益生菌对老年2型糖尿病患者的影响

目的探讨益生菌对老年2型糖尿病患者肠道菌群、肠道屏障功能及糖脂代谢水平的影响。方法选取2017年10月至2019年10月我院收治的200例2型糖尿病患者为研究对象。入选患者随机分为观察组和对照组,各100例。比较两组患者治疗前后肠道菌群变化情况,血清二胺氧化酶(DAO)、内毒素(ET)、D 乳酸(D lac)、糖化血红蛋白(HbA_1c)、空腹血糖(FPG)、总胆固醇(TC)、三酰甘油(TG)、低密度脂蛋白胆固醇(LDL C)、高密度脂蛋白胆固醇(HDL C)水平。记录两组患者治疗过程中不良反应发生情况。结果治疗前,两组患者肠道双歧杆菌、乳杆菌、拟杆菌、肠球菌、肠杆菌及酵母菌数量比较差异无统计学意义(均P>0.05);治疗后,两组患者肠道双歧杆菌、乳杆菌、拟杆菌数量均显著增加,而肠球菌、肠杆菌及酵母菌数量显著降低,同时观察组患者变化幅度大于对照组(均P<0.05)。治疗前,两组患者血清DAO、ET、D lac、HbA_1c、FPG、TC、TG、LDL C、HDL C水平比较差异无统计学意义(均P>0.05)。治疗后,两组患者血清DAO、ET、D lac、HbA_1c、FPG、TC、TG、LDL C、HDL C水平均显著降低(P<0.05),同时观察组上述指标水平低于对照组(P<0.05)。观察组患者治疗过程中不良反应总发生率为9.0%,对照组为7.0%,两组比较差异无统计学意义(χ²=0.272,P=0.602)。结论益生菌可有效调节老年2型糖尿病患者肠道菌群,提高肠道屏障功能,控制糖脂代谢水平,安全性较高,具有较好的辅助治疗作用。     

Accidental hypothermia and impaired temperature homoeostasis in the elderly.

A longitudinal study of the age-related decline in thermoregulatory capacity was made in 47 elderly people to try to identify those at risk from spontaneous hypothermia. During the winters of 1971-2 and 1975-6 environmental and body temperature profiles were obtained in the home, and thermoregulatory function was investigated by cooling and warming tests. Environmental temperature and socioeconomic conditions had not changed but the body core-shell temperature gradients were smaller in 1976, indicating progressive thermoregulatory impairment. People at risk of developing hypothermia also seem to have low resting peripheral blood flows, a nonconstrictor pattern of vasomotor response to cold, and a higher incidence of orthostatic hypotension.     

The corrected Q-T interval in the elderly with urban hypothermia

During winter time in the period from 1993 to 1998, 18 elderly patients: 11 female and 7 male aged 65-88 years, were treated because of hypothermia. Rectal temperature on admission was 20-34.5 degrees C. Ten patients suffered from moderate hypothermia (35-32 degrees C), and eight suffered of severe hypothermia (< 32 degrees C). Arterial hypotension was recorded in 7, and shock in 11 patients. In all of them, and in 18 controls, an electrocardiogram was analyzed with the special reference to the corrected Q-T interval. Decompensated metabolic acidosis was observed in 7/8 patients with severe hypothermia and in 4/10 with moderate hypothermia. Among patients with moderate hypothermia, sinus tachycardia was present in 2, sinus bradycardia in 2, idioventricular rhythm in 2 and atrial fibrillation in 4/10 patients. In patients with severe hypothermia, sinus tachycardia was present in 2, sinus bradycardia in 3, idioventricular rhythm in one, and atrial fibrillation in 2/8 patients. In moderate hypothermia Osborn's or Tomaszewski's J wave was present in 7/10, and it only appeared in 3/10 patients; in severe hypothermia it was present in 6/8 and only appeared in 2/8 patients. The corrected Q-T interval in the group with hypothermia ranged 0.450-0.688 s, in the control group 0.343-0.444 s. The X minimum (s) in the group with hypothermia was 0.508 +/- 0.079, in the control group it was 0.371-0-139 s, and the difference was statistically significant (p < 0.001). The X maximum (s) in the group with hypothermia was 0.576 +/- 0.067 s, in the control group 0.390 +/- 0.019 s, and the difference was also statistically significant (p < 0.0001). In both groups the most significant prolongation of the corrected Q-T interval in the majority of patients was found in anteroseptal leads. The dispersion of the corrected Q-T interval in the group with hypothermia was 87.19 +/- 28.44 ms, in the control group it was 32.06 +/- 8.94 ms, and the difference was statistically significant (p < 0.001).     

