Hyperaemia prior to acute cerebral swelling in severe head injuries: The role of transcranial doppler monitoring

Summary Acute cerebrovascular congestion after a closed head injury is significantly related to intracranial hypertension. As an indirect method of cerebral blood flow measurement, transcranial doppler sonography (TCD) provides a rapid and noninvasive assessment of cerebral haemodynamics, including hyperaemic conditions.TCD examinations was serially performed in 35 patients with severe head injury with intact cerebral circulation; i.e. the mean flow velocity (MFV) patterns of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) did not show signs of cerebral circulatory arrest such as systolic spike, to and fro, or no flow. The results showed that the MFV of the MCAs and ipsilateral extracranial internal carotid arteries (ICAs) in 9 of these patients increased sharply and pulsatility index (PI) decreased during 48–96 hours after the injury. This was soon followed by patterns of high intracranial resistance, consistent with elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) in monitored patients and acute brain swelling on repeated computed tomographic (CT) scans. The correlation between increased MFVs, decreased PIs, and cerebral haemodynamic changes leading to acute brain swelling is discussed.The number of patients who ended with severe disability, vegetative state, or death was 66% in this group of 9 patients, compared to only 34% for the 35 patients overall with severe head injury. Though the morbidity and mortality rates largely depend on the primary injury, the presence of acute cerebral swelling aggravate the grave course in these patients. And the ability of TCD to monitor the hyperaemic state prior to oedema should lead us to adjust the therapy in order to minimize the secondary insult related to intracranial hypertension.     

家兔实验性减压病时血浆中血拴素A_2及前列环素含量的变化

实验观察了“安全”减压和不适当减压条件下家兔减压病(DCS)的发病情况、Doppler超声以及血浆中TxB_2和6-keto-PGF_(1a)的变化;还观察了消炎痛对DCS的预防怍用。结果显示:减压愈不当,DCS发病愈重,Doppler超声气泡探测仪检测到的级别愈高。血浆TxB_2、6-keto-PGF_(1α)值在濒死动物中明显升高(P<0.01);存活动物中,TxB_2经历了下降、再恢复的过程(P<0.01),而6-keto-PGF_(1α)值未见明显变化。消炎痛在抑制血浆TxB_2升高的同时,有效地降低了DCS发病率。此结果表明:TxA_2、PGI_2参与了重型DCS的发病过程,消炎痛的顶防作用与抑制花生四烯酸代谢物的生成有关。     

Value of Doppler ultrasound for the diagnosis of renal artery stenosis in children

To evaluate the reliability of Doppler ultrasonography (US) in identifying children with renal artery stenosis (RAS) among those with hypertension, we compared Doppler US results in 22 hypertensive children (mean age 8.9±4.3 years), with (13 cases) and without RAS at angiography, and in 33 normotensive children (mean age 8.8±4.7 years). We observed 2 false-negatives and 2 false-positives with Doppler US. Of the 2 false-negative diagnoses, 1 had RAS on an accessory renal artery located behind a normal upper polar artery and the other was observed in a patient with bilateral multiple stenosis of the very distal segments of renal arteries. The 2 false-positive diagnoses were due to sinuous left renal artery and to technical reasons, respectively. In another patient, Doppler US showed a tight RAS, while arteriography was normal. RAS was subsequently confirmed by a second arteriography. Peak systolic velocity values of Doppler US were significantly higher in patients with proven angiographic RAS (3.44±0.66 m/s) than in hypertensive patients with normal renal arteries at angiography (0.99±0.35 m/s, P <0.0001) and normotensive healthy children (1.04±0.23 m/s, P <0.0001). With the use of multiple views, and the experience acquired with practice, false-negatives or false-positives due to the geometry of the renal artery can be avoided. Nevertheless, very distal stenosis can be missed by Doppler US. Received October 30, 1995; received in revised form April 16, 1996; accepted May 14, 1996     

