ABSTRACT
Thirty cases of viral hepatitis with and without coma and 15 normal healthy age and sex matched controls were studied for disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC). Cases of viral hepatitis with coma showed strong evidence of DIC in the form of increased plasma FDP (240 +/- 190.64 dilution), diminished fibrinogen half life (48.1 +/- 15.3 hours) and increased fractional catabolic rate (46.13 +/- 14.7% per day) with normal Euglobulin clot lysis time and reduced fibrinogen (147.33 +/- 43.5%) and platelet count (1.27 +/- 0.324 lakhs/cm.). The possible role of heparin in the reversal of coagulation abnormalities have been discussed.
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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation/physiopathology , Hepatic Encephalopathy/etiology , Hepatitis, Viral, Human/physiopathology , Adult , Aged , Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation/complications , Female , Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products/analysis , Fibrinogen/analysis , Hepatic Encephalopathy/complications , Hepatitis, Viral, Human/complications , Hepatitis, Viral, Human/etiology , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic/physiopathologySubject(s)
Cranial Nerve Diseases/etiology , Paralysis/etiology , Tuberculosis, Meningeal/complications , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Female , Hemiplegia/etiology , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Paraplegia/etiology , PrognosisSubject(s)
Glycerol/blood , Myocardial Infarction/blood , Adult , Aged , Arrhythmias, Cardiac/blood , Arrhythmias, Cardiac/etiology , Female , Heart Failure/blood , Heart Failure/etiology , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Myocardial Infarction/complications , Shock, Cardiogenic/blood , Shock, Cardiogenic/etiologySubject(s)
Fibrinogen/analysis , Fibrinolysis , Myocardial Infarction/blood , Platelet Adhesiveness , Adult , Aged , Humans , Middle AgedSubject(s)
Indican/urine , Jejunum/microbiology , Liver Cirrhosis/microbiology , Female , Humans , India , MaleSubject(s)
Diabetes Mellitus/microbiology , Indican/urine , Jejunum/microbiology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Humans , Middle AgedSubject(s)
Ceruloplasmin/analysis , Copper/poisoning , Acute Disease , Adolescent , Adult , Female , Humans , Kidney Diseases/blood , Kidney Diseases/chemically induced , Male , Sulfates/poisoningABSTRACT
Complete heart block (CHB) developed in 10.3% of patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI). It was more frequent among patients with inferior myocardial infarction compared to anterior myocardial infarction, but the mortality was significantly high among patients with anterior MI who developed CHB. A new classification into primary (P) and secondary (S) CHB is suggested by the sequence of events. The incidence and mortality of SCHB was significantly high when compared to the incidence and mortality of PCHB. Wide QRS complexes, a heart rate of less than 60/min, and syncopal attacks were the grave prognostic signs. Progression from a lesser degree of AV block and regression of CHB to a lesser degree of AV Block were both observed in 25.8% cases. Circulatory failure in the form of shock, hypotension, congestive heart failure, and left ventricular failure, alone or in combination was a factor in 17 of the 22 patients who died. Four of 5 patients who underwent transvenous pacing also died.
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Heart Block/etiology , Myocardial Infarction/complications , Acute Disease , Adult , Aged , Electrocardiography , Female , Heart Block/diagnosis , Heart Block/mortality , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Myocardial Infarction/mortality , Myocardial Infarction/physiopathology , Shock, Cardiogenic/mortality , Time FactorsSubject(s)
Electrocardiography , Esophagus , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Reference ValuesABSTRACT
Forty normal subjects have been taken for the present study. The mean Indican excretion was 40.45 mg/24 hrs. The mean jejunal count was 1.96 x 10(3) +/- 5.39 x 10(3) organisms/ml and 40% of the jejunal aspirates were sterile. Wide range of bacteria were cultured bu the coliform organisms were obtained in only 16.6%. There was a significant correlation between Indican excretion and total bacterial count (P less than .01).
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Indican/urine , Adolescent , Adult , Bacteria/isolation & purification , Female , Humans , India , Intestinal Secretions/microbiology , Jejunum/microbiology , Male , Middle Aged , Reference ValuesABSTRACT
Copper sulfate added to commercial alcohol as a coloring agent caused contact dermatitis of the hands in 10 furniture polishers. Patch tests with 5% aqueous solution of copper sulfate were positive in all these patients but negative in 15 normal controls.
