Approach selection and outcomes of craniopharyngioma resection: a single-institute study

Neurosurgical Review - Since there are many approaches for successful craniopharyngioma resection, how to choose a suitable approach remains problematic. The aim of this study was to summarize...     

Despite Equivalent Outcomes,Men Receive Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Less Often Than Women for Lymph Node-Positive Breast Cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology -     

Latency to enter a mirrored chamber: a novel behavioral assay for anxiolytic agents

Many animal species exhibit approach-avoidance responses upon the novel placement of a mirror into an individual animal's environment. With a view toward identifying new behavioral measures with qualitatively or quantitatively different responses to anxiolytic agents, we developed a mirrored chamber apparatus for which adult male BALB/cByJ mice showed an extended latency to enter. Administration of diazepam significantly reduced this latency to enter a mirrored chamber in a dosage-dependent manner. The psychomotor stimulant, methylphenidate, had no effect on latency to enter the mirrored chamber at a dose which stimulated locomotor activity to the same extent as diazepam. Thus, the decreased latency to enter the mirrored chamber brought about by diazepam seems unlikely to reflect the motor effects of this benzodiazepine. The potency of diazepam was significantly lower in the mirrored chamber assay than it was on three other measures of exploratory activity--"head-dipping" performance, plus-maze performance and locomotor activity stimulation. The findings of our study indicate that the mirrored chamber method is simple to carry out, nonpunishing, rapid and quantitative and that it possesses pharmacological attributes which distinguish its response to anxiolytics from other assays of exploratory behavior.     

Effect of ipratropium bromide on airway and pulmonary muscarinic receptors in a rat model of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Objective　To observe the level of muscarinic receptors in airway and lung tissues, and the effect of inhaled ipratropium bromide on these receptors in a rat model of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods　This model was developed by exposure of rats to 250 ppm SO2 gas, 5?h/d, 5d/wk, for a period of 7 wk. The COPD rats inhaled 0.025% aerosolized iratropium bromide for 20 min, 2 times daily, in an airtight chamber. Muscarinic receptors in airway and lung tissues of normal rats, ipratropium bromide-treated COPD rats and the recovering COPD rats were measured by the radio-ligand binding assay. Results　Airway/lung pathology and pulmonary function tests showed that chronic SO2 exposure caused pathophysiologic changes similar to those observed in human COPD. The density (0.038±0.011, pmol/mg protein) and affinity (Kd, 23±11 pmol/L) of muscarinic receptors in airway and lung tissues of COPD rats were not changed compared with those of normal control rats (0.030±0.008 and 29±19, respectively, P>0.05). Densities of the muscarinic receptors were not changed after inhalation of ipratropium bromide for 5 days, but increased significantly after inhalation for 30 days, as compared with those of the untreated COPD rats. The muscarinic receptors returned the normal levels at day 6 after cessation of ipratropium bromide treatment. There were no differences among different groups of rats in equilibrium dissociation constants (Kd). Conclusion　A rat model of COPD with pathophysiologic changes similar to the human counterpart was developed using chronic SO2 exposure. There was no significant change in the number and function of muscarinic receptors in airway and lung tissues of the COPD rats, but upregulation of the muscarinic receptors was observed after long-term inhalation of ipratropium bromide.     

QT Dispersion Level and Its Clinical Significance.in Dilated Cardiomyopathy

［1］Richardson CP, Mckenna RM, Bristow CM, et al.Report of the 1995 Word Health Organization/International Society and Federation of Cardiology Task Force on the definition and classification of cardiomyopathies. Circulation, 1996,93: 841 ［2］Barr CS, Naas A, Freeman M, et al. QT dispersion and sudden unexpected death in chronic heart failure. Lancet, 1994,343:327 ［3］Martin AB, Garson A, Perry JC, et al. Prolonged QT interval in hypertropic and dilated cardiomyopathy in children. Am Heart J, 1994,127(1):64 ［4］Pye M, Quinn AC, Cobble SM. QT dispersion: a non-invasive marker of susceptibility to arrhythmia in patients with sustained ventricular arrhythmias?Br Heart J, 1994,71(5):51 ［5］Berger RD, Kasper EK, Baughman KL, et al. Beat to beat QT interval variability: novel evidence for repolarization lability in ischemic and non ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. Circulation, 1997, 96 (5):1557 ［6］Wolfram G, Ulrike S, Volker M, et al. QT dispersion and arrhythmic events in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol, 1997,78: 458 ［7］Fei L, Goldman JH, Prasal K, et al. QT dispersion and RR variations on 12-lead ECGs in patients with congestive heart failure secondary to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Eur Heart J, 1996,17: 258 ［8］Pan YZ, Guo NS, Xing ZF, et al. The relation between QT dispersion and ventricular arrhythmia of dilated cardiomyopathy. Chin J Inter Medi, 1996,35(11):73 ［9］Galinier M, Vialette JC, Fourcade J, et al. QT interval dispersion as a predictor of arrhythmic events in congestive heart failure. Importance of aetiology. Eur Heart J, 1998,19(7) :1054     

Efficacy and Mechanism of Intravenous Sotalol for Termination of Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia

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影响鼻窦显微手术疗效因素的分析

目的 分析影响鼻窦显微手术疗效的因素。方法 鼻内筛窦手术,经上颌窦手术,上颌窦窦口扩大,中鼻道开窗。结果 ３５９侧鼻窦显微手术,术后１～４年（平均３６．４个月）,随访２８８侧,治愈１０８例（３７．５％）,显著进步８７例（３０．２％）,好转６５侧（２２．６％）,无效２８侧（９．７％）,良好率６７．７％,鼻内筛窦手术良好率６０．６％,经上颌窦手术良好率７２％,上颌窦窦口扩大未闭良好率６０．１％,中鼻开