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BhatiaPatel S, Raj L, Yoo B, Patel P, Nicholson W, Daneshmand M, Abdou M, Gupta D. Cardiogenic Shock Following Successful CTO Revascularization. J Heart Lung Transplant 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2022.01.1728] [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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Warner L, Branstad A, Hunter Guevara L, Matzke Bitterman L, Pingree M, Nicholson W, Eldrige J. Malfunctioning sufentanil intrathecal pain pump: a case report. J Med Case Rep 2020; 14:1. [PMID: 31900197 PMCID: PMC6942373 DOI: 10.1186/s13256-019-2314-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Sufentanil is a potent opioid uncommonly used to manage pain and is rarely administered via an intrathecal pain pump system. CASE PRESENTATION This case illustrates the use of intrathecal sufentanil in a 50-year-old Caucasian man for the management of chronic pain; however, the intrathecal drug delivery system experienced a malfunction which led to 1/100th output of the correct dosage. Interesting aspects of this case report include the uncommon choice of sufentanil use for an intrathecal drug delivery system, as well as the unusual pharmacokinetics of this drug. Specifically, this patient did not experience the major withdrawal that would be expected given significant under dosing of opioid, and this may be explained by the lipophilicity and context-sensitive half-times of sufentanil. CONCLUSIONS Because of the absence of a clinically significant withdrawal in this case report, clinicians must be aware of relevant pharmacokinetic properties and unusual intrathecal drug delivery system technologies that influence a patient's response when device malfunction occurs.
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- Lindsay Warner
- Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st SW, Rochester, MN, 55902, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.,Department of Pain Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.,Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.,Department of Pain Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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Elias M, Wright S, Remenyi J, Abbott J, Edwards S, Gierlinski M, McGrath J, Nicholson W, Paternoster L, Prescott A, Have ST, Whitfield P, Lamond A, Brown S. 197 Functional assessment of the atopic eczema candidate gene EMSY identifies a role in skin barrier formation. J Invest Dermatol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2019.07.198] [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: 10/26/2022]
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Elias M, Wright S, Remenyi J, Abbott J, Bray S, Cole C, Edwards S, Gierlinski M, Glok M, McGrath J, Nicholson W, Paternoster L, Prescott A, Ten Have S, Whitfield P, Lamond A, Brown S. 326 Enhancer-promoter looping controls EMSY expression, affecting multiple components of skin barrier structure and function with relevance to atopic eczema. J Invest Dermatol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2019.03.402] [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: 10/27/2022]
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Kharod G, haberling D, Person M, Folkema A, Galloway R, Elrod M, Perniciaro J, Nicholson W, Patel N, Bwogi J, Bukenya H, Drakeley C, Mbulaiteye S, Blaney D, Shadomy S. Uganda National Acute Febrile Illness Agent Detection Serosurvey 2004-2005. Int J Infect Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.02.422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Caraballo PJ, Parkulo M, Blair D, Elliott M, Schultz C, Sutton J, Rao P, Bruflat J, Bleimeyer R, Crooks J, Gabrielson D, Nicholson W, Rohrer Vitek C, Wix K, Bielinski SJ, Pathak J, Kullo I. Clinical Decision Support to Implement CYP2D6 Drug-Gene Interaction. Stud Health Technol Inform 2015; 216:946. [PMID: 26262248] [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: 06/04/2023]
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The level of CYP2D6 metabolic activity can be predicted by pharmacogenomic testing, and concomitant use of clinical decision support has the potential to prevent adverse effects from those drugs metabolized by this enzyme. Our initial findings after implementation of clinical decision support alerts integrated in the electronic health records suggest high feasibility, but also identify important challenges.
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- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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Caan W, Cassidy J, Coverdale G, Ha MA, Nicholson W, Rao M. The value of using schools as community assets for health. Public Health 2014; 129:3-16. [PMID: 25481543 DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2014.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 02/14/2014] [Revised: 09/22/2014] [Accepted: 10/12/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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In planning, designing, procuring and ensuring delivery of improved services ('commissioning') for the school age population, the outcomes should be students who are healthy to learn and who learn to be healthy. Intuitively, linking education and health development together within the wider learning environment seems a good start to planning school health. However there has been a shortage of either theoretical models that can span different settings or experimental research that demonstrates improved community health. Is there evidence that the wider learning environment provided in a school is valuable in improving health? An initial scoping exercise identified domains of health where there was a promise of health gain. International literature on school health outcomes using the framework of Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) has been reviewed. It was found that research on a variety of interventions was relevant to schools as an asset for public health. Effective areas for health gain were identified for local planning and evaluation using this community model. However, none of the studies reviewed was originally designed to test schools as assets and most of the research lacked methodological rigour, especially regarding children in low income countries. The ABCD model could help national governments develop resources for both education and health, but there is a global need to generate better quality evidence. Then people who commission for their local communities can make more effective use of these multifaceted assets to improve health and education outcomes for children.
