AIMS: To study the time and cost involved in the care of newly registered outpatients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), compared with patients with hypertension and/or hyperlipidaemia (HTL). METHODS: A total of 313 patients with DM and 58 patients with HTL without diabetes were registered on their first visits to 11 diabetes clinics across Japan. The time and cost involved in their care was recorded over the following 5 months. RESULTS: In the first 3 months, there was an extensive time commitment to both groups. The time spent by physicians was 1.5 times longer for DM than for HTL. The total care time spent by all the care providers for DM was twice that for HTL. The cost of DM care was twice that for HTL, with the cost of medicines excluded. However, half of the cost for DM was for laboratory tests. When these were excluded, and the remaining cost divided by the time spent, the amount for DM was half of that for HTL. Over the 5 months, mean glycated haemoglobin (HbA(1c)) in DM patients improved from 8.0% to 6.5%, and 72% of DM patients achieved the glycaemic target of HbA(1c) < or = 6.5%. CONCLUSIONS: DM care in a diabetes clinic requires a great deal more time and resources than HTL to achieve the best outcome. An educational system for self care, presently lacking in the primary care setting in Japan, would improve glycaemic control for DM patients in the community. 相似文献
Background: Clonidine can effectively reduce pain and/or hypersensitivity. However, the antihypersensitivity effects of clonidine topically applied in cream (CC) have not been investigated. The authors evaluated effects of topical application of CC on pain behaviors and spinal Fos-like immunoreactivity in rats with hypersensitivity.
Methods: Clonidine (30, 100, and 300 [mu]g/g) was prepared in a cream base. In rat models of neuropathic pain, inflammatory pain, and postoperative pain, the authors evaluated effects of CC (0.1 g), topically applied onto the plantar surface of the injured or uninjured paw, on thermal hyperalgesia and mechanical allodynia to von Frey filaments. The authors also evaluated effects of CC on lumbar spinal Fos-like immunoreactivity.
Results: In neuropathic rats, CC applied onto the injured paw reduced thermal hyperalgesia and mechanical allodynia dose dependently, whereas CC applied onto the uninjured paw had no effect. The antihypersensitivity effects of CC were antagonized by intraperitoneal yohimbine (10 mg/kg). Further, CC reduced Fos-like immunoreactivity in neuropathic rats. In contrast, CC in a single dose had no effects on hyperalgesia, allodynia, or Fos-like immunoreactivity in rats with inflammatory or postoperative pain. In rats with postoperative pain, CC repeatedly applied for 6 days reduced thermal hyperalgesia, but not mechanical allodynia, in the postoperative days, whereas it had no effects on hyperalgesia or allodynia in those with inflammatory pain. 相似文献
Febrifugine and isofebrifugine alkaloid mixtures extracted from the leaves and buds of Hydrangea macrophylla var. Otaksa, collected during different months, in Japan, were quantified using high-performance liquid chromatography. Leaves collected
during the flowering season, namely from June to August, contained 0.16–0.31 mg/g of the alkaloid mixture, whereas those collected
from September to December had less than 0.03 mg/g of the mixture. However, extracts of buds harvested from October to February
contained a consistently larger amount (more than 0.49 mg/g) of the alkaloids. Hot-water extracts from the leaves and buds
collected during different seasons were evaluated for antimalarial activity against Plasmodium yoelii 17XL in mice. The extract of leaves collected in August demonstrated high antimalarial activity, and all mice that received
the extract survived the infection. In contrast, the extract of leaves collected in December showed little activity. The extract
of buds collected in December cleared parasites, but with subsequent mortality to mouse. The present results show that the
amount of antimalarial agent—febrifugine and isofebrifugine mixture—in H. macrophylla var. Otaksa is both part- and season-dependent, suggesting that the choice of plant parts and their harvesting season are important factors
worth considering in the pharmacological use of medicinal plants. 相似文献
Two successful cases of the surgical treatment for coronary artery aneurysm (non-Kawasaki disease) were reported. The first
case had a saccular aneurysm on the left circumflex coronary artery (LCx) #14. Resection of the LCx aneurysm was performed
subsequent to single vessel coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) to the distal portion of LCx#14 under the cardioplegic
cardiac arrest. The second case had aneurysms on both the left anterior descending artery (LAD) #7 (fusiform) and the LCx#11
(saccular). After double vessel CABG to LAD#7 and LCx#11, ligation or resection of two aneurysms was performed successfully.
