针灸推拿配合骶管冲击疗法治疗腰椎间盘突出60例

目的:观察针灸推拿配合骶管冲击疗法治疗腰椎间盘突出的临床疗效。方法:60例用针灸推拿配合骶管冲击疗法治疗,疗程10天。结果:治愈32例,显效26例,无效2例,总有效率96.6%。结论:针灸推拿配合骶管冲击疗法治疗腰椎间盘突出疗程短,疗效好。     

三种肉苁蓉补肾壮阳作用的比较

口服三种肉苁蓉的水煎液均能显著增加小白鼠体重、延长持续游泳时间、提高耐缺氧能力;使“阳虚”小白鼠降低的体重增长率、耐冻时间、红细胞SOD活力和血红蛋白含量在一定程度上恢复正常。     

中医辨证治疗重症妊娠恶阻115例

按肝胃不和、脾胃虚弱、痰湿内阻、气阴两虚4类辨证施治,呕吐严重者配合中药浓煎取汁雾气吸入。经2～3周治疗,本组115例中痊愈78例,显效30例,有效7例。总有效率100％。其中肝胃不和型疗效最佳,气阴两虚型痊愈率较低。     

The Maastricht Treaty: setting a health care agenda for Europe

This paper is intended to promote awareness among the European cancer nursing community of recent developments in the European Union's views on health. The paper outlines the background leading to the Treaty on European Union (Maastricht Treaty). The main features of the Treaty are identified and Article 129 of the Treaty on the provisions for public health and prevention of disease is discussed. The implications of the Treaty for health care in general and cancer care in particular are addressed.     

A pharmacological study of Araujia sericifera B. extracts in rodents

The present study analyses the pharmacological activity in in vitro and in vivo models of different extracts obtained from Araujia sericifera. The hexane extract of fruits lacked toxicity, but exhibited an analgesic effect in models of chemical and thermal stimulation. Such an extract was the only one which exhibited antiinflammatory actions. The intrinsic effect on arterial blood pressure was biphasic: at low doses it significantly increased blood pressure, whereas at high doses it exerted the opposite effect. On isolated organs it produced a marked decrease in the maximum effect of histamine and acetylcholine. The dichloromethanol extract of fruits decreased arterial pressure and the maximum effect of histamine. The methanol extract of fruits slightly depressed the CNS. An analgesic effect was noted following chemical stimulation; the maximum effect of serotonin was significantly decreased. The dichloromethanol extract of seeds markedly decreased arterial pressure and the maximum effect of acetylcholine and serotonin. The methanol extract of seeds exerted an analgesic effect after chemical stimulation and modified the maximum effect of noradrenaline and serotonin.     

Pharmacological evaluation of the dichloromethanol extract from Inula crithmoides L.

The pharmacological effect of the dichloromethanol extract of Inula crithmoides L. was analysed in in vitro and in vivo models. The extract dose-dependently decreased arterial blood pressure and furthermore it showed low acute toxicity, CNS depressor activity and analgesic and antiinflammatory effects. Preincubation of the guineapig ileum and rat duodenum (100 μg/mL) produced a significant reduction in the contractile effects of histamine and acetylcholine and a concentration-related inhibition of the effects of serotonin. Following further fractionation the methylene chloride/acetone (50/50) fraction caused a significant decrease in motor activity and significantly reduced the threshold of pain chemical stimulus.     

Pseudomonas cepacia colonization in patients with cystic fibrosis: risk factors and clinical outcome

During the period of 1979 to 1983, 38 patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) at the CF center of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Pennsylvania developed respiratory tract colonization with Pseudomonas cepacia. Seventeen (45%) of the patients with colonization died. Yearly incidence rates of P. cepacia colonization fluctuated between 1.3% and 6.1%, suggesting an endemic phenomenon. Case-control studies showed that severe underlying CF, use of aminoglycosides, and having a sibling with CF and P. cepacia colonization were significant risk factors for P. cepacia colonization. Once colonized with P. cepacia, patients with CF were likely to be hospitalized longer (P = 0.008) and to die sooner (P = 0.0001) than control patients with CF. Environmental and microbiologic studies did not identify a common source or mode of transmission of P. cepacia among patients. The results of this investigation suggest that P. cepacia colonization of patients with CF was endemic in the hospital, occurred more frequently in those with severe disease, and was associated with adverse clinical outcome.     

Is wide availability of abortion essential to national population growth control programs? Experiences of 116 countries

No nation wanting to reduce its growth rate to less than or equal to 1% can expect to do so without the widespread use of abortion. This study, based on the experience of 116 of the world's largest countries, supports the contention that abortion is essential to any national population growth control effort. Existing circumstances in developed countries have facilitated reduction of growth rates to less than 1%, with abortion rates generally in the range of 200 to 500 per 1000 live births. However, developing countries are faced with a different and more difficult set of circumstances that require even greater reliance on abortion. These obstacles include a young population with resultant rapidly growing numbers of young fertile women, poor contraceptive use-effectiveness, low prevalence of contraception, and poor or nonexistent systems for providing contraceptives. By virtue of their profession, physicians play a critical role in family planning and carry a special responsibility in ensuring that abortion services are available to all women who need them.     

In vitro activity of clindamycin against strains of Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma hominis, and Ureaplasma urealyticum isolated from pregnant women

Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma hominis, and Ureaplasma urealyticum are genital agents that are being increasingly implicated in infectious pregnancy complications and abnormal pregnancy outcomes. We measured the in vitro activity of clindamycin against strains of these three agents which were isolated from pregnant women. For 30 strains of C. trachomatis, the median minimal inhibitory concentration was 1.0 microgram/ml (range, 0.25 to 2.0 micrograms/ml). For 27 strains of M. hominis, the median minimal inhibitory concentration was 0.12 microgram/ml (range, 0.06 to 0.25 microgram/ml) and the median minimal bactericidal concentration was 0.5 microgram/ml (range, 0.06 to 2.0 micrograms/ml). For 27 strains of U. urealyticum, the mean minimal inhibitory concentration was 4 micrograms/ml (range, 1.0 to 32.0 micrograms/ml) and the mean minimal bactericidal concentration was 32.0 micrograms/ml (range, 4.0 to 128 micrograms/ml). Thus in vitro clindamycin would appear to be highly active against pregnancy-associated strains of M. hominis, less active against strains of C. trachomatis, and least active against strains of U. urealyticum. Since M. hominis has been strongly linked to postabortal fever and to postpartum fever and endometritis, our results indicate that clindamycin should be evaluated in treatment trials in pregnancy aimed at prevention of M. hominis-induced morbidity as well as in treatment of the complications themselves.     

Epstein-Barr virus infections in pregnancy: a prospective study

We studied 4063 pregnant women during 4108 gestations for evidence of infection with Epstein-Barr virus. Forty-six (1.1%) were susceptible early in gestation, and only three showed seroconversion. Two of the infants born to these three women were normal, one had tricuspid atresia. None of the infants had IgM antibodies to EBV at birth, and their cord blood lymphocytes did not give rise spontaneously to EBV-carrying lymphoblastoid cell lines. Thus we were unable to document intrauterine infection with EBV.