国产头孢三嗪在急性感染病人中的药代动力学

静脉滴注国产头孢三嗪0.5～1克,治疗8例急性感染病人的药代动力学。静注后半小时用HPLC测得的平均血药浓度为100.75μg/ml,24小时的血药浓度为11.4μg/ml,国产头孢三嗪的药代动力学特点与国外同类产品基本一致。半衰期长,清除半衰期为8.8小时,可在血液和感染部位中保持较长时间的杀菌和抑菌浓度,总表观分布容积为13.0L/kg,表明药物在组织中的浓度高。本品用量小,每日1克1～2次即可达到疗效。5例慢性胆囊炎伴胆石症患者静滴头孢三嗪1克后,2小时胆汁的平均药物浓度为1022.8μg/ml,可作为治疗胆道感染的有效药物。     

Experience with a metered-dose inhaler with a spacer in the pediatric emergency department

Studies of adults suggest that metered-dose inhalers with spacers are as effective as hand-held nebulizers for bronchodilator delivery. We studied 13 children with acute asthma. They received two puffs every 2 minutes from metered-dose inhalers with spacers (range, 4 to 14 puffs) titrated until improvement stopped. Peak expiratory flow increased 34% for metered-dose inhalers with spacers after the first 2 puffs and increased 87% for metered-dose inhalers with spacers after dose titration. After titration, respiratory rate decreased by 12%, heart rate increased by 2%, and breath sounds improved in 92% of the patients. We concluded that the metered-dose inhalers with spacers are an effective device for the treatment of asthma in the pediatric emergency department and that the use of metered-dose inhalers with spacers with titration can achieve significant bronchodilation in the treatment of patients with acute asthma.     

AIDS: can we cope?

AIDS has become far more than just another disease; it has become a sensitive political issue, a social and moral problem, a cause of international tensions, a favourite media story and a cause for despair among those who may be infected. Familiarity breeds, if not contempt, then at least complacency; the risk of infection for individuals, even those who are highly sexually active, is often not personalized - people still perceive AIDS as something that happens to other people, not to themselves.     

Neurophysiological evidence of auditory channel anomalies in developmental dysphasia

Steady-state auditory evoked responses to frequency-modulated tones were obtained from normal children and two groups of children with developmental language disorders (developmental dysphasia). Children with predominantly expressive language impairment produced responses not different from normal children, while children with primary receptive language impairment produced responses that were markedly diminished, even absent. This occurred in recordings from either cerebral hemisphere and at mean frequency-modulation depths ranging from +/- 20 to +/- 100 Hz. Pathophysiology of auditory mechanisms concerned with frequency-modulation analysis are particularly associated with receptive developmental language impairment and may underlie associated difficulties in speech perception.