Lymphocytes apoptosis in patients with acute exacerbation of asthma

Asthma is characterized by airway inflammation, which can be now assessed by the analysis of induced sputum. Ten patients with asthma were investigated during acute exacerbation for the quantification of apoptosis, for Bcl-2 and Fas expression, in induced sputum lymphocytes. They were compared to 12 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and 10 healthy controls. Spontaneous apoptosis was determined by staining nuclei with propidium iodide, and analyzed with a FACScan. Bcl-2 was measured by Western blotting, and results were obtained by densitometric scanning, done by the gel proanalyser. The investigation of Fas was performed using the streptavidin-biotin preroxidase-complex method. Patients with asthma and patients with COPD exhibited a significant increase of cellularity, percentage of neutrophils, eosinophils and lymphocytes when compared to healthy controls. Apoptosis in induced sputum mononuclear cells was found decreased in patients with asthma compared to COPD patients and healthy controls. The quantification of apoptosis was measured after exposure to anti-cytokine antibodies. Anti-TNF-alpha antibody blocked the apoptosis in both patients groups and healthy controls, suggesting that TNF-alpha acted as an inducer of apoptosis. Anti-IL-10 blocked apoptosis completely exclusively in patients with asthma. Bcl-2 expression was found to be increased in induced sputum mononuclear cells from patients with asthma, compared to healthy controls and patients with COPD. Expression of Fas could be detected in patients with asthma, at a lower level than COPD patients and healthy controls. Distinct mechanisms of apoptosis were found in patients with asthma and patients with COPD, characterized by different levels of Bcl-2 and Fas expression. Induction of apoptosis should be a beneficial process in allergic inflammation traduced in induced sputum mononuclear cells. The apoptosis process is assumed by two different mechanisms in asthma and COPD. Our findings indicated that in asthmatic patients, activated lymphocytes accumulate in the bronchi; because of their prolonged survival that maintains inflammation.     

慢性肝炎中乙型和丙型病毒混合感染的重症化研究

在慢性肝炎中,乙、丙型病毒性肝炎混合感染相当多见,可使肝炎慢性化、重症化,肝组织损伤加重,肝硬化(LC)和肝癌(HCC)发生率增加[1]。本文应用血清学和分子生物学方法对196例肝病患者的血清进行检测,初步探讨了乙型肝炎病毒(Hepatitis B virus,HBV)、丙型肝类病毒(Hepatitis C virus,HCV)的复制状况以及两者间的相互作用与预后的关系。1材料和方法1.1病例受检的196例病例均为2004年1月至2005年7月我院住院及门诊病人,男149例,女47例,年龄15~82岁,其中慢性肝炎(CH)患者139例,肝硬化(LC)患者42例,肝癌(HCC)患者15例。所有病例诊断符合…     

Minimally invasive methods in treatment of pyeloureteral stenosis

The aim of this study was to present our experience of using four minimally invasive methods in treatment of pyeloureteral stenosis by percutaneous access. Fifty patients underwent different percutaneous operative procedures: the Korth's method, endopyeloureterotomy, the Fenger's plastic, and laparoscopic dismembered pyeloplasty. We classified results into 3 groups (outcome good, outcome intermediate, and outcome poor), depending on clinical improvement and the ultrasonography and diuretic renography findings six months after the operation. In 30 patients operated on by the method according to Korth, 23 patients (76.6%) had a good outcome, relative improvement was achieved in 4 patients (13.3%), and in 3 patients (10%) the result was poor. In 2 patients the transpelvic endopyelotomy was performed, and results were good in both cases. In 11 patients operated on by the percutaneous retroperitoneal pyeloplasty according to Fenger, the results were good in 72.7% of patients. Two patients were operated on by the dismembered pyeloplasty, another 2 by the ligature of crossing vessels, and finally the 3 patients operated on by the retrograde Laser incision on pyeloureteral junction, all showed good results. Minimal invasion operative methods in the treatment of pyeloureteral stenosis are safe for the patient and have a good final result.     

