FACTORS RELATED TO PERINEAL TRAUMA IN CHILDBIRTH

We conducted an observational cohort study in three nurse-midwifery services to identify patient characteristics and clinical care measures related to perineal trauma at birth. Data were collected on all women who began care with a nurse-midwife in labor, using an adaptation of the Nurse-Midwifery Clinical Data Set (n = 3,049). Study variables included demographics, perineal management techniques and position for birth, and other intrapartum care and events. Univariate and multivariate analyses showed that episiotomy was strongly related to fetal bradycardia, prolonged second stage, ethnic status, and maternal education level. Warm compresses and flexion/counterpressure to slow delivery were protective. Spontaneous lacerations were influenced by these factors as well. The lateral position for birth was protective, and use of oils or lubricants and the lithotomy position increased lacerations. Multisite studies in nurse-midwifery practices may provide an ideal means of determining effective care measures in healthy populations.     

A model of corrective gene transfer in X-linked ichthyosis

Single gene recessive genetic skin disorders offer attractive prototypes for the development of therapeutic cutaneous gene delivery. We have utilized X-linked ichthyosis (XLI), characterized by loss of function of the steroid sulfatase arylsulfatase C (STS), to develop a model of corrective gene delivery to human skin in vivo. A new retroviral expression vector was produced and utilized to effect STS gene transfer to primary keratinocytes from XLI patients. Transduction was associated with restoration of full-length STS protein expression as well as steroid sulfatase enzymatic activity in proportion to the number of proviral integrations in XLI cells. Transduced and uncorrected XLI keratinocytes, along with normal controls, were then grafted onto immunodeficient mice to regenerate full thickness human epidermis. Unmodified XLI keratinocytes regenerated a hyperkeratotic epidermis lacking STS expression with defective skin barrier function, effectively recapitulating the human disease in vivo. Transduced XLI keratinocytes from the same patients, however, regenerated epidermis histologically indistinguishable from that formed by keratinocytes from patients with normal skin. Transduced XLI epidermis demonstrated STS expression in vivo by immunostaining as well as a normalization of histologic appearance at 5 weeks post-grafting. In addition, transduced XLI epidermis demonstrated a return of barrier function parameters to normal. These findings demonstrate corrective gene delivery in human XLI patient skin tissue at both molecular and functional levels and provide a model of human cutaneous gene therapy.      

新复合纤维蛋白胶可注射性磷酸钙人工骨的理学特性

目的:检测纤维蛋白胶复合β-磷酸三钙/磷酸二氢钙复合人工骨材料的物理学性能,评价纤维蛋白胶对β-磷酸三钙/磷酸二氢钙骨水泥性能的影响,以及其作为注射型复合人工骨用于修复骨缺损的可行性。方法:实验于2006-12/2007-06在南方医科大学珠江医院中心实验室和华南理工大学生物材料实验室完成。①材料:β-磷酸三钙由上海瑞邦生物材料有限公司提供,磷酸二氢钙为东泰化工赠,纤维蛋白胶购自广州倍绣生物技术有限公司。②复合材料制备:将β-磷酸三钙/磷酸二氢钙骨水泥按3∶1的比例充分混合后,与纤维蛋白胶按凝固后的体积2∶1体积比混合,制成复合人工骨材料。③观察指标:测定复合材料的凝固时间,抗压强度,抗稀散性能,并用扫描电镜观察其煅烧前后的显微结构特征,以未加纤维蛋白胶的磷酸钙水泥为对照(CPC组)。结果:复合人工骨材料的平均初凝时间长于CPC组(P<0.004),终凝时间在初凝时间后2～4 min;复合材料的抗压强度为(14.72±1.81)MPa。复合材料较CPC组有良好的抗稀散性能,扫描电镜发现,纤维蛋白胶贯穿于磷酸钙水泥晶体间,并将磷酸钙水泥晶体紧密连接。煅烧后复合材料的孔径有增大,空隙率为57.28%,并且微孔之间有空隙互相贯通。结论:该骨水泥复合材料凝固时间符合临床操作的需要;抗压强度达到松质骨强度的要求;煅烧后磷酸钙水泥的空隙率明显提高,有利于材料的降解。     

