Intellectual performance of chronic schizophrenic patients

Intellectual characteristics of 116 male chronic schizophrenic patients were investigated by using the Quick's test of intelligence. Indirectly, by this test the thinking of examinees was analysed. The examinees were divided into age-groups and differentially diagnostic groups. According to age, they were divided into three groups: from 25 to 40, from 41 to 50, and from 51 to 60 years. There were four differentially diagnostic groups: paranoid, catatonic, and hebephrenic patients and patients with schizophrenia simplex. The study has shown that the intelligence of chronic schizophrenic patients, divided into age groups, was significantly different. The average IQ of patients from 25 to 40 years was 82.9, from 41 to 50 years 67.4, and from 51 to 60 years 52.0. The intelligence of examinees divided into differentially-diagnostic groups was also significantly different. The average IQ of paranoid patients was 74.3, of catatonic patients 64.8, of hebephrenic patients 59.2, and of those with schizophrenia simplex 57.4. Most cases with IQ = 0 related to the group with schizophrenia simplex. The willing-instinctive personality sphere and perceptual disturbances in chronic schizophrenic patients appear to exert a significant influence on their intellectual characteristics.     

Total and subtotal glossectomy: function after microvascular reconstruction

Twelve patients with advanced carcinoma of the floor of the mouth and tongue were treated with total (five patients) or subtotal (seven patients) glossectomy, partial mandibulectomy, and immediate reconstruction with the microvascular composite groin flap. The osteomusculocutaneous groin flap was used in eleven patients, and the osteomuscular flap was used in one patient. The groin musculocutaneous or muscle flap was designed to resemble the shape of the tongue for dynamic food transport, improved swallowing, and acceptable speech. Eight of the 12 patients who survived more than 1 year were evaluated for speech and swallowing. Eight patients were able to speak intelligibly, six patients could tolerate a soft/pureed diet, and two patients were limited to fluids. Cinefluorographic swallow studies using semisolid contrast material showed voluntary active intraoral transport and propulsive pharyngeal emptying without aspiration in six patients with complete flap to palate contact; the remaining two patients were unable to move the intraoral contrast material effectively for swallowing because of poor palatal contact.     

Phagocytosis and neutrophil bactericidal capacity in patients with uremia

The phagocytic activity and bactericidal capacity of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) were evaluated in patients with advanced chronic renal failure. The studies were made in patients undergoing hemodialysis, maintenance peritoneal dialysis as well as in nondialysed patients. Evaluations were carried out by using of the recently described fluorochrome microassay which enabled these parameters to be estimate independently. The phagocytic activity was seriously diminished in nondialysed patients, whereas it was similar to controls in those hemodialysed and undergoing peritoneal dialysis patients. In all evaluated groups of patients the bactericidal capacity was significantly reduced. The lowest values could always be observed in nondialysed patients. The decrease of bactericidal capacity was significantly more evident in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis as compared with those hemodialysed. The obtained results confirm some previous reports suggesting the impairment of PMN function in uremic patients. This results in their increased susceptibility to infection. They also reveal the existence of a close relationship between the extent of observed dysfunctions and the management applied.     

术前外周血中性粒细胞/淋巴细胞比值与肾癌临床病理特点及预后关系的研究

目的:分析术前外周血中性粒细胞/淋巴细胞比值(NLR)与肾癌临床病理特征及预后的关系。方法:回顾性分析2007年1月~2011年12月在哈尔滨医科大学附属第一医院泌尿外科接受根治性手术且病理证实为非转移肾癌患者的临床病例及随访资料。根据ROC曲线确定NLR最佳截点,并以此截点将患者分为高NLR组和低NLR组。分析两组间临床病理特征的差异。应用Kaplan-Meier法、Log-rank法进行单因素生存分析,应用Cox风险回归模型进行多因素生存分析。结果:460例患者中,男性306例,女性154例,中位年龄56岁。NLR平均值为2.34±1.77,中位值为2.45。根据ROC曲线分析,当NLR为2.5时,曲线下面积(AUC=0.628,p0.001)最大。以此截点将患者分为高NLR(≥2.5)组154例,低NLR(2.5)组306例。两组间年龄、Fuhrman分期、T分期上差异具有统计学意义(p0.05)。单因素生存分析显示Fuhrman、T分期、NLR值是肾癌预后因素,Cox多因素回归分析显示T分期、NLR值是肾癌的独立预后因素。结论:术前外周血中性粒细胞/淋巴细胞比值(NLR)是肾癌患者预后不良的独立危险因素。     