银环蛇咬伤致急性呼吸衰竭的治疗及临床观察

目的观察抗银环蛇毒血清和机械通气对银环蛇咬伤致急性呼吸衰竭的疗效。方法应用抗蛇毒血清和机械通气救治23例银环蛇咬伤致急性呼吸衰竭患者。结果银环蛇咬伤患者及早应用抗银环蛇毒血清,毒蛇咬伤后发生急性呼吸衰竭时间为2.5～16h。当患者出现睁眼困难、吞咽困难、呼吸节律改变或呼吸困难时,即予气管插管行机械通气,可获得较好的疗效。结论机械通气辅助抗蛇毒血清是救治银环蛇咬伤致呼吸衰竭有效的方法。     

Various indicators of humoral immunity in patients with hematopoietic hypoplasia after bone marrow transplantation]

The authors examined 65 patients with hypoplasia of the hemopoiesis following bone marrow transplantation. To patients of the 1st group the bone marrow was chosen by erythrocytic antigens only, and to patients of the 2nd group both by erythrocytic and by leukocytic antigens. The data obtained pointed to the reduction of isoimmunization to the antigens of leukocytes and platelets in the patients with hypoplasia of the hemopoiesis following transplantation of the histocompatible bone marrow, in comparison with the patients in whom the bone marrow was chosen only by erythrocytic antigens alone.     

Endoscopic craniectomy for early correction of craniosynostosis

Twelve patients between 0.4 and 7.8 months of age were treated by an endoscopic approach to strip craniectomy. Nine patients had sagittal suture involvement. Two patients had a single unilateral lambdoid suture synostosis, and one patient had a combination of a right coronal synostosis and a metopic synostosis. Postoperatively, all patients were placed in cranial remodeling helmets and the results showed that the estimated blood loss ranged from 5 cc to 150 cc, with blood transfusion required in only one patient. All patients were discharged from the hospital by day 2, and all patients had an improvement in their cranial head shape. The specific technique of using the endoscope to aid in performing a strip craniectomy will be discussed. Nine endoscopically treated patients with the diagnosis of sagittal suture synostosis were compared with nine patients treated by using the Marchac remodeling techniques. The mean operative time (1.6 hours versus 3.5 hours), estimated blood loss (43 cc versus 168 cc), hospital costs ($11,671 versus $36,685), and length of stay (1.16 days versus 5.1 days) were less by using the endoscopic technique. All nine patients treated by using the Marchac technique required a blood transfusion, whereas only one patient was transfused in the endoscopically treated group.     

经食道心房调搏术及食道心电图在心律失常中的应用

目的:分析经食道心房调搏术(TEAP)及食道内心电图(EECG)在心律失常中的应用价值。方法:选取2018年6月至2019年12月于我院行食道心电图及经食道调搏的患者189例,其中男80例,女109例,年龄11~83岁。结果:54例为房室结折返性心动过速(AVNRT),34例为房室折返性心动过速(AVRT),8例为房性心动过速(AT),4例为心房扑动(AF),6例为心房颤动(Af),5例为室性心过速,78例为室早或其他。共105例心律失常患者拟行食道心房调搏终止心动过速,所有AVNRT和AVRT患者及17例AT患者经食道心房调搏S1S1成功转为窦律,50例AVNRT、32例AVRT、6例AT、3例AF及2例VT患者通过射频消融术成功根治。其中1例11岁AT患者因无法耐受食道调搏,未能转为窦律,患者经静推普罗帕酮后次日转为窦律。共97例患者拟行食道心房调搏诱发,共49例诱发出心动过速,1例左后分支型室速经静滴异丙肾上腺素后诱发心动过速,且仍需静滴异丙肾上腺素后经心房食道调博终止心动过速,后经射频消融术成功根治。结论:TEAP及EECG可用于复杂心律失常的诊断及治疗,是一种相对安全、临床容易掌握的技术,值得推广。     

