Showing papers in "Journal of Surgical Research in 1976"

TL;DR: There was a close correspondence between intra-abdominal pressure and pressure in the inferior vena cava (as measured through a Femoral vein catheter) which suggests that monitoring pressure through the femoral vein may be a clinically useful technique for determining the level of IAP.

TL;DR: Prolonged local failure of peritoneal fibrinolysis is a unifying pathogenetic mechanism in permanent adhesion formation caused by several types of peritonal injury.

TL;DR: A new access for long-term hemodialysis has been developed by creating a fistula in the upper arm between the end of the basilic vein and the side of the brachial artery, providing a straight, long, easily accessible fistula with high flow.

TL;DR: Male albino rats were used in this experimental study designed to determine the physiological basis for the formation of peritoneal adhesions postoperatively, and hence to discover a physiological ground for adhesion-free healing after abdominal surgery.

TL;DR: The standard protocol for “total parenteral nutrition” (TPN) in the United States provides for the continuous infusion of hypertonic glucose and amino acids into a subclavian vein, but calories need to be administered in amounts far exceeding the daily caloric expenditure if a positive nitrogen balance is to be achieved.

TL;DR: Clinical and experimental research from 1950 to 1975 has elucidated many of these alterations and has suggested avenues of further research for more precise delineation of metabolic and physiologic effects of deep hypothermia.

TL;DR: The purposes of this study were to answer the following questions: are the E and F prostaglandins similarly elevated in lethal endotoxin shock in the baboon, and can aspirin and indomethacin modify the prostaglandsin production, alter the effect of these materials, or influence the survival.

TL;DR: Electron microscopic examination was performed on the cut edge of three surgical specimens of skin and mucous membrane lesions to measure more precisely the depth of damage of the laser beams, appearing on light microscopy as “burn” rim.

TL;DR: Dopamine appears to be a very useful agent for improving systemic blood pressure in hypotension complicating sepsis with little or no adverse effects on the lungs or pulmonary hemodynamics.

TL;DR: The data suggest that the presence of audible Doppler flow over the base of the large bowel mesentery and serosal surface of the left colon may correlate with viability of the colon postoperatively.

TL;DR: The CELLSTIC as mentioned in this paper is a miniature wound drain composed of a thin silicone rubber tube and a pressed rectangular stick of viscose cellulose sponge (VCS) placed inside the inner end of the tube.

TL;DR: D.I.C. seems relatively rare in bacterial infections, and other mechanisms are required to explain the associated thrombocytopenia.

TL;DR: The percentages of T and B lymphocytes obtained postoperatively do not vary from preoperative values; this indicates an equal depression of lymphocytes rather than selective depression of one of the two lymphocyte subpopulations.

TL;DR: Posterior fusions performed in immature beagles resulted in significant compositional changes of the discs encompassed by the fusion and those adjacent to it, and these changes are interpreted as a possible rise in the level of hyaluronic acid in the surgical and parasurgical discs.

TL;DR: The present investigation was undertaken to determine the discriminatory value of two expressions of excessive plasma renin activity, and the reliability of systemic:renin indices and renal vein renin ratios in predicting responses to operation for remedial renovascular hypertension was assessed.

TL;DR: The results indicate a high affinity of the rabbit kidney for GSH and a relatively large net reabsorption of the tripeptide.

TL;DR: The results suggest that while VIP may be involved in the causation of the WDHA Syndrome, there apparently exists a form of watery diarrhea which is not associated with a tumor, and in these patients, normal levels of VIP are detectible.

TL;DR: Dogs with a standardized bowel resection and efficient exclusion of swallowed air tolerated enteral feedings of an elemental diet at rates sufficient to produce marked positive nitrogen balance within minutes of surgery, showing earlier provision of full nutrition post-operatively may be of clinical benefit, even to the previously well-nourished patient.

TL;DR: The evaluation of SRF utilized a number of established methods of studying wound healing, and the results were of sufficient interest to warrant publication.

TL;DR: The results imply that hypophosphatemia during hyperalimentation is secondary to increased muscle anabolism, and is suggested that this increased turnover of phosphorus in muscle is associated with increased high energy phosphate metabolism.

TL;DR: The possibility is advanced that previous reports of inconsistencies in parathyroid allograft survival may be explained on the basis of variation in the lymphatic revascularization of the individual glands in different transplant sites.

TL;DR: This study plus other subsequent studies in the laboratory indicate that continuous 6-PT administration or thyroid ablation with 13’1 prevented significant increases in survival since the hypothyroid mice generally became myxedematous after about 21 days, therefore, a series of experiments was done in which 6- PT was given for 21 days and discontinued.

TL;DR: Results indicate that high concentrations (1 mg/ml) of methyl-prednisolone sodium succinate inhibited the in vitro chemotactic response of human neutrophils and that Medroxyprogesterone acetate and cortis one acetate produced a mild stimulation of neutrophil chemotaxis.

TL;DR: The fact that patients with ulcer disease have a slightly higher PGE output in gastric juice during basal and stimulated acid secretion does not support the hypothesis that PGE deficiency is an underlying mechanism in the pathogenesis of acid peptic disease.