Hepatic reticuloendothelial function during parenteral nutrition including an MCT/LCT or LCT emulsion after liver transplantation – a double-blind study

It has been demonstrated that total parenteral nutrition (TPN) modulates the function of the hepatic reticuloendothelial system (RES). The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of two different TPN lipid emulsions on the recovery of allograft RES function after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLTx). In a prospective, double-blind study, OLTx patients were randomly assigned to two treatment groups. Group I ( n=13) received a TPN regimen that included long-chain triglycerides (LCT). Group II ( n=9) received a TPN regimen that included a fat emulsion consisting of both medium-chain triglycerides (MCT) and LCT. At baseline, i.e., on days 2 or 3 after OLTx ( t1), before lipids for TPN were started, hepatic RES function was determined using the human serum albumin millimicrosphere technique (K-value, 1/min). A second measurement ( t2) was obtained after 7 days of TPN, including one of the study's two fat emulsions. The mean (+/- SD) K-value (1/min) was 0.48+/-0.16 in the LCT group and 0.55+/-0.28 in the MCT/LCT group at t1, and it improved to 0.62+/-0.21 in the LCT group and to 0.86+/-0.32 in the MCT/LCT group at t2. RES function recovery was significantly better in the MCT/LCT group ( P< or = 0.05). MCT/LCT emulsion appears to be the TPN fat emulsion of choice after OLTx as it seems to have less impact on hepatic RES recovery.     

杏贝冲剂对哮喘豚鼠磷脂酶A2的影响

目的:探讨杏贝冲剂对哮喘气道炎症关键物质磷脂酶A₂(PLA₂)的影响。方法:以卵蛋白激发造成豚鼠哮喘模型,观察杏贝冲剂作用下PLA₂及其介导的支气管-肺泡灌洗液(BALF)中炎细胞成分、血浆炎性介质血栓素B₂(TXB₂)、6-酮-前列腺素F_1α(6-K-PGF_1α)的变化,并对哮喘症状加以分析。结果:杏贝冲剂治疗组PLA₂、TXB₂水平降低,BALF中嗜酸细胞成分明显减少,哮喘激发时间和症状改善。结论:杏贝冲剂通过对PLA₂的影响,起到抗炎控制哮喘的作用。     

单纯疱疹病毒感染与冠心病急性心肌梗死血液流变特性的相关性研究

目的　探讨单纯疱疹病毒 (HSV)感染与冠心病心肌梗死的关系。方法　测定 5 1例急性心肌梗死 (AMI)和 4 2例陈旧性心肌梗死 (OMI)患者及 31例冠脉造影正常者 (NC)的HSV - 1特异性抗体 (HSV - 1IgG、HSV - 1IgM)浓度 ,并同步观察纤维蛋白原 (Fg)、血液流变特性指标变化及其与HSV - 1感染的相关性。结果　AMI组HSV - 1IgG阳性率及平均浓度明显高于NC组 (P <0 0 5 ) ,HSV - 1DNA检测结果与之吻合。校正冠心病危险因素前后HSV - 1IgG阳性与AMI均有相关关系 (OR4 2 6 6 ,P =0 0 19;OR 3 82 1,P =0 0 32 )。AMI组IgG、Fg、血浆黏度、低 /高切全血黏度、红细胞压积、红细胞聚集指数高于 ,而红细胞变形指数低于NC组及OMI组 (P均 <0 0 5 )。AMI组中HSV - 1( )组上述指标 (除HCT外 )的改变与同组中HSV - 1( - )组及与NC、OMI组中HSV - 1( )组比较有显著性差异 (P均 <0 0 5 ) ,AMI组中HSV - 1( )组IgG与Fg、血浆黏度、低 /高切全血黏度、红细胞聚集指数呈正相关 ,而与红细胞变形指数呈负相关 ,调整冠心病的危险因素前后IgG与Fg均呈正相关。结论　HSV - 1感染与CHD(AMI)之间存在明显的相关性 ,与Fg、血液流变特性指标也存在相关性。     