薄层扫描法测定黄芪生脉颗粒中黄芪甲甙含量

目的：制订黄芪生脉颗粒中黄芪甲甙含量测定方法。方法：双波长薄层扫描法，经乙酰洗涤、正丁醇提取和Ｄ１０１大乳吸附树脂柱层析法制备样品，以氯仿－甲醇－水（１３：７：２）下层液为展开剂，检测波长为５１０ｎｍ，参比波长为７００ｎｍ。结果：加标回收率平均为９８．７％（ＲＳＤ＝２．０％，ｎ＝６），标准曲线ｒ＝０．９９６６，重复性ＲＳＤ＝１．４％（ｎ＝５），精密度ＲＳＤ＝２．０％（ｎ＝６）。结论：方法稳定、可靠     

Chlorpropamide-induced pure white cell aplasia

We investigated the mechanism for isolated agranulocytosis and marrow pure white cell aplasia in an elderly man receiving 0.5 to 1.0 g per day of chlorpropamide (Chl) without other toxic drug exposure or overt systemic illness. Patient marrow revealed an absence of recognizable granulocytic precursors; megakaryocytes and erythroid precursors were normal. The WBC count was 1800/mm3 on admission with only 2% neutrophils; the absolute neutrophil count first exceeded 500/mm3 on the 17th day following cessation of Chl. A serum Chl level on admission was 100 micrograms/mL (acute phase, AP); no Chl was detected in serum (convalescent phase, CP) assessed on the 22nd hospital day. Antineutrophil antibodies were not detected, and T cell depletion failed to augment patient in vitro granulopoiesis. Patient AP serum produced potent complement-mediated inhibition (87% +/- 7%) of autologous granulocyte progenitors (CFU-GM) with minimal inhibition of erythroid (11% +/- 5%) or multipotent (5% +/- 4%) progenitor cells. Selective inhibition by patient AP serum of CFU-GM (74% +/- 11%) was also seen against two allogeneic marrows. Patient CP serum no longer inhibited (6% +/- 4%) autologous CFU-GM. Addition of Chl (5 to 120 micrograms/mL) to CP serum but not to control serum resulted in potent drug concentration-dependent complement-mediated inhibition of autologous and allogeneic CFU-GM. Inhibition of CFU-GM in the presence of Chl was no longer demonstrable following immunoabsorbent removal of IgG from patient serum. Patient serum in the presence of Chl had limited activity against morphologically recognizable marrow granulocytic precursors in a microimmunofluorescence assay. These results are most consistent with the development of Chl-dependent, selective antibody-mediated immune inhibition of granulopoiesis.     

Lumbar iohexol myelography and diagnostic lumbar puncture. Headache and associated side effects in relation to neurological signs and diagnosis, previous mental symptoms and pain history

Various possible risk factors for postlumbar puncture (and postiohexol-myelographic) headache and associated side effects were analysed. Headache and nausea occurred significantly more often in patients without clinical findings than in those with findings. We found significantly different incidences of severe headache and nausea between diagnostic subgroups after a lumbar puncture. The greatest headache incidence was found in patients without a definite neurological diagnosis, while nausea occurred most frequently in patients with various painful disorders. Following iohexol myelography, nausea occurred most often in patients who had a history of previous mental symptoms and in patients with a history of previous headache disorders. Mental symptoms were more frequently reported in patients who also had experienced mental symptoms previously. The relationship between side effects and negative clinical findings was stronger than the relationship between side effects and previous mental symptoms.     

Metabolism of N-nitroso-1,3-thiazolidine in the rat

[2-14C]N-nitroso-1,3-thiazolidine (125 mg/kg body weight) administered by gavage to rats was excreted mostly (81% of the dose) in the urine with a smaller amount (7%) in respired air. The major metabolite in the urine (77.2%) was 2-hydroxy-1,3-thiazolidine and minor quantities of the isomers 4- and 5-hydroxy-1,3-thiazolidine were also detected. The presence of hydroxy-1,3-thiazolidine, determined using mass spectrometry and high-performance liquid chromatography, indicated that alpha-hydroxylation and denitrosation are major metabolic pathways of N-nitroso-1,3-thiazolidine. Analysis of the non-acidic urine extract with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) using untreated on-column injection and heated split injection gave differing results. Compounds detected using the latter technique may have been artefacts formed by pyrolysis in the heated injection port. Analysis of the metabolites by direct probe mass spectrometry (unheated) and Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy supported the results seen with on-column GC-MS.     

