We prospectively randomized 27 granulocytopenic patients who experienced a total of 30 episodes of gram-negative septicemia. The control group received an appropriate antibiotic regimen alone, ...whereas the "transfusion" group received infusions of granulocytes in addition to the antibiotics. Five of 14 controls survived, and 12 of 16 in the transfusion group survived, and 12 of 16 in the transfusion group survived (P less than 0.04). An important factor in the outcome of treatment was the recovery of bone-marrow function (return of peripheral granulocyte count greater than or equal to 1000 per microliter). Eighty-three per cent (five of six) of the control group and all (four of four) of the transfusion group with recovery of granulocyte levels survived the episode of sepsis. In contrast, none of the eight control patients, as compared to 67 per cent (eight of 12) of the transfusion group, survived persistent granulocytopenia (P less than 0.005). Granulocyte transfusions appear to complement appropriate antibiotic treatment of gram-negative-septicemia due to granulocytopenia.
Excited states in
140, 142, 144, 146Nd nuclei, up to an excitation energy of about 5 MeV, were investigated by (p,t) experiments performed with a good energy resolution. These data, together with ...proton and deuteron scattering data from a previous experiment, are compared with Quasi-Particle Phonon Model evaluations, in which the competition between particle-hole and particle-particle residual interactions is considered. The
B(Eλ) distributions are satisfactorily reproduced. The
146, 148Nd(p,t) reaction data are well accounted for, while difficulties are found in reproducing those for
142, 144Nd(p,t). Limitations and improvements of the model are discussed.
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Proton scattering on
208
Pb via isobaric analog resonances (IARs) in
209
Bi generates neutron particle-hole configurations in excited states of
208
Pb . The spin and parity of the neutron particle ...correspond to the spin and parity of the resonance. We performed experiments on the
208
Pb (
p
,
p’
) reaction via all known isobaric analog resonances in
209
Bi with the Q3D magnetic spectrograph in München. We observed more than 130 levels in the range of excitation energies
E
x
< 6.4 MeV. In the proton decay of the
d
5/2
resonance, 29 levels have cross-sections larger than 5% of the maximum cross-section of any level. Six levels in the range 4.6 <
E
x
< 5.2 MeV correspond to states with known spins and major
strength. Six levels in the range 5.7 <
E
x
< 6.4 MeV contain most of the
strength. At least one level originates from an unresolved doublet. Among the states with a major
component, only states with spins 1
-
and 3
-
are firmly identified. The comparison to previous data taken with semiconductor detectors reveals details of the structure of at least 18 states in the range 4.6 <
E
x
< 6.4 MeV.
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