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Cherry AD, Chu CP, Cianciolo RE, Hokamp JA, Jacobson SA, Nabity MB. MicroRNA-126 in dogs with immune complex-mediated glomerulonephritis. J Vet Intern Med 2024; 38:216-227. [PMID: 38116844 PMCID: PMC10800198 DOI: 10.1111/jvim.16932] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Most proteinuric dogs with naturally occurring chronic kidney disease have amyloidosis (AMYL), glomerulosclerosis (GS), or immune complex-mediated glomerulonephritis (ICGN), each with different treatment and prognosis. A noninvasive and disease-specific biomarker is lacking. HYPOTHESIS We hypothesized that the expression pattern of biofluid microRNA (miRNAs and miRs) would correlate with disease progression and categorization. ANIMALS Archived serum and urine samples from 18 dogs with glomerular disease and 6 clinically healthy dogs; archived urine samples from 49 dogs with glomerular disease and 13 clinically healthy dogs. METHODS Retrospective study. Archived biofluid samples from adult dogs with biopsy-confirmed glomerular disease submitted to the International Veterinary Renal Pathology Service between 2008 and 2016 were selected. Serum and urinary miRNAs were isolated and profiled using RNA sequencing. Urinary miR-126, miR-21, miR-182, and miR-486 were quantified using quantitative reverse transcription PCR. RESULTS When comparing more advanced disease with earlier disease, no serum miRNAs were differentially expressed, but urinary miR-21 and miR-182 were 1.63 (95% CI: .86-3.1) and 1.45 (95% CI: .82-2.6) times higher in azotemic dogs, respectively (adjusted P < .05) and weakly correlated with tubulointerstitial fibrosis (miR-21: r = .32, P = .03; miR-182: r = .28, P = .05). Expression of urinary miR-126 was 10.5 (95% CI: 4.1-26.7), 28.9 (95% CI: 10.5-79.8), and 126.2 (95% CI: 44.7-356.3) times higher in dogs with ICGN compared with dogs with GS, AMYL, and healthy controls, respectively (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE The miR-126 could help identify dogs that might benefit from immunosuppressive therapy in the absence of a biopsy. MiR-21 and miR-182 are potential markers of disease severity and fibrosis.
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- Ariana D. Cherry
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical SciencesTexas A&M UniversityCollege StationTexasUSA
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical SciencesTexas A&M UniversityCollege StationTexasUSA
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- Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary MedicineThe Ohio State UniversityColumbusOhioUSA
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Niche Diagnostics, LLCColumbusOhioUSA
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Zoetis Inc.ColumbusOhioUSA
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical SciencesTexas A&M UniversityCollege StationTexasUSA
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical SciencesTexas A&M UniversityCollege StationTexasUSA
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical SciencesTexas A&M UniversityCollege StationTexasUSA
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Jacobson SA, Ferro PJ, Navarro MA, Uzal FA, Edwards EE. Clostridium piliforme and canine distemper virus coinfection in 2 domestic dog littermates and a gray fox kit. J Vet Diagn Invest 2022; 34:894-897. [PMID: 35833699 DOI: 10.1177/10406387221109899] [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] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Concurrent Clostridium piliforme and canine distemper virus (CDV) infection was diagnosed in 2 canine littermates and 1 gray fox kit from Texas, USA. In all 3 animals, intracytoplasmic, filamentous bacteria, consistent with C. piliforme, were present along the margins of foci of hepatic necrosis. Additional histologic findings included intracytoplasmic and intranuclear inclusion bodies in bile duct and bronchial epithelial cells of the fox kit, and mild intestinal necrosis in 1 puppy. PCR assays confirmed the presence of C. piliforme in all 3 animals, CDV in both puppies, and canine parvovirus in 1 puppy. Fluorescent antibody testing confirmed the presence of CDV in the fox kit. Concurrent canine distemper and Tyzzer disease in canine littermates and the gray fox has not been reported previously, to our knowledge.