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- W Caan
- Royal Society for Public Health, UK.
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- University of Leeds, School of Healthcare, UK
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- Anglia Ruskin University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, UK
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- University of East London, Institute for Health & Human Development, UK
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Fajardo-Cavazos P, Nicholson W. Bacillus endospores isolated from granite: close molecular relationships to globally distributed Bacillus spp. from endolithic and extreme environments. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 72:2856-63. [PMID: 16597992 PMCID: PMC1449054 DOI: 10.1128/aem.72.4.2856-2863.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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As part of an ongoing effort to catalog spore-forming bacterial populations in environments conducive to interplanetary transfer by natural impacts or by human spaceflight activities, spores of Bacillus spp. were isolated and characterized from the interior of near-subsurface granite rock collected from the Santa Catalina Mountains, AZ. Granite was found to contain approximately 500 cultivable Bacillus spores and approximately 10(4) total cultivable bacteria per gram. Many of the Bacillus isolates produced a previously unreported diffusible blue fluorescent compound. Two strains of eight tested exhibited increased spore UV resistance relative to a standard Bacillus subtilis UV biodosimetry strain. Fifty-six isolates were identified by repetitive extragenic palindromic PCR (rep-PCR) and 16S rRNA gene analysis as most closely related to B. megaterium (15 isolates), B. simplex (23 isolates), B. drentensis (6 isolates), B. niacini (7 isolates), and, likely, a new species related to B. barbaricus (5 isolates). Granite isolates were very closely related to a limited number of Bacillus spp. previously found to inhabit (i) globally distributed endolithic sites such as biodeteriorated murals, stone tombs, underground caverns, and rock concretions and (ii) extreme environments such as Antarctic soils, deep sea floor sediments, and spacecraft assembly facilities. Thus, it appears that the occurrence of Bacillus spp. in endolithic or extreme environments is not accidental but that these environments create unique niches excluding most Bacillus spp. but to which a limited number of Bacillus spp. are specifically adapted.
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- Patricia Fajardo-Cavazos
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Room 201-B, Space Life Sciences Laboratory, Building M6-1025/SLSL, University of Florida, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899, USA
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Link L, Sawyer J, Venkateswaran K, Nicholson W. Extreme spore UV resistance of Bacillus pumilus isolates obtained from an ultraclean Spacecraft Assembly Facility. Microb Ecol 2004; 47:159-163. [PMID: 14502417 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-003-1029-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2003] [Accepted: 06/23/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Recent environmental microbial sampling of the ultraclean Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL-SAF) identified spores of Bacillus pumilus as major culturable bacterial contaminants found on and around spacecraft. As part of an effort to assess the efficacy of various spacecraft sterilants, purified spores of 10 JPL-SAF B. pumilus isolates were subjected to 254-nm UV and their UV resistance was compared to spores of standard B. subtilis biodosimetry strains. Spores of six of the 10 JPL-SAF isolates were significantly more resistant to UV than the B. subtilis biodosimetry strain, and one of the JPL-SAF isolates, B. pumilus SAFR-032, exhibited the highest degree of spore UV resistance observed by any Bacillus spp. encountered to date.
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- L Link
- Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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Microbial characterization of the Mars Odyssey spacecraft and the Kennedy Space Center Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility II (SAEF-II) was carried out by both culture-based and molecular methods. The most dominant cultivable microbes were species of Bacillus, with comamonads, microbacteria and actinomycetales also represented. Several spore-forming isolates were resistant to gamma-radiation, UV, H2O2 and desiccation, and one Acinetobacter radioresistens isolate and several Aureobasidium, isolated directly from the spacecraft, survived various conditions. Sequences arising in clone libraries were fairly consistent between the spacecraft and facility; predominant genera included Variovorax, Ralstonia and Aquaspirillum. This study improves our understanding of the microbial community structure, diversity and survival capabilities of microbes in an encapsulation facility and physically associated with colocated spacecraft.
