Gender differences in the relationship between heart rate control and adiposity in young children: a cross-sectional study (EarlyBird 33)

Background:  The role of the autonomic nervous system in the complex link between insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk remains unclear. Increased sympathetic nervous system activity has been implicated in the pathophysiology of insulin resistance but is confounded by a number of factors.
Methods:  We have therefore examined the relationship among cardiac autonomic control, insulin resistance, habitual physical activity, resting energy expenditure (REE), and anthropometric variables in a subset (107 boys, 101 girls, age 9 ± 0.25 yr) of the EarlyBird cohort. Cardiac autonomic activity was assessed using time domain and power spectral density analysis methods of heart rate variability. Insulin resistance was measured using homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA2-IR).
Results:  Girls, in comparison to boys, showed significantly higher resting heart rate and lower systolic blood pressure (BP); were more insulin resistant; undertook less physical activity, and had lower fat-free mass and REE. Increasing fasting insulin and increasing insulin resistance were associated with increasing BP.
Conclusion:  The data suggest early gender differences in predictors of cardiac autonomic control. Pubertal staging was not undertaken in this study, and we plan to evaluate this in future studies to further clarify these associations.     

伊立替康治疗晚期非小细胞肺癌临床观察

目的：观察伊立替康（开普拓）联合顺铂治疗晚期非小细胞肺癌（Non-Small cell lung cancer,NSCLC）的疗效以及不良反应。方法：经病理学或细胞学确诊的初治晚期NSCLC患者30例,男性18例,女性12例,中位年龄45岁（波动于33-56岁之间）,KPS评分〉70。接受顺铂60-80 mg.（m^2）^-1联合开普拓60 mg.（m^2）^-1第1d、8d、15d静脉滴注,每4周重复。至少2周期以上,可评价疗效及不良反应。结果：全组PR7例,SD21例,PD2例,总有效率为23%。中位生存时间10.5个月,1年生存为率57%（17/30）。主要不良反应为延迟性腹泻和粒细胞减少。结论：伊立替康联合顺铂治疗晚期NSCLC疗效确切,不良反应发生率低,耐受性较好。     

长耽典籍若谈蔗饴——谈"功夫在医外"

文学素养的提高、医籍经典的研读,对培养医学大家具有重要意义.本文首先举例说明悟经典著作之精髓,临床才能得心应手,其次阐述古代文字和文化知识的重要性,再次谈及孙思邈、李时珍、岳美中等的著述中所论对典籍学习的重要性,最后从<左传>旁及古文化知识学习要有目的、有选择.     

恶性冬眠瘤的临床病理和免疫组化及超微结构观察

目的：了解恶性冬眠瘤独特的临床病理和免疫组化及超微结构变化。方法：收集2例恶性冬眠瘤和4例粘液性脂肪肉瘤的临床资料,所有标本光镜常规切片观察,免疫组化染色检测CKp,SMA,RMA,MyOD1,S100,PCNA,p53。冬眠瘤和粘液性脂肪肉瘤各1例取新鲜组织做透射电镜观察。结果：恶性冬眠瘤与粘液性脂肪肉瘤有显著的组织学、免疫组化和超微结构的不同;例1与腺泡状软组织肉瘤的组织学和免疫组化改变相似,唯有超微结构不同。例2免疫组化与有腺泡样结构的肉瘤不同。结论：恶性冬眠瘤的诊断主要靠超微结构的观察和免疫组化染色。     

Growth, puberty and obesity after treatment for leukaemia

Final height, body proportions, pubertal growth and body mass index were studied retrospectively in 142 survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Treatment consisted of combination chemotherapy and cranial irradiation (18 or 24 Gy). Significant standing height loss and disproportion, with a relatively short back, was seen in both radiation dose groups. Girls were more severely affected than boys. Pubertal growth was adversely affected, with a reduction in peak height velocity in both sexes. Puberty occurred early in girls but at the normal time in boys. Nearly half the group were obese at final height, with no significant difference in incidence between the sexes. The relative roles of cranial irradiation and chemotherapy in the disturbance of growth, puberty and body composition observed in survivors of childhood ALL remain unclear. The aetiology is almost certainly multifactorial, with radiation-induced growth hormone insufficiency, early puberty, steroids and chemotherapy all having a role.     

Renal transplantation and osteoporosis

A cross sectional study assessed the bone mineral density (BMD) of 20 young adult patients who received a renal transplantation in childhood. The BMD of the lumbar spine, mainly trabecular bone, and of the total body, mainly cortical bone, were measured and expressed as an SD score. Fourteen patients (70%) had a BMD SD score of the lumbar spine below -1, of whom six patients were below -2. Fifteen patients (75%) had a BMD SD score of the total body below -1, of whom seven patients were below -2, Both trabecular and cortical bone appeared to be involved in the osteopenic process. The cumulative dose of prednisone was inversely correlated to both lumbar spine and total body BMD SD score. In a multiple regression analysis the cumulative dose of prednisone appeared to be the only factor with a significant effect on BMD SD score. Most young adult patients who had received a renal transplantation in childhood had moderate to severe osteopenia. Corticosteroid treatment played a major part in the development of osteopenia in these patients.     

Chorangiocarcinoma: an unusual tumour of the placenta. The missing link?

A tumour occurring in an otherwise normal placenta presented the vascularity of a mature chorangioma but was surrounded by a neoplastic trophoblastic proliferation. A chorangioma with an atypical associated trophoblastic proliferation has never been reported in any of nearly 500 cases of chorangiomas described in the literature. The possibility of a combined lesion (for which we propose the term chorangiocarcinoma) is emphasized. It cannot be excluded however that chorangiomas could be, in rare cases, true neoplasms rather than hamartomas.     

窒息新生儿血清肝功能和心功能的变化及其临床意义

目的了解窒息新生儿血清肝功能和心功能的变化,有助于指导临床对窒息新生儿重要脏器损害的严重程度的判断,指导临床积极治疗。方法检测60例窒息新生儿(轻度窒息48例、重度窒息12例)的血清总胆红素(Tbil)、直接胆红素(Dbil)、谷丙转氨酶(ALT)、总胆汁酸(TBA)、肌酸激酶同工酶(CK-MB),并设40例正常新生儿作为对照。结果窒息后新生儿Tbil出现下降(P<0.05),并随着窒息程度加重下降愈明显(P<0.05);ALT、TBA、CK-MB出现升高(P<0.05),并随着窒息程度加重升高愈明显(P<0.05)。结论Tbil、ALT、TBA和CK-MB的变化反映肝功能和心功能损害情况,窒息时新生儿肝功能和心功能应予以保护,以减轻窒息对于新生儿重要脏器的损害。