Proteins regulating cap-dependent translation are downregulated during total knee arthroplasty

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) utilizes a tourniquet to reduce blood loss, maintain a clear surgical "bloodless" field, and to ensure proper bone-implant cementing. In 2007, over 600,000 TKAs were performed in the United States, and this number is projected to increase to 3.48 million procedures performed annually by 2030. The acute effects of tourniquet-induced ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) on human skeletal muscle cells are poorly understood and require critical investigation, as muscle atrophy following this surgery is rapid and represents the most significant clinical barrier to long-term normalization of physical function. To determine the acute effects of I/R on skeletal muscle cells, biopsies were obtained at baseline, maximal ischemia (prior to tourniquet release), and reperfusion (following tourniquet release). Quadriceps volume was determined before and 2 wk post-TKA by MRI. We measured a 36% decrease in phosphorylation of Akt Ser(473) during ischemia and 37% during reperfusion (P < 0.05). 4E-BP1 Thr(37/46) phosphorylation decreased 29% during ischemia and 22% during reperfusion (P < 0.05). eEF2 Thr(56) phosphorylation increased 25% during ischemia and 43% during reperfusion (P < 0.05). Quadriceps volume decreased 12% in the TKA leg (P < 0.05) and tended to decrease (6%) in the contralateral leg (P = 0.1). These data suggest cap-dependent translation initiation, and elongation may be inhibited during and after TKA surgery. We propose that cap-dependent translational events occurring during surgery may precipitate postoperative changes in muscle cells that contribute to the etiology of muscle atrophy following TKA.     

腹腔镜结肠癌根治术与传统开腹结肠癌根治术的临床对比分析

目的:探讨腹腔镜结肠癌根治术与传统开腹结肠癌根治术疗效的差别。方法:随机将86例结肠癌患者分为两组,各43例。腹腔镜组采用腹腔镜结肠癌根治术,传统开腹组采用开腹结肠癌根治术,观察两组患者手术情况及术后并发症情况。结果:腹腔镜组手术时间、淋巴结清扫数与传统开腹组比较无显著差异(P0.05);腹腔镜组术中出血量少于传统开腹组、住院时间短于传统开腹组(P0.05);腹腔镜组排气时间短于传统开腹组(P0.01),两组并发症发生率差异有统计学意义(P0.01)。结论:腹腔镜结肠癌根治术具有术中出血量少、创伤小、术后恢复快、住院时间明显缩短等特点,可达到传统开腹手术的效果,值得广泛应用。     

Blood recipient notification for hepatitis C in Prince Edward Island

BACKGROUND: Two of the major risk factors for hepatitis C are injection drug use and receipt of blood or blood products. Many patients are unaware that they have received transfusions. In 1998 Prince Edward Island conducted a province-wide look-back notification program to notify patients who had received transfusions in PEI between Jan. 1, 1984, and June 1, 1990. The authors present the results of the notification program. METHODS: A registry for recipients of blood and blood products was created from the province''s Red Cross blood bank records. The registry data were linked with Vital Statistics data to determine death status and with Health Registration data to determine residence status of recipients (in PEI or moved out of province). All identified recipients with a current PEI mailing address were sent a letter recommending hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing. Laboratory records were checked to determine HCV test results. RESULTS: The registry contained data for 6086 recipients of blood or blood products during the look-back period; 51.1% (3109/6086) had died by the time of notification. Of the remainder, 18.4% (549/2977) were not directly notified because they had moved out of province, had refused delivery of the notification letter or had died recently, or because identifying information was missing from the blood bank records. Of the recipients who were notified 80.4% (1953/2428) underwent testing, and 2.2% (43/1953) were found to be HCV positive. Most of these (58.1% [25/43]) had undergone testing before notification. The HCV positivity rate differed significantly between recipients tested before notification and those tested after notification (9.9% v. 1.1%, p < 0.001). HCV-positive recipients were more likely than other notified recipients to have had multiple transfusions (39.5% v. 9.5%, p < 0.001). INTERPRETATION: Before notification 4.1% of PEI recipients had undergone HCV testing. After notification 91.2% of PEI recipients were identified as tested, dead or moved out of province. The notification program resulted in the identification of the majority of PEI''s transfusion-related cases of hepatitis C.     

