Psychological and hormonal features of smokers at risk to gain weight after smoking cessation--results of a multicenter study

Preclinical and clinical data suggest modulating effects of appetite-regulating hormones and stress perception on food intake. Nicotine intake also interferes with regulation of body weight. Especially following smoking cessation gaining weight is a common but only partially understood consequence. The aim of this study was to examine the interaction between smoking habits, the appetite regulating hormone leptin, negative affectivity, and stress vulnerability on eating behavior in a clinical case-control study under standardized conditions.In a large population-based study sample, we compared leptin and cortisol plasma concentrations (radioimmunoassay) between current tobacco smokers with high cognitive restraint and disinhibition in eating behavior and smokers scoring low in both categories as assessed with the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ; Stunkard & Messick, 1985). As a measure for smoking effects on the stress axis, the saliva cortisol concentrations were compared before and after nicotine smoking. Additionally, stress perception was assessed with the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), symptoms of depression and anxiety with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).In smokers showing high cognitive restraint and disinhibition we found significantly higher leptin concentrations than in the group of smokers scoring low in both categories. Furthermore there was a significant group difference in saliva cortisol concentrations after nicotine intake. Smokers showing high cognitive restraint and disinhibition were also characterized by significantly higher scores in the STAI, the PSS and the BDI.Our results suggest that smokers with a pathological eating behavior show an impaired neuroendocrine regulation of appetite and are prone to experience higher levels of stress and negative affectivity. This interaction of behavioral and neuroendocrinological factors may constitute a high risk condition for gaining weight following smoking cessation.     

Polygraphic, clinical and therapeutic markers of dopamine-dependent depressions

Among patients referred for areactive depression who were polygraphically recorded after at least 2 weeks without any pharmacological treatment, some were found to present qualitative sleep symptoms similar to those already described in clinically diagnosed parkinsonian patients. A therapeutic trail with a dopamine agonist (Piribedil) was followed, in all of these patients, by a dramatic and rapid improvement of mood. As compared to areactive depressive patients whose sleep recordings were free of these qualitative abnormalities, some quantitative sleep criteria, mainly related to REM sleep, permit to diagnose this group of dopamine dependent depression (DDD). These data, together with the beneficial effect of Piribedil, favor a role of DA in the genesis of this type of depression. Some clinical signs now appear as sufficient to diagnose these DDD. The interest of this study is that all the patients (now 48), among whom no clinical parkinsonian symptoms were found, diagnosed according to the reported polygraphic criteria were cured following this treatment.     

Unrecognised depression in general practice.

Patients attending their general practitioner were screened and a group with unrecognised major depressive disorder identified. This group was interviewed and the findings compared with those in a group of patients recognised correctly as depressed by their general practitioners. Half of the patients with severe depression screened in their doctors'' waiting rooms went unrecognised, and they differed in few ways from those who were recognised. The differences found were that the patients with unrecognised depression were less obviously depressed and their illness had lasted longer. Physical illness was present in nearly 30% of patients in the unrecognised group, and the depression seemed related to it. Patients with unrecognised depression were more likely to have feelings other than those of normal sadness and more likely to respond with change of mood to intercurrent events. These data suggest that patients might benefit if general practitioners were better trained to recognise depression, although it is not known whether treatment would be effective.     

养血清脑颗粒对老年脑梗死后抑郁患者血清胱抑素C及认知功能的影响

目的:探究养血清脑颗粒对老年脑梗死后抑郁患者血清胱抑素C水平的影响及认知功能水平的影响。方法:选取2015年6月到2016年6月我院神经内科收治的老年脑梗死后抑郁患者74例,根据随机数字对照表分为对照组与试验组,各37例。对照组采用口服盐酸帕罗西汀治疗,试验组联合给予养血清脑颗粒治疗,4周为一个疗程,共治疗一个疗程。比较两组患者临床疗效、血清胱抑素C水平及认知功能水平。结果:治疗结束后,与对照组相比,试验组临床总有效率较高(P0.05),治疗后两组血清胱抑素C水平较治疗前降低(P0.05),MMSE评分较治疗前升高(P0.05);与对照组相比,血清胱抑素C水平较低(P0.05),MMSE评分较高(P0.05)。结论:养血清脑颗粒治疗老年脑梗死后抑郁患者临床疗效显著,认知功能明显改善,推测其与血清胱抑素C水平降低有关。     

