The patient's daily activities in acute psychiatric care

The patient's daily activities in acute psychiatric care
This study is part of a research project entitled:'Towards patient-focused nursing on an acute psychiatric ward'. The aim of the project is to describe the changes taking place in nursing activities during a research project. This paper is a qualitative analysis of the patient's daily activities in acute psychiatric care. The data were collected by observing, selectively, seven patients for 61 h. The constant comparative method was used in data analysis. On the basis of the data analysis, the categories listed below were identified.
1 The core category of the patient's daily activities was'being a patient'.
2 Being a patient mainly consisted of being alone without meaningful activities.
3 Participating in the daily routines of the ward consisted of being alone while being together with others.
4 Being together was initiated by either the patient or the nurse. The aim of being together was to satisfy the acute basic needs of the patients.
5 Being together on the initiative of the nurse meant participating in the daily routines of the ward.
Because the data were collected by observation, no insight into the patients'desires, expectations and thoughts could be presented. The findings challenged the nursing staff to develop a more therapeutic daily routine in acute psychiatric care. It was also of importance to change the patients'meaningless existence into a meaningful participation in the daily activities on the ward.     

Tyrosine hydroxylase and serotonin containing cells in embryonic rat rhombencephalon: a whole-mount immunocytochemical study

Rhombencephala from rat embryos were processed as whole-mounts for immunocytochemical detection of monoaminergic cell populations, using antibodies to tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and serotonin (5-HT). Specific advantages of the whole-mount technique over the classical serial-section method were that even isolated immunoreactive (IR) cells could be detected easily, and three-dimensional relationships could be ascertained without the need for serial reconstruction. Embryos between embryonic days (E) 12 and 16 (the day following nocturnal mating being considered as E1) were used in this study. Both TH and 5-HT immunoreactivities were already detectable at E12, even in the smallest embryos (crown-rump length: 6 mm), but there was a striking difference in the number and regional distribution of these two types of IR cells. TH was expressed in several cell groups located in the rostral rhombencephalon (the presumed anlage of the A4-7 complex) as well as in the caudal rhombencephalon (the presumed anlagen of groups A1-2 and C1-3), whereas 5-HT was expressed in very few cells located near the rostral border of the rhombencephalon (presumed anlage of the B4-9 complex). Although the three-dimensional distribution of the TH-IR cell groups underwent some modifications during the period studied, its general pattern remained relatively stable after E12. This contrasted with the sequential appearance of the 5-HT-IR cell groups and their spatial transformations during this period. Using the rhombencephalic isthmus as a landmark, we found that conspicuous 5-HT-IR fibre bundles penetrated into the mesencephalon from E13 onwards, but that the 5-HT IR cell bodies were exclusively located caudal to the borderline between the mesencephalon and the rhombencephalon (the rhombencephalic isthmus). We therefore suggest the term "rostral rhombencephalic raphe nuclei" for the rostral 5-HT cell groups instead of "mesencephalic raphe nuclei," which is a misnomer. Close spatial association between TH and 5-HT-IR elements was observed mainly in the caudal rhombencephalon, where 5-HT-IR fibres coursed through an area containing numerous TH-IR cell bodies (the presumed anlagen of groups A1-2 and C1-3).     

民族药香青兰化学成分及药理作用研究进展

摘要：目的：对民族药香青兰进行化学成分及药理活性的研究,对该药材的综合应用和深入研究奠定基础。方法：通过查阅1995-2022年知网、PubMed中的中英文文献与相关文献对香青兰进行综述。结果：经过系统的研究,发现香青兰的组成主要包含总黄酮和黄酮苷类、挥发油、三萜类和蛋白质等。这些成分有着多种药理作用,如抗缺氧、抗血栓和降血压。结论：香青兰对于治疗高血压,心脏病等有一定疗效。香青兰在蒙医临床中应用广泛。研究表明,香青兰的化学成分和药理作用已经取得了一定的进展,其作用范围广泛,对心血管疾病有显著的疗效。     

Glucose preferences in wild and domestic guinea pigs

Male wild (Cavia aperea) and domestic (C. porcellus) guinea pigs were tested in two-bottle choice tests for preferences between glucose solutions of different concentrations and de-ionized water. Wild males showed significant preferences for concentrations between 0.025 and 0.4 M glucose while domestic males preferred only the 0.2 M glucose solution to de-ionized water. C. aperea males also consumed significantly greater volumes of liquid per kg body $\text{wt.}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>3</mtext><mtext>4</mtext>}}$ during the glucose tests than did the C. porcellus males. These comparative results contrast sharply with those obtained by other authors with wild and domestic Norway rats.     