Cardiac arrhythmias during rewarming of patients with accidental hypothermia.

Accidental hypothermia has a high mortality and is associated with cardiac arrhythmias. To determine the incidence of arrhythmias and their importance 22 patients with accidental hypothermia (core temperature less than 35 degrees C) were studied by 12 lead electrocardiography and continuous recording of cardiac rhythm. Although 14 of the patients died (64%), only six died while hypothermic. Prolongation of the Q-T interval and the presence of J waves were related to the severity of the hypothermia. Supraventricular arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation, were common (nine cases) and benign. Ventricular extrasystoles were also common (10 cases), but ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation did not occur during rewarming. In eight patients who died while being monitored the terminal rhythm was asystole. There was no correlation between the severity of hypothermia or the rate of rewarming and the clinical outcome. In the absence of malignant arrhythmias there is no indication for using prophylactic antiarrhythmic treatment in patients with accidental hypothermia. The presence or absence of severe underlying disease is the main determinant of prognosis.     

Urban hypothermia and hyperglycemia in the elderly

From December 1993 to March 1999 we treated 18 elderly patients aged 66-87 years, suffering from urban hypothermia: 11 women and 7 men. Ten patients suffered from moderate hypothermia (rectal temperature 32-35 degrees C), and eight from severe hypothermia (rectal temperature < 32 degrees C). Regarding consciousness, in the group suffering from moderate hypothermia, 3 were somnolent and 6 in various degrees of comatose states. In the group suffering from severe hypothermia, 3 patients were somnolent or soporous and 5 in comatose states of various degrees. Values of arterial blood pressure in the group with moderate hypothermia was normal in one, in 3 arterial hypotension was observed and 6 were in a state of shock. In the group with severe hypothermia, 3 presented arterial hypotension and 5 were in a state of shock. In the group with moderate hypothermia the blood glucose level was elevated in six: 9.3-10.2-10.7-17.9-21.3-99.0, and in one patient the blood glucose level was low: 2.3 mmol/L, in correlation with hypoglycemic coma. In the group with severe hypothermia in all eight patients the values were elevated: 6.7-7.4-7.6-8.7-9.1-11.2-12.4-17.9 mmol/L.     

老年2型糖尿病患者肠道双歧杆菌生长与血糖相关性

目的 探讨老年2型糖尿病患者肠道双歧杆菌生长与血糖的相关性,从肠道菌群角度为2型糖尿病的防治与研究提供新的途径。方法 根据纳入和排除标准,抽取2015年4月‒10月福建某三甲医院糖尿病健康教育俱乐部的2型糖尿病患者90例,收集其粪便和血液标本,检测患者肠道双歧杆菌以及血糖状况,采用Spearman等级相关法分析两者之间的相关性。结果 老年2型糖尿病患者肠道长双歧杆菌、短双歧杆菌、青春双歧杆菌、婴儿双歧杆菌和双歧杆菌总菌的定量结果分别是（0.0001±0.0006）、（4.405±8.475）、（4.752±2.779）、（0.003±0.005）和（8.069±8.206）logN/g。空腹血糖和早餐餐后血糖分别为（8.638±1.913）、（9.763±1.910）mmol/L。相关分析显示：青春双歧杆菌和婴儿双歧杆菌与早餐后2 h血糖呈现负相关（r=-0.213、-0.217,P<0.05）,但相关性不显著;双歧杆菌总菌与空腹血糖和早餐后2 h血糖有负相关关系（r=-0.302、-0.559,P<0.01）。结论 老年2型糖尿病患者肠道内双歧杆菌数量减少,血糖与肠道双歧杆菌的数量呈负相关,尤其是早餐后2 h血糖,其相关机制有待进一步研究。     

