Non-invasive pulse arrival time as a surrogate for oscillometric systolic blood pressure changes during non-pharmacological intervention.

Non-invasive continuous blood pressure (BP) monitoring is of longstanding interest in various cardiovascular scenarios. In this context, pulse arrival time (PAT), i.e.

Lectin mediated biorecognition as a novel strategy for targeted delivery to bladder cancer.

Purpose: Inadequate urothelial delivery of drugs is considered a primary cause of current shortcomings in adjuvant intravesical chemotherapy for bladder cancer. We report what is to our knowledge a novel biorecognitive approach to achieve more regionally selective targeting of malignant tissue and improve urothelial uptake based on specific interaction between lectins and bladder cell glycocalyces.

Materials And Methods: We assessed the cytoadhesive and cytoinvasive potential of selected plant lectins in 3 human urothelial cell lines, corresponding to healthy tissue, and low and high grade carcinoma, respectively.

Emergency nephrectomy due to severe urosepsis: a retrospective, multicentre analysis of 65 cases.

Objective: To assess the outcome of emergency nephrectomy in a retrospective, multicentre analysis, as emergency nephrectomy due to life-threatening urosepsis is a rare clinical scenario with a high mortality, and there are few reports of clinical data on this issue.

Patients And Methods: We assessed retrospectively all patients who had a nephrectomy due to life-threatening urosepsis in three referral centres in Vienna between 1994 and 2007. Patient characteristics, survival and risk factors for a fatal outcome were evaluated.

Derivation of nephrogenic adenomas from renal tubular cells in kidney-transplant recipients.

Background: Nephrogenic adenomas are benign, tumor-like lesions within the urothelial mucosa of the urinary tract that are not uncommon in renal-transplant recipients. We investigated the origin of nephrogenic adenomas in renal-transplant recipients.

Methods: Tissue sections were analyzed by fluorescence in situ hybridization with the use of probes for the X and Y chromosomes, by immunohistochemical methods with the use of antibodies to renal tubular antigens, and by lectin histochemical methods.

[Does thermotherapy of prostatic hypertrophy interfere with pacemaker function? - First results of a pilot-study].

In 8 patients with implanted pacemaker (3 unipolar, 5 bipolar systems) the risk of interference of a regular pacemaker function and an energy source with a capacity of 110 Watt and a frequency of 434 MHz was investigated. The results show that thermotherapy in patients with prostatic hypertrophy can be used without the risk of interference with regular pacemaker function.