Haemoptysis in healthy children due to unsuspected foreign body

Abstract: Haemoptysis in otherwise healthy children is an uncommon event. Two cases of massive haemoptysis, subsequently requiring lobectomy, are discussed. In each case, foreign vegetable matter was identified despite previously normal bronchoscopy and minimal changes on chest radiograph.     

Actuarial survival in the premature infant less than 30 weeks' gestation

OBJECTIVE: Because survival from admission to discharge does not provide parents and physicians information about future life expectancy in the premature neonate, we characterized the actuarial survival, defined as the future life expectancy from a given postnatal age, in a large inborn population of premature infants < 30 weeks' gestation. STUDY DESIGN: We determined daily actuarial survival of 1925 inborn infants (23 to 29 weeks' gestation) admitted to the Baylor Affiliated Nurseries from July 1986 through December 1994, stratified by 100-g birth weight and by 1-week gestational-age intervals. RESULTS: In the 501- to 600-g birth weight stratum, actuarial survival improved from 31% at birth, to 61% on day of life 7, and then to 75% on day of life 28; in the 901- to 1000-g birth weight stratum, actuarial survival improved from 88%, to 94%, and then to 98% throughout the same times, respectively. Similar trends were obtained when data were stratified by gestational age. CONCLUSIONS: Survival in the smallest infants improves dramatically during the first few days of life, but there is a significant risk for late death in the smallest of these infants.     

外源核苷酸对免疫抑制小鼠胸腺细胞DNA损伤的影响

目的:检测外源核苷酸对经环磷酰胺诱导的免疫抑制小鼠胸腺细胞DNA损伤的影响。方法:采用18～20 g昆明种小鼠30只,雌雄各半,随机分成阴性对照组(NEC)、阳性对照组(POC)和核苷酸组(NTG),每组10只。NEC组和POC组小鼠均饲喂半纯合无核苷酸的基础日粮,NTG组则在基础日粮中添加0.25%的核苷酸,实验期为21 d。在实验结束前18 h POC组和NTG组小鼠按照150mg/kg bw的剂量腹腔注射环磷酰胺,NEC组注射生理盐水,实验结束时测定脾脏和胸腺脏器指数,并取胸腺细胞,做单细胞凝胶电泳,观察细胞DNA损伤情况。结果:在基础日粮中添加核苷酸对小鼠免疫器官重量没有显著影响(P>0.05),但能极显著降低受损胸腺细胞百分率(P<0.01)和受损细胞DNA尾长(P<0.01)。结论:外源核苷酸能显著降低免疫抑制小鼠受损胸腺细胞百分率和损伤程度。     

自然流产妇女弓形虫感染的调查研究

目的　探讨自然流产妇女与弓形虫 (Tox)感染的相关性。方法　采用酶联免疫吸附试验(EL ISA)对自然流产的 4 76例孕妇外周血进行了弓形虫循环抗原 (CAg)和特异性抗体 (Tox- Ig M,Tox- Ig G)的检测 ,并和正常妊娠妇女作比较 ;应用聚合酶链反应 (PCR)技术对经 EL ISA测定为阳性的 1 4例孕妇流产物进行 Tox- DNA检测。结果　流产组 CAg,Tox- Ig M,Tox- Ig G等阳性率分别为 5 .2 5 % ,6 .30 % ,1 1 .76 % ,其中 CAg及 Tox- Ig M阳性率与正常孕妇相比 ,差异有非常显著性 (P<0 .0 1 ) ;1 4例流产物中 Tox- DNA阳性 8例 ,阳性率为 5 7.1 4 %。结论　 Tox可通过胎盘传给胎儿 ,引起流产 ;孕妇急性感染与自然流产有相关性 ,CAg,Tox- Ig M,CAg+Tox- Ig M阳性率与发生流产次数呈正相关     

自我效能感与晕船症状的相关研究

目的探讨自我效能感与晕船症状的相关,以期寻找影响晕船的心理因素.方法对某院校参加海上实习的123名医疗本科学员用一般自我效能感量表、晕船自我效能感量表于出海作业前进行施测,用晕船症状评分量表于出海作业返回后进行评估.结果晕船自我效能感与晕船症状显著负相关(r=-0.470,P＜0.01),而一般自我效能感量表与晕船症状的相关无统计学意义(r=-0.102,P＞0.05).结论晕船自我效能感可能为个体发生晕船的心理影响因素之一.     

