Influence of anesthesia on the threshold of pacing-induced ischemia.

Increased myocardial oxygen demand, induced by increased heart rate, may cause myocardial ischemia in the presence of significant coronary artery disease. Alterations in anesthetic depth or technique might put at risk or protect myocardium with compromised blood flow. In 20 dogs with critical left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) stenosis, atrial pacing rates from 100 to 160 beats/min were achieved, with end-tidal halothane 0.7% (LowH) and 1.1% (HighH), end-tidal isoflurane 1.1% (LowI) and 1.5% (HighI), as well as with continuous fentanyl plus midazolam (FM) infusion anesthesia. Despite significantly different mean arterial and coronary perfusion pressures, rate-pressure product, and left ventricular dP/dtmax, the pacing rate at which systolic shortening decreased below the lower limit of the physiologic response, indicating regional dysfunction, was the same in all investigated anesthesia conditions (LowH: 127 +/- 4 beats/min; HighH: 128 +/- 5 beats/min; LowI: 125 +/- 4 beats/min; HighI: 122 +/- 5 beats/min; FM: 124 +/- 4 beats/min [mean +/- SEM], P greater than 0.05). None of the investigated anesthesia conditions either increased ischemia tolerance or showed a detrimental effect on myocardium with compromised coronary blood flow.     

Mammalian wound repair environment does not permit skeletal muscle regeneration

Repair and regeneration are mutually exclusive responses to injury. Previous studies have shown that wound fluids promote proliferation, but not differentiation, of myoblasts in vitro. This study explored the ability of the repair environment within polyvinyl alcohol sponges to support cellular events of skeletal muscle regeneration in vivo. Neonatal rat L8 myoblasts were modified to express beta-galactosidase then inoculated into plain sponges or sponges containing minced muscle. Labeled myoblasts were found in myotubes within minced muscle. In contrast, myoblasts inoculated into sponges lacking muscle remained mononucleate. Occurrence of labeled myoblasts within myotubes, which required fusion, represents differentiation of inoculated myoblasts to participate in regeneration. Failure of myoblasts to form myotubes in sponges lacking muscle suggests that this wound repair environment cannot support morphologic differentiation of myoblasts. Although this repair environment can support the survival of myoblasts, it did not support myogenesis, an event necessary to complete skeletal muscle regeneration. Data from this study reinforce earlier studies in vitro and suggest that the properties attributed to wound fluids are inherent in the wound environment. Whether the inability of this environment to support myogenesis is the consequence of the absence of essential factors or the presence of inhibitors remains to be determined.     

Acupuncture Treatment of Frequent Urination

Patient Liu （a male office worker of a company in Beijing）, aged 49, paid his first visit on March 10, 2003, with the chief complaint of frequent urination at night for over one year. One year ago, he started to have frequent urination 4-5 times every night, which disturbed his sleep and made him fatigue during the day. Though he tried to drink less water, the above symptoms couldn＇t be alleviated. The condition was accompanied by such symptoms as listlessness, general lassitude,     

Red cell autoantibody production in utero: a case report

BACKGROUND: Autoantibody production by the fetus is thought to be extremely unlikely. Only one possible case of in utero autoantibody production against red cells by the fetus has previously been described. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: A case of apparent red cell IgG autoantibody production in utero is reported. RESULTS: This was established by a positive direct antiglobulin test in a newborn infant without evidence of maternal alloantibodies or autoantibodies. There was no evidence of clinically significant hemolysis at the infant's birth. After 6 weeks, his direct antiglobulin test remained strongly positive. The infant thrived without evidence of hemolysis, and after 6 months the direct antiglobulin test was negative. CONCLUSION: The production of autoantibodies to red cells in utero is possible, though rare. This did not result in apparent hemolysis in this patient.     

红景天胶囊治疗中医虚证100例临床报告

采用随机双盲对照法观察了红景天胶囊与绞股蓝胶囊治疗中医虚证１６０例的临床疗效，结果表明：红景天胶囊治疗明显效率为５４％，总有效率为８７％，与绞股蓝胶囊对照组比较，其疗效有高度统计学意义。红景天胶囊有确切的升高血红蛋白，高密度脂蛋白，超氧化物歧化酶及皮质醇的作用，同时能过氧化脂质，表明该药物具有益气生血，保护细胞免疫损伤，延缓和防止细胞衰老和作用．     

髌骨关节面的应用解剖学研究

本文利用150例髌骨(干燥髌骨100例,福尔马林固定膝关节内的髌骨50例)观测了髌骨关节面和关节软骨的形态及其与股骨内外侧髁关节面在屈膝0～135度范围的对应关系。结果发现中间纵嵴向后突起并由下向上逐渐变凸占100％;内侧纵嵴明显突起者占62％,此时其髌骨内侧部关节面与股骨关节面之间的间隙较大;在膝关节屈曲过程申两关节面接触的顺序为髌骨关节面自下而上、股骨内外侧关节面从前向后相对滑动,伸膝时则相反;髌骨关节面的表面积为1019±20(650～1540)mm~2。并讨论了髌骨关节面的解剖学特点及其临床意义。