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Neural correlates of antinociception in borderline personality disorder.

2006

Context A characteristic feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD) is self-injurious behavior in conjunction with stress-induced reduction of pain perception. Reduced pain sensitivity has been experimentally confirmed in patients with BPD, but the neural correlates of antinociceptive mechanisms in BPD are unknown. We predicted that heat stimuli in patients with BPD would activate brain areas concerned with cognitive and emotional evaluation of pain. Objective To assess the psychophysical properties and neural correlates of altered pain processing in patients with BPD. Design Case-control study. Setting A university hospital. Participants Twelve women with BPD and self-injurious behav…

AdultPain Thresholdmedicine.medical_specialtyHot TemperatureDifferential ThresholdPainPrefrontal CortexAudiologybehavioral disciplines and activitiesAmygdalaGyrus CingulimethodsArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)bloodBorderline Personality DisorderPhysical StimulationAdult Amygdala; physiopathology Borderline Personality Disorder; diagnosis/physiopathology/psychology Brain Mapping Brain; physiopathology Case-Control Studies Differential Threshold; physiology Female Gyrus Cinguli; physiopathology Hot Temperature; diagnostic use Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Oxygen; blood Pain Measurement; methods Pain Threshold; physiology Pain; diagnosis/physiopathology/psychology Physical Stimulation Prefrontal Cortex; physiopathology Self-Injurious Behavior; diagnosis/physiopathology Thermosensing; physiologymental disordersThreshold of painmedicineHumansThermosensingPrefrontal cortexPsychiatryBorderline personality disorderPain MeasurementBrain MappingBlood-oxygen-level dependentmedicine.diagnostic_testBrainmedicine.diseaseAmygdalaMagnetic Resonance Imagingdiagnosis/physiopathologyFunctional imagingDorsolateral prefrontal cortexOxygenPsychiatry and Mental healthmedicine.anatomical_structureCase-Control StudiesphysiologyFemalediagnosis/physiopathology/psychologyphysiopathologydiagnostic useFunctional magnetic resonance imagingPsychologySelf-Injurious BehaviorArchives of general psychiatry
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G.F.R. measuring with 99mTc-DTPA: limits in obstructive acute renal failure.

1991

After a short introduction on the advantages and limits of G.F.R. determination with Ccr, the radioisotopic methods proposed by Schlegel and Gates for this parameter are described, and as well as ERPF and FF, without blood serial samples being necessary. In a severe renal failure case due to obstruction, the Authors have found a great mismatch in the results between the traditional methods and the radioisotopic ones. After the clinical case description, a possible explanation of this discrepancy is proposed: Schlegel and Gates' methods, which well correlate Ccr in chronic renal failure cases, in severe renal failure on obstructive basis, of recent onset, could not indicate the effective glo…

Settore MED/14 - NefrologiaSettore MED/09 - Medicina InternaAcute Kidney Injury/physiopathology* Female Glomerular Filtration Rate* Humans Middle Aged Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate/diagnostic use*HumansTechnetium Tc 99m PentetateFemaleAcute Kidney InjuryMiddle AgedSettore MED/45 - Scienze Infermieristiche Generali Cliniche E PediatricheGlomerular Filtration RatePanminerva medica
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Production, regeneration and biochemical precursors of the major components of the defensive secretion of Eurycotis floridana (Dictyoptera, polyzoste…

2000

0965-1748 (Print) Journal Article; The defensive secretion of the cockroach Eurycotis floridana contains three main components, (E)-2-hexenal, (E)-2-hexenol and (E)-2-hexenoic acid, which represented about 98% of the organic phase. The quantity of the aldehyde, alcohol, and acid present in the defensive secretion increased rapidly for 60 days from the imaginal moult. Following artificial discharge, the males were able to regenerate their initial volume of secretion over a 30 day period. To investigate the possible routes of biosynthesis of the three components, E. floridana was injected with 14C-labeled fatty acids and acetate, and the incorporation of 14C into the three components were qua…