严重骨质疏松患者全膝关节置换术疗效分析

目的：探讨严重骨质疏松患者在进行人工全膝关节置换术时的特点和围手术期处理方法。方法：2005年至2007年期间,我科进行伴有严重骨质疏松症的人工全膝关节置换术患者共计36例41膝,其中单膝关节置换31例,双膝置换5例。所有病例入院前均采用双光能X线骨密度仪（DEXA）检测骨密度。所有病例均采用后稳定型膝关节假体。患者在术前给予钙尔奇D片及鲑鱼降钙素等抗骨质疏松治疗1月,术后继续给予抗骨质疏松治疗2~3月。结果：术后切口均一期愈合,无并发症。所有病例随访时间36~60个月,平均49个月。膝关节功能评分（HSS评分法）术前平均为37.2±6.4分,术后平均评分94.6±8.8分,随访期间未见假体早期松动影像学改变,骨密度复查较术前有明显改善。结论：对于伴有严重骨质疏松的病例,骨质已受到不同程度的破坏,进行假体选择的个体化,手术操作的精细化以及术后康复治疗具体化等对临床疗效至关重要。     

Influence of surgery onto the appearance of the hip joint periarticular calcification in patients with the acetabular fracture

The intention of this study was to investigate the influence of surgery onto the appearance of the hip joint periarticular calcification in different groups of patients who suffered the acetabular fracture. A series of 103 patients with the acetabular fracture was analysed in a retrospective case-control study during a seven-year period. The patients were divided into two groups. The case group was comprised of 21 patients who were operated on due to the posterior acetabular wall fracture, while the control group was formed from 82 patients who underwent conservative treatment and who suffered complex acetabular fracture. To obtain the results, the rate and grade of the hip joint post-injury periarticular calcification formation were observed and analysed. They were considerably lower in patients from the case group who were operated on, compared to patients from the control group where the hip joint arthrosis was more common. In conclusion, considering the results of this paper, the rate and grade of the hip joint osteodegenerative changes may be highly decreased by surgery in patients who sustained the acetabular fracture.     

非人类免疫缺陷病毒感染马尔尼菲青霉病9例临床特征分析及文献复习

为探讨和总结非人类免疫缺陷病毒(human immunodeficiency virus,HIV)感染者发生马尔尼菲青霉病的临床特点,回顾性研究复旦大学附属华山医院感染科2007年1月-2017年8月收治的9例及同期发表文献中的马尔尼菲青霉病病例,分析其临床表现、实验室检查、治疗及转归。9例马尔尼菲青霉病患者的HIV检测均为阴性,5例CD4^＋ T细胞计数正常。非HIV感染马尔尼菲青霉病的起病较缓,临床表现与经典马尔尼菲青霉病类似,真菌血症较少见,病理特点以肉芽肿改变及化脓性炎症为主,诊断方法仍以培养为主(8/9),1例通过病理及二代测序技术诊断。目前,非HIV感染马尔尼菲青霉病发病率有升高趋势,部分发生于免疫正常人群,需引起临床医师的重视。     

EMG signal morphology and kinematic parameters in essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease patients