P300 values in patients diagnosed with primary Sjogren syndrome

Purpose: Primary Sjogren syndrome (PSS) is an autoimmune disease characterized by symptoms of a dry mouth and eyes, in which other organs and systems are widely involved. Central nervous system (CNS) involvement in PSS is reported in a wide range between 2.5–60%. The reason is that the clinical picture can remain asymptomatic despite the presence of CNS involvement in the disease process. In this study, our aim was to evaluate subclinical cognitive impairment in patients with PSS by investigating P300 potential parameters.

Method: Forty-three female patients with PSS (mean age: 52.6?±?11.4 years) and 35 healthy female controls (mean age: 54.5?±?8.09 years) were included in the study. Mini-Mental State evaluations (MMSE) and brain MRI were performed in the patient and control groups. An event-related evoked potentials test (P300) was applied to those with normal MMSE.

Results: The P300 latencies of patients with PSS were significantly longer compared with the control group (p?=?.019). In patients with PSS, there was no difference in P300 parameters between ANA, Anti-SSA, Anti-SSB-positive and negative patients, and patients with or without sedimentation and CRP elevation. In addition, brain MRI revealed no statistically significant difference between patients with PSS with and without ischemic gliotic lesions (p=.48).

Conclusion: In our study, P300 latency was also found to be significantly longer in patients who had no white matter change. We believe that prolonged P300 potential latencies without associated white matter lesions in brain imaging may be associated with subclinical CNS involvement.     

进行性系统性硬化病患者外周血单个核细胞中癌蛋白的表达和NK亚群状况的研究

本文报告了进行性系统性硬化病（ＰＳＳ）患者外周血单个核细胞中Ｃ－ｍｙｃ、Ｋｉ－ｒａｓ和Ｈａ－ｒａｓ三种癌蛋白的表达和ＮＫ细胞亚群的检测结果。与对照相比,ＰＳＳ患者淋巴细胞的Ｃ－ｍｙｃ癌蛋白阳性率显著升高（Ｐ＜０．０１）,单核细胞的阳性率也倾向于明显升高（Ｐ＝０．０５２）;ＰＳＳ组单核细胞的Ｋｉ－ｒａｓ癌蛋白表达显著高于对照组（Ｐ＜０．００１）。另外,ＰＳＳ患者ＮＫ细胞中Ｌｅｕ－１１ｃ~＋亚群细胞数显著低于对照值,而Ｌｅｕ－７＋亚群细胞数则显著高于对照值（Ｐ＜０．０５）。作者结合文献讨论了ＰＳＳ患者体内癌基因表达的可能机制以及癌基因表达和ＮＫ亚群改变的临床意义。     

Seizure Outcomes and Predictors of Recurrent Post-Stroke Seizure: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study

Background

Seizure is a common complication after stroke (termed “post-stroke seizure,” PSS). Although many studies have assessed outcomes and risk factors of PSS, no reliable predictors are currently available to determine PSS recurrence. We compared baseline clinical characteristics and post-stroke treatment regimens between recurrent and non-recurrent PSS patients to identify factors predictive of recurrence.

Methods

Consecutive PSS patients admitted to our stroke center between January 2011 and July 2013 were monitored until February 2014 (median 357 days; IQR, 160–552) and retrospectively evaluated for baseline clinical characteristics and PSS recurrence. Cumulative recurrence rates at 90, 180, and 360 days post-stroke were estimated by Kaplan—Meier analysis. Independent predictors of recurrent PSS were identified by Cox proportional-hazards analysis.

Results

A total of 104 patients (71 men; mean age, 72.1 ± 11.2 years) were analyzed. PSS recurred in 31 patients (30%) during the follow-up. Factors significantly associated with PSS recurrence by log-rank analysis included previous PSS, valproic acid (VPA) monotherapy, polytherapy with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), frontal cortical lesion, and higher modified Rankin Scale score at discharge (all p < 0.05). Independent predictors of recurrent PSS were age <74 years (HR 2.38, 95% CI 1.02–5.90), VPA monotherapy (HR 3.86, 95% CI 1.30–12.62), and convulsions on admission (HR 3.87, 95% CI 1.35–12.76).