Rheumatic symptoms after cardiac surgery: a prospective study.

The incidence of different types of shoulder pain after open heart surgery was studied prospectively. Of 101 patients studied, 45 developed rheumatic symptoms during the first six weeks after the operation. Thirty eight patients reported pain in the region of the shoulder girdle with no loss of shoulder function (postpericardiotomy rheumatism). Three of these patients also had features compatible with the postpericardiotomy syndrome (fever, malaise, or pleuritic chest pain), and seven developed the syndrome without pain in the shoulder girdle. Of these 10 patients, one had generalised myalgia. Postpericardiotomy rheumatism alone was not associated with increased inflammation (measured by the erythrocyte sedimentation rate and concentration of C reactive protein); immunological tests including measurement of antibodies to cardiac muscle yielded inconclusive results. Replies to a postal questionnaire showed that symptoms of postpericardiotomy rheumatism were present for over three months in 18 patients and for six months or longer in 14. In view of the large number of patients now having open heart surgery postpericardiotomy rheumatism should be considered when patients report pain around the shoulders so that it is not misdiagnosed as angina.     

Blood phagocyte activation during open heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass

Open heart surgery with a cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is associated with a systemic inflammatory response which significantly contributes to adverse postoperative complications. The purpose of this study was to characterize the activation of blood phagocytes during open heart surgery with CPB. Blood samples were collected during and up to 24 h after surgery. The production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in whole blood, the expression of surface molecules by blood phagocytes and complement activity in the plasma were determined. A cDNA microarray analysis of leukocyte RNA profile of genes was performed related to the inflammatory response. Activation of the complement was already observed at the beginning of CPB. This was followed by an increase in the neutrophil number and in both spontaneous and opsonized zymosan-activated ROS production after the onset of reperfusion. The activation of blood phagocytes was affirmed by changes in surface receptors involved in the adhesion and migration of leukocytes (CD11b, CD62L and CD31). Gene arrays also confirmed the activation of leukocytes 4 h after reperfusion. In conclusion, open heart surgery with a cardiopulmonary bypass was found to be associated with a rapid and pronounced activation of blood phagocytes and complement activation which was partly independent at the onset of CPB.     

急性冠脉综合征患者急诊PCI术后心力衰竭的危险因素分析及护理干预

目的:探讨急性冠脉综合征(ACS)患者行急诊直接经皮冠状动脉介入治疗(PCI)后住院期间发生心力衰竭(HF)的危险因素分析及护理干预策略。方法:选取278例在我院接受急诊PCI手术患者为研究对象,按照术后住院期间是否出现心力衰竭分为两组:心力衰竭组(n=54例)和非心力衰竭组(n=224例),比较两组患者一般临床资料、实验室检查指标及相关治疗情况的差异,用Logistic回归分析探讨影响术后心力衰竭发生的危险因素,并制定相关护理策略。结果:278例老年患者中有54例PCI术后出现心力衰竭(发生率19.4%);两组患者在年龄、高血压、糖尿病、入院收缩压(SBP)、发病至PCI时间、入院血糖、入院NT-pro BNP、肌酸激酶同工酶(CK-MB)峰值、肌酐蛋白I(c Tn I)峰值、左室射血分数(LVEF)、左室舒张末内径(LVEDd)、术后TIMI血流、使用他汀类药物、β-受体阻滞剂方面存在统计学差异(P0.05);发病至PCI时间、高血压、入院时血糖、NT-pro BNP、c Tn I峰值是术后心力衰竭发生的独立危险因素(P0.05);而术后TIMI血流、使用β-受体阻滞剂治疗是保护性因素。结论:ACS患者行急诊PCI治疗后HF的发生受到多种因素的影响,应当积极制定相关护理干预策略以降低术后HF的发生率。     

Urinary L-FABP and its combination with urinary NGAL in early diagnosis of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery in adult patients

Background/Aim: The early detection of acute kidney injury (AKI) may be become possible by several promising early biomarkers which may facilitate the early detection, differentiation and prognosis prediction of AKI. In this study, we investigated the value of urinary liver-type fatty acid-binding protein (L-FABP), neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) and their combination in predicting the occurrence and the severity of AKI following cardiac surgery.

