The concept of distinct but voluminous groups of bipolar and unipolar diseases

Summary One hundred and six affective (76 unipolar and 30 bipolar) and 101 schizoaffective patients (45 unipolar and 56 bipolar) were investigated after a long-term course of illness, evaluating sociodemographic and general data, the long-term course of illness, disability and psychosocial alterations according to WHO/DAS, WHO/PIRS and GAS, as well as several social consequences of the illness (living situation at the end of the observation time, downward occupational drift, downward social drift, premature retirement, achievement of the expected social development). Comparing the 30 bipolar affective and 56 bipolar schizoaffective disorders, no differences were found regarding (a) sociodemographic and general data (i.e. sex distribution, age at onset, education and occupation at onset, stable heterosexual relationship, premorbid personality and social interactions, mental illness in the family, broken home, life events, season of birth and social classes) and (b) relevant patterns of the long-term course. Regarding long-term out-come the only difference found concerned the more favourable outcome of the bipolar affective disorders according to WHO/DAS, while using GAS the difference was not statistically significant. No difference was found either between the two bipolar groups in the social consequences of the illness. The combining of both bipolar groups as bipolar diseases is discussed, as well as the use of the terms bipolar disease, affective subtype and bipolar disease, schizoaffective subtype.     

Adenocarcinoma arising in Barrett's esophagus

A review of nine adenocarcinomas of the esophagus arising in Barrett's epithelium was undertaken. We found the disease among white males disproportionately. Risk factors and incidence rate remain to be clarified. Only one patient was in a surveillance program and only he had carcinoma discovered "early." He still survives while only one of the eight whose diagnosis followed investigation of symptoms remains alive.     

结直肠间质瘤临床病理特征及预后分析

目的 探究结直肠间质瘤预后相关因素,并通过列线图预测该肿瘤生存概率,为指导临床评估预后提供依据.方法: 通过监测流行病学和最终结果(surveillance, epidemiology, and end results, SEER)数据库获取1992年1月至2015年12月结直肠间质瘤临床病理及预后相关资料,对入组患者进行生存分析,将分析得到的独立预后因素绘制成列线图,之后采用校准曲线评估列线图预测生存准确性.结果: 546例结直肠间质瘤患者被纳入研究.中位发病年龄64岁,区域淋巴结转移率9.4%.546例患者多因素生存分析显示发病年龄 > 64岁,未婚/离婚,结肠间质瘤(与直肠间质瘤相比),非手术治疗,组织分化级别高,区域淋巴结转移及远处转移具有更差的肿瘤特异性生存和总生存(P均<0.05), 美国东部地区诊治患者比西部地区患者具有更长的总生存时间(P = 0.027),以上独立预后因素预测肿瘤特异性生存率和总生存率的C指数分别为0.76(95%CI: 0.72-0.80)和0.75(95%CI: 0.72-0.78).在174例组织分化级别和肿瘤部位明确的患者中,影响肿瘤特异性生存和总生存的独立预后因素为年龄,组织分化级别和是否行手术治疗(P均<0.05),而肿瘤部位仅与肿瘤特异性生存显著相关(P = 0.041),未证实与总生存显著相关(P = 0.057),采用这4个预后影响因素预测546例患者肿瘤特异性生存率和总生存率的C指数分别是0.71(95%CI: 0.66-0.75)和0.73(95%CI: 0.70-0.77), 能较准确预测结直肠间质瘤患者总生存率.结论: 结直肠间质瘤预后受多个临床病理因素影响,列线图能为预测结直肠间质瘤患者生存率提供依据.     

中医内科急症概论(上)

论述了急症的基本特点为大实大虚,邪正消长多变;多脏同病,但有主次先后;多病证,但又同中有异。急症的病机要点为：①内外合邪,因果夹杂;②病理因素责之风火（热）痰瘀,常可转化并见;③邪盛酿毒,有外受、内生之别;④邪实机闭是急症阴竭阳脱、气血消亡的基础;⑤病性多实,但常虑实夹杂;⑥病机之间的演变转化,可致多证相关。     

医用显微图像处理系统的研制和软件开发

目的 建立医用显微图像处理系统。方法 用普通光学显微镜、工业用摄像机、视频卡和计算朵等构成硬件系统,用ＶＣ＋＋５．０和微软基础类库（Ｍｉｃｒｏｓｏｆｔ Ｆｕｎｃｔｉｏｎ Ｃｌａｓｓ,ＭＦＣ）开发了显微图像处理的专用类ＣＤＩＢ,并结合数据库系统,完成了外周血白细胞分类诊断系统。结果 应用该系统对１３０例病人进行白细胞分类与人工镜检对比,两者结果相符合。结论 该系统具有很好的实用价值和推广价值,可广泛     

