Digoxin-like factor in infants of diabetic mothers not receiving digoxin therapy

Serum digoxin-like factor was detected in infants of diabetic mothers who were insulin-dependent or diet controlled. No statistical difference was found between the serum digoxin-like factor levels of the infants of diabetic mothers and the controls.     

Analysis of the Surface Ozone During Summer and Autumn at a Coastal Site in East China

The levels and temporal variations of surface ozone at a coastal site in East China during summer and autumn were analyzed and the influences of meteorological parameters on ozone were investigated. An inland city was chosen as a comparison site. The main results and conclusions of this study are: (1) ozone pollution, with a maximum 1 h concentration of 150.98 ppbv, was severe during summer and autumn at the coastal site; (2) the ozone level was obviously higher at the coastal site than that at the inland site in September; (3) besides temperature and solar radiation, sea-land breeze circulation is an important factor influencing the ozone level at the coastal site, and sea breeze often induce high ozone levels (the average ozone concentration for sea breeze was about 13 ppbv higher than that for land breeze).     

经内镜鼻胰管引流在重症急性胰腺炎治疗中的应用

目的 :初步总结经内镜鼻胰管引流在重症急性胰腺炎治疗中应用的疗效。　方法 :自 1998年 3月以来 ,在重症急性胰腺炎患者入院后常规非手术监测治疗的同时 ,随机床旁行经内镜置放鼻胰管引流 14例。其中明确合并胆结石 8例。观察每天胰管引流量和入院后第 5天在体温、心率、白细胞计数、血糖、血钙、动脉氧分压和血、尿淀粉酶的变化 ,并与第 1天比较 ,记录治疗结果和住院时间。　结果 :经鼻胰管引流时间为 (7.3± 4 .0 )天 ,前 5天的胰液引流量分别为每天 (2 36 .4± 176 .6 )、(2 87.1± 16 4 .7)、(2 84 .6± 2 16 .4 )、(435 .0± 35 7.8)ml和 (377.8± 2 2 3.8)ml。入院后第 1天和第 5天的体温为 (38.2± 0 .6 )和 (37.2± 0 .8)℃ (P <0 .0 1)、心率为 (10 2 .3± 17.0 )和 (82 .9± 14 .5 )次 /min(P <0 .0 1) ,白细胞计数为 (14 .6± 4 .2 )和 (10 .1± 5 .4 )× 10 9/L(P <0 .0 5 ) ,血糖为 (10 .0± 4 .9)和 (8.6± 3.3)mmol/L(P >0 .0 5 ) ,血钙为 (2 .1± 0 .2 )和 (2 .2± 0 .2 )mmol/L(P >0 .0 5 )　动脉氧分压为 (78.0± 16 .3)和 (113.0± 4 1.6 )mmHg(P <0 .0 1) ,血淀粉酶为 (6 95 .7± 4 4 5 .2 )和 (82 .6± 4 7.1)U/L(P <0 .0 1) ,尿淀粉酶为 (3174 .1± 2 5 4 2 .5 )和(2 86 .8± 2     

中西医结合治疗糖尿病周围神经病变疗效观察

29例非胰岛素依赖型糖尿病合并周围神经病变患者分成两组:一组为控制血糖组共12例,经8个月严格控制血糖,正中、尺、腓运动神经传导速度和正中、尺感觉神经潜伏期获改善,而且改善的程度与空腹血糖和糖基化血红蛋白降低的程度密切相关;另一组为针灸加控制血糖组共17例,经1与3个月的治疗,分别有82.4%和90.0%的患者神经病变临床症状得到改善,但正中、尺、腓运动神经传导速度和正中、尺感觉神经潜伏期未得到改善。     

Correction of camptodactyly with an external fixator

Camptodactyly is a flexion deformity of the proximal interphalangeal joint. Because of unsatisfactory results, treatment is not recommended for mild deformities, and in severe deformities surgery has been disappointing. A specially designed external fixator providing gradual distraction was used in a severe case. With this mildly aggressive method, an acceptable result was obtained. Received: 5 June 1997/Accepted: 2 February 1998     

Super-reactivity to amphetamine toxicity induced by schedule of reinforcement

The chronic exposure of rats to a schedule of operant water reinforcement coupled with chronically restricted access to water sensitized the animals to intermittentd-amphetamine injections (0.31–2.5 mg/kg with intervals of 12–23 days between any two injections) in such a way that this drug came to produce catastrophic losses of body weight (32.4% of control levels). In the sessions whend-amphetamine was administered, the rats were also given a total of 12 brief electric shocks. Loss of body weight was unaccompanied by parallel changes in operant behavior performance, or in food or water intake. Remarkably, in other studies with the same interventions (sham schedule sessions, water deprivation, and foot shocks), with the exception that reinforcers were never delivered,d-amphetamine did not produce catastrophic falls in body weight. This super-reactivity tod-amphetamine toxicity may be mediated by a possible stressor action of the schedule of reinforcement. Its mechanism might be analogous to the known sensitization produced by classical experimental stressor stimuli to the repeated administration ofd-amphetamine.     

The Troms? study: physical fitness, self reported physical activity, and their relationship to other coronary risk factors.

STUDY OBJECTIVE--The aim was to investigate the associations between physical fitness, leisure physical activity, and coronary risk factors. DESIGN--This was a cross sectional study of a random sample of men and women, following a population survey. SETTING--The municipality of Troms?, Norway in 1986-1987. PARTICIPANTS--All men born 1925-1966 and all women born 1930-1966 were invited to the survey; 21,826 subjects attended (81% of the eligible population): of these, 297 men and 312 women, randomly selected, attended the present study (attendance rates 94% in men and 89% in women). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS--Fitness was tested by bicycle ergometry. Physical activity was reported on a questionnaire. Multiple regression analysis was performed with fitness and leisure activity as dependent variables, and coronary risk factors as independent variables. Fitness and leisure activity were positively related (p less than 0.05). Prominent findings for fitness were negative associations with age and smoking (p less than 0.05), and positive associations with body mass index in both sexes (p less than 0.01). HDL cholesterol and systolic blood pressure were significant predictors of fitness in men (p less than 0.01). Smoking emerged as a strong negative predictor for leisure activity in women (p less than 0.01), and a negative relation between leisure activity and total cholesterol was found in men (p less than 0.01). CONCLUSIONS--The study indicates that coronary risk factors are more closely linked to physical fitness than to leisure physical activity.     

应用自体静脉套和脑细胞生长肽对面神经损伤恢复影响的临床研究

目的研究采用自体静脉管套入吻合口并注入脑细胞生长肽的方法,对面神经损伤后功能恢复的影响.方法吻合神经断端后用自体静脉管套入吻合口并注入脑细胞生长肽.分析肌电图和观察表情肌功能恢复,比较两种方法对损伤的面神经功能恢复的影响.结果自体静脉管套入吻合口并注入脑细胞生长肽的方法,比传统方法表情肌功能恢复时间明显缩短,且一期修复比二期修复功能恢复时间明显缩短,差异具有非常显著性意义(P＜0.01).两种方法修复面神经损伤,表情肌功能恢复后检测面神经传导速度差异无显著性意义(P＞0.05).结论自体静脉管套入吻合口并注入脑细胞生长肽的方法是一种比较有前途的面神经修复方法.