Patient-proxy response comparability on measures of patient health and functional status

The present study evaluates the response comparability between 361 elderly hip fracture patients admitted from the community to seven Baltimore area hospitals between 1984 and 1986 and interviewer selected proxies on items pertaining to patients' pre-fracture health and functional status. Agreement across items ranges from very poor to good and varies with respect to the health or functional area assessed. Proxies tend to overestimate patient disability relative to the patients themselves, especially with regard to capacity to perform instrumental activities of daily living. Although proxies who report the greatest contact with patients respond most comparably to the patients, when they do disagree, proxies with the greatest patient contact tend to overestimate patient disability. The authors suggest that attention to item construction and phrasing may improve response comparability.     

Reliability of the Functional Independence Measure with Occupational Therapists

This paper reports an inter-rater reliability study on the Functional Independence Measure (FIM). The FIM measures inpatient burden of care, as reflected in 18 self care items, rated on a seven point scale from dependent to independent. The subjects were 40 occupational therapists, divided according to experience with the FIM and randomly assigned to a FIM training or non-training group. Subjects rated video tapes of four stroke patients on transfers, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting and eating items from the FIM. Rater consensus was calculated using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), percentage agreement and a measure of disagreement. Rating accuracy was measured by comparisons with an expert rater. Ratings were most reliable when done by clinicians with no prior FIM experience, from the FIM training group. It is strongly recommended that all clinicians undergo FIM training before using this tool to ensure acceptable reliability.     

慢性老年精神分裂症患者认知功能及其与日常生活能力的比较研究

目的 :了解慢性老年精神分裂症患者认知功能和日常生活能力状况 ,探讨此类患者在额叶执行功能和记忆方面的神经心理功能障碍及其特征。方法 :采用简易智力状态检查 (MMSE)、日常生活能力量表 (ADL)、威斯康星卡片分类测验 (WCST)及韦氏记忆量表 (WMS)对 31例慢性老年精神分裂症和 31例正常对照组进行比较研究。结果 :慢性老年精神分裂症组MMSE得分明显低于正常对照组 (P <0 .0 1) ;而该组ADL总分明显高于正常对照组(P <0 .0 5 )。除非持续错误外 ,慢性老年精神分裂症患者的威斯康星卡片分类测验和韦氏记忆量表的各项测验成绩均差于对照组 (P <0 .0 5 )。结论 :慢性老年精神分裂症患者认知功能的障碍决定了患者日常生活能力的减退 ;这类患者有明显的额叶执行功能障碍和记忆障碍     

细针抽吸活检术诊断脾结核

脾结核发病较少见，临床症状表现也不典型，常易误诊为其他病变如淋巴瘤、脓肿等，影像表现未见特异征象，极易误诊。现将我院收治的3例脾结核临床特点、影像表现进行介绍。特别是在B超或CT引导下的细针抽吸活检术应用，旨在提高对本病认识、及时正确诊断，避免误诊。     

腹腔镜手术对HIV感染者免疫功能的影响

目的:检测HIV(+)者腹腔镜手术前后主要细胞和体液免疫指标的变化并与HIV(-)者对照,探讨微创手术对HIV感染者主要免疫功能的影响。方法:将42例胆囊疾病患者分为2组:观察组(HIV+)22例,对照组(HIV-)20例。用同样方法施行腹腔镜胆囊切除术(laparoscopic cholecystectomy,LC)。于术前1d,术后3、7d(POD3,7)检测血常规、白蛋白,CD3、CD4、CD8及其百分比和CD4/CD8;IgG、IgM、IgA,补体C3和C4,CRP。HIV(+)者检测HIV-RNA。常规统计学方法处理所得数据。结果:白细胞总数HIV(-)组>HIV(+)组(POD3,7)(P<0.05)。淋巴和中性粒细胞无显著变化(P>0.05)。白蛋白2组手术前后>35g/L。IgA手术前后HIV(+)>HIV(-)(P<0.05)。IgG、IgGM、C3和C42组手术前后均无显著变化,均在正常范围。CD4HIV(+)者术前1天至术后1月<50copy/ml。组间比较:CD4手术前后HIV(+)0.05)。CD4/CD8手术前后HIV(+)0.05)。CRPHIV(+)组术前>POD3,7(P<0.05)。CRP HIV(-)组术前相似文献   

Discordance in HIV-1 viral loads and antiretroviral drug concentrations comparing semen and blood plasma

Objectives

For individuals not on antiretroviral therapy, the risk of heterosexual transmission of HIV appears negligible when blood plasma (BP) viral loads are <1500 HIV‐1 RNA copies/mL. It is not clear whether this observation can be extrapolated to individuals on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Because of differential tissue penetration, antiretroviral drug concentrations may be sufficient to maintain an undetectable viral load in the BP yet not achieve adequate levels to suppress HIV in the genital tract. Therefore, we wanted to correlate HIV viral loads and drug concentrations in semen plasma (SP) and BP.