Conclusions

Approximately one-third of PSS patients experienced seizure recurrence within one year. The predictors of recurrent PSS were younger age, presence of convulsions and VPA monotherapy. Our findings should be interpreted cautiously in countries where monotherapy with second-generation AEDs has been approved because this study was conducted while second-generation AEDs had not been officially approved for monotherapy in Japan.     

Describing the Relationship between Cat Bites and Human Depression Using Data from an Electronic Health Record

Data mining approaches have been increasingly applied to the electronic health record and have led to the discovery of numerous clinical associations. Recent data mining studies have suggested a potential association between cat bites and human depression. To explore this possible association in more detail we first used administrative diagnosis codes to identify patients with either depression or bites, drawn from a population of 1.3 million patients. We then conducted a manual chart review in the electronic health record of all patients with a code for a bite to accurately determine which were from cats or dogs. Overall there were 750 patients with cat bites, 1,108 with dog bites, and approximately 117,000 patients with depression. Depression was found in 41.3% of patients with cat bites and 28.7% of those with dog bites. Furthermore, 85.5% of those with both cat bites and depression were women, compared to 64.5% of those with dog bites and depression. The probability of a woman being diagnosed with depression at some point in her life if she presented to our health system with a cat bite was 47.0%, compared to 24.2% of men presenting with a similar bite. The high proportion of depression in patients who had cat bites, especially among women, suggests that screening for depression could be appropriate in patients who present to a clinical provider with a cat bite. Additionally, while no causative link is known to explain this association, there is growing evidence to suggest that the relationship between cats and human mental illness, such as depression, warrants further investigation.     

奥氮平联合氟西汀治疗对抑郁症患者血清NE水平以及抑郁情绪影响的临床研究

摘要 目的：研究奥氮平联合氟西汀治疗抑郁症患者的临床疗效,并探讨联合治疗对抑郁症患者血清去甲肾上腺素（Norepinephrine,NE）和抑郁情绪的影响。方法：纳入2018年6月到2020年5月在我院接受治疗的抑郁症患者56例,随机数表法将其分为对照组和研究组两组。对照组患者接受氟西汀治疗,而研究组患者接受奥氮平联合氟西汀治疗,两组患者均治疗8周。比较两组患者年龄、性别、身高、BMI以及病程等一般资料,并比较两组患者临床治疗疗效、治疗期间不良反应发生率、治疗前后血清NE水平。用汉密顿抑郁量表(Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression,HAMD)和抑郁自评量表（Self-Rating Depression Scale,SDS）评估两组患者抑郁情绪。结果：两组患者性别、年龄、身高、BMI、病程以及合并症等一般情况均显示无显著差异（P>0.05）。研究组治疗总有效率（92.86%）显著高于对照组（64.29%）总治疗有效率（P<0.05）,但研究组患者治疗期间不良发生率（32.14%）与对照组（28.57%）比较无显著差异（P>0.05）。治疗后,两组患者血清NE水平均较治疗前显著升高（P<0.05）,并且研究组患者治疗后血清NE水平均显著高于对照组患者（P<0.05）;两组患者血清HAMD和SDS评分均较治疗前显著降低（P<0.05）,并且研究组患者治疗后HAMD和SDS评分均显著低于对照组患者（P<0.05）。结论：奥氮平联合氟西汀治疗抑郁症患者安全有效,不良反应发生率较低,可有效升高抑郁症患者血清NE水平,而改善患者抑郁情绪。     

Comparing Cognitive and Somatic Symptoms of Depression in Myocardial Infarction Patients and Depressed Patients in Primary and Mental Health Care

