Development and implementation of the Dutch protocol for rehabilitative management in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Introduction: In the Netherlands, rehabilitation care plays an important role in the symptomatic and palliative treatment of ALS patients. However, until 1999 there were no guidelines or practice parameters available for the management of ALS. Therefore, the Dutch protocol for rehabilitative management in ALS was developed.

Absolute 24 h quantification of 99Tcm-DMSA uptake in patients with severely reduced kidney function: a comparison with 51Cr-EDTA clearance.

The aim of this study was to determine whether absolute 24 h DMSA uptake measurements (%DMSA) correlate well with 51Cr-EDTA clearance measurements in patients with severely reduced kidney function (SRKF). Between 1990 and 1997, 55 of 482 patients who underwent EDTA clearance measurements also underwent %DMSA within 1 week. Of these, 31 were women and 24 were men (mean age 60 years; range 19-77 years).

Urinary excretion of tubular proteins and the technetium-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) absolute renal uptake in partial ureteral obstruction in rats: a functional evaluation of hydronephrotic kidneys.

The aim of this longitudinal study was to evaluate tubular proteinuria in rats with unilateral (UPO) and bilateral (BPO) partial ureteral obstruction with the dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scan as the gold standard for measuring renal tubular damage. We studied 70 female Wistar rats: 28 animals with UPO, 28 animals with BPO, 7 sham-operated animals, and 7 controls. All animals with obstructed ureters showed renal dilatation on the diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid DTPA images 1 and 5 weeks postoperatively.

Differential renal function measured by 99Tcm-DTPA and 99Tcm-DMSA in a complete unilateral renal obstruction rat model.

We performed a prospective study to determine whether 99Tcm-DTPA differential renal function (DRF) in the case of acute obstruction in a unipapillary kidney rat model shows a similar pattern of results as 99Tcm-DMSA in a multipapillary kidney model, and to exclude recirculation or a block of tubular transport of DMSA which might explain the discrepancy reported by Kelleher et al. In 15 male and 4 female Wistar rats (weight 300-350 g), 99Tcm-DMSA renal uptake was measured 24 h before complete obstruction of the right ureter, which served as reference values. Twenty-four hours after obstruction, 99Tcm-DTPA (18.

Relationship of decreased chemotaxis of technetium-99m-HMPAO-labeled lymphocytes to apoptosis.

Unlabelled: The purpose of this study was to evaluate chemotaxis and its relationship to apoptosis in 99mTc-HMPAO-labeled lymphocytes.

Methods: Peripheral lymphocytes, obtained from 12 healthy volunteers using lymphoprep, were divided in three equal fractions. One fraction was used as the control, one was labeled with cold HMPAO and one was labeled with 1.