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- Sarah A Jacobson
- College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, Texas A&M Agrilife, College Station, TX, USA
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- California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, San Bernardino Branch, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA.,Instituto de Patología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Los Rios, Chile
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- California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, San Bernardino Branch, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, Texas A&M Agrilife, College Station, TX, USA
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Adler CH, Beach TG, Shill HA, Caviness JN, Driver-Dunckley E, Sabbagh MN, Patel A, Sue LI, Serrano G, Jacobson SA, Davis K, Belden CM, Dugger BN, Paciga SA, Winslow AR, Hirst WD, Hentz JG. GBA mutations in Parkinson disease: earlier death but similar neuropathological features. Eur J Neurol 2017; 24:1363-1368. [PMID: 28834018 DOI: 10.1111/ene.13395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2017] [Accepted: 07/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Mutations in the glucocerebrosidase (GBA) gene are known to be a risk factor for Parkinson's disease (PD). Data on clinicopathological correlation are limited. The purpose of this study was to determine the clinicopathological findings that might distinguish PD cases with and without mutations in the GBA gene. METHODS Data from the Arizona Study of Aging and Neurodegenerative Disorders were used to identify autopsied PD cases that did or did not have a GBA gene mutation. Clinical and neuropathological data were compared. RESULTS Twelve PD cases had a GBA mutation and 102 did not. The GBA mutation cases died younger (76 vs. 81 years of age) but there was no difference in disease duration or clinical examination findings. No neuropathological differences were found in total or regional semi-quantitative scores for Lewy-type synucleinopathy, senile plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, white matter rarefaction or cerebral amyloid angiopathy scores. CONCLUSIONS In longitudinally assessed, autopsied PD cases, those with GBA mutations had a younger age at death but there was no evidence for clinical or neuropathological differences compared to cases without GBA mutations. Due to the small GBA group size, small differences cannot be excluded.
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- C H Adler
- Department of Neurology, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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- Civin Laboratory for Neuropathology, Banner Sun Health Research Institute, Sun City, AZ, USA
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- Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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- Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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- Civin Laboratory for Neuropathology, Banner Sun Health Research Institute, Sun City, AZ, USA
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- Civin Laboratory for Neuropathology, Banner Sun Health Research Institute, Sun City, AZ, USA
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- Cleo Roberts Center, Banner Sun Health Research Institute, Sun City, AZ, USA
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- Cleo Roberts Center, Banner Sun Health Research Institute, Sun City, AZ, USA
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- Cleo Roberts Center, Banner Sun Health Research Institute, Sun City, AZ, USA
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- Civin Laboratory for Neuropathology, Banner Sun Health Research Institute, Sun City, AZ, USA.,University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Pfizer Neuroscience Research Unit, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Pfizer Neuroscience Research Unit, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Pfizer Neuroscience Research Unit, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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We present conclusions from a large number of N-body simulations of the giant impact phase of terrestrial planet formation. We focus on new results obtained from the recently proposed Grand Tack model, which couples the gas-driven migration of giant planets to the accretion of the terrestrial planets. The giant impact phase follows the oligarchic growth phase, which builds a bi-modal mass distribution within the disc of embryos and planetesimals. By varying the ratio of the total mass in the embryo population to the total mass in the planetesimal population and the mass of the individual embryos, we explore how different disc conditions control the final planets. The total mass ratio of embryos to planetesimals controls the timing of the last giant (Moon-forming) impact and its violence. The initial embryo mass sets the size of the lunar impactor and the growth rate of Mars. After comparing our simulated outcomes with the actual orbits of the terrestrial planets (angular momentum deficit, mass concentration) and taking into account independent geochemical constraints on the mass accreted by the Earth after the Moon-forming event and on the time scale for the growth of Mars, we conclude that the protoplanetary disc at the beginning of the giant impact phase must have had most of its mass in Mars-sized embryos and only a small fraction of the total disc mass in the planetesimal population. From this, we infer that the Moon-forming event occurred between approximately 60 and approximately 130 Myr after the formation of the first solids and was caused most likely by an object with a mass similar to that of Mars.
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- S A Jacobson
- Laboratoire Lagrange, UNSA, OCA, CNRS, Boulevard de l'Observatoire, BP 4029, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France Universität Bayreuth, Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Bayreuth 95440 Germany
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- Laboratoire Lagrange, UNSA, OCA, CNRS, Boulevard de l'Observatoire, BP 4029, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
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This report deals with the experience gained by observation and treatment of 114 Vietnamese combat injuries from December 1965 to April 1969. The report covers all aspects of rehabilitation, medical, physical and socio-economic.