A study of a method for distribution analysis of skin color

Background/aims: The objective and quantitative assessment of the skin is important in medical and cosmeceutical research. Assessment of color is an important element for analyzing the surface of the skin, which is usually determined subjectively by a doctor or using color analysis devices. These devices, however, cannot provide correct color information because color is construed from the mean value of the observation region, and analysis of color distribution is impossible. The purpose of this paper is to develop an objective analysis method to permit skin color measurement of each pixel unit of an image and analyze the distribution of skin surface color. Methods: The Skin Color Distribution Analyzer (SCDA) is an analysis method newly developed at the Research Institute for Skin Image at Korea University. The SCDA system presented in this paper performed a novel form of quantitative and objective analysis of skin color distribution using each pixel color model parameter found in image wavelength information. In this paper, distribution analysis was conducted on normal skin and skin lesions and skin affected by artificially induced irritant contact dermatitis and pigmented nevous. The method selected a grade using a color model parameter. Twenty healthy Korean males participated in this study. A comparative study of the eight anatomical areas was performed, including the exposure and non‐exposure parts and the medial aspect and the lateral aspect of the forearm. A reliability test for the SCDA system was also conducted with a spectrometer (SPEC) using the color analysis method. Results: Each skin lesion was precisely segmented by grade and each parameter hada different statistical significance for results of analysis of distribution in pigmented nevous and the artificially induced irritant contact dermatitis. Parameters L^*, b^*, a^*, and EI showed salient traits. Showed resemble measured result in the SCDA system and the SPEC of normal skin. The exposed site, in comparison with the non‐exposed site, showed a notable difference in the L^* parameter and a significant statistical difference in the x and z parameters, except b^*. The comparison of the medial and lateral aspects of the forearm showed a notable difference in the L^* parameter and a significant statistical difference in the parameters except y and b^*. In the reliability test result using the SCDA system and the SPEC, the SCDA system was highly reliabile in terms of the CV value in all color model parameters. Conclusions: The color distribution analysis method using the SCDA system has revealed an aspect that the existent method of medical research has not shown, and is considered to be more reliable than other methods. This method can provide better study findings because it can be applied to other fields in addition to the medical science field and the ripple effect is thought to be bigger in other science field too.     

Parental education and children's online health information seeking: Beyond the digital divide debate

Research has shown that increasing numbers of teenagers are going online to find health information, but it is unclear whether there are disparities in the prevalence of online health seeking among young Internet users associated with social and economic conditions. Existing literature on Internet uses by adults indicates that low income, less educated, and minority individuals are less likely to be online health seekers. Based on the analysis of data from the Pew Internet and American Life Project for the US, this study finds that teens of low education parents are either as likely as or even more likely than teens of high education parents to seek online health information. Multiple regression analysis shows that the higher engagement in health seeking by teens of low education parents is related to a lower prevalence of parental Internet use, suggesting that some of these teens may be seeking online health information on behalf of their low education parents. Implications of these findings are discussed in relation to the issues of the digital divide and digital empowerment.     

Quality of life after total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer

BACKGROUND: After total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer, many surgeons try to avoid an abdominoperineal resection (APR) by performing a transanally double stapled low colo-rectal anastomosis (LRA), frequently without a pouch. This policy is mainly based on the assumption that the quality of life after such LRA is higher than after APR. It has been suggested that a better functional outcome and therefore a higher quality of life might be achieved by a colo-anal J-pouch anastomosis (CPA). The aim of this study was to assess quality of life among disease-free survivors after APR, LRA and CPA. METHODS: The charts of 301 consecutive patients who had undergone surgery for cancer in the middle or lower third of the rectum were analysed. Two hundred four patients were eligible for inclusion. The quality of life among these patients was assessed using one generic (EQ-5D) and two disease-specific questionnaires (EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC QLQ-CR38). RESULTS: The response rate was 82%. The median follow-up was 31 months. Overall, quality of life was good but CPA patients had better quality of life scores than APR and LRA patients. This difference was not only due to the better functional outcome but also to the lower incidence of disturbed micturition and sexual problems in the CPA group. CONCLUSION: The quality of life after colo-anal J-pouch anastomosis is better than after abdominoperineal resection (APR) and low colo-rectal anastomosis (LRA). The quality of life after APR is similar to that after LRA.     

