丹参川芎嗪在椎基底动脉供血不足头晕的研究

目的 探讨丹参川芎嗪对椎基底动脉供血不足头晕的影响.方法 抽取90例医院(2018年3月—2019年3月)收治的椎基底动脉供血不足头晕患者作为研究对象,根据计算机随机分组法,将90例患者分为对照组、试验组,每组45例.对照组用常规药物治疗,试验组用丹参川芎嗪注射液治疗,对比椎基底动脉血流动力学指标、血液流变学相关指标、治疗总有效率.结果 相较于对照组,试验组血流速度较高,而脉动指数较低(P<0.05);相较于对照组,试验组血液流变学相关指较低(P<0.05);相较于对照组,试验组治疗总有效率较高(P<0.05).结论 丹参川芎嗪注射液治疗椎基底动脉供血不足头晕,既可改善椎基底动脉血流动力学指标、血液流变学等相关指标,又能提高治疗总有效率.     

HucMSC-Derived Exosomes Mitigate the Age-Related Retardation of Fertility in Female Mice

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Biological and radiological exploration and management of non-functioning pituitary adenoma

Non-functioning pituitary adenoma may be totally asymptomatic and discovered “incidentally” during radiological examination for some other indication, or else induce tumoral signs with compression of the optic chiasm and pituitary dysfunction. Non-functioning adenomas are mainly gonadotroph, but may also be “silent”. Treatment strategy depends on initial clinical, biological, ophthalmological and radiological findings. The present French Society of Endocrinology Consensus work-group sought to update the pitfalls associated with hormone assay and outline a hormonal exploration strategy for diagnosis and follow-up, without overlooking the particularities of silent adenoma. We also drew up basic rules for initial exploration and radiological follow-up of both operated and non-operated pituitary adenomas.     

Use of volume-targeted non-invasive bilevel positive airway pressure ventilation in a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease in which most patients die of respiratory failure. Although volume-targeted non-invasive bilevel positive airway pressure (BPAP) ventilation has been studied in patients with chronic respiratory failure of various etiologies, its use in ALS has not been reported. We present the case of a 66-year-old woman with ALS and respiratory failure treated with volume-targeted BPAP ventilation for 15 weeks. Weekly data downloads showed that disease progression was associated with increased respiratory muscle weakness, decreased spontaneous breathing, and increased use of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation, whereas tidal volume and minute ventilation remained relatively constant.     

The retrospective study for effectiveness of cervical cerclage in preventing recurrent preterm birth

ObjectiveThis study aimed to clarify the effectiveness of cervical cerclage in preventing recurrent preterm births.Materials and methodsA retrospective study was conducted using the perinatal registration database of the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology for the Perinatal Center from 2014 to 2016. The efficacies of history-indicated, ultrasound-indicated, and physical examination-indicated cerclage as preventive treatments for women with a history of preterm birth were evaluated by comparing cerclage and non-cerclage cases. Fisher's exact test was performed to evaluate any significant differences in patient backgrounds. Prior to the evaluation, propensity score matching was performed for history-indicated and ultrasound-indicated cerclage patients.ResultsFor this study, 6060 multiparous women with a history of preterm birth were reviewed. After excluding 17 patients with unknown indications for cervical cerclage, 6043 patients were included in the study. History-indicated and ultrasound-indicated cerclage did not reduce the risk of preterm birth in subsequent pregnancies for any of the pregnancy periods (p = 0.413, p = 1.000). In contrast, physical examination-indicated cerclage significantly reduced the risk of subsequent preterm births for all pregnancy periods (p < 0.001).ConclusionSubsequent preterm births were effectively prevented only in physical examination-indicated cerclage cases. For history- or ultrasound-indicated cerclage, statistically significant differences in subsequent preterm births were not evident.