Image features of two rare mediastinal tumors: schwannoma of intrathoracic phrenic nerve and clear cell chondrosarcoma of the rib

The current report focuses on two patients of the same age who presented similar appearances on initial anteroposterior chest images. Follow-up images showed superoanterior and superoposterior mediastinal lesions. The first patient with noninvasive cystic thymoma was suspected before surgery, while the pathologic diagnosis was intrathoracic phrenic nerve schwannoma. The second patient was with an asymmetric, dumbbell-shaped paravertebral tumor over T3 and T4 on the left side. The preoperative…     

麻醉药品的严格管理方法

文章编号:1009-6493(2006)12C-3352-02麻醉药品的管理是医院管理工作的一项重要任务,如果管理有方,使用得当,可以治病;如果失之管理,使用不当,危害生命健康及社会治安。2005年8月3日,国务院颁布了《麻醉药品和精神药品管理条例》以来我院采取了各种有效的相关措施,保证了麻醉药品的合理使用,取得了良好的社会效益。现将我院严格管理麻醉药品的方法介绍如下。1严格建卡要管理好麻醉药品,首先要严格建卡,建卡时要手续齐全。1.1户口本病人的户口要在建卡医院管辖区内,如超出所管辖区,应有三级甲等医院的证明或肿瘤专病医院的证明及病历。1.2病…     

Acetylcholine induces contractile and relaxant effects in canine nasal venous systems.

Acetylcholine (ACh) induces nasal congestion at low doses but decongestion at high doses. The current study investigated the vascular mechanisms underlying this biphasic nasal airway response in dogs. Collecting and outflow veins from anterior and posterior nasal venous systems and the septal mucosa (containing sinusoidal venous plexuses) were isolated. The in vitro isometric tension of the vascular segments was monitored to reflect vascular reactivity. Immunohistochemical localisation of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH)-diaphorase and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) was performed. ACh did not affect the venous plexuses but contracted the anterior collecting vein and the outflow veins of both systems in a concentration-dependent manner; the responses were unaffected by nitro-L-arginine-methyl-ester (L-NAME). ACh relaxed posterior collecting veins at low concentrations but contracted them at higher concentrations; L-NAME enhanced the contractions but inhibited the relaxations, with the inhibition reversed by L-arginine. NADPH-diaphorase and eNOS were located predominantly in the posterior collecting veins. The fact that acetylcholine at low concentrations relaxes posterior collecting veins but contracts other collecting and outflow veins implies that the agonist in vivo may induce nasal congestion by increasing posterior blood volume. At higher concentrations, acetylcholine contracts posterior collecting veins as well, implying diminished blood volume in both venous systems, and consequently nasal decongestion. The induced contraction in posterior collecting veins is nitric oxide-independent, while the induced relaxation is nitric oxide-dependent.     

调气活血汤治疗崩漏34例

崩漏是月经周期、经期、经量严重失常的病证，是指经血非时暴下不止或淋漓不尽而言。调气活血汤为韩百灵氏治疗崩漏之经验方，韩氏认为本方证多由情志不遂，积思郁怒，或经产后，余血未尽，感寒涉水，过食生冷，不禁房事，余血停滞，瘀阻冲任，心血不得归经，而致崩中漏下。临证时须审因论治，若气病及血者，以活血为主，调气为辅。笔者自2005年以来，运用本方治疗妇女崩漏病34例，取得满意疗效，现报道如下。     

Comparative expression profiling in primary and immortalized endothelial cells: changes in gene expression in response to hydroxy methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibition.

Immortalized cell lines offer significant logistical advantages over primary cells when used for in-vitro studies. Immortalized cells may, however, exhibit important differences relative to their primary cell counterparts. In this study, microarrays were used to make a genome-wide comparison between primary human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and EA.hy926, an immortalized HUVEC cell line, in their baseline properties and in their response to inhibition of the mevalonate pathway with an inhibitor of hydroxy methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (statin). HUVECs and EA.hy926 were incubated with control medium, atorvastatin, mevalonate, or a combination of atorvastatin and mevalonate for 24 h. Gene expression profiles were obtained in duplicates using Affymetrix Human Genome U133A 2.0 arrays (Santa Clara, California, USA). Probe-sets were selected according to the following criteria: a twofold or greater increase/decrease in atorvastatin-treated cells compared with untreated cells; a twofold or greater reversal of the effect of atorvastatin by combined treatment with atorvastatin and mevalonate; no significant change in gene expression in cells treated with mevalonate alone compared with untreated cells. Most genes that were expressed by untreated HUVECs, were also expressed by untreated EA.hy926 cells. EA.hy926 cells, however, constitutively expressed a large number of additional genes, many of which were related to cell cycle control and apoptosis. Atorvastatin induced differential expression (> or = twofold) of 103 genes in HUVECs (10 up, 93 down) and 466 genes in EA.hy926 cells (198 up, 268 down). Applying the above selection criteria, thrombomodulin and tissue plasminogen activator were up-regulated in both cell types, whereas, connective tissue growth factor, thrombospondin-1, and cysteine-rich angiogenic inducer 61 were down-regulated. In conclusion, EA.hy926 cells retain most of the characteristics of endothelial cells under baseline conditions as well as after treatment with atorvastatin. It is necessary, however, to carefully select and validate changes in genes that are the focus of studies when using EA.hy926 cells. While this cell line is highly useful in studies on some genes, including genes encoding molecules involved in regulating thrombohemorrhagic homeostasis, they appear to be less suited for studies focused on other genes, particularly those involved in the regulation of cell proliferation and apoptosis.     