Methods: We prospectively followed 109 patients undergoing open heart surgery and identified 26 that developed AKI, defined as an increase in serum creatinine of ≥0.3?mg/dl or ≥150% of baseline creatinine. Serum creatinine (SCr), urinary L-FABP, and NGAL corrected by urine creatinine were tested pre-operation, at 0 hour and 2 hours post-operation. Each marker was assessed at each time point between patients with and without AKI. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and area under curves (AUC) were used to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of urinary L-FABP, NGAL and their combination for predicting AKI.

Results: Patients were aged 63.0?±?11.3 years, 66.1% were male and baseline SCr was 70.5?±?19.1 umol/L. Of 109 patients, 26(23.9%) developed AKI (AKIN stage I, II and III were 46.2%, 34.6% and 19.2% separately). The levels of urinary L-FABP and NGAL were significantly higher in AKI patients than non-AKI patients at 0 hour and 2 hours postoperative. AUCs for L-FABP was 0.844 (sensitivity (ST) 0.846, specificity (SP) 0.819, cut-off (CO) 2226.50 μg/g Ucr) at 0 hours and 0.832 at 2 hours (ST 0.808, SP 0.747, CO 673.09 μg/g Ucr) while 0.866 for NGAL at 0 hours (ST 0.769, SP 0.819, CO 131.12 μg/g Ucr) and 0.871 at 2 hours (ST 0.808, SP 0.831, CO 33.73 μg/g Ucr) to predict AKI occurrence. Using a combination of L-FABP and NGAL analyzed at the same timepoint as above, we were able to obtain an AUC of 0.911–0.927, p < 0.001. Similar AUCs of 0.81–0.87 were found to predict AKI stage II–III.

Conclusions: Urinary L-FABP and NGAL increased at an early stage after cardiac surgery. The combination of the two biomarkers enhanced the accuracy of the early detection of postoperative AKI after cardiac surgery before a rise in SCr.     

A new specific method for measuring S-100B in serum

The S-100 family of proteins are acidic calcium and zinc binding low molecular weight proteins mainly present in astrocytes and in a population of oligodendrocytes of the CNS. S100b, an acidic low weight and zinc binding protein, has attracted considerable interest due to its release into the cerebrospinal fluid and blood from brain tissue following brain damage and from malignant melanomas. A new simple two-step incubation assay has now been elaborated in which two catcher and one tracer monoclonal antibodies are used. The specificity of this assay is high because all the MAbs used bind exclusively to S-100B, as shown by real-time biospecific interaction analyses. Moreover, the working range of the assay is 0.2-60 micrograms/L with a CV of less than 10%; the resulting high sensitivity has been confirmed by clinical studies. Time dependence, shaking conditions, lower limit of detection limits, effects of dilution, hook effect, recovery, impression as intra- and interassay variations, and crossreactivities with S-100A1 were tested in order to obtain a highly reproducible assay. Sera from healthy blood donors and patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass operations were tested with the assay. Several of the patients undergoing open heart surgery presented measurable values in this IRMA S-100 assay, indicating cerebral effects of open heart surgery. The test may be used for postoperative monitoring of these patients.     