Comparison of radioimmunoassay and ELISA methods for detection of antibodies to chromatin components

A solid phase radioimmunoassay has been compared with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for efficacy in measuring anti-chromatin antibodies. The low backgrounds achieved with the radioimmunoassay method produced a high signal-to-noise ratio and enabled detection of the human test antiserum at a dilution of 1:102,400. By contrast, the ELISA could detect the same antiserum only at a dilution of 1:3200 and above. The radioimmunoassay was consistently more sensitive than the ELISA for detection of anti-chromatin antibodies in a number of human and mouse sera and ascites fluid containing a monoclonal antibody. Factors affecting sensitivity in both assays are discussed.     

A functionally active complement system is present in uterine secretion of the mouse prior to implantation.

Sephadex beads were placed carefully in the uterus on days 2 and 3 and left for 6 to 8 h to absorb uterine secretion. The beads were then removed with volatile silicon oil and mounted on small pieces of nitrocellulose paper. Immuno-staining of these bead blots showed they contained the complement components C1q, C3, C4, and C5. We demonstrated that complement component C3 in the uterine secretion could be activated and deposited on model immune complexes, and also that antibody-coated erythrocytes were lysed in utero, that is, a membrane attack complex was produced. Thus, the mouse uterine secretion at the preimplantation stage contains a functionally active complement system.     

Meal patterns and glucoprivic feeding in the guanethidine-sympathectomized, adrenodemedullated rat

The feeding behavior of rats sympathectomized by neonatal administration of guanethidine (GUA) and/or adult adrenal demedullation (MDL) was investigated. GUA treatment tended to decrease body weight gain and food intake, chiefly by decreasing meal size and increasing satiety ratios. It also attenuated the increase in food intake caused by 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2DG; 150, 300, 450 mg/kg, IP) but not by insulin (3, 6, 9 U/kg, IP). MDL altered meal patterns in the same manner as GUA treatment but the effects were of smaller magnitude. It did not influence the response to either glucoprivic challenge. Combined GUA treatment and MDL generally produced additive effects. These results suggest that the major sympathetic influence on feeding is through adrenergic innervation and not circulating catecholamines. The hypothesis that the alteration in feeding patterns produced by ventromedial hypothalamic lesions is due to decreased sympathetic activity was not supported.     

A complex component modulating immune-deficient cells in leprosy patients leading to loss of viability of Mycobacterium leprae--a possible vaccine.

Macrophages from peripheral blood of leprosy patients, both multi-bacillary and paucibacillary are unable to kill phagocytosed Mycobacterium leprae due to their inability to produce superoxide (O2-) and hydroxyl radicals (OH.). The macrophages from healthy individuals are able to kill M. leprae along with release of O2- and OH. radicals. The deficiency in the macrophages of both types of leprosy patients is removed by activation of these cells when exposed to a culture supernatant obtained after stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from the same patients with delipidified cell components of M. leprae which are most likely cell wall proteins. The activation of macrophages also leads to recognition of whole live M. leprae as an antigen by cells from lepromatous patients. This activation of the phagocytes by delipidified cell components is blocked by cyclosporin A, indicating the possible role of several steps involved in immune activation of cells. The observations thus indicate the significant ability of delipidified cell components to eliminate the deficiencies in the macrophages from leprosy patients and restore them to behave like the cells from healthy individuals. Considering all these, it is suggested that delipidified cell components could be potential modulators, and are probably capable of functioning as a vaccine for leprosy.     

宽叶缬草提取物对戊四氮诱导慢性癫癎大鼠行为及脑电的影响

目的:探讨宽叶缬草提取物(VOL)对戊四氮(PTZ)致癫大鼠模型的脑电和行为变化的影响.方法:用PTZ 37.5mg/kg腹腔注射Wistar大鼠28天建立慢性癫癎模型,同时胃管分组给予VOL 500 mg/kg、1 000 mg/kg、1 500 mg/kg,每天三次,观察大鼠行为及脑电变化.结果:PTZ致癫癎大鼠在28天时87%为重度发作,脑电发作潜伏期及癎波密度分别为4.01±1.70 min,145.75±19.84个/min ,应用三种不同剂量的VOL治疗三周后大鼠癫癎发作程度明显减轻,脑电发作潜伏期延长,分别为7.36±2.18 min、9.42±2.05 min、11.19±1.95 min,癎波密度减少与PTZ模型对照组比较,P<0.05;且高剂量组更明显.结论:VOL能有效对抗PTZ的点燃作用,且有剂量依赖性,在第3周时才开始显效.