MEPHENESIN AS A RELAXING AGENT IN THE TREATMENT OF TETANUS—Clinical Experience in 12 Cases

Maintenance of a patent airway in cases of tetanus is best accomplished by means of tracheotomy performed early in the course of the disease. This eliminates the possibility of upper respiratory obstruction and facilitates the elimination of irritating and obstructing secretions from the lower respiratory passages. In many cases the amount of sedation required is decidedly reduced following tracheotomy.The combination of phenobarbital and Tolserol® is very satisfactory in controlling the muscular rigidity and spasm in cases of moderately severe tetanus. In severe cases, response is not always satisfactory.Severe respiratory depression was observed in only one case in which phenobarbital and Tolserol® were used.     

吸入性损伤行气管切开患者持续气道湿化的效果观察

目的:探讨吸入性损伤行气管切开患者持续气道湿化的效果。方法:将60例吸入性损伤行气管切开患者随机分为实验组30例,采用微量注射泵持续滴入气道湿化液。对照组30例,采用传统的气道内定时、间断注射器滴入湿化法,对比两种方法痰痂形成、气道粘膜出血、刺激性咳嗽及肺部感染并发症。结果:持续气道湿化患者痰痂形成、刺激性咳嗽明显低于间断气道湿化法,差异有统计学意义(P<0.01);气道粘膜出血、肺部感染并发症也低于间断气道湿化法,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。结论:吸入性损伤行气管切开患者持续气道湿化效果好,可以降低患者肺部感染率及相应的气道并发症。     

右美托咪啶与咪达唑仑在重症破伤风患者镇静中效果比较

目的:比较右美托咪啶与咪达唑仑用于重症破伤风患者镇静中效果。方法:选取2012年1月~2015年12月间在我院治疗的重症破伤风患者72例,通过随机数表法分为右美托咪啶组与咪达唑仑组,各36例,给予右美托咪啶组静脉泵入右美托咪啶1μg/kg持续时间为10 min,之后以0.3~0.6μg/kg进行维持,咪达唑仑组静脉泵入咪达唑仑0.05 mg/kg,持续时间为1 min,之后以0.02~0.1/kg·h进行维持。监测两组患者用药前及用药12 h后平均动脉压(MAP)、呼吸频率(RR)、血氧饱和度(SpO_2)和心率(HR)深用Ramasy评分法评估镇静程度。结果:两组患者治疗后HR、RR、MAP水平明显降低而SpO_2明显上升且右美托咪啶组HR、RR、及SpO_2改善更显著差异均有统计学意义(P0.05);两组用药后4 h、8 h、12 h时Ramasy评分在组间、组内比较差异均无统计学意义(P0.05);右美托咪啶组不良反应发生率为5.56%,低于咪达唑仑组的16.67%,差异有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论右美托咪啶有助于维持患者血流动力学的稳定减少重症破伤风患者心动过速、心率增快、呼吸抑制等不良反应情况的发生。     

乌司他丁与沐舒坦治疗严重烧伤伴吸入性损伤的疗效分析

目的:探讨严重烧伤伴中重度吸入性损伤患者早期联合使用大剂量乌司他丁与沐舒坦的临床疗效。方法:选择2003年5月~2013年5月在我院接受治疗的185例严重烧伤伴中重度吸入性损伤患者,随机分为两组,治疗组93例,对照组92例。两组患者在确诊为中重度吸入性损伤后,立即给予传统常规治疗:吸氧、视情尽早预防性气管切开、湿化气道及气道灌洗、翻身拍背吸痰、呼吸机辅助呼吸等。治疗组在常规治疗的基础上给予乌司他丁40万单位,每隔8h静脉滴注,沐舒坦450 mg,每隔12h微泵静推;对照组给予乌司他丁10万单位,每隔8h静滴,沐舒坦30 mg,每隔8h静滴,疗程为10天,比较两组患者急性肺损伤(ALI)的发生率、急性呼吸窘迫综合征(ARDS)的发生率、呼吸机使用时间、死亡率。结果:治疗组93例患者,治愈92例,死亡1例,死亡率为1.08%(1/93),治疗过程中发生ALI34例,ARDS12例,呼吸机使用时间为(4.2±2.1)d。对照组92例患者治愈88例,死亡4例,死亡率率为4.35%(4/92),治疗过程中发生ALI43例,ARDS17例,呼吸机使用时间为(8.2±2.7)d。两组患者ALI发生率、ARDS发生率、呼吸机使用时间、治愈率差异均有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:对于严重烧伤伴中重度吸入性损伤的患者,在气管切开的前提下,给予常规传统治疗的同时,采用大剂量乌司他丁与沐舒坦早期联合使用给药,能够明显的提高治愈率,降低并发症,值得在临床上广泛推广应用。     

