John Timmons is Editor of Wounds UK and Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of Tissue Viability, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Exudate management is a challenge for the healthcare team as well as for the patient and despite a number of products being available, many patients still feel that exudate management is a significant problem, particularly for cavity wounds. Alginate dressings have been av...

was no burning during the act. A detailed vaginal examination was not possible since she had not attained puberty and the hymen admitted only one finger. There was bloodstained purulent exudate in the vagina and the cervix was high up. The uterus was small in size and appeared retroverted. There was a small congested area in the posterior vaginal wall about half an inch from the vaginal outlet....

peritoneal exudate cells differ from the resident peritoneal cells obtained from unstimulated animals. The most characteristic difference between the two kinds is the •gstickiness" of the former cells as manifested by failure to migrate from a cell mass packed by centrifugation in a capillary tube (David et al., 1964; Bloom and Bennett, 1966). McLaughlin, Ruddle and Waksman (1972) reported that...

Pleural effusion is a common clinical problem. In the normal state, the pleural cavity is bathed in a small volume of physiologic pleural fluid containing mainly macrophages and lymphocytes. The volume of the pleural fluid can increase dramatically with most pathologic conditions affecting the pleura. The pleural effusion will alter the respiratory mechanics, commonly resulting in dyspnea. It i...

In lobar pneumonia due to the fixed types of pneumococci a specific precipitin reaction is obtained when the pneumonic exudate is mixed with the homologous antipneumococcic serum.

Detection of basic differentiating characteristics of eye diseases from the images of the retina can be a good approach as a low-cost method for broad-based initial screening. For example early diabetic retinopathy detection enables application of laser therapy treatment in order to prevent or delay loss of vision. The paper has referenced Diabetic retinopathy and Retinitis pigmentosa for analy...

Acute inflammation was induced by injecting carrageenan into a 6 day old air pouch in mice. Sodium aurothiomalate was then given twice to each of three groups of mice via different routes. It was found that the mice injected intravenously with sodium aurothiomalate showed the most striking reduction in the number of exudate leucocytes in the inflammatory cavity, although the amount of gold foun...

Parameters of iron uptake have been determined for blade tissue of Macrocystis pyrifera (L.) C. Ag. These include the effects of iron concentration, light, various inhibitors, and blade type. All experiments were conducted in the defined artificial seawater Aquil. Iron uptake is light independent, energy dependent, and dependent on the reduction from Fe(3+) to Fe(2+). Iron is concentrated in th...

The question as to whether the various types of mononuclear phagocyte found in bone marrow cultures and recognized by specific peroxidatic (PO) activity patterns differ in the expression of binding sites for the lectin wheat-germ agglutinin (WGA) and the activity of the ectoenzyme 5'nucleotidase (5'N) was investigated. Monoblasts, promonocytes, monocytes, and/or exudate macrophages, and exudate...

BACKGROUND Cervical Papanicolaou (Pap) smear screening is an effective method of detecting cytological changes in the cervix before they lead to cervical cancer. However, the quality of a Pap smear can be compromised by inflammatory exudate, inadequate cellularity or failure to sample the transformation zone. We evaluated the effect of routine cervical cleaning on Pap smear quality. METHODS I...