无张力疝修补术治疗腹股沟嵌顿疝85例分析

目的探讨无张力疝修补术治疗腹股沟嵌顿疝的临床效果。方法对83例腹股沟嵌顿疝患者选择性施行无张力疝修补术，分析其术后效果。结果83例患者中围手术期死亡2例，伤口感染1例，其余恢复良好．平均住院时间5．1d。结论应用无张力疝修补术治疗腹股沟嵌顿疝安全可靠，效果较为满意。     

全玻璃体切割治疗玻璃体积血疗效分析

目的 探索全玻璃体切割在玻璃体积血中的应用.方法 回顾51只眼手术病例,视网膜静脉阻塞23只眼,糖尿病视网膜病变9只眼,视网膜静脉周围炎2只眼,视网膜孔源性玻璃体积2只眼.眼外伤性玻璃体积血15只眼.采用睫状体平坦部三通闭合式全玻璃体切割术,并通过巩膜压陷结合高斜镜切割基底部玻璃体.结果 术后随诊5～12月,51只眼视力均有不同程度提高,其中视力在4.5者19只眼、4.6～5.0者9只眼4.0～4.4者19只眼、指数4只眼.结论 对玻璃体积血患者掌握好适应证及手术时机,行全玻璃体切割切实有效的减少玻璃体积血残留所致的并发症提高手术效果.     

Reflex responses associated with activator treatment

BACKGROUND: Previous studies have demonstrated the existence era reflex response, measurable by surface electromyography (sEMG), after manually delivered spinal manipulative therapy (SMT). This reflex response has been characterized as consistent, reproducible within individual subjects, and nonlocal because it extends beyond the site of manipulation. However, the nature and magnitude of possible reflex responses in the paraspinal and proximal limb muscles elicited by nonmanual SMT, such as with an adjusting instrument, remain unknown. OBJECTIVE: To characterize the reflex responses associated with SMT by using sEMG to record the responses of 16 muscles before, during, and after treatment. Study design: The eleetromyographic responses of 16 para-spinal and proximal limb muscles in 9 healthy, asymptomatic male volunteers were measured simultaneously by sEMG before, during, and after chiropractic SMT. METHODS: SMT thrusts were delivered to 9 asymptomatic volunteers at 6 bilateral sites (C3/4, T2/3, T6/8, T11/12, L2-4, and s1). Reflex responses were measured from 16 muscles with bipolar sEMG electrodes and collected at 2000 Hz per channel with data acquisition software. RESULTS: Approximately 68% of the SMT thrusts resulted in a detectable reflex response. The cervical spine resulted in a detectable response of 50%, thoracic spine 59%, lumbar spine 83%, and sacroiliac joints 94%. Treatments delivered to the thoracic spine elicited the largest peak-to-peak amplitude sEMG responses, whereas the lumbar spine demonstrated the most heterogeneous responses. When a reflex response was observed, it always occurred close to the treatment site ipsilaterally and was detected in muscles that had either their origin or insertion at the vertebral level that was adjusted. CONCLUSIONS: Based on the local nature, magnitude, and characteristic shape of all reflex responses observed, we hypothesized that they were likely generated by a single proprioceptor. Furthermore, the temporal properties of this reflex response suggest that they originated from the muscle spindles. In contrast to previous observations on reflex responses after manual SMT, these treatments elicited reflex responses that varied between subjects but were consistent within an individual and were local in nature. We conclude that SMT delivered in this manner results in a reflex response that is both quantitatively and qualitatively different from a manual SMT.     

Low-income African-American mothers' perception of exposure to racial discrimination and infant birth weight

We performed a hospital-based case-control study of African-American mothers to explore the relation between a mother's perception of exposure to racial discrimination during pregnancy and very low birth weight. We administered a structured questionnaire to low-income mothers of very low birth weight (<1500 gm; N = 25) and non-low birth weight (>2500 gm; N = 60) infants. The unadjusted and adjusted odds ratio of very low birth weight for maternal exposure to racial discrimination were 1.9 (0.5-6.6) and 3.2 (0.9-11.3), respectively. We conclude that maternal perception of exposure to racial discrimination during pregnancy may be associated with very low birth weight in their infants.     

Peritonitis due to Leuconostoc species in a child receiving peritoneal dialysis

Leuconostoc species are rarely pathogenic in humans, but may cause infection in patients at risk. A 7-year-old girl with p-ANCA-positive crescentic glomerulonephritis, treated with peritoneal dialysis, developed peritonitis due to Leuconostoc species. She had a history of treatment with vancomycin and a brief course of immunosuppressive therapy. The peritonitis responded well to ampicillin therapy. To date, only 47 cases of Leuconostoc infection, including our patient, have been reported in the medical literature; 25 of the cases occurred in children. Only 1 prior case has been reported in the setting of peritoneal dialysis. The risk factors for Leuconostoc infections are not clear, but commonly associated conditions include immunocompromised status and indwelling medical devices. Leuconostoc species are easily misidentified as streptococci in culture, but they possess inherent resistance to vancomycin despite sensitivity to most other antibiotics. In patients with gram-positive peritonitis, Leuconostoc should be considered as a possible etiological agent, particularly if vancomycin resistance is noted in an organism thought to be a Streptococcus species.     