食管癌术后呼吸衰竭的临床诊治分析

目的:探讨食管癌术后发生呼吸衰竭(RF)的原因及防治疗措施。方法:将194例行食管癌手术的患者按术后是否发生呼衰分为观察组(36例)和对照组(158例),比较分析相关因素,对发生RF的患者行气管插管呼吸机辅助和气管切开的抢救。结果:36例RF均在术后24～72h发生,33例痊愈,死亡3例。结论:年龄、肺功能、手术时间、血清白蛋白含量、术后其它并发症及是否吸烟等都是诱发RF的重要因素,术前积极治疗肺部合并症、改善肺功能、缩短手术时间、防止染是预防和减少RF发生的主要措施。     

经鼻盲探气管插管在抢救呼吸衰竭病人中的应用

目的比较经鼻盲探气管插管和气管切开在抢救呼吸衰竭病人的治疗效果。方法回顾性对比分析同期ICU住院病人采用经鼻盲探气管插管或气管切开建立人工气道后的病情转归,使用呼吸机后血气纠正时间,使用呼吸机时间,留置气管导管时间,平均住院时间及操作并发症。结果经鼻盲探气管插管组拔管率42.9%(9/21例),拔管成功率100%(9/9例);气管切开组拔管率60.7%(17/28例),拔管成功率76.5%(13/17例),两组间比较无显著性差异(P<0.05)。使用呼吸机后血气纠正时间无明显差别,但经鼻盲探气管插管组使用呼吸机时间,留置气管导管时间,平均住院时间均短于气管切开组(P<0.05)。气管切开组操作导致的并发症发生率46.4%(13/28例),而经鼻盲探气管插管组操作导致的并发症发生率23.8%(5/21例),明显少于前者(P<0.01)。结论经鼻盲探气管插管操作简便、实用,能减少并发症,缩短使用呼吸机时间,留置气管导管时间及住院时间,在抢救呼吸衰竭病人中较气管切开术有更好的临床应用价值。     

早期经皮气管切开对重型脑血管意外患者的影响

目的:评估早期经皮气管切开(percutaneous dilational tracheotomy,PDT)对重型脑血管意外患者的影响。方法:对我院2007年5月至2012年12月采用PDT行气管切开的87例重型脑血管意外患者进行回顾性分析。根据经口插管机械通气(mechanical ventilation,MV)时间将患者分成早期气管切开组(≤7d Early tracheotomy,ET)共42例,晚期气管切开组(7 d Late tracheotomy,LT)共45例,其中ET组男性23例,平均年龄41.36±14.12岁,LT组男性26例,平均年龄46.38±13.87岁。观察两组患者的一般情况、经口插管MV时间、PDT后MV时间、PDT后住重症医学科(intensive care unit,ICU)时间、总住院时间、28d病死率和呼吸机相关性肺炎(ventilator-associated pneumonia,VAP)发生率等。结果:两组患者在一般情况如年龄、性别、急性生理学和慢性健康状况(Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II,APACHEII)评分以及格拉斯哥昏迷(Glasgow coma scale,GCS)评分比较,差异均无统计学意义(P均0.05),ET组显著缩短了经口插管MV时间、PDT后MV时间、PDT后住ICU时间,差异均有统计学意义(P均0.05),但两组在总住院时间、28d病死率和VAP发生率比较,差异均无统计学意义(P均0.05)。结论:虽然ET不影响患者预后及VAP发生率,但可缩短患者经口插管MV时间、PDT后MV时间、PDT后住ICU时间,故对于重型脑血管意外患者应采取早期PDT。     

ICU气管切开患者下呼吸道定植菌分析及防治对策

目的了解重症监护病房气管切开患者下呼吸道定植菌(lower airway bacterial colonization,LABC)的病原菌分布和耐药谱,为临床诊断LABC提供参考依据,防止定植菌转变为致病菌提供临床防治方法。方法入选2008年10月至2011年6月入住ICU气管切开患者下呼吸道进行支气管肺泡灌洗,并对灌洗液进行细菌定量培养及抗菌药物敏感性测定。结果 180例气管切开患者LABC检出率高达85.2%,培养出定植菌232株,以革兰阴性菌(G-)为主,占78.8%,其中铜绿假单胞菌62株,居首位占26.7%;肺炎克雷伯杆菌36株,居第2占15.5%;其次为鲍曼不动杆菌(占12.1%)、大肠埃希菌(占8.2%)、洋葱伯克霍尔德菌(占4.3%)和嗜麦牙寡养单胞菌(占3.4%)。革兰阳性菌(G+)占14.7%,主要为金黄色葡萄球菌;真菌占6.5%,主要为白色假丝酵母菌属。耐药监测结果显示,革兰阴性菌均出现较强的耐药性。结论加强对气管切开患者LABC的监测与控制,加强肺部综合护理才能防止定植菌转变为致病菌,减少再次感染的发生。     

