加替沙星序贯治疗下呼吸道细菌感染的药物经济学评价

目的对加替沙星序贯治疗下呼吸道细菌感染进行药物经济学评价。方法将69例下呼吸道细菌性感染患者，随机分为A组（34例）、B组（35例），其中A组采用加替沙星注射液400mg静脉滴注，每天1次，连用10天；B组先用加替沙星注射液400mg静脉滴注，每天1次，3—4天后改为口服400mg，每天1次，连用6—7天，然后对两种方案进行成本-效果分析。结果两组在临床疗效、不良反应发生率及细菌清除率方面差异无统计学意义（P〉0．05）；但A组的医疗费用却高于B组（P〈0．01）。结论加替沙星序贯疗法与单纯静脉滴注相比更安全，更经济合理。     

SARS与细菌性典型肺炎的胸部CT特征对比分析

目的：探讨重症急性呼吸综合征(SARS)与细菌性典型肺炎胸部CT特征的异同．方法：回顾性分析28例SARS胸部CT表现与细菌性典型肺炎做对比结果：本组28例患者肺部病变初期多为单发病灶，在右侧外带胸膜下常见。片状磨玻璃样密度病变影存在于各期，而细菌性典型肺炎未见、发病初期和进展期肺容积变小?而细菌性典型肺炎多无此特点。进展期大多数发展为双肺由下至上痛变、恢复期病变由最晚受侵部位消退，遗留纤维化多为最早发生病变部位?而典型肺炎多从近肺门侧开始吸收，进展期局限的肺段、肺叶发展至多个肺叶、肺段，进展较迅速。而细菌性典型肺炎多为单独的肺叶、肺段．恢复期由弥漫性多发病变转变为局限病变，部分病人有肺部纤维化发生，而细菌性典型肺炎大多数吸收较完全，不遗留肺纤维化。结论：SARS所存在的急性间质性肺炎和急性肺炎可利用CT动态检查较准确地与细菌性典型肺炙加以区别。     

SARS死亡病例的实验室检查特点

目的：了解严重急性呼吸综合征(SARS)死亡病例的临床特点，为SARS重症病例的诊断、治疗及预后判断提供帮助。方法：对我院2003年1月至4月底收治的102例确诊非典患者中的5例死亡病例的流行病学及实验室检查资料进行回顾性分析。结果：死亡病例均为男性，平均49岁，从发病到入院平均7．6d，从住院到确诊平均1．2d；从住院到死亡平均14．4d，从发病到死亡平均为22d。死亡病例粒细胞总数和百分比均明显升高，多数患者淋巴细胞计数和百分比降低(4／5)，血红蛋白均呈进行性下降。死亡患者除已见报道的ALT、AST、LDH、CK升高及低钙血症外，GLU均明显高于正常而ALB均明显降低；大多数患者TP、PA等多项生化指标均出现明显下降而脱氧血红蛋白百分率(HHb)明显上升，同时伴有低磷、低镁血症。结论：SARS死亡病例多项实验室指标均会出现明显异常，动态监测这些指标有助于SARS患者的诊断、治疗及预后判断。     

5株SARS-CoV部分基因序列比较分析

目的　分析SARS CoV部分结构区的基因序列 ,了解其变异程度。方法　采用套式PCR法扩增各结构区基因 ,对阳性PCR产物进行克隆和测序 ,并对序列进行分析。结果　完成了LC1株病毒的M、N、E和S基因的扩增和克隆 ,对LC2、LC3、LC4和LC5株病毒的M区基因进行了扩增和克隆。序列分析显示各结构基因的核苷酸序列与已报道的 18株序列的同源性在 99%以上。结论SARS CoV的基因序列较保守 ,有利于PCR诊断试剂和预防用疫苗的研制。     

Functional Symptoms and Somatoform Disorders in Children and Adolescents: The Role of Standardised Measures in Assessment

Functional or unexplained medical symptoms (physical symptoms that are not adequately explained by organic factors and where a major role for psychological factors is assumed) are common amongst children in the general population but can also be an expression of somatisation and somatoform disorders. Co-morbid psychopathology is common. We describe measures mostly used in research into problems related to somatisation in children and adolescents that may be helpful to clinical researchers. Some address the nature and severity of physical symptoms, others document illness attitudes, beliefs and functional impairment, and a third group assesses emotional symptoms. Questionnaires can be helpful for clinicians in quantifying (i) the nature and severity of somatic symptoms and associated functional impairment, (ii) contributory health attitudes and illness beliefs and (iii) co-morbid or primary anxiety and depressive disorders. Together with pain and activity diaries and careful documentation of school attendance, these measures may also be helpful in monitoring treatment response.     

