Ex Vivo Evaluation in Normal Dogs of Insulin Released by a Bioartificial Pancreas Containing Isolated Rat Islets of Langerhans

In bioartificial pancreatic systems, isolated islets of Langerhans are protected against immune rejection by an artificial membrane, permeable to glucose and insulin, but not to immunoglobulins and lymphocytes. Some of these devices, referred to as vascular systems, are set up to be connected to a vascular site in the recipient, with blood circulating in contact with one side of the membrane, and the islets on the other side. Such a bioartificial pancreas, containing isolated rat islets of Langerhans, was connected to an arteriovenous shunt of a normal anesthetized dog. The aim of this experiment was to investigate the kinetics of the insulin secretory response of the system to a glucose load. Glucose was infused upstream of the system, increasing the glucose concentration inside the bioartificial pancreas from 7 to 14 mmol/l, without altering the blood glucose concentration of the dog. Insulin concentration was determined simultaneously upstream and downstream of the bioartificial pancreas. Insulin production was calculated by multiplying the difference between these values by the blood flow rate. Blood flow rate (Q) was estimated from the change in the glucose concentration produced by the glucose infusion using a mass transfer analysis derived from Fick's principle. Insulin production increased from 20 +/- 8 to 59 +/- 15 microU/100 islets/min within 15 min following the beginning of the stimulation (n = 6, p less than 0.05). Five min after the end of the stimulation, insulin production decreased from 75 +/- 13 to 50 +/- 9 microU/100 islets/min (p less than 0.05) to reach the basal level (21 +/- 3 microU/100 islets/min) 30 min after the end of the glucose stimulation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

头颈部肿瘤合并糖尿病的围手术期处理

目的探讨头颈部肿瘤合并糖尿病患者围手术期的处理方法.方法从2001年1月～2003年6月我科收治的头颈部肿瘤450例,对其中33例合并糖尿病患者使用胰岛素控制血糖的资料进行分析.结果 28例无并发症发生,切口感染2例,腮腺漏2例,心律失常1例,无围手术期死亡.结论对于合并糖尿病的头颈部肿瘤患者,合理使用胰岛素控制血糖是围手术期处理的主要方法,是安全渡过围手术期的重要保证.     

Hospital outbreak caused by a carbapenem-resistant strain of Acinetobacter baumannii: patient prognosis and risk-factors for colonisation and infection

Between October 2001 and August 2002, 30 hospital patients became infected or colonised by a multiresistant (including to carbapenems) epidemic strain of Acinetobacter baumannii (AbMR) in a hospital outbreak. This study analysed the risk-factors associated with acquisition of this epidemic strain and investigated the prognosis of patients infected by AbMR, with the aim of elucidating factors which lead to mortality. A case-control study of the acquisition of AbMR in patients infected or colonised in the hospital outbreak was performed. Independent risk-factors leading to death were studied by logistic regression analysis. Multivariate analysis of the risk-factors for colonisation/infection with AbMR revealed an independent association with the presence of an arterial catheter (OR, 1.13; 95% CI, 1.03-1.25) and administration of imipenem as monotherapy (OR, 11.12; 95% CI, 2.33-53.09). Multivariate analysis of the prognostic features leading to mortality revealed a significant association with hypotension or shock (OR, 24.63; 95% CI, 1.56-387.56) at the time of bacterial isolation.     

人肝癌裸鼠移植模型阿霉素诱导法建立肝癌多药耐药细胞系

目的:建立人肝癌多药耐药细胞系研究其耐药特性及机制.方法:给予移植人肝癌细胞的裸小鼠腹腔注射阿霉素(ADM)长期诱导,获得多药耐药细胞系BEL-7402/ADM.相差显微镜和HE染色观察细胞,MTT法检测耐药细胞的多药耐药性,流式细胞术检测耐药细胞表面多药耐药基因(mdr)的表达产物P糖蛋白(P-gp)、多药耐药相关蛋白(MRP)及谷胱甘肽硫转移系统(GSH/GST)的表达.结果:BEL-7402/ADM对多种抗癌药物产生耐药,对阿霉素的耐药性提高了20.33倍.BEL-7402/ADM细胞表面P-gp和MRP表达阳性,与对照细胞BEL-7402表达比较,差异十分显著(P<0.01).GSH/GST表达无明显变化.结论:BEL-7402/ADM具有明确的多药耐药性,该模型的建立对研究肝癌多药耐药的产生及逆转具有重要价值.     

Early assessment of renal resistance index after kidney transplant can help predict long-term renal function.

