The Effect of 50 Hz External Electrical Interference on Implanted Cardiac Pacemakers

The effects of injected 50 Hz alternating current on the function of cardiac pacemakers has been observed in 18 patients with implanted unipolar VVI units. Current, in the range 0-600 microA was applied via electrodes attached to the patients' upper body and feet and fed from a specially designed current injection unit at the bedside. Most implanted pacemakers reverted to interference mode in the current range 29-250 microA. At current levels just below the reversion current all units developed irregular and inappropriate pacing. This current level was pacemaker dependent and varied in the range 27-246 microA. The total reversion current depended on the location of the injecting electrodes and on the patients' posture. The sensitivity of the units to injected interference was increased by deep inspiration. Temporary pacing catheters fitted to an additional ten patients were used to monitor the interference voltage which would be sensed by an implanted unit. This voltage was similarly dependent on patient posture and on deep respiration. Current injection has proved to be a safe, controllable and reproducible method of testing the sensitivity of implanted pacemakers to 50 Hz external interference.     

INTRAOPERATIVE BLEEDING IN ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION IN THE STOMACH AND STRATEGY FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT

To control intraoperative bleeding is an important key to successful endoscopic submucosal dissection. The distribution of submucosal vessels encountered during the procedure differ in places in the stomach and are roughly categorized into three groups: those located in the antrum, those in the lesser curvature, and those on the anteroposterior corpus wall which consists of oblique muscle layers. Therefore, knowledge of a suitable setting of diathermy and adjusted depth of dissection in the submucosal layer for each site is imperative. The combination of utilizing the distal attachment forced or swift coagulation (trimming with coagulation mode) have enable the treatment with an insulation tipped knife safer.     

参芪扶正注射液对淋巴细胞的作用

目的:观察参芪扶正注射液对淋巴细胞的作用.方法:用参芪扶正注射液处理Jurkat淋巴细胞,通过台盘兰染色计数和流式细胞计观察其对淋巴细胞的作用,用参芪处理过的淋巴细胞分别加入化疗药和肝癌细胞,观察两种细胞的反应.结果:参芪扶正注射液处理过的淋巴细胞,细胞增殖快,有较强的抵抗化疗药诱导凋亡的能力,杀伤肝癌细胞的能力增强.结论:参芪扶正注射液具有多方面的免疫调节作用.     

Radiofrequency Procedures

Abstract:   Radiofrequency is a minimally invasive, target-selective technique that has been in clinical use for more than 25 years and has demonstrated success at reducing pain in several chronic pain conditions, including trigeminal neuralgia, chronic low back pain, postherpetic neuralgia, and complex regional pain syndrome. However, the success of radiofrequency in chronic pain has not been adequately reproduced in good-quality, randomized controlled trials, and its use in the management of neuropathic pain is under some debate. In addition, conventional radiofrequency occasionally leads to worsening and even new onset of neuropathic pain. Nevertheless, clinical experience suggests that radiofrequency may be a useful tool in the overall management of refractory neuropathic pain. Pulsed radiofrequency in particular is a minimally destructive procedure that may offer new opportunities and a broader perspective for therapy with radiofrequency.     

Expression of Na+/HCO3− co‐transporter proteins (NBCs) in rat and human skeletal muscle

Aim: Sodium/bicarbonate co‐transport (NBC) has been suggested to have a role in muscle pH regulation. We investigated the presence of NBC proteins in rat and human muscle samples and the fibre type distribution of the identified NBCs. Methods and results: Western blotting of muscle homogenates and sarcolemmal membranes (sarcolemmal giant vesicles) were used to screen for the presence of NBCs. Immunohistochemistry was used for the subcellular localization. The functional test revealed that approximately half of the pH recovery in sarcolemmal vesicles produced from rat muscle is mediated by bicarbonate‐dependent transport. This indicates that the NBCs are preserved in the vesicles. The western blotting experiments demonstrated the existence of at least two NBC proteins in skeletal muscle. One NBC protein (approximately 150 kDa) seems to be related to the kidney/pancreas/heart isoform NBC1, whereas the other protein (approximately 200 kDa) is related to the NBC4 isoform. The two NBC proteins represent the electrogenic isoforms named NBCe1 and NBCe2. Membrane fractionation and immunofluorescence techniques confirmed that the two NBCs are located in the sarcolemmal membrane as well as in some internal membranes, probably the T‐tubules. The two NBCs localized in muscle have distinct fibre type distributions. Conclusions: Skeletal muscle possesses two variants of the sodium/bicarbonate co‐transporter (NBC) isoforms, which have been called NBCe1 and NBCe2.     

PCBP1:一种在多水平上参与基因表达调控的蛋白因子

多聚胞嘧啶结合蛋白1 (poly C binding protein-1,PCBP1),属于RNA结合蛋白亚家族,因其具有同RNA的多聚胞嘧啶(poly C)区域特异的结合活性而得名.目前该亚家族共有5个成员:hnRNP K(heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K)、PCBP1、PCBP2、PCBP3和PCBP4.PCBP1蛋白在多个水平参与基因的表达调控,如转录、mRNA加工、mRNA的转运、mRNA稳定以及翻译水平调控等.本文对PCBP1基因的结构和生物学功能进行了综述.     

彩超对人工心脏起搏的血液动力学研究

目的　本文采用彩色多普勒超声心动图研究了心脏起搏前、后的血液动力学变化 ,以评价不同起搏模式血液动力学效应。方法　对 32例植入人工心脏起搏器的患者 ,采用 M型、二维及多普勒超声心动图检测了心室按需起搏 (VVI)不伴室房逆传 (A组 )和伴室房逆传 (B组 )及房室顺序起搏 (AVP) (C组 )的左心结构、左室的泵血功能、左室收缩及舒张功能指标。结果　 1 .心室起搏 (VP)不伴室房逆传和房室顺序起搏(AVP)组起搏后的心输出量 (CO)明显增加 (P<0 .0 5〉,而 VP伴室房逆传组则 CO增加不明显 (P>0 .0 5 )。心搏量 (SV)各组均呈下降趋势 ,VP伴室房逆传者下降更明显。但起搏后三组间比较无显著差异 (P>0 .0 5 ) ;2 .VP后左室的收缩及舒张功能均有受损 ,而 AVP后主要损害左室的舒张功能 ,对左室收缩功能影响不明显 ;3.VP伴室房逆传者 ,起搏后血液动力学效应在三组间最差。结论　无论 VP还是 AVP起搏后由于心率的增加均可使CO增加 ,但对左室的功能均有不同程度的损害 ,VP伴室房逆传者最为明显 ,AVP损害程度三组间最轻。因此 ,AVP也并非真正的生理起搏器。临床上提倡埋植更接进生理状态的起搏器 (多部位心脏起搏 ) ,以保持良好的心功能状态     

中医基础科学人才培养模式的探索

作为国家理科基础，我们中医基础学科从以下4方面做了有益探索：①人才培养注重夯实人文底蕴、坚持中医特色、打造厚实基础、培养创新能力；②教学理念更新；③实践教学强化实验创新、人文社会实践、临床实习、毕业实习、课外科技活动：④改革培养模式。