Flumazenil does not improve hepatic encephalopathy associated with acute ischemic liver failure in the rabbit

The effect of flumazenil, a benzodiazepine antagonist, on hepatic encephalopathy was studied in rabbits with acute hepatic failure induced by a two-stage liver devascularization procedure. The rabbits were randomized for treatment with 5 mg/kg of flumazenil or the placebo. The drug was administered at two easily recognizable time points in the course of the encephalopathy: first, when the righting reflex was disturbed, and second, when the animal could no longer achieve to the sitting position. The response after flumazenil did not differ from that after the placebo, as measured by clinical evaluation and automated EEG analysis. Furthermore, the progression of the encephalopathy, as measured by the survival time after the first injection, was not affected by flumazenil.     

Das myofasziale Schmerzsyndrom

Background

Pain and/or functional disorders, such as weakness or movement control disorders, often have a myofascial origin. The pathophysiological substrates of myofascial problems are myofascial trigger points (mTrP) and reactive connective tissue alterations. Typical for myofascial pain is that the site of the origin of pain and the site of pain perception often do not lie in the same place (referred pain). Myofascial disorders can have a primary or a secondary cause and often make a substantial contribution to stimulus summation problems. In the process of clinical reasoning it needs to be investigated what value mTrP and fascial alterations have for the current problem in question (e.g. primary, secondary and contribution to stimulus summation).

Methods

The causal and sustained therapy of myofascial disorders considers the contractile part of muscle (contracture knots) as well as the noncontractile parts (reactive connective tissue alterations). Predisposition and maintaining factors have to be recognized and if possible included in the therapy, depending on the necessity. The trigger point therapy IMTT® (“Interessengemeinschaft für Myofasziale Triggerpunkt-Therapie”) encompasses manual techniques and if necessary dry needling for deactivation of the disruption potential of mTrP, stretching/detonization and functional training/ergonomics.     

单克隆抗体—表阿霉素免疫偶合物的制备和体外活性

用双功能试剂己二酰肼制备腙键连接的聚谷氨酸—表阿霉素,通过控制交联条件,所得产物克服了大分子自身交联的缺点,交联率较高。聚谷氨酸的载药量与分子量呈正比,平均每8～11个谷氨酸单体连接1分子表阿霉素。分子量为14300的聚谷氨酸做载体其载药量为1:11,与单抗交联所得的偶合物McAb:PGA:PAR为1:2:22。偶合物较好地保留了抗体活性,体外细胞毒性较游离药物略有下降,但表现出单抗介导的靶细胞选择性杀伤作用。本研究用腙键交联法成功地制备了药/抗比高且体外有效的免疫偶合物,为进一步制备细胞靶向的肿瘤化疗制剂奠定了基础。     

苯氧烷胺类化合物的合成及其抗高血压活性

前以2,6-二甲基苯氧乙叉为母体合成了一系列化合物,其中1-(2,6-二甲基苯氧基-2-(3,4-二甲氧基苯乙胺)-丙烷盐酸盐(Ⅰ)有较强而特久的降压作用。进一步研究又表明它具有阻断α-肾上腺素受体并兼有钙拮抗作用。     

Effectiveness of individualized neurodevelopmental care in the newborn intensive care unit (NICU)

The individual infant's neurodevelopmental process provides an integrative framework for the delivery of medical care needed to assure the infant's survival and quality of outcome. The infant's neurobehavioral functioning and expression provides an opportunity for caregivers to estimate the individual infant's current strengths, vulnerabilities and threshold to disorganization, as well as to identify the infant's strategies in collaborating in his or her best progression. This perspective supports caregivers in seeing themselves in a relationship with the infant, and in considering opportunities to enhance the infant's strengths and reduce apparent stressors in collaboration with the infant and the family. The results of several randomized studies supporting the effectiveness of such a neuro developmental approach to NICU care will be presented, and suggest implications for staff education and nursery-wide implementation.     

Hybrid intravenous digital subtraction angiography of the carotid bifurcation

A hybrid digital subtraction angiography technique and noise-reduction algorithm were used to evaluate the carotid bifurcation. Temporal, hybrid, and reduced-noise hybrid images were obtained in right and left anterior oblique projections, and both single- and multiple-frame images were created with each method. The resulting images were graded on a scale of 1 to 5 by three experienced neuroradiologists. Temporal images were preferred over hybrid images (average score = 3.2 and 2.4, respectively). The percentage of nondiagnostic examinations, as agreed upon by two readers, was higher for temporal alone than temporal + hybrid (4 and 1, respectively). In addition, also by agreement between two readers, temporal + hybrid images significantly increased the number of bifurcations seen in two views (87%) compared to temporal subtraction alone (64%).