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The pattern of enzyme changes in elderly fallers admitted to an acute geriatric unit was investigated. Creatine kinase (CK), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activities were measured daily for 3 days after admission in all patients in whom a fall preceded admission. Of 270 patients, 52 (19%) had fallen prior to admission, of whom five (10%) had an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). In fallers without an AMI in whom a history was available, CK and AST activities were significantly higher (p less than 0.05) in patients who had spent more than 1 hour on the floor than in those who had spent less than 1 hour. No other clinical factor affected enzyme activities. CK and AST activities were raised in 66% and 40%, respectively, of fallers without an AMI. Elevation of CK and AST activities in elderly fallers is likely to be a result of the fall itself rather than of an AMI.
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PMID:Cardiac enzyme changes in elderly fallers. 236 84

Seven horses were given 0.5 mg of carbon tetrachloride/kg of body weight via a nasogastric tube. Subsequent hepatocellular damage was monitored by serum enzyme determinations of sorbitol dehydrogenase, isoenzyme 5 of lactate dehydrogenase, and aspartate transaminase activities. Creatinine kinase activity was evaluated as an indicator of muscle cell damage. Sorbitol dehydrogenase, isoenzyme 5 of lactate dehydrogenase, and aspartate transaminase activities were significantly (P less than 0.05) increased by 24 hours after carbon tetrachloride administration. Isoenzyme 5 of lactate dehydrogenase and sorbitol dehydrogenase activities returned to baseline several days before aspartate transaminase activity returned to baseline. Creatine kinase activity remained unchanged.
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PMID:Variations in serum sorbitol dehydrogenase, aspartate transaminase, and isoenzyme 5 of lactate dehydrogenase activities in horses given carbon tetrachloride. 272 9

We evaluated the utility of serum enzyme and isoenzyme activities for detecting autopsy-proved perioperative myocardial infarction in patients who died after cardiac operations. We studied 79 patients who had autopsies performed after coronary artery bypass grafting or valve replacement, or both. Thirty-seven had histologic evidence of a perioperative myocardial infarction. We found statistically significant differences between the group of patients with infarction and the group without infarction when we compared the mean activities of creatine kinase, creatine kinase MB, aspartate aminotransferase, and the lactate dehydrogenase-1/lactate dehydrogenase-2 ratio. The postoperative changes in serum enzymes were analyzed by logistic regression for their relation to perioperative myocardial infarction. Creatine kinase MB exhibited the best diagnostic association with the presence of perioperative myocardial infarction. The lactate dehydrogenase-1/lactate dehydrogenase-2 ratio correlated to a lesser extent with infarction. Adjustment of the diagnostic cutoff to 133 U/L for creatine kinase-MB measured 15 hours after operation yielded a sensitivity of 0.60 and a specificity of 1.0. This study demonstrates that no combination of enzyme activity changes after operation can completely discriminate all patients with perioperative myocardial infarction from those without. Nonetheless, measurement of creatine kinase MB activity provide 96% accuracy for diagnosing infarction at a prevalence of 10%.
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PMID:The predictive value of serum enzymes for perioperative myocardial infarction after cardiac operations. An autopsy study. 281 7

Two groups of lambs raised free of sporozoan infection were inoculated with Sarcocystis tenella sporocysts and compared with controls. Lambs from Group 1 were inoculated with 5000 sporocysts and those in Group 2 were given 20,000. Transient increases in rectal temperatures occurred between 23 and 39 days post-inoculation (dpi), although the lambs appeared normal and retained their appetites. Packed cell volumes (PCV) of lambs given 20,000 sporocysts decreased dramatically from 28 to 38 dpi after which they slowly returned to near pre-inoculation levels by 99 dpi. The anaemia was normocytic/normochromic. White cell counts (WCC) rose in infected lambs from 49 dpi, reflecting principally an increase in lymphocyte numbers. Plasma albumin of Group 2 decreased at 28 dpi and remained depressed until the experiment was terminated at 99 dpi. Plasma globulin of infected groups increased from 31 (Group 2) and 35 dpi (Group 1). Plasma alkaline phosphatase (ALP) of Group 2 decreased from 28 dpi and remained depressed to 99 dpi. Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) of Group 2 was elevated at 24 and 28 dpi and from 42 to 78 dpi, while aspartate aminotransferase (AST) of the same group was elevated from 45 to 66 dpi. Creatine kinase (CK) of Group 2 was elevated from 52 to 71 dpi.
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PMID:Clinical, haematological and plasma biochemical changes in specified-pathogen-free (sporozoa) lambs experimentally infected with low numbers of Sarcocystis tenella sporocysts. 295 99

