Psychological and neuropsychological aspects of COPD

A review of the literature dealing with the effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on psychological and neuropsychological functioning indicates that significant emotional and adaptive deficits characterize this patient population. Psychiatric consultation can provide valuable assistance to the primary care physician by reducing emotional distress and correcting dysfunctional attitudes and beliefs. Neuropsychological assessment can elucidate an individual's neurobehavioral resources and deficits.     

Papain-induced lung injury: alterations in connective tissue metabolism without emphysema

The acute effects of the deposition of papain in the lungs of 4-month-old rabbits have been investigated with an amount not sufficient to cause emphysematous changes. During the first 2 days of in vivo deposition when hemorrhaging and inflammation occur, the total amounts of collagen and elastin in the lung, into which the papain had been instilled, did not change but the concentrations of collagen and elastin decreased 20 and 25% respectively. The rates of synthesis of collagen and other proteins doubled. By 4 weeks, collagen and elastin concentrations returned to, or were slightly above, control levels. The histological appearance and mean linear intercepts of lung sections and the compliance curves of excised lungs of the treated animals were similar to controls by 2 weeks after papain administration. The rabbit lung thus appears able to repair mild injury due to proteolytic enzymes.     

Glomerular matrix proteins in nodular glomerulosclerosis in association with light chain deposition disease and diabetes mellitus

The diagnosis of light chain deposition nephropathy is based on the immunohistochemical demonstration of monoclonal light chain deposits within connective tissue matrix and on the presence at the ultrastructural level of electron-dense granular deposits along glomerular and tubular basement membranes. A nodular glomerulopathy characterized by amorphous periodic acid-Schiff-positive and argyrophilic widened mesangium and nodules is described in three patients with light chain deposition nephropathy. Light microscopic examination did not allow discrimination between the glomerular changes found in these specimens and the nodular glomerulosclerosis described in four patients with well-documented diabetes mellitus. Electron microscopic examination revealed microtubular fibrils 10 to 12 nm thick in mesangial areas in both groups. Such microfibrils could be glycoproteins. Immunofluorescence localization of matrix proteins, by staining with affinity-purified antibodies to types I, III, IV, and V (A, B) collagens, fibronectin, laminin, and heparan sulfate-containing proteoglycans, showed similar distributions in the two conditions. The mechanism of this abnormal accumulation of mesangial and glomerular basement membrane matrix proteins in two different conditions remains unknown.     

Skin test suppression by antihistamines and the development of subsensitivity

The suppression of skin test reactivity by single doses of six antihistamines was measured before and after a period of daily antihistamine ingestion in 18 subjects. Single doses of hydroxyzine, 50 mg; chlorpheniramine, 16 mg; and promethazine, 50 mg; induced significant suppression of skin test reactivity at 2 hr, whereas the suppression produced by tripelennamine, 100 mg; diphenhydramine, 50 mg; and cyproheptadine, 16 mg; did not differ significantly from that produced by placebo. After 3 wk of treatment with hydroxyzine, 75 mg per day, the suppressive effect of hydroxyzine as well as the five clinically unrelated antihistamines was significantly reduced. Although the response to chlorpheniramine was also reduced after chronic treatment with chlorpheniramine, 24 mg per day, the difference was not statistically significant. We conclude that antihistamines in the doses used differ greatly in their suppressive effect on skin test reactivity. The antihistamine producing the most skin test suppression, hydroxyzine, when it was taken daily for 3 wk, caused the development of partial tolerance not only to its own effect but to those of clinically unrelated antihistamines.     

Ecotropic and dualtropic mink cell focus-inducing murine leukemia viruses can induce a wide spectrum of H-2 controlled lymphoma types

Neonatal infection of C57BL and BALB/c mice by cloned ecotropic and dualtropic mink cell focus-inducing (MCF) murine leukemia viruses (MuLV) induces a wide spectrum of different lymphomas of T, B, and non-T/non-B cell types. Oncogenic dualtropic MCF viruses and poorly oncogenic ecotropic MuLV act synergistically in lymphomagenesis. Within one mouse strain virus-induced T-cell lymphomas arise earlier than B-cell lymphomas after neonatal inoculation of a single-cloned MuLV. The host genetic constitution, notably the H-2 complex has a marked influence on lymphoma type. This H-2 influence can be explained by an H-2-linked difference in penetration of the thymus early in life by oncogenic thymotropic MuLV, which in turn is correlated with, but not necessarily due to the magnitude of the anti-MuLV antibody response.     

