普鲁卡因静脉复合麻醉对肝脏血流和氧耗影响的实验研究

采用电磁血流仪和血气分析等技术，研究普鲁卡因静脉复合麻醉对犬体循环血流动力学及肝脏血流和氧耗影响。 １％普鲁卡因复合液以 １．０ｍｇ· ｋｇ－１／ｍｉｎ速度静滴时，随麻醉时间延长，血浆普鲁卡因浓度逐渐升高，６０分钟达５６．９±８．７ｍｇ／Ｌ。体循环各项血流动力学参数趋于稳定，仅在６０分钟产生明显的体循环抑制效应。心率和平均动脉压分别降低２７％、２５％，心指数由３．５２±０．２１Ｌ·ｍｉｎ－１／ｍ２降至 ３． ０８±０．１２Ｌ· ｍｉｎ－１／ｍ２。肝总血流量和氧耗与体循环动力学呈一致性变化。因此，肝脏疾患及肝手术的患者，只要控制血中普鲁卡因浓度不过高，仍可安全实施普鲁卡因静脉复合麻醉。     

Age-related changes in oxygen saturation over the first year of life: A longitudinal study

Stability of oxygen saturation depends on maturation and function of individual components of the respiratory system. The aim of this study was to record and analyse comprehensive oxygen saturation data in a longitudinal study over the first year of life. Detailed sleep studies were performed on 15 normal infants eight times in the first year of life. The accrued oxygen saturation data were analysed on a computerized oximetry data analysis system. Results show the mean sleep saturation levels trending upwards and stabilizing by 185 days. There was an inverse curvilinear relationship between mean age and median desaturation time and the median number of desaturations at ≥95, ≥92 and ≥90% saturation. The mean cumulative desaturation time ≥90% in the first 4 months was 11.08 min (range 2.5–36.57 min). This study demonstrates monotonic patterns of increasing saturation and decreasing number and time of desaturations ≥95% and ≥90% but a random pattern of desaturations ≥85% occurs across the first 6 months of life. Cumulative desaturation times over the first 4 months of life were high and could be important to the development of maturity of the respiratory system. After 6 months, all indices of saturation and desaturation point to a stable and mature respiratory system.     

Skeletal Muscle Adaptations to Physical Training in Type II (Non-insulin-dependent) Diabetes Mellitus

Seven middle-aged men with manifest type II diabetes mellitus underwent an endurance training programme for 10–15 weeks. The maximal aerobic capacity, as well as the endurance capacity, was improved by 10% (p<0.05). The intramuscular glycogen store increased by more than 80% (p<0.05) from 350 μmol/g dw (dry weight), and the activities of citrate synthase and 3-hydroxy-acyl-CoA dehydrogenase increased by more than 50% (p<0.05) and 30% (p<0.05). The activity of glycogen synthase was decreased by approximately 20% (p<0.05), whereas lactate dehydrogenase remained unchanged. Capillaries/fibre and fibre area increased by more than 50% (p<0.05) and 30% (p<0.05) leaving the area of supply constant. Training did not influence fasting blood lipids and glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin, oral glucose tolerance, and insulin response to an oral glucose load measured 72 hours post-exercise. It is concluded that patients with manifest type II diabetes, as normoglycaemic individuals, adapt to physical training. However, no persistent effect on glucohomeostasis and lipaemia is produced by short-term training in the diabetic patients.     

A developmental role for ataxia-telangiectasia mutated in protecting the embryo from spontaneous and phenytoin-enhanced embryopathies in culture.

Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is characterized by impaired recognition and repair of DNA damage and increased sensitivity to ionizing radiation (IR), cancer, and neurodegeneration. We previously showed pregnant knockout mice lacking the A-T gene product ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (Atm) are highly susceptible to the embryopathic effects of IR, which damages DNA, possibly via generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Here we show that Atm more broadly protects against both spontaneous and phenytoin-enhanced embryopathies. In the absence of drug exposure, cultured embryos from pregnant Atm knockout mice showed more embryopathies than wild-type littermates, with a gene dose-dependent decrease in susceptibility from -/- to +/- to +/+ embryos (p < 0.05). A similar but significantly enhanced gene dose-dependent pattern of embryopathic susceptibility was evident in Atm knockout embryos exposed to the ROS-initiating teratogen phenytoin (p < 0.05). These results provide the first evidence that Atm has a broad developmental importance beyond IR embryopathies, possibly by protecting the embryo from constitutive and xenobiotic-enhanced oxidative stress, with even heterozygotes showing increased risk. This developmental role of Atm further implicates DNA damage in ROS-mediated teratogenesis and DNA damage response and repair as risk factors for individual susceptibility.     

Method for the quantitative assessment of contrast agent uptake in dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI

In previous papers relative signal intensity increase was used as a quantitative assessment parameter for contrast uptake in contrastenhanced MRI. However, relative signal intensity increase does not only reflect contrast uptake but depends also on tissue parameters (native T₁ relaxation time) and sequence parameters (repetition time and flip angle); thus, the contrast uptake cannot be assessed accurately using relative signal intensity increase. Based on an analysis of the contrast behavior of spoiled gradient echo sequences, a method is described in this paper that overcomes the limitations of relative signal intensity increase measurement. A parameter, called “enhancement factor” (EF) is introduced that approximates differential T₁ relaxation rate. The enhancement factor scales linearly with contrast uptake and is independent of tissue and sequence parameters. The additional measurement time involved in determining the enhancement factor is less than 1 min and computation is straightforward. The practicality of the new method was confirmed by phantom measurements using T₁-weighted and proton density-weighted spoiled gradient echo sequences (FLASH-2D). Enhancing tissues were simulated by water phantoms doped with increasing concentrations of Gd-DTPA.     

