Wound Botulism Associated with Black Tar Heroin

The incidence of wound botulism is increasing and the epidemiology of the disease is changing. The majority of new cases are associated with injection drug use, in particular, the use of Mexican black tar heroin. This case report and discussion of wound botulism illustrate the following important points: Dysphagia, dysphonia, diplopia, and descending paralysis, in association with injection drug use, should alert the treating physician to the possibility of wound botulism. In such patients, the onset of respiratory failure may be sudden and without clinically obvious signs of respiratory weakness. For the reported patient, maximum inspiratory force measurements were the only reliable indicator of respiratory muscle weakness. This is a measurement not routinely performed in the ED, but may prove essential for patients with suspected wound botulism. To minimize the effect of the botulinum toxin and to decrease length of hospital stay, antitoxin administration and surgical wound debridement should be performed early.     

Is pregnancy the best treatment for hyperprolactinaemia?

This paper reports the changes in prolactin levels after 12 spontaneous and 52 induced pregnancies in 54 women with unambiguous hyperprolactinaemia (median plasma prolactin levels 67.5 ng/ml, range 40-400). Twenty-three of the patients showed radiological evidence of prolactinoma. The pregnancies were induced in 37 patients by bromocriptine, in nine by metergoline, in two by lisuride and in four by other treatments. Of the 64 pregnancies, 16 ended in spontaneous abortion, while 48 went to term. Follow-up was continued for at least 6 months after delivery or until the end of lactation. In a control group of 32 hyperprolactinaemic women (median prolactin 70 ng/ml, range 40-400) not wishing to become pregnant, prolactin changes were similarly registered over a mean period of 15 months without any treatment (range 6-38 months). After pregnancy, a significant downward trend of plasma prolactin was observed in the puerperal women with a 'normalization' rate of 17%. No changes were observed in the 32 controls who did not become pregnant.     

妊娠合并肝内胆汁郁积症的围生儿结局57例分析

目的 探讨妊娠合并肝内胆汁郁积症（ICP）患者致围生儿不良结局的相关指标。方法 总结本院57例ICP患者的相关临床资料，将其与围生儿结局进行分组对照分析。结果 血清胆汁酸升高与围生儿不良结局关系不明显（P＞0.05)；血清转氨酶水平在产生围生儿不良结局组与未产生围生儿不良结局组之间有显著性差异（P＞0.01)；皮肤瘙痒持续时间大于3周组围生儿不良结局发生率与持续时间小于3周组有显著性差异（P＜0.05)；有、无NST基线变异消失组的围生儿不良结局发生率有极显著性差异（P＜0.01)。结论 血清转氨酶水平、皮肤瘙痒持续时间及NST基线变异是否消失是预示围生儿不良结局的相关指标。     

335例术后全身炎症反应综合征的临床分析

【目的】了解手术创伤对术后全身炎症反应综合征 (SIRS)的影响。【方法】搜集外科重症监护室 (SICU) 335例患者的术后资料 ,分析不同手术组SIRS发病率 ;手术时间、失血量与SIRS持续时间的关系 ;SIRS持续时间与术后并发症的关系。【结果】术后SIRS发病率为 75 8% ,大手术高达 92 4 % ;无并发症患者失血量与SIRS持续时间呈正相关 (r1=0 783,P<0 0 1) ,手术时间与SIRS持续时间呈正相关 (r2 =0 398,P <0 0 1) ;随着SIRS持续时间延长 ,并发症发病率显著增高 (P<0 0 5 )。【结论】术后SIRS发生、发展与手术创伤密切相关 ;监测SIRS进程有助于及早发现并发症     

Physiologic mechanism and preoperative prediction of new-onset dysphagia after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication

The aim of this study was to determine whether preoperative physiologic factors can account for and be used to predict the development of postoperative dysphagia after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication. One hundred sixty-three patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease underwent laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication with a median follow-up of 14 months (range 6 to 81 months). Preoperative dysphagia was present in 37% (60 of 163) and was relieved in all but five patients (92%). Female sex (P = 0.01) and the presence of a stricture (P = 0.02) were the only preoperative variables associated with the presence of preoperative dysphagia. Eight percent (8 of 103) of patients without preoperative dysphagia developed new-onset dysphagia, and of these 63% (5 of 8) had a normal lower esophageal sphincter (LES) (pressure >6 mm Hg; length >2 cm; abdominal length >1 cm). New-onset dysphagia was significantly more common in patients with a normal LES (22% [5 of 23] vs. 4% [3 of 80], P = 001). Patients with a normal LES had almost a sixfold increase in the risk of developing dysphagia as those with an abnormal LES (relative risk = 5.8). Only a preoperative normal LES (P = 0.02) or mean LES pressures (P = 0.04) were positively associated with the development of postoperative dysphagia. The severity of this dysphagia also showed a strong positive trend of increasing with mean preoperative LES pressures (P = 0.07). Finally, preoperative LES pressure significantly correlated with postoperative LES pressure (r = 0.48, P = 0.01) and with mean residual LES (nadir) pressure (r = 0.33, P = 0.05) offering insight into the mechanism of this dysphagia. In conclusion, preoperative LES parameters play a role in the development of dysphagia after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication. Patients with a normal LES or high mean LES pressures are at increased risk for developing this complication and should be informed of this before laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication. Presented at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting of The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Atlanta, Ga., May 20–23, 2001.     