Karyotyping chromosomes by electron microscopy. Condensation-inhibition of G bands in human and Chinese hamster chromosomes by a BrdU-Hoechst 33258 treatment

A BrdU-Hoechst 33258 treatment of living cells, which selectively induced condensation-inhibition of G-band chromatin in human and Chinese hamster chromosomes, is presented. As a consequence mitotic chromosomes showed high resolution R-banding patterns when examined by light and electron microscopy. Besides each whole chromosome identification, this procedure also permitted the electron microscopic study of specific structures, such as satellites, secondary constrictions, telomeres, centromeres, as well as G and R bands, some of them not visible by light microscopy. We have also observed that the chromatin of G and R bands behave as blocks of chromatin condensation and that G-band chromatin develops condensation along G₂. Under the BrdU-Hoechst 33258 treatment, chromatin fibers seem to invert their spontaneous pattern of condensation within the chromosomes.     

Ejaculatory incompetence: a theoretical formulation and case illustration

Three theoretical formulations of ejaculatory incompetence have been proposed in the literature. They include: (1) aversive conditioned inhibition of the ejaculatory reflex, (2) an "autosexual" orientation associated with discrepant levels in the cognitive and physiological dimensions of sexual arousal, and (3) a discriminative learning model. These three models are discussed in relation to their theoretical and therapeutic implications. Clinical data supporting the discriminative view is presented.     

我国移动医疗APP服务质量与用户满意度关系研究

目的探讨移动医疗APP服务质量各维度与用户满意度的关系,提出针对性建议,为提高移动医疗APP服务质量提供参考。方法根据更新的信息系统成功理论（UDMISS）,结合移动医疗服务质量模型,建立了移动医疗服务质量与用户满意度关系模型。通过问卷调查,使用PLS-SEM法对模型及假设进行验证。结果移动医疗APP系统质量中的可靠性、效率性、隐私性以及信息质量中的功利效益对用户使用满意度有积极影响,而交互质量对用户使用满意度影响不显著。结论重视应用便利性和患者隐私保护,提高移动医疗APP系统质量;提供个性化服务和心理咨询服务,提高移动医疗APP交互针对性;在确保移动医疗APP信息质量的同时提供适度信息数量,以改善患者使用体验。     

家庭医生签约服务模式下全科团队年度考核指标体系构建

目的建立一套家庭医生签约服务模式下的全科团队年度考核指标体系。方法通过文献回顾法和半结构访谈法初步拟定指标初稿;邀请15名专家开展专家函询,评价全科团队年度考核指标体系重要性和可行性,并采用界值法对指标进行筛选,采用层次分析法确定各级指标权重。结果两轮函询专家积极系数均为100%,权威系数分别为0.83和0.75。最终确定家庭医生签约服务模式下全科团队年度考核指标体系包括服务数量、服务质量和服务效果3个维度共19项指标。结论 构建的家庭医生签约服务模式下的全科团队年度考核指标体系具有一定科学性和实用性,下一步有待结合实证结果对指标体系进行优化。     

我国三级公立医院护士薪酬满意度调查

目的调查我国三级公立医院护士薪酬满意度,分析其影响因素,为稳定护士队伍提供参考。 方法依托第5次“全国改善医疗服务行动第三方评估”项目,选取全国31个省（自治区、直辖市）及新疆生产建设兵团共136家三级公立医院护士进行调查。应用SPSS 23.0软件对数据进行统计学分析。结果护士薪酬满意度为43.6%。医院所在地区、医院类型、护士工作年限、职称、所在科室、聘用形式、行政职务和教学任务担任情况、工作负荷、休息室提供是否充足以及对子女从医态度等,是护士薪酬满意度的影响因素。结论三级公立医院护士薪酬总满意度较低。应从国家层面和医院层面完善绩效分配制度,切实体现护士劳动价值,从而稳定护理队伍。