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- Myron T La Duc
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.
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Wu L, Nicholson W, Wu CY, Xu M, McGaha A, Shiota M, Powers AC. Engineering physiologically regulated insulin secretion in non-beta cells by expressing glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor. Gene Ther 2003; 10:1712-20. [PMID: 12923570 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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: 01/19/2023]
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Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) is released from neuroendocrine cells in the intestine in the postprandial state and augments glucose-stimulated insulin secretion from pancreatic beta cells. To develop non-beta cells that exhibit physiologically regulated insulin secretion, we coexpressed the GLP-1 receptor and human insulin in primary rat pituitary cells using adenovirus-mediated gene transfer. The transduced cells were analyzed in a perifusion system and after transplantation into mice. Normal pituitary cells do not express the GLP-1 receptor as shown by the absence of GLP-1 receptor mRNA and the inability of GLP-1 to stimulate pituitary hormone secretion. Following transduction with an adenovirus carrying the GLP-1 receptor cDNA, the pituitary cells expressed functional GLP-1 receptors as reflected by the ability of GLP-1 to stimulate secretion of pituitary hormones. When both the GLP-1 receptor and human insulin were introduced, GLP-1 stimulated cosecretion of human insulin and endogenous pituitary hormones. GLP-1 was similar in potency to the hypothalamic-releasing hormones and stimulated hormone secretion in a dose-dependent fashion. In contrast to pancreatic beta cells, the hormone-releasing effect of GLP-1 on transduced pituitary cells was not dependent on the concentration of extracellular glucose. After transplantation of pituitary cells coexpressing human insulin and GLP-1 receptor into mice, enteral glucose stimulated insulin secretion. These results demonstrate a new approach to engineer physiologically regulated insulin secretion by non-beta cells.
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MESH Headings
- Adenoviridae/genetics
- Animals
- Cells, Cultured
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/metabolism
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/therapy
- Gene Expression
- Genetic Therapy/methods
- Genetic Vectors/administration & dosage
- Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor
- Glucose/pharmacology
- Humans
- Insulin/genetics
- Insulin/metabolism
- Insulin Secretion
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred NOD
- Mice, SCID
- Pituitary Gland/drug effects
- Pituitary Gland/metabolism
- Pituitary Hormones/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, Glucagon/analysis
- Receptors, Glucagon/genetics
- Stimulation, Chemical
- Transduction, Genetic/methods
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- L Wu
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Venkateswaran K, Kempf M, Chen F, Satomi M, Nicholson W, Kern R. Bacillus nealsonii sp. nov., isolated from a spacecraft-assembly facility, whose spores are gamma-radiation resistant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:165-172. [PMID: 12656168 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02311-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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One of the spore-formers isolated from a spacecraft-assembly facility, belonging to the genus Bacillus, is described on the basis of phenotypic characterization, 16S rDNA sequence analysis and DNA-DNA hybridization studies. It is a Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped eubacterium that produces endospores. The spores of this novel bacterial species exhibited resistance to UV, gamma-radiation, H2O2 and desiccation. The 18S rDNA sequence analysis revealed a clear affiliation between this strain and members of the low G+C Firmicutes. High 16S rDNA sequence similarity values were found with members of the genus Bacillus and this was supported by fatty acid profiles. The 16S rDNA sequence similarity between strain FO-92T and Bacillus benzoevorans DSM 5391T was very high. However, molecular characterizations employing small-subunit 16S rDNA sequences were at the limits of resolution for the differentiation of species in this genus, but DNA-DNA hybridization data support the proposal of FO-92T as Bacillus nealsonii sp. nov. (type strain is FO-92T =ATCC BAAM-519T =DSM 15077T).