颈椎术后病人首次下床活动的感受及需求的调查

早期下床活动的必要性已得到大家认可,但术后早期病人常常较虚弱,且下床活动时会引发一些不适,病人也会有一些担心和顾虑,这在一定程度上会影响病人下床活动的积极性。颈椎手术本身有其特殊性,术后对颈部的稳定要求较高,因此此类病人活动有其特点。本研究以颈椎术后已下床活动的病人为研究对象,通过问卷调查,了解颈椎手术后病人首次下床的感受和相关需求,为进一步提高颈椎术后护理质量提供依据。1资料和方法1.1对象采用方便取样,选取2005年4月—2005年6月在某三甲医院因颈椎病入院、术后已下床活动的病人75例。其中男54例,女21例;年龄28岁~7…     

Buccal mucosal graft for urethral reconstruction.

Urethral reconstruction with graft substances, such as skin and bladder mucosa, has been previously used when primary anastomosis cannot be achieved. However, stricture and meatal prolapse are associated with these grafts. We report the use of buccal mucosa for the reconstruction of urethral defects in 3 patients. One patient with failed operation for hypospadias received tube buccal mucosal graft for urethral replacement. Two patients with urethral necrosis and stricture received onlay buccal mucosal graft. All patients were disease-free during follow-up (range, 12 to 49 months; mean, 36 months). One patient had a pinhole fistula that was successfully managed with simple repair. This technique appears to be useful for urethral reconstruction when a local graft is not available, even in patients with complicated conditions.     

咳喘"冬病夏治"临床应用

"冬病夏治"法意即冬天易发作的病,在夏天(特指伏天)提前预防性治疗的一种特色疗法.寒性咳喘是我国北方冬季的常见病、多发病.我院针灸科从1983年开始,每年伏天运用针药并用外敷治疗寒性咳喘的"冬病夏治"法,治愈数千例患者,取得了很好的疗效.     

Evaluation of Class I ART restorations in Brazilian schoolchildren: three-year results

Atraumetic Restorative Treatment (ART) has been adopted around the world to avoid unnecessary extractions, especially in non-industrialized countries The development of specific glass ionomer cements marketed for the ART technique has contributed to the technical success rate. In this study. Ketac-Molar^a (3M ESPE. Dental Medzn Germany) was used to restore 150 Class I cavities in 118 Brazilian public school children, aged from 7–12 years. At baseline and at subsequent recalls. CPI probes with a ball-end of 0.5 millimeters (mm) were used to assess loss of restorative material, and photographic color transparencies of restorations were made. After six months. 83 patients returned for follow-up examinations, with 71.8% of their restorations designated as acceptable. After three years. 49 patients with 57 ART-restorations were evaluated, with 21.0% of these restorations graded as acceptable Another 29.8% of their restorations had been replaced by more permanent materials. The main objective of the ART technique is tooth retention; this was achieved for 94.7% of the restored teeth in a high caries risk population who returned for recalls.     

Palmitic acid as an excipient in implants for sustained release of insulin

Sustained-release implants for insulin can be made by compressing a powder admixture with palmitic acid as the excipient. At less than 20%, insulin does not disperse uniformly in the admixture. The size distribution of the excipient particles obtained after grinding for 15 min does not affect the sustained release action. When tested in a 33 d period, an 1/8-size piece (approximately 25 mg) implant cut from a pellet disc containing 20% insulin which is 13 mm in diameter and 1.5 mm thick released 0.12-0.17 mg insulin/d in diabetic Wistar rats. The 1/8-size piece containing 20% insulin or a rod of similar weight with a diameter of 3 mm, which can be inserted by a trocar, was optimal for the implant to provide a service-life of 49 +/- 7 d. The service-life decreased with progressive reduction in implant size. The implant functioned just as well subcutaneously or intraperitoneally and was eroded subcutaneously by 33.6-53.1% in 33 d. The glycosylated haemoglobin contents of diabetic animals on implant therapy which had a blood glucose level of 4.7 +/- 2.5 mmol/l were in a range of 6.2-8.9% compared to the control value of greater than 13% with chronic hyperglycemia. The overall results indicated that the implant was a promising alternative to daily insulin injections.