Decreased serum levels of nutritional biochemical indices in healthy children with marginally delayed physical growth

Biochemical markers of nutritional status (albumin, transthyretin, insulin-like growth factor-I and zinc) were measured in slowly growing two- to five-year-old, low-income Parisian children whose weight-for-height or height-for-age z scores (WHZ or HAZ) were between — 1 and — 2 SD of the NCHS median. The results were compared to controls who were matched for age, sex, and ethnic origin with WHZ and HAZ between — 1 and + 2 SD. Mean serum levels of transthyretin, albumin and insulin-like growth factor-I and mean plasma zinc concentrations were significantly lower in the growth-impaired children than in the controls ( p = 0.002, p = 0.006, p = 0.015, and p = 0.035, respectively). While the height-retarded children had low mean serum insulin-like growth factor-I values, the weight-retarded subjects had decreased levels of albumin, transthyretin and zinc when compared to controls. Lower mean levels of nutritional markers in healthy, slowly growing children suggest that inadequate dietary intakes of zinc, protein and/or energy may result in marginal delays in weight and height gains.     

大学生手淫的危害、原因与预防

当代大学生手淫行为比较普遍,很多大学生在上大学之前就养成了难以自控的手淫习惯。大学生手淫既影响了他们的身心健康,对他们在校园里健康成长成材也构成了严重的威胁。从思想与心里教育角度引导大学生正确对待手淫,促使他们养成积极健康的生活习惯,对他们将来人生的健康发展及营造和谐的校园风气具有重要的作用。文章论述了当代大学生手淫的根源、手淫危害、诱发因素、手淫动机及预防、矫治措施。     

应用激光扫描共聚焦显微镜观察晶体上皮细胞中的游离钙

目的用钙的荧光指示剂ｆｌｕｏ－３和激光扫描共聚焦显微镜（ｌａｓｅｒｓｃａｎｎｉｎｇｃｏｎｆｏｃａｌｍｉｃｒｏｓｃｏｐｙ，ＬＳＣＭ）观察大白鼠的晶体上皮细胞（ｌｅｎｓｅｐｉｔｈｅｌｉａｌｃｅｌ，ＬＥＣ）中的游离钙。方法ｆｌｕｏ－３着染细胞后，应用ＬＳＣＭ观察细胞内ｆｌｕｏ－３与钙螯合后的荧光分布，最后用钙离子载体Ａ２３１８７和重金属离子Ｍｎ＋＋作校正，将ｆｌｕｏ－３与钙结合显示的荧光强度转换为［Ｃａ＋＋］ｉ值。结果ＬＥＣ中的游离钙主要分布在细胞核中。大白鼠晶体上皮细胞中的［Ｃａ＋＋］ｉ为２５９．７９±４９．２４ｎｍｏｌ／Ｌ。结论ｆｌｕｏ－３与ＬＥＣ孵育后能着染细胞。用ＬＳＣＭ能直观地观察细胞内钙的分布，并能通过校正得到细胞内游离钙的绝对值。这种成熟的方法，为进一步对ＬＥＣ中游离Ｃａ＋＋的研究提供技术准备     

Parental alcoholism and early child development

In a cohort of 532 pregnant women from the general population, it was found by compilation of the results from interviews, police records, hospital records and social welfare records that 23 mothers and 51 fathers in 64 families (12%) were suffering from alcoholism/heavy drinking. In these 64 families, the mother was an addict in only 13 families, both parents were addicts in 10 families, and in the remaining 41 families only the father was an addict. Pregnancy, delivery, the newborn child and the child's development until their fourth year of life have been described using a multidisciplinary approach and a longitudinal prospective design. An hypothesis on mental and physical development, and the occurrence of psychopathological symptoms in the children was tested. None of the children of the 13 alcoholic mothers was born with foetal alcohol syndrome, but foetal hazard was indicated by lower birth weight and a higher rate of perinatal deaths. Children of alcoholic parents had retarded mental development and showed more behavioural problems until 4 years of age than controls, but the differences related to physical development during the first year of life had then disappeared. Boys were found to be more vulnerable than girls. The consequences of behaviour seemed to be more pronounced when both parents were alcoholics. No obvious deviation was found when only the father was addicted. Regarding mental development, it appears that factors related to parental alcoholism, including genetic and social factors, and the sex of the child, are of greater importance than the neonatal score on reduced optimality.     