Serum vaspin concentration in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and macrovascular complications

Background

Adipose tissue, an endocrine organ of the body, is involved in some obesity-related disease states such as insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus, and atherosclerosis. Vaspin is a novel adipocyte with insulin sensitizing effects. In this study, we planned to estimate serum vaspin concentrations as related to glycemic status and the presence of macrovascular complications among elderly patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods

A total of 230 elderly patients with T2DM were evaluated. These patients were divided into two groups: patients without complications (T2DM group, n?=?110), and patients with macrovascular complications (T2DM + MC group, n?=?120). In addition, 60 healthy elderly subjects were enrolled and assigned into the control group (NC group). Relevant parameters were matched for age and gender ratio. Serum vaspin concentrations were measured by Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Anthropometric measurements, plasma glucose and HbA_1C levels, insulin concentration, liver and kidney functions, and lipid profile were measured for each participant.

Results

Serum vaspin concentrations were significantly higher in the T2DM group than in the T2DM + MC group (F?=?13.122, P?<?0.01). These concentrations were also significantly higher among females, compared to males (T?=?3.567, P?<?0.05). Logistic regression analysis revealed that serum vaspin concentration, systolic blood pressure, HDL-C and T2DM duration were independent influencing factors for diabetic macrovascular complications.

Conclusion

Serum vaspin may be considered as a potential marker to assess the status of elderly patients with T2DM and the risk of developing serious macrovascular complications. Further prospective studies are warranted.

Trial registration

ChiCTR-OPC-14005698, retrospectively registered on 20 Dec. 2014.

     

Intracellular magnesium in elderly patients with heart failure: Effects of diabetes and renal dysfunction

Hypomagnesemia is frequent in diabetes mellitus (DM), while renal dysfunction (RD) may be associated with hypermagnesemia. Severe cardiac arrhythmias and other adverse clinical manifestations are frequent in heart failure (HF), in DM and in RD. Depletion of intracellular magnesium (icMg), which may coexist with normal serum Mg, might contribute to these deleterious effects. However, icMg content in normomagnesemic HF patients with RD or DM has not been studied. We assessed total icMg in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from 80 normomagnesemic furosemide-treated HF patients who were divided as follows: subgroups A (DM), B (RD), C (DM and RD), and D (free of DM or RD). PBMC from 18 healthy volunteers served as controls. IcMg content (μg/mg cell protein) in HF was lower compared to controls (1.68±0.2 vs. 2.4±0.39, p<0.001). In the entire HF group, a significant inverse correlation was evident between icMg and serum creatinine (r=−0.37) and daily furosemide dosages (r=−0.121). IcMg in the HF subgroups A, B, C, and D was 1.79±0.23, 1.57±0.23, 1.61±0.25, and 1.79±0.39, respectively (p=0.04 between A and B, p=0.08 between B and D, and non-significant in the remaining comparisons). Serum Mg, potassium, calcium, furosemide dosages and left ventricular ejection fraction were comparable in all subgroups. In conclusion, icMg depletion was demonstrable in PBMC, which may be responsible for some of the adverse clinical manifestations in HF patients. In particular, icMg depletion in RD might contribute to cardiac arrhythmias in this patient group. Mg supplementation to normomagnesemic HF patients might therefore prove beneficial.     