核、膜蛋白的基因能抑制禽类流感病毒及其重组株的繁殖

对人流感病毒A/Udorn/72(H_3N_2)株与禽类流感病毒A/Mallard/NY/78/(H_2N_2)重组后的重组株分析表明,仅含禽类病毒的核蛋白(NP)或膜蛋白(M)的RNA片段的重组株,在松鼠猴的呼吸道繁殖是受限制的。另外。仅有禽类的RNAl和NS基因的重组株(Clone 12)在松鼠猴的气管内的繁殖也明显受限制,而只具有其中一个基因的Clone 9, Clone 2, 则限制就不明显。由此表明,禽类流感病毒的NP和M基因在宿主范围的繁殖限制中起主要作用,而RNAI和SN基因的结合,同样起着繁殖受限制作用。     

普通男大学生关节相对峰力矩与蹲跳高度的关联分析

目的:分析普通男大学生髋、膝、踝、肩、肘各关节相对峰力矩与蹲跳高度的相关性。方法:实验于2004-11/2005-01在河北省体科所完成。①实验对象:随机抽取河北省某大学普通男生30名,年龄(21.8±0.8)岁,身高(170.67±5.48)cm,体质量(65.70±7.99)kg,测试前均从未进行过专门的肌肉力量训练,优势上、下肢均为右侧。②实验方法:从站立开始加摆臂的反向蹲跳,要求受试者上体尽可能保持前后方向稳定,从站立位开始下蹲时上肢向下加速摆臂,并迅速向上蹬伸起跳。从站立开始不加摆臂的反向蹲跳,是排除上肢对蹲跳高度的影响。从半蹲开始加摆臂的无反向蹲跳,要求半蹲的角度控制在105°,静止状态下半蹲预备后,直接进入向上的蹬伸起跳过程,不能出现在起动瞬间身体重心先小幅下移再向上的情况。每种动作做3次,每次间隔10min。③实验评估:通过爱捷图像解析系统得出蹲跳高度,取成绩最好的一次采用Biodex Ⅱ型等速测力及康复系统检测受试者各关节肌力相对峰力矩。利用多因素优势分析法得出在慢速[60(°、快速[240(°)/s])/s]状态下,髋、膝、踝、肩、肘关节相对峰力矩与蹲跳高度的相关性。结果:①从站立开始加摆臂的反向蹲跳高度与各关节相对峰力矩的关系:在慢速状态时与髋关节伸肌相对峰力矩、踝关节背屈肌相对峰力矩、膝关节伸肌相对峰力矩呈明显相关(r=0.808,0.692,0.656),在快速状态时与肘关节屈肌相对峰力矩呈明显相关(r=0.770)。②从站立开始不加摆臂的反向蹲跳高度与各关节相对峰力矩的关系:在慢速状态时与踝关节背屈肌相对峰力矩呈明显相关(=0.747),在快速状态时与膝关节屈肌相对峰力矩呈明显相关(r=0.796)。③从半蹲开始加摆臂的无反向蹲跳高r度与各关节相对峰力矩的关系:从半蹲开始加摆臂的无反向蹲跳高度,在慢速状态时与髋关节伸肌相对峰力矩、踝关节背屈肌相对峰力矩、膝关节伸肌相对峰力矩呈明显相关(r=0.774,0.762,0.712),在快速状态时与肘关节屈肌相对峰力矩呈明显相关(r=0.843)。结论:①加摆臂的反向与无反向蹲跳,髋关节伸肌相对峰力矩、肘关节屈肌相对峰力矩分别是慢速、快速状态下影响其高度的首要因素。②不加摆臂的反向蹲跳,踝关节背屈肌相对峰力矩、髋关节伸肌相对峰力矩分别是慢速、快速状态下影响其高度的首要因素。③提示发展上肢肌肉力量对蹲跳高度的提高大有益处。