Vaccine Preventable Diseases in Pediatric Palliative Care - A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study.

Context: Vaccine preventable diseases lead to distressful symptoms and complications among pediatric patients receiving specialized home palliative care. There was no data on the vaccination compliance.

Objectives: The objective was to determine the vaccination coverage, discuss the relevance of vaccinations and provide vaccination recommendations in pediatric palliative care.

[Carbon monoxide poisoning from indoor barbecues--incidents reported to the German-speaking Poison Information Centers and the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in Berlin].

From 2008 to the end of 2009 the Joint Poison Information Center (PIC) in Erfurt observed 7 incidents involving 17 persons (1 fatality) with signs of carbon monoxide poisoning from indoor barbecues (COFIB). To find out whether COFIB is a regional or a general phenomenon in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, all information about COFIBs recorded by the 11 German-speaking Poison Information Centers and the BfR Berlin were retrospectively analyzed for the period 2000 to 2009. In all, 60 COFIBs (accidental: 90.

Reversibility and time-dependency of contrast medium induced inhibition of 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) conversion in renal proximal tubular cells in vitro: comparison of a monomeric and a dimeric nonionic iodinated contrast medium.

Objectives: To evaluate the time-course and reversibility of toxicity of a low-osmolar and an iso-osmolar radiographic contrast medium on renal tubular cell cultures.

Materials And Methods: LLC-PK1-cells were incubated with iomeprol, iodixanol, and mannitol (4.7-75 mg I/mL, 2-24 hours).

Cytotoxicity of iodinated and gadolinium-based contrast agents in renal tubular cells at angiographic concentrations: in vitro study.

Purpose: To test in vitro whether gadolinium-based contrast agents induce fewer toxic effects on renal tubular cells than does an iodinated contrast medium at concentrations used for angiography.

Materials And Methods: LLC-PK1 cells were incubated with iomeprol, gadopentetate dimeglumine, gadobenate dimeglumine, gadoterate meglumine, gadodiamide, and corresponding mannitol solutions for 24 hours at 37 degrees C in two experimental settings: measurements with equally attenuating solutions and measurements with equimolar solutions. Cytotoxicity was assessed with 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, trypan blue testing, and an assay to detect apoptosis and necrosis.