李德新从脾论治肝硬化腹水的经验探讨

介绍李德新教授“肝硬化腹水从脾论治”的学术观点。对肝硬化腹水的病机强调脾虚失运，水湿内停；在治疗方面注重标本兼治，以健脾益气、化湿行水为主，佐以养肝滋肾。     

慢性心功能不全超声心动图改变与中医分型的关系

目的:探讨慢性心功能不全超声心动图改变与中医证型的关系。方法:对117例慢性心功能不全患者进行超声心动图检查、中医辨证分型。测定左室收缩、舒张功能及左室解剖结构值,并分析它们与中医证型之间的关系。结果:三组患者收缩及舒张功能均有下降,呈心肾阳虚组↓>气滞血瘀组↓>心肺气虚组↓,心肌重量及心腔内径呈心肾阳虚组↑>气滞血瘀组↑>心肺气虚组↑,室间隔及左室后壁厚度呈气滞血瘀组↑>心肺气虚组↑>心肾阳虚组↑。结论:中医辨证分型具有科学、客观的依据。     

Solitary intestinal fibromatosis: a rare cause of intestinal perforation in neonates

Solitary intestinal fibromatosis (SIF) is very rare; only 9 cases have been described. A new case presenting unusually in a newborn is described and the previously reported cases are reviewed. SIF should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a newborn presenting with an intestinal perforation.     

Erythromycin treatment for gastrointestinal dysmotility in preterm infants

To report our clinical experience on the use of oral erythromycin for the treatment of severe gastrointestinal dysmotility in preterm infants.

Methodology:

A case series study of seven preterm infants (six were very low birthweight) with severe intestinal dysmotility in a tertiary neonatal centre.

Results:

All responded favourably without adverse effects and tolerated full enteral feeding within 1–2 weeks of the commencement of the drug.

Conclusions:

As prolonged total parenteral nutrition carries significant risk of complications, this therapy could be considered in selected preterm infants who fail to establish enteral feeding after an extended period, and in whom an anatomically obstructive lesion of the gastrointestinal tract has been excluded. Meanwhile, we would caution against the widespread implementation of this therapeutic approach until formal evaluation by randomized controlled trials have established the exact role of erythromycin, or its analogues, in the treatment of intestinal dysmotility in preterm infants.     

Hepatitis C virus infection and related liver disease in children of mothers with antibodies to the virus

Objective: To evaluate the clinical, biochemical, and virologic features associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection acquired early in life from mothers with antibodies to HCV (anti-HCV).Study design: Multicenter prospective-retrospective study in Italian children.Patients: Two groups of children were investigated. Group 1 included 14 infants, born to mothers with anti-HCV but without human immunodeficiency virus infection, who became seropositive for HCV RNA during the first year of life and were thus considered infected. Group 2 included 16 children with chronic hepatitis C, aged 1 ½ to 14 years, whose mothers were the unique potential source of infection. Both groups were followed for 12 to 48 months.Methods: Alanine transaminase (ALT), anti-HCV, and HCV RNA were investigated by the polymerase chain reaction on entry to the study and during follow-up.Results: All children in group 1 had anti-HCV throughout follow-up, and all had ALT abnormalities, ranging from 1.5 to 10.5 times the normal value during the first 12 months. During further follow-up, 5 of 10 children had HCV RNA with abnormal ALT values, 3 had a return to normal of the ALT values but continued to have viremia, and 2 eventually had normal ALT values and clearance of HCV RNA. Of the 16 children in group 2, all were free of symptoms and 62% had only slight ALT elevations; 7 who underwent liver biopsy had histologic features of minimal or moderate hepatitis.Conclusions: HCV infection acquired early in life from mothers with anti-HCV is usually associated with biochemical features of liver damage during the first 12 months of life. Progression to chronicity seems to occur in the majority of cases, although HCV-associated liver disease is likely to be mild throughout infancy and childhood. (J Pediatr 1997;130:990-3)     

孕期弓形体感染对胎、婴儿的影响及治疗

目的：研究孕期弓形体感染胎、婴儿的结局，母婴传播途径及治疗。方法：应用ＥＬＩＳＡＩｇＭ方法筛查３８７８例孕妇弓形体近期感染情况。追踪８２例弓形体近期感染孕妇分娩的胎、婴儿预后、收集脐血、羊水、胎盘及尸解的器官组织了解母婴传播途径及病理改变。观察应用螺旋霉素系统治疗孕期弓形体感染者的胎、婴儿预后，并与未治疗组对照。结果：本组孕妇弓形体近期感染发生率为４．４１％（１７１／３８７８），其胎、婴儿出现临床症状为３０．４８％（２５／８２）；孕早期感染以畸胎、流产多见，孕晚期感染表现为早产、低体重儿、黄疸及弓形体感染性肺炎等。从胎盘、羊水、脐血及尸解器官组织中可查出弓形体ＤＮＡ。显示弓形体可通过胎盘感染胎儿，严重者造成器官损害。应用螺旋霉素治疗孕期弓形体感染有效。治疗组先天性弓形体感染发生率低于对照组（Ｐ＜０．０１）。结论：孕妇近期弓形体感染可通过胎盘感染胎儿，造成畸胎、流产、早产、低体重儿及急性弓形体感染症状。螺旋霉素治疗孕期弓形体感染有效。     