THE TREATMENT OF CRANIOCEREBRAL INJURIES AND PREVENTION OF ANOXIA

Even mild head injuries may cause cerebral swelling and vascular alterations, including vasoparalysis and increased vascular permeability. The severer the injury, the more pronounced these changes. They may cause death.Maintenance of adequate oxygen supply to the brain is the most effectual means of preventing or reducing the severity of this secondary effect of cerebral trauma, and the preservation of a good respiratory exchange is therefore essential in a patient who is comatose as a result of a head injury.The commonly employed measures such as an oral airway, suction and oxygen therapy may be tried first, but if the patient continues to have respiratory distress or cyanosis, an intratracheal tube should be employed for 24 hours; and then if there is no improvement, tracheotomy should be carried out. If the injury is severe, tracheotomy from the beginning may be a life-saving measure.     

TRACHEOTOMY IN BULBAR POLIOMYELITIS

Tracheotomy was performed on 181 of 351 patients with bulbar poliomyelitis. The essential indication for tracheotomy was secretional obstruction of the respiratory tract that could not be relieved by postural drainage and aspiration.Comparison of mortality rates in this series with those of previous series in which tracheotomy was not done in the presence of similar indications, suggests that the procedure may be life-saving in a considerable percentage of cases.Outside the respirator the tracheotomy can be done with or without the aid of the bronchoscope or endotracheal anesthesia tube. When done inside the opened respirator the Bennett flow-sensitive positive pressure machine should be used to supply oxygen to the patient while the respirator is not operating.     

乌司他丁与沭舒坦治疗严重烧伤伴吸人性损伤的疗效分析

目的：探讨严重烧伤伴中重度吸入性损伤患者早期联合使用大剂量乌司他丁与沐舒坦的临床疗效。方法：选择2003年5月-2013年5月在我院接受治疗的185例严重烧伤伴中重度吸入性损伤患者,随机分为两组,治疗组93例,对照组92例。两组患者在确诊为中重度吸入性损伤后,立即给予传统常规治疗：吸氧、视情尽早预防性气管切开、湿化气道及气道灌洗、翻身拍背吸痰、呼吸机辅助呼吸等。治疗组在常规治疗的基础上给予乌司他丁40万单位,每隔8h静脉滴注,沐舒坦450mg,每隔12h微泵静推;对照组给予乌司他丁10万单位,每隔8h静滴,沐舒坦30mg,每隔8h静滴,疗程为10天,比较两组患者急性肺损伤（Au）的发生率、急性呼吸窘迫综合征（ARDS）的发生率、呼吸机使用时间、死亡率。结果：治疗组93例患者,治愈92例,死亡1例,死亡率为1．08％（1／93）,治疗过程中发生AL134例,ARDS12例,呼吸机使用时间为（4．2±2．1）d。对照组92例患者治愈88例,死亡4例,死亡率率为4．35％（4／92）,治疗过程中发生AL143例,ARDS17例,呼吸机使用时间为（8．2±2．7）d。两组患者ALI发生率、ARDS发生率、呼吸机使用时间、治愈率差异均有统计学意义（P〈0．05）。结论：对于严重烧伤伴中重度吸入性损伤的患者,在气管切开的前提下,给予常规传统治疗的同时,采用大剂量乌司他丁与沐舒坦早期联合使用给药,能够明显的提高治愈率,降低并发症,值得在临床上广泛推广应用。     

Cytochrome P-450-catalyzed asymmetric epoxidation of simple prochiral and chiral aliphatic alkenes: species dependence and effect of enzyme induction on enantioselective oxirane formation

The enantioselectivity of the in vitro conversion of simple prochiral and chiral aliphatic alkenes into oxiranes by liver microsomes of untreated or induced (phenobarbital) rats, of untreated or induced (phenobarbital, benzo[a] pyrene) mice, and of humans was determined by complexation gas chromatography. The enantiomeric excess (ee) of the epoxides extends from 0 (trimethyloxirane) to 50% (ethyloxirane). The configuration (R or S) of the enantiomers formed in excess is consistent for homologous oxiranes but is species dependent and in some cases influenced by enzyme induction. Enantioselectivity differences of aliphatic alkene epoxidation by human liver microsomes of four individuals are negligible.     