Prognostic significance of tumor necrosis in ovarian cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and interval surgical debulking

The objective of this study was to study the significance of tumor necrosis documented at the time of interval surgical debulking after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Retrospective chart reviews were carried out from 1997 to 2005 to identify ovarian cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Patients' demographics together with disease characteristics, treatment-related variables, and outcomes were recorded. Cox proportional hazard models were built to model time to progression using predictor variables such as age, cancer stage, tumor grade, residual disease, percentage change in CA125 level from baseline, and degree of necrosis in resected tumor specimens. One hundred one patients were included in the study. Optimal debulking was achieved in 74% of the patients. Cox regressions revealed three significant predictive variables of time to first progression: younger age (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.95, 95% CI 0.92-0.98, P= 0.004), residual disease (P= 0.048), and the absence/minimal tumor necrosis after three cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (HR = 1.97, 95% CI 1.01-3.87, P= 0.048). The estimated median survival was 50.66 months (95% CI 46.12-55.20). The lack of or minimal tumor necrosis after neoadjuvant chemotherapy is an independent risk factor for recurrent disease.     

Familial gastrointestinal stromal tumor syndrome: phenotypic and molecular features in a kindred.

PURPOSE: Members of a family with hereditary gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) and a germline KIT oncogene mutation were evaluated for other potential syndrome manifestations. A tumor from the proband was analyzed to compare features with sporadic GISTs. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Members of a kindred in which six relatives in four consecutive generations comprised an autosomal dominant pattern of documented GISTs and cutaneous lesions underwent physical examination, imaging studies, and germline KIT analysis. A recurrent GIST from the proband was studied using microarray, karyotypic, immunohistochemical, and immunoblotting techniques. RESULTS: In addition to evidence of multiple GISTs, lentigines, malignant melanoma, and an angioleiomyoma were identified in relatives. A previously reported gain-of-function missense mutation in KIT exon 11 (T --> C) that results in a V559A substitution within the juxtamembrane domain was identified in three family members. The proband's recurrent gastric GIST had a 44,XY-14,-22 karyotype and immunohistochemical evidence of strong diffuse cytoplasmic KIT expression without expression of actin, desmin, or S-100. Immunoblotting showed strong expression of phosphorylated KIT and downstream signaling intermediates (AKT and MAPK) at levels comparable with those reported in sporadic GISTs. cDNA array profiling demonstrated clustering with sporadic GISTs, and expression of GIST markers comparable to sporadic GISTs. CONCLUSION: These studies provide the first evidence that gene expression and mechanisms of cytogenetic progression and cell signaling are indistinguishable in familial and sporadic GISTs. Current investigations of molecularly targeted therapies in GIST patients provide opportunities to increase the understanding of features of the hereditary syndrome, and risk factors and molecular pathways of the neoplastic phenotypes.     

毕赤酵母表达阿片肽发酵条件的研究

研究了由毕赤酵母胞内两步发酵法表达活性小分子阿片肽的条件.正交实验确定最佳生长条件为:甘油24g/L、酵母膏11g/L、蛋白胨22g/L、YNB 20ml/L,初始pH5.0.菌体密度可达2.46;以单因素实验确定最佳表达条件为:起始菌体浓度2.44,初始pH 6.25,每10h流加0.6%甲醇(v/v),表达时间96h.阿片肽250ml摇瓶产量由196mg/L提高至496mg/L.     

离子液体促进氟罗沙星的合成

2,3,4-三氟苯胺经与EMME缩合、环合、氟乙基化、与N-甲基哌嗪缩合和水解反应制得氟罗沙星,前4步反应可被离子溶剂1-丁基-3-甲基咪唑六氟磷酸盐促进,如环合反应温度由300℃降至200℃,总收率61%.     

重组人胰高血糖素类多肽-1(7-36)对化学致糖尿病模型动物的降血糖作用

目的　本文研究了重组人胰高血糖素类多肽 1(7 36 )[rhGLP 1(7 36 ) ]对化学所致糖尿病模型动物的降血糖和促胰岛素分泌作用。方法　对四氧嘧啶型糖尿病小鼠及链脲霉素型糖尿病大鼠皮下注射不同剂量的rhGLP 1,分别于给药 4天后采血 ,收取血清 ,测定血糖及胰岛素值。结果　四氧嘧啶型糖尿病小鼠皮下注射 4 0、80 μg·kg-1rhGLP 1后 ,血糖值显著下降 (P <0 0 1) ,而 2 0 μg·kg-1剂量组则无显著性改变 ;链脲霉素型糖尿病大鼠皮下注射 2 8、5 6 μg·kg-1rhGLP 1后 ,血糖值显著下降 (P <0 0 5、P <0 0 1) ,而 14 μg·kg-1剂量组则无显著性改变。结论　rhGLP 1对实验动物部分 β细胞破坏的胰岛仍有促分泌胰岛素及降糖作用