传染性非典型肺炎23例心肌酶学分析

目的描述并分析传染性非典型肺炎的临床表现及心肌酶学改变。方法采集并分析了23例传染性非典型肺炎患者的临床表现及心肌酶学资料,分析死亡组及存活组出现心肌酶升高的比例的差异。结果患者具有肺炎症状体征,还出现心肌酶的升高。CKMB升高的比例存活组为44.4%,死亡组为80.0%,LDH1升高的比例存活组为22.2%,死亡组为80.0%。心肌酶升高的比例死亡组高于存活组,差异具有显著性意义。结论传染性非典型肺炎存在心肌损伤。     

锁骨下静脉置管化疗的应用及护理

目的 减少外周静脉化疗引起的静脉炎及药物外渗性损伤。方法 对46例锁骨下静脉置管化疗病人进行了护理观察。结果 接受锁骨下静脉置管的患者均完成了3周期化疗，导管保留时间最长为186天，无并发症发生。结论 应用中心静脉导管，一次置管可完成多程化疗，治疗方便，尤其适用于多程化疗及恶液质病人的支持治疗。     

Growth monitoring with the British 1990 growth reference

AIM: To provide a simple method for assessing centile change based on the British 1990 growth reference. STATISTICAL METHOD: The change in SD score over a period of time has SD square root of 2(1-r), where r is the correlation between the first and second SD score. This leads to an SD score for centile change. DATA: Annual height measurements from 2 to 9 years for 318 children from the French longitudinal growth study. RESULTS: The correlations between heights at different ages are higher for shorter measurement intervals and at older ages. The chance of a child's height centile falling one centile band width is correspondingly smaller for shorter measurement intervals and at older ages. An increase in height measurement error reduces the correlations and dramatically increases the chances of centile crossing. CONCLUSIONS: Quantitative height monitoring based on centile change is provided for whole year periods between 2 and 9 years of age. Effective monitoring requires the measurement error to be as small as possible.     

Adult height in patients with childhood onset atopic dermatitis

Cross sectional studies have reported impaired growth in children with atopic dermatitis. If this growth impairment is irreversible, it would be expected to adversely influence final height attainment. The standing heights and other anthropometric parameters were assessed in 35 adults with onset of atopic dermatitis before 5 years of age and a control group of 35 adults with adult onset contact dermatitis or psoriasis. There was no significant difference in the standing height SD score, mid-parental height SD score, sitting height SD score, subischial leg length SD score, nor body mass index between the atopic dermatitis and control groups. The standing height SD score was not significantly different among: (a) patients with atopic dermatitis affecting less than 50% of their body surface area and those with greater than 50% affected; (b) patients using the four different potency topical corticosteroids; and (c) patients with atopic dermatitis without asthma and those with coexisting asthma. It is concluded that short stature is not a feature of our group of adult patients with onset of atopic dermatitis before 5 years of age, continuing into adulthood, and severe enough to require specialist care. This suggests that if growth impairment occurs in childhood, it is likely to be temporary and reversible.     

142例女性肺癌的临床特点

目的：对肺癌病人中女性患进行分析，探讨女性肺癌的临床特点，根据这些临床特点指导手术前诊断及肺癌的分型。方法：调集本院10年来142例女性肺癌资料，对其年龄、吸咽情况、辅助诊断和病理资料等进行分析。结果：经本组资料分析发现女性肺癌在年龄分布、X线摄片及纤维支气管镜分型、病理类型等方面有明显特征。结论：女性肺癌随年龄增长发病比重增大，以5O岁～59岁年龄组比重最大；周围型肺癌占59．3％，肺腺癌占57．0%。     

Otoacoustic emissions as a screening test for hearing impairment in children recovering from acute bacterial meningitis

