Differences between peritoneal and pleural mesothelioma in Lombardy,Italy

BackgroundWe examined characteristics of peritoneal (PEM) and pleural (PLM) mesothelioma in Lombardy, Italy.MethodsFrom the Lombardy Mesothelioma Registry we selected PEM (N = 300) and PLM (N = 5011) cases diagnosed in 2000–2014. We investigated asbestos exposure and presence of asbestosis or pleural plaques.ResultsIncidence rates (per 1,000,000 person-years, world standardized) of PEM were 1.2 (men) and 0.9 (women), compared with 22.6 and 8.4 for PLM.Asbestosis (both genders) and pleural plaques (men) were more frequent among PEM cases. Occupational asbestos exposure was similar in PEM and PLM cases. We found higher proportions of PEMs employed in the asbestos cement production.ConclusionThe higher frequency of pleural plaques in PEM cases confirm the association between asbestos and peritoneal mesothelioma. The higher proportions of asbestosis and of past employment in the asbestos-cement sector among PEM cases suggest a possible role of high exposures to asbestos in the peritoneal mesothelioma genesis.     

骨盆骨折患者住院日及预测因子分析

目的:分析上海市某三甲医院创伤中心骨盆骨折患者住院日及其预测因子。方法:抽取上海市第一人民医院南院创伤中心2013年全部62名骨盆骨折住院患者病历,对住院日进行单因素分析、相关分析和有序logistic回归。结果:研究对象中位住院日为19.00天。单因素分析显示受伤原因、骨盆骨折数、患侧和是否输血是住院日的预测因子(P0.05)。相关分析显示手术次数、手术时长、输血量、手术失血、检验次数、CT检查次数和超声检查次数分别与住院日存在相关关系(P0.05)。有序logistic回归表明手术次数、CT检查次数和手术失血量是住院日的独立预测因子(P0.05)。结论:骨盆骨折住院患者平均住院时间长,住院日主要受手术次数、CT检查次数和手术失血量影响,减少不必要的影像学检查和术中出血可缩短住院日。     

生物反馈联合电刺激在女性盆底功能障碍性疾病治疗中的临床应用

目的:分析生物反馈联合电刺激对女性盆底功能障碍性疾病(PFD)的治疗效果。方法:选择2011年1月至2016年3月我院收治的1000例PFD患者为研究对象,按随机数字表法分为实验组和对照组,每组各500例。实验组给予生物反馈联合电刺激,对照组给予功能性电刺激治疗。比较两组治疗前后盆底肌肉肌力分级的变化,测定盆底功能相关指标的改善及患者治疗前后排尿情况。结果:治疗后2组盆底肌力分级均呈明显上升趋势(Z=52.587,37.581;P0.001),且观察组改善效果优于对照组(Z=27.588,P0.001);治疗后实验组盆底肌肉肌力正常率高于对照组,差异有统计学意义(x~2=68.323,P0.05);治疗后实验组最大收缩压、持续收缩压提升幅度较大,膀胱颈移动度明显减小,与对照组各项指标对比差异有统计学意义(P0.05),且治疗后两组排尿情况均有所好转,实验组效果优于对照组(P0.05)。结论:生物反馈联合电刺激对女性PFD具有较好的效果,能提高患者盆底最大收缩压、持续收缩压,减小膀胱颈移动度,改善患者排尿功能。     

A Proposed Set of Ethical Practice Guidelines in the Assessment and Treatment of Pelvic Floor Disorders

The treatment of pelvic floor disorders using biofeedback, behavioral therapies, and other applied psychophysiological treatments has been well documented as effective. Practitioners must take due care to ensure that they practice within the boundaries of what is common practice for their discipline and within the scope of practice allowed by their professional license as outlined by the appropriate state licensing law(s), the ethical principles and practice guidelines and standards for their discipline, and those of the Association of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback if using a biofeedback assessment or treatment. Being competent to provide a particular treatment does not necessarily make it legal and/or ethical. This paper provides a set of recommended practice guidelines for use in the assessment and treatment of pelvic floor disorders. Please note that they have not at this time been endorsed as an official position of the Association of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback or any other professional organization.     

Anatomy of the bony pelvis of a relatively large-bodied strepsirrhine primate from the late middle Eocene Pondaung Formation (central Myanmar)

Recent survey of the fossiliferous variegated mudstones of the PK1 locality (Sabapondaung) in the late middle Eocene Pondaung Formation (central Myanmar) has led to the recovery of a partial right innominate of a relatively large-bodied primate. Given its size and provenance, this bone probably belongs to the same individual represented by the NMMP 20 primate partial skeleton described previously from the same locality. The new fossil, which preserves the region around the acetabulum and the adjacent part of the ilium, clearly exhibits strepsirrhine rather than anthropoid affinities. This addition to our knowledge of the NMMP 20 partial skeleton allows us to reassess the different locomotor interpretations that have been proposed for this specimen. Aspects of pelvic morphology suggest that the NMMP 20 partial skeleton documents a primate that probably engaged in active arboreal quadrupedalism similar to that practiced by medium-sized Malagasy lemurids rather than lorislike slow moving and climbing. Given the conflicting phylogenetic signals provided by NMMP 39 (a talus showing anthropoid affinities) and NMMP 20 (a partial skeleton bearing adapiform affinities), it appears that two higher-level taxonomic groups of relatively large-bodied primates are documented in the Pondaung Formation. The recent discovery of two taxa of sivaladapid adapiforms from the Pondaung Formation indicates that the assumption that the NMMP 20 partial skeleton belongs to an amphipithecid can no longer be sustained. Instead, this specimen apparently documents a third large-bodied sivaladapid species in the Pondaung Formation.     

