Comparisons of Pooled Polyclonal Rabbit Anti-Human C3d with Four Monoclonal Mouse Anti-Human C3ds

Performance characteristics of pooled rabbit IgG polyclonal anti-C3d are compared with one mouse IgM and three mouse IgG monoclonal anti-C3d antibodies (MAs). IgG MA,s employed singly or in combination, failed to precipitate C3d; by contrast, IgM MA and polyclonal anti-C3d precipitated C3d. Measurements of polyclonal anti-C3d concentration by chemical means and by 125I-C3d radioimmunoassay (RIA) agreed closely. RIA values were 50% of chemical measurement values for three of the four MAs. Use of sucrose density gradient ultracentrifugation to assess MA C3d/anti-C3d molar combining ratios for soluble anti-C3d/C3d was not possible because fast-sedimenting multimeric C3d/anti-C3d complexes did not form. Dissociation and competitive binding studies indicate that (1) two MAs had substantially lower affinities than the other anti-C3d antibodies, and (2) polyclonal anti-C3d recognizes more C3d epitopes than are recognized by individual MAs. The results demonstrate antigenic complexity of C3d fragment and illustrate the difficulties of predicting individual MA performance based on prior experience with polyclonal antibodies.     

强直性脊柱炎患者外周血CD62P的表达

目的探讨剖宫产指征的变化情况，分析影响剖宫产率的因素。方法 回顾性分析1393例剖宫产患者的临床资料。结果2年的平均剖宫产率为66．7％，其中2004年的剖宫产率为59．9％，2005年的剖富产率为72．2％，差异有统计学意义（P〈0．05）。剖宫产率的主要影响因素依次为社会因素（29．43％）、胎儿宫内窘迫（25．13％）、胎位异常（9．62％）、巨大胎儿（7．25％）、中至重度妊娠高血压综合征（6．25％）。结论剖宫产率的上升不只是一个纯医学问题，社会因素使剖宫产指征相对扩大，只有合理掌握剖宫产指征，通过医患双方、社会的共同努力，才能更好地降低剖宫产率。     

Aktualisierte Kurzfassung der Leitlinien zur Pr?vention, Diagnostik und Therapie der nosokomial erworbenen Pneumonie

Hintergrund:  

Die nosokomiale Pneumonie gehört zu den häufigsten nosokomialen Infektionen und ist die häufigste auf der Intensivstation. Die nosokomiale Pneumonie ist mit einer signifikanten Mortalität und Morbidität assoziiert, und ihr Auftreten verschlechtert die Prognose des Patienten deutlich. Nach der Definition der DRGs auch im deutschen Krankenhaussystem ist die nosokomiale Pneumonie überwiegend Sache des Krankenhauses und kann somit nicht nur das Ergebnis der Patientenbehandlung, sondern auch das finanzielle Ergebnis des Krankenhauses beeinträchtigen.     

两种比色板在前牙修复中效果分析

目的旨在探讨Vitapan Classical比色板和Vitapan3D-Master比色板在口腔修复科临床中的比色效果,以指导临床工作。方法采用修复前比色、修复体制作完成后口腔外比色以及口腔内核对颜色的方法,对比两种比色板的比色效果。结果修复体制作完成后,在口腔内、外核对颜色时,使用Vitapan3D-Master比色板的满意度高于Vitapan Classical比色板(P<0.05)。结论Vitapan3D-Master比色板颜色范围较宽,临床比色可以取得较好的效果。     

Prevalence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy and relation to glycemic control therapies at baseline in the BARI 2D cohort

Abstract   We evaluated the associations between glycemic therapies and prevalence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) at baseline among participants in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes (BARI 2D) trial on medical and revascularization therapies for coronary artery disease (CAD) and on insulin-sensitizing vs. insulin-providing treatments for diabetes. A total of 2,368 patients with type 2 diabetes and CAD was evaluated. DPN was defined as clinical examination score >2 using the Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI). DPN odds ratios across different groups of glycemic therapy were evaluated by multiple logistic regression adjusted for multiple covariates including age, sex, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), and diabetes duration. Fifty-one percent of BARI 2D subjects with valid baseline characteristics and MNSI scores had DPN. After adjusting for all variables, use of insulin was significantly associated with DPN (OR = 1.57, 95% CI: 1.15–2.13). Patients on sulfonylurea (SU) or combination of SU/metformin (Met)/thiazolidinediones (TZD) had marginally higher rates of DPN than the Met/TZD group. This cross-sectional study in a cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes and CAD showed association of insulin use with higher DPN prevalence, independent of disease duration, glycemic control, and other characteristics. The causality between a glycemic control strategy and DPN cannot be evaluated in this cross-sectional study, but continued assessment of DPN and randomized therapies in BARI 2D trial may provide further explanations on the development of DPN.     

Musical obsession or pseudohallucination: Electrophysiological standpoint

Reported herein is a case of obsessive–compulsive disorder with persistent and distressing musical obsessions along with other symptoms. Advanced source analysis of electroencephalographic data indicated high spectral power over the bifrontal region. The musical symptoms were resistant to pharmacotherapy but there was some reduction in frequency and duration of musical obsessions with thought-stopping technique.     

人血浆作为真皮支架对自体皮肤增殖的影响：组织学和免疫组织化学试验●☆

背景：组织工程是一个多学科研究的交叉学科，其目标是使人体损伤的组织和器官再生，通过这种假设，几乎所有的动物组织都可以在实验室进行培养。一般的方法是从需要移植的患者身上提取干细胞，在一定的支持条件下允许其生长、增殖、生产为可替换的组织。另一方面，寻找细胞能够互相联结并形成分层结构的合适的支持条件，如基质或支架等非常必要。目前用于烧烫伤治疗的材料有很多种，如胶原，透明质酸、纤维蛋白和聚乳酸及其共聚物。 目的：讨论以新型的生物材料自体血浆为支架对自体成纤维细胞和角质化细胞生长、扩张、增殖的影响。 设计：建立一种真皮再生的方法，将自体成纤维细胞浸于人血浆基质中，排除各种影响样本安全性和排斥反应的问题，应用同样的方法在新的真皮上获取角质化细胞。 时间及地点：实验于2008年在意大利曼多瓦C. Poma医院动物工厂完成。 材料：人角质化细胞和成纤维细胞取自1例58岁乳房切除患者的皮肤碎片。实验得到C. Poma医院独立伦理委员会批准，患者知情同意。 方法：从自体活组织皮肤样本中分离人角质化细胞和成纤维细胞，置于培养瓶中增殖，随后将自体血浆作为皮肤移植形成构造的支架，免疫和免疫组织化学特征显示与正常皮肤相似。 主要观察指标：将血浆样本用甲醛固定，埋入石蜡，苏木精-伊红染色，用显微镜进行细胞计数。所有样本均经免疫组织化学评估。 结果：在血浆基质上获得了多层规则形状的角质化细胞和成纤维细胞，基底膜的形成说明自体血浆是角质化细胞和成纤维细胞的生长、分化、扩展的良好支架，真皮和表皮细胞联结重建皮肤移植与正常皮肤无异。 结论：血浆作为角质化细胞和成纤维细胞分化、扩展的支架表现出良好的性能，同时实验还特别发现成纤维细胞浓缩血浆可以暂时替代皮肤，也是角质化细胞生长的强有力的支架。此外血浆还具有廉价，易于制备等优点。自体角质化细胞和成纤维细胞及自体血浆的应用，可以避免血种类型的免疫排斥反应。这种治疗方法给有慢性缺损并且需要连续移植的患者带来了希望。 doi:10.3969/j.issn.1673-8225.2009.47.001