MaleExocrine glandCockroachesEurycotisExocrine Glands/physiologyBiochemistryPheromonesCarbon Radioisotopes/diagnostic usePalmitic acidHexanols/*metabolismchemistry.chemical_compoundExocrine GlandsBiosynthesisbiology.animalmedicineAnimalsSecretionCarbon RadioisotopesCaproatesMolecular BiologyCockroachbiologyDictyopterabiology.organism_classificationmedicine.anatomical_structurechemistryBiochemistryPheromones/biosynthesisInsect ScienceCockroaches/*chemistryHexanoic Acids/*metabolismHexanolsMoulting
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Minimally invasive secondary cytoreduction plus HIPEC for recurrent ovarian cancer: a case series.

2014

Objective To analyze the feasibility of laparoscopic/robotic secondary cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal intra-operative chemotherapy (SCS + HIPEC) in a retrospective series of isolated platinum sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer. Methods We retrospectively evaluated a consecutive series of ovarian cancer patients with isolated platinum sensitive relapse. Isolated relapse was defined as the presence of a single nodule, in a single anatomic site. In all cases the presence of isolated relapse was assessed at pre-operative FDG-PET/CT scan, and confirmed with staging laparoscopy performed immediately before SCS + HIPEC. Results 84 women with platinum sensitive relapse recei…

OVARIAN CANEROrganoplatinum Compoundsmedicine.medical_treatmentdrug therapy/pathology/surgery/therapyCarcinoma Ovarian EpithelialMultimodal ImagingCohort StudiesObstetrics and gynaecologyNeoplasmsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsInfusions ParenteralNeoplasms Glandular and EpithelialLaparoscopyadministration /&/ dosageTomographyRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicOvarian Neoplasmsmedicine.diagnostic_testObstetrics and GynecologyGlandular and EpithelialMiddle AgedDebulkingCombined Modality TherapyIsolated platinum sensitive relapseX-Ray ComputedOxaliplatinPhase III as TopicOncologyFemalediagnostic usemedicine.drugmedicine.medical_specialtyInfusionsAged Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; administration /&/ dosage Cisplatin; administration /&/ dosage Clinical Trials; Phase II as Topic Clinical Trials; Phase III as Topic Cohort Studies Combined Modality Therapy Female Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; diagnostic use Humans Hyperthermia; Induced; methods Infusions; Parenteral Middle Aged Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures Multimodal Imaging Neoplasms; Glandular and Epithelial; drug therapy/pathology/surgery/therapy Organoplatinum Compounds; administration /&/ dosage Ovarian Neoplasms; drug therapy/pathology/surgery/therapy Positron-Emission Tomography Radiopharmaceuticals; diagnostic use Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Retrospective Studies Tomography; X-Ray Computed ocal; pathologyocalmethodsClinical Trials Phase II as TopicMinimally invasive surgeryOvarian cancerFluorodeoxyglucose F18ParenteralmedicineHumansMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresClinical TrialsHyperthermiaAgedRetrospective StudiesCisplatinChemotherapySeries (stratigraphy)HIPECbusiness.industryPhase II as TopicInducedHyperthermia Inducedmedicine.diseaseOxaliplatinSurgeryRoboticSettore MED/40 - GINECOLOGIA E OSTETRICIAClinical Trials Phase III as TopicPositron-Emission TomographyLaparoscopypathologyNeoplasm Recurrence LocalCisplatinRadiopharmaceuticalsbusinessOvarian cancerTomography X-Ray Computed
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Neuroprotection by erythropoietin administration after experimental traumatic brain injury.

