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- Almgren, Jonas, et al.
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SICStus Prolog library manual, version 2.1 #8
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- This Manual corresponds to SICStus Prolog release 2.1. #8 The Prolog library comprises a number of packages which are thought to be useful in a number of applications. Note that the predicates in the Prolog library are built-in predicates. One has to explicity load each package to get access to its predicates. To load a library package Package, you will normally enter a query. I ?- use_module(library(Package)). Library packages may be compiled and consulted as well as loaded.
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- Bjorkman, S, et al.
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The effect of thiopental on cerebral blood flow, and its relation to plasma concentration, during simulated induction of anaesthesia in a porcine model
- 1994
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In: Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. - 0001-5172. ; 38:5, s. 473-478
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The reversible effect of an induction dose of thiopental on the cerebral blood flow (CBF) was characterized by repeated 133Xe washout measurements during stable physiological conditions in anaesthetized pigs. A thiopental effect corresponding to induction of light and transient anaesthesia was confirmed by electroencephalography (EEG). The concentration (arterial plasma) -effect (-% CBF) relationship of thiopental was estimated using a sigmoidal Emax model. The injection caused a rapid 36 +/- 4.5% (mean +/- s.d.) drop in CBF, with return to baseline by 80 min. According to the pharmacodynamic model, the maximal effect of thiopental (Emax) in this experimental set-up was a 58% lowering of the CBF and the concentration at half-maximal effect (EC50) was 25 micrograms.ml-1. This study provides a complete characterization of the effect of thiopental on the CBF, including the time-course and concentration-effect relationship. A comparison to limited data in the literature suggests that the findings in the pigs constitute a fair approximation of the action of thiopental during the clinical induction of anaesthesia.
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- Björkman, Sven, et al.
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Ketamine and midazolam decrease cerebral blood flow and consequently their own rate of transport to the brain: an application of mass balance pharmacokinetics with a changing regional blood flow
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In: Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics. - 0090-466X. ; 20:6, s. 637-652
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- Mass balance pharmacokinetics, with simultaneous blood sampling from an artery and the internal jugular vein, was used to characterize the cerebral uptake of ketamine, norketamine, and midazolam in normoventilated pigs. Intravenous injections of ketamine or midazolam decreased the cerebral blood flow (CBF) by one third, as measured by intermittent 133Xe washout. By means of pharmacodynamic models, the effects on the CBF could be predicted from the arterial drug concentrations. The high-resolution CBF vs. time curves thus generated allowed the calculation of cerebral drug levels from arterio-venous concentration gradients in spite of a continuously changing regional blood flow. By their effects on the CBF, ketamine and midazolam decrease their own rate of transport to the brain, the immediate 30-35% drops in CBF giving similar reductions in initial net influx of drug. Physiological pharmacokinetic models assuming a constant regional blood flow are therefore not appropriate. Under clinical conditions, the CBF is determined mainly by the effects of the anesthetics and by the arterial CO2 tension. CBF changes in either direction influence the transport of drugs to the brain and may consequently result in impaired or exaggerated drug effects.
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- Nilsson, Henrik, et al.
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Laser-induced fluorescence in malignant and normal tissue in mice injected with two different carotenoporphyrins
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In: British Journal of Cancer. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0007-0920 .- 1532-1827. ; 70:5, s. 873-879
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- Laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) was used to characterise the localisation of an intravenously administered trimethylated carotenoporphyrin [CP(Me)3] and a trimethoxylated carotenoporphyrin [CP(OMe)3] in an intramuscularly transplanted malignant tumour (MS-2 fibrosarcoma) and healthy muscle in female Balb/c mice, 3, 24, 48 and 96 h post injection. The fluorescence was induced with a dye laser pumped by a nitrogen laser, emitting light at 425 nm. The fluorescence spectra were recorded in the region 455-760 nm using a polychromator equipped with an image-intensified CCD camera. The tumour/peritumoral muscle ratio was about 5:1 for CP(Me)3 and about 6:1 for CP(OMe)3 in terms of the background-free fluorescence intensity, which peaked at about 655 nm. By including the endogenous tissue fluorescence, the contrast was further enhanced by a factor of approximately 2.
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- Åkeson, Jonas, et al.
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A porcine model for sequential assessments of cerebral haemodynamics and metabolism
- 1992
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In: Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. - 0001-5172. ; 36:5, s. 419-426
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- We present a physiologically stable porcine model designed for sequential assessments of pharmacological effects on mean hemispheric cerebral blood flow (CBF) and cerebral metabolic rate for oxygen (CMRO2) at sustained normocapnia. The dynamic influence of continuously administered fentanyl (0.040 mg.kg-1.h-1 i.v.), nitrous oxide (70%) and pancuronium (0.30 mg.kg-1.h-1 i.v.) on these variables was studied in eight normoventilated pigs. CBF was reliably assessable at 10-min intervals by clearance of intra-arterially injected 133Xe, monitored by an extracranial scintillation detector. CMRO2 was calculated from CBF and the simultaneously measured cerebral arteriovenous difference in blood oxygen content. The intracerebral distribution of a contrast medium injected into the external and internal carotid arteries was studied by angiography, and the cerebral venous outflow was investigated by measurements of the distribution of an intra-arterially administered non-diffusible tracer, [99mTc]pertechnetate, to the internal and external jugular veins. After a 3-h equilibration period, CBF and CMRO2 were determined on six occasions over a study period lasting 1 h 40 min. The mean ranges of these variables were 56-60 and 1.9-2.0 ml.100 g-1.min-1, respectively. We conclude that the model enables repeated assessments of CBF and CMRO2 under stable physiological background conditions and thus valid cerebral pharmacodynamic investigations of drugs given for anaesthesia.
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