Integrating Patient Concerns into Parkinson’s Disease Management

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a complex motor and non-motor disorder and management is often challenging. In this review, we explore emerging approaches to improve the care of patients, drawing from the literature regarding patient-centred care, patient and caregiver perspectives and priorities, gaps in knowledge among patients and caregivers and the need for accurate information, individual variability in disease manifestations, prognostication of disease course, new developments in health technologies and personalized medicine, specialty care, pharmacological and non-pharmacological management, financial burden, lifestyle and work-related issues, support groups and palliative care.     

烧伤合并毒败血症的手术切削痂效果分析

目的　探讨烧伤合并毒败血症的治疗方法。方法　对 13 4例烧伤合并毒败血症患者进行烧伤创面切削痂植皮 ,以消除细菌来源、减少烧伤毒素、促进创面修复、促进病情恢复。结果　治愈 115例、死亡 19例。结论　对于烧伤合并毒败血症 ,及时采用手术治疗 ,不仅利于症状的控制、也是保证患者最终康复的重要手段。一旦烧伤病人出现毒败血症 ,应尽早进行烧伤创面切削痂植皮术修复深度创面     

弓形体病12例临床分析

报道弓形体病12例，其中，男女各6例，以20－30岁者为多，农民和农村学生占7例。主要症状是发热，乏力，头昏，畏寒，腹胀和纳差；主要体征有肝，脾，淋巴结肿大和下肢出血点。根据临床表现和血清免疫学检查阳性而确诊。以螺旋霉素和复方新诺明联合治疗，7天为一疗程，1－4个疗程后，11例好转或痊愈，1例死亡。有免疫缺陷或免疫务受损者以及胎儿易感染本病。急性感染的后果取决于宿主的免疫状态。     

泪囊炎性肌纤维母细胞瘤一例

11岁女性患儿,因左眼溢泪 2 个月入院,入院诊断为“双泪囊肿瘤”。鼻内镜检查见双侧鼻腔黏膜充血,左侧泪囊处可见膨隆,泪囊处黏膜光滑;鼻窦CT示双侧泪囊占位,有骨质破坏,累及下鼻甲,占位结构界限不清。完善术前准备后,全身麻醉下行内镜下手术治疗,术中见左侧下鼻甲外侧壁有肿瘤浸润,结构不清,质地较硬,行左侧鼻腔外侧壁、泪囊...     

A New Method for Exposing the Animal＇s Heart with Maintenance of Natural Breathing

In the experimental study on the electrophysiology and functions of heart in the animal,the thorax should be opened to expose the heart, at the same time natural breathing is maintained instead of artificial breathing. The key procedure of this new method is to avoid injuring the pleural cavity, so pneumothorax can be prevented. By means of this new method some subject studies have been finished.     

Prognostic Factors in Endodontic Surgery Using an Endoscope: A 1 Year Retrospective Cohort Study

This retrospective study clarified the success rate of endoscopic endodontic surgeries and identified predictors accounting for successful surgeries. In this retrospective study, 242 patients (90 males, 152 females) who underwent endoscopic endodontic surgery at a single general hospital and were diagnosed through follow-up one year later were included. Risk factors were categorized into attributes, general health, anatomy, and surgery. Then, the correlation coefficient was calculated for the success or failure of endodontic surgery for each variable, the odds ratio was calculated for the upper variable, and factors related to the surgical prognosis factor were identified. The success rate of endodontic surgery was 95.3%, showing that it was a highly predictable treatment. The top three correlation coefficients were post, age, and perilesional sclerotic signs. Among them, the presence of posts was the highest, compared with the odds ratio, which was 9.592. This retrospective study revealed the success rate and risk factors accounting for endoscopic endodontic surgeries. Among the selected clinical variables, the presence of posts was the most decisive risk factor determining the success of endodontic surgeries.     

Evaluation of the High- and Low-Temperature Performance of Asphalt Mortar Based on the DMA Method

Asphalt mortar is a typical temperature-sensitive material that plays a crucial role in the performance of asphalt mixture. This study evaluates the high- and low-temperature performance of asphalt mortar based on the dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) method. Temperature-sweep tests of asphalt mortars were conducted using the DMA method under fixed strain level, frequency, and heating rate conditions. The dynamic mechanical response curves, characteristic temperature, and other indices were obtained and used to investigate the high- and low-temperature performance of asphalt mortar. The results showed that the phase transition temperatures T₁, T₀, and T_g can be used to evaluate the low-temperature performance of asphalt mortar. Additionally, they had a good linear relationship, and the evaluation results were consistent. Meanwhile, T₂, E₆₀, and tan(δ)_max indicators can effectively evaluate the high-temperature performance of asphalt mortar. Asphalt plays a key role in the performance of asphalt mortar. Mortars with neat asphalt A70 and modified asphalt AR had the worst and best high- and low-temperature performances, respectively. Furthermore, the finer gradation improved the low-temperature performance of asphalt mortar, while the coarser gradation improved the high-temperature properties of modified asphalt mortars but had the opposite effect on neat asphalt A70.     

Differential temporal neural responses of pain-related regions by acupuncture at acupoint ST36: a magnetoencephalography study

Background  Previous neuroimaging studies primarily focused on the spatial distribution of acupuncture needling stimulation. However, a salient feature of acupuncture was its long-lasting effect. This study attempted to detect the spatial-temporal neural responses evoked by acupuncture at an analgesia acupoint ST36 by using magnetoencephalography. To further verify its functional specificity, we also adopted acupuncture at Pericardium 6 and nonacupoint as separated controls.

Methods  Forty-two college students, all right-handed and acupuncture naïve, participated in this study. Every participant received only one acupoint stimulation, resulting in 14 subjects in one group. Both magnetoencephalography data (151-channel whole-head system) and structural functional magnetic resonance imaging data (3D sequence with a voxel size of 1 mm³ for anatomical localization) were collected for each subject. All processing procedures were performed in BrainStorm Toolbox.

Results  Acupuncture at ST36 showed a significantly time-varied brain activities with different onset time. Our results presented that acupuncture at different acupoints (or comparing with nonacupoint) can specifically induce neural responses in different brain areas—acupuncture at ST36 can specifically induce the neural responses of pain-inhibition areas, while acupuncture at PC6 can specifically induce the activities of the insula and amygdala.

Conclusions  In the present study, we attempted to detect the temporal neural responses underlying the functional specificity of acupuncture at ST36, using acupoint belonging to different meridians and non-acupoint with efficacy-irreverent as separate controls. The specific neural substrates involving acupuncture at different acupoints may be related to its functional specificity in clinical settings.

     

人动脉粥样硬化斑块p53基因突变的初步报告

从甲醛固定的成人动脉粥样硬化斑块组织中提取ＤＮＡ，用ＰＣＲ扩增ｐ５３基因片段，将扩增的ｐ５３基因片段亚克隆至ＳＫ载体内，对扩增后的片段进行核苷酸序列分析。结果发现，动脉粥样硬化斑块中ｐ５３基因内第八外显子中第２７２位密码子的Ｔ变为Ｃ。免疫组化分析观察到斑块内有ｐ５３基因突变蛋白的表达。提示：ｐ５３基因突变可能与动脉粥样硬化的细胞增殖异常有关。