Quality of life (QOL) assessment of MIP (mitomycin, ifosfamide and cisplatin) chemotherapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC)

BACKGROUND: Quality of life (QOL) assessment has emerged to measure and quantify the balance between treatment benefit and toxicity, and has a value in predicting response and overall survival in cancer patients. METHODS: From July 1995 to February 1997, 38 symptomatic patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) were treated with MIP chemotherapy (mitomycin 6 mg/m2, ifosfamide 3000 mg/m2 and cisplatin 50 mg/m2 on day 1 every 3 weeks). Patients were assessed for QOL including physical well-being, general symptoms and lung cancer-specific symptoms, as well as objective response. RESULTS: The overall response rate was 38.9% (14/36, all were partial response) and the median duration of response was 3.5 months [95% confidence interval (CI) 2.0-4.0]. The median duration of overall survival was 7 months (95% CI 5.9-8.5). The overall improvement of QOL was 58.3% with 21 patients feeling better on treatment. The toxicity of chemotherapy was mild, mainly nausea/vomiting and minimal alopecia. Using multiple clinical predictors of survival (age, histology, stage, performance status), only change of QOL emerged significantly (P = 0.0007). CONCLUSIONS: MIP had an endurable response and low toxicity profile, and provided good QOL. Integral QOL data in our study provided the strong prediction of survival in advanced NSCLC. Further experienced QOL study will provide greatly enhanced outcome data in clinical trials.      

用电化学检测器的高效液相色谱法测定血清及尿中速尿的含量

本文报告了用电化学检测器的高效液相色谱法测定血清及尿中速尿含量的方法。样品予处理方法:血清用乙腈除蛋白,尿用蒸馏水稀释50倍。采用作者合成的FD-Val-OH作为内标物。色谱条件为:反相柱,以含35%乙醇的5mmol/L四丁基铵水溶液为流动相(pH7.50),流速1.0ml/min;用电化学检测器,检测电压0.90V:速尿及内标物的保留时间分别为10和15min。通过计算速尿对内标物的峰高比求得速尿含量。血清及尿中的最低检测浓度分别为16和9ng/ml。标准曲线在0.25～5ng/μl(血清)、0.5～10ng/μl(尿)的浓度范围内呈线性关系。血清及尿中回收率分别为100.5%和100.6%。变异系数在4.6%以下。     

Additive manufactured push‐fit implant fixation with screw‐strength pull out

Additive manufacturing offers exciting new possibilities for improving long‐term metallic implant fixation in bone through enabling open porous structures for bony ingrowth. The aim of this research was to investigate how the technology could also improve initial fixation, a precursor to successful long‐term fixation. A new barbed fixation mechanism, relying on flexible struts was proposed and manufactured as a push‐fit peg. The technology was optimized using a synthetic bone model and compared with conventional press‐fit peg controls tested over a range of interference fits. Optimum designs, achieving maximum pull‐out force, were subsequently tested in a cadaveric femoral condyle model. The barbed fixation surface provided more than double the pull‐out force for less than a third of the insertion force compared to the best performing conventional press‐fit peg (p < 0.001). Indeed, it provided screw‐strength pull out from a push‐fit device (1,124 ± 146 N). This step change in implant fixation potential offers new capabilities for low profile, minimally invasive implant design, while providing new options to simplify surgery, allowing for one‐piece push‐fit components with high levels of initial stability. © 2017 The Authors. Journal of Orthopaedic Research® Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of the Orthopaedic Research Society. J Orthop Res 36:1508–1518, 2018.     

胰岛移植过程中胰岛培养的研究现状

目的:总结胰岛移植过程中胰岛培养的研究现状,为利用胰岛培养准备更多更好的胰岛提供理论依据和技术支持。资料来源:以计算机检索Medline和Pubmed数据库1994-01/2007-01与胰岛培养相关的文章,检索词为“isle,tculture”,限定文章语言种类为English。同时计算机检索CNKI中国全文数据库1994-01/2007-01与胰岛培养相关的文章,检索词为“胰岛,培养”,限定文章语言种类为中文。资料选择:对资料进行初审,纳入标准:①与胰岛培养相关的文章。②1994年以后发表的文章。排除标准:Meta分析类文章。资料提炼:共检索到1384篇与胰岛培养相关的文章,入选33篇。对所检索文章的相关信息加以综合概括,其中关于胰岛培养中基础培养基、培养添加物、培养温度、密度等方面的文章18篇,关于胰岛培养新尝试的文章12篇。资料综合:将胰岛培养后再行移植有一定优势,包括降低免疫原性和为术前准备赢得时间等。目前对于挑选合适培养基及其添加物,调整合适培养温度、培养密度以及保护胰岛的活性等都有了比较深入细致的研究;同时很多学者开始尝试一些新的方法延长胰岛培养时间,改善胰岛功能,包括加入细胞外基质、与其他细胞共培养、选用微重力系统培养以及利用胶囊包裹培养等均显示良好的效果。结论:虽然胰岛培养可能会影响胰岛的活性和功能,但随着对胰岛生理和病理生理特性研究的深入,新的技术方法可将这些影响降到最低。胰岛培养给临床实践带来的便利是其最大的优势,加强胰岛培养的研究与应用有着重要的意义。     