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- S A Jacobson
- Spinal Cord Injury Service of the Veterans Administration Hospital, Long Beach, California, USA
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Grayburn PA, Weiss JL, Hack TC, Klodas E, Raichlen JS, Vannan MA, Klein AL, Kitzman DW, Chrysant SG, Cohen JL, Abrahamson D, Foster E, Perez JE, Aurigemma GP, Panza JA, Picard MH, Byrd BF, Segar DS, Jacobson SA, Sahn DJ, DeMaria AN. Phase III multicenter trial comparing the efficacy of 2% dodecafluoropentane emulsion (EchoGen) and sonicated 5% human albumin (Albunex) as ultrasound contrast agents in patients with suboptimal echocardiograms. J Am Coll Cardiol 1998; 32:230-6. [PMID: 9669275 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(98)00219-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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: 02/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study was performed to compare the safety and efficacy of intravenous 2% dodecafluoropentane (DDFP) emulsion (EchoGen) with that of active control (sonicated human albumin [Albunex]) for left ventricular (LV) cavity opacification in adult patients with a suboptimal echocardiogram. BACKGROUND The development of new fluorocarbon-based echocardiographic contrast agents such as DDFP has allowed opacification of the left ventricle after peripheral venous injection. We hypothesized that DDFP was clinically superior to the Food and Drug Administration-approved active control. METHODS This was a Phase III, multicenter, single-blind, active controlled trial. Sequential intravenous injections of active control and DDFP were given 30 min apart to 254 patients with a suboptimal echocardiogram, defined as one in which the endocardial borders were not visible in at least two segments in either the apical two- or four-chamber views. Studies were interpreted in blinded manner by two readers and the investigators. RESULTS Full or intermediate LV cavity opacification was more frequently observed after DDFP than after active control (78% vs. 31% for reader A; 69% vs. 34% for reader B; 83% vs. 55% for the investigators, p < 0.0001). LV cavity opacification scores were higher with DDFP (2.0 to 2.5 vs. 1.1 to 1.5, p < 0.0001). Endocardial border delineation was improved by DDFP in 88% of patients versus 45% with active control (p < 0.001). Similar improvement was seen for duration of contrast effect, salvage of suboptimal echocardiograms, diagnostic confidence and potential to affect patient management. There was no difference between agents in the number of patients with adverse events attributed to the test agent (9% for DDFP vs. 6% for active control, p = 0.92). CONCLUSIONS This Phase III multicenter trial demonstrates that DDFP is superior to sonicated human albumin for LV cavity opacification, endocardial border definition, duration of effect, salvage of suboptimal echocardiograms, diagnostic confidence and potential to influence patient management. The two agents had similar safety profiles.
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- P A Grayburn
- Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75216-9047, USA.
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We report the case of a primary renal carcinoid tumor associated with a horseshoe malformation in a 43-year-old man who presented with testicular pain. The tumor was centrally located and purely solid and had features ascribed to hindgut neuroendocrine neoplasia. The relative risk of developing a carcinoid tumor in a horseshoe kidney is estimated to be x82.
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- L R Bégin
- Department of Pathology, McGill University, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada
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Malignancy metastasis to the penis is an uncommon clinicopathological entity. We present two cases of malignant priapism following penile metastasis, in which the diagnosis was established by core needle biopsy of the corpus cavernosum. Primary tumors were urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder in one case (the patient having concomitant high-grade prostatic adenocarcinoma) and prostatic adenocarcinoma in the other. The clinicopathological features of 51 previously reported cases of penile metastasis in the recent literature are reviewed.
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- P T Chan
- Department of Urology, The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Malignancy metastasis to the penis is an uncommon clinicopathological entity. We present two cases of malignant priapism following penile metastasis, in which the diagnosis was established by core needle biopsy of the corpus cavernosum. Primary tumors were urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder in one case (the patient having concomitant high-grade prostatic adenocarcinoma) and prostatic adenocarcinoma in the other. The clinicopathological features of 51 previously reported cases of penile metastasis in the recent literature are reviewed.