The aim of this work was to differentiate patients with essential tremor from patients with Parkinson’s disease. Electromyographic data from biceps brachii muscles and kinematic data from arms during isometric tension of the arms were measured from 17 patients with essential tremor, 35 patients with Parkinson’s disease and 40 healthy controls.The EMG signals were divided to smaller segments from which histograms were calculated. The histogram shape was analysed with a feature dimension reduction method, the principal component analysis, and the shape parameters were used to differentiate between different subject groups. Three parameters, RMS-amplitude, sample entropy and peak frequency were determined from the kinematic measurements of the arms.The height and the side differences of the histogram were the most effective for differentiating between essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease groups. The histogram parameters of patients with essential tremor were more similar to patients with Parkinson’s disease than healthy controls. With this method it was possible to discriminate 13/17 patients with essential tremor from 26/35 patients with Parkinson’s disease and 14/17 patients with essential tremor from 29/40 healthy controls. The kinematic parameters of patients with essential tremor were closer to parameters of patients with Parkinson’s disease compared to healthy controls. Combining EMG and kinematic analysis did not increase discrimination efficiency but provided more reliability to the discrimination of subject groups.     

Cytometry of breast carcinoma: significance of plo?dy balance and proliferation index

Image cytometry of DNA distribution in fine needle biopsies of breast carcinomas at first diagnosis was performed to see if there were significant differences in DNA histograms between patients having very different outcome but same tumor histological typing and similar therapy. Two groups of patients were considered retrospectively: the first (20 patients) with survival time shorter than 5 years and the second (20 patients) with survival time longer than 10 years. Seven benign tumors were used as controls. Ten plo?dy classes were defined. The frequencies of cells in those classes were used as independent features in a supervised multivariate analysis. The advantages of this approach was pointed out with respect to the four-type classification of Auer. The scattering of DNA histograms within the feature space showed that a subgroup of patients with poor prognosis was clearly separated from a subgroup of patients with good prognosis but both long survival patients and short survival patients were scattered in between. In order to replace the multivariate classification of histograms by a simpler approach, two parameters were computed which explained most of the scattering in the feature space: the plo?dy balance (difference between the percentages of euploid and aneuplo?d cells) and the proliferation index (percentage of cells between peaks). The scattergram of patients according to these parameters showed again that some DNA distributions were specific for either good or bad prognosis. But the separation was uncertain for seven short-survival patients and six long-survival patients. For six patients, the DNA distributions were very similar between long and short survival times. Those patients thus could not be separated even by means of discriminant analysis. The main conclusion of this study was that, for a significant number of patients, the objective multivariate classification of tumors DNA profiles is of little assistance to the pathologist who has to give a prognosis for the one patient under consideration.     

个性化干预对乳腺癌手术患者负性情绪和睡眠质量的影响

目的：研究个性化护理干预对乳腺癌手术患者负性情绪和睡眠质量的影响。方法：选取2013 年1 月-2015 年1 月我院收治 的乳腺癌手术患者100 例,根据术后干预方式不同,将患者分为研究组和对照组,每组各50 例。对照组患者给予常规护理,研究 组患者给予个性化护理。应用焦虑自评量表（SAS）评价患者的焦虑情况,应用抑郁自评量表（SDS）评价患者的抑郁情况,应用匹 兹堡睡眠质量指数（PSQI）评价患者的睡眠质量,并比较两组患者对护理的满意度。结果：研究组护理满意度显著高于对照组,差 异具有统计学意义（P＜0.05）;两组干预前SAS、SDS 和PSQI 评分无统计学差异（P＞0.05）;干预后两组SAS、SDS 和PSQI 评分 均显著降低,且研究组低于对照组,差异具有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。结论：个性化护理干预能显著改善乳腺癌手术患者的负面情 绪,提高患者的睡眠质量。     

