美托洛尔治疗高血压病的疗效及其耐受性

原发性高血压患者425例(男252,女173;年龄60±s12a)采用美托洛尔100mg,po,每晨1次,4wk为一个疗程。总有效率82.4％,治疗2wk后血压继续下降,心率并不继续减慢。不良反应主要为心率减慢后的症状及神经系症状,停药率6.4％。60a以上的患者总有效率及停药率与中、青年患者无明显区别。故美托洛尔同样适用于老年人。     

经胸小切口在食管癌切除手术中的应用

目的探讨经胸小切口治疗食管癌手术的地位和可行性。方法对132例不同分期的食管癌行经胸小切口根治性手术,全部采用颈部吻合。结果切口平均长度13.0±2.0 cm,开关胸时间、开胸时出血量、术后伤口疼痛、呼吸功能受限及患肢活动等方面有显著差异,在手术时间、淋巴结清扫、术中出血及术后胸腔引流和常规手术无差异。结论经胸小切口食管癌根治手术安全、可行,并且有创伤小、恢复快等优点,便于推广应用。     

NMR Microscopy of Single Neurons Using Spin Echo and Line Narrowed 2DFT Imaging

NMR microimages of single neural cells were acquired at 500 MHz using a conventional spin echo pulse sequence and a line-narrowing sequence that eliminates susceptibility effects. The data show that any contribution to the measured T₂ relaxation rate arising from diffusion in local field inhomogeneities using spin echo sequences at high fields and high spatial resolution is relatively small. We conclude that the measured T₂ difference between the nucleus and cytoplasm in these cells represents primarily a true T₂ relaxation effect arising from the interactions of water with macromolecules in the two compartments and does not result from microsusceptibility differences. These observations have implications regarding water compartmentation in single cells and the interpretation of the MR characteristics of tissues in vivo.     

湘西自治州1995～2002年男性劳教人员法定性病监测报告

目的 了解湘西自治州重点人群性病患消长趋势，为性病防治工作提供科学依据。方法 从1995年起，采用统一的表格，每年对湘西州劳教所新入教人员进行一次法定性病监测。结果 三种法定性病平均患病率为14．64％(4．96～26．7％)，以1995年最低，1997年最高，8年未发现HIV／AIDS，患病率以20～39岁的性跃期人群为最高，汉族患病率高于其它民族；化程度越高，患病率越低。结论 男性劳教人员作为性病患病的高危人群，是哨点监测理想的目标人群。     

Harvey Cushing's postoperative sketches of pediatric brain tumors

Harvey Cushing was a man of many talents. Not only was he a premier surgeon and scientist, but a prolific author and artist as well. In this paper, we present two postoperative sketches of pediatric brain tumors drawn by Dr. Cushing. These sketches are representative of drawings which accompany many of his operative notes at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. About 25% of Cushing's surgical sketches depict operations performed on children. The most commonly drawn childhood tumors were craniopharyngiomas and gliomas of the brain stem and cerebellum. These drawings reveal how Cushing maintained detailed records of his surgical experience. It is clearly evident from these records that Dr. Cushing gained substantial experience in the treatment of pediatric brain tumors.     

Amplification of the c-erbB oncogene is associated with malignancy in primary tumours of neuroepithelial tissue

Summary In various primary brain tumours of neuroepithelial tissue recombinant DNA techniques were used to demonstrate changes of the epidermal growth factor receptor gene, which is homologous to the c-erbB oncogene. Twenty-one of 40 grade III/IV tumours, but only 1 of 16 grade I/II tumours were found to contain amplified and/or rearranged c-erbB sequences. This highly significant difference suggest that c-erbB amplification, rearrangement, or both, are important steps in malignant transformation in a subset of patients with neuroepithelial tumours.     

Alcohol and drug use following traumatic brain injury: A prospective study

Primary objectives: To establish pre-morbid alcohol and drug use in persons with TBI, relative to controls, investigate how patterns of substance use change over time following TBI and identify factors associated with heavy post-injury substance use.

Methods and procedures: The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification test (AUDIT) and Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) was completed by 121 hospital inpatients with TBI, documenting pre-injury alcohol and drug use, and 133 demographically similar controls. Participants with TBI completed these measures and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) again 1 and 2 years post-injury and 76 also completed them at 3 years.

Results: Participants with TBI showed similar levels of drug and alcohol use to controls pre-injury, with 31.4% of the TBI group and 29.3% of controls drinking at hazardous levels. Alcohol and drug use declined in the first year post-injury, but increased by 2 years post-injury, with only 21.4% of participants with TBI reporting abstinence from alcohol and 25.4% drinking at hazardous levels. Only 9% showed a drug problem, but 24% had returned to some drug use. Those showing heavy alcohol use post-injury were young, male and heavy drinkers pre-injury. Drug and alcohol use was similar at 3 years post-injury.

Conclusions: More active intervention is needed to reduce alcohol and drug use following TBI.     

医疗器械包装设计浅谈

本文介绍了医疗器械之无菌包装系统的设计之关键要素和要求,介绍了目前流行的灭菌方式以及对无菌包装系统的要求和影响。本文最后还列举了常见的医疗器械包装系统。