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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-055X
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter„Small-volume-resuscitation“ ; hyperton-hyperonkotische Lösung ; Volumentherapie ; extrakorporale Zirkulation ; Hypovolämie ; Key words Small-volume-resuscitation ; Hypertonic-hyperoncotic solution ; Volume therapy ; Extracorporeal circulation ; Hypovolaemia
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Abstract Patients who have undergone cardiac surgery with use of extracorporeal circulation frequently reveal marked hypovolaemia in spite of a highly positive fluid balance. This is thought to be due to transient microvascular damage and extravascular fluid shift. Further volume replacement to achieve haemodynamic stability in the postoperative period may cause fluid overload and congestive heart failure. The present study was designed to investigate whether this fluid overload could be avoided by using a hypertonic-hyperoncotic solution (group I: HHL, 10% hydroxyethylstarch 200/0.5 in 7.2% saline) instead of two different standard colloid solutions (group II: HA, 5% albumin; group III: HES, 6% hydroxyethylstarch in 0.9% saline). Methods. Twenty-one patients meeting our criteria for hypovolaemia immediately after cardiac surgery were randomly assigned to three groups. Patients in group I received HHL in increments of 150 ml, while patients in group II and group III were given HA and HES respectively in increments of 500 ml until hypovolemia was corrected. Haemodynamic assessment was done using a pulmonary artery thermodilution catheter. Intra- and extravascular volumes, including extravascular lung water (EVLW), intrathoracic blood volume (ITBV), and total blood volume (TBV) were measured by the double indicator technique using lung water software (COLD-System, Pulsion, Munich, Germany). Results. Correction of hypovolaemia-related haemodynamic parameters and restoration of normal TBV were achieved by 236±80 ml of HHL (group I), 857±244 ml of HA (group II) and 1000±0 ml of HES (group III) respectively. TBV increased significantly in each group, compared to baseline values. EVLW did not change significantly in any group. We found that the volume-augmenting effect of HHL per millilitre infused solution was more than four times that of HA and HES, primarily as a result of increasing plasma osmolality due to an increase of plasma sodium levels. This pronounced effect on intravascular volume of HHL lasted for only 2 h following infusion, however, and did not lead to any unwanted side effects. In the period between 2 and 20 h after primary volume replacement, further fluid therapy with colloids and crystalloids, guided by clinical signs of hypovolaemia, was necessary in each group of patients. The overall fluid requirements for the first 20 h after operation did not differ among the three resuscitation regimens. Conclusion. We found that HHL is a safe and effective solution for acute correction of hypovolaemia after cardiac surgery. The advantages of a smaller initial volume load by HHL cannot be maintained for longer than 2 h.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Die Auswirkung einer hyperton-hyperonkotischen Lösung (HHL) auf kardiozirkulatorische Parameter wurden in dieser Studie an 21 hypovolämischen Patienten nach kardiochirurgischen Eingriffen mit den Effekten zweier isoton-isoonkotischer Lösungen (HA, HÄS) verglichen. Insbesondere wollten wir prüfen, ob durch Gabe der HHL (10% HÄS 200/0,5 in 7,2% NaCl) in Form einer „small-volume-resuscitation“ eine Kreislaufstabilisierung mit geringerer Volumenbelastung als durch Gabe von HA (5% Humanalbumin) bzw. HÄS (6% HÄS 200/0,5 in 0,9% NaCl) erreicht werden kann. Die Hypovolämie ließ sich mit HHL in wesentlich geringerer Dosierung (236±80 ml) ausgleichen als durch HA bzw. HÄS (857±244 ml, bzw. 1000±0 ml), wie aus dem Verlauf hämodynamischer Parameter (Herzindex, rechts- und linksventrikulärer Füllungsdruck) und der intravasalen Volumina (totales zirkulierendes Blutvolumen, intrathorakales Blutvolumen) hervorging. Diese größere Volumenwirksamkeit der HHL gegenüber HA und HÄS war jedoch nur ca. 2 h lang nachzuweisen. Über den gesamten Beobachtungszeitraum von 20 h ließ sich kein volumensparender Effekt der HHL feststellen. Für die akute Therapie einer hypovolämischen Kreislaufsituation stellt die HHL jedoch eine sichere und effektive Alternative zu anderen kolloidalen Volumenersatzmitteln dar.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1365-2044
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: We investigated the haemodynamic and respiratory effects of one-lung ventilation and carbon dioxide insufflation in 13 adult patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopy. Cardiorespiratory variables were determined during carbon dioxide insufflation at intrahemithoracic pressures of 5, 10 and 15 mmHg, and after 5 and 15 min of one-lung ventilation. Carbon dioxide insufflation was associated with a clear deterioration in circulatory function. The cardiac index decreased subsequent to increasing intrathoracic pressures. The mean cardiac index (SD) at pressures of 10 and 15 mmHg was 1.86 (0.39) and 1.52 (0.46), respectively, and may be compared with the reduced venous return consistent with tension pneumothorax. One-lung ventilation did not affect haemodynamic variables but reduced arterial oxygenation indices (Pao2/FIo2) from 424.29 (160.79) after induction of anaesthesia, to 207.72 (125.50) after 5 min and 172.04 (72.03) after 15 min of one-lung ventilation, respectively. The oxygenation index was not influenced by intrahemithoracic carbon dioxide insufflation. One-lung ventilation via a double-lumen endobronchial tube is safe and convenient for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. It has no further consequences on haemodynamic variables, whereas the compression of the lung by carbon dioxide insufflation may cause circulatory dysfunction.
