Search for coloured objects in natural surroundings by people with abnormal colour vision

Background: People with abnormal colour vision often report difficulty seeing coloured berries and flowers in foliage, which suggests they will have a diminished capacity for visual search when target objects are marked out by colour. There is very little experimental evidence of the effect of abnormal colour vision on visual search and none relating to search for objects in natural foliage. Method: We showed 79 subjects with abnormal colour vision (seven protanopes, 10 deuteranopes, 16 protanomals and 46 deuteranomals) and 20 subjects with normal colour vision photographs of natural scenes and asked them to locate clumps of red berries, to trace the length of a red string on grass and to name the season depicted in a photograph taken in the Autumn and the same scene photographed in the Summer. Colour vision was assessed using the Ishihara, the Medmont C100, the Farnsworth D15, the Richmond HRR and the Nagel anomaloscope. Results: All the subjects with abnormal colour vision located fewer clumps of red berries than those with normal colour vision. The subjects who failed the Farnsworth D15 performed significantly worse than those who passed but the distribution of scores in the two groups overlaps. The majority of subjects with abnormal colour vision could not trace the full length of the string: only 38 per cent of anomalous trichromats who passed the Farnsworth D15 test and three per cent of those who failed it were able to trace the full length of the string. Fifty‐five per cent of those classed as having a mild deficiency by the HRR test could trace the whole string. Most dichromats were unable to identify the Autumn season and those who did may have been assisted by guessing. Most (94 per cent) of those who passed the Farnsworth D15 test and all those classified as having a ‘mild’ deficiency by the HRR test could identify the season. Conclusions: All people with abnormal colour vision, even those with a very mild deficiency, have some degree of impairment of their ability to see coloured objects in natural surroundings. A pass at the Farnsworth D15 test or a ‘mild’ classification with the Richmond HRR test identifies those likely to have the least problems with visual search and identification tasks. The results have practical implications for the selection of personnel in occupations that involve visual search in natural terrain.     

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目的　探讨腹腔镜食道裂孔疝修补术的可行性及安全性。方法　回顾性分析 2 0 0 1年 3月至 2 0 0 3年12月天津南开医院行腹腔镜食道裂孔疝修补术 11例病人的临床资料。结果　 10例行裂孔疝修补后同时行胃底折叠术 ,其中 7例行Nissen胃底折叠术 ,3例行Toupet胃底折叠术 ,1例仅行裂孔修补术。术后症状完全缓解。食道下段压力由 (8 6± 2 4 )mmHg(1mmHg =0 133kPa)提高到 (18 2 0± 3 4 3)mmHg(P <0 0 1) ,2 4hpH值监测评分由 5 3 4± 39 7降低到 8 0 4± 2 12 (P <0 0 1) ,较手术前有明显改善 ,并达到正常范围。无手术并发症 ,无中转开腹及死亡病例。结论　对于食道裂孔疝 ,腹腔镜食道裂孔疝修补术是一种安全、有效的治疗方法     

重症急性胰腺炎大鼠血清高迁移率族蛋白-1水平的时相变化及意义

目的 观察重症急性胰腺炎(SAP)大鼠血清肿瘤坏死因子α(TNF-α)、白细胞介素19(IL-19)和高迁移率族蛋白-1(HMGBl)水平的时相变化，探讨HMGBl在SAP病程中的意义。方法采用胰管逆行灌注5％牛磺胆酸钠的方法复制大鼠SAP模型。随机分为正常对照组(N组，n=8)、假手术组(Sham组，n=8)和重症急性胰腺炎组(SAP组，n=80)。用酶联免疫吸附试验(ELISA)检测各组动物血清TNF-α、IL-1β。用Westernblot法检测血清HMGBl水平。结果 SAP组大鼠血清TNF-α和IL-1β在建模后迅速升高，约在4～6h达高峰，之后迅速下降，在建模12h即降至接近正常水平，一直维持至24和48h。SAP组大鼠血清HMGB1水平在建模后12h开始有明显升高，至24和48h仍维持在较高水平。结论 HMGB1可能作为晚期炎症因子参与了SAP的全身炎症反应。     