比较MoCA和MMSE在卒中后认知功能筛查中的应用

目的：比较蒙特利尔认知评估量表（Montreal Cognitive Assessment,MoCA）和简易智能量表（mini-mental state examination,MMSE）在急性缺血性脑卒中后认知损害筛查中的应用。方法：对65例缺血性脑卒中患者在发病14天内应用简易精神状态检查量表（Mini-mental State Examination,MMSE）和MoCA进行神经心理评估。其中12例患者在发病3-6个月后应用MMSE、MoCA和神经心理成套测验进行神经心理评估。以MMSE〈23分、MoCA〈21为分界值,受教育年限小于12年加1分,文盲加2分。结果：MMSE的平均分值为25.2±4.3,MoCA的平均分值为18.6±5.7。37例患者MoCA评分显示有认知损害,但其中19例患者（29%）MMSE评分显示正常。28例MoCA评估显示认知正常的患者的MMSE评分均显示认知正常。视空间与执行功能、注意和语言重复测试受损最常见,定向和命名受损较少。在3-6个月的随访期内,12例患者中1例诊断为血管性痴呆患者的MoCA的分值上升1分,MMSE分值无变化;5例认知正常患者、3例轻度认知损害无痴呆的患者和3例中度认知损害无痴呆的患者MMSE和MoCA平均分值均有不同程度的上升,视空间与执行功能平均得分值在2次检测中无明显变化。结论：MoCA较MMSE检出血管性认知功能障碍患者敏感性更高,对认知变化更为敏感。     

Production of superoxide and nitric oxide by granulocytes in non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients with and without diabetic nephropathy

Production of the superoxide radical anion O2-. and the nitric oxide radical NO-. by granulocytes was studied in 14 patients with type 2 diabetes without nephropathy, 21 patients with type 2 diabetes and diabetic nephropathy, and 19 healthy subjects, both without and after stimulation with opsonized zymosan. O2-. production by both resting and stimulated granulocytes was increased in type 2 diabetes patients without nephropathy but decreased in type 2 diabetes patients with nephropathy, compared with healthy subjects. NO. generation was highly augmented in type 2 diabetes patients without nephropathy by both resting and stimulated cells; values for type 2 diabetes patients with nephropathy were intermediate between the type 2 diabetes patients without nephropathy and the healthy subjects. These data point to granulocytes as one of possible sources of oxidative stress in type 2 diabetes.     

“知信行”模式对老年糖尿病患者睡眠质量的改善作用

目的:调查老年糖尿病患者的睡眠质量,探讨"知信行"管理模式对糖尿病患者睡眠障碍的改善作用。方法:选取100例糖尿病患者,随机分为管理组和对照组,每组50例。管理组患者采用"知信行"管理模式进行护理,对照组患者采用常规基础护理模式。采用匹兹堡睡眠质量指数量评估量表(PSQI)评价患者的睡眠质量,Piper疲劳量表(PFS)评估患者的疲劳程度。结果:护理干预前,两组患者的睡眠质量评分与疲劳程度评分无显著性差异(P0.05)。接受不同护理干预后,两组患者的睡眠质量评分与疲劳程度评分均降低,且管理组评分低于对照组,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:"知信行"护理管理模式对老年糖尿病患者的睡眠障碍具有一定的改善作用,有助于降低患者的疲劳程度,值得临床护理推广。     

力源精纯溶栓酶治疗急性脑梗死临床观察

目的　验证力源精纯溶栓酶治疗急性脑梗死的临床效果 ,作用机理和副反应。　方法　设力源精纯溶栓酶治疗组和低分子右旋糖酐对照组 ,治疗前后采用神经功能缺损评分进行临床疗效判定。测定血纤维蛋白原含量 ,探讨作用机理。　结果　力源精纯溶栓酶治疗后神经功能缺损评分显著减少 ,显效率 86 % ,低分子右旋糖酐组显效率 4 0 % ( P <0 .0 1 )。治疗组血纤维蛋白原显著降低 ( P <0 .0 0 0 1 ) ,对照组无变化( P >0 .0 5 )。　结论　力源精纯溶栓酶能显著降低血纤维蛋白原 ,治疗急性脑梗死的效果好 ,且副反应少。     

