Safening activity and metabolism of the safener cyprosulfamide in maize and wheat.

Background: Safeners extend the application of existing herbicides by selectively enhancing tolerance in large-grained cereal crops. While their activity is linked to enhanced herbicide metabolism, their exact mode of action and reasons for their crop specificity have yet to be determined. In this study, we investigated the selectivity of the recently developed sulfonamide safener cyprosulfamide (CSA) in maize (Zea mays L.

Characterisation of glufosinate resistance mechanisms in Eleusine indica.

Background: An Eleusine indica population has evolved resistance to glufosinate, a major post-emergence herbicide of global agriculture. This population was analysed for target-site (glutamine synthetase) and non-target-site (glufosinate uptake, translocation and metabolism) resistance mechanisms.

Results: Glutamine synthetase (GS) activity extracted from susceptible (S) and resistant (R*) plants was equally sensitive to glufosinate inhibition, with IC values of 0.

A prospective observational study of the efficacy of a novel hydroactive impregnated dressing.

Objective: To assess the clinical efficacy, tolerance and acceptance of a novel, hydroactive-impregnated dressing (Hydrotul) in the local treatment of acute and chronic wounds.

Method: In a prospective observational study 24 centres in France, Belgium, Germany and Austria recruited 74 patients. At each dressing change the investigators evaluated the condition of the wound, perilesional skin and patient-reported pain.

Clinical performance of a hydrogel dressing in chronic wounds: a prospective observational study.

Objective: This prospective, multicentre application study was conducted to assess the clinical performance of Hydrosorb comfort hydrogel dressing.

Method: Eighty-one patients (average age 67 years) with acute or chronic wounds received three dressing changes. The condition of the wound and patient-reported pain were assessed at the beginning and end of the study period.

A prospective, open-label study to assess the clinical performance of a foam dressing in the management of chronic wounds.

Polyurethane foam dressings are used to help absorb wound exudate while maintaining a moist wound environment. To assess the clinical performance of a foam dressing, a prospective, open-label evaluation of 57 outpatients (mean age 69 years) with delayed/non-healing wounds (one per patient, average duration 1.4 +/- 4.

Reduced cellular toxicity of a new silver-containing antimicrobial dressing and clinical performance in non-healing wounds.

Bacterial colonisation of wounds may delay wound healing. Modern silver-containing dressings are antimicrobial, yet cellular toxicity is a serious side-effect. We provide data for a newly formulated silver-containing ointment dressing, Atrauman Ag, for antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity.

Efficacy of crisis intervention treatment with topical corticosteroid prednicarbat with and without partial wet-wrap dressing in atopic dermatitis.

Background: The wet-wrap treatment has been reported to be beneficial in acute episodes of atopic dermatitis (AD) skin lesions.

Objective: The efficacy of topical corticosteroid prednicarbat with and without additional wet-wrap dressing was investigated in a prospective, randomized and controlled study.

Methods: In the left-right comparison study, 24 adults and children with an acute episode of AD were included.

Bronchopulmonary lavage for pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.

In summary, total-lung bronchopulmonary lavage was performed five times on two patients under general anesthesia with controlled ventilation using a Robert-Shaw double lumen ETT. One lavage was complicated by a hydrothorax that was treated without untoward sequelae. No significant hypoxemia, circulatory impairment or leakage of lavaged fluid into the opposite lung was noted on any occasion.

Horner's syndrome after epidural block in early pregnancy.

Horner's syndrome after epidural block in a first-trimester parturient has not previously been reported. The authors describe a case of unilateral Horner's syndrome after single-dose epidural block in a 12-week pregnant female.