缺血性脑卒中患者阿司匹林抵抗现象及处理策略

阿司匹林作为缺血性脑血管病的一级和二级预防用药，广受关注。然而长期服用阿司匹林的患者仍会发生动脉血栓形成事件，因此本文就阿司匹林抵抗的概念、发生机制、检测方法、预防措施及其在缺血性脑血管病中的临床意义加以综述。     

音乐疗法在围手术期护理中的应用研究

目的：探讨音乐疗法在围手术期护理中的作用。方法：选择在我院实施局麻手术患者120例，随机分为观察组和对照组，两组均进行常规护理，观察组同时在术前、术中、术后收听自己喜欢的音乐。对两组焦虑水平、术中麻醉药用量和术后疼痛程度进行比较。结果：观察组术前SAS评分和焦虑发生率均明显低于对照组（P〈0．05），而术后两组无显著性差异（P〉0．05）；观察组术中咪唑安定使用量明显少于对照组（P〈0．05），利多卡因使用量也少于对照组，但无显著性差异（P〉0．05）；观察组术后疼痛分级明显低于对照组（P〈0．01）。结论：在同手术期护理中应用音乐疗法，可以减轻患者焦虑、减少麻醉药用量，缓解疼痛，促进康复。     

Somatostatin receptor imaging

[(111)In-DTPA(0)]octreotide is a radiopharmaceutical with a great potential for the visualization of somatostatin receptor-positive tumors. The overall sensitivity of Somatostatin Receptor Imaging (SRI) to localize neuroendocrine tumors is high. In a number of neuroendocrine tumor types, as well as in Hodgkin's disease, inclusion of SRI in the localization or staging procedure may be very rewarding, either in terms of cost-effectiveness, patient management, or quality of life. The value of SRI in patients with other tumors, like breast cancer, or in patients with granulomatous diseases, has to be established. The development of Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT) is expected to stimulate peptide receptor imaging.     

Treatment of distal ureteral stones in the horse riding position

From August 1986 through March 1987, 102 patients with 110 distal ureteral stones were treated in 110 sessions with the standard Dornier HM-3 lithotriptor in the so-called horse riding position. The majority of the patients (70 of 110, 63.7%) were treated for distal stones alone, whereas in a third (40 of 110, or 36.3%) treatment was performed for distal and upper stone localization during the same session. Additional treatment besides extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy was necessary in 12.7% of the patients. Of the 110 patients 89.4% were without residual stones after a mean of 17.3 days. This modified position of the patient, which is specific to the Dornier HM-3 lithotriptor, makes possible treatment of distal ureteral stones with results comparable to those of endoscopic management but with less major complications (4.7%). A total of 7 patients had anal blood loss in the early postoperative period. Rectal bleeding ceased within 36 hours after treatment. The position also allows for treatment of stones at other, more proximal locations without great modifications to the position during the same session.     

Calculating life-cycle assessment effect factors from potentially affected fraction-based ecotoxicological response functions

A new multisubstance potentially affected fraction (msPAF)-based method for calculating ecotoxicological effect factors for life-cycle assessment is introduced and compared to two other available methods of calculation. The new method is based on marginal increase of the msPAF of species. The method follows concentration-additive rules for pollutants with the same toxic mode of action (TMoA) and response-additive calculation rules for pollutants with independent action, and it combines a TMoA-specific factor, which is calculated differently in different methods, and a substance-specific factor, which is common to all methods. For 261 substances in 22 toxic modes of action, ecotoxicological effect factors for freshwater ecosystems have been calculated by different methods. Method-related differences appear to be rather small. Intersubstance differences in effect factors stem from differences in substance-specific toxic potencies, which span eight orders of magnitude, rather than from differences in TMoA-specific factors, which span only three orders of magnitude. Based on these insights, the choice of a calculation method seems to be a matter of personal (scientific) preference. The new hybrid msPAF method was greatly sensitive to data that usually are not known with sufficient certainty. Its use is recommended, entirely for reasons of scientific consistency, under strict conditions. When such conditions are not met or if necessary parameter values are unavailable, use of a fixed value for the TMoA-specific component is recommended.     

Multispectral analysis of magnetic resonance images

Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging systems produce spatial distribution estimates of proton density, relaxation time, and flow, in a two dimensional matrix form that is analogous to that of the image data obtained from multispectral imaging satellites. Advanced NASA satellite image processing offers sophisticated multispectral analysis of MR images. Spin echo and inversion recovery pulse sequence images were entered in a digital format compatible with satellite images and accurately registered pixel by pixel. Signatures of each tissue class were automatically determined using both supervised and unsupervised classification. Overall tissue classification was obtained in the form of a theme map. In MR images of the brain, for example, the classes included CSF, gray matter, white matter, subcutaneous fat, muscle, and bone. These methods provide an efficient means of identifying subtle relationships in a multi-image MR study.