Failure of intravenous infusions in neonates

The median life expectancy (survival) of 286 peripheral intravenous infusion sites in 105 babies in a children's intensive care unit was 36 h. Unadjusted univariate survival analysis revealed that dextrose infusions and the initial infusions received by a baby had longer survival than total parenteral nutrition (TPN) infusions and later infusions respectively. Also infusions with cloxacillin and penicillin survived for longer than average while infusions with phenytoin had reduced survival. Gestational age, weight, infusion site, other drugs, co-infusion of Intralipid with TPN solutions and neutralization of TPN did not influence survival of infusions. Multivariate survival analysis confirmed the findings for TPN and penicillin but not for cloxacillin, phenytoin or later infusions. Multivariate analysis also suggested that survival was improved with ampicillin and aminophylline and worse for leg sites, for older babies and for infusions in which the fluids were given at greater rates. It also indicated that neutralization of TPN improved survival.     

用人肝细胞cDNA文库制备Dig-Fas探针

为探索SLE发生、发展与Fas表达的关系 ,本文采用降落PCR技术、分子克隆技术和Fas特异性引物 ,将从人肝细胞cDNA文库中扩增的FascDNA插入T -easyvector中 ,转染JM10 9,经耐药性和lacZ插入失活筛选 ,快速细胞裂解法、限制性内切酶酶切片段和PCR扩增试验分析鉴定 ,确证获阳性转化子。然后采用地高辛化学连接标记和查见方法 ,标记扩增、分离和纯化的FascDNA ,经斑点免疫实验证实获高滴度Dig -FascDNA探针     

人卵巢癌SCID小鼠移植瘤模型、细胞系建立及其生物学特性研究

目的建立人卵巢癌SCID小鼠移植瘤模型和相应体外细胞系.方法将病理证实的人卵巢浆液性乳头状腺癌手术切除标本移植于SCID小鼠皮下,成瘤后行鼠间传代,取移植瘤细胞体外分离培养、传代和建系,并应用细胞、分子生物学手段对移植瘤和建系细胞进行一系列生物学特性检测.结果历时14个月传至5代,皮下移植瘤存活率为90%,持续6个月,体外建系(OVA-319)细胞生长稳定.镜下观察组织形态学和超微结构符合原肿瘤组织基本特征;染色体分布在12～46条之间,多为异倍体,显示人类肿瘤异常染色体;流式细胞术和RT-PCR技术分析原代、体内移植瘤和OVA-319细胞结果一致,表现为瘤细胞生长活跃、细胞周期分布相仿,MAGE-2基因在mRNA水平异常表达.结论人卵巢癌SCID小鼠移植瘤模型和OVA-319细胞系为人类肿瘤的研究提供了良好的实验材料.     

Legal Protections in Public Accommodations Settings: A Critical Public Health Issue for Transgender and Gender‐Nonconforming People

Context

Gender minority people who are transgender or gender nonconforming experience widespread discrimination and health inequities. Since 2012, Massachusetts law has provided protections against discrimination on the basis of gender identity in employment, housing, credit, public education, and hate crimes. The law does not, however, protect against discrimination in public accommodations (eg, hospitals, health centers, transportation, nursing homes, supermarkets, retail establishments). For this article, we examined the frequency and health correlates of public accommodations discrimination among gender minority adults in Massachusetts, with attention to discrimination in health care settings.

Methods

In 2013, we recruited a community-based sample (n = 452) both online and in person. The respondents completed a 1-time, electronic survey assessing demographics, health, health care utilization, and discrimination in public accommodations venues in the past 12 months. Using adjusted multivariable logistic regression models, we examined whether experiencing public accommodations discrimination in health care was independently associated with adverse self-reported health, adjusting for discrimination in other public accommodations settings.

Findings

Overall, 65% of respondents reported public accommodations discrimination in the past 12 months. The 5 most prevalent discrimination settings were transportation (36%), retail (28%), restaurants (26%), public gatherings (25%), and health care (24%). Public accommodations discrimination in the past 12 months in health care settings was independently associated with a 31% to 81% increased risk of adverse emotional and physical symptoms and a 2-fold to 3-fold increased risk of postponement of needed care when sick or injured and of preventive or routine health care, adjusting for discrimination in other public accommodations settings (which also conferred an additional 20% to 77% risk per discrimination setting endorsed).

Conclusions

Discrimination in public accommodations is common and is associated with adverse health outcomes among transgender and gender-nonconforming adults in Massachusetts. Discrimination in health care settings creates a unique health risk for gender minority people. The passage and enforcement of transgender rights laws that include protections against discrimination in public accommodations—inclusive of health care—are a public health policy approach critically needed to address transgender health inequities.     