超声定量检查技术新进展

近年来，超声定量检查技术在临床的应用为心血管疾病患者的心功能评估提供了量化的依据，本文介绍了超声诊断仪的使用部分最新定量检查技术。     

贲门失弛缓症的超声诊断价值

目的:探讨超声在贲门失弛缓症诊断中的应用价值。方法:对临床拟诊为贲门失弛缓症病人首先采用超声检查,诊断贲门失弛缓症38例,同时进行了X线钡剂食管及胃肠造影,并与40例正常人进行了对照。结果:超声对贲门失弛缓症的诊断符合率为100%,失弛缓症的食管管径明显大于正常对照组(P<0.01),管壁厚度亦大于正常对照组(P<0.01)食管蠕动明显减弱,甚者消失,扩张的食管腔内见有潴留的内容物。结论:超声对贲门失弛缓症诊断具有重要的临床应用价值,可取代传统的X线钡剂造影检查。     

老年骨性关节炎的康复医疗

目的 探计原发性骨关节康复治疗的疗效。方法 回顾性调查460例原发性骨关节炎不同治疗情况的疗效。所获数据采用方差分析和t。结果 系统治疗组疗效优于非系统治疗组，功能锻炼和药物治疗，P＜0．0l，物理疗法，p＜0．05。结论 系统的合理的功能锻炼加综合药物治疗对骨关节炎是最有效的治疗方法。     

230例隐睾临床分析

目的　总结隐睾及其并发症的诊治经验 ,提高对隐睾合理治疗年龄的认识。　方法　回顾性分析 1996至 2 0 0 1年 2 30例 2 99侧隐睾患者诊治资料。就诊时年龄 1～ 5 9岁 ,平均 (9.5± 9.0 )岁。左侧 88例 ,右侧 73例 ,双侧 6 9例。合并尿道下裂 11例 ,隐匿性阴茎 2例。　结果　 2岁以内手术治疗患者 2 5例 (10 .9% )。手术治疗 2 89侧 ,其中行一期下降固定术 2 73侧 ,另外疑为萎缩或恶变而行手术切除送病理 15侧 ,探查缺如 1侧。手术 2 89侧中 2 73例下降固定术后随访 4个月～ 5年 ,2 70例未见睾丸回缩及萎缩 ,成功率 98.9% (2 70 / 2 73侧 )。腹外型 2 6 0侧 (90 .0 % ) ,腹内型 2 5侧 (8.7% ) ,缺如 4侧 (1.4 % )。合并斜疝 74侧 (2 5 .6 % ) ,鞘状突未闭 2 4侧 (8.3% ) ,睾丸附睾分离 33侧 (11.4 % )。14 6侧腹外型隐睾B超检查符合率 86 .3% (12 6 / 14 6 ) ,查体符合率 6 3.0 % (92 / 14 6 ) ,P <0 .0 0 5。　结论　 2岁以内最佳手术时机的隐睾患者诊治率明显偏低 ,应引起重视。B超对隐睾的定位诊断符合率较高。     

Intra-observer and inter-observer agreement of the manual examination of the lumbar spine in chronic low-back pain

Examination is a cornerstone in the manual procedures leading to mobilisation/manipulation of the low back. The observer variation of the more specific segmental tests remains to be investigated. Two skilled specialists in manual medicine examined the segmental changes in the lumbar spine. The patients were unknown to the examiners and no information of the case history was given. All test results were recorded by an observer present in the room who ensured that no conversation was allowed during the examination. The primary outcome measures were the kappa values for each test. The matching was defined as acceptable (acc) within two neighbouring levels and perfect (per) on the same level. Intra-observer variation (tested in 33 patients and 10 subjects without low-back pain): The agreement between first and second segmental diagnosis examination was 70% (per) and 82% (per + acc). Kappa values were: segmental diagnosis 0.60 (per) and 0.70 (per + acc), multifidus test 0.51 (per) and 0.60 (per + acc), sideflexion 0.57 (per) and 0.69 (per + acc), and ventral flexion 0.31 (per) and 0.45 (per + acc). Inter-observer variation (tested in 60 patients): The agreement for segmental diagnosis between the examiner A and B was 42% (per) and 75% (per + acc). Kappa values were: segmental diagnosis 0.21 (per) and 0.57 (acc), multifidus test 0.12 (per) and 0.48 (acc), sideflexion 0.22 (per) and 0.45 (acc), and ventralflexion 0.22 (per) and 0.44 (acc). By manual tests, skilled examiners seem to be able to diagnose segmental dysfunctions in the low back. The clinical implication of these dysfunctions remains to be clarified.