Partial Portal Vein Ligation Plus Thioacetamide: A Method to Obtain a New Model of Cirrhosis and Chronic Portal Hypertension in the Rat

To obtain a new model of chronic portal hypertension in the rat, two classical methods to produce portal hypertension, partial portal vein ligation and the oral administration of thioacetamide (TAA), have been combined. Male Wistar rats were divided into four groups: 1 (control; n?=?10), 2 [triple partial portal vein ligation (TPVL); n?=?9], 3 (TAA; n?=?11), and 4 (TPVL plus TAA; n?=?9). After 3 months, portal pressure, types of portosystemic collateral circulation, laboratory hepatic function tests (aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase) and liver histology were studied. The animals belonging to group 2 (TPVL) developed extrahepatic portosystemic collateral circulation, associated with mesenteric venous vasculopathy without hepatic destructurization or portal hypertension. Animals from group 3 (TAA) developed cirrhosis and portal hypertension but not extrahepatic portosystemic collateral circulation, or mesenteric venous vasculopathy. Finally, the animals from group 4 (TPVL?+?TAA) developed cirrhosis, portal hypertension, portosystemic collateral circulation, and mesenteric venous vasculopathy. The association of TPVL and TAA can be used to obtain a model of chronic portal hypertension in the rat that includes all the alterations that patients with hepatic cirrhosis usually have. This could, therefore, prove to be a useful tool to study the pathophysiological mechanisms involved in these alterations.     

低潮气量治疗在机械通气肺结核术后合并呼吸衰竭患者中的应用

目的 探讨低潮气量维持通气对肺结核术后合并呼吸衰竭患者的应用价值。方法 在有效的抗结核、抗感染治疗的基础上，对32例肺结核术后合并呼吸衰竭患者进行低潮气量（6～8ml／kg）机械通气治疗，观察疗效及并发症。结果 呼吸衰竭治愈31例，死亡1例，治愈率96．9％，无明显并发症。结论 低潮气量维持通气对肺结核术后合并呼吸衰竭患者的治疗是安全的，且疗效显著。     

尼莫地平联合卡维地洛治疗原发性高血压78例临床分析

目的分析尼莫地平联合卡维地洛治疗原发性高血压的临床疗效。方法将150例原发性高血压随机分成两组,对照组给予尼莫地平治疗,治疗组在对照组治疗的基础上,加之卡维地洛。结果治疗组与对照组显效率分别为33.3%和26.4%,总有效率为88.5%和76.4%,两组相比具有显著性差异（P〈0.05）。结论尼莫地平联合卡维地洛治疗原发性高血压疗效更为显著。     

高危患者降压治疗:重视控制血压底线

高血压高危患者的降压治疗既需降低血压，又需保持足够血流以保障器官灌注。血压降低过度无疑也有一定风险，因此控制皿压需要底线。高危高血压患者的个体差异大，在降压治疗过程中，临床医生既要以循证医学为鉴，叉须遵循个体化治疗原则，把握好降压幅度和速度，坚持高质量平稳降压，才能更好地保护靶器官，减少心脑血管意外的发生。     

暴发性急性胰腺炎并发腹腔室隔综合征临床诊治进一步探讨

目的探讨暴发性急性胰腺炎并发腹腔室隔综合征的治疗方案。方法回顾性分析1998年1月至2007年3月共收治FAP并发腹腔室隔综合征31例的诊治经验，对收治的31例暴发性急性胰腺炎并发腹腔室隔综合征患者根据腹腔内压力、腹腔室隔综合征分型，以及早期（发病后3d内）手术治疗与非手术治疗结果进行总结。结果31例暴发性急性胰腺炎并发腹腔室隔综合征患者13例行非手术治疗，其中轻度腹腔室隔综合征者5例（死亡1例），中、重度8例（死亡4例）；3d内早期手术治疗18例，其中轻度腹腔室隔综合征者5例（死亡2例），中、重度13例（死亡4例）。当腹腔内压力〉21mmHg时，早期手术治疗组死亡人数明显低于早期非手术治疗组（P〈0．05）。根据ACS分型，Ⅰ型非手术治疗5例（死亡2例），Ⅱ型非手术治疗4例（死亡2例），Ⅲ型非手术治疗4例（死亡2例）；Ⅰ型手术治疗9例（死亡2例），Ⅱ型4例（死亡2例），Ⅲ型5例（死亡2例）。Ⅰ型手术治疗组死亡人数明显低于非手术治疗组（P〈0．05），Ⅱ、Ⅲ型两组手术治疗组与非手术治疗组比较，死亡人数差异无统计学意义（P〉0．05）。结论当腹腔内压力〉21mmHg，且CT提示为Ⅰ型ACS的FAP患者，宜尽早行有效的腹腔减压引流；而对于腹腔内压力〉21mmHg，CT提示为Ⅱ、Ⅲ型ACS的FAP患者，早期手术减压效果有待进一步观察。     

Diabetes mellitus, hypertension and medial temporal lobe atrophy: the LADIS study.