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  • 3
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    Amsterdam : Elsevier
    Endeavour 10 (1986), S. 218 
    ISSN: 0160-9327
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Natural Sciences in General
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1460-9592
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Life threatening cardiopulmonary failure following protamine reversal of heparin after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) was reported to occur in adults but rarely in children. Atrial septal defect closure was performed in a 6-week-old infant erroneously suspected to suffer from right atrial thrombosis in addition. Protamine administration after CPB led to critical pulmonary hypertension and severe haemorrhagic pulmonary oedema resulting in severe hypoxia. Inhaled nitric oxide, together with high frequency oscillation ventilation supplemented by intravenous prostacycline, enabled complete recovery of cardiopulmonary and neurological function. Life threatening cardiovascular compromise after intravenous protamine can occur even in young infants which then require challenging paediatric critical care.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1617-4623
    Keywords: Key words Cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor ; Cleavage stimulation factor ; Drosophila melanogaster ; mRNA processing ; Additional sex combs
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Processing of the 3′ end of mRNA precursors depends on several proteins. The multisubunit cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor (CPSF) is required for cleavage of the mRNA precursor as well as polyadenylation. CPSF interacts with the cleavage stimulatory factor complex (CstF), and this interaction increases the specificity of binding. Following cleavage downstream of the AAUAAA site, CPSF and poly(A) polymerase (PAP) are required for efficient polyadenylation. Recently, it has been shown that 160-kDa subunit of CPSF interacts directly with the 77-kDa subunit of CstF, which is homologous to the product encoded by the Drosophila gene su(f), and with PAP. Here we report the cloning and characterization of a Drosophila homologue of CPSF-160. The 1329-amino acid dCPSF protein exhibits about 45% and 20% sequence identity, respectively, to its mammalian and yeast counterparts over its entire length. We show that the CPSF homologue is expressed throughout development and that CPSF is essential for viability. Mutations in the cpsf gene did not alter the phenotype of homozygous su(f) mutations, suggesting that, for most genes, processing of 3′ termini is not sensitive to small changes in cpsf and su(f) dosage.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1617-4623
    Keywords: Key words Polycomb group ; Trithorax group ; Homeotic mutations ; Drosophila melanogaster
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The protein products of Polycomb group (PcG) and trithorax group (trxG) genes are required for the maintenance of the transcriptionally repressed and active states, respectively, of the homeotic genes. Mutations in PcG genes produce gain-of-function (posterior) homeotic transformations, while mutations in trxG genes produce loss-of-function (anterior) homeotic transformations. Double mutant combinations between a PcG gene and a trxG gene suppress the homeotic transformations seen with either mutation alone, suggesting that PcG and trxG genes act antagonistically. The PcG gene Additional sex combs (Asx) is interesting because one mutant allele, Asx P1 , causes both anterior and posterior homeotic transformations. Asx P1 and other Asx mutations were crossed to mutations in the PcG gene Polycomb (Pc) and the trxG gene trithorax (trx). Asx alleles enhance both PcG and trxG homeotic transformations, showing that Asx is required for both the activation and the repression of homeotic loci. Asx also shows strong allele-specific interactions with the PcG genes Pc and super sex combs (sxc). Together, these data indicate that there are functional interactions between Asx, Pc and sxc in vivo. ASX may interact with a PcG complex containing PC and SXC and mediate activation versus repression at target loci, perhaps by interacting directly with the TRX protein.
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  • 7
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    Springer
    Cellular and molecular life sciences 37 (1981), S. 103-110 
    ISSN: 1420-9071
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The major serum proteins of Dipteran larvae present something of an enigma. In many respects they are extremely well suited for studies on gene structure and control, protein chemistry and physiology. Large amounts of these proteins are synthesized by the fat body at specific stages of larval development, much is known about their biochemistry, genetics and evolution and some information is available about the control of their synthesis. There are however doubts as to their function. This article considers what is known about these proteins in Dipterans and other insect groups and relates this information to their evolution and their possible function.
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  • 8
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    Springer
    Molecular genetics and genomics 199 (1985), S. 357-364 
    ISSN: 1617-4623
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary AT-rich segments were mapped in 6 different domains of the Drosophila melanogaster genome by partial denaturation of cloned genomic DNA segments and observation in the electron microscope (EM). As found in a previous investigation (Moreau et al., 1982), three types of AT-rich segments could be distinguished: 1) AT-rich linkers with a very high AT content, 600±200 bp long; 2) clusters of such AT-linkers extending over up to 10 Kpb and 3) AT-rich stretches which are shorter and of lower AT content compared to AT-linkers. Six genes previously localized in these domains were found to lie in relatively GC-rich segments framed by AT-rich elements of the 3 types: the Larval Serum Protein LSP-1 α gene is framed by 2 AT-linkers, the LSP-1β and LSP-2 genes by two AT-rich stretches, and the LSP-1γ gene by a cluster and a stretch. The 55 Kbp genomic segment encompassing the P6 gene contains and AT-cluster of about 15 Kbp and several AT-linkers and AT-rich stretches. The 85 Kbp domain containing the P1 gene includes 3 AT-rich clusters of about 10 Kbp each framing GC-rich domains punctuated by AT-linkers and stretches. This study shows that AT-mapping allows a rapid diagnosis of large genomic DNA domains in relation to the AT-rich segments which, possibly, are of significance with regard to genome organisation and function.
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