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Immobilization* ; Rib Fractures* ; Ribs*

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Esophagus* ; Rupture*

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Esophagus* ; Rupture*

PURPOSE: To evaluate whether radial rigidity measured using RigiScan(R) represents the intracorporeal pressure effectively. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From January 1998 to May 1999, total of 23 patients with erectile dysfunction were evaluated by RigiScan(R) and duplex ultrasonography after the intracorporeal injection of prostaglandin E1. Peak systolic velocity and end diastolic velocity were measured by duplex ultrasonography and then the resistance index was calculated as (peak systolic velocity-end diastolic velocity)/(peak systolic velocity). Radial rigidity of penile tip and base was measured by RigiScanR . The results were analyzed statistically by PC-SPSS version 7.5. RESULTS: There were statistically significant correlations between radial rigidity of penile tip and base and the resistance index by Spearman's correlation analysis, respectively (r=0.680, p<0.001)(r=0.703, p<0.001). When radial rigidity of penile tip and base exceeded 60% of maximum, radial rigidity of penile tip and base again correlated well with the resistance index, respectively (r=0.659, p=0.020)(r=0.759, p=0.011). Based on clinically determined degree of erection, radial rigidity of penile tip and base represented the intracorporeal pressure effectively. CONCLUSIONS: Radial rigidity measured by RigiScan(R) represents the intracorporeal pressure effectively.
Alprostadil* ; Erectile Dysfunction ; Humans ; Male ; Ultrasonography

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Neuroendocrine Cells* ; Prostate* ; Prostatic Hyperplasia*

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Animals ; Captopril* ; Cisplatin* ; Nifedipine* ; Rats*

A new local anesthetic, bupivacaine, is widely used for regional anesthesia because of its high potency and long duration of action. However, bupivacaine is reported to result in cardiovascular collapse associated with convulsion at a plasma concentration above the normal one, while other local anesthetics do not. Also resuscitation is very difficult. Although the mechanism of this action is not known, bupivacaine seems to have an influence on Ca2+ transport across cell membranes via various pathways. The present study was designed to evaluate the effects of bupivacaine on Ca2+ transport across cell membranes. The results are as follows: 1) Bupivacaine inhibites Ca2+ uptake by SR of skeletal muscle. 2) Bupivacaine suppressed the Bowditch and Woodworth staircase phenomena in a guines pig's left auricle, however this was reversible even at convulsant doses. 3) Bupivacaine also suppressed the Na+-Ca2+ exchange pump on guines pig's left auricle. 4) Bupivacaine increased the Ca2+-ATPase activity by SR of skeletal muscle. 5) At concentrations above 3ug/ml, bupivacaine induced cardiac arrhythmia. These findings suggest that bupivacaine-induced cardiotoxicity is possibly due to a Ca2+- channel blockade, depression of the Na+-Ca2+ pump, inhibition of Ca2+ uptake by SR and subsequent decrease of intracellular Ca2+ concentration.
Anesthesia, Conduction ; Anesthetics, Local ; Arrhythmias, Cardiac ; Bupivacaine* ; Calcium* ; Cell Membrane ; Depression ; Membranes* ; Muscle, Skeletal ; Plasma ; Resuscitation ; Seizures

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Blood Gas Analysis* ; Respiratory Function Tests* ; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary*