Uncomplicated amebic liver abscess: prospective evaluation of percutaneous therapeutic aspiration.

The performance of therapeutic aspiration in the treatment of amebic liver abscess, advocated and practiced in many centers, is controversial. Previously, this practice has been evaluated in retrospective analyses. To test the potential benefit of therapeutic aspiration, the authors undertook a prospective randomized trial in 57 patients admitted for suspected amebic liver abscess during a 15-month period. Sixteen patients were excluded from the trial. The remaining 41 patients were randomly included in one of two study groups to receive amebicidal therapy alone or amebicidal therapy coupled with image-guided percutaneous therapeutic aspiration. All patients in the trial recovered. No statistically significant benefit was demonstrated in the aspiration group for the two objective parameters evaluated: length of hospitalization and duration of time to becoming afebrile. Subjective improvement in symptoms after aspiration was greater in the aspiration group at a marginally statistically significant level. These data do not support the adjunctive performance of percutaneous therapeutic aspiration in the treatment of uncomplicated amebic liver abscess. Amebicidals alone were equally efficacious in treating the group studied.     

二期后房型人工晶体植入术

本文报道对16只(16例)后囊膜完整的无晶体眼进行后房型人工晶体二期植入术的结果.术前的平均未矫正视力为0.06,术后半年,平均未矫正视力为0.53未矫正视力≥0.5的达62.50%,矫正视力≥0.5的占93.37%,≥1.0的占81.25%.术前角膜中央内皮细胞密度平均2646个/mm~2,术后半年为1824个/mm~2,除一例外,其余可恢复立体视.无一例发生持续性角膜水肿和葡萄膜炎等严重并发症.结果表明,只要掌握适应症和手术技术,在后囊膜完整的无晶体眼作二期后房型人工晶体植入是安全有效的方法.本文对手术的适应症、手术方式和技术进行了探讨.     

甲状腺肿瘤X线造影与超声检查对比分析

本文报告了经手术病理证实的53例甲状腺肿瘤,均作了甲状腺造影和B超检查.通过比较分析,我们认为造影对确定肿瘤的良、恶性以及延伸到胸骨后的异位甲状腺肿瘤有其优越性,是一项有效的检查方法;超声则能准确地判断肿瘤的囊、实性,适合碘过敏患者的检查.两种检查各有特点,配合使用有利于对甲状腺肿瘤的诊断和治疗.     

李振华教授调理脾胃用药规律探讨

李振华教授，生于1924年，河南省洛宁县人。著名中医脾胃学专家，全国片批名老中医。国务院特殊津贴专家，原中华中医药学会常务理事、第七届全国人大代表，曾任河南中医学院院长，从事中医临床与教学六十余载，长于内科杂病，晚年潜心于脾胃学说研究，著有《中国传统脾胃病学》等，并负责研究河南省重点科研项目“脾胃气虚本质的研究”及“七五”国家重点科技攻关项目“慢性萎缩性胃炎脾虚证临床及实验研究”，且均荣获河南省科技进步成果奖。经过多年临床实践，李老整理总结出调理脾胃的用药规律。提出通过药物件味归经，以及药效应用与脾胃的生理、病理特点相结合的川药大法。     

NE系列两种常用冲击波源碎石机治疗输尿管结石的疗效分析

目的分析并比较NE系列的两种冲击波源碎石机治疗输尿管结石的疗效、碎石时的疼痛程度、碎石时间及副作用。方法回顾性分析应用NE-IV型液电冲击波源碎石机治疗输尿管结石患者1290例及应用NE-VB型电磁冲击波源碎石机治疗输尿管结石患者1196例的临床资料,并进行疗效、碎石时间、碎石时的疼痛程度及副作用的比较。结果应用电磁冲击波源碎石机治疗输尿管上段结石患者的总有效率为85.4%,治疗时间23~60min,平均(35.3±5.7)min;输尿管下段结石患者的总有效率为94.6%,治疗时间3~60min,平均(30.5±6.1)min。碎石时患者的疼痛感觉轻。液电冲击波源碎石机治疗的输尿管上段结石患者的总有效率为75.7%,治疗时间25~110min,平均(38.0±9.8)min;输尿管下段结石为85.7%,治疗时间4~90min,平均(35.8±7.7)min。碎石时患者的疼痛感觉明显。此外,肾绞痛、血尿、恶心、呕吐、皮肤瘀斑等副作用明显高于电磁冲击波源碎石机治疗组。结论电磁冲击波源碎石机治疗输尿管结石疗效优于液电冲击波源碎石机,而且更安全、有效、痛苦小。     

