The role of endothelin-1 during ischemia-reperfusion injury.

In order to investigate the role of endothelin-1 during ischemia-reperfusion injury, 80 adult male Wistar rats were subjected to three hours of ischemia and one hour of reperfusion. Animals were evenly divided into eight groups. The rats in group 1 served as the normal control group, while the rats in group 2 received an intravenous infusion of endothelin-1 in a dosage of 0.5 ng/kg/min, group 3 in a dosage of 5 ng/kg/min, and group 4 in a dosage of 50 ng/kg/min. The rats in group 5 were infused with angiotensin II (10 ng/kg/min). The rats in group 6 received an intravenous infusion of 10,000 units of superoxide dismutase and 10,000 units of catalase. Group 7 rats were infused with endothelin-1 (50 ng/kg/min), superoxide dismutase (10,000 units), and catalase (10,000 units). Group 8 rats received an infusion of angiotensin II (10 ng/kg/min), superoxide dismutase (10,000 units) and catalase (10,000 units). The infusions were given during the reperfusion period. After one hour of reperfusion, the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles of the experimental animals were excised and assayed for ischemia-reperfusion injury by measuring triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) reduction. The results showed that the limb activity of the ischemic extremity was 40.33 +/- 2.75% in group 1, 41.62 +/- 4.08% in group 2, 14.42 +/- 3.14% in group 3, 4.43 +/- 1.05% in group 4, 23.81 +/- 3.51% in group 5, 57.23 +/- 4.52% in group 6, 31.79 42- 3.63% in group 7, and 27.39 +/- 3.95% in group 8. Endothelin-1 reduced the limb activity in a dose-dependent manner.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Coexistence of autonomic and somatic mechanisms in the pressor areas of medulla in cats.

The effects of electrical stimulation and microinjection of sodium glutamate (0.5 M) in the sympathetic pressor areas of the dorsal medulla (DM), ventrolateral medulla (VLM), and parvocellular nucleus (PVC) on the knee jerk, crossed extension, and evoked potential of the L5 ventral root produced by intermittent electrical stimulation were studied in 98 adult cats anesthetized with chloralose and urethane. During electrical and glutamate stimulation of these pressor areas, in addition to the rise of systemic arterial blood pressure marked inhibition of the spinal reflex was produced, indicating presence of neuronal perikarya responsible for these actions. Mild to moderate augmentation of spinal reflexes was also observed during brain stimulation but only in a few cases. The magnitude of the somatic effects among the pressor areas of the VLM, DM, and PVC subsequent to glutamate activation was about the same. Induced spinal reflex inhibition, independent from the baroreceptor and vagal influence, remained essentially unaltered after acute midcollicular decerebration. The inhibition was also observed in cats decerebellated 8-10 days in advance. The inhibition was not affected after bilateral electrolytic- or kainic-acid-induced lesions in the paramedian reticular nucleus (PRN). On the contrary, PRN-induced spinal reflex inhibition was attenuated after bilateral lesions in the DM or VLM. Data suggest that there coexists neuronal subpopulations in the VLM, DM, and PVC that can affect both the sympathetic pressor systems and spinal reflexes.     

红细胞同工酶ADA－EAP一AK_1同步电泳分型方法的建立

综合、改良了分别分型的方法，建立了红细胞同工酶ＡＤＡ一ＥＡＰ一ＡＫ１同步电泳分型方法，为ＡＤＡ，ＥＡＰ和ＡＫ１３种红细胞同工酶在法医学鉴定中更广泛的应用，提供了一种可靠、经济、实用的方法。     

健康教育在青光眼患者中的应用及效果

目的探讨健康教育在青光眼患者中的应用,并评价其实施效果。方法利用个体指导、健康处方、集体授课的形式,采取讲授、示范和操作的方法,对84例青光眼患者进行疾病知识、眼压监测、饮食、生活、运动等方面的健康教育。结果实施健康教育前患者知识掌握的优良率为28.6%,而实施健康教育后为80.9%,(P<0.05);实施健康教育后学会控制不良情绪、自我监测眼压、眼球按摩、正确使用降眼压眼水的人数比以前增多(P<0.05)。结论健康教育能提高青光眼患者的疾病知识水平和自我护理水平及监查依从性。     

