Misoprostol in preventing postpartum hemorrhage: a meta-analysis.

OBJECTIVE: To assess misoprostol's ability to prevent postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) where no alternatives exist. Comparison to oxytocics demonstrates how similarly misoprostol achieves a level of effectiveness-obtainable only in hospitals-in remote locations around the world. METHOD: Using the Mantel-Haenszel fixed-effects model and the DerSirmonian and Laird random-effects model, summary statistics indicated that misoprostol's excess risk of PPH was only 4% when compared to oxytocics. RESULT: This risk difference was well within the range of expected results for all uterotonic agents and does not warrant branding misoprostol as an inferior drug. CONCLUSION: Conventional uterotonic drugs should not be used to set the lowest-accepted level of effectiveness in settings where they are entirely unsuitable. Continuing to weigh the benefits of one effective drug against another only delays the distribution of misoprostol in countries where it is the only feasible choice and must be measured against no treatment at all.     

脑梗死后再发缺血性卒中与脑出血患者微血管病变及预后的比较

【目的】探讨脑梗死后再发缺血性卒中与脑出血患者的临床特点、影像学上微血管病变及预后的异同。【方法】连续收集急性复发性卒中的住院病例（初发事件为脑梗死，复发事件包括脑梗死或脑出血），详细记录临床资料。观察脑内微出血及自质病变的严重程度，随访有无严重血管事件及死亡的发生。【结果】175例再发脑梗死患者。19例复发事件为脑出血的患者进入本研究。155例（88．6％）再发脑梗死患者，以及18例（94．7％）脑出血患者存在自质病变。77例（44％）再发脑梗死患者和16例（84．2％）脑出血患者存在脑内微出血。脑出血组自质病变的严重程度及微出血的数目均明显高于再发脑梗死组（P=0．033，0．016），脑出血组的死亡率及再发脑出血的危险性明显增高（P=0．034，0．036）。【结论】严重的脑自质病变及微出血的出现与脑梗死后再发脑出血有关。多发微出血提示出血风险增高。如复发事件为脑出血，则其死亡率及再次复发脑出血的风险均明显增加。     

Nimodipine treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhage

In a pilot study of 6 patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage caused by a ruptured intracranial (grade IV (Hunt and Hess) aneurysm the hemodynamics and plasma-nimodipine concentrations have been observed during a 3-week period of treatment. We found that 3 patients developed reversible hypotension during the nimodipine treatment and that the hypotension tendency could be related to the plasmanimodipine level and not to a more or less severe sensitivity to nimodipine.

Repeated measurements of blood pressure, plasma-nimodipine and regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) are necessary for the purpose of obtaining the optimum treatment and for evaluating the effect of treatment.     

足月新生儿颅内出血的CT诊断

经CT扫描诊断的足月新生儿颅内出血8例,就其病因、CT表现特点及CT与超声检查的比较进行讨论。提出新生儿颅内出血与孕期、胎次、分娩方式均有一定的关系,同时还应注意新生儿因脑发育不成熟在CT扫描图像上有其特殊表现。     

老年脑出血的CT扫描与预后

本组老年脑出血发病率５７％，明显高于中、青年组脑出血。首要病因是高血压病，社会环境变迁是老年脑出血的重要因素。ＣＴ扫描特点为①型别：壳核出血最多（３５．４％）、其次为丘脑（２９％）、脑叶（２１．４％）、其它型别均低于５％；②血肿量：小量出血最多（６８．８％）。预后特点是存活率较高８７．２％、死亡率仅１２．８％。     

Selective vessel ligation in the pelvis: an invaluable tool in certain surgical procedures

