Transition of care in stroke patients discharged home: a single-center prospective cohort study.

Introduction: Approximately two-thirds of the patients admitted to the hospital with an ischemic stroke are discharged directly home. Discontinuity of care may result in avoidable patient harm, re-admissions and even death. We hypothesized that the transfer of information is most essential in this patient group since any future care for these patients relies solely on the information that is available to the care provider responsible at that time.

Complementary global maps for orientation coding in upper and lower layers of the cat striate cortex and their possible functions.

Preferred stimulus orientations of striate cortical cells in the cat were analyzed for possible isotropic or anisotropic distributions. We separated the data twice, into central (0-5 degrees) vs. peripheral subgroups and into upper vs.

Effect of a low-molecular weight serine proteinase inhibitor (camostate) on amylase release from isolated pancreatic acini.

Oral administration of the proteinase inhibitor camostate to rats results in a characteristic regulation of pancreatic enzyme synthesis and release. These effects are thought to be mediated by an endogenous cholecystokinin release in answer to camostate feeding. An additional direct effect of the compound could be exerted directly on the acinar cell.

Some fundamental points concerning the clinical aspects of desensitization.

Continued exposure of target cells to a hormonal agonist frequently leads to a blunted response to that agonist. This process has been termed desensitization, refractoriness, tolerance or tachyphylaxis. The receptor involved in case of beta-sympathomimetics is the beta-adrenergic receptor.

Quantitative analysis of terbutaline by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

Over the past 6 years, several gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) methods for terbutaline have been developed, each with certain advantages and disadvantages. They all involve monitoring of an ion selected from the mass spectrum of a suitable terbutaline derivative. This technique, often referred to as mass fragmentography or selected ion monitoring, reduces the interference from other drugs and endogenous compounds.