Regional perfusion: Current sophistication, what next?

Regional/perfusion analgesia.

Regional/perfusion analgesia involves the injection of a local analgesic solution into the vein of a limb which has been made ischemic by a tourniquet. Such analgesia is most useful for operations on the arms but can be used in the leg. The following is a review of this method of analgesia, including a general review of local analgesic drug effects and methods of treatment. At our hospital,* we...

Regional perfusion imaging using pTILT.

PURPOSE To demonstrate the feasibility that the pseudo-continuous transfer insensitive labeling technique (pTILT) sequence can be modified to achieve regional perfusion imaging by either vessel-encoded or vessel-selective pTILT, similar to the regional perfusion imaging sequences using pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling (pCASL). MATERIALS AND METHODS Static phantom experiments were carr...

where do we stand and what comes next?

Crossing the Next Regional Frontier

• The Era of Industrial Recruiting has its roots in the recruitment strategies that Mississippi adopted during the Great Depression and accelerated after World War II. During this period, economic development strategies emphasized financial incentives to attract factories, and focused on investments in physical infrastructure to move inputs to factories and finished goods to markets. • The Era ...

Pharmacogenomics: What is Next?

Pharmacogenomics is moving from a candidate gene strategy to large scale approaches. This is in line with the new paradigm of linking a trait to (a) pathway(s) rather than to single genes. In addition, breakthroughs in genomics offer a non-a priori assessment of implicated genes, expanding the possibilities in pharmacogenomics research. In this review, we discuss the pros and cons of new concep...