Say Yes... To Entertaining!

When mother was married, having friends over for a meal was an elaborate and expensive ordeal. Our changing customs allow today\u27s bride to make her party menus more simple and less costly. As entertaining becomes more informal, so does the food. It can be as much fun for the hostess as for her guests

Faculty Recital: Oral Moses, bass-baritone and the Fisk Jubilee Singers

Kennesaw State University School of Music presents Oral Moses, bass-baritone and Rosalyn Floyd, piano with the Fisk Jubilee Singers.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1416/thumbnail.jp

Reflections

The American Society of International Law Committee recommended that the Manley 0. Hudson Medal be awarded to Professor Eric Stein for his lifetime of significant contributions to international and comparative law. Stein, the Hessel E. Yntema Professor of Law, Emeritus, at the University of Michigan Law School, had been an active supporter of ASIL as Honorary Vice President, Counsellor, and Honorary Editor of, and frequent contributor to, the American Journal of International Law. His many books and articles established him as a leading thinker and writer on European Community law and on what he described in a famous article as the Uses, Misuses, and Nonuses of Comparative Law

Say Yes... To Entertaining!

When mother was married, having friends over for a meal was an elaborate and expensive ordeal. Our changing customs allow today's bride to make her party menus more simple and less costly. As entertaining becomes more informal, so does the food. It can be as much fun for the hostess as for her guests.</p

Comparison of Dopamine and Dobutamine Therapy during Intraaortic Balloon Pumping for the Treatment of Postcardiotomy Low-Output Syndrome

Treatment of postcardiotomy low-output syndrome includes intraaortic balloon pumping (IABP), volume loading, pharmacological afterload reduction, and stimulation with an inotropic agent. This study compares the effectiveness of combined nitroprusside and dopamine therapy and nitroprusside and dobutamine therapy in 12 patients requiring IABP postoperatively. Serial hemodynamic measurements were made before and during infusion of nitroprusside and after administration of the combined therapy (N = 6 in each group). Prior to pharmacological therapy, cardiac index was 1.47 ± 0.31 L/min/m2 and systemic vascular resistance (SVR) was 3,114 ± 1,350 dynes sec cm−5 in patients subsequently given dopamine, and 1.59 ± 0.38 L/min/m2 and 2,661 ± 405 dynes sec cm−5, respectively, in those given dobutamine. With infusion of nitroprusside, both groups showed significant reduction in SVR. Nitroprusside plus either inotropic agent resulted in augmentation of cardiac index and an additional reduction in SVR, both changes being greater in the group given dopamine. Larger doses of dobutamine than dopamine were needed to achieve similar hemodynamic improvement. We conclude that the addition of an inotropic agent to vasodilator therapy during IABP results in a greater increase in cardiac index and a greater decrease in afterload than a vasodilator alone. In addition to its beneficial effect on renal perfusion at the dose required to effect these improvements, dopamine appears a better inotropic agent than dobutamine for postcardiotomy low-output syndrome

Comparison of Dopamine and Dobutamine Therapy during Intraaortic Balloon Pumping for the Treatment of Postcardiotomy Low-Output Syndrome

Treatment of postcardiotomy low-output syndrome includes intraaortic balloon pumping (IABP), volume loading, pharmacological afterload reduction, and stimulation with an inotropic agent. This study compares the effectiveness of combined nitroprusside and dopamine therapy and nitroprusside and dobutamine therapy in 12 patients requiring IABP postoperatively. Serial hemodynamic measurements were made before and during infusion of nitroprusside and after administration of the combined therapy (N = 6 in each group). Prior to pharmacological therapy, cardiac index was 1.47 ± 0.31 L/min/m2 and systemic vascular resistance (SVR) was 3,114 ± 1,350 dynes sec cm−5 in patients subsequently given dopamine, and 1.59 ± 0.38 L/min/m2 and 2,661 ± 405 dynes sec cm−5, respectively, in those given dobutamine. With infusion of nitroprusside, both groups showed significant reduction in SVR. Nitroprusside plus either inotropic agent resulted in augmentation of cardiac index and an additional reduction in SVR, both changes being greater in the group given dopamine. Larger doses of dobutamine than dopamine were needed to achieve similar hemodynamic improvement. We conclude that the addition of an inotropic agent to vasodilator therapy during IABP results in a greater increase in cardiac index and a greater decrease in afterload than a vasodilator alone. In addition to its beneficial effect on renal perfusion at the dose required to effect these improvements, dopamine appears a better inotropic agent than dobutamine for postcardiotomy low-output syndrome