A randomized controlled trial of electromagnetic therapy in the primary care management of venous leg ulceration

OBJECTIVE: The aim was to establish the potential efficacy, tolerabilityand side-effect profile of electromagnetic therapy as an adjunctto conventional dressings in the treatment of venous leg ulcers. METHOD: A prospective, randomized, double blind controlled clinicaltrial was carried out in a dedicated leg ulcer clinic basedin one urban general practice. Nineteen patients with leg ulcersof confirmed venous aetiology were assessed. The main outcomemeasures were rate and scale of venous leg ulcer healing, changesin patient-reported pain levels, quality of life, degree ofmobility, side effect profile and acceptability to patientsand staff. RESULTS: Sixty-eight per cent of patients attending this dedicated clinicachieved improvements in the size of their ulcer (4, 21%, healedfully) and in reduced pain levels (P < 0.05) during the trial,despite the chronicity of ulcer histories. Patients treatedwith electromagnetic therapy at 800 Hz were found at day 50to have significantly greater healing (P < 0.05) and paincontrol (P < 0.05) than placebo therapy or treatment with600 Hz. All patients reported improved mobility at the end ofthe study. The electromagnetic therapy was well tolerated bypatients, with no differences between groups in reporting adverseevents, and proved acceptable to staff. CONCLUSION: Despite the small numbers in this pilot study, electromagnetictherapy provided significant gains in the healing of venousleg ulcers and reduction in pain. Keywords. Electromagnetic therapy, RCT, leg ulcers, primary care.     

山羊急性心肌缺血时恶性心律不齐的发生和...

The coronary collateral circulation of goat is very spare, so myocardiac ischemia model of goat can simulate the patient previously with normal coronary circulation and suddenly developing complete occlusion of coronary arteries. In this study 80 Chengdu goats were used, and the branches of their left coronary artery were ligated. Ventricular tachycardia (VT) developed in 23 goats and ventricular fibrillation (VF) in 39 goats. VT and VF both occurred in the early phase of acute myocardial ischemia, and both had 6 min as the median time of onset. In 71 cases data on the weight of myocardiac ischemic area were collected, in which the weight percentage of ischemic area relating to the ventricles of 34 goats with VF was significantly higher than that of 37 goats without VF (35.4 +/- 2.4% vs 19.5 +/- 1.9%). After coronary ligation, 9 cases directly precipitated into VF which could not be defibrillated. In the remaining 62 cases, the weight percentage of ischemic area of 21 cases with VT was higher than that of 41 cases without VT (32.9 +/- 2.8% vs 20.9 +/- 2.1%). The relationships between the incidence of VT or VF and the weight percentage of ischemic area were fitted with logistic curve. The likelihood of occurrence of VT or VF is increased as the weight percentage of ischemia area goes up.     

用下睑眼轮匝肌蒂瓣与鼻唇沟皮瓣一次修复下睑全层缺损三例

用下睑眼轮萜肌蒂瓣与鼻唇沟皮瓣一次性修复下睑全层缺损三例。男性１例，女性２例，平均年龄５０岁，均为下睑１／２￣１／３全层缺损。基底细胞癌、睑板腺癌、鳞状细胞癌各１例，皮瓣全部成活。术后随访１年，下睑外形良好，闭眼功能正常。     

Identification of Leishmania donovani isolates from different kala-azar foci in China by kDNA hybridization.

kDNA sequence homology of Leishmania donovani isolates from three types of kala-azar foci in China were analyzed by using dot and Southern hybridization with biotin- and 32P-labelled probes. The results revealed kDNA sequence heterogeneity among Leishmania donovani isolates from the three kala-azar foci: sequence homology between isolates of hill and desert foci was higher than that between hill and plain foci isolates. The kDNA hybridization technique was also found to be specific and sensitive for direct identification of Leishmania in animal tissues. In a preliminary survey, kDNA hybridization of cutaneous tissue blots of 71 dogs from endemic regions showed a positive rate of 40.8%, and the rate of double positive cases (touch blot hybridization and bone marrow smear) reached 91.3%. The direct identification of Leishmania in tissues by kDNA hybridization seems to be a useful and convenient method for epidemiological study and clinical diagnosis, especially for species/strain characterization.     