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- Kasthuri Venkateswaran
- Biotechnology and Planetary Protection Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
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- Biotechnology and Planetary Protection Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
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- Biotechnology and Planetary Protection Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
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- National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Food Processing Division, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-City, Kanagawa 236-8648, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Biotechnology and Planetary Protection Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
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Kasckow JW, Hagan M, Mulchahey JJ, Baker DG, Ekhator NN, Strawn JR, Nicholson W, Orth DN, Loosen PT, Geracioti TD. The effect of feeding on cerebrospinal fluid corticotropin-releasing hormone levels in humans. Brain Res 2001; 904:218-24. [PMID: 11406119 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(01)02461-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 11/17/2022]
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Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) is a neuropeptide thought to play a role in appetite regulation. In this report, we used a serial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sampling technique to examine the relationship between CSF CRH, plasma ACTH and cortisol and perceptions of hunger and satiety in fasting and sated volunteers. CSF was withdrawn continuously from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM via an indwelling subarachnoid catheter. Blood was withdrawn every 10 min via an antecubital vein catheter. Fed subjects received a meal at 1:00 PM. Subjects who were fed had lower post-prandial ratings on hunger scales and higher ratings on satiety scales. Fed subjects also had slightly lower levels of CSF CRH after feeding. Furthermore, fed subjects had higher ACTH and cortisol concentrations in the first 3 h; by the fourth h the opposite was true. Our findings do not support the hypothesis that CNS CRH is a central satiety factor in the human. Instead our findings of slightly diminished CSF CRH levels after feeding may be accounted for by the rises in glucocorticoids and their associated negative feedback effects on CNS CRH. Alternatively, our findings could also reflect changes in CRH levels associated with feeding in multiple brain areas and in the spinal cord with the net effect being in the negative direction.
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- J W Kasckow
- Cincinnati VAMC, Psychiatry Service, 3200 Vine St., Cincinnati, OH 45220, USA.
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Nicholson W, Croughan-Minihane M, Posner S, Washington AE, Kilpatrick SK. Preterm delivery in patients admitted with preterm labor: a prediction study. J Matern Fetal Med 2001; 10:102-6. [PMID: 11392588 DOI: 10.1080/714052726] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To develop a model for prediction of preterm delivery in patients treated with parenteral tocolysis using combinations of maternal demographic and clinical factors. METHODS We performed a retrospective cohort study using a perinatal database to identify women admitted with preterm labor and treated with parenteral tocolysis from 1980 to 1994. We developed an explanatory model using multiple logistic regression to determine the effect of four variables (prior preterm delivery, substance abuse, maternal complications and third-trimester care) on the likelihood of preterm delivery. For the prediction model, we initially included these four variables and then removed them in a stepwise fashion to determine the combination of the variables that offered the greatest model sensitivity and specificity. RESULTS A total of 900 women were identified for the study and 247 (27%) had a preterm delivery. In the explanatory model, prior preterm delivery (OR 2.4; 95% CI 1.5-3.6), substance abuse (OR 2.2; 95% CI 1.2-5.1), initiation of care in the third trimester (OR 2.0; 95% CI 1.3-2.8) and medical complications of pregnancy (OR 1.8; 95% CI 1.2-2.6) increased the likelihood of preterm delivery. For the prediction tool, a three-variable model (prior preterm delivery, substance abuse and initiation of care in the third trimester) had high specificity (98%) and modest negative predictive value (73%). CONCLUSIONS A simple three-variable model can correctly identify 98% of women with preterm labor treated with parenteral tocolysis who will not deliver preterm. Patients with no prior history of preterm delivery, no substance abuse and initiation of prenatal care before the third trimester have a 73% probability of not delivering preterm.
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- W Nicholson
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, USA.
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Nicholson W, Croughan-Minihane M, Posner S, Washington AE, Kilpatrick SK. Preterm delivery in patients admitted with preterm labor: a prediction study. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2001. [DOI: 10.1080/jmf.10.2.102.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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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Ge Z, Nicholson W, Plotner D, Farin C, Gadsby J. Insulin-like growth factor I receptor mRNA and protein expression in pig corpora lutea. Reproduction 2000. [DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1200109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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: 11/08/2022]
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Ying C, De Clercq E, Nicholson W, Furman P, Neyts J. Inhibition of the replication of the DNA polymerase M550V mutation variant of human hepatitis B virus by adefovir, tenofovir, L-FMAU, DAPD, penciclovir and lobucavir. J Viral Hepat 2000; 7:161-5. [PMID: 10760047 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2893.2000.00210.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [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: 01/10/2023]
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Several nucleoside analogues (penciclovir, lobucavir, dioxalane guanine [DXG], 1-beta-2,6-diaminopurine dioxalane [DAPD], L-FMAU, lamivudine) and acyclic nucleoside phosphonate analogues (adefovir, tenofovir) that are in clinical use, in clinical trials or under preclinical development for the treatment of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, were evaluated for their inhibitory effect on the replication of a la- mivudine-resistant HBV variant containing the methionine --> valine substitution (M550V) in the polymerase nucleoside-binding domain. The antiviral activity was determined in the tetracycline-responsive HepAD38 and HepAD79 cells, which are stably transfected with either a cDNA copy of the wild-type pregenomic RNA or with cDNA containing the M550V mutation. As expected, lamivudine was much less ( approximately 200-fold) effective at inhibiting replication of the M550V mutant virus than the wild-type virus. In contrast, adefovir, tenofovir, lobucavir, L-FMAU, DXG and DAPD proved almost equally effective against both viruses. A second objective of this study was to directly compare the antiviral potency of the anti-HBV agents in HepG2 2.2.15 cells (which are routinely used for anti-HBV drug-screening purposes) with that in HepAD38 cells. HepAD38 cells produce much larger quantities of HBV than HepG2 2.2.15 cells, and thus allow drug screening in a multiwell plate format. All compounds were found to be almost equally effective at inhibiting HBV replication in HepAD38 cells (as in HepG2 2.2.15 cells), except for penciclovir, which was clearly less effective in HepAD38 cells.
