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  • 1
    ISSN: 1434-9949
    Keywords: Lymphoma ; Hypercalcemia ; 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary We report two patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in whom hypercalcemia and elevated 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25-(OH)2D3) levels developed in the absence of any lytic bone lesions. Hypercalcemia responded only transiently to glucocorticoids which were ill tolerated. Intravenous APD administration was needed to circumvene hypercalcemia. Humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy is discussed. Our cases confirm that hypercalcemia associated with elevated 1,25-(OH)2D3 may occur in malignant lymphoma.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-1238
    Keywords: Key words Swine ; Liver transplantation ; Oxygen consumption ; Gastric tonometry ; Lactate ; Pyruvate ; Ketone bodies ; Carnitine ; Free fatty acids
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Objective: To characterize global, regional, and end-organ markers of cellular dysoxia during orthotopic liver transplantation and early reperfusion in pigs. Design: Descriptive study. Setting: University hospital research laboratory. Animals and interventions: 7 fasted, anesthetized, and mechanically ventilated Yorkshire pigs underwent orthotopic liver transplantation. Oxygen consumption (VO2) and oxygen delivery (DO2) were both calculated using standard formulae. Gastric interstitial pH and the gastroarterial partial pressure of carbondioxide (PCO2) gradient were measured with a gastric tonometer. The following were determined from arterial blood samples: serum lactate to pyruvate ratio, serum 3-hydroxybutyrate to acetoacetate ratio, plasma free fatty acids, and plasma free and total carnitine levels. Measurements and results: Data were collected 1 h after induction of anesthesia (I), at the end of the anhepatic phase (A), and 1 h after reperfusion (R). Median (range) VO2 values obtained at the specified time points were: I 318 (206–1860), A 210 (152–408), R 330 (214–424) ml/kg per min, respectively (NS); DO2 values were: I 1828 (1382–3259), A 1219 (452–2492), R 1741 (1345–12 071) ml/kg per min, respectively (NS). The lactate to pyruvate ratio, reflecting the redox potential of the cytosol, progressively increased: I 22 (9–46), A 29 (16–68), R 43 (23–55) (P〈 0.05). Gastric interstitial pH, as well as the gastroarterial PCO2 gradient values at the specified time points did not reach statistical significance. Levels of ketone bodies (3-hydroxybutyrate+acetoacetate) remained lower than 0.120 mmol/l. The ketone body ratio did not significantly vary over time (NS). Plasma esterified and free carnitine concentrations and free fatty acid values remained within normal limits (NS). Among these markers, the ketone body ratio presented the largest area under the receiver operating characteristic curve as a marker of postoperative mortality, with an inflexion point at 0.9. Conclusions: In this study, orthotopic liver transplantation was associated with significant variations over time in the redox potential of the cytosol. Postoperative mortality was, however, related to the redox state of the liver mitochondria. Our data suggest the occurrence of abnormal tissue oxygenation during liver transplantation.
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    Intensive care medicine 26 (2000), S. 75-83 
    ISSN: 1432-1238
    Keywords: Key words Sepsis ; Lactate ; Pyruvate ; Ketone bodies ; Carnitine ; Gastric mucosa ; Child
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Objective: To describe measurements of global oxygenation parameters, markers of splanchnic hypoperfusion and those of metabolic activity related to cellular energy production among critically ill children with septic shock.¶Design: Clinical study of a series of cases.¶Patients and participants: 11 previously healthy children with septic shock admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) of a university hospital.¶Interventions: None.¶Measurements and results: Oxygen consumption, oxygen delivery (DO2), serum bicarbonate, arterial pH, gastric intramucosal pH (pHi), gastroarterial carbon dioxide tension gradient, serum lactate, pyruvate, lactate to pyruvate ratio (L/P), ketone body ratio, and the esterified to free carnitine ratio were measured serially at 0, 6, 12, 24, 36, and 48 h after admission to the pediatric ICU. All children survived. One patient failed to show supranormal DO2 ( 〉 570 ml/min per m2). Normalization of serum bicarbonate and lactate were associated with patient recovery. One patient presented an increasingly abnormal L/P ratio with normal lactate levels, suggesting an increased utilization of pyruvate rather than an increased cytosolic redox potential. Although values of gastric pHi 〈 7.30 were observed in 43 % of samples, serial measurements in individuals showed significant variability and unpredictable trends. Free fatty acid concentrations, ketone body production, and carnitine levels remained within the normal range.¶Conclusions: In this study, trends in serum bicarbonate and lactate somewhat characterized the recovery of children with septic shock. Based on our data, it is unclear how other markers may have been used to modify therapy.
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