Duplex sonography of renal arteries as a diagnostic tool in hypertensive children

Computed duplex sonography was used to examine the renal arteries in 36 hypertensive children and adolescents (ages 4–17 years) with arterial hypertension of either renal or non-renal origin. Time-averaged flow velocities, maximum blood flow velocities as well as absolute renal blood flow and renal blood flow per gram kidney weight were measured. Normal flow velocities and normal to elevated renal blood flow volume was found in patients with acute glomerulonephritis and those with signs of chronic glomerulonephritis onset. Patients having advanced stages of chronic glomerulonephritis, on the other hand, were characterized by lower levels of all parameters. Unilateral renal artery stenosis was diagnosed correctly in four patients, although one intra-renal artery stenosis escaped imaging. Scarred kidneys exhibited low-normal or reduced flow velocities and renal blood flow volumes corresponded roughly to kidney size and preservation of normal kidney structure. Hypertension in some patients with normal kidneys showed a tendency to cause higher renal blood flow without consistent acceleration of blood flow velocities. We conclude that duplex sonography is a suitable primary diagnostic tool in measuring blood flow velocities and absolute renal blood flow volume in hypertensive children, thus facilitating the choice of the next diagnostic step.     

间接血凝试验血滴纸片法诊断囊虫病的实验研究

本文对１２３例囊虫病人，３０例正常人，１９３例精神病患者和４５０例其他病人进行了间接血凝试验血滴纸片法检查，１２３例囊虫病人阳性率为９６．７％；３０例正常人的阳性率为３．３％。这表明接血凝试验血滴纸片法的敏感性和特异性很高。     

Blood vessels in epiphyseal cartilage of human fetal femoral bone: a scanning electron microscopic study of corrosion casts

Formation of intrachondral vessels (cartilage canals) in the proximal femoral epiphysis was studied in 13- to 22-week-old human fetuses using a corrosion casting technique and scanning electron microscopy. Several successive morphological stages of angiogenesis occurring inside the hyaline cartilage were distinguished. The process of cartilage vascularization starts with the formation of hairpin loops sent off from the perichondrial vascular network into the adjacent cartilage. A capillary glomerulus is then formed at the leading end, and the entire vascular unit grows in length, assuming a mushroom-like shape. Its further elongation is accompanied by a backward expansion of the capillary network which surrounds a pair of main vessels (arteriole and venule) like a manchette. The subsequent branching of such primary vascular units proceeds according to the same morphological patterns. The resulting tree-like vascular formations become interconnected via their lateral branches. This study clearly supports the invasion theory of cartilage canal formation.     

生物伯德图用于血压稳定性的分析和计算

本文用生物伯德图分析了血压稳定性。按照经典的控制理论,讨论了生物系统的稳定性,提出了血压控制的数学模型。根据生物特点,建立了生物伯德图的表达式。作为系统稳定性的指标,增益裕量和相位裕量可以用作图法求得,也可以用计算机求解。实验结果与理论分析能很好地符合。     

心脏病患者血清七种元素含量与血压及生化指标的关系

我们检测了心脏病患者血清微量元素Ｚｎ、Ｃｕ、Ｆｅ和常量元素Ｋ、Ｎａ、Ｃａ、Ｍｇ的含量，并与血压及生化指标作相关分析。结果发现心脏病患者Ｋ和Ｃａ／Ｍｇ显著低于对照组，而Ｎａ、Ｍｇ、Ｚｎ、Ｆｅ和Ｎａ／Ｋ、Ｚｎ／Ｃｕ则显著高于对照组。Ｋ、Ｃａ／Ｍｇ与血压呈负相关，而Ｎａ、Ｚｎ、Ｆｅ、Ｚｎ／Ｃｕ和Ｎａ／Ｋ与血压呈正相关；Ｆｅ与红细胞压积（Ｈｃｔ）呈正相关；Ｚｎ／Ｃｕ与Ｈｃｔ、甘油三酯、极低密度脂蛋白均呈正相关，而与高密度脂蛋白呈负相关。     

强噪声对大鼠血液粘度血糖及几种酶的影响

本文检测强噪声刺激12小时大鼠血液流变学九项指标,胆碱酯酶和谷丙转氨酶活力及血糖浓度,与对照组比较,其结果显示:(1)低切粘度,红细胞电泳时间和全血还原粘度明显增高(P<0.05;P<0.05和P<0.01);(2)真性和假性胆碱酯酶活力明显增高(二者均P<0.01);(3)血清谷丙转氨酶活力和血清葡萄糖浓度显著增高(P<0.01和P<0.05)。揭示强噪声作用后机体听觉外系统发生明显变化,长期暴露后必将严重损伤全身性调节功能而引起脏器损害与疾病。     

