An infusion plug (ArgyleTM, Covidien) equipped with a rubber septum was attached to the Tuohy Borst’s side arm. A 1-ml tuberculin syringe (Becton Dickinson) filled with saline was inserted in the plug and the injection of a tested volume was performed at 2.7 ± 0.9 ml/min. This is the rate that was typically used in our previous studies utilizing manual cisterna magna injections. The syringe was withdrawn at the end of the injection, and the ICP was allowed to return to the baseline level. The syringe was reloaded, and the injection of the next volume was performed. The following volumes were tested: 0.05, 0.1, 0.15, 0.2, 0.25, 0.3, 0.35, 0.45,0.6, 0.8, 1.0, and 1.5 ml. For the injection of 1.5 ml of saline, a 3 ml syringe equipped with a 23G needle (Becton Dickinson) was used. The quality of injections was controlled by visual examination of any residuals in the injection syringe as well as the skin puncture site and all connections for the signs of leakages which were absent in all instances. A temperature-controlled thermal pad or a heating lamp maintained body temperature over the entire duration of the procedures (ca. 2 h).
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Cisterna Magna Injection Volume Optimization
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Diagnostic Procedures for Pneumonia
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The diagnostic procedures used were tracheal washes during bronchoscopy, tracheal secretions, throat smears, and expectoration. For bronchoscopy, approximately 20 ml of isotonic saline solution was infused into the bronchi after the patient was given local anesthesia, and washings were collected using the flexible fiber-optic bronchoscope into three separate, antiseptic, 40-ml specimen containers (ArgyleTM, Covidien, Neustadt an der Donau, Germany). Throat smears were taken using commercially available cotton sticks (MEUS Srl Ltd., Piove di Sacco, Italy), turning the cotton stick while pressing lightly on the pharynx of patients suspected to have pneumonia. Expectorates were collected in 30-ml sterilized reservoirs for expectoration (Salivette®, SARSTEDT, Nümbrecht, Germany).
Thus obtained, the bronchial and tracheal secretions and the sputum were examined after Gram staining under light microscopy at 80-1,000-times enlargement with a minimum of five fields of vision, in accordance with the criteria created by Bartlett 11 (link).
Thus obtained, the bronchial and tracheal secretions and the sputum were examined after Gram staining under light microscopy at 80-1,000-times enlargement with a minimum of five fields of vision, in accordance with the criteria created by Bartlett 11 (link).
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PICC Placement for AML Induction Chemotherapy
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We evaluated a total of 128 patients who had received PICCs and underwent their first induction chemotherapy session for AML at Jichi Medical University Hospital from January 2012 to September 2019. A non-tunneled, double-lumen, 4.5-French polyurethane catheter (Argyle; Covidien, Dublin, Ireland) was inserted into the cubital fossa or brachial vein with maximum barrier precaution. Throughout the entire study period, we used the same type of PICC catheter. X-ray imaging of the chest was used to confirm the tip position of the catheter.
Data were extracted from the patients' medical records. This study was approved by the ethics committee at Jichi Medical University.
Data were extracted from the patients' medical records. This study was approved by the ethics committee at Jichi Medical University.
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Isolated Liver Perfusion with hANP
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, 21 In brief, the common bile duct was cannulated with a 24-gauge polyethylene tube (TERUMO, Tokyo, Japan). The hepatic artery was ligated, and portal vein (PV) was cannulated with a 14-gauge catheter (Argyle; COVIDIEN, Tokyo, Japan). The liver was perfused again with gravity from PV with 10 mL of cold UW with or without 2.5 μg/mL hANP supplementation. Superior vena cava was cannulated with a 14-gauge short stent for isolated perfusion. Livers were then excised, weighed (14.0 ± 0.2 g), and cold-stored at 4°C for 6 hours in the respective UW solutions.
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