Effects of buffering in hypercapnia and hypercapnic hypoxemia

Anesthetized, paralyzed and mechanically ventilated pigs were exposed to extreme hypercapnia (Paco_2-20 kPa) at Fio₂ 0.4 for 480 min, with (n = 6) or without (n = 6) continuous infusion of isotonic buffers (bicarbonate and trometamol). Arterial pH was higher in buffered animals than controls, 7.21 ±0.01 vs 7.01±0.01 (mean ± s.e.mean, P < 0.01). Serum osmolality and Paco₂ did not differ between groups throughout the experiment. The hemodynamic response to hypercapnia was attenuated in the buffered group, who had lower heart rate, 133 ± 6 vs 189±12 min^-1 (P < 0.01), mean arterial pressure (MAP) 109 ± 4 vs 124 ± 4 mmHg (14.5 ± 0.5 vs 16.5 ± 0.5 kPa) (P < 0.05), mean pulmonary arterial pressure 16±1 vs 23 ± 1 mmHg (2.1 ±0.1 vs 3.1 ±0.1 kPa) (P < 0.01), and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) 249 ± 21 vs 343 ± 20 dyn s-cm^-5 (2490±210 vs 3430±200 μN-s-cm^-5) (P < 0.01), compared with the control group. Subsequently, both groups were exposed to hypercapnic hypoxemia by stepwise increases in Fio₂ (0.15, 0.10, 0.05) at 30-min intervals, while Fico₂ was kept at 0.2. PVR increased in both groups (P < 0.05) but, except for heart rate, all hemodynamic differences between the groups disappeared during hypoxia. At Fio₂ 0.15, buffered animals had higher arterial oxygen saturation (73 ± 5%) than the controls (55 ± 5%), (P < 0.05). The control animals died after 1–29 min (mean 14 min) at Fio₂ 0.10, while all buffered animals survived Fio₂ 0.10 with stable MAP (122 ± 14 mmHg (16.3 ± 1.9 kPa). The buffered animals died after 4–22 min (mean 15 min) at Fio₂ 0.05. We conclude that buffering to a pH of 7.21 attenuates the observed hemodynamic response in extreme hypercapnia and improves survival in hypercapnic hypoxemia.     

Methods for analysis of a food frequency questionnaire

Fifty-five students and staff at Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology completed a food frequency questionnaire and then weighed their food for one week. Several methods of calculating nutrient intakes from the questionnaire are compared to results from the weighed inventory. Intakes of energy and several nutrients calculated using estimated typical portion weights were less than those derived from the weighed inventory. Food groups contributing to the apparent under-estimation have been identified. A further method of calculation involved derivation of a factor for each food group such that the frequency estimated from the questionnaire multiplied by the factor equalled the average weight of the foods in that group that had been eaten. Using these factors instead of the typical portion weights resulted in closer agreement to the weighed inventory method, but the difference ranged from positive for some groups to negative for others. Use of separate factors for each group of subjects reduced the range of differences to the weighed inventory method.     

Morphological changes in chest radiographs of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)

Objective: To determine whether the quality of infiltrations in chest radiographs can accurately predict the histological extent of fibrotic change in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Design: Retrospective clinical investigation. Setting: Intensive care unit (ICU) of a university teaching hospital. Patients and methods: Of 47 patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for severe ARDS over a 5-year period, 23 patients underwent open lung biopsy at thoracotomy for treatment, mostly of pneumothorax. Chest films obtained by portable chest roentgenography preceding the operation were reviewed retrospectively and compared to the histomorphological results of the lung specimen. Results: Chest radiographs displayed mixed alveolar-reticular opacification in 60.2 %, alveolar patterns in 22.9 % and reticular opacities in 10.5 %. In 0.4 % there were no infiltrates, 6 % could not be evaluated because of insufficient quality. There was no relevant difference between the right and left lungs. Subdividing patients into two groups according to the histological results of either absent or mild (1) or severe (2) lung fibrosis, we found an alveolar haziness in 12.3 % in group 1 compared with 28.2 % in group 2, while reticular characteristics were identified in 13 % and 11 %, respectively. Conclusions: The most common opacity in chest radiographs of patients with severe ARDS treated with ECMO is mixed alveolar-reticular opacification. Severe lung fibrosis is not positively correlated with a reticular radiographic pattern. ECMO does not lead to specific radiological changes in conventional radiograms, contrary to clinical findings that treatment with ECMO might induce pleural or pulmonic haemorrhage, especially in the earlier days when systemic heparinization had to be used instead of the heparin-coated tube-surfacing. Received: 24 November 1997 Accepted: 20 July 1998     

广东省传染性非典型肺炎流行病学特征初步调查

目的 了解广东省局部地区流行的传染性非典型肺炎(SARS)的流行病学特征，为制定预防控制对策和措施提供科学依据。方法 采用统一的流行病学个案调查表对病例进行调查。利用EPI6．0软件分析SARS病例在广东省的流行过程，地区、时间、人群分布及聚集性等特征。结果 SARS在广东省的发病率为1．72／10万，病死率为3．64％。发病主要集中在1月下旬至2月下旬(2月上旬达到高峰)，占病例总数的61．88％。地区分布以经济发达、人口流动频繁的珠江三角洲地区为主，占病例总数的96．66％；患者以青壮年居多；医务人员是高发人群，占病例总数的24．9％；有明显的家庭和医院聚集，聚集性病例占37．1％。结论 SARS是一种呼吸道传播为主的传染病，目前发现传染源是人，潜伏期1—12天，中位数4天；通过短距离飞沫和密切接触传播；人群普遍易感，病例主要集中在经济发达、人口流动频繁的珠江三角洲地区。