BACKGROUND: Color Doppler ultrasonography of intrarenal arterial resistance index (RI), performed early after kidney transplant, has proven to reliably predict short-term allograft function. The aim of this study was to assess whether it could also predict long-term renal function. METHODS: We retrospectively analysed 76 kidney transplant patients who underwent RI assessment within 1 month after the transplant, subdivided into two groups according to RI values, lower (group A) or higher (group B) than its median value (0.635). RESULTS: Compared with group A subjects, the patients of group B were older at the time of transplant (42 +/- 9 vs 35 +/- 8 years; P = 0.001), the donor age was also older (41 +/- 16 vs 33 +/- 13 years; P = 0.02) and had a slightly higher proteinuria (0.54 +/- 0.5 vs 0.32 +/- 0.2 g/24 h; P = 0.02). Serum creatinine, ciclosporin or tacrolimus trough level, arterial blood pressure, number of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) mismatches, anti-hypertensive medications and incidence of delayed graft function were not significantly different between the two groups. By univariate analysis, RI turned out to directly correlate with the recipient age, donor age and daily proteinuria (P = 0.007, P = 0.0007 and P = 0.02, respectively). Multivariate analysis showed that only donor and recipient age maintained their independent predictive value on RI. Kaplan-Meier analysis, considering a serum creatinine increase >50% as the endpoint of the study, showed a statistically significant different graft survival in the two groups (log-rank test = 5.489; P = 0.01). The univariate relative risk of deterioration of graft function among patients with higher RI was 3.77. Proteinuria and recipient age increased the risk as well. CONCLUSIONS: Our data seem to suggest that early determination of RI can help predict long-term graft function in kidney transplant recipients.     

应用胰岛素对颅脑外伤后高血糖预后探讨

目的:探讨及早应用胰岛素对颅脑外伤后高血糖患者治疗转归的影响。方法:对83例颅脑外伤后血糖升高者于入院时及伤后第1、2、3、5、7、10、14(如血糖仍未恢复正常者酌情延长时间)日晨空腹抽血检测血糖。且在使用胰岛素期间对末梢血糖进行动态的监测直至清晨空腹静脉血糖连续2次正常,同时制定饮食护理措施及对患者或家属进行相应的健康教育。结果:血糖升高者中72.12％(59例)的患者血糖在1-3d内恢复正常,且预后与血糖正常者无差别。组中仅7例患者血糖持续升高,均因伤情重而死亡,占本组重症(GCS≤8分)患者(25例)的29.41％,明显低于文献报道组。结论:对颅脑外伤后高糖血患者尽早应用胰岛素,能改善患者预后,降低死亡率。     

32578例住院患者医院感染调查分析

目的　了解我院住院患者医院感染发病率。方法　对我院 2 0 0 2年 32 5 78例住院患者进行调查。结果　 5 48例发生医院感染 (1.6 8%) ,最高科室为 9.79%,以下呼吸道最常见 (37.79%)。检出病原菌 184株 ,以革兰阴性菌为主 (49.46 %) ,多为铜绿假单胞菌、大肠埃希菌、金黄色葡萄球菌、肺炎克雷伯菌。前者对常用抗菌药物耐药率均 >5 0 %,对亚胺培南的耐药率为 81.82 %。结论　加强重点易感区域的监测、细菌的耐药性监测和培训教育 ,以更有效的预防和控制医院感染。     

耐药性癫(癎)患者颞叶中细胞周期依赖性蛋白激酶5的表达

目的 研究细胞周期依赖性蛋白激酶5(cyclin dependent kinases 5,CDK5)在耐药性癫(癎)患者颞叶中的表达,探索其在耐药性癫(癎)发病机制中的作用.方法 收集耐药性癫(癎)患者术后脑组织,用荧光定量PCR、免疫组化和Western blot 3种检测方法从基因和蛋白水平分别测定CDK5在耐药性癫(癎)患者颞叶中的表达,并与对照组进行比较.结果 荧光定量PCR发现CDK5 mRAN比对照组明显增加,免疫组化检测显示这种基因的蛋白表达产物主要分布在神经元轴突和胶质细胞中,Western blot检测在相对分子质量35 000处有一蛋白条带,并且可见实验组(颞叶和海马中分别为1.4293±0.1839和2.0733±0.4738)高于对照组(颞叶和海马中分别为0.9680±0.4147和1.403±0.6163,P＜0.05).结论 CDK5在耐药性癫(癎)患者颞叶中表达增强,提示他们可能参与了耐药性癫(癎)的形成.