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Drug Therapy* ; Pregnancy*

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Female ; Humans ; Pregnant Women*

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Humans*

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Busan* ; Child ; Child, Hospitalized* ; Child, Preschool* ; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens* ; Humans

Vascular leak syndrome(VLS) is characterized by endothelial damage, which causes extravasation of plasma proteins and fluid from capillaries into the extravascular space. It has been suggested that the increased vascular permeability is the result of an IL-2-induced suppression of endothelin-1 secretion by endothelial cells, an IL-2-induced activation of the complement cascade or TNF-alpha release from IL-2-activated T-cells. A 13-year-old male patient visited our hospital with abdominal pain. He was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia(T cell type) by bone marrow study on his 2 nd day in hospital. On the 3 rd day of induction chemotherapy(prednisone, L-asparaginase, vincristine, intrathecal methotrexate), pulmonary edema and pleural effusion, ascites and generalized edema developed and lasted for 53 days without responding to supportive care. The laboratoy finding was that TNF-alpha was increased without evidence of infection and hypoalbuminemia was noted. It was suggested that the patient's clinical feature was induced by VLS.
Abdominal Pain ; Adolescent ; Ascites ; Blood Proteins ; Bone Marrow ; Capillaries ; Capillary Permeability ; Complement System Proteins ; Edema ; Endothelial Cells ; Endothelin-1 ; Humans ; Hypoalbuminemia ; Induction Chemotherapy* ; Male ; Pleural Effusion ; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma* ; Pulmonary Edema ; T-Lymphocytes ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ; Vincristine

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effects of (-)-3-PPP(0.5, 2, and 10mg/kg, s.c.) and haloperidol(0.1, 0.5, and 2mg/kg, s.c.) on the extracellular dopamine concentrations, and the effect of pretreatment with (-)-3-PPP(2mg/kg) on the haloperidol(2mg/kg)-induced extracellular dopamine concentrations in the nucleus accumbens(NAS) of free moving rats. METHODS: Dopamine levels in dialysate were determined with high pressure liquid chromatography(HPLC) with electrochemical detection(ECD). RESULTS: (1) (-)-3-PPP had dual actions depending on the doses : at 2mg/kg, it decreased and at 10mg/kg, increased extracellular dopamine concentrations ; (2) haloperidol at all doses increased dopamine levels with higher dose having a greater icrease ; and (3) pretreatment of (-)-3-PPP reduced the increase in dopamine levels elicited by acute treatment with haloperidol. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that pretreatment of (-)-3-PPP in low dose could accelerate the onset of therapeutic effect of haloperidol by diminishing the haloperidol-induced dopamine release in the limbic system.
Animals ; Dopamine* ; Haloperidol ; Limbic System ; Nucleus Accumbens* ; Rats*

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Sepsis* ; Yersinia*

OBJECT: It is reported that the effect of antipsychotics on the extracellular dopamine levels in the prefrontal cortex is related to the their effect on the negative symptoms. Therefore, we investigated the acute and chronic effects of olanzapine and risperidone on the extracellular dopamine concentrations in the prefrontal cortex of rat. Samples were obtained using in vivo brain microdialysis. METHOD: Dopamine levels in the samples were measured by high pressure liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. RESULTS: 1) Both the acute treatment of olanzapine and risperidone increased the extracellular dopamine concentrations in the prefrontal cortex, dose-dependently. 2) There was a no significant difference in the maximal change of the extracellular dopamine concentrations in the prefrontal cortex induced by the acute treatment of olanzapine and risperidone. 3) Both the chronic treatment of olanzapine and risperidone also increased the extracellular dopamine concentrations in the prefrontal cortex, but they showed the tolerance effect that the degree of increase was smaller than that of the acute treatment. 4) As for the maximal changes of the extracellular dopamine concentrations in the prefrontal cortex induced by the chronic treatment of olanzapine and risperidone, the effect of the former was greater than that of the latter. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that the effects of olanzapine and risperidone on the negative symptoms are related to the increased extracellular dopamine concentrations in the prefrontal cortex induced by these drugs.
Animals ; Antipsychotic Agents ; Brain ; Chromatography, Liquid ; Dopamine* ; Microdialysis ; Prefrontal Cortex* ; Rats* ; Risperidone*

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Catecholamines* ; Female ; Labor Stage, Second* ; Parturition* ; Plasma* ; Pregnancy ; Supine Position*

Sinus of Valsalva aneurysms are rare cardiac anomalies and are usually caused by the separation of the aortic wall media from the valve ring tissue. These aneurysms frequently rupture into the low-pressure areas like the right ventricle and right atrium, rarely do they rupture into the left atrium, left ventricle, pericardial sac, or pulmonary artery. Cerebral infarction has been reported as a rare complication of unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm. We experienced very rare two cases of Valsalva aneurysms of right coronary sinus dissecting into the interventricular septum in patients with cerebral infarction. In two cases these aneurysms ruptured into the left ventricle. These aneurysms were excised and the defect was closed with autopericardium. At the end of the surgical repair, coaptation was found to be insufficient and aortic valve replacement was undertaken.
Aneurysm* ; Aortic Valve ; Cerebral Infarction* ; Coronary Sinus ; Heart Atria ; Heart Ventricles ; Humans ; Pulmonary Artery ; Rupture ; Sinus of Valsalva*