Reduced atrial connexin43 expression after pediatric heart surgery

Myocardial dysfunction and arrhythmias may be induced by congenital heart defects, but also be the result of heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), potentially caused by differential expression of connexin40 (Cx40) and connexin43 (Cx43). In 16 pediatric patients undergoing corrective heart surgery, connexin mRNA expression was studied in volume overloaded (VO group, n=8) and not overloaded (NO group, n=8) right atrial myocardium, excised before and after CPB. Additionally, in eight of these patients ventricular specimens were investigated. The atrial Cx43 expression decreased during CPB, which was restricted to the VO group (p=0.008). In contrast, atrial Cx40 mRNA did not change during CPB. In ventricular myocardium compared to atrial mRNA levels, Cx40 was lower (p=0.006) and Cx43 higher (p=0.017) expressed, without significant change during CPB. This study revealed a significant influence of CPB and the underlying heart defect on Cx43 expression.     

硬膜外复合全身麻醉对老年开胸手术患者应激和血液流变学的影响

目的:探讨硬膜外复合全身麻醉对老年开胸手术患者应激和血液流变学的影响。方法:选取了100例开胸手术患者,按手术顺序编号将患者随机分为两组,对照组(46例)开胸手术术前给予全身麻醉,观察组(54例)开胸手术前给予硬膜外复合全身麻醉。通过观察并记录术前、术后1 h、6 h的应激指标、血液流变学指标及心率、呼吸频率,评价硬膜外复合全身麻醉对老年开胸手术患者应激和血液流变学的影响。结果:术前两组血糖、皮质醇和肾上腺素水平相比,无统计学差异(P0.05)。术后1 h,6 h两组血糖、皮质醇和肾上腺素水平均升高(P0.05),观察组术后1 h,6 h血糖、皮质醇和肾上腺素水平均低于对照组(P0.05);术后1 h,6 h两组全血低切粘度、高切粘度均下降,且观察组全血低切粘度、高切粘度更低(P0.05),术前术后两组血浆粘度、红细胞聚集指数相比,无统计学差异(P0.05);对照组患者术后1 h心率增加且高于观察组(P0.05),术后6 h心率趋近于术前心率。观察组患者术前术后心率无统计学差异(P0.05)。对照组患者术后1 h、6 h呼吸频率增加且高于观察组(P0.05),观察组患者术前术后呼吸频率无统计学差异(P0.05)。结论:采用硬膜外复合全麻对老年开胸手术患者的生命体征影响较小,可降低术后应激反应,改善患者体内血液流变学参数,值得临床推广使用。     

Association of an In-House Blood Bank with Therapy and Outcome in Severely Injured Patients: An Analysis of 18,573 Patients from the TraumaRegister DGU?

IntroductionHemorrhagic shock remains one of the most common causes of death in severely injured patients. It is unknown to what extent the presence of a blood bank in a trauma center influences therapy and outcome in such patients.ResultsComplete data sets of 18,573 patients were analyzed. Of 457 hospitals included, 33.3% had an in-house blood bank. In trauma centers with a blood bank (HospBB), packed red blood cells (PRBCs) (21.0% vs. 17.4%, p < 0.001) and fresh frozen plasma (FFP) (13.9% vs. 10.2%, p <0.001) were transfused significantly more often than in hospitals without a blood bank (Hosp0). However, no significant difference was found for in-hospital mortality (standard mortality ratio [SMR, 0.907 vs. 0.945; p = 0.25). In patients with clinically apparent shock on admission, no difference of performed transfusions were present between HospBB and Hosp0 (PRBCs, 51.4% vs. 50.4%, p = 0.67; FFP, 32.7% vs. 32.7%, p = 0.99), and no difference in in-hospital mortality was observed (SMR, 0.907 vs. 1.004; p = 0.21).DiscussionIn HospBB transfusions were performed more frequently in severely injured patients without positively affecting the 24h mortality or in-house mortality. Easy access may explain a more liberal transfusion concept.     