Studies on Toxicity of Nitroquine-Dapsone Compound and Therapeutic Effects of Folic or Folinic Acid on Toxicated Animals

The toxic effects of nitroquine-dapsone compound(NQD)in mice and dogs were studied.The therapeutic index of NQDin mice is 1911,the greatest among the 6 antimalarials tested.Thetoxic effects of NQD(50 mg/kg/day for 3 days per os)and nitro-quine in dogs were manifested by injuries on the adrenal cortexand intestinal epithelium.When folic acid(4 mg/kg/day for 4 days)or calcium leucovorinum(0.3 mg/kg/day for 4 days)were usedconcomitantly with NQD,the death rate and the incidence of dia-rrhea in the toxicated dogs were greatly reduced,the injury on theintestinal epithelium was much milder,and the goblet cells weremuch more numerous than those without treatment.The results suggestthat folic acid and calcium leucovorinum can protect the undifferen-tiated cells in the intestinal crypts from being injured by NQD.     

淋巴瘤样肉芽肿与韦格内肉芽肿临床特点的比较

目的 总结淋巴瘤样肉芽肿病(lym phom atoid granulom atosis,LG)与韦格内肉芽肿( egener granulo Wm atosis,W G)的临床特点,从临床上加以鉴别。 方法 回顾性总结我院与北京协和医院 1989 年以来收治的 6 例 LG和20 例 W G 患者的临床资料,并进行比较。 结果 发热、咳嗽及呼吸困难在 LG 中较常见,流涕、鼻衄及关节痛以W G 为多,肺受累以 LG 为多,耳鼻喉、眼及肾病变在 W G 中明显增多,皮肤受损两者相似。W G 患者常有 c-ANCA 阳性及尿沉渣异常。 LG X 线胸片为双侧多发结节,边界不清,多无肺门、纵隔淋巴结肿大; G 则为双侧多发边界清晰W的结节, 易形成空洞, 肺门和纵隔淋巴结可肿大。LG 病理改变为血管中心性淋巴增生性病变, 浸润的细胞主要是小淋巴细胞和不同数量大的不典型淋巴细胞; 而在 W G 中可见坏死性血管炎及大量中性白细胞、浆细胞及少量嗜酸细胞浸润形成的肉芽肿, 部分有多核巨细胞。W G 经治疗后, 多数患者病情缓解; 则疗效不佳。 结论 LG 和 W G 在临 LG床表现、实验室检查、 影像及病理诸方面的差异有利于两者的鉴别诊断。     

从掺混肥料的发展现状谈其国家标准制定的设想

介绍我国掺混肥料行业发展现状,存在的主要问题,提出制定掺混肥料国家标准的设想。     

肱骨近端骨密度的测量及其与年龄和体质量指数的相关性研究

目的 建立一种肱骨近端骨密度(BMD)的测量方法,研究肱骨近端BMD与年龄和体质量指数(BMI)的关系,探讨肱骨近端BMD在预报骨质疏松症的敏感性.方法 选择绝经后健康女性志愿者,使用Hologie DELPHI-A双能X射线骨密度仪及本研究设计的肩部定位器和前臂定位器测虽肱骨近端BMD.研究第一部分包括30名忐愿者,每人连续测量右侧肱骨近端BMD 2次,根据测量结果计算短期精密度RMS SD和RMS CV;第二部分包括92名志愿者,记录其年龄、身高、体重,测量右侧肱骨近端BMD,分析肱骨近端BMD与年龄和BMl的相关性.结果 本研究肱骨近端BMD测量方法的短期精密度:RMS SD=0.011 g/cm2,RMS CV=2.4%.本研究92名志愿者平均(60.2±6.4)岁,平均身高(159.5±5.4)cm,平均体质晕(59.4±7.5)kg,平均BMI 23.3±2.7,平均肱骨近端BMD(0.543±0.083)g/cm2,肱骨近端BMD 同年龄呈负相关,同BMI无显著相关.结论 本研究建立了一种测苗肱骨近端BMD的方法;年龄越人肱骨近端BMD越低;由于BMI对BMD的影响会掩盖骨质的丢失,而非负重区域即肱骨近端会最大程度地减少BMI对BMD的影响程度.