Paediatric cardiac arrest and resuscitation provided by physician-staffed emergency care units

Background: Most paediatric cardiac arrest studies have been conducted in the USA, where paramedics provide prehospital emergency care. We wanted to study the outcome of paediatric cardiac arrest patients in an emergency medical system which is based on physician staffed emergency care units.
Methods: We analysed retrospectively the files of 100 prehospital cardiac arrest patients from Southern Finland during a 10-year study period. The patients were less than 16 years of age.
Results: Fifty patients were declared dead on the scene (DOS) without attempted resuscitation, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was initiated in 50 patients. The sudden infant death syndrome was the most common cause of arrest in the DOS patients (68%) as well as in those receiving CPR (36%). Asystole was the initial cardiac rhythm in 70% of the patients in whom CPR was attempted. Resuscitation was successful in 13 patients, 8 of whom were ultimately discharged. Six of the patients survived with mild or no disability and 4 of them had near-drowning aetiology. In multivariate analysis, the short duration of CPR (≤15 min) was the only factor significantly associated with better survival.
Conclusions: Although prehospital care was provided by physicians, the overall rate of survival was found to be equally poor as reported from systems with paramedics. The only major difference between physician- and paramedic-staffed emergency care units is the ability of physicians to refrain from resuscitation already on the scene when prognosis is poor.     

Prostaglandins and CGRP release from cardiac sensory nerves

Summary (1) The possible influence of Prostaglandins (PG) E₁ and I₂ as well as ischaemia, ouabain and bradykinin on the outflow of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)- and neuropeptide Y (NPY)-like immunoreactivity (LI) from the guinea-pig heart was studied in vitro. (2) Exposure to PGE₁ (10^–5 M), but not PGI₂ (10^–5 M), induced an increased outflow, suggesting release of CGRP-LI. PGE₁ simultaneously increased the contractile force and heart rate while no effects were observed on perfusate volume or outflow of NPY-LI. PGI₂ had no effect on contractile parameters or coronary flow. In separate experiments on capsaicin-pretreated animals, the stimulatory effects of PGE₁ on heart rate and contractile force remained unchanged while no increased CGRP-LI outflow was detectable. (3) Ouabain, bradykinin and reperfusion after total stop-flow ischaemia was associated with an indomethacin-resistant increase in perfusate levels of CGRP-LI but not of NPY-LI. While ouabain markedly increased the contractile force, exposure to bradykinin or ischaemia did not induce any clear-cut changes in contractile force or heart rate. (4) Capsaicin-exposure evoked a markedly increased outflow of CGRP-LI but not of NPY-LI in combination with an increase in heart rate and a decrease in contractile force. Repeated administration of capsaicin induced tachyphylaxis. The stimulatory effects of capsaicin on CGRP-LI outflow and heart rate, but not the negative inotropic effect, did not occur in capsaicin-pretreated animals. (5) It is concluded that PGE₁, but not PGI₂, can activate cardiac capsaicin-sensitive fibres as revealed by increased outflow of CGRP-LI. The cardiostimulatory effects induced by PGE₁ are not related to CGRP release, however. A possible prostaglandin link in the CGRP-LI released by ouabain, bradykinin or ischaemia seems unlikely. Send offprint requests to: A. Franco-Cereceda at the above address     

病毒性心肌炎心肌肌钙蛋白Ⅰ检测的临床意义

目的:对病毒性心肌炎患儿血中肌钙蛋白I(cTn I)含量进行检测,探讨与临床的关系。方法:采用放射免疫法对24例病毒性心肌炎患儿血中cTn I进行定量检测,同时检测血清心肌酶谱的改变情况,并就两种指标进行相关性探讨。结果:病毒性心肌炎患儿血中cTn I含量明显增高(4.5±2.2 )vs(2.3±0.3)ng/ml,P<0.01),并与CKMB,LDH_1的含量呈明显的正相关。结论:cTnl I是诊断病毒性心肌炎的敏感指标,可以反映出心肌受损的程度。     

修饰电极技术在维生素K_1含量测定中的应用

日的:寻找一种测定溶液中维生素K,含量的新方法、方法:由修饰玻碳电极为工作电极的三电极体系,用锁相交流溶出伏安法进行测定。结果:峰电流(ip)与维生素K1的浓度(c)在7.21 X 10-7g/ml～8.11×l0-6 g/ml范围内呈现良好的线性关系,检出限为7.8×10-8g/ml。结论:该方法与其它方法相比,简便、快捷,结果令人满意     

胃上部癌经腹根治术的临床观察

目的探讨经腹根治胃上部癌的手术适应症及对本术式的评价。方法回顾总结1994-2004利用管型消化道吻合器经腹根治手术的125例胃上部癌的临床资料。结果经腹手术创伤小,出血少,并发症少,安全性较好,但亦有局限性。结论经腹手术路径的选择主要应根据肿瘤的具体情况而定,合理掌握指征,对于非贲门上部癌、食管侵犯≤2cm者以及BormannⅠ、Ⅱ型的胃上部癌应优先考虑经腹手术。     

