Routinely collected general practice data aids identification of people with hyperglycaemia and metabolic syndrome.

AIMS: To assess the performance of a risk score comprising data routinely available in general practice records (age, gender, body mass index, family history of diabetes, smoking habits and prescribed anti-hypertensive drugs or steroids) in detecting diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance and metabolic syndrome. METHODS: In a population-based, cross-sectional study in a semi-rural general practice in Jutland, Denmark, Cambridge Risk Scores were calculated for 1355 patients without known diabetes (69% response rate) who completed questionnaires and underwent anthropometric measurement and an oral glucose tolerance test. RESULTS: Prevalences of diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance and metabolic syndrome were 2.29% (95% CI: 1.56-3.23), 6.64% (95% CI: 5.38-8.10) and 13.4% (95% CI: 11.5-15.2), respectively. Area under the ROC curve for the risk score and diabetes was 83.8% (75.9-91.7) and for metabolic syndrome [European Group for the Study of Insulin Resistance (EGIR)] was 78.1% (74.6-81.6). Twenty per cent of the population had a risk score above 0.246; at this threshold the sensitivity to detect diabetes was 71.0% (53.4-83.9), the specificity 81.2% (79.0-83.2), positive predictive value 8.1% (6.6-10.0) and likelihood ratio 3.77 (2.94-4.85). For metabolic syndrome (EGIR) corresponding values for sensitivity were 50.3% (43.1-57.5), specificity 84.7% (82.5-85.6), positive predictive value 33.6% (28.2-39.4), and likelihood ratio 3.28 (2.69-4.00). CONCLUSIONS: Undiagnosed hyperglycaemia and metabolic syndrome are common. The Cambridge Risk Score is a practical first step in a screening procedure to identify individuals with these disorders who might benefit from diagnostic testing or to direct preventive interventions.     

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in adolescents from a north Indian population.

AIMS: To estimate the prevalence and distribution of the metabolic syndrome (MS) in adolescents attending school in the north Indian city of Chandigarh. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: At total of 1083 adolescents attending school (aged 12-17 years) participated in a community-based cross-sectional survey. Anthropometric examination included height, weight, body mass index, waist circumference, hip circumference, waist-hip ratio and blood pressure measurement. A fasting blood sample was taken for measurement of glucose, insulin and lipid profile. Socio-demographic characteristics were investigated using a questionnaire. The metabolic syndrome was determined by the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III definition modified for age. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of MS in adolescents was 4.2%. However, the prevalence rose to 5.8% when the fasting plasma glucose cut-off was lowered to 5.5 mmol/l. There was no gender difference in the distribution of MS. When stratified by body mass index (BMI), 5.5% adolescents were overweight (BMI > or = 95th percentile), while 4% were at risk for overweight (BMI between 85th and 95th percentile). Of the overweight adolescents, 36.6% met the criteria for MS, while 11.5% at risk for overweight and only 1.9% of the normal population had MS (P < 0.0001). Low high-density lipoprotein was the most common and abdominal obesity the least common constituent of MS. There was a significant difference (P < 0.0001) between the prevalence of MS adolescents from low to high socio-economic strata. CONCLUSIONS: A substantial number (4.2%) of north Indian adolescents and 36.6% of overweight adolescents had MS. This poses a serious threat to the current and future health of these young people.     

Renal acid excretion in early infancy

In early infancy, complex disorders of acid base metabolism are more frequent than in any other age group, with a predisposition to metabolic acidosis due to an age-related low renal capacity for acid excretion and an unphysiologically high actual renal acid load in nutrition with common formulas. Recently in preterm and small-for-gestational-age infants, persistent maximum renal net acid excretion (NAE) with subnormal or normal blood acid base status, impaired weight gain, and adaptive hormonal reactions have been observed. Incipient late metabolic acidosis is one example of a mixed disorder of acid base metabolism with maximum renal NAE in early infancy. Alkali therapy is highly effective and can be realized both on an individual basis, using urine pH screening as a diagnostic criterium for maximum renal acid stimulation, or on a general preventive level using modified standard formula with a reduced actual renal NAE similar to that seen on alimentation with human milk. From an integrated point of view, the low glomerular filtration rate and renal capacity for acid excretion beyond the developmental age of more than 44 weeks, may well be interpreted as the result of a specific adaptation to breast feeding sparing energy, and thus an evolutionary advantage for the survival of mother and child. Received July 10, 1996; received in revised form and accepted October 7, 1996     

T2毒素在灌流大鼠肠肝中的首过效应和代谢动力学

建立并用大鼠在体肠-肝灌流标本研究了T2毒素在大鼠肠肝中的首过效应和代谢转化动力学,T2毒素在大鼠肠肝中的主要代谢产物是HT2,3′-OHHT2和其葡萄糖醛酸结合物,T2毒素具有显著的肠肝首过效应,当毒素(42μg·ml~(-1))由上肠系膜动脉恒速单次灌流(8 ml·min~(-1))肠-肝标本时,穗态肝、肠抽提率分别为0.978和0.454,总有效清除率为7.91 ml·min~(-1),T2毒素在循环灌流大鼠肠-肝标本中的消除半衰期为6.5min,主要代谢产物HT2,3′-OHHT2的生成半衰期分别为8.5和38.5 min,结果表明,T2毒素经消化道中毒后,在肠和肝的首过代谢下能很快地转化为产物,因此,毒素在体内的毒效作用主要由其代谢产物表现出来。     