While developing the technique of abdominal radical trachelectomy for conservative cervical cancer management, the vascular supply of the uterus was thoroughly examined. The question of how many vessels the uterus requires to ensure its viability arose. Following an abdominal radical trachelectomy for stage IB cervical carcinoma, blood supply of the body of the uterus is successfully maintained by only the two infundibulopelvic vessels (n= 34). Pregnancy has resulted following this technique (n= 2). Selective ligation of the pelvic vasculature has been utilized in the abdominal radical trachelectomy procedure. The objectives of this study were to investigate the vasculature of the infundibulopelvic and broad ligaments, to assess the contribution of the ovarian and uterine vessels to overall uterine perfusion, and to consider the clinical applications of selective pelvic vessel ligation. Ten fresh dissections of the infundibulopelvic vessels, broad ligaments of benign total abdominal hysterectomy, and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy specimens were performed. Perfusion index (PI) and oxygen saturation (O(2)Sat) measurements using a modified probe were taken at specified intervals at the uterine cornu during ten routine benign abdominal hysterectomies to assess the contribution of the ovarian and uterine vessels to overall uterine perfusion and the concepts studied were utilized in certain gynecological procedures. The ovarian/infundibulopelvic vessels course medially through the broad ligament toward the uterine cornu and consistently give off a branch to the ovary on its lateral border. In addition, further vessels were noted to run laterally from the uterine cornu along the ovarian ligament to the medial aspect of the ovary. PI and O(2)Sat measurements imply that the uterine and ovarian vessels contribute almost equally to uterine perfusion. Clinical application by selective ligation of the pelvic vasculature has been utilized in certain gynecological procedures often prone to torrential life-threatening uterine hemorrhage. Selective temporary ligation of the uterine and ovarian vessels has proven useful in the surgical management of chemoresistant gestational trophoblastic disease, in the Strassman procedure, fertility-sparing surgery in ruptured cornual ectopic pregnancies, and unrelenting postpartum hemorrhage. Of the six supplying vessels (ovarian, uterine, and vaginal) to the uterus only two (ovarian or uterine or a combination thereof) are required for uterine viability.     

降低高血压脑出血术后死亡的几点体会

目的 :总结降低高血压脑出血病人术后病死率的方法。方法 :分析 36例高血压脑出血病人救治经过。结果 :36例中死于肺部感染 9例 ,再出血 7例 ,消化道出血 6例 ,术后颅高压未解除 5例 ,肾功能衰竭 5例 ,其他 4例。结论 :严格掌握高血压脑出血手术指征 ,选择正确手术方法 ,术后合理用药及护理能降低高血压脑出血手术后病死率 ,改善预后。     

Outcome of intracerebral hemorrhage: clinical and CT findings in 326 patients

Clinical symptoms and findings in cranial computed tomography (CT) were evaluated in 326 patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Localizations of ICH were the lobes (n = 254), the basal ganglia (n = 46), the pons and brain stem (n = 13) and the cerebellum (n = 8). Multiple hematomas were present in nine patients. An initial coma (n = 225) was most frequent in ICH of the pons (n = 7), cerebellum (n = 6), and the frontal (n = 71) and temporal (n = 66) lobes. Epileptic seizures (n = 70) were most common in hematomas of the frontal (n = 24), temporal (n = 19) and parietal (n = 12) lobes and the basal ganglia (n = 6). A history of hypertension was given in 140 patients; 119 of these had an ICH with a size of ≥3 cm. Mortality (n = 162) was high with ICH in the pons and brain stem (10 out of 13), in the frontal (54 out of 98) and parietal (32 out of 58) lobes and the basal ganglia (n = 23). A size of the ICH of 3 cm or more in cranial CT and an associated ventricular hemorrhage were associated with a bad outcome. An initial disturbance of consciousness was the only reliable clinical predictor of outcome (chi-square, p < 0.001). Katamnestic evaluation of 66 of the 164 survivors after 5.2 years revealed seizures in 20 patients and mild neurological deficits in 41. Another 14 patients were partially, and nine totally dependent Nineteen patients had died in between; there was only one death attributable to another ICH.     

不同手术方法对高血压脑出血患者康复的影响

目的：探讨不同手术方法对高血压脑出血患康复影响的临床意义。方法：采用立体定向血肿排空术(34例)和骨瓣开颅术(40例)进行对照研究。结果：2组近期疗效无明显差异，远期疗效立体定向组并发症发生率低，神经功能恢复快，ADL评定优于骨瓣组。结论：微创、减压及超早期手术是高血压脑出血较佳的外科治疗方法。     

微创术治疗高血压脑出血的临床研究

目的 探讨微创清除(微创)颅内血肿治疗高血压脑出血患者的疗效.方法 对32例(微创术组)基底节区高血压脑出血、血肿量大于60ml的患者,采用脑CT片进行穿刺点定位,YL-1型颅内血肿粉碎穿刺针对血肿进行穿刺、液化、引流,评估其病死率、好转率及治疗3周时神经功能评分,并与单纯药物治疗组(对照组32例)进行比较.结果 微创术治疗组死亡8例,病死率25.00%,好转23例,好转率71.88%;单纯药物治疗组死亡16例,病死率50.0%,好转15例,好转率46.88%.微创术组病死率显著低于单纯药物治疗组(P＜0.01),好转率则显著高于单纯药物治疗组(P＜0.01);治疗3周时,微创术组神经功能评分为15.47±3.75分,单纯药物治疗组为21.45±4.46分.两组差异有非常显著意义(P＜0.01),提示微创术治疗组患者神经功能恢复程度好于单纯药物治疗组.结论 微创术治疗高血压脑出血患者效果较好,值得临床应用.