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Until recently, the therapeutic protocol widely accepted for ablation of the thyroid remnant and for metastases of thyroid papillary carcinoma was the administration of 131I after surgery. However, at present, some data question the usefulness of such treatment in patients considered low risk. The treatment with radioiodine in patients suffering from end-stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing hemodialysis requires controlled dosages and individualized administration guidelines. The need to include these patients on the waiting list for a renal transplantation, once they have overcome the disease, and the higher prevalence of thyroid carcinoma in ESRD patients makes this an increasingly significant problem. The cases reported in the literature are few and the therapeutic models followed are very difficult. In this paper we propose a therapeutic model that provides the highest thyroid ablative dosage, minimizing radiation exposure to the rest of the organs. The main difference between our protocol and that already described is the performance of daily hemodialysis during the first 5 days of treatment, as well as the administration of a dose of 131I equivalent to that administered to patients who show normal renal function.
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Carcinoma, Papillary/radiotherapy , Kidney Failure, Chronic/therapy , Renal Dialysis , Thyroid Neoplasms/radiotherapy , Adult , Algorithms , Carcinoma, Papillary/complications , Half-Life , Humans , Iodine Radioisotopes/therapeutic use , Kidney Failure, Chronic/complications , Male , Radiometry , Thyroid Neoplasms/complications , Thyrotropin/bloodABSTRACT
Three approaches based on continuous flow methodology are assessed for the purpose of extending the dynamic range of flame atomic absorption spectrometry. The determination of several elements in infant liquid and powdered milk and water samples is used to check the performances of the manifolds. Two of the systems are fully computer-controlled and permit a calibration graph to be obtained by using a single standard solution. The results confirm that continuous flow methodology is a reliable alternative to the time-consuming common dilution procedures based on glassware. Since the systems are versatile and permit a wide range of degrees of dilution to be obtained, they can be easily adapted for the automated or semi-automated analysis of other liquid samples which are too concentrated to be aspirated directly into the atomic absorption spectrometer.
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Alkaline metals and ammonium ion are separated by cationic exchange liquid chromatography using a 60 microg ml(-1) aqueous copper solution as the mobile phase at 1.5 ml min(-1). Detection is carried out by measuring copper with an atomic absorption spectrometer directly interfaced to the chromatograph. A simple T-piece is used to compensate the difference between the nebulizer uptake rate and the chromatographic flow-rate with air. The method is applicable to the analysis of alkaline metals and ammonium in waters. Average recovery ( n = 16) was 100.3 +/- 4.0%.
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A fluorimetric procedure for the determination of sulfamethoxazole using flow injection analysis is proposed. A two channel system is optimized for the fluorescent reaction with o-phthaldialdehyde and beta-mercaptoethanol. The detection limit is 0.007 mug/ml. No fluorescence is generated by the metabolite N-acetylated sulfamethoxazole. The method is applied to the determination of sulfamethoxazole in pharmaceuticals, urine and bovine serum samples without matrix interference problems.
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A study on the use of slurries in flame atomic absorption spectrometry is reported. Samples with a very high silica content are ground and then slurried in a solution containing 2% hydrochloric and 3% v/v hydrofluoric acids. The suspensions are prepared in the 0.01-1% m/v range and introduced into the flame by means of a simple flow injection manifold. Relative standard deviations for the measurements of iron, calcium and magnesium in diatomaceous earth samples are in the 1.5-2.8, 2.2-5.3 and 2.8-5.0% ranges, respectively. To avoid the use of suspensions prepared with a very low percentage of solid sample and to improve the reproducibility, an on-line dilution manifold is tried. The use of an easy-to-construct variable volume dilution chamber allows the on-line dilution of the slurries, thus permitting the determination of calcium and magnesium over a wide range of concentrations. Calibration is performed using aqueous standards. The experimental conditions, optimized for the determination of iron, calcium and magnesium in diatomaceous earth samples, can also be applied to other silica-based materials, as is shown by the analysis of several standard reference materials.
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A rapid procedure for the determination of lead in commercial paprika samples is described. The samples are first calcined at 350 degrees , then suspensions are prepared in water containing 0.1% v/v Triton X-100 and 0.1% w/v ammonium phosphate and injected into the electrothermal atomiser. The use of platform atomisation with a preatomisation cooling step allows for simple calibration with aqueous standards. When using 0.4% suspensions the detection limit is 0.2 ug/g. The results for seven paprika samples agree with those obtained by an alternative method involving calcination and dissolution in acid.
