Family Caregivers' Subjective Caregiving Burden,Quality of Life,and Depressive Symptoms Are Associated With Terminally Ill Cancer Patients' Distinct Patterns of Conjoint Symptom Distress and Functional Impairment in Their Last Six Months of Life

Context

Family caregivers constitute a critical component of the end-of-life care system with considerable cost to themselves. However, the joint association of terminally ill cancer patients' symptom distress and functional impairment with caregivers' subjective caregiving burden, quality of life (QOL), and depressive symptoms remains unknown.

不同影像检查在乳腺结构扭曲中的研究进展

我国乳腺癌的发病率占女性恶性肿瘤疾病的首位,结构扭曲病变(architectural distortion,AD)作为触诊阴性乳腺癌的第三最常见影像学表现,也是乳腺癌最早出现的征象,具有重要的临床价值。AD具有较高的漏诊率及假阳性率。本文通过查阅文献,针对超声、乳腺X线摄影、乳腺数字三维断层摄影技术及核磁共振成像技术在乳腺结构扭曲病变中的研究进展及优缺点进行分析,进一步指导科学研究及临床工作。     

Role of macrophages in peripheral nerve injury and repair

Resident and inflammatory macrophages are essential effectors of the innate immune system. These cells provide innate immune defenses and regulate tissue and organ homeostasis. In addition to their roles in diseases such as cancer, obesity and osteoarthritis, they play vital roles in tissue repair and disease rehabilitation. Macrophages and other inflammatory cells are recruited to tissue injury sites where they promote changes in the microenvironment. Among the inflammatory cell types, only macrophages have both pro-inflammatory(M1) and anti-inflammatory(M2) actions, and M2 macrophages have four subtypes. The co-action of M1 and M2 subtypes can create a favorable microenvironment, releasing cytokines for damaged tissue repair. In this review, we discuss the activation of macrophages and their roles in severe peripheral nerve injury. We also describe the therapeutic potential of macrophages in nerve tissue engineering treatment and highlight approaches for enhancing M2 cell-mediated nerve repair and regeneration.     

Allergic fetal priming leads to developmental,behavioral and neurobiological changes in mice

The state of the mother''s immune system during pregnancy has an important role in fetal development and disruptions in the balance of this system are associated with a range of neurologic, neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders. Epidemiological and clinical reports reveal various clues that suggest a possible association between developmental neuropsychiatric disorders and family history of immune system dysfunction. Over the past three decades, analogous increases have been reported in both the incidence of neurodevelopmental disorders and immune-related disorders, particularly allergy and asthma, raising the question of whether allergic asthma and characteristics of various neurodevelopmental disorders share common causal links. We used a mouse model of maternal allergic asthma to test this novel hypothesis that early fetal priming with an allergenic exposure during gestation produces behavioral deficits in offspring. Mothers were primed with an exposure to ovalbumin (OVA) before pregnancy, then exposed to either aerosolized OVA or vehicle during gestation. Both male and female mice born to mothers exposed to aerosolized OVA during gestation exhibited altered developmental trajectories in weight and length, decreased sociability and increased marble-burying behavior. Moreover, offspring of OVA-exposed mothers were observed to have increased serotonin transporter protein levels in the cortex. These data demonstrate that behavioral and neurobiological effects can be elicited following early fetal priming with maternal allergic asthma and provide support that maternal allergic asthma may, in some cases, be a contributing factor to neurodevelopmental disorders.     

A population-based analysis of pediatric breast cancer

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to evaluate trends in demographics and outcomes of pediatric breast cancer in a United States population-based cohort.

七氟烷和丙泊酚对心脏双瓣置换术麻醉期间血流动力学变化的影响

目的探讨七氟烷、丙泊酚对心脏双瓣置换术麻醉期间血流动力学变化的影响。方法选取2010年5月至2012年5月在东莞康华医院进行风湿性心脏双瓣膜置换术治疗的患者60例作为研究对象。根据不同的麻醉用药将患者分成七氟烷组和丙泊酚组。七氟烷组患者采用1%七氟烷进行麻醉诱导;丙泊酚组患者采用丙泊酚进行麻醉诱导。分别在术前、主动脉开放后第2、8、24小时测定血流动力学变化;在术前及主动脉开放后第8、16、72小时监测血清总胆红素(TBIL)、天冬氨酸转氨酶(AST)、丙氨酸转氨酶(ALT)等指标。结果两组心脏双瓣置换术患者的平均动脉压(MAP)、心率(HR)、肺动脉楔嵌压(PAWP)、总胆红素、AST、ALT组间差异无统计学意义(P>0.05),不同时点间及组间·不同时点间比较差异有统计学意义(P<0.05);氘代试剂(CIL)、每搏输出量指数(SVI)、左心室做功指数(LVSW)、血尿素氮(BUN)、肌酐(Cr)组间、不同时点间、组间·不同时点间比较,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。结论对心脏双瓣膜置换术患者实施七氟烷或靶控输注丙泊酚进行麻醉诱导,对患者MAP、HR、PAWP、TBIL、AST及ALT的影响相似,但是对SVI、LVSWI、BUN及Cr的影响有一定的差异,可根据患者的具体情况选择适当的麻醉方法。