Benefits of quadruple immunosuppressive therapy in recipients of living related donor kidneys. A review of 855 operations.

Eight hundred fifty-five living related donor transplant recipients were analyzed according to 15 potential risk factors with regard to patient and graft survival according to immunosuppression. Group I, 1968 to 1983, (n = 440 patients) received azathioprine and prednisone; group II, 1984 to 1987, (n = 229 patients) received triple therapy--azathioprine, prednisone, and cyclosporine; and group III, 1988-1991, (n = 186 patients), quadruple therapy--azathioprine, prednisone, cyclosporine, and Minnesota antilymphocyte globulin. Three important risk factors included immunosuppression, tissue typing, and race. Groups II and III had improved allograft survival over group I (p = 0.03). Patients with two haplotype matches had similar survival in all three groups. Kidney survival in one-haplotype-matched recipients improved in group II and was equal to that of the two-haplotype-matched patients in group III. Cyclosporine improved allograft survival in both races when combined with azathioprine and prednisone. Quadruple therapy improved early survival in one-haplotype black patients, even though long-term results remained better in whites. Cyclosporine did not improve graft survival in two-haplotype recipients. The addition of cyclosporine and quadruple therapy did not increase morbidity and mortality rates.     

Tax-exempt challenges continue.

National attention to the tax-exempt status issue is not as acute as it has been in the last few years, but the challenges are continuing in a number of states. Hospital administrators and legal experts in Pennsylvania, the nation's flashpoint state on the issue, discuss what's going on and why.     

Solid and papillary epithelial neoplasms of the pancreas: CT findings

Five female patients and one male patient with solid and papillary epithelial neoplasms of the pancreas were examined with computed tomography (CT). The mean age of the patients was 27 years (range, 13-46 years). All cases showed well-encapsulated, round or lobulated masses consisting of both cystic and solid areas. Cystic portions showed CT numbers that suggested hemorrhagic necrosis. There were no internal septations within the masses. In three tumors located in the head of the pancreas, dilatation of the biliary tree was absent or minimal, although the masses were large. Two tumors contained calcifications. One tumor demonstrated metastatic deposits in liver and lymph nodes. Metastatic masses appeared similar to the primary pancreatic mass. Solid and papillary neoplasm of the pancreas should be the primary diagnostic consideration when characteristic CT findings are detected in a young female patient.     

华支睾吸虫对自然感染动物模型猫肝脏/胆管及生理生化指标的影响

目的 了解自然状态下猫感染华支睾吸虫的现状及该病对肝脏／胆管及生理生化指标的影响。方法 观察活猫的精神状态，处死后肝脏形态及切开后的眼观形态；通过病理切片观察肝脏、胆管及胆囊的病理变化；测定血常规及肝脏功能指标。结果 7.3％的肝脏（8／218，218为阳性猫）表面有明显的黄豆粒大小的肿瘤；94％（205／218）的肝脏质地变硬，结缔组织增生；29．8％（25／218）肝脓肿，肝色较黄，小叶结构模糊：54．1％（118／218）胆管内上皮细胞增生，淋巴细胞浸润；感染猫血红细胞显著降低（P〈0．01），血清丙氨酸氨基转移酶显著升高（P〈0．05）。结论 华支睾吸虫对肝脏、胆管及胆囊造成了严重伤害，很可能是肝癌、胆管癌的诱因之一。     

Administrative ethics in the 1990s: CEOs confront payment, access dilemmas.

The 1990s are presenting new challenges to hospital CEOs. One theme currently emerging is the ethics of resource allocation. As they search for ways to fulfill their community responsibilities under pressures related to reimbursement, technology and community desires, hospitals are finding that they must make some very tough choices in how they allocate resources. Given the opportunity, how would you respond? Compare your response to an ethical scenario with those of three nationally recognized hospital CEOs.     

舰船员慢性荨麻疹与马拉色菌相关性研究

目的研究舰船员慢性荨麻疹发病与马拉色菌的关系。方法对126例舰船员慢性荨麻疹患者及45例健康者进行真菌学比较研究。将马拉色菌阳性的82例慢性荨麻疹患者分为A、B两组,A组单用抗组胺药,B组用抗组胺药联合2%酮康唑洗剂治疗。结果舰船员慢性荨麻疹患者皮肤马拉色菌带菌率高于正常对照组(P<0.01),两治疗观察组于治疗结束时,疗效无显著性差异(P>0.05);治疗结束6~8周后,B组疗效高于A组,有显著性差异(P<0.01),且B组真菌学检查马拉色菌转阴率高于A组(P<0.01)。结论舰船员慢性荨麻疹与皮肤马拉色菌有一定相关性,联合抗真菌治疗能提高其远期疗效。     

兔骨髓基质细胞向成骨细胞分化过程的超微形态结构观察

目的观察并探讨骨髓基质细胞向成骨细胞诱导分化过程中细胞超微形态结构的变化及相互联系。方法抽取成年兔髂骨骨髓，分离、培养骨髓基质细胞，1周后分别采用含诱导因子的条件培养液和不含诱导因子的标准培养液继续培养，2周后收集细胞，应用透射电镜观察其超微结构；同时分别将上述两组细胞与煅烧骨体外复合并在原培养液中继续培养，分别于复合1、7、14d取出，用扫描电镜观察细胞表面超微形态。结果透射电镜下见诱导前的骨髓基质细胞浆少，核大，细胞器不发达，处于早期幼稚阶段，而诱导2周后的细胞核小、胞浆多，细胞器丰富，处于较为成熟阶段。扫描电镜下见复合培养2周内诱导前后的骨髓基质细胞均由圆盘形向多角形、条带状相互融合、重叠生长，诱导2周后的骨髓基质细胞间可见大量胶原纤维等基质成分以及钙盐颗粒，而诱导前的细胞始终未见基质分泌及钙盐颗粒。结论成骨诱导后，骨髓基质细胞内细胞器等超微结构极为丰富，细胞表面及细胞间有大量细胞外基质分泌和钙盐沉积。透射电镜和扫描电镜可动态观察骨髓基质细胞向成骨细胞分化过程中细胞超微形态结构的变化。     

支气管动脉灌注化疗联合直线加速器放射治疗Ⅲa期非小细胞肺癌

目的　研究支气管动脉灌注化疗联合直线加速器放射治疗Ⅲa期非小细胞肺癌 (NSCLC)的可行性及临床价值。方法　 76例NSCLC患者随机分成A、B 2组 ,A组先行 2次支气管动脉灌注化疗 (BAI) ,第 2次BAI 1～ 2周后再行直线加速器放射治疗 (RT) ;B组单纯行 2次BAI (对照组 )。结果　临床疗效 ,A组 (BAI RT)和B组 (BAI)分别为 89.47%和 60 .5 3% (Ρ <0 .0 1) ;1、3年生存率 ,A、B组分别为 81.5 8%、5 0 .0 0 %和 60 .5 3%、2 1.0 5 % ( 0 .0 1<Ρ <0 .0 5 )。结论　支气管动脉灌注化疗联合直线加速器放射治疗Ⅲa期非小细胞肺癌的临床疗效和患者 1、3年生存率均显著提高