老年与中青年患者下呼吸道感染病原菌的对比分析

目的对比分析老年与中青年患者下呼吸道感染病原菌的分布规律及其耐药性特点,以指导临床合理用药。方法将研究对象分为老年(≥60岁)和中青年(20～59岁)2组;采用API系统进行菌种鉴定;采用K-B法进行药敏试验;采用纸片扩散表型确证法进行超广谱β-内酰胺酶(ESBLs)测定;采用SPSS 13.0进行χ2检验。结果老年组的真菌分离率显著高于中青年组,以白色假丝酵母菌最多;中青年组的G-杆菌分离率显著高于老年组,以铜绿假单胞菌最多;老年组主要致病菌对多数药物的耐药率比中青年组有增高趋势,但差异多无统计学意义;老年组肺炎克雷伯菌的ESBLs阳性率显著高于中青年组。结论老年与中青年患者下呼吸道感染的病原菌分布及耐药性存在一定差异。     

Radical surgical treatment of the urinary bladder cancer in patients over the age of 60--our experiences

The goal of the paper was the analysis of patients over the age of 60 suffering from the urinary bladder cancer that underwent radical surgical treatment of the urinary bladder and establishing urine derivation. In the 1972-2008 period 2405 patients with the urinary bladder cancer were treated, 296 (12.3%) of whom underwent radical surgical treatment. The average age was between 60 and 80 years--in 207 (70%) patients. In our patients there were 190 patients (91.6%) with transitional cell cancers. According to TNM classification, T3 stage in 92 (44.4%) patients and T2 stage in 85 (41%) patients were predominant in our study. According to histological criteria, the most common stage was G3 stage--in 151 (73%) patients. Radical cystectomy or combined with urethrectomy was performed in 178 (86%) patients. Unfortunately, in 12% of them (T3 and T4 stages) the inner iliac blood vessels were tied off due to a progressive cancer. The outer supravesical urine derivation (Bricker, U-tubing nephrostomy, and ureterocutaneostomy) was done in 163 (78.7%) patients. The inner derivation (Coffey, ureteroileosigmoidostomy, Mainz-Pouch II) was performed in 17 (8.2%) patients and neovesica (Hautmann, Studer) in 24 (11.5%)patients. There were 74 (35.7%) patients with early postoperative complications. Among them the most dominant were the surgical complications--in 28 (13.5%) patients and distant organ complications--in 22 (10.6%) patients. In 75 (36%)patients with negative nodes the survival rate was 55% after five years. In 73 (35%) patients with positive nodes the survival rate was 27% after five years.     

BRCA2 gene mutations in Slovenian male breast cancer patients

Male breast cancer (MBC) is a rare disease, comprising less than 1% of breast cancer patients in Slovenia. Some inherited cases are due to the mutations of BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes. There is no information available about the frequency of BRCA gene mutations in Slovenian MBC population. The purpose of this study was to characterize BRCA germline mutations in Slovenian MBC patients. Forty-one patients who were diagnosed with breast cancer at the Institute of Oncology Ljubljana between 1970 and 2006 were proposed to take part in this study. Of them, 27 agreed to follow a genetic counseling session and 25 patients agreed to provide a blood sample for genetic testing. The BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes from the MBC patients were screened for four highly recurrent mutations in the Slovenian population. When an additional breast cancer case or an ovarian cancer was present in the family, a more extended analysis was performed. No BRCA1 mutations were found. A BRCA2 gene mutation was identified in four MBC patients. Three of them carried the Slovenian founder mutation IVS16-2A>G. All four mutations were confined to the patients with a family history of breast cancer. Among the MBC patients with a family history of breast cancer in the first- or second-degree relatives, the frequency of BRCA2 gene mutation was 50%. The median age of the patients with a BRCA2 gene mutation was 60 years, not significantly different from those without a mutation. The BRCA2 mutations were diagnosed in 16% of our MBC patients.     

