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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-055X
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter Kinder der Zeugen Jehovas ; Anämie ; Verbrennung ; Erythropoetin ; Key words Children of Jehovah's witnesses ; Burn injury ; Anaemia ; Erythropoietin
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Abstract A 3.5-year-old girl suffered from a thermal injury affecting 37% of the body surface area. The parents, being Jehovah's witnesses, refused permission for their child to receive blood transfusions. As the haemoglobin level was only 7.5% and a necrectomy was planned, the patient was likely to need blood transfusions. Indications for transfusion were defined as clinical signs of hypoxia and/or cardiovascular instability. A judicial declaration was proposed. Hb decreased during the therapy. To stimulate the erythropoiesis erythropoietin and iron were administered. During the clinical course the anaemia worsened. First, a conservative treatment with polyvidoniodine ointment for tanning was started, to avoid an operation during the acute phase after the injury, as in this case it was thought a blood transfusion would definitely be necessary. On the 19th day after the injury a necrectomy of 10% of the body surface was necessary because of fever and leucocytosis not responding to antibiotics. The most likely cause of the symptoms was an infection of the burned area. Hb was 4.6 g/dl%. General anaesthesia was performed with midazolam, ketamine and vecuronium and mechanical ventilation. No blood transfusion was required during the operation.Vital signs were stable during the preoperative period, during anaesthesia and following the operation. There were no signs of tissue hypoxia. Peripheral oxygen saturation ranged between 98% and 100%, lactate and arterial blood gas samples were normal, and the child was awake and cooperative before and after anaesthesia. The lowest Hb was 3.3 g/dl on the 22th day after injury (3rd postoperative day). In this phase the patient was still playing and riding a tricycle. On the 45th day after injury the child was discharged home with Hb of 10.9 g/dl and reticulocytosis of 33%.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Ein 3,5jähriges Mädchen, dessen Eltern als Zeugen Jehovas eine Bluttransfusion bei ihrem Kind kategorisch ablehnten, wurde mit einer Verbrennung von 37% der Körperoberfläche und einem Hb von 7,5 g/dl zur Operation verlegt. Als Transfusionsindikationen wurden für den stationären Aufenthalt klinische Zeichen einer Hypoxie und/oder Kreislaufinstabilität festgelegt. Es wurde eine richterliche Verfügung erwirkt, die den Eltern das Sorgerecht für die medizinischen Maßnahmen entzog, um ggf. bei oben beschriebener Indikation eine Transfusion durchführen zu können. Im Verlauf der Behandlung nahmen Hb und Hk weiter ab. Trotz Gabe von Erythropoetin und Eisen konnte die Erythropoese nicht stimuliert werden. Um eine Operation im Akutstadium zu vermeiden, die mit einer hohen Wahrscheinlichkeit eine Bluttransfusion erforderlich gemacht hätte, wurde primär eine konservative Therapie mit einer Gerbung durch Polyvidon-Jodsalbe durchgeführt. Aufgrund einer nekrosebedingten systemischen Infektion erfolgte am 19. Tag eine Nekrosektomie von ca. 10% der Körperoberfläche mit Deckung durch Eigenhaut vom Unterschenkel in intravenöser Anästhesie und kontrollierter Beatmung (Ketamin/Midazolam/Vecuronium). Der Hb betrug präoperativ 4,6 g/dl, der Hk 14%. Da das Kind während des gesamten stationären Aufenthalts kreislaufstabil war und keine Zeichen einer Hypoxie auftraten, wurde keine Transfusion durchgeführt. Der niedrigste Hb betrug am 22. Tag nach Unfall (=3. postoperativer Tag) 3,3 g/dl. Am 45. Tag nach Unfall wurde das Kind mit einem Hb von 10,9 g/dl und 33% Retikulozyten im Differentialblutbild nach Hause entlassen.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Keywords: wound healing ; metalloproteinase ; metalloproteinase inhibitor ; connective tissue remodeling ; chronic wounds ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: The restoration of functional connective tissue is a major goal of the wound healing process. This regenerative event requires the deposition and accumulation of collagenous and noncollagenous matrix molecules as well as the remodelling of extracellular matrix (ECM) by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). In this study, we have utilized substrate gel electrophoresis, radiometric enzyme assays, and Western blot analyses to determine the temporal pattern of appearance and activity of active and latent MMPs and their inhibitors during the entire healing process in a partial thickness wound model. Through the use of substrate gel electrophoresis, we studied the appearance of proteolytic bands whose molecular weight was consistent with their being members of the MMP family of enzymes. Proteolytic bands whose molecular weight is consistent with both the active and latent forms of MMP-2 (72 kDa, Type IV gelatinase) were detected in wound fluid of days 1-7 after wounding. The number of active MMP-2 species detectable in wound fluid was greatest during days 4-6 after wounding. The most prominent proteolytic band detected each day migrated with a molecular weight consistent with it being the latent form of MMP-9 (92 kDa, Type V pro-collagenase). In contrast to MMP-2, the active form of this enzyme was never detected. The presence of MMP-1 (interstitial collagenase) was detected by immunoblot in the wound fluid from days 1-6 post-injury. Using a radiometric enzyme assay for collagenase inhibitory activity we have also determined the time course of activity of endogenous matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors. We have correlated these data to the known cellular events occurring in the wound during this time period as well. This study establishes a prototypical pattern of MMP appearance in normal wound healing. It may also provide potential intervention sites for the therapeutic use of inhibitors of aberrant MMP activities which characterize chronic wounds. © 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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