Simple measurement of spinal cord evoked potential: a valuable data source in the rat spinal cord injury model.

Measurement of spinal cord evoked potentials (SCEPs) is proposed as a means of predicting locomotion outcome in the rat spinal cord injury (SCI) model. Using 55 rats, three reproducible peak waves (waves I, II and III) were observed during stimulation at the C7 level with recording at the L1 epidural space. Hemisection at the T13 level showed three wave loss patterns: wave III loss only, loss of both wave II and III, and loss of all three waves. Defining an ideal SCI model as establishment of stable monoparesis or paraparesis, all animals in the wave II-III loss group showed favorable results. Histological data and electrophysiological properties allowed reasonable assumptions of wave origin: wave I from extrapyramidal tracts, wave II from the ventral corticospinal tract, and wave III from the dorsal corticospinal tract. Complete destruction of pyramidal tracts in both dorsal and ventral fibers was essential for long-term impairment of locomotion.     

帕金森病交感神经皮肤反应的临床研究

Objective To assess the value of detecting sympathetic skin response (SSR) in the diagnosis of autonomic dysfunction in patients with Parkinson disease (PD). Methods SSR measurement was performed in 47 PD patients and 20 healthy control subjects and the results were compared. The SSR was also comparatively analyzed between patients with and those without autonomic dysfimction. Results Compared with the healthy controls, the PD patients showed significantly lowered mean amplitude (2.56±1.47 vs 1.87±0.26, P<0.05) and prolonged latency (1.42±0.29 vs 1.55± 0.18, P<0.05) of the SSR in the upper limbs, with also lowered mean amplitude (0.76±0.39 vs 0.49±0.21, P<0.05) and prolonged latency (2.04±0.27 vs 2.13±0.16, P<0.05) in the lower limbs. Compared with the PD patients without autonomic dysfunction, those having autonomic dysfunction showed significantly lowered mean amplitude (1.89±0.33 vs 1.75±0.21, P<0.05) and prolonged latency (1.53±0.15 vs 1.56±0.17, P<0.05) of SSR in the upper limbs and lowered mean amplitude (0.51±0.17 vs 0.46±0.20,P<0.05) and prolonged latency (2.08±0.24 vs 2.17±0.18, P<0.05) in the lower limbs. Conclusion The results of SSR measurements are consistent with the clinical manifestations of the PD patients. SSR can be of value in the diagnosis of autonomic nerve dysfunction in PD.     

Adenovirus-mediated human β-nerve growth factor gene transfer has a protective effect on cochlear spiral ganglion after blast exposure

Objective：To study whether adenovirus-mediated human β-nerve growth factor （Ad-hNGFβ） gene has any protective effect on blast hearing impairment. Methods：Deafness was induced by blast exposure （172.0 dB） in 30 healthy guinea pigs. On day 7 of blast exposure, Ad-hNGFβ was infused into the perilymphatic space of 20 animals as the study group （hNGFβ group）, and artificial perilymph fluid （APF） was infused into the perilymphatic space of the other 10 animals as the control group. At weeks 1, 4 and 8 after blast exposure, the animals were sacrificed and the cochleae were removed for immunohistochemical and HE stainings. Results： Expression of Ad-hNGFβ protein was detected in each turn of the cochlea at the 1st week, with almost equal intensity in all turns. At the 4th week, the reactive intensity of the expression of Ad-hNGFβ protein decreased. At the 8th week, no expression was detectable. The results of HE staining showed that the amount of spiral ganglions in hNGFβ group was significantly greater than that of the control group at week 4 （P〈0.01）. Conclusion： Ad-hNGFβ can be expressed at a high level and for a relatively long period in the blast impaired cochlea, suggesting that Ad-hNGFβ has a protective effect on cochlear spiral ganglion cells after blast exposure and the efficient gene transfer into cochlea had been achieved without toxicity.     

醋酸棉酚对大鼠肾皮质形态结构的影响

醋酸棉酚每天30mg/kg(6次/周)给药6～8周后,大鼠肾曲小管线粒体肿胀,嵴模糊,伴有早期溶酶体增多、增大,形态多样,其后转而减少、变小。肾近曲小管微绒毛水肿,部分肾曲小管基底膜水肿。未见肾小球毛细血管内皮细胞、基膜和足细胞的超微结构明显变化。     

Excretion of 1,2,4-benzenetriol in the urine of workers exposed to benzene

Urine samples were collected from 152 workers (64 men, 88 women) who had been exposed to benzene, 53 workers (men only) exposed to a mixture of benzene and toluene, and 213 non-exposed controls (113 men, 100 women). The samples were analysed for 1,2,4-benzentriol (a minor metabolite of benzene) by high performance liquid chromatography. The time weighted average solvent exposure of each worker was monitored by diffusive sampling technique. The urinary concentration of 1,2,4-benzentriol related linearly to the intensity of exposure to benzene both in men and women among workers exposed to benzene, and was suppressed by toluene co-exposure among male workers exposed to a mixture of benzene and toluene. A cross sectional balance study in men at the end of the shift of a workday showed that only 0.47% of benzene absorbed will be excreted into urine as 1,2,4-benzenetriol, in close agreement with previous results in rabbits fed benzene. The concentration of 1,2,4-benzenetriol in urine was more closely related to the concentration of quinol than that of catechol. The fact that phenol and quinol, but not catechol, are precursors of 1,2,4-benzentriol in urine was further confirmed by the intraperitoneal injection of the three phenolic compounds to rats followed by urine analysis for 1,2,4-benzenetriol.     

老人自发与黑发中铜、锰、铁、锌、镁含量的比较

本文用原子吸收光谱法测定了延边地区65岁～108岁健康老人110人头发中的铜、锰、铁、锌及镁的含量,比较了66人的白发与44人的黑发中这些元素的含量差异.结果表明,白发中的锰和镁的含量明显低于黑发,但铜、锌、铁的含量则无明显差异.这些差别在男性很明显,但在女性则不甚明显.     

ENDOURETHRAL URETHROPLASTY WITH PREPUCE GRAFT FOR LONG POSTERIOR URETHRAL STRICTURE

Twenty patients underwent endourethral urethroplasty with free prepuce graft in combination with transurethral resection of scar for posterior urethral stricture. Two-year follow-up showed that they had good continent and free voiding results. Problems about surgical technique were detailed. We conclude that a free full-thickness prepuce evenly patched by means of the tube balloon to the freshly prepared wound derived from the stricture is the key to surgical success.     

三级质控体系应用于临床中护理的效果观察

质量是医院管理永恒的主题,护理质量是护理管理的核心[1]。护理质量控制是医院护理管理重要环节,也是为病人提供高质量护理服务的保证措施。我院为二级乙等医院,共有床位150张;病人来源广泛,主要来源于山西、陕西、内蒙等地,病种繁多,文化差异较大,决定了护理工作量大,并且难度     

中国三城市儿童步行者道路交通安全状况回顾性研究

目的了解北京、上海、广州三城市儿童步行安全状况及相关因素,为加强儿童道路交通伤害预防、干预提供科学依据。方法回顾性收集2000~2004年三城市交管部门14岁以下儿童步行者交通伤害发生资料。结果三城市5年间儿童步行者道路交通伤害发生率为14.93/10万,男女比例为1.79∶1,5~9岁为高发年龄,儿童步行者发生道路交通伤、亡的主要责任方为行人,受伤害儿童43.0%为轻伤,46.6%为重伤,10.4%为死亡。结论道路交通伤害严重威胁儿童安全与健康,儿童步行者发生道路交通伤害与多种因素有关,需社会各个部门参与预防。