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- C Ying
- Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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OBJECTIVE Prophylactic oophorectomy performed concomitantly with hysterectomy may prevent ovarian cancer. Our goal was to better understand the basis for performing concomitant oophorectomy and to determine whether this procedure is associated with increased morbidity. METHODS Our cross-sectional study used a hospital discharge database to identify women 50 years and older who, between 1994-1996, had hysterectomies in Maryland for a benign condition. We used multiple logistic regression to examine the independent effect of physician and patient factors on the likelihood of receiving a concomitant oophorectomy. RESULTS Concomitant oophorectomy was performed in 61% of the 6227 women in our sample. Patients undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy (odds ratio [OR] 11.42; 95% confidence interval [CI] 9.65, 13.51) and laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy (OR 11.34; 95% CI 8.13, 15.81) were substantially more likely to have an oophorectomy than patients treated with vaginal hysterectomy, after adjusting for diagnosis and other covariates. We also found significant variation in the likelihood of receiving oophorectomy for women undergoing vaginal hysterectomy in different geographic regions. Additionally, physicians who performed many vaginal hysterectomies were significantly more likely to perform a concomitant oophorectomy. After adjusting for type of procedure, diagnosis, comorbidities, and age, oophorectomy was not associated with increased surgical morbidity. CONCLUSION These results suggest that there are marked variations in physician practice style for concomitant oophorectomy. The variation across geographic regions and with case volume suggests the influence of nonclinical factors on oophorectomy rates.
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- C P Gross
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, and the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore
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A prospective breast feeding survey in a large obstetric hospital was carried out from 1988 to 1991. For each year, a sample of women were interviewed following delivery and data was collected which included the method of feeding, patient status (public or private patients), age, parity, (including previous breast feeding experience), marital status, country of birth and the number of babies. The mother's feeding method after delivery and on discharge from hospital were recorded. Women who were breast feeding on discharge were interviewed at 3 months. When putting the figures for the 4 years together, the breast feeding commencement rate was 88%, the breast feeding rate on discharge was 80% and the breast feeding rate at 3 months was between 51% and 57%. Factors found to be affecting the breast feeding rate at 3 months included patient status, age and parity. Problems experienced by the mothers after discharge from hospital included nipple pain, nipple trauma and mastitis. Private patients reported a significantly higher rate of mastitis than public patients.
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A retrospective study was performed of 30 women who had undergone breast reduction and subsequently wished to breastfeed. Breastfeeding capabilities were assessed by a trained lactation consultant. Findings indicate that in women who have a physiological type of operation then breastfeeding is usually possible (18 patients out of 19), although complementary feeds may be required. We strongly suggest that all functioning breast tissue that remains after reduction mammaplasty be left attached to the nipple in a physiological manner to allow subsequent breastfeeding.
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- D R Marshall
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Monash Medical Centre, Victoria, Australia
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Wallace LL, Bouchard G, Nicholson W, Turk J, Sweeney CL. Polypoid cystitis, pyelonephritis, and obstructive uropathy in a cow. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1990; 197:1181-3. [PMID: 2254147] [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: 12/31/2022]
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Polypoid cystitis, pyelonephritis, and obstructive uropathy was found in a cow with hematuria, dysuria, and colic. The cow was treated with penicillin, multiple B vitamin supplementation, and isotonic sodium chloride. Polypoid cystitis, diagnosed in this cow by use of endoscopic examination, is a common response to chronic inflammation of the bladder and can lead to obstructive uropathy. Although endoscopic confirmation of this diagnosis may not always be feasible, recognition of corresponding clinical signs can allow timely, appropriate treatment.
