Enema reduction of intussusception by hydrostatic pressure under ultrasound guidance: a report of 377 cases

Three hundred seventy-seven pediatric intussusception patients were treated by normal saline hydrostatic enema under ultrasound guidance from October 1985 to April 1987. Before reduction, the rate of correct diagnosis by ultrasonography was 100%, and the rate of successful reduction was 95.5% in this group. With this technique there is no risk of x-ray exposure to the patient. The definite criteria for reduction are discussed. Clear echogram was shown during reduction and the ileo-ileo-coli intussusception can be diagnosed. Intestinal perforation, if any, can be accurately recognized at once. This technique is believed to be one of the most promising methods in nonoperative treatment of pediatric intussusception.     

APPLICATION OF ACUPOINT-INJECTION THERAPY TO PAIN SYNDROME: CLINICAL ANALYSIS OF 250 CASES

In this paper,250 cases of headache,shoulder pain,lumbago and leg pain weretreated with 20％Angelicae Sinensis mixed with Vitamine B_(12) point-injection therapy.The total effective rate was 95.2％and in which the cure rate was 53.6％.Authors have found a close correlation between the effectiveness and the duration of disease.     

Additive effects of earthworm extract with HpD-laser on the enhancement of reactive oxygen production and the inhibition of[~3H]—thymidine.uptake in mouse ascitic tumor cells

The effects of combined use of earthworm extract(912)and HpD-laser on the produc-tion of reactive oxygen and the biosynthesis of DNA in S_(180) tumor cells were studied throughchemiluminescence measurement and[~3H]-TdR incorporation assay.The results showed that as com-pared with the control,the intensity of chemiluminescence emitted by tumor cells treatedsimultaneously with 912 and HpD-laser was enhanced more than ten-folds,while that treated with912 or HpD-laser alone was increased only 2～4 folds.The[~3H]-TdR incorporation into tumorcells of the former group was inhibited upto 74.1%,and that of the latter groups decreased onlyby 42.2% and 40.0%,respectively.In accordance with these biochemical changes,the ultrastructuraldamage of tumor cells of the former,combinedly treated group appeared to be the most serious.This suggests an additive effect of 912 with HpD-laser on tumor cells.In addition,if free radicalscavengers,such as catalase and superoxide dismutase,were added to the reaction systembefore chemiluminescence assay,the luminescent enhancement effect mentioned above was dramaticallyalleviated,implying the presence of O_2~ and H_2O_2 in the system.Therefore,as to the toxic effecton tumor cells,912 and HpD-laser are not only additive in efficiency,but also similar in theunderlying mechanism of action.     

正常喉区的CT解剖研究

喉的解剖较复杂,从CT图象上分辨更为困难。木文通过比较尸体喉区的断层解剖标本,从4个不同的平面,描述了喉区各结构形态大小的变化,并讨论其分布特征,这将有助于临床CT的诊断。     

中西医结合治疗急性胰腺炎疗效观察

目的:观察中西医结合治疗急性胰腺炎的疗效。方法:西药组23例用西药治疗,中西医结合组19例在用西药治疗的基础上加用柴芍承气汤及丹参注射液治疗。结果:中西医结合组疗效明显优于西药组(P<0.05)。结论:中西医结合治疗急性胰腺炎可明显改善急性期症状,减少并发症,改善预后。     

抗凝血酶Ⅲ测定在评价肝脏功能中的应用

测定110例肝病的抗凝血酶Ⅲ(AT-Ⅲ)活性,62例低于正常(56.4％),均值为60.1±38.2％。50例正常对照为100.0±26.7％。重症肝炎、慢性活动性肝炎及失代偿期肝硬化活性显著下降,均值分别为12.9±13.0％、51.0±34.6％、43.3±29.6％.AT-Ⅲ活性在评价肝脏功能方面较凝血酶原时间敏感,具有一定的实用意义。     

Ignoring Distant Genealogic Loops Leads to False-positives in Homozygosity Mapping

Distant consanguineous loops are often unknown or ignored during homozygosity mapping analysis. This may potentially lead to an increased rate of false-positive linkage results. We show that failure to take into account the distant loops may seriously underestimate the degree of consanguinity, especially for people from genetically isolated populations; in 6 Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients the distant loops accounted for 57.7 % of inbreeding on average. Theoretical evaluation showed that ignoring distant loops, which account for 18-75% of inbreeding, inflates the frequency of false positive conclusions substantially in 2-point linkage analysis, up to several hundred times. In multipoint linkage analysis of the 6 AD patients a chromosome-wide "empirical" significance of 5% corresponded to a true false positive rate of 11.1%. We show that converting multiple loops to a hypothetical loop capturing all inbreeding may be a convenient solution to avoid false positive results. When extended genealogic data are not available a hypothetical loop may still be constructed based on genomic data.     

关于老年人植入心脏起搏器术后疗养康复的体会

目的避免或减少老年人植入心脏起搏器术后疗养康复过程中起搏器故障和相关疾病的发生。积极治疗基础疾病,改变其不良症状,并通过心理治疗改善不良心理情绪,使其增强自信,提高生活质量。方法入院后,详细了解安置起搏器的时间、类型及工作情况,全面掌握其身体状况和心理特点,为其制定合理的疗养计划。结果疗养期结束后,疗养员无一例出现起搏器故障和发生相关疾病;基础疾病及不良症状得到进一步控制,心理不良情绪得到进一步控制,基本达到了疗养的目的。结论疗养院医务人员应全面了解起搏器的类型及特性;掌握安置起搏器的适应症和容易出现的病症;掌握此类疗养员的身体情况和心理特点,制定合理的疗养计划并按计划认真予以实施,是保证老年人植入心脏起搏器疗养员能够顺利完成疗养生活的有效措施。     

Toluene vapor exposure and urinary excretion of hippuric acid among workers in China.

A factory survey was conducted in three provinces in China from 1985 to 1989. The time-weighted average toluene concentrations in breathing zone air were monitored by diffusive sampling, whereas hippuric acid (HA) concentrations in shift-end urine samples were measured by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Exposed workers (456 men and women) were those for whom toluene (up to 548 ppm toluene) accounted for greater than or equal to 90% of total exposure (by vapor concentration in ppm), whereas 517 nonexposed controls were recruited from the same factories or from factories of the same region. There was a linear correlation between the intensity of toluene exposure and HA concentration in the shift-end urine. Comparison of the results with findings in the literature shows that the toluene-induced increase in urinary HA concentration among workers in China is significantly smaller than the published values, whereas HA concentrations in urine samples from nonexposed controls are comparable to the levels previously reported.     

Uncomplicated amebic liver abscess: prospective evaluation of percutaneous therapeutic aspiration.

The performance of therapeutic aspiration in the treatment of amebic liver abscess, advocated and practiced in many centers, is controversial. Previously, this practice has been evaluated in retrospective analyses. To test the potential benefit of therapeutic aspiration, the authors undertook a prospective randomized trial in 57 patients admitted for suspected amebic liver abscess during a 15-month period. Sixteen patients were excluded from the trial. The remaining 41 patients were randomly included in one of two study groups to receive amebicidal therapy alone or amebicidal therapy coupled with image-guided percutaneous therapeutic aspiration. All patients in the trial recovered. No statistically significant benefit was demonstrated in the aspiration group for the two objective parameters evaluated: length of hospitalization and duration of time to becoming afebrile. Subjective improvement in symptoms after aspiration was greater in the aspiration group at a marginally statistically significant level. These data do not support the adjunctive performance of percutaneous therapeutic aspiration in the treatment of uncomplicated amebic liver abscess. Amebicidals alone were equally efficacious in treating the group studied.