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- P T Chan
- Department of Urology, The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Delirium is a state of disturbed consciousness and attention and cognition or perception, which develops acutely, fluctuates during the course of the day, and is attributable to a physical disorder. This syndrome is the focus of increasing attention in light of emerging evidence of its enormous impact in human suffering as well as patient care costs. As currently conceptualized, delirium is a threshold phenomenon in which systemic and cerebral insults are cumulative and, in most cases, are multifactorial in origin. Because delirium results from an underlying medical condition, its prognosis is dependent largely on how quickly that condition is identified and appropriately treated. A basic algorithm for initial delirium management is reviewed, which includes discontinuing noncritical medications, instituting close observation, monitoring vital signs and fluid intake and output, obtaining a complete history, performing initial laboratory studies to determine the causes, implementing environmental and psychosocial interventions, and instituting pharmacologic treatment as indicated for agitation and psychosis. The pharmacologic treatment of choice is an antipsychotic of the butyrophenone class. Benzodiazepine use is reserved for the specific treatment of alcohol and sedative withdrawal, and for adjunctive use with antipsychotic agents in treatment-refractory cases. There is growing evidence that the cognitive impairment of delirium is not entirely reversible in all patients, and it may be that delirium represents a time of significant risk for progression of underlying dementia. Preventive measures discussed in the text are, therefore, of particular importance in this population.
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- S A Jacobson
- Department of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Serial quantitative electroencephalographic (QEEG) studies were performed in 33 elderly delirious, demented, and control subjects to determine which QEEG variables were associated with changes in clinical state as measured by the Folstein Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE). Conventional EEGs and brain maps were independently rated by two electroencephalographers without knowledge of clinical diagnoses. Correlational analyses were performed using these ratings, along with numerical data from QEEG. In the delirium group (n = 15), changes in scores for the relative power map and changes in relative power in the alpha band had significant associations with changes in MMSE. In the dementia group (n = 10), changes in score for absolute power maps and changes in absolute power in the delta band had significant associations with changes in MMSE. In the control group, changes in MMSE over time were negligible. These findings have potential clinical utility in diagnosing delirium, and in providing a quantitative measure of its severity, which can be used serially.
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- S A Jacobson
- Quantitative EEG Laboratory, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital
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This study was performed to determine whether an admission quantitative EEG (QEEG) could assist in the differential diagnosis of encephalopathy among a group of elderly subjects with delirium, dementia, and delirium coexistent with dementia. Thirty four subjects from 57 to 93 years had standard 17-channel EEG and quantitative EEG studies, using a linked-ear reference. EEGs were independently rated by two electroencephalographers blind to clinical diagnosis, using conventional criteria to assess the degree of encephalopathy. Brain maps were scored by a scale developed by the authors. Numerical data examined included mean posterior dominant frequency, absolute and relative power in the delta, theta and alpha bands, and slow-wave ratios. The grouping of experimental subjects was by the discharge diagnosis, made using DSM-III-R criteria. Stepwise discriminant analysis was performed to determine which EEG and QEEG variables were best able to distinguish cases. Variables which collectively distinguished normal from encephalopathic records were Mini-Mental State Examination scores and relative power in the alpha frequency band. Variables which collectively distinguished delirium from dementia were EEG theta activity, relative power in delta, and brain map rating. The results suggest that cross-sectional QEEG study is potentially useful in the early differential diagnosis of encephalopathy, and that the variables which distinguish normal from encephalopathic patients might differ from the variables which distinguish delirium from dementia.
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- S A Jacobson
- Clinical Electrophysiology Laboratory, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital
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Kim JO, Bau HH, Liu Y, Lynnworth LC, Lynnworth SA, Hall KA, Jacobson SA, Korba JA. Torsional sensor applications in two-phase fluids. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 1993; 40:563-576. [PMID: 18263221 DOI: 10.1109/58.238110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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A solid corrosion-resistant torsional waveguide of diamond cross section has been developed to sense, online and in real-time, the characteristics of the liquid in which it is submerged. The sensor can measure, among other things, the liquid content of a bubbly medium, the density of adjacent pure liquids, the equivalent density of liquid-vapor mixtures or particulate suspensions, a suspension's concentration, and the liquid level. The sensor exploits the phenomenon that the speed of propagation of a torsional stress wave in a submerged waveguide with a noncircular cross section is inversely proportional to the equivalent density of the liquid in which the waveguide is submerged. The sensor may be used to conduct measurements along distances ranging from 20 mm to 20 m and over a wide range of temperatures and pressures, e.g., from the cryogenic temperature of liquid nitrogen, -196 degrees C, up to hot pressurized water at 300 degrees C and 7 MPa. A self-calibrating three-zone sensor and associated electronics have also been developed to compensate for any sensor inaccuracies due to operation over a wide range of temperature.