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- L L Wallace
- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia 65211
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Feavers IM, Foulkes J, Setlow B, Sun D, Nicholson W, Setlow P, Moir A. The regulation of transcription of the gerA spore germination operon of Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol 1990; 4:275-82. [PMID: 2110996 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1990.tb00594.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The gerA operon of Bacillus subtilis 168 comprises three genes concerned with the triggering of spore germination by L-alanine and its analogues. The expression of this operon has been characterized using chromosomal lacZ fusions to the gerA promoter. The gerA promoter is switched on 2.5-3 hours after the initiation of sporulation, in parallel with glucose dehydrogenase. A high proportion of the gerA-driven beta-galactosidase detected in sporulating cells is found in the mature spore; the gerA promoter is therefore active in the forespore compartment of the sporulating cell. The gerA promoter is not expressed in spoO, spoII or spoIIIA, B, E and G mutant backgrounds, but is expressed in spoIIIC and D and in spoIV and V mutants. The in vivo transcriptional startpoint of the operon has been mapped by primer extension experiments; sequences upstream from this startpoint show significant homology with recognition sequences for RNA polymerase containing sigma G (E sigma G). The gerA operon was transcribed in vitro by E sigma G with a startpoint identical to that used in vivo, and expression of the gerA operon was rapidly induced in vegetative cells by induction of sigma G synthesis. These data indicate that the gerA operon is an additional member of the sigma G regulon, which includes a number of genes expressed in parallel only in the forespore compartment of sporulating B. subtilis cells.
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- I M Feavers
- Krebs Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, UK
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Omenn GS, Merchant J, Boatman E, Dement JM, Kuschner M, Nicholson W, Peto J, Rosenstock L. Contribution of environmental fibers to respiratory cancer. Environ Health Perspect 1986; 70:51-56. [PMID: 3830113 PMCID: PMC1474281 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.867051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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This article reviews studies of the carcinogenicity of mineral fibers, notably asbestos, and presents seven major recommendations for further research. Mineral fibers represent the greatest cause--after cigarette smoke--of respiratory cancer due to air pollutants. Past asbestos exposure may currently account for 2000 mesothelioma deaths per year and 4000 to 6000 lung cancer deaths per year. All major commercial types of asbestos (crocidolite, amosite, and chrysotile) can cause each of the major asbestos-related respiratory diseases. Lung cancers in asbestos-exposed individuals probably do not have a different distribution of histological types from that of non-asbestos-related lung cancers. Nonoccupational exposures are likely to be associated with malignant disease outcomes qualitatively similar to those associated with occupational exposures. Further investigations of fibers are needed to characterize the relationships among physicochemical properties, patterns of migration and clearance, dose, and adverse health effects. Transmission electron microscopy has been found to be the preferred method of analysis of environmental fibers. Relations among time factors (e.g., age at first exposure), dose, and risk for adverse health effects require analyses of existing and new epidemiologic studies of exposed cohorts. Concomitant exposure, behavioral factors, and host factors affecting susceptibility to asbestos should be identified.
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Wenk RE, Houtz TD, Brooks MA, Nicholson W, Bagalio D. HLA in kinship determinations among Haitian immigrants. Clin Genet 1983; 24:329-33. [PMID: 6580979] [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: 01/20/2023]
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Immunogenetic study of alleged first-degree relatives was undertaken among 258 prospective United States immigrants from Haiti. Methods involved serotyping red cells for ABO, Rh, and MN antigens and typing leukocytes for HLA, A, B, and C locus antigens. Kinship was definitely excluded in a relatively low 4.2% of cases involving putative parents and children. Among cases involving alleged siblings, estimates of fraud appeared slightly higher, but the method is suspect because even in true sibships, there may be an absence of obligatory gene markers. Data suggests that some cases involved half-siblings rather than fraud. Of demonstrated exclusions of parent or child, HLA detected the lack of kinship in 87.4% versus 16.9% by red cell typing. However, there were cases in which exclusions were found by red cell methods alone; furthermore, red cell plus HLA typing allows for a calculation of probability of kinship that is analogous to calculations in paternity studies. Together, the red cell and leukocyte systems offer a prior probability of exclusion of parent-child relationships in 91.3%.