5例胸腰段脊柱前路手术并发症分析

目的：分析胸腰段脊柱前路手术入路并发症，以提高胸腰段脊柱前路手术的水平，方法：对近4年来我科53例胸腰段脊柱前路手术出现的5例并发症进行回顾性分析，探讨并发症发生的原因。结果；本组病例1例发生腹膜后乳糜液漏，1例切口疝，1例气胸，2例深静脉血栓栓塞，经过积极治疗，全部治愈。结论：胸腰段脊柱前路手术并发症的发生大多数和术者对该段解剖知识，手术操作，认识程度和经验有关，可以避免或及早发现。     

非孕期子宫肌瘤红色变性40例分析

目的 了解非孕期子宫肌瘤红色变性的临床特征。方法 本组回顾分析了1993年1月～2001年2月间住院手术治疗40例非孕期子宫肌瘤红色变性的临床病理特征。结果 非孕期子宫肌瘤红色变性发生率为2.3%。生育年龄多见，绝经后也可发生。有典型表现者2例，占5%，非典型下腹隐痛而无发热者7例，占17.5%，肌瘤结节局部压痛者12例，占30%，无任何症状者30例，占75%，白细胞升高占10例，25%。90%的红色变性肌瘤直径在5cm以上，77.5%为壁间肌瘤。68.6%有典型牛肉样改变，54.8%旋涡状结构存在。65%为单纯红色变性，余35%可合并其他类型变性。结论 非孕期子宫肌瘤红色变性临床过程缓和，症状不典型，易漏诊，不作为手术指征，但因子宫肌瘤往往较大，多需手术治疗。     

特殊部位异位妊娠的临床分析

目的探讨特殊部位异位妊娠的临床特点，误诊原因及治疗原则。方法对1996年1月至2003年12月诊治的256例特殊部位异位妊娠进行回顾性分析。结果特殊部位异位妊娠发生率占同期异位妊娠的3．36％，术前诊断率48．4％，所有的患者均行手术。视术中情况进行不同的处理，所得标本均经病理切片证实，全部患者愈后良好。结论特殊部位异位妊娠的临床表现不典型，容易漏诊误诊，一旦怀疑本病应尽早住院，及时明确诊断并手术，患者愈后良好。     

A prospective analysis of 1400 pulmonary artery catheterizations in patients undergoing cardiac surgery

During 1983 and 1984, 1305 patients underwent 1,400 pulmonary artery (PA) catheterizations. Successful placement was achieved in 1397 (99.6%) of 1,403 attempts. The catheters were inserted via the right internal jugular vein on 1364 occasions. The median duration of monitoring was 28 h with a range from 3 to 220 h. Central venous puncture complications included carotid artery puncture in 67 instances (4.8%) and pneumothorax in one patient. Insertion of the catheters was associated with supraventricular arrhythmias on 11 occasions, ventricular arrhythmias on 930 (66.4%), right bundle branch block on two and a total heart block on one occasion. Eighteen (2.3%) of the 794 cultured catheter tips were positive. An in situ time of more than 72 h was associated with a significantly higher percentage (7.2%) of positive tip cultures compared with an in situ time of less than 72 h (P less than 0.01). Repeated PA catheterization was not associated with significantly more complications than the initial catheterization. The results show that monitoring with a PA catheter in cardiac surgical patients is associated with a low incidence of morbidity.     

异位妊娠的腹腔镜手术临床分析

目的探讨电视腹腔镜手术治疗内出血异位妊娠的安全性和可行性。方法回顾分析2000年8月￣2004年8月该院电视腹腔镜手术治疗的15例伴有内出血的异位妊娠(出血量大于800mL,观察组)及同期30例无明显内出血异位妊娠病人的临床资料(对照组)。结果15例病人均手术成功,无中转开腹及并发症发生,两组手术时间及手术后住院时间均无明显差异。结论随着腹腔镜手术操作技巧、麻醉和监护技术的提高,腹腔镜手术治疗内出血甚至休克型异位妊娠在一定条件下是安全可行的。