肌肉注射与静脉输注哌替啶术后止痛效果的比较

[目的]通过观察两种不同给药方式的止痛效果,探讨骨科病人术后应用哌替啶止痛的良好途径。[方法]采用视觉模拟评分法判断病人持续缓慢静脉输注哌替啶与肌肉注射哌替啶的术后疼痛情况,并进行比较。[结果]静脉输注哌替啶疼痛程度比肌肉注射哌替啶疼痛程度明显降低,用药总量减少近1倍,且静脉输注哌替啶避免了术后剧烈疼痛的发生以及血管吻合术因疼痛而产生的血管危象,提高了病人休息的质量。[结论]骨科手术后采用持续缓慢静脉输注哌替啶预防性用药是一种有效、适用的止痛方法。     

现代医学200词——147、社区康复

所谓社区康复的“社区”一词尚没有明确的定义。其范围是小的群体、大城市、县，也有以国为单位的。另方面，关于康复历史上虽提出了很多概念，但现在暂时一致采用1982年“联合国残疾人世界行动计划”的定义，即康复是尽可能使躯体和心理达到社会的最适机能水平，旨在提供改变个体人生的手段，且限定在一定时间的过程。但与康复的4个方面，即依据医学、社会、职业、教育的专门领域的概念相异，统一还相当困难。     

Evaluation of hypothesis testing for comparing two populations using NONMEM analysis

In a simulation study of inference on population pharmacokinetic parameters, two methods of performing tests of hypotheses comparing two populations using NONMEM were evaluated. These two methods are the test based upon 95% confidence intervals and the likelihood ratio test. Data were simulated according to a monoexponential model and, in that context, power curves for each test were generated for (i)the ratio of mean clearance and (ii)the ratio of the population standard deviations of clearance. To generate the power curves, a range of these parameters was employed; other pharmacokinetic parameters were selected to reflect the variability typically present in a Phase II clinical trial. For tests comparing the means, the confidence interval tests had approximately the same power as the likelihood ratio tests and were consistently more faithful to the nominal level of significance. For comparison of the standard deviations, and when the volume of information available was relatively small, however, the likelihood ratio test was more able to detect differences between the two groups. These results were then compared to results on parameter estimation in order to gain insight into the question of power. As an example, the nonnormality of estimates of the ratio of standard deviations plays an important role in explaining the low power for the confidence interval tests. We conclude that, except for the situation of modeling standard deviations with only sparse information, NONMEM produces tests of significance that are effective at detecting clinically significant differences between two populations.Partial support from the Upjohn Company, NIH-BRSG SO RR 07066, and the Burroughs Wellcome Foundation.     

Dose fractionation of radiolabeled antibodies in patients with metastatic colon cancer.

Twelve patients with metastatic colon cancer were treated with 131I-chimeric B72.3 (IgG-4) at total doses of 28 or 36 mCi/m2 in two or three weekly fractions. Bone marrow suppression was the only significant side effect. The degree of bone marrow suppression adjusted for whole-body dose was modestly but statistically significantly (p = 0.04) less than that seen with identical doses given as a single infusion for the total dose of 36 mCi/m2. Nine of twelve patients developed an antibody response to ch B72.3, which altered the kinetics of radiolabeled antibody in four patients given a second course of therapy. One patient had a minor response that lasted 4 mo. Fractionation of this particular radiolabeled antibody at the dose schedule used produced a modest increase in the therapeutic window in regard to administered dose.