HYPOTHESIS: Based on recent findings on the association between vascular risk factors and hippocampal atrophy, we hypothesized that hypertension and diabetes mellitus (DM) are associated with medial temporal lobe atrophy (MTA) in subjects without disability, independent of the severity of white matter hyperintensities. METHODS: In the Leukoaraiosis And DISability in the elderly (LADIS) study, we investigated the relationships between DM, hypertension, blood pressure and MTA in 582 subjects, stratified by white matter hyperintensity severity, using multinomial logistic regression. MTA was visually scored for the left and right medial temporal lobe (score 0-4), and meaned. RESULTS: Mean age was 73.5 years (sd 5.1), 54% was female. Of the subjects, 15% had DM, and 70% had a history of hypertension. The likelihood of having MTA score 3 was significantly higher in subjects with DM (OR 2.9; 95% CI: 1.1-7.8) compared with an MTA score of 0 (no atrophy). The odds ratio for MTA score 2 was not significantly increased (OR 1.8; CI: 0.9-4). Systolic and diastolic blood pressure and a history of hypertension were not associated with MTA. There was no interaction between DM and hypertension. Stratification on white matter hyperintensities (WMH) did not alter the associations. CONCLUSION: Our study strengthens the observation that MTA is associated with DM, independently of the amount of small vessel disease as reflected by WMH.     

靶重建放大扫描对肺孤立性结节病变的诊断意义

目的：探讨靶重建放大扫描技术对肺孤立性结节病变的诊断价值。方法：对63例患者先行常规CT平扫，选定结节处为兴趣区，行薄层靶重建放大扫描，层厚、层距为2mm，FOV为160。结果：42例恶性病变中有37例表现为深分叶，占88．1％；21例良性病变中有15例表现为浅分叶，占71．4％。恶性结节中15例内部出现条状低密度支气管征；7例出现血管集中征；8例出现空泡征；病变内部出现液化坏死13例，其中恶性病变ll例。22例出现钙化，包括12例良性病变和10例恶性病变。2例错构瘤内均见小面积脂肪性低密度影。结论：靶重建放大扫描比普通CT扫描可提供更多的信息，对良恶性病变的鉴别诊断有一定价值。恶性病变大多数为深分叶，良性病变大多数为浅分叶或无分叶。     

Interobserver Agreement for the Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolism on Computed Tomography Chest Angiography and Indirect Venography of the Lower Extremities in Emergency Department Patients

Objectives: To determine interobserver agreement between radiologists for computed tomography (CT) angiography and venography. CT venography of the lower extremities combined with standard CT angiography of the chest may result in an increased overall diagnosis rate of venous thromboembolism (pulmonary embolism or deep venous thrombosis).
Methods: The study had a retrospective cohort design. The population consisted of emergency department patients who were evaluated for suspected pulmonary embolism. A random sample of 50 patients diagnosed and treated for venous thromboembolism and 50 age- and gender-matched patients whose CT angiograms and venograms were read as negative were enrolled. The original reading (R1) was compared with readings of two study radiologists: R2, a general radiologist, and R3, a radiologist with fellowship training in cross-sectional imaging. All readers were blinded to each other.
Results: Both R2 and R3 found both CT angiogram and venogram components technically adequate in 95% (95% CI = 89% to 98%) and 86% (95% CI = 78% to 92%) of studies, respectively. The agreement was very good for CT angiography (lowest agreement = 92%; lowest κ = 0.83) and was good for CT venography (85%, κ = 0.65). In nine cases, R1 read the CT angiogram as negative but the venogram as positive for DVT, whereas both R2 and R3 read both components as negative in four of these nine, suggesting a false-positive isolated DVT rate of 44% (95% CI = 19% to 73%). In no case did R1 read both scan components as negative when R2 and R3 agreed on presence of pulmonary embolism or DVT.
Conclusions: Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism on CT angiography is more reliable than diagnosis of isolated DVT on CT venography.     

双光气致急性损伤对兔肺泡Ⅱ型细胞形态学的影响

目的：通过对日本大耳兔双光气肺损伤后肺泡Ⅱ型细胞内磷脂和形态学变化的观察，探讨双光气对肺Ⅱ型细胞的损伤及其机制．方法：将纯种日本大耳白兔35只随机分为对照组(n＝10)、染毒即刻组(n＝5)、染毒2h组(n＝5)染毒4h组(n＝5)、染毒8h组(n＝5)、染毒12h组(n＝5)；采用浓度一时间法动态式染毒，染毒后按不同时间点对实验动物进行颈总动脉插管放血处死，取肺并用肺灌洗液对支气管肺泡进行灌洗，然后取肺组织作冰冻切片，进行电镜观察，并测定细胞内磷脂含量．结果：肺Ⅱ型细胞内磷脂含量在染毒即刻开始时较正常组含量下降(P＜0．01)；在染毒2h时降到最低，之后上升(P＜0．05)，而在4h后又下降(P＜0．05)．染毒终止后，损伤逐渐加重，染毒后2h磷脂因消耗而降低．染毒后4h，由于代偿功能启动，磷脂短暂升高，出现致伤性代偿期．从染毒2h后开始，细胞损伤加重，磷脂合成进入失代偿期，合成逐渐减少．到染毒后8h，肺泡Ⅱ型细胞内细胞处于致伤性和致死性细胞改变的临界点，细胞出现致死性改变，磷脂合成、分泌停止，细胞出现死亡．结论：兔在双光气染毒12h内，肺泡表面活性物质磷脂的改变有差异，随细胞损伤程度发生改变，出现明显中毒分期：即致伤性改变期、致伤性代偿期、致伤性失代偿期、致死性改变期．