跟骨定量超声骨质测量参数与骨密度及骨组织形态计量学指标的关系

目的:分析跟骨定量超声骨质测量中各参数与骨密度及形态计量学指标的相关性。方法:选择2004-01/2005-12广州市第六人民医院和中山大学三院骨科小腿以上截肢患者38例,将其跟骨定量超声测定的超声振幅衰减平均值与健康青年人骨峰值进行比较,>-2.5 SD者为骨量正常组(12例),<-2.5 SD者为骨质疏松组(26例)。分别进行跟骨定量超声、双能X线骨密度测量仪及骨形态计量学测量,应用直线相关分析法分析跟骨定量超声测定中各参数与骨密度及骨组织形态计量学各指标的相关性。结果:38例全部进入结果分析。①骨质疏松组跟骨超声振幅衰减平均值和骨硬度指数值均小于骨量正常组(P<0.01)。②骨量正常组跟骨骨密度值显著高于骨质疏松组[(352±16),(233±14)mg/cm2,P<0.01]。③骨量正常组跟骨平均骨小梁间距或弥散度低于骨质疏松组而松质骨体积高于骨质疏松组(P<0.05)。④超声振幅衰减平均值和骨硬度指数与骨密度呈直线正相关(r=0.814,0.326,P<0.01,0.05)。⑤超声传播速度与骨小梁游离末端、平均骨小梁间距呈直线负相关(r=-0.688,-0.712,P<0.01),与小梁间连点数、松质骨体积呈直线正相关(r=0.672,0.794,P<0.01);骨硬度指数与平均骨小梁间距呈直线负相关(r=-0.358,P<0.05),与松质骨体积呈直线正相关(r=0.513,P<0.01)。结论:跟骨定量超声测量中,超声振幅衰减平均值能较好地反映骨的密度,超声传播速度能较好地反映骨的质量,而骨硬度指数能较综合地反映骨强度的改变。     

碱性成纤维细胞生长因子在激素性股骨头缺血性坏死模型兔体内变化及桃红四物汤的干预

目的:已有研究证实,活血化瘀中药可对抗激素的作用,对激素性股骨头缺血性坏死早期有明显的防治作用。观察桃红四物汤对激素性股骨头缺血性坏死碱性成纤维细胞生长因子表达的影响,进一步阐明活血化瘀法防治激素性股骨头缺血性坏死的机制。方法:实验于2005-04/2006-10在福建中医学院中心实验室完成。①实验材料:健康成年新西兰大白兔60只,雌雄各半,体质量1.8～2.2kg,清洁级,由福建中医学院实验动物中心购自上海市松江区松联实验动物场。桃红四物汤的组成成分为:桃仁、红花、熟地、当归、白芍、川芎。②实验方法:60只健康成年新西兰大白兔,随机分为正常组6只和实验组54只。实验组采用贺氏造模法建立股骨头缺血坏死模型,6周后处死正常组和实验组各6只,确定造模成功。将造模剩余动物随机分为中药治疗组和激素对照组,每组21只:中药治疗组以桃红四物汤7mL/kg(浓度为0.75g/mL)灌胃治疗,1次/d,激素对照组以生理盐水7mL/kg灌胃治疗,1次/d。③实验评估:于治疗后1,2,4周进行股骨头组织病理学观察,并采用放射免疫法检测血清碱性成纤维细胞生长因子含量变化。结果:纳入新西兰大白兔60只,实验过程中因心脏、脑血管梗死死亡18只,进入结果分析42只。桃红四物汤灌胃治疗1,2,4周后,中药治疗组股骨头局部空骨陷窝数明显减少,与激素对照组比较,差异有显著性意义(P<0.05),中药治疗组碱性成纤维细胞生长因子表达增强,与激素对照组相比,差异有显著性意义(P<0.01)。结论:桃红四物汤能促进激素性股骨头缺血性坏死模型兔体内碱性成纤维细胞生长因子的表达,明显减少股骨头局部空骨陷窝数,促进坏死股骨头的修复,这可能是活血化瘀法防治激素性股骨头缺血性坏死的机制之一。     