老年糖尿病患者合并泌尿系感染病原菌分布及耐药性

目的探讨老年糖尿病患者合并泌尿系感染病原菌的分布及其耐药性,为临床防治提供实验依据。方法回顾性分析2011年1月至2014年12月桐乡市第三人民医院老年糖尿病患者合并泌尿系感染患者的尿液标本做病原学检测和药敏试验,并用WHONET 5.4软件对耐药数据进行统计分析。结果共分离出病原菌267株,包括革兰阴性菌173株(64.79%),前四位为大肠埃希菌、肺炎克雷伯菌、奇异变形菌和阴沟肠杆菌;革兰阳性菌52株(19.48%),前三位为肠球菌属、金黄色葡萄球菌和表皮葡萄球菌;真菌42株(15.73%)。药敏结果显示,主要革兰阴性菌对阿米卡星、哌拉西林/他唑巴坦、头孢哌酮/舒巴坦和亚胺培南耐药率较低,主要革兰阳性菌对利福平、呋喃妥因、利奈唑胺、替考拉宁和万古霉素耐药率较低。结论老年糖尿病患者易发生泌尿系感染临床应结合药敏试验合理使用抗菌药物,减少耐药株的产生。     

Management of elderly patients with sustained hypertension.

OBJECTIVE--To assess the clinical benefits of treating hypertension in elderly patients and to derive practical guidelines regarding indications, goals, and forms of treatment. DESIGN--Review of six published randomised trials. RESULTS--Active treatment of hypertension in elderly patients was associated with significant improvements in several indices of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, particularly the incidence of fatal and non-fatal strokes. On the basis of the trial data, combined systolic and diastolic hypertension was defined as a sustained systolic pressure greater than 160 mmHg and diastolic pressure greater than 90 mmHg. There is convincing evidence that efforts should be made to reduce both systolic and diastolic pressures to below these levels in patients up to the age of 80 years. Isolated systolic hypertension was defined as a systolic pressure greater than 160 mmHg in the presence of a diastolic pressure less than 90 mmHg. Two trials reported benefit from the treatment of isolated systolic hypertension in patients up to the age of 80, and further trials are underway to support or refute this recommendation. Diuretics have an established role in the management of hypertension in elderly patients; beta adrenoceptor antagonists have given variable results, and the benefits are less impressive than with diuretic based regimens. Newer agents show promise in the treatment of elderly patients, particularly in the presence of coexisting disease, but their effects on morbidity and mortality have not been evaluated in large randomised trials. CONCLUSIONS--Diuretics rather than beta blockers are the treatment of choice for patients with uncomplicated hypertension, but combinations of drugs may be required in as many as 50% of patients.     

Risk of lymphoma in patients with dermatitis herpetiformis.

OBJECTIVE--To provide accurate estimates of the risk of lymphoma in patients with dermatitis herpetiformis. DESIGN--Comparison of observed and expected incidence of cancer in patients with dermatitis herpetiformis. SUBJECTS--976 patients aged 4 to 97 years with no clinical signs of coeliac disease who were admitted to hospital between 1963 and 1983. SETTING--Data from Swedish Cancer Registry. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES--Incidence and type of cancer. RESULTS--106 cancers were diagnosed in 94 patients. The relative risk was 1.4 (95% confidence interval 1.1 to 1.7) in male patients and 1.2 (0.8 to 1.7) in female patients. When the individual cancer sites were analysed a significant risk was found only for malignant, non-Hodgkin''s lymphoma in male patients, with a relative risk of 5.4 (2.2 to 11.1). CONCLUSIONS--The risk of lymphoma is greater in male patients with dermatitis herpetiformis, and this calls for increased surveillance in these patients.     