Depression in myocardial infarction patients is often a first episode with a late age of onset. Two studies that compared depressed myocardial infarction patients to psychiatric patients found similar levels of somatic symptoms, and one study reported lower levels of cognitive/affective symptoms in myocardial infarction patients. We hypothesized that myocardial infarction patients with first depression onset at a late age would experience fewer cognitive/affective symptoms than depressed patients without cardiovascular disease. Combined data from two large multicenter depression studies resulted in a sample of 734 depressed individuals (194 myocardial infarction, 214 primary care, and 326 mental health care patients). A structured clinical interview provided information about depression diagnosis. Summed cognitive/affective and somatic symptom levels were compared between groups using analysis of covariance, with and without adjusting for the effects of recurrence and age of onset. Depressed myocardial infarction and primary care patients reported significantly lower cognitive/affective symptom levels than mental health care patients (F (2,682) = 6.043, p = 0.003). Additional analyses showed that the difference between myocardial infarction and mental health care patients disappeared after adjusting for age of onset but not recurrence of depression. These group differences were also supported by data-driven latent class analyses. There were no significant group differences in somatic symptom levels. Depression after myocardial infarction appears to have a different phenomenology than depression observed in mental health care. Future studies should investigate the etiological factors predictive of symptom dimensions in myocardial infarction and late-onset depression patients.     

血管紧张素Ⅱ受体拮抗剂对高血压合并焦虑抑郁患者的疗效观察

目的:研究厄贝沙坦对高血压合并焦虑抑郁患者的临床疗效。方法:选取2010年1月至2013年12月在哈尔滨医科大学附属第四医院心内科住院的高血压伴焦虑抑郁患者180人。根据汉密尔顿抑郁量表17项(HAMD)及汉密尔顿焦虑量表14项(HAMA)评分,将患者随机分为治疗组和对照组。治疗组患者采用厄贝沙坦进行治疗,而对照组患者采用非洛地平进行治疗。观察并比较两组患者平均血压的下降幅度、治疗总有效率及治疗前后焦虑抑郁量表的评分变化。结果:两组患者治疗总有效率无显著差异(P0.05)。与对照组相比,治疗组收缩压和舒张压降低较明显,HAMA和HAMD总分降低明显,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:厄贝沙坦对原发性高血压伴虑患抑郁焦患者具有有良好的治疗作用。     

Co-ordinate increase in the expression of type I and type III collagen genes in progressive systemic sclerosis fibroblasts.

Progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS), is a connective tissue disease characterized by excessive accumulation of collagen in the skin and various internal organs which is due, at least in part, to increased collagen production by PSS fibroblasts. In order to examine the molecular mechanisms responsible for this abnormality, we compared the kinetics of collagen biosynthesis, the intracellular degradation of collagen and the expression of Types I and III procollagen genes between normal and PSS dermal fibroblasts in culture. Two age- and sex-matched normal and PSS dermal fibroblast cell lines were studied. The results showed that the PSS cultures produced higher amounts of collagen than did normal fibroblasts and displayed an abnormal kinetic pattern. Furthermore, the PSS cells showed a slight but statistically significant increase in the fraction of collagen degraded intracellularly when compared with normal cells (23% against 18% respectively). The levels of mRNA for procollagen Types I and III were determined by Northern and dot-blot hybridization with specific cloned cDNA probes for alpha 1(I), alpha 2(I) and alpha 1(III) and it was found that they were 2-3-fold higher for each of the three chains in the PSS cell lines compared with the controls. These findings indicate, therefore, that the overproduction of collagen characteristic of PSS fibroblasts can be largely accounted for by the increased levels of collagen mRNA.     

Control of phosphatidylserine synthase II activity in Chinese hamster ovary cells.

Phosphatidylserine (PtdSer) in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells is synthesized through the action of PtdSer synthase (PSS) I and II, which catalyzes the exchange of L-serine with the base moiety of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine, respectively. The PtdSer synthesis in a CHO cell mutant, PSA-3, which lacks PSS I but has normal PSS II activity, was almost completely inhibited by the addition of PtdSer to the culture medium, like that in the wild-type CHO-K1 cells. In contrast, the PtdSer synthesis in a PSS II-overproducing stable transformant of CHO-K1, K1/wt-pssB, was reduced by only 35% upon addition of PtdSer. The serine exchange activity in a membrane fraction of K1/wt-pssB cells was not inhibited by PtdSer at all, whereas those of PSA-3 and CHO-K1 cells were inhibited by >95%. These results indicated that PSS II activity in PSA-3 and CHO-K1 cells is inhibited by exogenous PtdSer and that overproduction of PSS II leads to the loss of normal control of PSS II activity by exogenous PtdSer. Although overproduced PSS II in K1/wt-pssB cells was not normally controlled by exogenous PtdSer, K1/wt-pssB cells cultivated without exogenous PtdSer exhibited a normal PtdSer biosynthetic rate similar to that in CHO-K1 cells. In contrast to K1/wt-pssB cells, another stable transformant of CHO-K1, K1/R97K-pssB, which overproduces R97K mutant PSS II, exhibited a approximately 4-fold higher PtdSer biosynthetic rate compared with that in CHO-K1 cells. These results suggested that for maintenance of a normal PtdSer biosynthetic rate, the activity of overproduced wild-type PSS II in K1/wt-pssB cells is depressed by an as yet unknown post-translational mechanisms other than those for the exogenous PtdSer-mediated inhibition and that Arg-97 of PSS II is critical for this depression of overproduced PSS II activity. When the cDNA-directed wild-type and R97K mutant PSS II activities were expressed at nonoverproduction levels in a PSS I- and PSS II-defective mutant of CHO-K1 cells, expression of the mutant PSS II activity but not that of the wild-type PSS II activity induced the PtdSer-resistant PtdSer biosynthesis. This suggested that Arg-97 of PSS II is critical also for the exogenous PtdSer-mediated inhibition of PSS II.     