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A sensitive and rapid spectrophotometric method for the determination of cadmium is described, based on the formation of a blue complex at pH 4 between the anionic iodide complex of cadmium(II) and Malachite Green; the colour is stabilized with poly(vinyl alcohol). The calibration graph for measurement at 685 nm is linear over the range 1-50 mug of cadmium per 25 ml of final solution, with a relative standard deviation of +/-1.7% for 1 mug/ml cadmium. The molar absorptivity is 6.1 x 10(4) 1.mole(-1).cm(-1). The method can be successfully adapted for FIA, the peak height being proportional to the cadmium concentration over the range 0.1-3 mug/ml; a two-channel manifold is used and an improvement in selectivity is obtained. The use of a gradient tube is demonstrated to give a good calibration for Cd(II) over the range 2 x 10(-2) -2 x 10(-6)M.
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A kinetic method based on the catalytic effect of iodide on the chlorpromazine-bromate reaction is described. The reaction was followed spectrophotometrically by measuring the increase in the absorbance at 525 nm. Under optimal experimental conditions (10(-4)M chlorpromazine hydrochloride, 1.5(itM) phosphoric acid, 5 x 10(-4)M potassium bromate, 40 degrees ), iodide was determined between 5 and 70 ng/ml by the tangent method. The influence of reaction variables, the precision and accuracy of the method and the effect of foreign ions were studied. The procedure was applied to the determination of iodide in iodinated salts and in rat thyroid.
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Sensitive spectrophotometric and spectrofluorimetric procedures for the determination of palladium have been developed, based on solvent-extraction of the ion-pair formed between Rhodamine B and the anionic complex of Pd(II) with thiocyanate. With an organic to aqueous phase-volume ratio of 1:5, the molar absorptivity is 9.0 x 10(4) l.mole(-1).cm(-1) and the absorbance of the reagent blank is 0.026. Spectrophotometrically, palladium can be determined in the range 0.1-8.8 mug. Spectrofluorimetrically, it can be determined over the range 0.04-1.5 mug. The spectrophotometric procedure has been applied to the determination of palladium in dental alloys, organopalladium compounds and hydrogenation catalysts.
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The oxidation of Methylene Green by sodium periodate is a slow process. A kinetic method based on the catalytic effect of manganese(II) on this reaction in the presence of 1,10-phenanthroline as activator is described. The reaction is followed spectrophotometrically by measuring the decrease in the absorbance of the dye at 620 nm. Under the optimal experimental conditions [4 x 10(-5)M Methylene Green, 0.2M acetate buffer (pH 4), 2 x 10(-3)M 1,10-phenanthroline, 2.5 x 10(-3)M sodium periodate, 35 degrees ], manganese(II) between 0.2 and 30 ng ml is determined by the tangent method. The accuracy of the method and the influence of 44 foreign ions have been studied and an equation for the kinetics of the catalysed reaction is proposed. The procedure has been applied to the determination of manganese in water, milk and beer with excellent results.
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In a slightly acidic medium (sodium acetate-acetic acid buffer, pH 4) saccharin and Nile Blue form an ion-association compound which is extractable into methyl isobutyl ketone and allows the spectrophotometric determination of saccharin. At 630 nm Beer's law is obeyed over the saccharin concentration range 0.1-3.5 microg/ml in the aqueous phase and the apparent molar absorptivity is 5.8 x 10(4) l.mole(-1).cm(-1). The method shows good selectivity and can be applied to the determination of saccharin in artificial sweeteners, soft drinks and toothpastes.
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A method for the catalytic titrimetric determination of iodide, bromide and thiocyanate is described, based on the inhibitory effect of these anions on the silver-catalysed oxidation of phloxin by persulphate in the presence of 2,2'-bipyridyl. The end-point is determined photometrically by measuring the absorbance at 537 nm. Amounts of iodide, bromide and thiocyanate in the 0.01-7.94, 0.11-4.73 and 0.12-3.59mg ranges, respectively, are titrated with a relative error of about 1%.
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Cysteine has an inhibitory effect on the silver-catalysed phloxin-persulphate reaction at pH 5. When the eysteine/silver ratio is < 1, a decrease in the reaction rate is the only observed effect. However, when the ratio is 1, an induction period appears. The length of the induction period is proportional to the cysteine concentration and allows the quantitative determination of cysteine and silver.