L—盐酸赖氨酸对脑损伤大鼠胰高血糖素和血糖含量的影响

目的　研究 Ｌ盐酸赖氨酸对脑损伤后大鼠的胰高血糖素、胰岛素及血糖含量的影响。方法　采用落体法致大鼠脑损伤;伤后立刻一次腹腔注射 Ｌ盐酸赖氨酸,２４ｈ 后断头处死,用免疫组织化学 Ａ Ｂ Ｃ 法结合图像分析技术,观察 Ｌ盐酸赖氨酸（６２１ ．５ｍｇ·ｋｇ － １ 及３１０ ．８ｍｇ·ｋｇ － １） 对脑损伤后大鼠胰岛 Ａ 细胞内胰高血糖素（ Ｇｌｕ） 及 Ｂ 细胞内胰岛素（ Ｉｎｓ） 免疫反应强度和光密度值的影响;用生化分析仪测定血糖含量。结果　 Ｌ盐酸赖氨酸能显著增强 Ａ 细胞内 Ｇｌｕ 免疫反应强度,提高平均光密度值,增加 Ｇｌｕ 的含量,并降低血糖水平,但对 Ｂ 细胞内 Ｉｎｓ 的免疫反应强度及光密度值无明显影响。结论　 Ｌ盐酸赖氨酸可抑制 Ｇｌｕ 的释放并产生显著的降血糖作用。     

A study of comparison between the nationwide epidemiological survey in 1991 and previous surveys on behçet’s disease in Japan

The 4th nationwide epidemiological survey on Behçet disease (BD), which included all patients with BD at 1,200 hospitals selected at random from 10,081 hospitals in Japan, was carried out by the BD Research Committee of the Ministry of Health and Welfare in 1991 to examine the epidemiological features of BD in Japan by comparing with previous surveys. 3,938 patients from these hospitals were examined by the Japanese diagnostic criteria of BD (JCBD) revised in 1987 and the International criteria for classification of BD (ICBD). Among these 3,938 patients, 622 patients were only suspected of having BD or clinical signs of the disease were unknown, and most of these patients were incompatible with the ICBD. So these patients were excluded from the study of epidemiological features. The average patients age has risen 7–8 years over the last 20 years and the average age of onset in both sexes increased by about 3 years from 1972 to 1991. While a decrease in the sex ratio was seen in the complete-type and the incomplete-type BD without ocular symptoms, a sustained high sex ratio was shown in incomplete-type BD with ocular symptoms. The positive rate of HLA-B51 antigen was 54.9% (men: 56.9%, women: 52.2%) significantly higher than die 15–16% in healthy subjects but it might have been gradually decreasing. Also the clinical course of BD has become too mild for prognosis. According to diese epidemiological features of BD, the clinical manifestation of BD in Japan might have become the Western type of BD.     

Erbium filtration: a cost-effective, dose-reducing filter which maintains abdominal image quality

The current study investigated the effect of erbium filtration on an anteroposterior abdominal image. The radiation dose reductions achieveable and the costeffectiveness of this filter were also evaluated. An assessment of the radiation dose delivered employing either the standard total filtration (3 mm Al equivalent) or 0.1 mm of erbium filtration added to the standard filtration was undertaken on 21 patients. Image quality was assessed using the Commission of European Communities (CEC) criteria. Significant reductions of 64.6 % in entrance surface (p = 0.0001) and 23.4 % in effective dose (p = 0.0099) were recorded with erbium filtration. Image quality was maintained and the cost per manSievert saved was ￡ 128. More widespread use of this dose reducing filter is advocated. Received: 7 August 1998; Revised: 19 February 1999; Accepted: 19 April 1999     

Ginkgo biloba extract EGb761 reduces the development of amphetamine-induced behavioral sensitization: effects on hippocampal type II corticosteroid receptors

Pretreatment of rats with the extract of Ginkgo biloba termed EGb761 reduced the behavioral sensitization induced by successive -amphetamine administrations (0.5 mg/kg) as estimated by increasing values of locomotor activity. EGb761 pretreatment also prevented the reduced density of [³H]dexamethasone binding sites in the dentate gyrus and the CA1 hippocampal regions of -amphetamine treated animals. These observations suggest that EGb761, by reducing glucocorticoid levels, could modulate the activity of the neuronal systems involved in the expression of the behavioral sensitization.     

Prevalence and clinical relevance of Blastocystis hominis in diverse patient cohorts

The pathogenicity of Blastocystis hominis is extensively debated in the medical literature. Therefore, we did a prevalence study to investigate the association between the presence of several intestinal parasites and gastrointestinal symptoms in diverse patient cohorts. The study population consisted of 1216 adults, including immunocompromised patients, institutionalized psychiatric or elder subjects, immigrants from developing countries, travellers to developing tropical countries and controls. Several variables for each risk group were considered. Stools specimens, collected in triplicate, were processed by the same technicians. Clinical data about each subject were provided by standardized questionnaires. The presence of gastrointestinal symptoms were related to the presence of any parasite. In addition, on the basis of microbiological results, five subgroups of subjects were evaluated. The results showed a high prevalence of parasites in all the risk groups. Immunocompromised status, recent arrival from developing countries and the presence of behavioural aberrations were significantly related to presence of parasites. B. hominis was the parasite most frequently detected in each studied group. B. hominis showed a significant correlation with gastrointestinal symptoms only when detected in the group including subjects with a severe immunodepression. Immunodepression seems to be a factor of primary importance of the pathogenic role of B. hominis.