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。     

Poem: the prophet in his own country

Although generalist physicians appear to be more likely than specialists to provide care for poor adult patients, they may still perceive financial and nonfinancial barriers to caring for these patients. We studied generalist physicians'' attitudes toward caring for poor patients using focus groups and used the results to design a survey that tested the generalizability of the focus group findings. The focus groups included a total of 24 physicians in 4 California communities; the survey was administered to a random sample of 177 California general internists, family physicians, and general practitioners. The response rate was 70%. Of respondents, 77% accepted new patients with private insurance; 31% accepted new Medicaid patients, and 43% accepted new uninsured patients. Nonwhite physicians were more likely to care for uninsured and Medicaid patients than were white physicians. In addition to reimbursement, nonfinancial factors played an important role in physicians'' decisions not to care for Medicaid or uninsured patients. The perception of an increased risk of being sued was cited by 57% of physicians as important in the decision not to care for Medicaid patients and by 49% for uninsured patients. Patient characteristics such as psychosocial problems, being ungrateful for care, and noncompliance were also important. Poor reimbursement was cited by 88% of physicians as an important reason not to care for Medicaid patients and by 77% for uninsured patients. Policy changes such as universal health insurance coverage and increasing the supply of generalist physicians may not adequately improve access to care unless accompanied by changes that address generalist physicians'' financial and nonfinancial concerns about providing care for poor patients.     

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。     

Plasma 24S-hydroxycholesterol (cerebrosterol) is increased in Alzheimer and vascular demented patients

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the presence of senile plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, and neuronal cell loss associated with membrane cholesterol release. 24S-hydroxycholesterol (24S-OH-Chol) is an enzymatically oxidized product of cholesterol mainly synthesized in the brain. We tested the hypothesis that plasma levels of this oxysterol could be used as a putative biochemical marker for an altered cholesterol homeostasis in the brain of AD patients. Thirty patients with clinical criteria for AD, 30 healthy volunteers, 18 depressed patients, and 12 patients with vascular dementia (non-Alzheimer demented) were studied. Plasma concentrations of 24S-OH-Chol were assayed by isotope dilution;-mass spectrometry, cholesterol was measured enzymatically, and apolipoprotein E (apoE) was genotyped by polymerase chain reaction and restricted fragment length polymorphism. The concentration of 24S-OH-Chol in AD and non-Alzheimer demented patients was modestly but significantly higher than in healthy controls and in depressed patients. There was no significant difference in the concentrations of 24S-OH-Chol between depressed patients and healthy controls nor between AD and non-Alzheimer demented patients. The apoE straightepsilon4 allele influences plasma 24S-OH-Chol. However, this influence could be completely accounted for by the elevated plasma cholesterol in apoE4 hetero- or homozygotes. Plasma 24S-OH-Chol levels correlated negatively with the severity of dementia. AD and vascular demented patients appear to have higher circulating levels of 24S-OH-Chol than depressed patients and healthy controls. We speculate that 24S-OH-Chol plasma levels may potentially be used as an early biochemical marker for an altered cholesterol homeostasis in the central nervous system. 24S-hydroxycholesterol (cerebrosterol) is increased in Alzheimer and vascular demented patients.     

Resuscitation of patients with cardiac arrest by ambulance staff with extended training in West Yorkshire.

OBJECTIVE--To investigate the results of resuscitation of patients with cardiac arrest by ambulance staff with extended training in West Yorkshire. DESIGN--Study of all such attempts at resuscitation over 32 months, based on the standard report form for each call made by the ambulance staff and the electrocardiogram that showed the initial rhythm in each patient. SETTING--Area covered by West Yorkshire ambulance service. SUBJECTS--1196 Patients with cardiac arrests attended by 29 ambulance staff with extended training. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE--Result of resuscitation. RESULTS--The initial rhythm was asystole or electromechanical dissociation in 740 patients and ventricular fibrillation in 456 patients; overall 65 patients survived to be discharged from hospital. Sixty four of the 456 patients in whom ventricular fibrillation was the initial rhythm recorded, and 46 in whom ventricular fibrillation persisted after the ambulance staff arrived, survived. Only one of the 740 patients who initially had asystole or electromechanical dissociation survived. Factors associated with a greater chance of ventricular fibrillation occurring were: age less than 71, the arrest being witnessed by a bystander, resuscitation by a bystander, the arrest occurring in a public place, and a response time by the ambulance staff of less than six minutes. For patients found in ventricular fibrillation a shorter response time was associated with improved survival but resuscitation by a bystander was not. Additional skills learnt during extended training were used for 51 of the 65 patients who survived. CONCLUSIONS--Ambulance staff with extended training can save the lives of patients with cardiac arrest due to fibrillation, though asystole and electromechanical dissociation have a poor prognosis and should perhaps receive little attention during extended training.     

