我国血液净化工程技术的现状及发展趋势

本文结合我国血液净化系统中工程技术和临床应用现状,从血液净化学科、血液净化工程技术内涵、设备、关键部件、生物材料等方面分析论述血液净化工程技术的未来及其发展趋势。     

COVID-19, chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease and anti-rheumatic treatments

Clinical Rheumatology - Since December 2019, the pandemic caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) raises a real public health problem. COVID-19 appeared in Wuhan (Hubei province) in China....     

胆囊息肉诊治的新进展

【摘要】 随着B超等影像学技术的广泛普及,胆囊息肉样病变(PLG)检出率越来越高,已成为胆道外科的常见疾病。目前针对PLG的处理方式主要是手术治疗,而迄今又无有效的方法在手术前明确PLG的类型,因此使得临床上大部分无恶变倾向的PLG实施了不必要的预防性胆囊切除术。鉴于此,本文将对PLG与恶变关系等进行综述,系统地认识PLG及其恶变的危险因素,从而确定预防性胆囊切除的手术指征及临床意义。     

High salivary secretory IgA antibody levels are associated with less late‐onset wheezing in IgE‐sensitized infants

To cite this article: Sandin A, Björkstén B, Böttcher MF, Englund E, Jenmalm MC, Bråbäck L. High salivary secretory IgA antibody levels are associated with less late‐onset wheezing in IgE‐sensitized infants. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2011; 22 : 477–481. Low levels of secretory IgA (SIgA) and transient IgA deficiency have been associated with an increased risk for allergy, but data are conflicting. The aim was to assess the relationship between salivary SIgA antibody levels at 1 yr and wheezing at age four in a birth cohort, in particular the possible protective role of salivary SIgA in sensitized children. Saliva samples were obtained from all children (n = 67) with a positive skin prick test (SPT) at 1 yr and 212 children with a negative SPT. In all, 200 of these children responded to questionnaires at 4 yrs and 183 were skin prick tested at that age. The levels of salivary SIgA and salivary IgA antibodies to the most common food allergen egg and inhalant allergen cat were analyzed by ELISA. Serum was analyzed for IgE antibodies to egg and cat. Development of late‐onset wheezing was associated with low SIgA levels in children with positive SPT to at least one allergen both at 1 and 4 yrs of age (p = 0.04), as well as in children with circulating IgE antibodies to egg or cat at 1 yr (p = 0.02). None of nine persistently sensitized children with SIgA levels in the upper quartile developed wheezing, when compared to 10/20 children with lower levels (p = 0.01). Older siblings, more than three infections during infancy, at least one smoking parent, and male gender, were all associated with SIgA in the upper quartile. In conclusion, high levels of SIgA antibodies in sensitized infants were associated with significantly less late‐onset wheezing, supporting a protective role against development of asthmatic symptoms. Recurrent infections and other factors supporting an increased microbial pressure during infancy were associated with high levels of salivary SIgA.     

Diagnosis of Ureaplasma urealyticum Septic Polyarthritis by PCR Assay and Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry in a Patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

We report a case of polyarthritis with axial involvement in a young female patient treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Detection in the hip fluid of Ureaplasma urealyticum by broad-range PCR followed by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry allowed the diagnosis of septic arthritis and ad integrum recovery upon adapted antibiotic therapy.     

Addition of a defibrillation electrode in the low right atrium to a right ventricular lead does not reduce ventricular defibrillation thresholds

Transvenous unipolar active can defibrillation systems have proven to be effective in treating ventricular tachyarrhythmias. However, a further reduction of ventricular defibrillation thresholds (V-DFT) would increase the longevity, reduce the size of pulse generators, and help to avoid additional leads in patients with inacceptable high V-DFTs. In a finite difference computer model, the extension of the right ventricular (RV) defibrillation coil into the low right atrium led to a 40% reduction of unipolar V-DFT. To evaluate this finding, we conducted a prospective, randomized study in 11 patients receiving an ICD. Extension of the RV electrode was simulated by adding a second coil placed in the low right atrium with the same polarity. Using a binary search protocol, V-DFT was determined with and without the additional electrode in each patient. Total shock impedance was significantly lower in the two coil (low RA) configuration, compared to the single coil (RV) configuration. Corresponding values were 49.9 +/- 6.7 Ohm and 61.1 +/- 9.3 Ohm, respectively (P < 0.01, paired t-test). However, there was no reduction, but even a nonsignificant increase in V-DFTs. Mean V-DFT in the RV configuration was 12.0 +/- 5.6 J and 16.3 +/- 7.8 J in the low RA configuration (P = 0.09, paired t-test). Despite a reduction in total impedance, the addition of a defibrillation coil in the low right atrium does not reduce ventricular defibrillation thresholds.     

Plasmatic cystatin C for the estimation of glomerular filtration rate in intensive care units

Objective To compare the sensitivity of cystatin C and creatinine in detecting decreased glomerular filtration rate.Design Prospective observational study.Setting Medical intensive care unit at a university hospital.Patients and participants Fourteen patients hospitalised in a medical intensive care unit.Interventions Cystatin C and creatinine plasmatic levels were measured in 40 blood samples taken with an interval of at least 24 h.Measurements and results Glomerular filtration rate was estimated by creatinine clearance using 24-h urine collection and the classical Cockcroft-Gault equation. The ability of cystatin C to detect a glomerular filtration rate under 80 ml/min per 1.73 m² was significantly better than that of creatinine (p<0.05).Conclusions Cystatin C, a new plasmatic marker of renal function, could be used to detect renal failure in intensive care in the future.