Pacemaker Mediated Tachycardias In Single Chamber Rate Responsive Pacing

LAU, C.-P., ET AL.: Pacemaker Mediated Tachycardias In Single Chamber Rate Responsive Pacing. Although pacemaker mediated tachycardias are classically associated with dual chamber pacemakers, single chamber rate responsive pacemakers are also susceptible to such tachycardias under special circumstances. A unipolar activity sensing rate responsive pacemaker (Activitrax 8403) was implanted in an 83-year-old man with complete atrioventricular block. The pacemaker was programmed at an output of 5 V, activity threshold medium, rate response 5, and lower and upper rates of 70 and 125 beats/min, respectively. He presented with palpitations at rest and muscle twitching of the pacemaker pocket 4 months after implantation. Examination confirmed that the pacemaker had flipped over, resulting in pocket pacing which in turn activated the activity sensor, resulting in a rate response. The increase in pacing rate lead to a higher frequency of pocket pacing, thus leading to positive feedback increase in rate. With the patient at rest, pacemaker mediated rates were 106, 91, and 74 beats/min at low, medium and high thresholds, respectively. Decreasing the output to 2.5 V eliminated pocket pacing and the tachycardia. As a result of the reversal of the pacemaker, a similar rate response during exercise could only be achieved at a more sensitive rate responsive setting. Thus, pacemaker mediated tachycardia can complicate pacemaker "flipping" in single chamber activity sensing rate responsive pacemakers. Methods for the avoidance and treatment of pacemaker flipping are discussed. A review of other sensor mediated tachycardias is also presented.     

Ⅲ期乳腺癌术前新辅助化疗的临床观察

目的　研究Ⅲ期乳腺癌术前新辅助化疗的临床效果。方法　 1999年～ 2 0 0 1年 6月住院手术治疗的Ш期乳腺癌患者 62例 ,术前行辅助化疗 ,回顾分析 1997～ 1998年间收治的 3 7例Ш期乳腺癌未作辅助化疗而直接手术作为对照组。从手术切除后病理切片观察细胞变化及术后局部复发 ,远处转移等方面进行比较。结果　手术后病理切片观察癌细胞坏死情况 ,新辅助化疗组有效率为 67.7% ,而对照组仅 6例癌细胞有轻度局灶坏死。术后三年局部复发或远处转移新辅助化疗组为 11.4% ,对照组 2 4.3 %。结论　手术前辅助化疗能大量杀伤肿瘤细胞 ,缩小肿瘤便于手术 ,减少远处播散机会     

Risk Factors for Eating Disorders: Surprising Similarities between Middle School Boys and Girls

This study examined body dissatisfaction (BD), drive for thinness (DT), and self-esteem in middle school students. Participants were 40 girls and 36 boys aged 11–13. Students completed BD and DT Eating Disorder Inventory subscales and the Rosenberg self-esteem questionnaire. There were no significant differences on these measures. For boys and girls, self-esteem was negatively correlated with BD, and Body Mass Index (BMI) was positively correlated with BD. For boys, BMI was positively correlated with DT. DT was negatively correlated with self-esteem in girls. The relationship between body dissatisfaction and self-esteem is cause for concern and may be a higher risk for developing eating disorders.     

Fetal umbilical artery velocity waveforms and subsequent neonatal outcome

Summary. Flow velocity waveforms (FVWs) from the fetal umbilical artery were recorded from 2178 pregnant women over a 6-year period. All of them had an obstetric factor indicating increased risk of fetal compromise. A total of 6749 studies was recorded. The systolic diastolic (AB) ratio was measured and classified as normal (<95th centile), elevated (95–99th centile), high (>99th centile) or extreme (absent diastolic flow). The results of these studies have been related to subsequent fetal and neonatal outcome. An abnormal umbilical artery FVW was associated with shorter gestation and infants with lower birthweight, shorter length and lower ponderal index. There was a highly significant association between an abnormal FVW and the birth of an infant small for gestational age. The significance of the association increased with the increased abnormality of the umbilical artery FVW and this was independent of gestational age. Preterm infants associated with high or extreme AB ratios spent twice as long in the neonatal nursery than those with normal AB ratios. Analysis of 794 pregnancies studies serially indicated that an abnormal FVW in which the AB ratio was increasing, in contrast to a decreasing AB ratio, predicted a poor outcome for both size at birth and duration of neonatal intensive care. We conclude that in high risk pregnancy Doppler umbilical artery FVW studies predict the most compromised fetuses in terms of growth retardation and requirements for neonatal intensive care.