A novel tumour model system for the study of long-term protective immunity and immune T cell memory

We present a novel non-transgenic system to be used for studies on anti-tumour adoptive immunotherapy (ADI) and long-term T cell memory. Tumour-reactive donor immune cells against lacZ-transfected syngeneic tumour cells (ESbL-Gal) were generated from a naíve T cell repertoire in DBA/2 mice by a well-established priming/restimulation protocol, and transferred to tumour-inoculated athymic nu/nu mice. The donor immune cells efficiently mediated protective anti-tumour immunity involving both CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells, and anti-metastatic effects were stronger in 4.5 Gy pre-irradiated than in non-irradiated tumour-inoculated hosts. Long-term persistence of beta-galactosidase (Gal)-specific T cells was shown ex vivo by tetramer staining of CD8(+) T cells specific for an immunodominant Gal epitope. Resistance of treated nu/nu mice against tumour rechallenge revealed the existence of long-term protective immune memory.     

盆底超声参数预测剖宫产术后压力性尿失禁的效能及其与盆底组织E-cadherin和Vimentin表达的关系研究

摘要 目的：研究盆底超声参数预测剖宫产术后压力性尿失禁（SUI）的效能及其与盆底组织钙粘附蛋白E（E-cadherin）和波形蛋白（Vimentin）表达的关系。方法：选取2020年1月～2021年1月湖南省妇幼保健院收治的124例剖宫产患者。将其按照是否发生SUI分为SUI组18例以及无SUI组106例。对所有患者均进行盆底超声检查,比较两组静息期（R）、张力期Valsalva动作（V）的膀胱尿道后角（PUA）以及膀胱颈到耻骨联合下缘水平垂直距离（BNS）,膀胱颈移动度（BND）、尿道旋转角度（UR）。通过受试者工作特征（ROC）曲线分析盆底超声参数预测剖宫产术后SUI的效能。另外,对比两组盆底组织E-cadherin和Vimentin mRNA水平,采用Pearson相关性分析各项盆底超声参数和盆底组织E-cadherin、Vimentin mRNA表达的相关性。结果：SUI组R-PUA、V-PUA、BND以及UR均高于无SUI组,而R-BNS以及V-BNS均低于无SUI组（均P＜0.05）。ROC曲线分析结果：各项盆底超声参数联合预测剖宫产术后SUI的效能均优于各项参数单独预测。SUI组盆底组织E-cadherin mRNA水平低于无SUI组,而Vimentin mRNA水平高于无SUI组（均P＜0.05）。经Pearson相关性分析发现,R-PUA、V-PUA、BND、UR均和盆底组织E-cadherin mRNA水平呈负相关关系,与Vimentin mRNA水平呈正相关关系;而R-BNS、V-BNS均和盆底组织E-cadherin mRNA水平呈正相关关系,与Vimentin mRNA水平呈负相关关系（均P＜0.05）。结论：盆底超声参数预测剖宫产术后SUI的效能较高,且和盆底组织E-cadherin、Vimentin表达有关。     

悬吊训练疗法联合生物反馈电刺激对产后压力性尿失禁患者盆底功能和尿流动力学的影响

摘要 目的：观察悬吊训练疗法联合生物反馈电刺激对产后压力性尿失禁（PSUI）患者盆底功能和尿流动力学的影响。方法：选择2019年7月~2021年8月期间我院接收的PSUI患者96例,符合要求的患者根据信封抽签法分为对照组（48例）和研究组（48例）。对照组患者接受悬吊训练疗法,研究组患者接受悬吊训练疗法联合生物反馈电刺激,对比两组疗效、盆底功能指标和尿流动力学指标,观察两组尿垫试验漏尿量、国际尿失禁咨询委员会尿失禁问卷简表（ICI-Q-SF）问卷评分。结果：研究组的临床总有效率高于对照组（P<0.05）。治疗1个月后,两组24 h尿垫试验漏尿量和ICI-Q-SF问卷评分降低,且研究组低于对照组（P<0.05）。研究组治疗1个月后盆底肌力改善效果优于对照组（P<0.05）。两组治疗1个月后最大尿道闭合压力（MUCP）、功能尿道长度（LES）、腹压漏尿点压（ALPP）、与最大尿流率（Qmax）升高,且研究组高于对照组（P<0.05）。结论：PSUI患者经悬吊训练疗法联合生物反馈电刺激干预,可有效改善临床症状,促进盆底功能和尿流动力学恢复,效果显著。     

盆底超声评价在妊娠妇女盆底结构、功能以及预后上的价值

为探究盆底超声检查评估分析不同的分娩方式对女性晚期妊娠和产后盆底结构、功能及预后效果的影响,本研究选取收治的100例顺利生产的孕妇作为本实验研究对象,根据分娩方式的不同将其分为自然分娩组与剖宫产组,各组50例。在两组孕妇妊娠晚期和产后分别通过盆底超声检测盆底结构和功能(膀胱旋转角,尿道膀胱后角,肛提肌裂孔面积和肛提肌裂孔周长);以及在产后第6~8周和盆底康复治疗后进行压力性尿失禁发生率调查问卷表填写及护垫实验。研究发现,阴道自然分娩比选择性剖宫产对妊娠晚期和产后孕妇盆底结构和功能造成的损伤更为显著;盆底损伤较严重的孕妇压力性尿失禁程度同样较严重;而盆底康复治疗成功的压力性尿失禁患者,盆底超声检测发现孕妇产后盆底结构和功能得到有效改善。本研究结果说明,盆底超声评价在检测不同分娩方式对妊娠晚期和产后孕妇的盆底结构、功能及预后存在一定的预测和预防作用。