Methods

Thirty‐three men were included. All were on combination antiretroviral therapy with an undetectable BP viral load for at least 1 year. Blood and semen samples were collected within 2 h of each other and tested for HIV RNA by the NucliSens QT (bioMerieux, St Laurent, QC, Canada) method; drug concentrations were determined by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry.

Results

Two of the 33 patients (6.1%) with BP viral loads below detection had time‐matched HIV viral loads in SP ≥700 copies/mL. Both patients were on efavirenz, the SP concentrations of which were ≤10% of the levels in BP and well below the minimal therapeutic drug monitoring target concentration required to suppress HIV.

Conclusions

Because, at least in part, of poor drug penetration into the genital tract, an undetectable HIV viral load in the BP does not guarantee an undetectable viral load in semen. In view of this, caution should be taken in concluding that patients on HAART with suppressed viraemia are sexually non‐infectious.     

顶空气相色谱法检测石茶感冒胶囊中的有机溶剂残留

目的建立石茶感冒胶囊中可能残留的7种有机溶剂（正己烷、苯、甲苯、对二甲苯、邻二甲苯、苯乙烯、二乙烯苯）的检测方法。方法采用顶空气相色谱法，色谱柱为Agilent HP—INNOWAX毛细管柱（30m×1．0mm，0．53μm），载气为高纯氮气；项空温度为70℃，顶空时间30min；柱温自30℃恒定5min，以10℃／min升温速率升至200℃，恒定5min；氢火焰离子检测器（FID），温度为250℃。结果7种有机溶剂残留物在所考察的浓度范围内线性关系良好（r=0．9994～0．9998），精密度RSD均小于5．0％，被测组分的平均回收率在99．16％～102．0％之间。结论该方法操作简便、快速、准确度高，可用于检测石茶感冒胶囊中的有机溶剂残留物。     

大陷胸汤灌肠治疗流出急性肾衰的观察与护理

目的 探讨中药大陷胸汤高位保留灌肠对流行性出血热（EHF）急性肾衰的治疗作用。方法 将60例EHF急性肾衰患者随机分为对照组与治疗组各30例，对照组予以常规治疗，治疗组在常规治疗的基础上加用大陷胸汤高位保留灌肠，观察两组患者治疗前后的疗效。结果 治疗组治愈23例，好转6例，无效1例，总有效率96．7％；对照组治愈17例，好转7例，无效6例，总有效率80．0％；两组疗效比较，有显著差异性p〈0．05（x^2=4．630）。结论 大陷胸汤高位保留灌肠治疗EHF急性肾衰疗效显著，且简便、安全、经济、病人乐于接受等优点。     

Childhood abuse history and risk behaviors among teen parents in a culturally rooted, couple-focused HIV prevention program.

Pregnant and parenting adolescents living in inner cities are at risk for acquiring HIV through unprotected sexual activity. In addition to individual risk behaviors, a lack of socioeconomic and other environmental resources create risk environments that make certain communities vulnerable to both adolescent pregnancy and HIV/AIDS. Research indicates that adolescent parents, many who have histories of childhood trauma, may use their experience of young parenthood and the concomitant feelings of parental protectiveness as a source of renewed hope for their future. The purpose of this report is to explore the relationship between history of childhood abuse and high risk behaviors in adolescent Latino mothers and fathers enrolled in a randomized clinical trial of a culturally rooted, couple-focused HIV prevention program. In addition, this report describes the HIV prevention program that was designed specifically for young Latino parents wherein maternal and paternal protectiveness are viewed as intrinsic and developing critical factors that promote resiliency and motivate behavioral change.     

Effectiveness of needle and syringe programmes for preventing HIV transmission

Objective: To examine the effectiveness of needle and syringe programmes (NSPs) in preventing HIV transmission among injecting drug users (IDUs).Methods: An ecological study design was used to determine change in HIV prevalence among injecting drug users between cities with and without NSPs. Several data sources, such as electronic journal databases, surveillance reports, websites, and index review of relevant journals, were used to identify studies of HIV seroprevalence among IDUs, and presence of NSPs. The rate of change in HIV prevalence was estimated by regression analysis.Results: There were 778 years of data from 99 cities globally included in the analysis. HIV prevalence decreased by 18.6% per annum in cities that introduce NSPs, and increased by 8.1% in cities that had never introduced NSPs (mean difference −24.7% [95% CI: −43.8, 0.5%], P=0.06). The mean difference was –33% when comparison was weighted to one over the variance of the regression estimator (29% decrease in cities with NSPs and 5% increase in cities without NSPs, P<0.001). When analysis was restricted to cities with first HIV seroprevalence less than 10%, the average annual change in seroprevalence was 18% lower in cities with NSPs (P=0.03).Conclusions: Despite the inherent limitations within an ecological study design, the study provides additional evidence that NSPs reduce transmission of HIV infection. The rapid spread of HIV among IDU populations and increasing rates of injecting in many countries calls for scaling up of NSPs as well as other harm reduction strategies.