丘脑卒中患者认知功能损害及其临床判别

目的:探讨丘脑卒中后认知损害的特点,尝试应用回归函数方程推测和判别这种损害程度。方法:①选择2004-04/12大连市第二人民医院和大连市海港医院收治,并经CT确诊的丘脑卒中患者21例为丘脑卒中组;按1∶3匹配原则,将63例年龄与性别与丘脑卒中组匹配的非脑部疾病者入选为对照组。②丘脑卒中组住院后进行影像学和生理、生化学指标检查,对所有入组人员进行神经心理学测查其认知功能,内容包括4个纬度(智能纬度、执行功能纬度、注意机能纬度和记忆纬度)13个认知因子,以韦氏成人智力量表、韦氏记忆量表和威斯康星卡片分类实验等为测查工具。③将对照组每项认知因子均数根据其在认知中的作用不同,加或减1.64标准差为界值,以判断丘脑卒中组认知损害程度,并建立回归方程和认知损害程度表达式。结果:84例均进入结果分析。①丘脑卒中组在13个认知指标中有9个指标与对照组相比差异显著(P<0.05),4个纬度均有涉及。②建立丘脑组认知损害程度函数表达式,计算出每例认知损害程度函数值(F0)。以丘脑组每例认知损害程度函数值为应变量,以临床影响因子为自变量建立了回归方程Y=43.679-2.304*β。以Y值推测F0值。当Y<0.98,可考虑为轻度认知损害,当Y=0.98～8.15时可考虑为中度认知损害,当Y>8.15时可考虑为重度认知损害。结论:①丘脑卒中可引起广泛的认知损害。②临床可以根据影响因素建立回归方程,计算出Y值,以Y值推测F0值。     

经胸超声心动图指导下应用国产Amplatzer封堵器介入治疗先天性心脏病及其术后随访评估

目的:经胸超声心动图指导下应用国产Amplatzer封堵器介入治疗先天性心脏病,分析其应用价值。方法:选择2005-05/2007-03在成都市第三人民医院应用国产Amplatzer封堵器进行介入治疗的先天性心脏病患者59例,其中膜周型室间隔缺损30例,继发房间隔缺损15例,动脉导管未闭14例,所有患者均知情同意。①所有Amplatzer封堵器均由北京形状记忆合金材料有限公司提供。仪器采用Sequoia256及Sequoia512型彩色多普勒诊断仪,探头频率为2.5～5.0MHz。②在经胸超声心动图及X射线的引导下采用国产封堵器行先天性心脏病介入封堵术,术后1d,7d、1个月、3个月、1年随访,观察封堵器的位置,有无残余分流。结果:59例患者均封堵成功,全部进入结果分析,无脱落。2例膜周型室间隔缺损患者微量残余分流在术后3个月完全消失;其余患者均未见封堵器脱落、移位,无溶血、房室传导阻滞、瓣膜反流、心脏穿孔等严重并发症。结论:经胸超声心动图可用于引导先天性心脏病的封堵器介入治疗,同时也可用于术后随访,观察封堵器封堵后的移位、脱落等物理学变化。     

Seroconversion to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in hemophiliacs. Relation to lymphadenopathy

The authors studied the natural history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) exposure in 187 hemophiliacs followed for an average of 45 months. Overall, 55 percent developed antibody specific for HIV and 21 percent developed persistent generalized lymphadenopathy. Most patients seroconverted sometime between early 1982 and the end of 1984. Four patients developed acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and four seropositive patients developed idiopathic thrombocytopenia (ITP). One of the four patients who developed AIDS and three of the four with ITP had preexisting lymphadenopathy. None of the 10 patients with lymphadenopathy or the 20 asymptomatic patients was seropositive for human T-lymphotropic virus, type I. Although seropositivity and lymphadenopathy have been found in many of the authors' patients, few have developed clinical disease that can be related to HIV infection.     

瘢痕疙瘩家系Fas基因的突变：2个家系10份标本分析

目的:观察瘢痕疙瘩家系样本中Fas基因有无突变,探讨Fas基因突变在瘢痕疙瘩形成中的意义。方法:实验于2005-01/05在上海基康公司完成。①标本来自南方医科大学南方医院整形外科2005年收集的A和B两个瘢痕疙瘩家系,所有参与观察的家系成员均签署知情同意书。②采用聚合酶链反应及基因测序技术,分别以A家系两例患者的瘢痕疙瘩组织为观察对象,以其周围正常皮肤及外周静脉血作为自身对照;其配偶的外周静脉血作为正常对照。并以B家系中两例患者的外周静脉血作为不同家系间的对照。共取10份样本,4份组织样本,6份静脉血标本。检测10份样本中Fas基因外显子1～9的基因序列。结果:①基因测序发现所检测的10个瘢痕疙瘩家系标本Fas基因的1～8外显子均未发现突变。②2份瘢痕疙瘩组织标本在第9外显子编码区的11bp,53bp两个位点上存在单个碱基的基因突变或多态性改变。结论:瘢痕疙瘩Fas基因外显子9区段的基因结构异常极有可能造成Fas蛋白的功能改变,从而导致身体局部瘢痕疙瘩的形成。     