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- J O Kim
- Centre for quality Eng. and Failure Prevention, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL
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It has long been known that the conventional electroencephalogram (EEG) is a useful tool in the evaluation of delirium. There are moderate correlations between the amount of slowing seen on EEG and the degree of confusion or level of arousal observed among delirious patients. The usefulness of the EEG for assessment and diagnosis in this area has been limited, however, by: (a) difficulties in assessing the significance of slow-wave activity, (b) problems in detecting changes in relative EEG power, and (c) the logistical problem of lengthy recording sessions with agitated patients. This article selectively reviews the development of quantitative EEG methods and presents preliminary data from an ongoing longitudinal study of the use of these methods among elderly delirious patients. There has been little work done in applying quantitative methods to the study of delirium, and no work done that has systematically compared conventional EEG analysis to quantitative analysis. Delirium shares electrophysiological characteristics with other organic mental syndromes, however, where quantitative EEG has been shown to be useful. Furthermore, analysis of digital EEG data is inherently superior to visual inspection in assessing the distribution of EEG power among different frequency bands. Previous studies, as well as data presented here, suggest that quantitative EEG is a clinically useful supplement to the conventional EEG for the assessment of elderly patients with delirium.
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- A F Leuchter
- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital
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Jacobson SA, Korba JM, Lynnworth LC, Nguyen TH, Orton GF, Orazietti AJ. Low-gravity sensing of liquid/vapor interface and transient liquid flow. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 1987; 34:212-224. [PMID: 18290111 DOI: 10.1109/t-uffc.1987.26934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Acute adrenal insufficiency postoperatively is an uncommon problem and, if unrecognized, it may cause serious morbidity and can be fatal. It can occur as the result of acute bilateral adrenal hemorrhage associated with anticoagulation, inadvertent injury to or removal of a solitary adrenal gland, or postoperative stress in an individual with incipient adrenal insufficiency. Its manifestations, such as fever, tachycardia, hypotension, lethargy, abdominal pain and gastrointestinal dysfunction, mimic the other more common postoperative complications and compound the difficulty in establishing the correct diagnosis. Once the diagnosis is made the condition is readily managed successfully. We report 3 cases of acute adrenal insufficiency occurring after salvage cystectomy, ileal replacement of the ureter and retropubic prostatectomy, which illustrate the salient clinical features, problems in diagnosis and predisposing risk factors. All 3 patients survived once the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency was made. These cases emphasize the need to be aware of the possibility of this complication to make the correct diagnosis and to institute proper treatment.
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Polyhistioma, a neoplasm whose basic cells are small and round like those of Ewing's sarcoma, but which differentiate into various mesenchymal structures, most often bone, is described. Those cases that produce cartilage have been called mesenchymal chondrosarcoma; the others therefore are mostly urecognized. The name "polyhistioma" is suggested in the hope that with this terminology more of these tumors will be diagnosed. Polyhistiomas are not excessively rare; they affect bone and soft tissue. Half the patients with polyhistiomas died within 2 years. Treatment has resulted in survival of over 20 years. Thirty-eight of the 144 patients with polyhistioma have survived 5 years or more following first definitive treatment. Thirty-seven cases of the disease are presented.
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Rothbard MJ, Kotsilimbas DG, Jacobson SA, Sall S. Relief of intractable pain in cervical carcinoma with percutaneous radiofrequency cordotomy. Obstet Gynecol 1972; 40:50-5. [PMID: 4558048] [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: 01/11/2023]
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Strasberg Z, Jacobson SA, Srolovitz H, Sedlezky I, Schneiderman C. Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis--radiologic considerations. J Can Assoc Radiol 1970; 21:173-7. [PMID: 5475975] [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: 01/15/2023]
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Jacobson SA, Rothballer AB. Prolonged measurement of experimental intracranial pressure using a subminiature absolute pressure transducer. J Neurosurg 1967; 26:603-8. [PMID: 6027445 DOI: 10.3171/jns.1967.26.6.0603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Thompson AG, Jacobson SA. Pseudocyst of the adrenal gland. Can Med Assoc J 1966; 94:90-1. [PMID: 5947608 PMCID: PMC1935230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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