人工心瓣膜患者微栓子信号和凝血活性的相关性研究

目的 :研究人工心瓣膜患者脑动脉微栓子信号 (MES)的数量及相对强度与凝血活性的相关性。方法 :采用双门深经颅多普勒 (TCD)检测人工心瓣膜患者脑动脉MES ,同时检测患者凝血酶原时间国际通用比值 (INR) ,观察MES数量及相对强度与INR的相关性。结果 :MES阳性发现率 83 33% (2 5 30 ) ,MES出现频率 0～ 4 0 4 (中位数 4 0 )个 h ,MES平均相对强度 11～ 38(2 3 6 3±5 13)dB。INR1 12～ 3 5 1(1 95± 0 6 9)。MES数量及相对强度与INR无相关性。结论 :人工心瓣膜患者脑动脉MES与凝血活性无关 ,提示微栓子物质不是血栓性的     

雌激素对左心室舒张功能影响的多谱勒超声心动图研究

目的:研究雌激素对左心室舒张功能的影响。材料和方法:利用多谱勒超声心动图记录了25例健康绝经后妇女二尖瓣口血流频谱,其中15例为雌激素替代治疗组,10例为对照组。所测参数有:舒张早期峰值速度(E),舒张晚期峰值速度(A),E加速度及减速度,并计算E/A比值及心房舒张晚期充盈分数(AFF)。结果:二组间左心室舒张期充盈明显不同,尤其是替代治疗组E/A比值高,AFF低,替代治疗组舒张早期充盈量大于对照组。结论:本研究表明长期雌激素替代治疗可以影响左心室舒张功能。     

氯沙坦对维持性血透患者心血管保护作用的临床观察

目的 :观察氯沙坦对行维持性血透治疗的慢性肾功能衰竭 (CRF)患者心血管保护作用。方法 :6 0例维持性血透患者 (血肌酐≥ 70 0 μmol·L- 1 ) ,治疗组 (给予氯沙坦 5 0～ 10 0mg·d- 1 )及对照组 (给予非血管紧张素受体拮抗剂和非ACEI类降压药 )各 30例 ,记录用药前后各组患者血压 ,运用多普勒组织成像 (DTI)技术观察用药前后两组患者二尖瓣环峰值收缩速度 (VS)、收缩时间速度积分 (TVIS)、舒张早期速度 (VE)、舒张晚期速度 (VA)、VE VA 比值。结果 :治疗组及对照组患者治疗后血压均明显下降 ,二尖瓣环VS、TVIS、VE、VE VA ,则均明显上升 ;治疗组与对照组血压分别在治疗前、后相比并无明显差异 ;治疗前两组间二尖瓣环VS、TVIS、VE、VE VA 并无显著性差异 ,但在治疗12个月后 ,治疗组二尖瓣环VS、TVIS、VE、VE VA 则明显高于对照组。结论 :氯沙坦对行持续性血透的CRF患者具有良好的心脏保护作用 ,可有效改善其心功能 ,且不依赖于其降压作用     

经颅彩色多普勒对大脑血流动力学的研究

目的 :探讨认知过程中脑血流动力学的变化。方法 :应用经颅彩色多普勒对不同生理情况下大脑半球血流速度的变化进行监测。结果 :每项试验前后比较 ,血流速度的增加有显著差异 (P <0 0 1) ,语言试验血流速度增加偏侧在左半球 ,面视试验偏侧在右半球 ,光刺激试验时枕区血流速度最快。结论 :经颅多普勒能监测认知过程中半球血液动力学变化的差异     

眼动脉彩色多普勒血流频谱检测在甲亢诊断中的应用

采用ＣＤＦＩ对３４例初诊甲亢患者的眼动脉进行检测，３４例患者根据Ｔ３结果分为两组，同时１０位患者治疗前后的眼动脉血流速度对照。结果表明，甲亢患者的眼动脉血流速度高于正常人，但与Ｔ３值无相关。１０例患者的眼动脉血流速度随着Ｔ３、Ｔ４下降而恢复正常。结论：ＣＤＦＩ测定眼动脉血流频谱可用于甲亢的诊断和治疗观察。