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Kelton JG, McDonald JW, Barr RM, Walker I, Nicholson W, Neame PB, Hamid C, Wong TY, Hirsh J. The reversible binding of vinblastine to platelets: implications for therapy. Blood 1981; 57:431-8. [PMID: 7459430] [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: 01/25/2023] Open
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The ability of platelets to adsorb vinblastine has been used to treat patients with immune thrombocytopenia. It is hypothesized that the drug-platelet complex is coated with antibody, taken up by macrophages which are then destroyed by the drug. We gave 16 courses of vinblastine-platelets to six patients with immune thrombocytopenia. Only one patient responded, and therefore we examined possible reasons for the lack of benefit. Using 3H-vinblastine, the kinetics of vinblastine binding to platelets was studied in vitro. The binding of vinblastine to both human and rabbit platelets was identical with maximal binding occurring within 10 min at 600 microgram/ml vinblastine. Similarly, the plasma half-life of vinblastine in rabbits was close to that reported for man, and therefore, in vivo binding of vinblastine to platelets in rabbits was considered a suitable model for man. Homologous donor rabbit platelets were labeled with 51Cr alone, 51Cr plus vinblastine, or 3H-vinblastine and infused into recipient rabbits. Vinblastine had no effect on 51Cr survival, but all measureable vinblastine had left the platelets within 2 hr of the infusion. These observations suggest that delivery of the vinblastine to the macrophages depends on the platelets being phagtocytized before the drug leaves the platelets. This would be likely to occur only in those patients with severe immune thrombocytopenia. Further investigations into this treatment should be directed at methods to maintain the drug within the platelet.
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Kelton JG, Neame PB, Walker I, Turpie AG, McBride J, Han P, Nicholson W, Hirsh J. Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: Mechanism for Effectiveness of Plasmapheresis. Thromb Haemost 1979. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1665810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a rare but serious illness of unknown etiology. Treatment by plasmapheresis has been reported to be effective but the mechanism for benefit is unknown. We have investigated the effect of plasmapheresis in 2 patients with TTP by quantitating platelet associated IgG (PAIgG) levels prior to and following plasmapheresis. Both patients had very high levels of PAIgG at presentation (90 and A8 fg IgG/platelet respectively, normal 0-5). in both, the PAIgG levels progressively fell to within the normal range and the platelet count rose following plasmapheresis. One patient remained in remission with normal platelet counts and PAIgG levels. The other relapsed after plasmapheresis and the PAIgG level rose prior to the fall in platelet count. Plasmapheresis was repeated and resulted in normalization of both the platelet count and PAIgG level. It is suggested that plasmapheresis removes antiplatelet antibody or immune complexes which may be of etiological importance in this illness.
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Kelton J, Neame P, Walker I, Turpie A, McBride J, Han P, Nicholson W, Hirsh J. Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: Mechanism for Effectiveness of Plasmapheresis. Thromb Haemost 1979. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1684538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a rare but serious illness of unknown etiology. Treatment by plasmapheresis has been reported to be effective but the mechanism for benefit is unknown. We have investigated the effect of plasmapheresis in 2 patients with TTP by guantitating platelet associated IgG (PAIgG) levels prior to and following plasmapheresis. Both patients had very high levels of PAIgG at presentation (90 and 48 fg IgG/platelet respectively, normal 0-5). In both, the PAIgG levels progressively fellto within the normal range and the platelet count rose following plasmapheresis. One patient remained in remission with normal platelet counts and PAIgG levels. The other relapsed after plasmapheresis and the PAIgG levelrose prior to the fall in platelet count. Plasmapheresis was repeated and resulted in normalization of both the platelet count and PAIgG level. It is suggested that plasmapheres is removes antiplatelet antibody or immune complexes which may be of etiologicalimportance in this illness.
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Wong SC, Ali MA, Nicholson W, Wilson JB, Lam H, Huisman TH. A second patient with hemoglobin Alberta, a high-oxygen-affinity variant causing erythrocytosis and forming asymmetric tetramers. Hemoglobin 1978; 2:557-9. [PMID: 750556 DOI: 10.3109/03630267809005357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Corker GA, Nicholson W. Comparative kinetic behavior of the photoinduced EPR signal observed in whole cells and cell free preparations of Rhodospirillum rubrum. Arch Biochem Biophys 1970; 137:75-83. [PMID: 4314057 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(70)90412-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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