Airway challenge test with propranolol

We investigated airway response to propranolol in 48 asthmatics, 17 subjects with chronic bronchitis and 19 normal subjects. The positive rate for propranolol challenge was 93.8% in asthma group, 5.9% in chronic bronchitis group while none in normal group had positive response. The challenge was highly reproducible, and it had few side-effects. This indicated that the challenge was specific and sensitive in diagnosis of asthma, it was a safe, reliable method of measuring non-specific airway responsiveness. Furthermore we also demonstrated that PC20 for propranolol did not relate to PC20 for methacholine, and that the calibre of airway did not significantly influence the airway response to propranolol.     

婴儿先天性胆总管囊肿16例诊治分析

１９８５￣１９９４年作者单位共收治小儿先天性胆总管囊肿１０５例，其中年龄小于１２个月者１６例，占１５．２％，本病临床表现不典型，易延误诊治，超声检查可在产前检出本病，作者认为对于待续性黄疸的婴儿，保守治疗不宜时间过长，应积极手术探查。     

病毒性肝炎病人血浆VitE水平及其临床意义

观测了急性肝炎和重症肝炎病人血浆ＶｉｔＥ及Ｌｐｏ水平及其动态变化。急性肝炎和重症肝炎病人血浆ＶｉｔＥ低于对照组，Ｌｐｏ高于对照组，均以重症肝炎更明显，且死亡病例血浆ＶｉｔＥ低于存活者。部份病人口服ＶｉｔＥ不能提高其血浆水平，并随病情加重而逐渐降低。讨论了病毒性肝炎病人血浆ＶｉｔＥ降低与Ｌｐｏ升高的关系及其临床意义，认为动态观测血浆ＶｉｔＥ可作为判断重症肝炎病情进展及预后的参考。     

A Bayesian approach to subvoxel tissue classification in NMR microscopic images of trabecular bone

NMR microscopy is currently being used as an investigational tool for the evaluation of micromorphometric parameters of trabecular bone as a possible means to assess its strength. Since, typically, the image voxel size is not significantly smaller than individual trabecular elements, partial volume blurring can be a major complication for accurate tissue classification. In this paper, a Bayesian segmentation technique is reported that achieves improved subvoxel tissue classification. Each voxel is subdivided either into eight subvoxels twice the original resolution, or up to four subvoxels along the transaxial direction and the subvoxels optimally classified as either bone or marrow. Based on a statistical model for partial volume blurring, the likelihood for the number of marrow subvoxels in each voxel can be computed on the basis of its measured signal. To resolve the ambiguity of the location of the marrow subvoxels, a Gibbs distribution is introduced to model the interaction between the subvoxels. Neighboring subvoxel pairs with the same tissue label are encouraged, and pairs with distinct labels are penalized. The segmentation is achieved by maximizing the a posteriori probability of the label image using the block ICM (iterative conditional mode) algorithm. The potential of the proposed technique is demonstrated in real and synthetic NMR microscopic images.     

药物不良反应国内文献题录检索系统

本文报道了药物不良反应国内文献题录检索系统的设计原理、功能特点,以输入药名及不良反应类别为例,显示了检索系统操作简便,提供信息及时准确的特点。本系统可从药名、不良反应类别及作者等多方面进行检索,可为查询者提供所需的详细资料,弥补了人工查阅文献的不足。并将继续扩大文献资料库,由题录向电报文体文摘形式转化,以贮存更多的信息。     

红细胞沉降率IV──红细胞沉降速度测量的原理和方法

本文从理论上提出了红细胞沉降速度的准确概念，阐明了红细胞沉降过程所包含的物理和生理信息，提出了一种新型测量红细胞沉降速度及其它特征参数的方法，并给出了其主体、硬件和软件设计要点。