对脑卒中患者家庭照顾者护理指导的意义

目的探讨对脑卒中患者家庭照顾者实施护理指导对脑卒中患者日常生活活动能力及生活质量的影响。方法选择60例脑卒中出院患者随机分成观察组32例和对照组28例。指导组针对患者的康复训练和家居环境等问题,采用家庭访诊、电话随访等方法对脑卒中家庭照顾者进行为期1年的护理指导。用Barthel指数评价日常生活活动能力。用生存质量测评表(quality of living,QOL)评价患者的生存质量。结果指导组Barthel指数变化较明显(P<0.05),QOL也有一定程度提高。结论对脑卒中家庭照顾者实施护理指导,能够改善患者的日常生活活动能力和生活质量。     

Acute subcortical stroke and early serotonergic modification: a IDAP study

The intensity dependence of the auditory-evoked potentials (IDAP) is inversely related to serotonergic tone. Depression is frequently observed after stroke, associated with cognitive impairment and increased mortality. Aim of this study was to investigate the serotonergic tone in acute stroke patients by IDAP. Consecutive patients with an acute stroke admitted in our stroke unit were evaluated using clinical and instrumental examinations and compared with healthy controls. The IDAP was calculated as the linear amplitude/stimulus intensity function (ASF) slope, by measuring the peak-to-peak amplitude of Nl-P2 on four blocks of different stimulus intensities. Twenty patients were enrolled; 11 had a right brain infarction; nine had depressive symptoms (DS). The ASF slope of the auditory-evoked potentials was markedly increased in stroke patients compared with controls ( P  = 0.021). Stroke patients with DS had a significant steeper ASF slope than controls ( P  = 0.017). There was no statistical difference in ASF slope between stroke patients without DS and controls. Post-stroke depression pathophysiology is still debated. Our study suggests that in acute stroke patients with DS, there is a direct involvement of the serotonergic system, regardless the degree of disability and the site of the lesion.     

Early Stroke Recognition: Developing an Out-of-hospital NIH Stroke Scale

Objective : To develop an abbreviated and practical neurologic scale that could assist emergency medical services or triage personnel in identifying patients with stroke.
Methods : A prospective, observational, cohort study was performed at university-based EDs. Participants were 74 patients treated in a thrombolytic stroke trial and 225 consecutive non-stroke patients evaluated during 4 random 12-hour shifts in the ED. Scores on the NIH Stroke Scale were obtained for all patients by physicians. Items of this scale were modified and recoded to a binomial (normal or abnormal) scale. Serial univariate analyses using χ² were performed to rank items. Recursive partitioning was then performed to develop the decision rule for predicting the presence of stroke.
Results : Three items identified 100% of patients with stroke: facial palsy, motor arm, and dysarthria. An Abbreviated NIH Stroke Scale based on these items had a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 92%. A proposed Out-of-hospital NIH Stroke Scale consisting of facial palsy, motor arm, and a combination of dysarthria and best language items (abnormal speech) had a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 88%.
Conclusion : Using the derivation data set, a proposed Out-of-hospital NIH Stroke Scale had a high sensitivity and specificity for identifying patients with stroke when performed by physicians in this group of 299 ED patients. Prospective studies of other health care professionals using the scale in the out-of-hospital arena are needed.     

缺血性脑血管病的MRA诊断

目的:评价磁共振血管成像(MRA)对诊断缺血性脑血管病的能力和意义。材料和方法:分析109例经临床及CT、MRI诊断为缺血性脑血管病患者的MRA影像。使用1.0T超导磁共振机,在常规T_1、T_2加权成像后,用三维TOF法以willis环为中心进行轴位成像。结果:MRA能较为清晰地显示颈内动脉、椎、基底动脉、大脑前、中、后动脉主干的中度以上狭窄或闭塞。109例患者中共显示动脉狭窄75支,动脉闭塞108支,均与梗塞区域及临床症状相符合。结论:MRA对脑动脉的显示具有清晰、准确、对比度好、绝大多数(82％)无伪影等优点。与MRI结合使用,能更为准确地判定缺血性脑血管病的类型、范围及程度。     

Treatment approaches for clients with a stroke‐affected upper limb: Are we following evidence‐based practice?

