溶剂系统对18-甲基炔诺酮渗透皮肤的影响

本文对乙醇、水、油酸等溶剂系统对左旋18-甲基炔诺酮(简称LNG)及消旋18-甲基炔酮(简称NG)渗透皮肤的影响进行了研究。实验采用Vaila-Chien双室扩散池及成人离体皮肤。结果表明,在80%乙醇水溶液中,LNG与NG的皮肤渗透速率比用生理盐水提高5～6倍,其中NG的皮肤渗透速率比LNG高1～2倍.含水乙醇与油酸复合使用时,对LNG通透皮肤具有明显的协同促进作用。当油酸—80%乙醇(0.75:9.25v/v)作为复合溶剂时。所获得的LNG皮肤渗透速率为0.53μg/cm²·h,分别比油酸或80%乙醇单独使用时提高29倍和3倍。提示正确地采用复合溶剂系统,能有效地提高LNG或NG透皮速率。     

Magnetic resonance imaging for detection and analysis of mouse phenotypes

With the enormous and growing number of experimental and genetic mouse models of human disease, there is a need for efficient means of characterizing abnormalities in mouse anatomy and physiology. Adaptation of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to the scale of the mouse promises to address this challenge and make major contributions to biomedical research by non-invasive assessment in the mouse. MRI is already emerging as an enabling technology providing informative and meaningful measures in a range of mouse models. In this review, recent progress in both in vivo and post mortem imaging is reported. Challenges unique to mouse MRI are also identified. In particular, the needs for high-throughput imaging and comparative anatomical analyses in large biological studies are described and current efforts at handling these issues are presented.     

Attention and mental processing speed in hemodialysis patients

It has remained unclear whether well-dialyzed patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) show persisting neurocognitive deficits, especially in tasks that depend on sustained attention or psychomotor speed. We administered a battery of six attentional measures to 10 stable hemodialysis (HD) patients (age, 61+/-16 years; education, 12.4+/-3.8 years; Kt/V, 1.35+/-0.07) and 10 matched controls with normal renal function (age, 62+/-10 years; education, 11.6+/-1.0 years; estimated creatinine clearance, 92+/-25 mL/min). Results of the Trailmaking Test, Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test, Stroop Test, Digit Span, Continuous Performance Test (CPT), and Gordon Diagnostic System did not differ between groups. We conclude it is unlikely that well-dialyzed patients with ESRD manifest significant uremic neurocognitive deficits in the functional spheres related to sustained attention or mental processing speed.     

1-[2-(取代苯基甲硫基)-2-(2,4-二氟苯基)乙基]-1H-1,2,4-三唑类化合物的合成及抗真菌活性

设计合成了21个1-[2-(取代苯基甲硫基)-2-(2,4-二氟苯基)乙基]-1H-1,2,4-三唑类化合物,其中19个为首次报道。体外抑菌试验表明:所有目标化合物对8种试验真菌均有不同程度的抗菌活性,其中化合物1,2,5对絮状表皮癣菌的活性为硫康唑的512倍以上;化合物5对白色念株菌的活性为硫康唑的32倍;化合物2对申克孢子丝菌的活性为硫康唑的32倍;化合物2,14对新型隐球菌的活性分别为硫康唑的64倍,32倍;化合物1,5对熏烟色曲菌的活性分别为硫康唑的16倍以上。     

Adult asthma review in general practice: nurses' perception of their role

BACKGROUND: Asthma clinics have become widespread in general practice with nurses now playing an important role in asthma review. However, little is known about training of nurses carrying out reviews and how this affects the nurse role in patient management. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to discover the level of asthma training of practice nurses carrying out review of adult asthma patients in one Health Authority and to see if this has any effect on their perception of their role. METHOD: All 187 practice nurses in Grampian were sent a postal questionnaire investigating how asthma review is organized in general practice, their role in review and the asthma training they had received. Personal interviews were carried out with 17 nurses, exploring in more depth the topics covered in the questionnaire. RESULTS: A total of 167 nurses from 92% of the practices in Grampian responded, of whom 61% carried out asthma reviews. Among nurses carrying out reviews 71% did so on their own. 49% of nurses had or were training for advanced asthma qualification. Nurses without an asthma qualification were significantly more likely to feel that their training was not sufficient for their asthma related tasks (54% versus 11%, P = 0.0002). Nurses without advanced asthma qualifications were less likely to provide or review a self-management plan (29% versus 49%, P = 0.01), to review patient PEF recording (38% versus 65%, P < 0.01), to discuss patient worries (75% versus 94%, P < 0.05) or to make the initial diagnosis of asthma (24% versus 76%, P < 0.005). Nurses were unlikely to view their role as fully responsible unless they had an asthma qualification (13% versus 49%, P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Nurses without advanced asthma qualifications do not feel fully confident in responsibility for patient management. Nurses without training are more likely to only carry out routine monitoring at reviews while nurses with asthma training are more likely to actively develop patient self- management skills. This suggests that nurses should be supported to obtain asthma qualifications if they are to give the best possible care to asthma patients.      

Esophageal strictures: balloon dilation

One hundred seventy transnasal balloon catheter dilation procedures were performed in 35 patients with esophageal strictures to assess the efficacy and safety of the procedure. On the average, five dilations were required per patient. Depending on the cause of the esophageal stricture, success rates for the technique ranged from 67% to 87%, with success defined as the resolution of dysphagia to both fluids and solids. Three complications, all perforations, were seen; one perforation required surgical repair. No procedure-related deaths were identified in this series. Balloon catheter dilation can be safely applied to esophageal strictures from a variety of causes, with a high degree of clinical success.     

Cerebral sparganosis: CT characteristics

Cerebral sparganosis is an extremely rare parasitic zoonosis caused by a migrating plerocercoid tapeworm larva, genus Spirometra. Nineteen computed tomography (CT) scans of 12 patients with cerebral sparganosis were retrospectively analyzed and correlated with clinical and pathologic data. On CT scans, the following characteristics were noted: (a) unilateral involvement; (b) extensive or multifocal areas of low density along white matter bundles, with ipsilateral ventricular dilatation and localized cortical atrophy; (c) nodular or irregular enhancement with spotty calcification; and (d) change in location of enhancing nodules on sequential scans. These pathognomonic features reflect a chronic inflammatory process with both active granulomatous lesions and widespread degeneration of brain tissue, especially in the white matter. Degeneration is probably caused by migration of the long-surviving larva along the fiber tracts of white matter.