Soft-tissue sarcomas of the upper extremity: surgical treatment and outcome

The objective of this retrospective follow-up study was to evaluate the outcome of patients with soft-tissue sarcoma treated by the authors' protocol, which consists of a selective combination of conservative surgery and radiotherapy. Patients who relapsed were especially evaluated to improve treatment results. The authors examined 80 patients with local soft-tissue sarcoma in the upper extremity referred to their multidisciplinary group. Fifteen patients were referred for first or subsequent local recurrence, and 65 patients were treated for primary tumor. The goal of treatment was local control and preservation of a functional limb. Wide excision was attempted. If the margin was less than 2.5 cm, postoperative radiotherapy was administered. Eighty-five percent of the patients were treated by limb salvage. Thirty patients needed reconstructive procedures such as pedicled (20 patients) or free flaps (10 patients). No free flaps were lost. The 5-year disease-specific overall survival rate was 75 percent, the local recurrence-free survival rate was 79 percent, and the metastasis-free survival rate was 68 percent. In univariate analysis, prognostic factors for local recurrence were extracompartmental site; for development of metastases, large size and extracompartmental site; and for decreased disease-specific overall survival, large size and extracompartmental site. Intramuscular, cutaneous, and subcutaneous tumors had a 5-year local control rate of 100 percent, and extracompartmental tumors had a local control rate of 69 percent. Extracompartmental tumors clearly have the worst prognosis and should be the main target for improving treatment strategies. After exclusion of patients with inadequate treatment according to the authors' protocol, the local control rate at 5 years was 90 percent. Strict adherence to treatment protocol should be practiced.     

多元化管理模式对急诊肝病患者的效果观察

目的:近年来,急诊收治的不同病症的肝病患者越来越多,给医护人员带来很大的工作压力,以致工作频频出错,影响护理质量和患者的临床疗效。本文针对急诊肝病患者采取多元化管理模式进行护理,探讨该模式的特点及作用,为肝病的临床护理工作提供可借鉴的方法。方法:选取2011年10月-2012年12月我院急诊科收治的160例肝病患者,分为常规组和管理组。常规组采取基础护理,观察组采取多元化管理模式进行护理,包括人性化管理、分层级管理、情绪管理及环境管理。观察并比较两组患者对护理工作的满意度、护理工作的落实情况及患者的依从性。结果:管理组患者对护理服务的满意度为98.7%,护理工作落实率为97.62%,患者依从性为90.46%;常规组患者对护理服务的满意度为77.5%,护理工作落实率为94.58%,患者依从性为87.82%;管理组的患者满意度、护理工作落实情况及患者依从性均优于对照组,差异显著且具有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:采取多元化管理模式进行护理有助于提高护理质量,推进急诊工作顺利进行,更有利于提高肝病患者的临床疗效及对护理工作的满意度,该模式对临床护理工作有重要的指导意义,值得推广。     

幽门螺杆菌感染与慢性口臭关系的初步研究

目的 调查主诉口臭患者的幽门螺杆菌（H．pylori）感染率和主诉消化不良的口臭发生率。方法 研究对象为125例主诉慢性口臭患者和212例主诉慢性消化不良患者。口臭以口气挥发性硫化物（VSC）检测与闻诊联合诊断,H．pylori感染以^14C-尿素呼气试验诊断。结果 125例主诉慢性口臭的患者有87例是真性口臭,其余38例为假性口臭,真性口臭患者的H．pylori感染率显著高于假性口臭（40．2％和13．2％,P〈0．01）。212例主诉慢性消化不良的患者发生口臭105例（49．5％）、感染H．pylori 94例（44．3％）,H．pylori阳性患者的口臭发生率显著高于H．pylori阴性患者（57．5％和43．2％,P〈0．05）。无论何种主诉,大部分口臭患者属于VSC阳性（88．5％）,但H．pylori阳性患者和H．pylor阴性患者口气VSC水平差异无显著性,VSC阳性口臭和VSC阴性口臭的H．pylori感染率差异也无显著性。结论 H．pylori感染可能与口臭的发生有一定关系,但口气VSC并非由H．pylori直接产生。     

Phagocytosis, bactericidal capacity, and superoxide anion (O2-) production by polymorphonuclear neutrophils from patients with diabetes mellitus