OBJECTIVES: To study the efficacy of otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) as a screening test for hearing impairment in children with acute bacterial meningitis. Hearing tests were performed before discharge from the hospital in an attempt to improve coverage and avoid delays in the diagnosis of postmeningitic hearing loss. METHODS: Children with bacterial meningitis were recruited from 21 centers. In the 48 hours before discharge from the hospital, all patients underwent a thorough audiologic assessment consisting of transient evoked OAEs, auditory brainstem responses (ABRs), otoscopy, and tympanometry. Hearing loss was defined as ABR threshold >/=30 dB. The results of OAE screening were compared with the gold standard of ABR threshold. RESULTS: Of 124 children recruited, we were able to perform both OAEs and ABRs on 110 children. Seven (6.3%) of the 110 children had ABR threshold >/=30 dB; 2 had sensorineural hearing loss and 5 had conductive hearing loss. At follow-up, hearing loss persisted in both cases of sensorineural hearing loss and no new cases were identified. All 7 children with hearing loss failed the OAE screening test. Ninety-four children with normal hearing thresholds passed the test, and 9 failed. Thus, the screening test had a sensitivity of 1.00 (95% confidence interval, 0.59 to 1.00), a specificity of 0.91 (0.85 to 0.97), a positive predictive value of 0. 44 (0.20 to 0.70), and a negative predictive value of 1.00 (0.96 to 1.00). CONCLUSIONS: OAE screening in children recovering from meningitis was found to be feasible and effective. The test was highly sensitive and reasonably specific. Inpatient OAE screening should allow early diagnosis of postmeningitic hearing loss and prompt auditory rehabilitation.     

Characterization of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes and nitrosamine metabolism in the human esophagus

Esophageal cancer has been associated with tobacco smoking, and nitrosamines are possible causative agents for this cancer. The present study investigated the metabolism of the tobacco carcinogens N'- nitrosonornicotine (NNN), 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1- butanone (NNK), and N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), as well as the presence of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes in human esophageal tissues from individuals in the United States and Huixian, Henan Province, China (a high-risk area for esophageal cancer). All esophageal microsomal samples activated NNN and the metabolic rate was 2-fold higher in the esophageal samples from China than the USA. All microsomal samples activated NDMA. However, most of the microsomal samples did not activate NNK. Troleandomycin (an inhibitor of cytochrome P450 3A) decreased the formation of NNN-derived keto acid by 20-26% in the esophageal microsomes. The activities for NADPH: cytochrome c reductase, ethoxycoumarin O-deethylase, NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase and glutathione S-transferase were present in the esophageal samples. Coumarin 7-hydroxylase (a representative activity for P450 2A6) activity was not detected in the esophageal microsomal samples. The activities for nitrosamine metabolism and xenobiotic- metabolizing enzymes were decreased (by 30-50%) in the squamous cell carcinomas compared with their corresponding non-cancerous mucosa. The presence of activation and detoxification enzymes in the esophagus may play an important role in determining the susceptibility of the esophagus to the carcinogenic effect of nitrosamines. Our results suggest that P450s 3A4 and 2E1 are involved in the activation of NNN and NDMA, respectively, in the human esophagus.      

Toxic cardiogenic shock in a patient receiving weekly 24-h infusion of high-dose 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin

A 54-year-old man was treated with weekly 24-h infusion of high-dose 5-fluorouracil (2600 mg/m2) and leucovorin (100 mg/m2) for metastatic colon cancer. At first, he tolerated the treatment well and no significant toxicity was identified. After a total of eight courses of treatment, a stable disease was observed, but mild shortness of breath was found on occasion. The patient had no previous history of cardiac disease and the heart performance assessed by left ventricular ejection fraction before treatment was normal. Unfortunately, acute pulmonary edema with lethal cardiogenic shock occurred during the ninth course of treatment, in spite of intensive medical treatment. The chest X-ray showed extreme cardiomegaly. Repeated assessment of his heart function by echocardiogram and ventricular ejection fraction revealed a very poor cardiac performance. Toxic cardiogenic shock during weekly 24-h infusion of high-dose 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin is extremely rare. To the best of our knowledge, no case has been reported in the English literature. We report a case and the relevant literature about the incidence, clinical picture and possible pathophysiology on 5-fluorouracil-related cardioxicity is reviewed.      

p27kip1的研究现状及展望

细胞的增殖在许多生理及病理生理学过程中起着极为重要的作用,并受许多细胞内及细胞外因素的调控,细胞的适度增殖取决于细胞内外的正增殖信号与负增殖信号在一定水平上的动态平衡.细胞周期是细胞增殖、分化的最后共同通路,在此对细胞的增殖与分化进行干预、调控的作用可能大于对其上游诸因素的干预.