Intravitreal injection of adeno-associated viral vectors results in the transduction of different types of retinal neurons in neonatal and adult rats: a comparison with lentiviral vectors

Replication-deficient viral vectors encoding the marker gene green fluorescent protein (GFP) were injected into the vitreous of newborn, juvenile (P14), and adult rats. We tested two different types of modified virus: adeno-associated viral-2-GFP (AAV-GFP) and lentiviral-GFP vectors (LV-GFP). The extent of retinal cell transduction in different-aged animals was compared 7, 21, and 70 days after eye injections. At all postinjection times, LV-GFP transduction was mostly limited to pigment epithelium and cells in sclera and choroid. In contrast, transduction of large numbers of neural retinal cells was seen 21 and 70 days after AAV-GFP injections. AAV-GFP predominantly transduced neurons, although GFP-positive Müller cells were seen. All neuronal classes were labeled, but the extent of transduction for a given class varied depending on injection age. After P0 injections about 50% of transduced cells were photoreceptors and 30-40% were amacrine or bipolar cells. After adult injections 60-70% of transduced cells were retinal ganglion cells. In adults many GFP-positive retinal axons were traced through the optic nerve/tract and terminal arbors were visualized in central targets.     

Hyperhomocysteinemia evoked by folate depletion: effects on coronary and carotid arterial function

High circulating concentrations of homocysteine (ie, hyperhomocysteinemia [Hhcy]) impair the vascular function of peripheral conduit arteries and arterioles perfusing splanchnic and skeletal muscle regions. The effects of HHcy on coronary resistance vessel function and other indexes of vascular function, ie, arterial permeability and stiffening, are unclear. We tested the hypotheses that HHcy impairs coronary resistance vessel reactivity; increases carotid arterial permeability; and initiates arterial stiffening. Male rats that consumed folate-replete (CON, n=44) or folate-deplete (HHcy, n=48) chow for 4 to 5 weeks had total plasma homocysteine concentrations of 7+/-2 or 58+/-4 micromol/L, respectively. Maximal acetylcholine-evoked relaxation (approximately 40% vs approximately 60%) and tension development from baseline in response to nitric oxide synthase inhibition (approximately 20% vs approximately 40%) were lower (both P<0.05) in coronary resistance vessels (approximately 120 microm, internal diameter) isolated from HHcy versus CON animals, respectively, whereas sodium nitroprusside-evoked relaxation and contractile responses to serotonin and potassium chloride were similar between groups. Permeability to 4400 MW and 65 000 MW fluorescently labeled (TRITC) dextran reference macromolecules (quantitative fluorescence microscopy) was approximately 44% and approximately 24% greater (P<0.05), respectively, in carotid arteries from HHcy versus CON rats. Maximal strain, evaluated by using a vessel elastigraph, was less ( approximately 32% vs 42%, P<0.05) in carotid arterial segments from HHcy versus CON animals, respectively. Finally, estimates of oxidative (copper-zinc+manganese superoxide dismutase activity) and glycoxidative (pentosidine) stress were elevated (P<0.05) in arterial tissue from HHcy versus CON rats. These findings suggest that moderately severe HHcy evoked by folate-depletion impairs endothelium-dependent relaxation of coronary resistance vessels, increases carotid arterial permeability, and initiates arterial stiffening. HHcy may produce these effects by a mechanism associated with increased oxidative and glycoxidative stress.     

凯西莱联用复方丹参注射液治疗酒精性肝病临床观察

目的探讨凯西莱联用复方丹参注射液治疗酒精性肝病(ALD)的临床效果。方法将160例ALD患者随机分为治疗组和对照组,每组80例,对患者治疗前后进行临床评估和检测肝功能、AFP、肝纤维化等指标变化情况。结果治疗组治疗28天后临床症状和体征除肝区疼痛明显改善外(P<0.05),其余症状与对照组比较差异无显著性(P>0.05);两组治疗后肝功能、肝纤维化四项及AFP均有明显改善,但治疗组A/G、AST以及肝纤维化四项指标改善程度均优于对照组(P<0.01)。无明显毒副作用。结论凯西莱能有效改善ALD患者的临床症状、体征及肝功能、AFP,联合应用复方丹参注射液疗效更佳,尤其是抗肝纤维化效果更为明显,且毒副作用少,具有临床应用价值。