The effects of mild Sarcocystis miescheriana infection on blood enzymes and body weight were compared in stress-sensitive (halothane positive) and in stress-insensitive (halothane negative) pigs. Ten halothane-positive pigs (Group A) and ten halothane-negative pigs (Group C) with a mean body weight of 36 kg were each inoculated orally with 50,000 sporocysts of S. miescheriana. Twelve halothane-positive pigs (Group B) and ten halothane-negative pigs (Group D) served as non-infected controls. Five days before infection (a.i.) and 58 days post infection (p.i.) all pigs were myostress challenged (creatine kinase test). During the whole period of the experiment (3 weeks a.i. to 13 weeks p.i.) body weights were determined and blood samples taken at weekly intervals. Creatine kinase (CK), aspartate aminotransferase (ASAT) and Sarcocystis antibody titres were determined. The infection induced slightly elevated temperatures (max. 42.8 degrees C) and transient reduced food intake during the 2nd and 3rd week p.i. The CK values of the infected pigs in Groups A and C increased from Day 28 p.i. onwards, and were significantly higher than those of the pigs of the non-infected controls (Days 35-77 p.i.). The ASAT values of the infected groups (A and C) increased from Day 21 p.i. onwards, and were significantly higher than those of the non-infected controls from Days 28-77 p.i. The myostress injection at 5 days a.i. (1st CK test) resulted in significantly higher CK and ASAT values in stress-sensitive pigs.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:The effects of Sarcocystis miescheriana infections on blood enzymes and weight gain of stress-sensitive and stress-insensitive pigs. 313 Jul 14

Serum samples from patients admitted to a coronary care unit with a history of acute chest pain suggestive of myocardial infarction in the previous 12 h were obtained on admission and at 6 and 12 h, thereafter. Creatine kinase (CK), CK-MB isoenzyme, CK-MM sub-bands, myoglobin, and lactate dehydrogenase (LD) isoenzymes were examined. Changes were evaluated in relation to the diagnosis obtained from clinical examination, serial electrocardiography and 'routine' cardiac enzymes (CK, aspartate transaminase and alpha-hydroxy butyrate dehydrogenase daily for 3 days following admission). The slope of the logarithms of CK, CK-MB activity and CK-MB concentration in the early post infarct period fully distinguished between infarct and non-infarct patients. Measurement of myoglobin and lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes was less sensitive. Serial estimation of CK-MM sub-band patterns allowed the time from infarction to be estimated. Serial estimation of CK in the 12 h following admission can be substituted for conventional daily enzyme estimations for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in patients with onset of chest pain within the previous 12 h. This could reduce laboratory and in-patient costs.
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PMID:Early diagnosis of myocardial infarction by timed sequential enzyme measurements. 321 18

Creatine kinase (CK), brain CK (CKBB), lactate dehydrogenase (LD), and aspartate aminotransferase (ASAT) levels were determined in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) obtained from 35 patients with acute stroke. In patients with transient, minor neurological disturbances, only LD levels increased; in those who remained comatose and died, the levels of all the enzymes, except ASAT, increased. Patients who remained with focal motor defects had increased CK and LD levels, while CKBB and ASAT levels were variable. In most of the CSF samples, muscle CK activity was also detectable, suggestive of a leakage from blood to CSF. The pattern of the enzyme increase could be related to the causative mechanisms for the strokes. The study suggests that CSF enzyme determinations may provide supplementary information as to the extent and severity of brain damage and the recovery potentials of selected patient groups with strokes.
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PMID:Enzyme level changes in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with acute stroke. 395 19