Aptitude for physical exercise in a population of female hospital workers

Summary The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of physical capacity in a female hospital population of Paris and its suburbs. A total of 1505 women working in the selected departments filled in a questionnaire concerning their working conditions, life habits and health and also attended a medical examination. The effort test performed consisted in flexing the legs 20 times with the chest held straigt, in 40 s. The heart rates were measured for the first, the second and the third minutes of recovery (first 15 s multiplied by 4). The blood pressure was measured just after the heart rate, for the first and the third minute. Recovery indices have been constituted from the results. The respective weights of anthropometric and sociodemographic risk factors for recovery indices were studied in multiple logistic regression models. The classification enables us to consider about 25%–30% of our population as having a satisfactory physical capacity, about 26%–27% as having an acceptable capacit, and about 24%–27% as having a weak capacity. About 21% of the population presented an excessive pressure reaction and 44% a questionable pressure reaction. Our results concerning the level of physical capacity of the female nursing staff should be taken into account especially in the future planning of work loads and architectural choices, which must avoid excessive physical burdens in relation to this level. An improvement in the level of physical capacity could be envisaged as well.     

Drinking History Is Related to Persistent Blood Pressure Dysregulation in Postwithdrawal Alcoholics

We have previously demonstrated that alcoholics with transitory (< 72 hr) elevations in blood pressure (BP) during withdrawal continue to show residual cardiovascular dysregulation up to 4 weeks of abstinence. The present study replicates and extends these findings. Alcoholic inpatients were divided into three subgroups ( ns = 14) based on BP during the first 72 hr of withdrawal: transitory hypertensives (tHTs; BP > 160/95 mm Hg), transitory borderline hypertensives (tBHs; 140/90 BP < 160/95), and normotensives (NTs; all BPs < 140/90). All patients had normal resting pressures after 72 hr of withdrawal. At 3–4 weeks postadmission, the alcoholics and 14 nonalcoholic controls (CONTs) were tested at rest and during a 5-min handgrip task. The tHTs showed an exaggerated systolic and diastolic BP response to handgrip compared with NTs and CONTs, with tBHs intermediate ( ps < 0.05). Drinking history showed the tHTs had the highest reported level of alcohol consumption and severity of withdrawal symptoms ( ps < 0.05). Regression analyses indicated that consumption of hard liquor was the variable most predictive of admission BPs; further, parental history of hypertension potentiated this relationship for systolic BP. Age and consumption of nicotine and caffeine were not significant predictors of admission BP. The results suggest a persistent cardiovascular dysregulation in alcoholics showing transient hypertensive withdrawal BPs. These alcoholics may be at increased risk for future alcohol-related cardiovascular disorder.     

Lens opacity in patients with hypercholesterolemia and ischaemic heart disease

Lens opacity studies were performed using an electronic Lens Opacity Meter (Interzeag Opacity Lensmeter 701) in a population (n = 321) with ischaemic heart disease. These patients are participating in a trial targetting at the reduction of mortality and incidence of myocardial infarction using a cholesterol-lowering drug, simvastatin. A separate study to evaluate the reliability of the method showed good reproducibility. Repeated measurements after a short time-interval (2–10 days) gave statistically lower opacity values either due to a change in lens transparency or perhaps a change in pigment and cell dispersion in the acqueous caused by repeated mydriasis. Lens opacity values showed a highly significant positive correlation to age. Serum cholesterol, systolic blood pressure and smoking habits showed no significant correlations to the levels of lens opacity when adjustments for age were made.Abbreviations HMG-CoA hydroxy-methylglutarylcoenzyme A - 4S Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study - LOM lens opacity meter     

桡骨头切除对肘关节稳定性影响的生物力学研究

目的：探讨桡骨头粉碎性骨折不同治疗方法对肘关节稳定性的影响。方法：将10个尸体标本，分别测定在其它组织无损伤时，肘内侧副韧带切断时，肘内侧副韧带和前臂骨间膜均切断时的力－位移曲线（纵向位移）及肘外翻角。结果：肘内侧副韧带切断时的纵向位移及肘外翻角均大于其它组织无损伤时；肘内侧副韧带和前臂骨间膜均切断时的纵向位移及肘外翻角均大于其它组织无损伤时和肘内侧副韧带切断时，两两间比较均有显著性差异（P＜0．001）。结论：在其它组织无损伤时，单纯桡骨头切除是安全的；合并肘内侧副韧带损伤时，可在有效修补韧带的同时作单纯头切除，必要时行假体置换；合并肘内侧副韧带和前臂骨间膜均损伤时，最好作假体置换。