Low peripheral plasma renin activity as a critical marker in pediatric hypertension

In evaluating hypertensive children and adolescents, the etiological considerations should include a set of inherited disorders that share very low plasma renin activity (PRA) as a common feature. In particular among these disorders, glucocorticoid remediable aldosteronism (GRA) appears to be emerging as an important etiology of hypertension in the pediatric population. We report the evaluation of a 9-year-old Caucasian girl who presented with severe hypertension and a strong family history of early-onset hypertension. Her suppressed PRA, her family history, and her failure to respond to conventional antihypertensive therapy raised GRA as a potential etiology. The diagnosis was confirmed by an elevated ratio of urinary 18-oxotetrahydrocortisol to urinary tetrahydroaldosterone and genetic testing, which demonstrated the chimeric gene duplication. The molecular pathogenesis of GRA and the clinical implications are reviewed. Received May 15, 1996; received in revised form and accepted September 16, 1996     

乌司他丁对门脉高压症出血病人肝功能的保护作用

目的　探讨门脉高压症出血病人肝功能变化情况 ,同时评价应用乌司他丁 (Ulinastatin ,UTI)治疗的效果。方法　将 4 6例肝硬化门脉高压症出血病人分为两组 :Ⅰ组 (n =2 2 )为一般治疗组 ,Ⅱ组 (n =2 4 )为UTI治疗组 ,分别检测Ⅰ、Ⅱ组出血后 1,2 ,4 ,7,10 ,14d血ET变化情况 ,并检测1,7,14d的肝功能。另选肝硬化门脉高压症未出血病人 (n =2 0 ) ,检测血浆ET ,作为对照组。结果　出血后 7,14d ,Ⅰ、Ⅱ组总胆红素 (TBIL)均呈先升高后下降 ,但Ⅱ组较Ⅰ组下降快 (分别P <0 0 5 ,P <0 0 1)。ALT、AST亦呈先升高后下降 ,但于出血后 14日Ⅱ组较Ⅰ组下降快 (P <0 0 5 )。Ⅰ、Ⅱ组出血后 1d血ET浓度较对照组显著升高 (P <0 0 1) ,随后逐步下降。Ⅱ组ET下降较Ⅰ组快 ,于出血后 2d(P <0 0 5 )、4d (P <0 0 1)、7d(P <0 0 5 )有显著差异。出血后 1dⅠ、Ⅱ组ET浓度与TBIL呈正相关 (r=0 734,P <0 0 1) ;Ⅰ、Ⅱ组血ET下降指数与TBIL增高指数呈负相关 (r =- 0 4 86 ,P <0 0 5 )。结论　肝硬化门脉高压症大出血后应用UTI治疗可抑制TBIL、ALT、AST、ET等的升高 ,起到保护肝脏功能的作用。     

分娩期应用硫酸镁对妊高征母儿预后的影响

目的 :探讨妊高征患者分娩期应用硫酸镁对母儿预后的影响。方法 :回顾性分析近 10年来在该院分娩的妊高征患者分娩期应用硫酸镁情况的临床资料。结果 :分娩的妊高征患者共 82 6例 ,其中分娩期硫酸镁治疗组 4 2 2例 ,未治疗组 4 0 4例。轻、中、重度妊高征分娩期硫酸镁用量分别为 :4 .33± 1.14 g ;5 .5 0± 1.6 4 g ;9.0 0± 1.70g。不同程度妊高征硫酸镁治疗组与未治疗组比较 ,产程、产后出血量及新生儿窒息率差异均无显著意义 (P >0 .0 5 ) ,而两组中轻、中度妊高征分别与重度妊高征比较 ,产后出血量差异均有显著意义 (分别P <0 .0 1,P <0 .0 5 )。硫酸镁配伍酚妥拉明预防子痫 (n =89)较单用酚妥拉明治疗组 (n =5 4 )子痫发生率显著降低 (P <0 .0 5 )。结论 :妊高征患者分娩期适量应用硫酸镁对母儿是安全的 ,有利于预防子痫等并发症。     