基于医疗数据信息集成系统的3D打印技术在肺癌手术中的应用

目的:探讨基于医疗数据信息集成系统的3D打印技术在治疗肺癌中的应用。方法:2014年10月~2015年10月收治的符合肺癌临床路径,进入医疗数据信息集成系统,并接受320排螺旋CT扫描三维重建,3D打印出实体1:1大小的患侧肺血管及肺病灶模型,术前制定手术方案且模拟手术过程的42例非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)患者,经电视胸腔镜应用内镜缝合切割器切除病灶,术中快速冰冻切片明确诊断,行肺段切除术,肺叶切除术。观察术中肺血管与3D打印符合程度。记录手术时间、术中出血量、切除淋巴结数量、有无术中死亡、病理结果、并发症、引流时间和引流量及术后生存情况。结果:术中证实95%以上的肺血管可被3D打印出来。手术时间(51.4±18.1)min,术中出血量(40.2±20.3)mL。切除淋巴结(7.1±2.8)枚。无术中死亡。术后病理回报示肺鳞癌13例,肺腺癌29例。病理分期:T1aN0M0 12例,T1aN1M0 10例,T1bN0M0 3例,T1bN1M0 3例,T2aN0M0 2例,T2aN1M0 12例。术后患者无严重并发症,其中肺感染6例、肺膨胀不全6例、房颤5例,所有患者经积极后痊愈;术后引流时间(3.0±1.2)d,引流量(200.7±66.1)mL/d。42例随访2~12个月,中位随访时间8.0月,40例无瘤生存,术后6个月发生转移脑转移2例,分别于术后7和10个月死亡。结论:基于医疗数据信息集成系统的3D打印技术可以应用于肺癌手术。     

膝部骨折合并腘动脉损伤23例临床分析

目的：回顾性分析膝部骨折合并腘动脉损伤的治疗方法和效果。方法：23例膝部骨折合并腘动脉损伤的患者,其中肢体严重缺血患者（远端动脉搏动消失,皮温下降,皮肤花斑或者苍白）13例,部分缺血患者（远端动脉搏动减弱,或者消失但有毛细血管充盈征）10例。腘动脉修复方法：端端吻合术4例,修补术5例,切开取栓术3例,对侧大隐静脉移植修复术10例。修复顺序：先修复血管再固定骨折8例,先固定骨折再修复血管14例,处理骨折前先建立临时性动脉内分流10例。结果：肢体存活19例,截肢4例。截肢者均为严重缺血患者,其中1例患者因严重骨折和广泛软组织损伤合并急性肾功能衰竭行I期截肢,3例患者因术后反复感染（1例合并肾功能不全）行Ⅱ期截肢。严重缺血的患者只有3/13例完全恢复,而部分缺血的患者有6/10例完全恢复。血管再通时间≥8h的患者只有4/13例完全恢复,而血管再通时间〈8h的患者有5/9完全恢复。结论：膝部骨折合并腘动脉损伤时,肢体缺血程度和缺血时间是影响患者康复的重要因素,术后感染仍是造成截肢的主要原因。     

The impact of the extent and time of operation on the survival in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC)

INTRODUCTION: To analyze the impact of time and extent of operation on overall and disease-free survival in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). MATERIAL AND METHODS: Retrospective analysis of 1235 DTC patients, a representative probe of patients diagnosed or treated between 1986 to 1998 was performed. 277 patients were staged T1M0 and 958 ones staged > T1M0. 10-year outcomes were analyzed by Kaplan-Meier survival curves and Cox proportional-hazard model. RESULTS: The T1M0 patients were characterized by the best overall and disease-free survival independently of the time and the extent of operation (98% and 96% respectively); in > T1M0 group the survival was better in patients who were treated by total thyroidectomy (94% and 68% respectively) than in patients treated by non-total thyroidectomy (78% and 47% respectively). In patients treated by completion of total thyroidectomy delayed more than 1 year post cancer diagnosis the incidence of carcinoma in postoperative pathological material was twice as high in comparison to the group in whom total thyroidectomy was performed within the first year of therapy (p = 0.000). CONCLUSIONS: 1. In differentiated thyroid carcinoma the prognosis is related to the extent of operation only in patients staged more than T1M0. 2. A delay > 12 months in completion surgery in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (tumors > 1 cm of diameter) significantly increases the risk of progression of multifocal disease in thyroid remnants.     

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。