中西医结合治疗慢性盆腔炎100例疗效观察

目的:采用中西医结合治疗慢性盆腔炎,减少复发,提高治愈率。方法:对我院门诊患者100例采用胎盘组织液肌注,金钢藤胶囊口服,并用我院自制中药妇炎肠疗液灌肠。结果:临床显效40例,有效56例,无效4例,总有效率96％。结论:中西医结合治疗慢性盆腔炎疗效满意,是目前治疗慢性盆腔炎的最好方法。     

人工心脏瓣膜置换术后PT-INR测定监测口服抗凝药的研究

人工心脏瓣膜置换术后患者口服抗凝治疗不当所致的出血与栓塞占远期并发症的首位。血浆凝血酶原时间（PT）是对人工心脏瓣膜置换术后患者口服抗凝药监测简便、敏感、快速、实用的实验室首选指标，其报告方式的标准化对临床医生有着非常重要的指导意义，国际标准化比率（PT-INR）作为一个较好的监测抗凝药物水平的表示方法，已被WHO推荐使用，但对于人工心脏瓣膜置换术后患者口服抗凝药治疗时PT-INR值的允许范围各地报告不一，为此，我们对我院收治的行人工心脏瓣膜置换术后患者口服华法令治疗时PT监测的情况进行了总结和研究，以探讨适合本地区人工心脏瓣膜置换术后患者口服抗凝药治疗监测中PT-INR的允许范围，为临床合理用药提供安全可靠的实验室监测指标。现报告如下。     

Avoidance therapy in reactive dye-induced occupational asthma: long-term follow-up.

BACKGROUND: Previous studies reported that early diagnosis and avoidance therapy are the most important factors for prevention of permanent lung impairment; however, few studies have evaluated the long-term prognosis of reactive dye-induced occupational asthma (RD-OA). OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the long-term outcomes of RD-OA. METHODS: Methacholine airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) and lung functions were evaluated and compared in 26 patients with RD-OA at the time of diagnosis and after complete avoidance of the causative agents. Patients with continued (n = 13) or remitted (n = 6) AHR were further monitored for up to a mean +/- SD of 8.7 +/- 1.8 years. RESULTS: The AHR resolved in 10 (38%) of 26 patients a mean +/- SD of 2.2 +/- 1.3 years after complete avoidance of RDs; however, prebronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) values were not different. Levels of IgE specific to the RD-human serum albumin complex were markedly decreased at first follow-up in 5 RD-atopic patients from whom paired serum samples were compared (P = .02). The AHR disappeared in an additional 5 patients and improved in 4 by the second follow-up. The FEV1 values also improved compared with diagnosis and first follow-up levels. Favorable prognosis was associated with early diagnosis of RD-OA and complete avoidance of the causative agent. No association was found with smoking history, latent periods, the presence of RD specific IgE, baseline provocation concentration that caused a decrease in FEV1 of 20%, or FEV1. CONCLUSIONS: Early diagnosis and avoidance therapy are the most important prognostic factors in RD-OA. The AHR and lung function of patients with RD-OA can sometimes be recovered steadily and slowly through avoidance measures.     

非胰岛素依赖型糖尿病人缺锌对部分免疫功能的影响

对３４例非胰岛素依赖型糖尿病（ＮＩＤＤＭ）患者在用一般降糖治疗后血糖稳定时加用锌剂，检测补锌前后免疫功能和血清锌含量的改变。结果发现：糖尿病红细胞受体花环（ＲＢＣ＿Ｃ３ｂＲＲ），Ｔ淋巴细胞亚群（ＣＤ３，ＣＤ４，ＣＤ４／ＣＤ８）及血清锌均低于正常对照组，而ＣＤ８及红细胞免疫复合物花环（ＲＢＣ－ＩＣＲ）高于对照组，经补锌治疗一月后，糖尿病组血清锌，ＲＢＣ－Ｃ３ｂＲＲ，ＲＢＣ－ＩＣＲ，ＣＤ３，ＣＤ４诼Ｃ