Depression remission after six months of collaborative care management: role of initial severity of depression in outcome

Aim The impact of initial severity of depression on the rate of remission has not been well studied. The hypothesis for this study was that increased depression severity would have an inverse relationship on clinical remission at six months while in collaborative care management.Participants The study cohort was 1128 primary care patients from a south-eastern Minnesota practice and was a longitudinal retrospective chart review analysis.Results Clinical remission at six months was less likely in the severe depression group at 29.6% compared with 36.9% in the moderately severe group and 45.6% in the moderate depression group (P < 0.001). Multivariate analysis of a sub-group demonstrated that increased initial anxiety symptoms (odds ratio [OR] 0.9645, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.9345–0.9954, P = 0.0248) and an abnormal screening for bipolar disorder (OR 0.4856, 95% CI 0.2659–0.8868, P = 0.0187) predicted not achieving remission at six months. A patient with severe depression was significantly less likely to achieve remission at six months (OR 0.6040, 95% CI 0.3803–0.9592, P = 0.0327) compared with moderate depression, but not moderately severe depression (P = 0.2324). There was no statistical difference in the adjusted means of the PHQ-9 score for those patients who were in remission at six months. However, in the unremitted patients, the six-month PHQ-9 score was significantly increased by initial depression severity when controlling for all other variables.Conclusion Multivariate analysis in our study demonstrated that patients with severe depression have a decreased OR for remission at six months compared with moderate depression. Also, there was a significant increase in the six-month PHQ-9 score for those unremitted patients in the severe vs. moderate depression groups.     

Characteristics of disturbances of intercortical and cortical-subcortical integration in various clinical forms of neurotic depression

Cross-correlation, coherent, and factor analyses of the EEG were used to detect disturbances of spatial organization of brain bioelectric activity, with certain specific features determined by concomitant anxiety and asthenia syndromes in 20 patients with various clinical forms of neurotic depression. In the group of patients with dominance of the depressive syndrome without marked symptoms of asthenia or anxiety, opposite changes in the anterior areas of the right and left hemispheres were found; the interregional relationships of the EEG of anterior areas of the right hemisphere were decreased as compared to the norm, while the normal level of systemic interaction of bioelectric potentials of the cortex of the left hemisphere was increased. In patients with the depressive syndrome combined with increased anxiety, as well as in patients with distinct asthenic symptoms, a considerable decrease in the level of interregional interactions of bioelectric potentials in frontal regions of the cortex of both hemispheres was detected. This was accompanied by an increase, as compared to the norm, of the level of distant relationships of the EEG in posterotemporal, parietal, and occipital regions. The data indicate that, in the case of neurotic depression, irrespective of concomitant anxiety and asthenia syndromes, there is transient inhibition of the functional activity of frontal regions along with an increased rigidity of systemic interactions of the posterior regions of the cortex of both hemispheres. This suggests that neurotic depression is accompanied by dysfunction of intercortical and cortical-subcortical integration, which causes a disturbance of the systemic organization of ordered interactions of the activity of the anterior and posterior regions of both hemispheres, with certain specific features in patients of each group.     

