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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-6-12
pubmed:abstractText
Previous studies have indicated that, during nonpulsatile cardiopulmonary bypass, the anterior pituitary gland fails to respond to the tropic stimulus of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH). This is in contrast to the normal response seen during closed cardiac and general surgical procedures. The Stöckert pulsatile pump system described in Part I has been employed in a comparative study of TRH responses in 20 patients subjected to pulsatile or nonpulsatile perfusion during open-heart surgery. In the nonpulsatile group, a consistently subnormal response to TRH injection was again found. In the pulsatile group, however, the pituitary response to TRH was normal in nine patients out of 10. The quantitative difference between the groups was statistically highly significant (p less than 0.005). These results indicate that the subnormal pituitary function seen with nonpulsatile bypass may be prevented by the use of pulsatile perfusion.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0022-5223
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
75
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
579-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Comparative studies of pulsatile and nonpulsatile flow during cardiopulmonary bypass. III. Response of anterior pituitary gland to thyrotropin-releasing hormone.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study