血管紧张素转换酶基因与中国人群冠心病、高血压病及糖尿病的关系

目的：研究血管紧张素转换酶(ACE)基因与中国人群冠心病(CHD)、高血压病(EH)及2型糖尿病(T2DM)的关系。方法：250例呈不同组合的EH、T2DM以及CHD患者及90例正常对照用改良的聚合酶链反应(PCR)方法检测ACE基因型，比较基因型及等位基因频率分布。结果：①无合并CHD的T2DM及EH组ACE基因型及等位基因频率与正常对照无显著差异；②CHD组无论是否合并EH及／或T2DM，Ⅲ基因型及Ⅰ等位基因频率均显著低于正常对照，而DD基因型及D等位基因频率均显著高于正常对照；③T2DM合并CHD组及EH合并CHD组中Ⅱ基因型及Ⅰ等位基因频率均显著低于正常对照，而DD基因型及D等位基因频率均显著高于正常对照。结论：ACE基因多态性与中国人群CHD相关。这种关联亦见于EH或T2DM合并CHD中，但ACE基因仅是CHD发病的遗传学基础，而与是否合并EH及／或T2DM无关。     

Hypertension following renal transplantation in children

The files of 334 consecutive cadaver kidney (CK) and of 27 living related (LR) transplantations (T) in children and adolescents performed from 1973 to 1984 have been reviewed. Following cadaver transplantation, 52 patients (15%) never had hypertension (HT), 41 patients (12%) had only initial HT up to 6 months after transplantation and 18 other patients (5%) exhibited transient HT episodes while on high-dose steroid therapy. Finally, 209 patients (62%) had HT for periods longer than 6 months and 16 patients (5%) until death or graft failure within the first 3 months. Chronic graft rejection was the major cause of HT, but other factors either isolated or in association were also present. Renal artery stenosis (RAS) was diagnosed in 43 cases (13%) 2–17 months post-transplantation; 10 of these were operated upon (5 successfully) and 9 underwent transluminal angioplasty with a single success. Nine cases of RAS resolved spontaneously. HT was attributed to the host kidney in 10 cases (3%) and to recurrence of primary renal disease in 9 (3%). HT observed after CKT was sometimes severe and difficult to control. Acute complications from HT were recorded in 35 cases, with 6 deaths and 2 severe neurological sequelae. Among 25 LRT, 11 cases (40%) had no HT 13 (48%) had HT for longer than 6 months. In this group, no case of RAS was observed and only one complication (without sequelae) was noted. In conclusion, HT is a frequent and sometimes severe complication post-transplantation in children and adolescents.     

经皮腔内肾动脉成形术及自体肾移植治疗肾血管性高血压(附7例报告)

自1980到1986年,我院泌尿外科对4例单纯右侧肾动脉狭窄(RAS)性和3例双侧RAS性高血压病人进行了治疗。7例右侧 RAS皆进行了自体肾移植治疗,其中3例双侧RAS者采用PTA治疗,全部病人术后8天内血压皆恢复正常,随诊10个月到6年,无复发且都恢复工作。1例17岁女孩,术后2年结婚,又2年生一女孩,母女健在血压维持正常。     

高血压脑梗死患者血管紧张素转换酶基因多态性分析

目的 探讨血管紧张素转换酶（ACE）基因多态性与高血压脑梗死发病的关系。方法 采用聚合酶链反应技术（PCR），对158名健康成人和50例原发性高血压、90例高血压脑梗死患者ACE基因插入／缺失（I／D）多态性进行检测，并且非条件Logistic回归筛选出与高血压脑梗死发病相关的因素。结果 DD基因型、D等位基因频率高血压脑梗死组高于正常对照组（P＜0.01)和高血压组（P＜0.05)。发病年龄在60岁以上者，DD基因型、D等位基因频率高血压脑梗死组高于高血压组和正常对照组（P＜0.05、P＜0.01)；而60岁以下起病者，DD基因型、D等位基因频率高血压脑梗死组则与高血压组、正常对照组无差别（均P＞0.05)，而高血压组D等位基因频率高于正常对照组（P＜0.05)。ACE DD基因型是高血压脑梗死独立的危险因素，发现高血压时间是高血压脑梗死的保护因素。结论 ACE DD基因型携带者发生高血压脑梗死的危险性增高，早期发现及治疗高血压对降低高血压患者脑梗死发生有意义。     