Six healthy horses were anaesthetised with halothane (1.2 times the horse minimal alveolar concentration) in oxygen for more than 12 hours. Serum bilirubin, aspartate aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase and L-iditol dehydrogenase values were significantly (P < 0.05) increased for up to nine days after anaesthesia. These changes suggest an anaesthesia related liver dysfunction. Creatine kinase increased to an average of more than 1400 IU litre-1 24 hours after anaesthesia and this change is indicative of muscle cell disruption. Renal-associated biochemical results, (that is serum creatinine and inorganic phosphate concentrations) were significantly increased transiently and are indicative of reduced renal function during and immediately after anaesthesia. Plasma concentrations of eicosanoids (6-keto-PGF1a, PGF2a, PGE and thromboxane) following anaesthesia were not different from preanaesthetic values. The magnitude of liver and muscle cell related increases in serum enzyme activities resulting from prolonged halothane anaesthesia was in excess of that previously reported for anaesthesia of shorter duration.
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PMID:Biochemical and haematological changes following prolonged halothane anaesthesia in horses. 828 98

To verify the hypothesis, formulated on the basis of data emerging from animal experiments, that branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) exert a protective effect on the heart during ischaemia, eight patients immediately before aortocoronary reconstruction were provided 400 ml of a 3% BCAA solution. A control group comprised another eight patients. Per- and postoperative myocardial status and myocardial enzyme levels were assessed. Myocardial biopsy was performed during surgery to determine glycogen levels. Creatine kinase (CK) levels were invariably higher in the BCAA group, with statistically significant differences in samples obtained immediately after surgery (10.6 +/- 3.35 mu kat/l vs. 4.07 +/- 0.59, p < 0.0004), in the evening after surgery (14.2 +/- 5.92 vs. 5.91 +/- 2.21, p < 0.06) and in the morning of the first postoperative day (18.0 +/- 10.1 vs. 7.5 +/- 4.76, p < 0.025) when aspartate aminotransferase (AST) levels were likewise higher (1.35 +/- 0.28 vs. 1.00 +/- 0.26, p < 0.035). There were no differences between the groups in the number of defibrillations after ischaemia, myocardial glycogen content, peroperative ischaemia, incidence of arrhythmia and catecholamine support. We conclude that BCAA at the above indicated doses did not raise myocardial glycogen content or improve myocardial status after cardiac surgery. Their administration resulted in a rise in CK and AST in the postoperative period.
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PMID:Do preoperative branched-chain amino acids have a beneficial effect on the heart after cardiac surgery? 834 14

The ultrasonographic appearance of the equine triceps muscle of clinically normal horses, before and after general anaesthesia, was investigated and compared with 5 cases of post anaesthetic myopathy. The triceps muscle areas were examined bilaterally using a 7.5 MHz linear array probe in 2 different planes, with each limb both weightbearing and nonweightbearing. The triceps muscles of 4 unanaesthetised horses were scanned twice, 24 h apart. Six horses underwent general anaesthesia and were scanned pre-anaesthesia and at 1 and 24 h intervals after recovery. Blood samples were obtained in the unanaesthetised group at each scan time and, in the anaesthetised group, pre-anaesthesia and at 10 min, 5 and 24 h after recovery. Creatine kinase (CK) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) concentrations were measured. Anaesthetic details and recovery were related to the ultrasonographic and muscle enzyme findings. Five horses with post anaesthetic myopathy were scanned at intervals after the onset of clinical signs. In normal horses, the triceps muscle appeared ultrasonographically as echoic striations separated by anechoic areas. The fascia dividing muscle bellies was visible as an echoic line. Ultrasonographs obtained with the limb nonweightbearing had no change or a slight overall increase in echogenicity. The scans of control unanaesthetised horses were unchanged on successive days. All anaesthetised horses had uncomplicated anaesthesia and recoveries and did not exhibit any clinical signs of post anaesthetic myopathy. Elevated CK and AST values were found up to 342 and 195%, respectively, of the pre-anaesthetic values but no significant alterations in the ultrasonographic appearance of the muscles were detected. Clinical cases of post anaesthetic myopathy had disruption of the normal ultrasonographic pattern. There was an overall increase in echogenicity with a loss of the normal striated pattern. In 3 cases, there was localised increased echogenicity within the muscle. One of these horses was humanely destroyed for other reasons and histological examination of the affected muscle revealed a necrotic area correlating with the hyperechoic region. Two horses had bilateral involvement of the triceps musculature. Four horses recovered clinically from the myopathy and the ultrasonographic appearance returned to normal except in 1 horse where focal hyperechoic regions remained 10 weeks after the onset of the clinical signs.
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PMID:Ultrasonography of the equine triceps muscle before and after general anaesthesia and in post anaesthetic myopathy. 881 97


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