2007

A large body of evidence indicates that the hormone erythropoietin (EPO) exerts beneficial effects in the central nervous system (CNS). To date, EPO's effect has been assessed in several experimental models of brain and spinal cord injury. This study was conducted to validate whether treatment with recombinant human EPO (rHuEPO) would limit the extent of injury following experimental TBI. Experimental TBI was induced in rats by a cryogenic injury model. rHuEPO or placebo was injected intraperitoneally immediately after the injury and then every 8 h until 2 or 14 days. Forty-eight hours after injury brain water content, an indicator of brain edema, was measured with the wet-dry method and bl…

MaleTime FactorsBrain EdemaFunctional LateralityRats Sprague-Dawleychemistry.chemical_compoundTraumatic brain injuryMedicineAnalysis of Variance Animals Blood-Brain Barrier; drug effects Brain Edema; drug therapy/etiology Brain Infarction; drug therapy/etiology Brain Injuries; complications/drug therapy Disease Models; Animal Erythropoietin; administration /&/ dosage Evans Blue; diagnostic use Functional Laterality Humans Male Neurologic Examination Neuroprotective Agents; administration /&/ dosage Rats Rats; Sprague-Dawley Reaction Time; drug effects Recombinant Proteins Time Factorsadministration /&/ dosageSpinal cord injuryEvans BlueNeurologic ExaminationGeneral Neuroscienceexperimental models of brain and spinal cord injuryExtravasationNeuroprotectionRecombinant Proteinsmedicine.anatomical_structureNeuroprotective AgentsBlood-Brain BarrierAnesthesiadiagnostic usemedicine.drugEvans BlueBrain InfarctionTraumatic brain injuryCentral nervous systemrecombinant human EPO (rHuEPO)PlaceboNeuroprotectionReaction TimeAnimalsHumansMolecular BiologyErythropoietinAnalysis of VarianceNeuroscience (all)business.industryAnimaldrug therapy/etiologymedicine.diseaseRatsDisease Models AnimalchemistryErythropoietindrug effectsBrain InjuriesDisease Modelsrecombinant human EPO (rHuEPO); experimental models of brain and spinal cord injury; NeuroprotectionNeurology (clinical)Sprague-Dawleybusinesscomplications/drug therapyDevelopmental BiologyBrain research
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Impact of intravascular enhancement, heart rate, and calcium score on diagnostic accuracy in multislice computed tomography coronary angiography.

2005

PURPOSE: To assess the effect of intravascular enhancement, heart rate, and calcium score on diagnostic accuracy in the detection of significant coronary artery stenosis using 16-row multislice computed tomography (MSCT). MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred patients (88 males; 59+/-11 years) with suspected coronary artery disease who had undergone conventional coronary angiography (CA) and MSCT-CA were retrospectively enrolled for the study. Patients underwent a MSCT-CA, with the following protocol: collimation 16x0.75 mm, gantry rotation time 420 ms, feed/rotation 2.8 mm, kV 120, mAs 400-500. The protocol for contrast material administration was 100 ml of Iodixanol 320 mgI/ml at 4 ml/s and …

MaleStatistical Female *Heart Rate Humans Male Middle Aged Retrospective Studies Sensitivity and Specificity TomographyContrast MediaCoronary DiseaseCoronary Artery DiseaseCoronary AngiographySensitivity and SpecificityHeart RateTriiodobenzoic AcidsHumanscoronary artery stenosisAgedRetrospective StudiesBody WeightCoronary StenosisCalcinosisMiddle AgedAged Artifacts Body Weight Calcinosis/*radiography Contrast Media Coronary Angiography/*methods Coronary Artery Disease/radiography Coronary Disease/*radiography Coronary Stenosis/radiography Data Interpretation; Statistical Female *Heart Rate Humans Male Middle Aged Retrospective Studies Sensitivity and Specificity Tomography; X-Ray Computed/*methods Triiodobenzoic Acids/administration & dosage/diagnostic useX-Ray Computed/*methods Triiodobenzoic Acids/administration & dosage/diagnostic useData Interpretation StatisticalAged Artifacts Body Weight Calcinosis/*radiography Contrast Media Coronary Angiography/*methods Coronary Artery Disease/radiography Coronary Disease/*radiography Coronary Stenosis/radiography Data InterpretationFemalemultislice computed tomography (MSCT)ArtifactsTomography X-Ray Computedcoronary artery stenosis; multislice computed tomography (MSCT)
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