Autonomic nervous system dysfunction predicts poor prognosis in patients with mild to moderate tetanus

Background  

Autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysfunction is present in up to one third of patients with tetanus. The prognostic value of ANS dysfunction is known in severe tetanus but its value is not well established in mild to moderate tetanus.     

Tetanus antibody titers and duration of immunity to clinical tetanus infections in free-ranging rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Prior to 1985 tetanus was a major cause of mortality in the free-ranging colony of rhesus monkeys on Cayo Santiago, accounting for almost a quarter of annual deaths. In 1985 and 1986 all animals (except infants) received primary and booster doses, respectively, of tetanus toxoid. In subsequent years primary immunizations were given to all yearlings, and boosters were administered to all 2-year-old animals during the annual capture of the colony. The main objectives of the tetanus immunization program were to reduce the pain and suffering caused by tetanus infections and to decrease mortality in the colony. Other objectives were to evaluate the efficacy of the two-dose tetanus toxoid immunization protocol and to determine whether additional boosters might be required to provide adequate long-term protection against tetanus infections. The immediate effect of the mass immunization program was the elimination of clinical tetanus infections in the population and a 42.2% reduction in the overall mortality rate. Since the immunization program began, no cases of tetanus have been observed in the colony, except in two unimmunized infants, and it has not been necessary to give tertiary injections of tetanus toxoid to maintain protection against infection. A sample collected in 2004 of the original cohort of monkeys immunized in 1985 and 1986 showed that 93.3% (14/15) had protective tetanus antibody titers (>0.01 IU/ml) at the ages of 20-23 years, which is close to the life expectancy of the Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques. Two intramuscular doses of tetanus toxoid provided long-term, if not lifelong, protection against tetanus for rhesus monkeys living in a tropical clime where tetanus is enzootic and the risk of infection is great.     

嗜麦芽窄食单胞菌感染的临床特征、高危因素及预后分析

目的了解嗜麦芽窄食单胞菌感染的临床特点、危险因素、预后及耐药现状,为有效预防和治疗该病原菌感染提供依据。方法收集2013年11月至2014年4月浙江大学医学院附属第一医院收治的129例细菌培养为嗜麦芽窄食单胞菌患者的临床资料进行回顾性统计分析。结果 129例细菌培养确诊嗜麦芽窄食单胞菌感染患者平均年龄（65.1±17.0）岁,包括下呼吸道感染和非呼吸道感染患者分别为100例和29例,下呼吸道感染患者存在原发肺部疾病的患病率、ICU入住率、气管切开比例、广谱抗生素的使用率、患病年龄等均高于非呼吸道感染患者（P〈0.05）。而非呼吸道感染患者的外科手术、无菌腔内置管比例及免疫抑制剂使用率高于下呼吸道感染患者（P〈0.05）。嗜麦芽窄食单胞菌感染后选择敏感抗生素治疗的患者的死亡率明显低于未选择敏感抗生素的患者（15.0%/30.4%,P〈0.05）。结论原发肺部疾病、入住ICU、气管切开、广谱抗生素使用、年龄大是下呼吸道感染嗜麦芽窄食单胞菌的高危因素,外科手术、无菌腔内置管、免疫抑制剂使用是非呼吸道感染嗜麦芽窄食单胞菌的高危因素。使用敏感抗生素可以降低嗜麦芽窄食单胞菌感染患者的死亡率。     

Tetanus toxoid purification: chromatographic procedures as an alternative to ammonium-sulphate precipitation