护理人员癌痛知识及态度的调查

癌痛是癌症患者尤其中晚期癌患者重要症状之一。影响癌痛控制是否满意的一个重要因素是进行有关癌痛知识的教育及普及。本文借助世界卫生组织提供的医护人员癌痛知识及态度调查表，采用多中心调查方法，于１９９６年７～８月对６家医院１６６名肿瘤科护士（师）进行了随机调查，结果显示：相当一部分护士缺乏癌痛知识及鸦片类药物临床药理学知识，没有完全掌握世界卫生组织大力倡导的三阶梯药物止痛方法及有关原则。提示我们应加强对护士进行有关癌痛知识及技能的教育及培训。     

止痛活血化瘀药实验研究

本文研究了止痛活血化瘀药对血液流变性的影响。两类止痛活血化瘀药在改善红细胞聚集性、变形性等血液流变性诸参数的作用是明显不同的。结果表明活血散瘀类药可明显改善四项红细胞流变性参数，即通过降低红细胞表明电荷以增加细胞间的排斥力，防止红细胞聚集，改善变形性，降低纤维蛋白元含量，降低血液粘度，改善血液流变性。另一方面，祛风行气类药则可降低血小板聚集性和粘附性。因此，止痛活血化瘀药的作用机理是不同的     

ALTERATIONS OF THE ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM IN NEONATAL NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS REVEALED BY WHOLE-MOUNT IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY

Pathology reports on neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NNEC) rarely consider its effects on the enteric nervous system (ENS). Thus, the aim of this study has been to perform a two-dimensional assessment of neuropathologic lesions within the three ganglionated plexuses of the intestinal wall by means of whole-mount immunohistochemistry. Resected segments of ileum and colon affected by acute NNEC were submitted to immunohistochemical procedures using antibodies against neuronal (protein gene product 9.5) and glial (protein S-100, glial fibrillary acidic protein) proteins. Examination of the myenteric plexus and external submucosal plexus revealed a noticeable reduction in glial cells concomitant with the gradual deterioration of nerve cells, both findings predominating in the antimesenteric intestinal circumference, where ischemic lesions tend to appear first. The most severe damage of nervous tissue was observed in the plexus submucosus internus dependent on the depth of mucosal injury. The destroyed ganglia appeared like "empty baskets" (residual tangles) and housed deteriorated nerve and glial cells. Taking the anatomy of the intestinal vascular blood supply into consideration, the characteristic topography of neuropathologic lesions gives further support to an ischemic event within the cascade of different pathogenetic factors culminating in NNEC. Moreover, the demonstrated alterations of the ENS and their potential adverse effects on intestinal motility and neuroimmunologic interactions may contribute to the complex pathogenesis of NNEC, which remains a field of further investigation.     

The intestinal ecosystem in chronic functional constipation

Chronic functional constipation is common in infants, and the bacterial composition of stools in this condition is not known. The study aims were to: (i) investigate the composition of the intestinal ecosystem in chronic functional constipation; (ii) establish whether the addition of the water-holding agent calcium polycarbophil to the diet induces an improvement in constipation; and (iii) determine the composition of the intestinal ecosystem after the use of this agent. In total, 42 children (20F, 22M; mean age: 8.6±2.9y) were studied. Twenty-eight children with functional chronic constipation without anatomical disorders were treated double-blind in random sequence for 1 month with an oral preparation of calcium polycarbophil (0.62g /twice daily) or placebo. Intestinal flora composition was evaluated by standard microbiological methods and biochemical assays on faecal samples collected before and after treatment. Fourteen healthy children were studied as controls. The results show that (i) the constipated children presented a significant increase in clostridia and bifidobacteria in faeces compared to healthy subjects-different species of clostridia and enterobacteriaceae were frequently isolated; no generalized overgrowth was observed; Clostridia outnumbered bacteroides and E. coli mean counts by 2-3log, while bacteroides and E. coli counts were similar (5-6 log10/g fresh faeces); these intestinal disturbances could be defined as a dysbiosis, i.e. a quantitative alteration in the relative proportions of certain intestinal bacterial species. (ii) Clinical resolution of constipation was achieved only in 43% of treated children and an improvement in 21% (one bowel movement every 2 d). (iii) Calcium polycarbophil treatment induced no significant changes in the composition of the intestinal ecosystem, nor in blood chemistry parameters.