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The value of pressure ulcer risk assessment and interface pressure measurements in patients: A nursing perspective
Pressure sores in an intensive care unit 35
and related variables: a descriptive study
Prevalence of pressure ulcers, risk factors 47
and the use of pressure-relieving
mattresses in ICU patients
The clinical relevance of the Waterlow 61
Pressure Sore Risk Scale in the ICU
The reproducibility of interface pressure 75
measurements in patients at risk of
developing a pressure ulcer
A comparison of interface pressure 91
measurements between patients and
healthy volunteers in lying positions
Interface pressures in patients lying on 109
different mattresses during surgery
Effect of dietary elaidic versus vaccenic acid on blood and liver lipids in the hamster
Male hamsters (30 per group) were fed five different semi-purified diets ad libitum. The diets, containing 30% of energy (en%) as fat, differed in their dietary fat composition (specified fatty acids exchanged at 10 en%) and were fed for 4 weeks. The five fatty acids compared in mixed triglycerides were elaidic acid (C18:1 9t), vaccenic acid (C18:1 11t), their cis-counterpart oleic acid (C18:1 9c), medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA; C8:0 and C10:0), and palmitic acid (C16:0). Compared with oleic acid, dietary MCFA and palmitic acid tended to increase blood cholesterol levels in the hamsters. The effect of elaidic and vaccenic acid on blood cholesterol did not differ from that of oleic acid. When elaidic acid and vaccenic acids were compared directly, the ratio of LDL/HDL-cholesterol in plasma was significantly higher in hamsters fed vaccenic acid than in those fed elaidic acid, and elaidic acid was incorporated at low levels, but more efficiently than vaccenic acid at the sn-2 position of platelet phospholipids. Biological consequences of this low incorporation are considered unlikely as levels of arachidonic acid (C20:4 n-6) and docosohexaenoic acid (C22:6 n-3) in the platelet phospholipids of all dietary groups did not differ. With respect to the effect on the LDL/HDL-cholesterol ratio, elaidic acid may be preferable to vaccenic acid. We conclude that this animal study does not provide evidence for the suggestion, based on epidemiological observations, that elaidic acid would be more detrimental to cardiovascular risk than vaccenic acid
A novel non-mineral oil-based adjuvant. II. Efficacy of a synthetic sulfolipopolysaccharide in a squalane-in-water emulsion in pigs
The adjuvanticity of a sulfolipopolysaccharide (SLP) incorporated into a squalane-in-water emulsion (SLP/S/W) was compared with that of a mineral oil-in-water (O/W) adjuvant currently used in commercial porcine vaccines. Groups of pigs were immunized twice with vaccines comprising either inactivated influenza virus (iFlu3 containing strains A/Swine, MRC-11 and X-79), inactivated pseudorabies virus (iPRV), live pseudorabies virus (PRV) or inactivated porcine parvovirus (iPPV) as antigen and SLP/S/W or O/W as adjuvant. Antibody titres in serum 2 or 3 weeks after the second immuniz
A novel non-mineral oil-based adjuvant. I. Efficacy of a synthetic sulfolipopolysaccharide in a squalane-in-water emulsion in laboratory animals
Sulfolipopolysaccharides (SLPs) were synthsized by reaction of the synthetic polysucrose polymer Ficoll-400 with chlorosulfonic acid and lauroyl chloride in anhydrous medium. Hydrophobic derivatives were obtained by addition of a small number of sulfate and a large number of lipid groups. Gel-permeation high-performance liquid chromatography (g.p.-h.p.l.c.) exhibited a wide range in molecular weight of both Ficoll-400 and SLP polymers. The calculated weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of Ficoll-400 and SLP using polystyrene polymers as references was 187 000 and 380 000 respectively, exhibiting a twofold increase in molecular weight upon derivatization. Adjuvanticity of hydrophobic SLPs with 0.2 sulfate and 1.5 lipid groups per sucrose monomer, a squalane-in-water emulsion (S/W), SLP incorporated into S/W (SLP/S/W), and a mineral oil-based emulsion (O/W) was investigated in combination with different antigens in mice and guinea-pigs. Antibody responses in serum against ovalbumin (OVA), dinitrophenylated bovine serum albumin (DNP-BSA), inactivated influenza virus strain MRC-11 (MRC-11), a mixture of three influenza virus strains (iFlu3) and inactivated pseudorabies virus (iPRV) were measured by either haemagglutination (HA), haemagglutination inhibition (HI) or serum neutralization (SN). Vaccines were prepared by simply mixing one volume of antigen with one volume of adjuvant solution. Antibody titres after one or two injections with these antigens were enhanced significantly by SLP/S/W, SLP, S/W and O/W and in most studies, SLP/S/W was demonstrated to be more effective than either the two constituent components or the O/W adjuvant. A hydrophilic SLP-derivative with a high sulfate/lipid ratio incorporated into S/W appeared to be ineffective, which indicates the importance of a hydrophobic character of SLP. Applicability of SLP/S/W as a novel non-mineral oil-based adjuvant is discussed