Given an existing demand to establish a process of tetanus vaccine production in a way that allows its complete validation and standardization, this paper focuses on tetanus toxoid purification step. More precisely, we were looking at a possibility to replace the widely used ammonium-sulphate precipitation by a chromatographic method. Based on the tetanus toxin's biochemical characteristics, we have decided to examine the possibility of tetanus toxoid purification by hydrophobic chromatography, and by chromatographic techniques based on interaction with immobilized metal ions, i.e. chelating chromatography and immobilized metal affinity chromatography. We used samples obtained from differently fragmented crude tetanus toxins by formaldehyde treatment (assigned as TTd-A and TTd-B) as starting material for tetanus toxoid purification. Obtained results imply that purification of tetanus toxoid by hydrophobic chromatography represents a good alternative to ammonium-sulphate precipitation. Tetanus toxoid preparations obtained by hydrophobic chromatography were similar to those obtained by ammonium-sulphate precipitation in respect to yield, purity and immunogenicity. In addition, their immunogenicity was similar to standard tetanus toxoid preparation (NIBSC, Potters Bar, UK). Furthermore, the characteristics of crude tetanus toxin preparations had the lowest impact on the final purification product when hydrophobic chromatography was the applied method of tetanus toxoid purification. On the other hand, purifications of tetanus toxoid by chelating chromatography or immobilized metal affinity chromatography generally resulted in a very low yield due to not satisfactory tetanus toxoid binding to the column, and immunogenicity of the obtained tetanus toxoid-containing preparations was poor.     

Efficacy of pertussis vaccination in England. Report from the PHLS Epidemiological Research Laboratory and 21 area health authorities.

A national assessment of the efficacy of pertussis vaccination was made in 21 area health authorities in England. Notification rates for children given either three doses of diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis vaccine or diphtheria/tetanus vaccine were studied during the two and a half-year period January 1978-June 1980. A survey of home circumstances showed that the two vaccine groups could be validly compared. Home visits were made to assess the severity of the illness, the attack rates in home contacts, and to take pernasal swabs. Pertussis vaccination was found to be of outstanding value in preventing serious disease. Nevertheless, its effect in controlling whooping cough is limited by the fact that protection for home contacts is less satisfactory, and by the occurrence of mild cases in vaccinated children which may contribute to the spread of the disease.     

Pertussis immunisation and serious acute neurological illnesses in children.

OBJECTIVE--To determine long term outcome in children who had a severe acute neurological illness in early childhood associated with pertussis immunisation. DESIGN--Follow up study of cases and matched controls. SETTING--Assessment of children at home and at school throughout Britain. SUBJECTS--Children recruited into the national childhood encephalopathy study in 1976-9 were followed up, with one of their two original matched controls, in 1986-9. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES--Performance in educational attainment tests; behaviour problems reported by teachers and parents; continuing convulsions; evidence of other neurological or physical dysfunction. RESULTS--Over 80% of cases and controls were traced. Case children were significantly more likely than controls to have died or to have some form of educational, behavioural, neurological, or physical dysfunction a decade after their illness. The prevalence of one or more of these adverse outcomes in case children who had been immunised with diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine within seven days before onset of their original illness was similar to that in case children who had not been immunised recently. The relative risk for recent diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis immunisation in children who had died or had any dysfunction in comparison with controls was 5.5 (95% confidence interval 1.6 to 23.7). However, the number of cases associated with vaccine (12) was extremely small and statistically vulnerable, and other possible agents or predisposing factors could not be excluded. CONCLUSIONS--Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine may on rare occasions be associated with the development of severe acute neurological illnesses that can have serious sequelae. Some cases may occur by chance or have other causes. The role of pertussis vaccine as a prime or concomitant factor in the aetiology of these illnesses cannot be determined in any individual case. The balance of possible risk against known benefits from pertussis immunisation supports continued use of the vaccine.     

肺炎链球菌18C型糖蛋白结合物的制备及其免疫原性

制备肺炎链球菌18C型荚膜多糖－破伤风类毒素结合物（CPS－TT）,测定结合物的理化性质,抗原特异性及其在动物中的免疫原性。结果显示,结合物能与相应的多糖和破伤风抗血清形成明显的沉淀线,蛋白／多糖比率为1．86,结合物分子大小（Kd值）为0．058。注射小鼠后可诱导明显的抗体应答,而且随着注射针次的增加,抗体反应水平明显增高,显示加强效应。结果表明,制备的肺炎链球菌糖蛋白结合物抗原性良好,具有胸腺依赖性的特性,在小鼠中显示较好的免疫原性。     

Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Immunization by Intradermal Jet Injection

An intradermal jet injector was used to administer combined diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (D.T.P.) vaccines to infants aged 2 to 12 months. A second dose was given one month after the first and a third six months after the second. Each dose was considerably smaller than the standard intramuscular dose. Blood samples taken one month after the third dose showed a satisfactory diphtheria and tetanus antitoxin response in all but a few cases. The antibody response to the pertussis component was not examined. Reactions were insignificant. Intradermal jet injection is proposed as a cheap, extremely rapid, and effective technique for D.T.P. immunization, especially suitable for use in remote areas where trained staff and facilities are few and many children require immunization.