sandwich and (or) competitive-type assays can be performed simultaneously on the same plate.
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