削梨法在小瞳孔白内障超声乳化术中的应用

目的：探讨小瞳孔状态下应用削梨法超声乳化的手术技巧和注意事项。方法：应用削梨法超声乳化技术对69例(78只眼)小瞳孔白内障行超声乳化。结果：无虹膜后粘连63只眼，术后全部瞳孔恢复原状；15只眼分离粘连机化膜后应用削梨法进行超声乳化，术后13只眼基本恢复圆瞳孔，2只眼瞳孔不规则。术后3个月裸眼视力≥05者43只眼(55．13％)．矫正视力≥05者61只眼(78．21％)。结论：削梨法受瞳孔大小的限制较小，大大降低了手术操作的难度，减少了手术的危险性，不失为小瞳孔白内障超声乳化的好办法。     

微波辅助提取茯苓中茯苓多糖的研究

目的将微波辅助提取新技术应用于茯苓水溶性多糖的提取，寻求最佳提取工艺。方法采用均匀优化设计试验条件，以苯酚-硫酸法测定样品中多糖含量。对超声辅助提取和传统水提法比较，并对水解前后的微波提取多糖衍生物用毛细管电泳检测。结果最佳提取条件：时间为18min；固液比为1：50；微波占空比42％，此时提取率为2．792％。优于传统。结论微波辅助提取速度更快、提取效率更高；毛细管电泳检测表明微波提取茯苓多糖过程合理，能得到较理想的提取物。     

转基因食品的快速PCR鉴定

用十六烷基-二甲基-乙基-溴化铵(CTAB)法快速高效地从样品中提取了可供分析的基因组DNA,经PCR扩增,鉴定了含有35S启动子和NOS终止子的转基因样品.该方法的灵敏度可达0.1%,并且具有很好的稳定性.     

粘连性小瞳孔白内障超声乳化吸除及人工晶状体植入术

目的探讨粘连性小瞳孔白内障超声乳化吸除手术方法及技巧。方法对36例(42眼)粘连性小瞳孔白内障行超声乳化吸除及人工晶状体植入术,术中不分离虹膜后粘连,利用拦截劈裂法乳化晶状体核,通过4mm大小瞳孔完成手术。结果所有病例视力有不同程度提高,获得生理性圆或近圆瞳孔,主要并发症包括角膜内皮水肿,前房纤维素渗出。结论采用本方法治疗粘连性小瞳孔白内障操作相对简单,术后反应轻,并发症少。     

Astigmatism and visual recovery after phacoemulsification and conventional extracapsular cataract extraction

In this study we wanted to investigate the post-operative astigmatism and visual acuity after phacoemulsification and conventional extracapsular cataract surgery. Patients operated between April and June 1993 (n=150) were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were examined prior to surgery and at day 1, at day 10, and in week 6 post-operatively. The difference between the post-operative log mean visual acuity in the Phaco group and in the CECCE group was significant after 1 and 10 days, however it was not significant (p=0.191) after 6 weeks. The mean astigmatism was significantly less in the Phaco group than in the CECCE group during the whole post-operative check-up period. This study suggests that Phaco results in a lower post-operative astigmatism and an earlier visual rehabilitation compared to the CECCE technique.Abbreviations Phaco Phacoemulsification - CECCE Conventional extracapsular cataract extraction     

Stochastic models for geriatric in-patient behaviour

Departments of geriatric medicine engage in two distinct formsof clinical activity: acute/rehabilitative and long-stay care.These are organizationally distinct and have very differentresource needs. Current hospital planning models, however, assumethat patients all move through the system at the same rate,thereby ignoring this effect of inherent heterogeneity in patientbehaviour. The present paper describes the movement of patientsthrough geriatric hospitals by a two-stage continuous-time Markovmodel, where the stages represent acute/rehabilitative and long-staypatients respectively. Patients are initially admitted to thefirst stage, from which they may depart from the system, bydeath or discharge, or move into the second stage, from whichthey eventually depart by death or discharge (unlikely). Admissionsare modelled in two ways: either as replacements for departuresor as a Poisson stream. Expressions for the distribution andmovement of numbers of patients are derived and evaluated fordata from a number of hospitals. Such an approach has the advantage,over previous crude models, of taking into account differenttypes of patients and introducing variability, thus making itpossible to extract variances as well as means of numbers ofgeriatric patients requiring hospital care.     

Occupational irritant contact dermatitis and fungal infection in construction workers

We have examined 6 construction workers who developed chronic skin diseases on their hands over a period of 15 years (1970–1985). 4 developed a Trichophyton rubrum infection, and the other 2 an irritant contact dermatitis. All of them carried out jobs which caused traumatization of the skin, due to the presence of ethylene glycol and mineral oils during operation of pneumatic hammers in winter. They also suffered other types of skin trauma during their work. Construction workers may be at risk of developing an occupational skin disease involving fungal infection.     

鲁格氏棒横突固定法的实验研究和临床应用

取10具新鲜成年雄性家猪的脊柱标本,分两组观察鲁格氏棒经椎管行椎板固定和鲁格氏棒经横突椎板固定时,受破坏性屈曲力的数据,结果显示鲁格氏棒经椎管固定组在达1048.6（±20）N时,所固定的椎板发生骨折,部分钢丝断裂;鲁格氏棒经横突固定组达2058（±20）N时,仅发生棒弯曲,未发现任何部位骨折或钢丝断裂。临床治疗33例不稳定胸腰椎骨折脱位患者,术后X线片示骨折脱位复位满意,两周后患者可离床活动,随访2～2.5年未发现任何并发症。     

Screening of the antiradical action of vegetable oils

Information on radical scavenging activity (RSA) and antioxidant potential of vegetable oils are not reported, or reporting has been rather limited. Such data is of importance for the evaluation of nutritional and health impact of these oils. The main objective of this short study was to compare the antiradical performance of some common and unusual vegetable oils. The described arrangement for our simple experiment uses the addition of stable radicals 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) to vegetable oils, which are decomposed by components having antioxidant properties. The order of effectiveness of oils in inhibiting free radicals was as follows: coriander>blackcumin>cottonseed>peanut>sunflower>walnut>hemp seed>linseed>olive>niger seed. This initial survey might serve as a springboard for future research into this area.     

Self-selection of enrollers at the creation of a managed care organization

Factors affecting choice between a managed care organization(MCO) and a fee-for-service insurance plan were examined whenthe University of Geneva health insurance plan was transformedinto an MCO, in October 1992. A case-control study using a mailedquestionnaire (response rate 84%) was conducted to compare formermembers who joined the MCO (joiners, n=421) to former memberswho opted out in order to keep fee-for-service coverage (non-joiners,n=222). Non-joiners were more likely to be women (odds ratio(OR) from multivariate model was 1.15, p=0.50), to be born inSwitzerland (OR=2.04, p<0.01), to have an annual income >75,000Swiss francs (OR=2.00, p<0.01), to have a personal physician(OR=1.96, p<0.01) and to have consulted a specialist (OR=1.69,p=0.02) or used unconventional medicine (OR=4.59, p<0.01)in the past year. During the previous year, non-joiners hadmore health care visits than joiners (14.6 versus 9.1, p=0.01).Non-joiners reported better mental health and fewer complainedof persistent fatigue (OR=2.18, p=0.03). The choice of healthplan was strongly influenced by socio-demographic characteristics,past patterns of health services utilization and health status.The self-selection process was paradoxical: MCO joiners hadused fewer health care visits than non-joiners, but their self-reportedhealth status was worse. The differences we have observed betweenself-selected populations have important implications for thefinancial performance of competing health care delivery systems.