Teaching Culturally Appropriate Care: A Review of Educational Models and Methods

The disparities in health care and health outcomes between the majority population and cultural and racial minorities in the United States are a problem that likely is influenced by the lack of culturally competent care. Emergency medicine and other primary-care specialties remain on the front lines of this struggle because of the nature of their open-door practice. To provide culturally appropriate care, health care providers must recognize the factors impeding cultural awareness, seek to understand the biases and traditions in medical education potentially fueling this phenomenon, and create a health care community that is open to individuals' otherness, thus leading to better communication of ideas and information between patients and their health care providers. This article highlights the rationale for and current problems in teaching cultural competency and examines several different models implemented to teach and promote cultural competency along the continuum of emergency medicine learners. However, the literature addressing the true efficacy of such programs in leading to long-lasting change and improvement in minority patients' clinical outcomes remains insufficient.     

脊髓纵裂分型治疗的疗效分析

目的探讨脊髓纵裂分型治疗的疗效。方法对1978年5月至2006年11月收洽的有完整资料的121例单管型及双管型脊髓纵裂患者的病历资料进行回顾性分析，并通过临床神经功能评分及胫后神经皮层体感诱发电位（FTNCSEP）P40波峰监测，评价其手术及非手术治疗的疗效。结果所有患者均得到随访，随访时间6个月～15年，平均2年6个月。96例双管型患者中手术治疗86例，术后观察和随访发现24例痊愈、22例有明显改善、28例有一定改善、12例无明确效果，临床神经功能评分及PTNCSEP术后有明显改变，尤其是以疼痛为主诉的患者恢复最为明显，手术总有效率为86％；10例双管型患者未行手术治疗，随访发现临床症状无明显改善且有加重趋势。单管型患者25例，手术治疗16例，术前、术后临床神经功能评分及胛NCSEP无明显变化；未手术治疗的9例，随访时上述指标亦无明显变化。结论双管型脊髓纵裂患者脊髓损害重且呈进行性加重，精细的手术治疗可以使大多数患者症状得到缓解，终止神经进行性损伤，确诊后应尽早手术。单管型脊髓纵裂患者脊髓损害轻，无须手术探查。     

Advancing Nursing Practice with a Unit-based Clinical Expert

Objective: To explore patterns in the practice of nursing and patient outcomes.
Design: Qualitative field research.
Population, Sample, Setting: Populations were critical care nurses and critically ill adult patients in the 10-bed medical critical care unit of a 900-bed teaching hospital. A convenience-purposive sample of 27 nurses and 31 patients was studied in 1985.
Methods: Six months of participant observation, unstructured interviews, and the constant comparison method of grounded theory.
Findings: Markedly different patterns were found in expert and nonexpert practice. The substantive theory of conversion helped explain how the majority of nonexpert nurses advanced their practice. The metaphor of catalyzed conversion captures how a unit-based expert nurse serves as a catalyst to advance the practice of nonexperts. Presence, defined as the way of being within a given clinical context, differentiated nurses.
Conclusions: (a) Expert and nonexpert practices are substantively different, (b) Expert and nonexpert practice results in different patient outcomes, (c) Conversion helps explain changes in nonexpert practice.
Clinical Implications: A unit-based expert nurse can increase patient-focused care.     

基于FAERS的地舒单抗安全警戒信号挖掘与评价

基于FAERS数据库挖掘安全警戒信号,分析评估地舒单抗潜在不良反应信号,为其临床使用提供一定参考依据。方法 通过Openvigil 2.1访问 FAERS 数据库,将地舒单抗作为主要药物,检索自该药首次上市时间（2010年5月—2021年9月）的数据,获得与地舒单抗相关的不良事件报告记录。使用报告比值比法（ROR）和贝叶斯置信度递进神经网络法（BCPNN）筛选地舒单抗安全警戒信号,挖掘潜在的不良反应,并通过工具BioPortal对不良事件信号挖掘结果进行系统分类,通过判断信号间置信区间的变化,发现与药物不良事件关联性较大的信号。结果 从FAERS数据库中收集到270503份不良反应事件（ADE）报告,根据ROR法和BCPNN法共得到343个不良事件信号,通过信号间同义合并、剔除与药物无关的信号后,得到316个不良事件信号。地舒单抗的不良事件系统分类主要为肌肉骨骼和结缔组织疾病、医学检查、胃肠道疾病。FAERS数据库的信号挖掘结果发现,高风险且说明书中未收录的安全警戒信号包括颞下颌关节综合征、下颌脓肿、雌激素缺乏症、血液甲状旁腺激素增加,计算高风险信号的置信区间显示颞下关节综合征较有可能发展成为新的不良反应;另外,也发现种植体周围炎为具有临床意义的可疑警戒信号,但有待进一步观察研究。结论 基于FAERS数据库的信号挖掘结果提示临床应规范使用地舒单抗,治疗期间需警惕患者是否出现颞下颌关节综合征、下颌脓肿、雌激素缺乏症、血液甲状旁腺激素增加等不良反应事件,以便尽早发现尽早处理,从而有效降低临床用药风险     