肝移植术后肝动脉血栓形成的治疗方法探讨

目的探讨肝移植术后肝动脉血栓形成的治疗方法。方法回顾性分析我院自2001年11月至2005年1月收治肝移植术后肝动脉血栓形成患者14例,分别采用动脉溶栓、血管支架植入、高压氧治疗及再次肝移植治疗。结果动脉溶栓11例,成功率45.5%(5/11),2例随访12个月肝功能正常,另3例均于随访期死亡,其中2例因吻合口狭窄曾行血管支架植入术。高压氧治疗3例,随访7个月,临床效果较好。急诊再次肝移植2例,术后均死于多器官功能衰竭。结论肝移植术后肝动脉血栓形成,动脉溶栓及血管支架植入治疗存在局限性,高压氧治疗效果良好,可与其他保守治疗联合使用,应避免急诊再次肝移植。     

高压氧在手外科创伤中的应用

目的探讨高压氧在手外科常见创伤中的应用与临床效果。方法2002年3月～2005年12月对手外科常见创伤:断指再植术后血管危象、肢体顽固性溃疡、手部骨折、肢体压砸伤等按常规治疗组和高压氧治疗组进行观察。结果断指再植术后血管危象常规治疗组和高压氧治疗组无明显差异(t检验,P>0.05);肢体顽固性溃疡、手部骨折、肢体压砸伤等的常规治疗组和高压氧治疗组差异有显著性(t检验,P<0.05)。结论高压氧在手外科常见创伤中合理选择应用,可以取得较好的临床效果。     

弱激光血疗法的发展及展望

本文主要介绍了弱激光血疗的机制及其在我国的发展过程.弱激光血疗法起源于前苏联的紫外光量子疗法,传入我国后经历了静脉内照射疗法,离体血液激光照射回输疗法,口咽部照射伴吸氧疗法,鼻腔内照射疗法等.本文对各种疗法的特点及临床应用进行了详细叙述.有些学者认为,中医的观点也能揭示激光血疗的机制.从中医辨证的角度,人的体质分为虚证和实证.结合中医针灸的虚则补之,实则泻之的原理,根据患者的虚实状况,采用含有中医补泻信息的调制激光照射血液,同时加照相关敏感穴位,促进疗效,以体现中医的辨证施治的原则可取得更好的疗效.     

Role of the cell recognition molecule, cognin, in GABAergic differentiation in chick retina

Previous work showed that GABAergic differentiation in developing chick retina depends on insulin and cell interactions. Here, we investigated whether it depended on cell signaling mediated by retina cognin, a 50 kDa cell recognition molecule. Cognin mediates cell adhesion in vitro and occurs on retinal neurons that become both GABAergic and cholinergic. We investigated two markers of GABAergic differentiation: glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) activity and high-affinity GABA uptake. Both increase during differentiation of retinal neurons in culture and can be easily measured. We blocked cognin-mediated cell signaling with cognin antibody and found a reduction of the developmental increase in GAD activity in cultures of retinal neurons from 7 and 11 day chick embryos. There was no reduction of high-affinity GABA uptake. This suggested that cognin-mediated signaling was necessary for the normal developmental increase in GAD but not for high-affinity GABA uptake. These results contrasted with our previous observations on cholinergic differentiation in cultured retinal neurons. We found that cognin antibody blocked the normal developmental increase in choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) only if the cells were exposed before embryonic day 7. Thus, while both GAD and ChAT activity appear to be controlled by cell signaling involving cognin, the periods of developmental sensitivity for the two differentiation markers are different. Antibodies to other adhesion molecules, Ng-CAM, and N-cadherin, did not similarly affect GAD activity. Antibodies to laminin at a 10-fold higher concentration inhibited GAD activity only in early embryonic retina. Tests for protein synthesis and “housekeeping” enzyme activity demonstrated that the cognin antibody effect was selective for neuronal differentiation pathways. Thus, GABAergic differentiation in developing retina is sensitive to cell signaling mediated in part by cognin.     

Pathogenesis of progressive muscular dystrophy: studies on free radical metabolism in an animal model

Evidence to suggest the presence of abnormal metabolism of oxygen free radicals in progressive muscular dystrophy is presented using an animal model. In the superficial pectoral muscles of dystrophic chickens, enzyme activities regulating the metabolism of oxygen free radicals, i.e., catalase, superoxide dismutases and glutathione peroxidase, were significantly elevated within 1 week of hatching. Activities of related enzymes, i.e., glutathione reductase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase were also elevated. In contrast, the specific activity of phosphofructokinase, the rate-limiting enzyme of the glycolytic pathway, was normal during the first 4-week period. These results suggest that there is an increased turnover of oxygen free radicals in the dystrophic muscle. This concept appears important in a further investigation of the pathogenesis and treatment of progressive muscular dystrophies.