Vision-Related Quality of Life in Herpetic Anterior Uveitis Patients

We investigated the vision-related quality of life (VR-QOL) and the prevalence and severity of depression in patients with herpetic anterior uveitis (AU). This study was conducted in 2012 at the ophthalmology department of the University Medical Center of Groningen (tertiary referral center). We selected patients from an existing uveitis database, all eligible patients were approached. Thirty-six of 66 (55%) patients with herpetic AU (herpes simplex virus or varicella zoster virus) participated, patients were 18 years or older. The diagnosis was made by clinical presentation or a positive anterior chamber tap. All patients received an information letter, informed consent form, National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire-25 (NEI VFQ-25), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), Social Support List – Interactions (SSL-I), Social Support List – Discrepancies (SSL-D) and an additional questionnaire for gathering general information. Medical records were reviewed for clinical characteristics. Analyses were conducted on various patient and ocular characteristics. We compared our NEI VFQ-25 scores with those previously found in the literature. Our main outcome measures were VR-QOL, prevalence and severity of depression, social support and various patient and ocular characteristics that could influence the VR-QOL. We found that the NEI VFQ-25 mean overall composite score (OCS) was 88.1±10.6. Compared with other ocular diseases our OCS is relatively high, but lower than that found in a normal working population. The mean general health score was 59.0±19.0; this score is lower than in patients with other ocular diseases, except for untreated Behçet’s patients. Depression was scarce, with only one patient (2.8%) having a moderate depression (BDI-II score of 21). We concluded that herpetic AU affects the VR-QOL in a moderate way. The prevalence of depression in our group of herpetic AU patients was low and therefore does not seem to indicate a need for specific screening and intervention measures in these patients.     

Hippocampal and Left Subcallosal Anterior Cingulate Atrophy in Psychotic Depression

Background

Psychotic depression is arguably the most diagnostically stable subtype of major depressive disorder, and an attractive target of study in a famously heterogeneous mental illness. Previous imaging studies have identified abnormal volumes of the hippocampus, amygdala, and subcallosal region of the anterior cingulate cortex (scACC) in psychotic depression, though studies have not yet examined the role of family history of depression in these relationships.

Methods

20 participants with psychotic depression preparing to undergo electroconvulsive therapy and 20 healthy comparison participants (13 women and 7 men in each group) underwent structural brain imaging in a 1.5 T MRI scanner. 15 of the psychotic depression group had a first-degree relative with diagnosed affective disorders, while the healthy control group had no first-degree relatives with affective disorders. Depression severity was assessed with the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and duration of illness was assessed in all patients. Automated neural nets were used to isolate the hippocampi and amygdalae in each scan, and an established manual method was used to parcellate the anterior cingulate cortex into dorsal, rostral, subcallosal, and subgenual regions. The volumes of these regions were compared between groups. Effects of laterality and family history of affective disorders were examined as well.

Results

Patients with psychotic depression had significantly smaller left scACC and bilateral hippocampal volumes, while no group differences in other anterior cingulate cortex subregions or amygdala volumes were present. Hippocampal atrophy was found in all patients with psychotic depression, but reduced left scACC volume was found only in the patients with a family history of depression.

Conclusions

Patients with psychotic depression showed significant reduction in hippocampal volume bilaterally, perhaps due to high cortisol states associated with this illness. Reduced left scACC volume may be a vulnerability factor related to family history of depression.     

拉莫三嗪与丙戊酸钠治疗癫痫合并抑郁障碍患者的疗效比较

目的:探讨拉莫三嗪和丙戊酸钠治疗癫痫合并抑郁障碍的疗效,为其临床治疗提供依据。方法:选择2011年2月~2015年2月在我院接受治疗的癫痫合并抑郁障碍患者60例,根据随机数字表法将患者分为观察组(30例)和对照组(30例),观察组给予拉莫三嗪治疗,对照组给予丙戊酸钠治疗,于治疗前、治疗后8周末和16周末采用HAMD-17和MADRS量表进行评分,并比较两组患者的临床疗效和不良反应。结果:治疗8周末和16周末两组患者的HAMD-17和MADRS量表评分较治疗前均降低,且观察组降低幅度大于对照组,差异均有统计学意义(P0.05)。治疗16周末观察组患者的总有效率为86.67%显著高于对照组的63.33%,差异有统计学意义(P0.05)。两组患者的不良反应主要为皮疹、嗜睡、恶心呕吐等,发生率低,差异无统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:拉莫三嗪和丙戊酸钠均可改善抑郁状态,但拉莫三嗪的疗效优于丙戊酸钠,且不会增加患者不良反应,值得临床推广应用。     