磁性明胶微球体内分布实验研究

对磁性明胶微球进行了同位素标记。用γ-闪烁照相技术观察了磁性明胶微球在兔体内的分布。结果表明:靶部位的放射活性加磁场是未加磁场的15倍,而且施加磁场时间长和磁场强度大有利于磁性明胶微球定位于靶区。文中也介绍了自行设计的外加磁场装置。     

Trabecular bone architecture in female renal allograft recipients-- assessed by computed tomography

BACKGROUND: Osteopenia with decreased bone mineral density (BMD) is a frequent finding in renal allograft recipients. Data concerning the bone architecture in these patients do not exist, however. METHODS: We compared the bone architecture of 33 randomly assigned women (age 49 +/- 12 years), who had received renal allografts 5.6 +/- 5.3 years before the investigation, with 74 women (age 50 +/- 14 years) who were admitted for osteodensitometry. All patients underwent single-energy computed tomography (SEQCT) and a midvertebral high-resolution tomography with computer-assisted analysis of the trabecular vertebral body architecture. RESULTS: Progressive alteration of bone architecture was associated with increasing vertebral height loss of the vertebral body. Height reduction of a vertebral body of more than 15% was associated with a significantly lower BMD (-2.3 +/- 0.8 versus -1.1 +/- 1.1 standard deviations below normal BMD), a lower trabecular bone area (13 +/- 8% versus 42 +/- 22%) and a lower trabecular diameter (1.4 +/- 0.5 mm versus 2.2 +/- 0.8 mm) compared to recipients without height reduction. In comparison to a matched group of patients with similarly reduced BMD (1.1 +/- 1.2 versus 1.2 +/- 1.1 SD below normal BMD), renal allograft recipients showed a lower number of trabecular plates (5.6 +/- 3.1 versus 7.0 +/- 3.7) and a smaller intertrabecular surface (54 +/- 116 mm versus 75 +/- 138 mm). CONCLUSIONS: Alterations of bone architecture in renal allograft recipients were associated with progressive vertebral height loss. Despite similar bone mineral density, differences of bone architecture could be observed between renal allograft recipients and patients with osteoporosis.      

Central thrombi in pulmonary arterial hypertension detected by MR imaging

Differentiation of thrombi from slow flow in the pulmonary arteries, sometimes observed in the presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension, can be equivocal. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging was performed in a patient with chronic pulmonary thromboembolism and pulmonary arterial hypertension using an electrocardiographically gated technique that allowed visualization of the pulmonary arteries at the end of diastole and multiple times during systole. These images were compared with those of a patient with primary pulmonary hypertension and those of healthy subjects. Thrombi were discrete structures, seen throughout the cardiac cycle on both the first and second spin-echo images, and decreased in signal intensity on the second image. Slow flow increased in signal intensity and changed in structure during the cardiac cycle and was seen best on the second image. MR may play an important role in excluding large central thrombi as the cause of pulmonary arterial hypertension. It is a noninvasive method for defining pulmonary arterial wall thickness and for direct visualization of chronic pulmonary thrombus.     

The Dutch version of the Radner Reading Chart for assessing vision function

A chart for measuring visual acuity is a better functional test than the routine distance visual acuity testing with single optotypes. The characteristics of a good reading chart are: logarithmically diminishing print size, simultaneous measurement of reading acuity and reading speed, and the calculation of one score for reading acuity corrected for the number of reading errors. The original German-language Radner Reading Chart meets all these requirements, and above all emphasizes the principle of 'sentence optotypes' i.e. highly standardized sentences, because sentence complexity also influences reading performance. Sentence optotypes were created in the Dutch language and tested according to Radner's strict principles. The most equally matched sentence optotypes in terms of reading speed and number of reading errors were selected for the introduction and printing of the first Dutch version of the Radner Reading Chart. The Dutch Radner Reading Chart is precise and practical and therefore useful for research and daily practice.