腹腔镜疝修补术与传统修补术治疗腹股沟疝的效果比较

目的:探讨腹腔镜手术修补腹股沟疝的临床效果,为普外科手术治疗提供可借鉴的方法。方法:选取2011年5月-2013年8月在我院接受疝修补术的112例患者的临床资料进行分析。根据手术方式,将所选病例分为传统开腹式疝修补术组(48例)和腹腔镜疝修补术组(64例)。分析并比较两组患者的术中出血量、手术时间、排气时间、肢体活动时间、复发率及并发症的发生率等。结果:腹腔镜疝修补术组患者的术中出血量、手术时间、排气、肢体活动及住院时间等临床指标均显著优于采用传统疝修补术的患者,差异显著且具有统计学意义(P0.05)。腹腔镜疝修补术组并发症发生率为21.88%,虽然低于传统疝修补术组(39.58%),但无显著性差异(P0.05)。腹腔镜疝修补术组复发率为3.13%,明显低于传统疝修补术组(8.33%),差异具有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:腹腔镜疝修补术具有创伤小、恢复快及复发率低等优势,效果显著值得推广。但术后易发生肠粘连、阴囊血肿等并发症,术中应妥善处理,尽量减少或避免并发症的发生率。     

Acute Renal Failure and Open Heart Surgery

A retrospective study of 428 open heart operations showed the incidence of mild and severe renal failure to be 26% and 4·7% respectively. The mortality rate was 38% in the mild cases and 70% in the severe cases. Only half of the patients whose death was associated with renal failure showed macroscopic or microscopic renal lesions at necropsy. The patients who developed renal impairment had significantly higher mean preoperative blood urea (40 mg/100 ml) than the non-renal-failure cases (33 mg/100 ml). Periods of perfusion over 60 minutes, mean perfusion pressures below 80 mm Hg, and multiple valve replacement operations also increased the incidence of renal failure. There was no statistical correlation between the age of individual patients, the degree of cooling, and postoperative blood urea values. There was no evidence to suggest that frusemide or mannitol separately or together influenced the development of renal failure. Peritoneal dialysis was preferred for initial treatment of patients with severe renal failure, and haemodialysis was required only in special cases.     

高脂血症对直肠癌不同手术方式合并症的影响

目的:探讨高脂血症对直肠癌不同手术方式合并症的影响。方法:回顾分析行开腹或腹腔镜直肠癌根治术治疗的255例患者的临床资料,比较伴或不伴高脂血症患者的围手术期指标,采用卡方检验或t检验进行统计学分析。结果:与非高脂血症组患者相比,高脂血症组术中出血量大(P<0.01),术后恢复进食时间长(P<0.01),术后住院时间增加(P<0.05),拔除引流管时间延长(P<0.01),切口脂肪液化并发症增多(P<0.05)。与开腹组相比,腹腔镜组术中出血量少(P<0.01),手术时间、术后恢复进食时间、术后住院时间、拔除引流管时间均明显缩短(均为P<0.01),切口脂肪液化发生率低(P<0.05)。在腹腔镜手术组,与正常血脂组相比,高脂血症患者术中出血量较大(P<0.01),余指标无明显差异。结论:高脂血症可引起直肠癌手术出血量增加、术后恢复慢、伤口脂肪液化发生率高,腹腔镜手术可加快患者术后恢复。     

Homologous blood use and conservation techniques for cardiac surgery in the United Kingdom.

The transfusion laboratories of 32 cardiothoracic surgical centres for adults were surveyed to determine the donor blood requirement for open heart surgery in the United Kingdom. Details of the transfusion practice and the use of blood conservation techniques were sought from a representative senior cardiac anaesthetist at each centre. Suitable data were received from 24 transfusion laboratories (75%) and 29 anaesthetists (90%). The mean (SD) blood use was 5.07 (1.53) units per operation. Seven centres routinely transfused fresh frozen plasma to all patients postoperatively. Experience with autologous deposit (three centres), "cell separators" (four centres), and the reinfusion of shed mediastinal blood (four centres) was limited. Prebypass phlebotomy for postbypass reinfusion (14 centres) and the infusion of residual oxygenator blood (27 centres) were the conservation techniques most commonly applied. In only nine centres was a postoperative normovolaemic anaemia to a haemoglobin concentration of less than 100 g/l accepted. Applying blood conservation techniques more widely would help to maintain blood supplies and reduce morbidity and mortality related to transfusion.     