硬膜外阻滞对高血压患者血压的影响

目的:比较未经正规治疗的高血压患者中位和低位硬膜外阻滞时对血压的影响。方法:有明确的高血压病史的急诊中上腹部手术麻醉病例42例(Ⅰ组)和下腹部手术麻醉病例47例(Ⅱ组),采用硬膜外阻滞后,比较手术时间、局麻药总量、麻醉后动脉血压下降的幅度和时相。结果:(Ⅰ组)手术历时62.3±17.8min,局麻药总量为利多卡因387.0±31.2mg,(Ⅱ组)手术历时56.8±14.9min,利多卡因总量366.7±30.1mg,均无显著差异。Ⅰ组硬膜外麻醉前平均动脉压为123.6±13.2mmHg,麻醉后最低的平均动脉压为69.5±10.0mmHg,出现最低平均动脉压的中位时间为26.3min,Ⅱ组麻醉前的平均动脉压为117.3±15.7mmHg,麻醉后最低平均动脉压为71.0±7.4mmHg,出现最低平均动脉压的中位时间为21.3min。两组在硬膜外阻滞后平均动脉压下降幅度及下降时间方面无显著差异。结论:未经很好控制的高血压患者硬膜外阻滞后均可引起血压急骤下降,低位硬膜外阻滞与中高位阻滞引起的血压下降幅度和时相相似。     

Low-dose erythropoietin is effective and safe in children on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

Hypertension is one of the most important complications of erythropoietin (rHuEPO) therapy in dialysis patients. In this study, the effect of two different dosage regiments of subcutaneous rHuEPO on blood pressure [BP] was evaluated in 20 anemic children on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Patients were randomized to receive rHuEPO 50 U/kg, either once a week (group 1, 50 U/kg per week) or three times a week (group 2, 150 U/kg per week). At the beginning of the study, 8 patients in group 1 and 8 patients in group 2 were on antihypertensive therapy. In group 1, the hematocrit increased gradually and significantly from 18.98%±1.79% to 30.1%±1.62% after 6 months, while in group 2 it rapidly increased from 19.53%±1.86% to 32.4%±1.11% after 3 months. A significant increase in the mean arterial BP was observed in group 2. Antihypertensive therapy had to be increased in all of the 8 previously hypertensive patients and had to be initiated in 1 of the 2 originally normotensive patients in the same group. None of the patients in group 1 required a change in antihypertensive medication. We conclude that during treatment with rHuEPO pre-existing hypertension and the dose of rHuEPO are the most important risk factors for the development or worsening of hypertension in children on CAPD, and gradual elevation of hematocrit by low-dose rHuEPO avoids the development of severe hypertension. Received December 11, 1995; received in revised form September 16, 1996; accepted September 19, 1996     

Comparison of dobutamine stress echocardiography and technetium-99m sestamibi single-photon emission tomography for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease in hypertensive patients with and without left ventricular hypertrophy

Stress echocardiography has been considered an accurate method for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease in hypertensive patients and in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy. In contrast, the specificity of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in these patients has been questioned. The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of these two imaging modalities in conjunction with dobutamine stress test for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease in hypertensive patients with and without left ventricular hypertrophy. Dobutamine (up to 40 μg kg^–1min^–1) stress echocardiography in conjunction with sestamibi (MIBI) single-photon emission tomography (SPET) was performed in 84 patients with the diagnosis of systemic hypertension who had been referred for evaluation of myocardial ischaemia. Ischaemia was defined as new or worsened wall motion abnormalities at echocardiography and reversible perfusion defects at SPET. Significant coronary artery disease (≥50% luminal diameter stenosis) was detected in 66 patients (79%). The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of the ischaemic pattern at echocardiography for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease were 73% (CI 63%–82%), 83% (CI 75%–91%) and 75% (CI 66%–84%), those for MIBI were 67% (CI 57%–77%), 83% (CI 75%–91%) and 70% (CI 60%–80%) respectively (P = NS vs echocardiography). Significant stenosis was detected in 123 (49%) of the 252 analysed coronary arteries. The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of echocardiography for the regional diagnosis of coronary artery disease were 63% (CI 56%–69%), 90% (CI 86%–94%) and 77% (CI 72%–82%). Those for MIBI were 58% (CI 51%–64%), 91% (CI 87%–94%) and 75% (CI 69%–80) respectively (P = NS vs echocardiography). Left ventricular hypertrophy was detected in 59 patients (70%) by echocardiography and did not influence the overall or regional specificity of echocardiography or MIBI SPET. It is concluded that in hypertensive patients, dobutamine stress echocardiography and MIBI SPET have a comparable accuracy for the overall and regional diagnosis of coronary artery disease. Hypertensive patients with or without left ventricular hypertrophy should not be considered unsuitable candidates for stress myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. Received 10 July and in revised form 19 September 1997