Postoperative courses have been uneventful with good angiographic results achieved. Since these surgical procedures demonstrated
safety, the patients are expected to achieve a good long-term prognosis. 相似文献
The kinetics and dynamics of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) assembly was explored by a fluorescence energy transfer assay method. Purified GFAP was stoichiometrically labeled at a single cysteine residue with fluorescein-maleimide. Soluble labeled GFAP in a low ionic strength buffer was assembled into 10 nm filaments by rapidly increasing the ionic strength, and the kinetics of GFAP assembly was monitored by the reduction in fluorescence due to self-quenching of fluorescein. The extent of fluorescence quench correlated with both the formation of 10 nm filament morphology and the amount of protein pelleted at 12,000g. The assembly of GFAP is critically dependent upon both protein and magnesium ion concentration, and at the critical concentration for GFAP assembly is approximately 40 micrograms/ml. Disassembly of GFAP filaments was also observed as a relief of fluorescence quenching after dilution of labeled GFAP filaments. When labeled GFAP filaments were mixed with an excess of unlabeled filaments, a rapid increase of fluorescence was observed, which is due to an exchange of subunits between labeled and unlabeled GFAP filaments. These results indicate that GFAP filaments are dynamic structures and that a small pool of kinetically active unassembled GFAP subunits are in a dynamic equilibrium with assembled GFAP filaments. The ability of GFAP to assemble, disassemble, and undergo subunit exchange has important implications for the organization and dynamics of astroglia cell cytoskeleton during development and in response to injury. 相似文献
The cardiovascular responses to an infusion of KRN2391, a potassium channel opener, was studied in halothane-anesthetized
dogs. Intravenous administration of KRN2391 at 1.0 and 5.0 μg·kg−1·min−1 for 60 min produced dose-dependent decreases in mean arterial pressure (MAP) and systemic vascular resistance (SVR) associated
with dose-dependent increases in the cardiac index (CI) and stroke volume index (SVI) but was not accompanied by an increase
in heart rate (HR). The maximum decrease in MAP during the infusion of KRN2391 at 1.0 and 5.0 μg·kg−1·min−1 was −13±7% (P<0.01) and −37±10% (P<0.01), respectively. The maximum reduction in SVR after 1.0 and 5.0 μg·kg−1·min−1 was −20±11% (P<0.01) and −60±16% (P<0.01), respectively. A KRN2391 infusion of 1.0 and 5.0 μg·kg−1·min−1 increased Cl a maximum of 11±13% (P<0.05) and 65±33% (P<0.01), respectively. KRN2391 1.0 μg·kg−1·min−1 showed a tendency to increase SVI but this change was not significant, KRN2391 5.0 μg·kg−1·min−1, however, produced a significant increase in SVI. The present results demonstrate that the decrease in MAP and the increases
in CI and SVI caused by KRN2391 are due to a reduction in the afterload. Therefore, we conclude that these cardiovascular
profiles of KRN2391 may be benificial in perioperative uses including the control of systemic blood pressure and the treatment
of hypertension during halothane anesthesia in clinical practice. 相似文献
We examined radiographs of the elbows of the pitching arms of 79 professional baseball pitchers (mean age, 25.1 years; mean
duration of professional career, 4.7 years) and noted the frequency and size of spurs, bone fragments, and intra-articular
loose bodies according to site. The influence of duration of professional baseball career on these osteoarthritic changes
was also investigated. The olecranon tip was the most frequent site of spurs (62/79; 78.5%), and fragmentation of the spur
was detected in 17 joints. The frequency of spurs was also high at the medial margin of the olecranon, the tip of the coronoid
process, the medial margin of the sigmoid notch, the medial margin of the trochlea and the olecranon fossa. In 38 subjects,
spurs were observed at the distal portion of the radial notch of the ulna. However, few pitchers had osteoarthritic changes
in the humeral capitellum or radial head. Intra-articular loose bodies were detected in 4 of 79 joints (5.1%), and bone fragments
were present below the medial humeral epicondyle in 25 of 79 joints (31.6%). Osteoarthritic changes in the elbow joint appeared
to be attributable mainly to traction stress and impingement associated with extension and valgus strain. Significant osteoarthritic
changes were often found in professional pitchers whose careers exceeded 5 years. 相似文献
To estimate the degree of coagulopathy in abdominal sepsis, we measured the plasma levels of prothrombin fragment 1 + 2 (F1 + 2), thrombin-antithrombin III complex (TAT) and plasmin-alpha 2-plasmin inhibitor complex (PIC) by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 38 patients with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). In 20 patients with DIC due to abdominal sepsis, plasma levels of F1 + 2, TAT and PIC were 2.6 nmol/l, 27.9 micrograms/l and 1.5 micrograms/ml, respectively, with a mean antithrombin III (AT III) activity of 41.7%. F1 + 2, TAT, PIC and AT III levels were 4.7 nmol/l, 75.8 micrograms/l, 8.8 micrograms/ml and 70.9% in 18 patients with DIC as the result of malignancy. Though AT III levels in DIC due to sepsis were lower than those in DIC due to malignancy, the levels of F1 + 2, TAT and PIC in the former were not significantly more increased than those in the latter. The plasma levels of F1 + 2 were positively correlated with TAT and PIC in DIC patients with malignancy; however, there was no correlation between F1 + 2 and TAT or PIC in DIC patients with sepsis. In addition, the levels of serum albumin in the two groups were similar. These results suggest that activation of coagulation and fibrinolytic systems may not be so prominent in cases of DIC due to abdominal sepsis, compared to related events in DIC due to malignancy. It is also suggested that the depletion of AT III in cases of sepsis is not only caused by a consumption related to intravascular coagulation or to an alternate distribution of protein.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS) 相似文献
The neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a life-threatening complication of neuroleptic treatment. To elucidate the pathogenesis of NMS, an animal model has been developed. Experimental rabbits treated with haloperidol (1 mg/kg) by intramuscular injection, were studied for the diagnostic symptoms of increased muscle rigidity, elevated body temperature, and high serum creatine phosphokinase (CPK) level. Administration of haloperidol (1 mg/kg) and atropine (0.4 mg/kg), and exposure to high ambient temperature (35°C) induced a significant increase in electromyographic activity with muscle rigidity similar to that observed in patients with NMS. Such rabbits also showed elevated body temperature and serum CPK value. In addition to the similarity of the signs and symptoms, all parameters measured (muscle rigidity, body temperature, and serum CPK level) were normalized by dantrolene treatment. The effectiveness of dantrolene in the experimental animal partially confirms the validity of this animal model for NMS. This experimental animal model for NMS may be useful to elucidate the pathogenesis of NMS. 相似文献