肠道菌群失调与抑郁症合并冠心病预后的相关性

摘要 目的：探讨肠道菌群失调与抑郁症合并冠心病的相关性,并分析肠道菌群失调对抑郁症合并冠心病预后的预测价值。方法：选取我院2021年6月到2022年5月收治的80例抑郁症患者作为研究对象,将单纯抑郁症的49例患者分为抑郁症组,将合并冠心病的31例患者分为l联合组,另选取同期来我院体检的40名健康者分为对照组,对比三组患者肠道菌群情况,应用Spearman相关分析分析肠道菌群失调与抑郁症合并冠心病的相关性。随后,对31例抑郁症合并冠心病患者进行随访,将其分为预后良好组（n=21）和预后不良组（n=10）,对比两组患者临床一般情况与肠道菌群情况,应用logistic回归分析分析肠道菌群对抑郁症合并冠心病的预后预测价值。结果：三组患者拟杆菌情况无明显差异（P＞0.05）,肠杆菌、肠球菌、双歧杆菌、乳杆菌和双歧杆菌属与肠杆菌科细菌数量比（B/E）值对比差异显著,l联合组肠杆菌、肠球菌明显高于抑郁症组和对照组,双歧杆菌、乳杆菌、B/E值明显低于抑郁症组和对照组（P＜0.05）;Spearman相关分析结果显示：肠道菌群失调中拟杆菌水平与抑郁症合并冠心病无明显相关性（P＞0.05）,肠道菌群失调中肠杆菌、肠球菌水平与抑郁症合并冠心病呈正相关,与双歧杆菌、乳杆菌和双歧杆菌属与肠杆菌科细菌数量的对数值比（B/E）值呈负相关（P＜0.05）;预后良好组与预后不良组、年龄、BMI、合并基础疾病、hs-cTnT、NT-proBNP、NT-proBNP、PHQ-9评分、拟杆菌对比无明显差异（P＞0.05）,hs-CRP、肠杆菌、肠球菌、双歧杆菌、乳杆菌、B/E值对比差异显著（P＜0.05）;logistic回归分析结果表明：只有hs-CRP和B/E值菌群失调对于抑郁症合并冠心病的预后具有独立预测价值（P＜0.05）。结论：抑郁症合并冠心病患者较单一抑郁症和健康者来说肠道菌群比例出现失调,且肠道菌群失调与抑郁症合并冠心病呈明显相关性,应用B/E 值可对抑郁症合并冠心病患者预后情况进行预测。     

四七汤联合帕罗西汀治疗脑卒中后抑郁患者的疗效评价及对血清ox-LDL、CRP、IL-6的影响

目的:探讨四七汤联合帕罗西汀治疗脑卒中后抑郁患者的疗效及对血清氧化低密度脂蛋白(ox-LDL)、C反应蛋白(CRP)、白细胞介素-6(IL-6)的影响。方法:选择我院2014年9月～2016年9月收治的86例脑卒中后抑郁患者,按治疗方式分为对照组与实验组,每组43例。对照组予以帕罗西汀治疗,实验组在对照组基础上加用四七汤治疗,两组均持续治疗8周。比较两组的临床疗效,治疗前后中医症候积分、血清ox-LDL、CRP、IL-6、汉密顿抑郁量表(HAMD)、纳维亚神经卒中量表评分(SNSS)的变化及不良反应的发生情况。结果:治疗后,实验组治疗总有效率显著高于对照组(P0.05);两组中医症候积分、血清ox-LDL、CRP、IL-6、HAMD、SNSS评分均显著下降,且实验组以上指标均明显低于对照组,差异有统计学意义(P0.05)。两组不良反应的发生率比较差异无统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:四七汤联合帕罗西汀治疗脑卒中后抑郁患者的疗效优于单用帕罗西汀者,能够有效改善患者的临床症状,可能与其更有效降低患者血清ox-LDL、CRP、IL-6水平有关。