Stroke rehabilitation is an area of practice that many occupational therapists encounter during their career. The literature promotes a wide range of management techniques and support devices for people who have a stroke-affected upper limb, but little is known about the validity of those that occupational therapists actually use in practice. A questionnaire was sent to occupational therapists working in Queensland and northern New South Wales facilities (n = 35), in which adults with a stroke were likely to be treated. Eighteen respondents answered questions about the management techniques and support devices used in their facility, and their perception of the benefit of these devices in the reduction of hemiplegic shoulder pain. Results are discussed with reference to evidence-based practice and indicate an urgent need for the collation and dissemination of the best current evidence available for the management techniques and support devices used in this area, as well as further research to extend this evidence.     

Predicting spontaneous early neurological recovery after acute ischemic stroke

We assessed predictors of spontaneous early neurological recovery after acute ischemic stroke by means of multivariate analysis in a cohort of 1,473 consecutive patients treated at one academic center. At hospital discharge, spontaneous neurological improvement or good outcome was defined as grades 0-2 of the Rankin scale, and poor outcome (no improvement or in-hospital death) as grades 3-5. Spontaneous recovery of neurological deficit at the time of discharge from the hospital was observed in 16% of patients with cerebral infarction (n = 238). Dysarthria-clumsy hand syndrome improved in 44% of patients and was the only variable significantly associated with in-hospital functional recovery in three logistic regression models that in addition to lacunar syndromes, included demographic variables, cardiovascular risk factors, and clinical variables [odds ratio (OR) 2.56], neuroimaging findings (OR 2.48), and outcome data (OR 2.39), respectively. Clinical factors related to severity of infarction available at stroke onset have a predominant influence upon in-hospital outcome and may help clinicians to assess prognosis more accurately. Our work gives a contribution into prognostic factors after acute ischemic stroke. With regard to patterns of stroke, dysarthria-clumsy hand syndrome was a significant predictor of spontaneous in-hospital recovery in ischemic stroke patients.     

卒中临床路径实施概述

文章介绍和总结了国外目前卒中临床路径实施的概况，包括临床路径的简介、卒中临床路径的模式、实施效果（优点及存在的问题）以及卒中临床路径的制订。     

不同方案缺血预处理对大鼠横形腹直肌肌皮瓣再灌注损伤的影响

目的 探讨不同方案缺血预处理（ischemic preconditioning，IPC）对大鼠横形腹直肌肌皮瓣（transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap，TRAM）移植后再灌注损伤的影响。方法选取雄性Wistar大鼠90只，建立TRAM模型，随机分为对照组和实验组，对照组10只，无需预处理过程，持续缺血4h后，恢复肌皮瓣血供；实验组分为8个亚组，每组10只，以微血管夹阻断腹壁下血管5min，再恢复血流5min，处理1次为sIPC5／5组，处理2次为bIPC5／5组，依次为sIPC5／10组（缺血5min／再灌注10min1次）、bIPC5／10组（缺血5min／再灌注10min2次）、sIPC10／5组（缺血10min／再灌注5min 1次）、bIPC 10／5组（缺血10min／再灌注5min2次）、sIPC10／10组（缺血10min／再灌注10min1次）、bIPC10／10组（缺血10min／再灌注10min2次），其余实验步骤与对照组相同；每组肌皮瓣恢复血供4h后，取3只处死取材，测定肌组织含水量及HE染色镜检观察骨骼肌组织结构，其余动物于术后第7天判断皮瓣成活情况，计算成活面积百分比。结果恢复血供12h后，各实验组肌皮瓣两侧边缘部分肿胀，色泽黯淡，较对照组肿胀范围小，程度轻；光镜下见各实验组肌纤维轻度肿胀，染色均一，肌纤维结构尚完整，胞核呈梭形，无明显肿胀。对照组肿胀明显，部分肌纤维断裂。各实验组与对照组相比肌组织水含量明显减少（P〈0．001），皮瓣成活面积提高了2～3倍（P〈0.001）。两次预处理对肌皮瓣成活面积的影响与相应的单次预处理比较，差异有统计学意义（P〈0．05）。结论IPC可明显减轻大鼠TRAM再灌注损伤程度，其保护效应受缺血／再灌注时间、处理次数等因素的影响。