Phagocytosis, bactericidal capacity and superoxide anion production of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) were estimated in 30 patients with well-controlled insulin-dependent diabetes (IDD) and in 50 patients with non insulin-dependent diabetes (NIDD). The estimations were additionally done in 20 elderly patients without glucose intolerance. The estimations of bactericidal capacity were performed in autologous-, zymosan activated-, inactivated- and control plasma. The phagocytosis of viable staphylococci was unchanged in all evaluated groups. The bactericidal capacity in all diabetic patients was significantly reduced. It was fully correctable in patients with IDD by suspension of cells in control or zymosan activated plasma. The improvement of PMN bactericidal capacity in patients with NIDD in similar conditions was less distinct. The superoxide anion production in patients with IDD was similar to values noticed in healthy persons. Whereas, the O2- production in patients with NIDD as well as in elderly patients were significantly reduced and correlated significantly with bactericidal capacity impairment. The possible mechanism of noticed disturbances were discussed.     

Is cimetidine being prescribed indiscriminately? An analytic survey of patients who present with symptoms of peptic ulcer disease.

An analytic survey was done to determine the influence of previously documented peptic ulcer disease (PUD) on the frequency of prescribing cimetidine to patients who present at a family medicine centre with symptoms of PUD. It was found that of 293 patients who presented with such symptoms over 1 year cimetidine was prescribed to 57 (19%). From the 236 patients who did not receive cimetidine 57 patients were selected at random for comparison. Information on these two groups of patients was obtained by chart review. The patients who received cimetidine were found to be significantly more likely (p less than 0.001) to have previously documented PUD than those who did not receive cimetidine. In patients in whom subsequent confirmation of PUD was not obtained, either because the results of investigations were negative or because the investigations were not ordered, cimetidine was prescribed to 63% of those who had previously documented PUD, compared with only 6% of those who did not. Of the patients who were investigated 73% of those with previously documented PUD had positive results, compared with 8% of those without previously documented PUD. The positive results were obtained by endoscopic examination in 88% of the patients with previously documented PUD, whereas upper gastrointestinal tract roentgenography was the definitive test in 73% of the patients without previously documented PUD. These findings suggest that previously documented PUD influences both the frequency of prescribing cimetidine and the investigations that are carried out.     

全子宫切除术对阴道菌群的影响

目的研究全子宫切除术后阴道菌群及pH的变化,寻求适当的治疗措施,以提高术后患者的生活质量。方法分别观察术后未发生阴道炎、发生老年性阴道炎及正常近龄妇女3组共90例,进行菌群分析、pH测定,并使用乳杆菌DM9811代谢物脂肪酸组分对发生老年性阴道炎者进行治疗。结果术后妇女检出各种菌的数量少,乳杆菌的数量更少,阴道内没有占绝对优势的菌种;发生阴道炎组乳杆菌数量下降更明显,葡萄球菌及大肠埃希菌数量相对增多。术后阴道pH在5.9~7.3,发生阴道炎组较未发生阴道炎组高;以乳杆菌DM9811代谢物脂肪酸组分阴道用药治疗老年性阴道炎,治愈率为82.14%。结论全子宫切除术后阴道乳杆菌数量下降,pH升高,易发生老年性阴道炎。治疗以乳杆菌DM9811代谢物脂肪酸组分阴道用药效果佳。     

Epidemiological analysis of oral surgery procedures

The epidemiological study was conducted to assess oral health of patients referred to the Department of Oral Surgery at Clinical Hospital Center in Rijeka. The distribution of particular diagnoses and surgical interventions in relation to frequency of occurrence was tested. The total of 1,268 patients aged from 5 to 89 years, both sexes, were included in the study. All the patients were treated under local anesthesia. The most common reason for referral to oral surgery was chronic periapical lesion (33.3%), followed by retained root (26.7%), impacted tooth (12.7%), and radicular cyst (8.3%). The majority of patients, residents of Rijeka city area, were treated for the diagnosis of adult periodontitis, while the radicular cysts and hypertrophy of the upper frenulum were more frequent referral diagnoses in patients coming from the areas around Rijeka. Extractions were performed more frequently in patients from Rijeka, while cystectomies with apicectomies and frenulectomies in other patients.