Postoperative Copeptin as a Biomarker for Development of Diabetes Insipidus Following Hypothalamic-Pituitary Surgery

ObjectiveCopeptin is a surrogate marker of arginine vasopressin release with better stability and simplicity of measurement. Postoperative copeptin levels may guide clinicians in stratifying patients who need close monitoring of fluid balance. The objective is to determine whether copeptin is a predictive marker of postoperative diabetes insipidus (DI).MethodsThis is a prospective diagnostic study. Patients who underwent neurosurgical intervention of the sellar-suprasellar regions were recruited. Serum copeptin levels were measured before and after surgery, within 24 hours. Logistic regression analysis and diagnostic performance measures were calculated to determine the relationship between postoperative copeptin levels and DI.ResultsOf 82 patients, 26 (31.7%) developed postoperative DI, with 7 patients (8.5%) having permanent DI. The samples for copeptin measurement were taken at 13 ± 2.1 hours postoperatively. From the receiver operating characteristic analysis, low postoperative copeptin levels (<2.5 pmol/L) demonstrated an acceptable ability to predict DI (area under the curve, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.60-0.84). Discriminative power was stronger in the permanent DI group (area under the curve, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.64-1.00). Postoperative copeptin levels <2.5 pmol/L were associated with DI (specificity > 91%). However, postoperative copeptin levels >20 pmol/L were rarely associated with DI, with a negative predictive value of 100%.ConclusionsIn patients undergoing sellar-suprasellar interventions, low postoperative copeptin levels within the first postoperative day predict postoperative DI, whereas high levels exclude it. Copeptin measurement should be applied in the clinical practice of postoperative care in patients following hypothalamic-pituitary surgery. This study may expand the potential use of copeptin, including in the Asian population.     

Over the next hill

ABSTRACT: In the tradition of Dr Arom, who had many interests in his clinical and research career, I will touch on three things that will impact the practice of clinical cardiac surgery over the next several years: use of bilateral internal mammary arteries, use of external mesh support to improve saphenous vein graft patency, and anticoagulation of mechanical heart valves. The remainder of the presentation goes into depth on the development of a bloodless heart surgery program, which is contemporary and timely as it encompasses some thoughts of this society.     

Resuscitative effects of polynitroxylated alphaalpha-cross-linked hemoglobin following severe hemorrhage in the rat

alphaalpha-Cross-linked hemoglobin (alphaalphaHb) is an example of a hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier (HBOC) with significant cardiovascular activity. This may compromise the safety and efficacy of this HBOC by causing systemic hypertension and reducing blood flow to some organs. The present work is based on the hypothesis that incorporating antioxidant activity into an HBOC in the form of a covalently attached nitroxide may prevent these effects. We have tested this hypothesis by adding antioxidant activity to alphaalphaHb with 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidinyl-1-oxyl (Tempo) to create polynitroxylated alphaalphaHb (PN-alphaalphaHb). The new compound PN-alphaalphaHb acts as an antioxidant in our in vitro and in vivo assays. In this study urethane-anesthetized rats were hemorrhaged to a mean arterial pressure (MAP) of 35-40 mmHg and maintained for 30 min. Animals were resuscitated with solutions of (1) 10% PN-alphaalphaHb (43 mmHg), (2) 10% alphaalphaHb (43 mmHg), (3) 7.5% albumin (43 mmHg), (4) 300% Ringers lactate (RL), and (5) 0. 9% normal saline equal to the shed blood volume (SBV). Hemodynamics and regional blood circulation was measured at baseline, following hemorrhage, and at 30 and 60 min postresuscitation using a radioactive microsphere technique. Base deficit (BD) was measured at baseline, following hemorrhage, and at 60 min following resuscitative fluid infusion. Finally survival was determined as the time following resuscitation until secession of heart rhythm. Saline and 300% RL resuscitation did not improve BD, systemic hemodynamics, or regional blood circulation. PN-alphaalphaHb, alphaalphaHb, and albumin significantly improved these parameters, however, only PN-alphaalphaHb and alphaalphaHb improved survival. PN-alphaalphaHb was found to be less hypertensive than alphaalphaHb due to blunted increases in both cardiac output and systemic vascular resistance. This study demonstrates that, by using alphaalphaHb as a scaffold for polynitroxylation, improvement in vasoactivity and resuscitative efficacy may be possible. In conclusion, the addition of antioxidant activity in the form of polynitroxylation of a low molecular weight Hb (alphaalphaHb) may create a safe and efficacious resuscitative fluid.     

