Measuring clinical outcome

At the present time, there are many fundamental issues coming from the Department of Health or from other national organizations, which will have an effect on the future development of the dietetic profession. The British Diatetic Association (BDA) Professional Development Committee will consider these issues, as and when appropriate, and will publish the information in the form of Briefing Papers.
The first Briefing Paper on 'Quality Assurance' was published by the BDA in November 1989. The second on 'Measuring clinical outcome' is published below. In each case the opinion of BDA members and specialist groups has been sought and the Professional Development Committee wishes to thank individuals and the specialist groups for their comments.
The Briefing Papers are intended to provide information and promote discussion among the membership. I would welcome further comments from readers, which may be directed to the British Dietetic Association Office.     

原发性腹膜后脂肪肉瘤20例报告

自１９６５年５月至１９９１年７月共收治原发性腹膜后脂肪肉瘤２０例，均经手术及病理证实。２０例中完全切除者１５例，部分切除者４例，活检１例。肿瘤切除合并肾，肠襻等邻近器官切除者达１２例。全组的５年，１０年生存率分别是５７．１％和２０．０％，完全切除组的５年１０年生存率分别是６３．６％和２８．６％。２０例病人共进行了４８次切除手术。首次手术死亡２例。着重讨论了本病的诊断、治疗和突出的临床特点。     

Use of suture-mediated vascular closure devices for the management of femoral vein access after transcatheter procedures.

Groin complications remain the most common complication of cardiac catheterization procedures. While the use of closure devices is increasing for arterial sheaths, venous sheaths tend to be removed and hemostasis achieved with manual compression. We report our experience using Perclose suture-mediated vascular closure device to achieve hemostasis and early mobility in patients who have had venous access as part of their procedure. There were a total of 42 patients (21 males; average age, 63.5 years) studied. The majority of the patients had 7 Fr sheaths (24), with access sites of sheaths up to 14 Fr being closed with this technique. Two patients developed complications at the access site: one patient requiring rehospitalization for intravenous antibiotics because of late access site infection, and one patient with deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary emboli. We conclude that the use of the Perclose suture-mediated closure device for closure of femoral venous access sites is feasible and should be considered especially in patients with larger venous sheaths and those at increased risk of groin complications.     

屈光性调节性内斜视综合治疗的效果

①目的:探讨综合治疗屈光性调节性内斜视的效果及其相关因素。②方法:对随机收集78例屈光性调节性内斜视病儿的综合治疗效果进行回顾性分析。③结果:经5年随访，73例(93．6％)维持正常眼位，149只(97．4％)弱视眼治愈，72例(92．3％)获得立体视功能。④结论:及时对屈光性调节性内斜视病儿进行综合治疗，建立和恢复其双眼单视功能，预后较好。     

颈动脉加压注射复方维脑路通合剂治疗脑梗死180例临床分析

本科自 2 0 0 0年 6月以来 ,采用颈动脉加压注射复方维脑路通合剂治疗脑梗死 180例 ,并与静脉给药组相比较 ,现总结如下。1　资料与方法1.1　临床资料　治疗组 180例 ,男 117例 ,女 6 3例 ,年龄 37岁～ 76岁 ,平均年龄 5 7.2 0岁。均为颈内动脉系统脑梗死。其中大面积脑梗死 4例 ,脑梗死 85例 ,腔隙性脑梗死 91例。大面积脑梗死组 4例 ,其梗死灶涉及 2个脑叶或以上 ,均无意识障碍及脑疝者 ,在发病 10d后即脑水肿高峰期后开始颈动脉加压注射。治疗组病例选择除下列禁忌 :①严重高血压病(血压≥ 2 6 .6 / 16kPa) ;②脑出血、出血性梗死 ;③严…     

Outcome after traumatic frontal intracerebral haemorrhage: a comparison of unilateral and bilateral haematomas

Frontal intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) is a common result of cranial trauma. Outcome differences between bilateral and unilateral frontal ICH are not well studied but would be valuable to predict prognosis in clinical practice. Two aims are proposed in this study: first to compare the risk of developing delayed ICH after bilateral or unilateral frontal ICH, and second to determine the variables helpful to predict outcome according to the Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS). Between January 1993 and December 1997, 694 consecutive patients with traumatic ICH were admitted to the Chang Gung Medical Center within 24 h of the trauma. Patients with ICH in sites other than the frontal lobes were excluded. A total of 161 cases (mean age 46.3+/-20.3 years), including 57 bilateral (mean age 52.5+/-18.7 years) and 104 unilateral (mean age 42.9+/-20.5 years) traumatic frontal ICH were studied. Twenty-eight of 57 patients (49%) with bifrontal ICH versus 17 of 104 patients (16%) with unilateral frontal ICH had a further, delayed ICH. In 42 of 45 patients (93%) with delayed ICH, this occurred within 5 days of the initial trauma. Multivariate logistic regression was used to select significant predictors of outcome. We found that delayed ICH (p<0.001), age (p=0.004) and mechanism of injury (p=0.001) explained the worse outcome in patients with bifrontal ICH. The best-fitting logistic regression model included three variables: delayed ICH (p=0.011), initial GCS (p=0.023), and a sum score of clinical and radiological variables (p=0.003). Bifrontal ICH tended to occur in older patients after a fall and was associated with a higher risk of developing delayed ICH or brain stem compression compared to unilateral ICH damage. Using these three variables - delayed ICH, initial GCS, and the sum score - in a logistical regression model is useful to predict outcome in patients with traumatic frontal ICH and may aid patient management.     