老年2型糖尿病合并慢性肾脏病患者肠道菌群变化

目的 探讨合并慢性肾脏病的老年2型糖尿病患者肠道菌群变化情况,为后续研究提供参考。 方法 选择2018年11月至2019年7月在我院内科确诊的老年2型糖尿病及并发慢性肾脏病患者作为糖尿病组(20例)及糖尿病肾病组(20例),选择本院健康老年体检者(30例)为对照组。测定各组对象血清甲状旁腺激素(PTH)、超敏C反应蛋白(hs CRP)、血肌酐(Scr)、血磷(P)、血钙(Ca2+)、碱性磷酸酶(ALP)、糖化血红蛋白(HbA1c)水平,同时分析各组对象肠道大肠埃希菌、双歧杆菌、乳杆菌、酵母菌、真杆菌的差异。 结果 糖尿病肾病组患者肠道大肠埃希菌数量高于糖尿病组和对照组,糖尿病组患者肠道大肠埃希菌数量高于对照组(均P2+水平高于糖尿病组和对照组,糖尿病组患者血清Scr、P、Ca2+水平高于对照组(均P2+、HbA1c、ALP、hs CRP水平呈正相关,双歧杆菌、真杆菌数量与Scr、P、Ca2+、HbA1c、ALP、hs CRP水平呈负相关(均P结论 糖尿病肾病患者肠道菌群失调,其特征为大肠埃希菌数量增多,双歧杆菌、真杆菌数量减少。大肠埃希菌数量升高,双歧杆菌和真杆菌数量降低均为糖尿病并发慢性肾脏病的危险因素。     

Prolactin secretion in patients with idiopathic diabetes insipidus.

It has been demonstrated that hyperprolactinemia is sometimes present even in patients with idiopathic diabetes insipidus (DI). In this study, we examined the responses of serum prolactin (PRL) to hypertonic saline infusion and TRH injection in 11 patients with idiopathic DI diagnosed by clinical examinations. Serum sodium in these patients (147.5 +/- 3.2 mEq/L) was significantly higher at baseline than in normal subjects (139.7 +/- 2.4 mEq/L). The plasma arginine vasopressin (AVP) level was significantly lower in DI (0.42 +/- 0.24 pg/ml) at baseline than in normal subjects (2.53 +/- 1.03 pg/ml). However, the serum PRL level in both groups did not differ significantly except in one patient with idiopathic DI (35.6 ng/ml). There was no significant correlation between the basal serum sodium and basal serum PRL in either group. After an infusion of hypertonic saline, the serum sodium level gradually increased to 155.6 +/- 3.4 mEq/L in DI and to 146.5 +/- 4.3 mEq/L in the normal subjects. However, this increase did not affect PRL secretion in either group. PRL response to TRH was essentially normal in all patients with idiopathic DI. These results indicate that the secretion of PRL is not generally affected by chronic mild hypernatremic hypovolemia in the patients with idiopathic DI.     

In vivo biofilm formation on a soft denture liner in elderly patients with controlled diabetes

doi: 10.1111/j.1741‐2358.2010.00428.x In vivo biofilm formation on a soft denture liner in elderly patients with controlled diabetes Objectives: This in vivo study evaluated the influence of controlled diabetes on biofilm formation on a soft denture liner in elderly patients. Background: Soft denture lining materials are more susceptible to microbial colonisation than denture base acrylic resins. Especially in the elderly, several predisposing factors may accumulate leading to an increased probability of biofilm development that may result in candidiasis, a significant clinical oral disease. Materials and methods: Volunteers wearing complete dentures were divided into two groups (n = 20): diabetic patients with controlled glycaemia, and healthy patients. In both groups, a silicone‐based soft liner was placed in a recess created at the base of the maxillary dentures. Subjects cleaned the prosthesis three times a day. Biofilm formed on the liner was quantified at various time points (baseline, two, four and six weeks). Data were analysed by two‐way repeated measures anova and Tukey’s test (α = 0.05). Results: There was no statistical difference in biofilm formation for any of the time points between controlled diabetes patients and healthy patients. Conclusion: The results suggest that the control of diabetes in elderly patients provides the same levels of biofilm formation when compared to healthy individuals.