全身麻醉和硬膜外麻醉对老年骨科手术患者术后短期 认知功能的影响

目的：探讨全身麻醉和硬膜外麻醉对老年骨科手术患者术后短期认知功能的影响。方法：按随机数字方式将2010 年3 月至 2013 年5 月收治的全麻骨科手术老年患者64 例分为两组,全身麻醉组（32 例）给予全身麻醉进行手术,硬膜外麻醉组（32 例）给 予硬膜外麻醉进行手术,对比分析两组观察麻醉前后动脉血压与心率,睁眼、拔管及应答时间,术后6、12、24、72 h的MMSE 评分 差异,并统计术后POCD的发生情况。结果：两组的年龄、体重、麻醉时间、受教育时间、出血量等一般临床资料均无明显差异（P＞ 0.05）;两组麻醉前、麻醉后术前、手术0.5h 及手术结束时动脉血压和心率差异均不显著（P＞0.05）;全身麻醉组的睁眼、拔管及应 答时间分别为（30.3 ± 10. 5）min、（30.3 ± 7.8）min、（33.2 ± 9.6）min;膜外麻醉组的睁眼、拔管及应答时间分别为（30.6 ± 11.6）min、 （30.1± 6.6）min、（34.3 ± 8.5）min,两组差异不显著（P＞0.05）;全身麻醉组麻醉前MMSE 评分为29.2 ± 1.5,而膜外麻醉组麻醉前 MMSE 评分为29.1 ± 1.0,差异不显著（P＞0.05）;麻醉后,两组的MMSE 评分均出现先减少后恢复的变化,膜外麻醉组麻醉后 24h 时的MMSE 评分28.7 ± 1.0 明显高于全身麻醉组的27.3 ± 0.8（t=5.491,P=0.000<0.05）;全身麻醉组麻醉后6h 和12hPOCD 的发生率均明显高于膜外麻醉组的（P<0.05）,而两组在麻醉后24h 开始POCD的发生率无明显差异（P＞0.05）。结论：全身麻醉 对老年骨科手术患者术后短期认知功能的影响明显大于硬膜外麻醉。     

用降钙素原和白细胞联合能预测心脏手术病人的感染

为了探讨通过结合C反应蛋白(C-reactive protein, CRP)、白细胞(leukocyte, WBC)和降钙素原(procalcitonin, PCT)来预测大批心脏病手术患者术后感染的可行性,本研究病例对照研究涉及423例接受心肺心脏搭桥手术的心脏病患者。基于在术后期间是否有严重的败血症或化脓性休克,病人被分成两组。在重症监护病房的第1天,提取用于生物测量(PCT, CRP和WBC)的血液样本,然后每天早上提取1次,直到术后第10天。研究发现,两组群体的CRP中值类似。在10 d术后期间,感染病人群体中的WBC和PCT中值明显比未感染的群体高。高程截止≤3次(概率:4.058, 95%置信区间:2.206～7.463; p=0.001)和高程截止≥4次(概率:10.274, 95%置信区间:3.690～28.604; p<0.001),在术后第2天,随着感染的发展,PCT中值(1.7 ng/mL)和/或WBC中值(13 000个细胞/mm3)发生了明显的变化。本研究初步表明,在术后前3 d,PCT和WBC水平结合,能够预测接下来30 d心脏手术的术后感染情况,具有一定的临床应用价值。