血清IGFBP-3、PDGF及bFGF联合检测对多囊卵巢综合征患者妊娠结局的预测价值

目的 探究血清胰岛素样生长因子结合蛋白-3(IGFBP-3)、血小板来源生长因子（PDGF）及碱性成纤维细胞生长因子（bFGF）联合检测对多囊卵巢综合征（PCOS）患者妊娠结局的预测价值。方法 选取2021年5月—2022年12月在沧州市中心医院接受治疗的150例PCOS孕妇作为PCOS组,另选取同期在该院产检健康的90例孕妇作为对照组。比较两组血清IGFBP-3、PDGF及bFGF水平;根据PCOS组孕妇的妊娠情况分为妊娠结局良好组119例和妊娠结局不良组31例,统计PCOS患者妊娠结局情况并比较血清IGFBP-3、PDGF、bFGF水平;绘制受试者工作特征（ROC）曲线分析血清IGFBP-3、PDGF和bFGF对PCOS的预测价值。结果 PCOS组血清IGFBP-3水平低于对照组（P <0.05）,PDGF、bFGF水平均高于对照组（P <0.05）。妊娠结局不良组血清IGFBP-3水平低于妊娠结局良好组（P <0.05）,PDGF、bFGF水平均高于妊娠结局良好组（P <0.05）。ROC曲线分析结果显示,血清IGFBP-3、PDGF、bFGF水平预测PC...     

Neuroexcitatory actions of Tamiflu and its carboxylate metabolite

Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) is now being stockpiled by several governments as a first line treatment for an anticipated outbreak of avian influenza caused by H5N1. However, abnormal behaviors and death associated with the use of Tamiflu have developed into a major issue in Japan where Tamiflu is often prescribed for seasonal influenza. Thus, it is critical to determine neuropsychiatric effects of oseltamivir and to establish methods for safe administration. Using juvenile rats and rat hippocampal slices, we investigated whether oseltamivir has adverse effects on the central nervous system. Systemic injection of oseltamivir (50 mg/kg i.p.) produced no change in behavior within 2 h. However, prior injection of oseltamivir significantly altered the duration of loss of lightning reflex following ethanol injection (3.3 g/kg, i.p.). Ethanol injection in the presence of oseltamivir also resulted in enhanced hypothermia. In the CA1 region of hippocampal slices, oseltamivir (100 μM) induced paired-pulse facilitation in population spikes without changes in excitatory postsynaptic potentials. Similarly, 3 μM oseltamivir carboxylate, the active metabolite of oseltamivir, facilitated neuronal firing, though the facilitation did not involve GABAergic disinhibition. Moreover, oseltamivir carboxylate produced further facilitation following administration of 60 mM ethanol. These findings indicate that oseltamivir has effects on the central nervous system, especially when combined with other agents.     

Adjustment in Childhood Brain Tumor Survival: Child, Mother, and Teacher Report

Examined the adjustment of 6- to 18-year-old children and adolescents(n = 38) 2 to 5 years postdiagnosis of brain tumor with respectto standardized measures of anxiety and depression; self-perceptions;and adaptive living skills. Child, mother, and teacher reportdata were used. Maternal adjustment (anxiety and depression,parenting stress) was also assessed. Children and adolescentssurviving brain tumors reported themselves to be generally withinthe normal range. However, maternal ratings of social problemswere higher than normative scores and significantly lower thannorms on social problems, scholastic competence, and communicationskills. Teacher ratings on the Teacher Rating Form were allwithin normal limits. Maternal adjustment measures were withinthe normal range, although the Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interactionsubscale of the Parenting Stress Index was elevated. No differencesin scores were found between children in regular and specialeducation, or between children who had received radiation andthose who did not. This sample of survivors of pediatric braintumors and their mothers had relatively mild problems in adjustment,supporting a competency-based view of the adaptation of pediatricpatients and their families.     

妊娠前不同体重指数与围产结局的关系研究

目的研究妊娠前不同体重指数对围产结局的影响。方法回顾性分析2005~2007年在我院分娩的单胎妇女238例,按妊娠前体重指数(BMI)分为BMI在19.8~23.9的正常BMI组、BMI 24~27的高BMI组和BMI≥27的肥胖组。新生儿体重≥4000g为巨大儿。比较正常BMI组、高BMI组和肥胖组的围产结局。结果全部资料共有238例,其中正常BMI组182例,高BMI组117例,肥胖组56例,巨大儿的发生率分别为10.4%、19.6%、28.6%,妊娠期高血压病、妊娠期糖尿病、羊水过多的风险随妊娠前BMI增加而上升,早产、剖宫产、新生儿病率的发生率亦随妊娠前BMI增加而升高,差异有显著性。结论妊娠前异常的母亲体重指数高度影响巨大儿的发生率;随妊娠前BMI增加不良围产结局的风险增加。     

1例用药错误事件的分析与改进

采用根本原因分析及行动法对1例儿科用药错误事件进行分析,确定根本原因,从人员、环境、制度等方面提出针对性改进措施。采取措施后,类似不良事件未再发生。建议医疗机构加强关键环节的有效沟通,鼓励患者参与医疗安全管理,营造病区安静环境,严格执行查对制度,正确识别患者身份,优化护理人力资源配置,以保证患者用药安全。