合并心律失常的心力衰竭56例治疗评价

目的探讨心力衰竭并发心律失常的发病规律及治疗方法。方法回顾性分析了93例慢性心力衰竭病人的临床资料，包括临床特点、诊断治疗方法以及预后。结果心律失常发生率为60．2％，以室性早搏发生率最高32．1％，其次是房性早搏26．8％，心房纤颤21．4％，其他19．7％，经治疗有效71例，总有效率76．3％。结论纠正心功能不全是治疗的关键，应根据具体情况选择性地应用抗心律失常药。     

Graves甲亢多种治疗方法对Graves眼病影响的系统评价

目的 通过榆索、分析文献系统评价131I、手术、抗甲状腺药物(ATD)治疗Graves病(GD)对Graves眼病(GO)的影响.方法 检索了MEDIJNE(1966年-2006年3月)、EMBASE(1984-2005年)、The Cochrane Library(2006年第1期)、中国生物医学文献光盘数据库(EBMdisc,1978年1月-2006年4月)和中国学术期刊全文数据库(CNKI,1994-2006年)所收录的有关不同GD治疗方法对GO影响的文献,同时从参考文献中追溯文献.对纳入研究的方法学质量进行评价,根据是否采取预防甲状腺功能低下(简称甲低)发生的措施对纳入研究进行亚组分析,结果采用RevMan4.2软件进行统计学分析.结果 最终纳入随机对照研究5项,非随机对照研究2项,病例对照研究1项,共1625例患者.Meta分析显示:如GD治疗后早期未采取措施预防甲低,131I与手术治疗、131I与ATD治疗GD在诱发或加重GO以及减轻GO症状方面莘异有统计学意义[检验值分别为2.31,5.97,3.70,5.55;P均＜0.05];如GD治疗后早期采取措施预防甲低,手术与ATD治疗GD在诱发或加重GO以及减轻GO症状方面差异无统计学意义(检验值分别为0.27,0.99;P均＞0.05),尚无研究涉及131I治疗GD后早期采取甲低预防措施时131I对GO的影响.结论 若未及时采取甲低预防措施,131I较ATD、手术治疗GD更容易诱发或加重GO,减轻GO的症状却不如后两者,对于治疗前已有活动性GO的患者,应慎用131I.     

切开复位内固定治疗Gartland Ⅲ型肱骨髁上骨折

目的探讨切开复位内固定治疗Gartland Ⅲ型肱骨髁上骨折的疗效。方法1999年10月-2005年4月，对62例平均年龄7．5岁的患儿，应用切开复位克氏针固定治疗Gartland Ⅲ型肱骨髁上骨折。其中伸直尺偏型41例，伸直桡偏型18例，伸直中间型3例；无伴发血管、神经损伤和筋膜室间隔综合征。闭合性骨折47例，开放性骨折15例。结果术后56例获得随访，随访时间为6～15个月，平均11．5个月。所有骨折均获得愈合。根据Flynn标准进行疗效评价，其中优22例（占39．3％），良21例（37．5％），可9例（16．1％），差4例（7．1％）。伤后8h内手术的优良率为89．7％，伤后8h后手术的优良率为63．0％。直接手术治疗的优良率为90．1％，曾接受手法复位的优良率为67．7％。结论切开复位内固定治疗Gartland Ⅲ型肱骨髁上骨折可取得满意的疗效，是安全、有效的治疗方法。     

New sonographic techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

Ultrasound (US) contrast agents such as Levovist and Sonazoid are now commercially available in Japan. Innovative contrast agents and ultrasound technologies have dramatically changed both diagnostic and treatment strategies for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Contrast-enhanced US is extremely useful in the differential diagnosis of hepatic tumors as well as in evaluation of post-treatment response of HCC after lipiodol transarterial chemoembolization and radio frequency ablation. Harmonic US sensitively detects residual cancer cells in HCC patients after treatment, to facilitate accurate guidance for needle insertion for US monitoring; no other imaging modalities, including computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), have such capability. In 2005, the breakthrough technology of pure arterial phase imaging, which depicts only intranodular arterial accumulated maximum intensity projection images, was developed from advanced raw data storing and accumulation technologies. This technique can clearly identify whether blood supplyin the tumor is of arterial or portal origin, to facilitate the non-invasive characterization of nodular lesions associated with liver cirrhosis. Again, CT or MRI do not have such capabilities. This innovative technique can help differentiate premalignant lesions from overt HCC. Concurrent real-time imaging of multi-detector CT and US, known as real-time virtual sonography, has recently become available. This technique greatly facilitates the treatment guidance for HCC. These newly introduced sonographic techniques are dramatically changing the diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for HCC, which are expected to improve the prognosis of HCC patients.