心肌梗死大鼠心肌细胞凋亡及磷酸肌酸的干预

目的:缺血引起的心肌能量供应不足是心肌细胞凋亡主要的因素之一,观察补充外源性能量磷酸肌酸对缺血心肌细胞凋亡和心功能的影响。方法:实验于2003-04/06在解放军总医院老年心血管病研究所实验室完成。选用SD大鼠50只,按随机数字表法分为3组:①磷酸肌酸组19只,结扎左冠状动脉制作心肌梗死模型,结扎前30min按200mg/kg的剂量腹腔注射磷酸肌酸1次。②缺血对照组21只,心肌缺血方法同磷酸肌酸组,结扎前30min腹腔注射相同体积的50g/L葡萄糖注射液1次。③正常对照组10只,仅在冠状动脉下穿线,不结扎冠状动脉,其余同缺血对照组。结扎冠状动脉6h后,取各组大鼠心脏标本做石蜡切片,缺口末端标记法染色,高倍镜下计数心肌细胞凋亡指数,凋亡指数=凋亡心肌细胞数/心肌细胞总数;取心脏标本前,测左心室收缩压、舒张末压和压力变化速度,并进行组间比较。结果:磷酸肌酸组大鼠造模时死亡9只;缺血对照组造模时死亡10只,造模成功后6h内死亡1只,进入结果分析共30只大鼠,每组10只。①缺血对照组大鼠的左心室舒张末压显著高于正常对照组[(13.9±5.3vs.2.8±3.2)mmHg(P<0.01)],左心室压力变化速度显著低于正常对照组[(705.8±111.7vs.1141.7±94.5)mmHg/s(P<0.01)];磷酸肌酸组大鼠的左心室舒张末压显著低于缺血对照组[(8.9±3.5)mmHg(P<0.05)];左心室压力变化速度显著高于缺血对照组[(841.5±76.1)mmHg/s(P<0.01)];左心室收缩压与缺血对照组差异无显著性意义(P>0.05)。②磷酸肌酸组大鼠的心肌细胞凋亡指数显著低于缺血对照组(0.203±0.054vs.0.278±0.052,P=0.006)。结论:补充外源性能量磷酸肌酸可以减少缺血后心肌细胞凋亡,并改善心功能,磷酸肌酸抑制缺血心肌细胞凋亡可能是改善心肌梗死后心功能的主要作用途径之一。     

Blood transfusion practices in military medicine

Background: This observational study was conducted in a small, 45 bed border static hospital, located in a field area, where no blood bank facilities were available. The present study was conducted to elucidate the blood transfusion practices of this hospital.     

Intense pulsed light vs. pulsed‐dye laser in the treatment of facial acne: a randomized split‐face trial

Background Various laser and light therapy have been increasingly used for the treatment of acne vulgaris. Patients and methods Twenty patients with facial acne were treated using intense pulsed light (IPL) on one side of the face and pulsed dye laser (PDL) on the other to compare the efficacy and safety of IPL and PDL. Treatment was performed 4 times at 2‐week intervals. Treatment effectiveness was determined using lesion counts, acne severity, patient subjective self‐assessments of improvement, and histopathological examinations, which included immunohistochemical staining for transforming growth factor‐β (TGF‐β). Results Numbers of total acne lesions decreased following both treatments. For inflammatory lesions such as papules, pustules and nodules, IPL‐treated sides showed an earlier and more profound improvement than PDL‐treated sides. However, at 8 weeks after the 4th treatment, a rebound aggravation of acne was observed on IPL‐treated sides. On the contrary, PDL produced gradual improvements during the treatment sessions and these improvements lasted 8 weeks after the 4th treatment. Non‐inflammatory lesions as open and closed comedones also showed improvement following both treatments and PDL‐treated sides showed better improvement as the study proceeded. Histopathological examinations showed amelioration in inflammatory reactions and an increase in TGF‐β expression after both treatments, which were more prominent for PDL‐treated sides. Conclusion Both PDL and IPL were found to treat acne effectively, but PDL showed a more sustained effect. TGF‐β might play a key role in the resolution of inflammatory acne lesions.