现代医院手术室建设中的问题及动态研究

手术室是医学技术与工程技术结合的产物。随着医疗技术和新的手术工具的不断涌现,带动了手术量的迅猛上升。旧的手术室空间布局、实施标准、功能配置等方面已经无法满足新技术的应用要求,同时人们对手术环境和手术质量也提出了更高的标准。而今第四代手术室已开始步入我们的时代。洁净化、数字化和人性化则是其主要代表特征。本文分别从洁净手术室、数字化手术室和人性化手术室三个方面来探讨现代医院手术室建设中应注意的问题及动态研究。层流手术室已经是手术室建设不可逆转的发展趋势,除了按照《医院洁净手术部建筑技术规范》来建造外,其布局、人流、物流、质量监控等等都要进行合理的安排才能达到最优的手术环境。数字化手术室是将温度、湿度、压力、通风量、新风量等一切参数系统的由计算机来分配统筹,从而实现精确高效的手术管理。人性化手术室则是手术室建设的软件部分,是一种“以病人为中心”的服务理念,它打破了传统的生物医学模式,转变为生物—心理—社会模式,这是病人需求与市场竞争的必然选择。     

巨噬细胞功能M1/M2极性化在心血管疾病中的研究进展

巨噬细胞是先天免疫系统的主要细胞,具有可塑性和异质性,在机体的免疫应答、组织稳态、重塑等多方面发挥重要功能。根据功能极性可分为M1(促炎)和M2(抗炎)2个亚型。M1/M2巨噬细胞在响应局部微环境的刺激反应过程中,通过改变其功能极化,获得特定的功能表型并分泌不同的细胞因子。巨噬细胞通过改变代谢重编程以适应其功能变化。M2巨噬细胞以氧化磷酸化和脂肪酸为能量代谢的主要方式,而M1巨噬细胞为无氧糖酵解。目前研究发现在心血管疾病中,巨噬细胞可能通过其功能极性变化引起巨噬细胞激活、组织浸润、释放促炎性细胞因子而参与心血管疾病的发生。本文对巨噬细胞功能极化、代谢重编程在心血管疾病中的作用进行综述。     

大学生时间管理倾向与自我和谐的关系

目的: 探讨大学生时间管理倾向与自我和谐的关系.方法: 运用青少年时间管理倾向量表和自我和谐量表对334名大学生进行施测,对大学生时间管理倾向与自我和谐各因素进行相关分析和多元逐步回归分析.结果: 334名大学生自我与经验的不和谐得分为51.9±8.6,自我灵活性得分24.6±6.3,自我刻板性得分25.0±4.1;自我与经验的不和谐与除时间价值感外的时间管理倾向(r=-0.31--0.39)、自我刻板性与时间管理倾向(r=-0.11--O.26)呈负相关;自我灵活性与时间管理倾向呈正相关(r=0.28-O.41).进一步回归分析表明,时间效能感是自我与经验的不和谐和自我刻板性的有效预测变量(R2=0.152,β=-0.390;R2:O.107,β=-0.259);时间效能感和时间价值感是自我灵活性的有效预测变量(R2=0.229,β:0.288、0.286).结论: 大学生时间管理倾向与自我和谐有一定程度的相关.     

Thermal acclimation of neonates to prolonged cool exposure as regards sleep stages

The thermal responses of neonates during a cool acclimation period were studied with regard to sleep stages. Sleep stages, body temperatures and metabolic rate (VO2) were studied for seven neonates nursed in incubators and exposed to a cool temperature (thermoneutrality minus 2 degrees C) for 75 h. Each recording session lasted 3 h in the morning: firstly under thermoneutral baseline conditions, then during the first and last 3-h periods of the cool acclimation and finally during the last 3 h of a 24-h recovery period. Sleep structure was modified during the initial hours of cool exposure: the percentage of active sleep increased (AS: +13%, P = 0.028) at the expense of quiet sleep (QS: -11%, P = 0.043). This alteration in sleep structure persisted at the end of the acclimation period. Metabolic heat production only increased in the later period of cool acclimation. Throughout the cool exposure, VO2 increased more (P = 0.040) in QS (+33%) than in AS (+20%) so that by the end of the cool period, VO2 levels were similar in both sleep stages. During cool acclimation, the maintenance of homeothermy is related not only to a change in sleep organization but also to modifications in the thermoregulatory processes in both sleep stages. Considering the importance of AS/QS patterns in the neurobehavioral development of neonates, the present results could have clinical implications for the thermal management of neonates.     

中学生心理控制源和时间管理倾向的相关研究

目的:探讨中学生心理控制源与时间管理倾向的关系.方法:采用"青少年时间管理倾向量表"和"内在-外在心理控制源量表"对599名中学生进行调查.结果:初中学生比高中学生更倾向于内控,时间管理明显好于高中学生;中学生心理控制源与时间管理倾向之间存在显著的负相关;高时间管理者和低时间管理者的心理控制源差异显著.结论:中学生的心理控制源与时间管理倾向呈显著的负相关.     

What should we do with donated embryos that may be genetically affected?

The ethical and legal issues arising from genetic screening in embryo donation are discussed in relation to two recent cases where embryos with uncertain genetic health were offered for donation.