肠外营养对呼吸功能不全患者的影响

从加强医疗病房的重危患餐巾选取因呼吸衰竭而给予呼吸机支持的患者40例,随机分为A组20例进行肠外营养(parenteral nutrition,PN)治疗,B组20例未行PN治疗。对通气/换气功能各指标进行分析,结果两组患者的呼吸频率、pH、PaO_2、PaCO_2及HCO_3~-无明显差异;A组氧分压与吸入气氧浓度比值轻度降低,而肺泡-动脉氧压差及肺内分流明显升高。提示PN中的脂肪乳和高糖可能是导致呼吸功能改变的重要因素。     

增殖细胞核抗原在口腔鳞状细胞癌中的表达

采用鼠抗ＰＣＮＡ单克隆抗体，ＡＢＣ法，对１１例正常口腔粘膜及２９例口腔鳞癌进行了染色。结果表明：正常粘膜仅在基底层中有少量的ＰＣＮＡ阳性细胞，其阳性分级为１级。而鳞癌阳性分级主要是３～４级，随着组织学分级的升高，ＰＣＮＡ阳性表达率也相应增高。经统计学分析，正常组织与鳞癌之间及鳞癌各级均有非常显著差异（Ｐ＜００１）。提示：ＰＣＮＡ的表达与口腔鳞癌组织学分级有关。     

潘库溴铵在婴幼儿、儿童和成年人的药代动力学

研究观察年龄对潘库溴铵药代动力学的影响，选择24例施择期整形外科手术的患者，根据年龄分成三组：1组为5例婴幼儿，年龄0．75－2．95岁；2组为13例儿童，年龄4－14岁；3组为6例病人，年龄16－27岁，静注潘库溴铵100ug/kg后用改良蒌光法测定其血浓度，潘库溴铵的体内过程能用二室开放模型完整描述，年龄愈小，分布容积愈大，血浆清除率愈高，潘库溴铵的血药浓度愈低，V1（中央室分布容积），V2（周边室分布容积），Vdss(稳态分布容积），C1（血浆清除率）和AUC（曲线下面积）在三相间有明显差别，1组的T1／2β和MRT明显比2，3组长，但T1／2α和K21在三组间无明显差别。     

抗癌药物对心脏毒性反应(附五例报告)

本文报道五例肿瘤患者在用抗癌药的治疗过程中,出现对心脏不同程度的毒性反应,并就有关几种抗癌药物的毒性作用机理及防治进行了讨论。     

深圳宝安3～7岁健康幼儿血清糖、离子、非蛋白含氮类化合物表达水平观察

目的观察深圳宝安3～7岁健康幼儿血清糖、离子、非蛋白含氮类化合物表达水平。方法采用OLRPUSAU-640全自动生化仪及OLRPUS诊断试剂、东欧生物诊断试荆，检测316例体检健康幼儿血清中Ca^＋＋、Mg^＋＋、P^＋＋＋、GLU、BUN、Cr、UA的含量。结果①．1组与4组及2组与3、4组Ca^＋＋组间方差分析，差异有统计学意义，P〈0.05。②．1组与2、3、4组Cr组间方差分析，差异有统计学意义P〈0．05。而Mg^＋＋、P^＋＋＋、GLU、BUN、UA组间方差分析差异无统计学意义，P〉0．05。结论笔者证实了3～4岁健康幼儿与6～7岁健康幼儿及4～5岁健康幼儿与5～7岁健康幼儿血清Ca^＋＋表达水平有差异。也证实了3～4岁健康幼儿与4～7健康幼儿Cr含量存在差异。由此可见，3～7岁健康幼儿建立自己的参考值是必要的。