Chrome congestive heart failure: Non-invasive measurement of cardiac output by a carbon dioxide rebreathing method at rest and during exercise

Cardiac output was measured in 11 patients undergoing routinecardiac catheterization using a carbon dioxide rebreathing techniqueand compared with cardiac output measured by direct Fick andthermodilution. The carbon dioxide rebreathing technique gaveconsistently lower values for cardiac output than the othertwo methods (mean difference –0·73, 95% CI –0·95to–0·511. min^–1 with the direct Fick and–0·72. 95% CI –1·19 to –0·261.min^–1 with thermodilution). The direct Fick and thermodilutionmethods gave similar results (mean dtfference –0·08,95% CI –0·32 to 0·16a. min^–1). Cardiacoutput was also measured in 10 healthy subjects at rest andduring two steady-state levels of exercise using the carbondioxide rebreathing technique. Measurements were made in triplicateon 3 separate days. The technique gave reproducible resultsbetween replicates at rest (coefficient of variation 91%) andbecame more reproducible on exercise (coefficients of variation56% and 54% respectively at each exercise level). There wasa good correlation between cardiac output and oxygen consumption(r=0·98 The carbon dioxide rebreathing technique is afeasible non-invasive way of measuring cardiac output. It tendsto underestimate cardiac output at rest but is reproducibleand becomes more so on exercise which is where it should beof most value.     

Bilocular atrial malignant mesenchymoma causing mitral and localized pulmonary vein flow obstruction: diagnosis by transoesophageal echocardiography.

Cardiac malignant mesenchymoma is an extremely rare malignancy with poor prognosis. We report a patient presenting with a history and clinical findings typical of mitral stenosis. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a mass on the thickened posterior mitral leaflet. Transoesophageal echocardiography revealed two tumoural masses: one on the atrial side of the posterior mitral leaflet causing mitral obstruction, the other arising in the region of the right lower pulmonary vein orifice and obstructing inflow through this vein.     

间置空肠贲门再造术在抗返流性食管炎上的应用

作者对１５例贲门癌患者行根治术同时，采用食管残胃间插入带蒂空肠并附加贲门再造术，通过ＳＰＥＣＴ胃食管返流指数测定、食管下端ｐＨ检测及返流症状评定方法，并与单纯食管胃套叠吻合术进行随机对比分析，证明该术式具有单向住屏障作用，能有效地预防返流性食管炎的发生。     

人心肌肌钙蛋白I第2和第4个密码子同义突变对其在大肠埃希菌中表达的影响

目的 对人心肌肌钙蛋白I（cTnI）基因实行定点突变并进行原核表达，观察此突变对cTnI表达量的影响。方法 利用RT-PCR方法从人心肌细胞的总RNA中克隆出编码人心肌肌钙蛋白I的cDNA片段，设计引物将其第2和第4个密码子突变后插入原核表达载体形成重组体，并导人宿主菌BL21（DE3）中，经IPTG诱导表达，Ni-NTA树脂纯化后行Western blot鉴定，观察突变对cTnI表达的影响。结果 突变后的cTnI基因与对照组相比在大肠埃希菌中得到高效表达，经纯化可获得电泳单点纯的cTnI蛋白。结论 成功克隆了cTnI基因，所设计的同义突变可促进cTnI在大肠埃希菌中的高效表达。     

美托洛尔对心肌梗死兔自主神经重构的影响

目的探讨β受体阻滞剂美托洛尔治疗对心肌梗死后心脏自主神经重构的改善作用。方法通过结扎新西兰大白兔冠状动脉前降支制作心肌梗死模型,随机分成心肌梗死 美托洛尔组[(10mg/(kg·d),治疗组)、心肌梗死组(模型组)和假手术组。8周后所有成活兔均进行统一的电生理检查,诱发室性心律失常。并处死实验动物,取心肌采用免疫组织化学的方法观察心室神经纤维的形态、密度及生长活性。结果模型组室性心律失常诱发率明显高于假手术组(58.3%比16.7%,P<0.001),而美托洛尔治疗后其诱发率降至8.3%。模型组梗死灶周S100及GAP43阳性神经纤维密度分别达到3889±521μm2/mm2和3090±622μm2/mm2,明显高于假手术组(1727±304μm2/mm2和718±177μm2/mm2;P均<0.01),且神经纤维空间分布紊乱;而治疗组梗死灶周S100及GAP43阳性神经纤维密度降至2725±283μm2/mm2和1922±508μm2/mm2,与模型组比差异均有统计学意义(P<0.05),且神经形态及分布更类似于假手术组,非梗死左心室游离壁心肌梗死后密度上调的S100及GAP43阳性神经纤维经美托洛尔治疗后也明显下降(P<0.05)。结论美托洛尔可改善心肌梗死动物模型的神经重构,从而可能预防心肌梗死后室性心律失常的发生。