The nature of care in light of Emmanuel Levinas

Abstract  The discipline of nursing is still struggling with the differences that need to be clearly defined between the notions of care and nursing care. To be able to clarify this distinction, agreement must first be reached on the meaning of care itself. The present article proposes a conception of care in light of the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas (1906–1995). This philosopher's thought throws considerable light on the ontology of care, thanks especially to his focus on the deeper implications of human encounter. A profound sense of responsibility towards the other enables Levinas to bring out such dimensions of the concept of care as the relation involved, the feeling of affection, and the interventions. We examine here what these entail regarding nursing care.     

动脉化静脉皮瓣急诊修复手指软组织缺损

目的总结逆静脉瓣供血、顺静脉瓣回流的动脉化静脉皮瓣急诊修复手指软组织缺损的临床效果。方法2002年10月-2007年3月，采用动脉化静脉皮瓣修复手指皮肤软组织缺损7例，男6例，女1例；年龄17～46岁。受伤原因：挤压伤6例，车床切削伤1例。受伤至手术时间2～7h。缺损范围3．0cm×2．0cm～6．0cm×3．5cm。均采用同侧前臂游离动脉化静脉皮瓣修复创面，皮瓣内静脉近心端分别与手指动、静脉吻合。切取皮瓣范围3．0cm×2．5cm～7．0cm×4．0cm。供区直接拉拢缝合。结果术后6例皮瓣完全成活，1例出现部分表皮坏死，脱痂后愈合。供区创面I期愈合。术后随访3个月～4年，皮肤质地、厚薄均满意，仅1例表皮坏死者出现部分色素沉着。皮瓣均无硬化、挛缩和影响关节活动的现象。按中华医学会手外科学会上肢功能评定标准：优3指，良4指。结论逆静脉瓣供血、顺静脉瓣回流的动脉化静脉皮瓣是目前修复手指软组织缺损的一种较理想方法。     

Meaning and normativity in nurse–patient interaction

Abstract It is a fundamental assumption in nursing theory that it is important for nurses to understand how patients think about themselves and the contexts they are in. According to modern theories of hermeneutics, a nurse and a patient must share the same concepts in order to communicate beliefs with the same content. But nurses and patients seldom understand medical concepts in exactly the same way, so how can this communicative aim be achieved in interaction involving medical concepts? The article uses a theory of concepts from recent cognitive science and philosophy of mind to argue that nurses and patients can share medical concepts despite the diversity of understanding. According to this theory, two persons who understand medical language in different ways will nevertheless possess the same medical concepts if they agree about the normative standards for the applications of the concepts. This entails that nurses and patients normally share medical concepts even though patients’ conceptions of disease and illness are formed in idiosyncratic ways by their social and cultural contexts. Several practical implications of this argument are discussed and linked to case studies. One especially important point is that nurses should seek to make patients feel comfortable with deferring to a medical understanding. In many cases, an adequate understanding of patients presupposes that nurses manage to do this. Another implication is that deference‐willingness to normative meaning is not equivalent to the actual application of concepts. Deference‐willingness should rather be thought of as a pre‐communicative attitude that it is possible for patients who are not fully able to communicate to possess. What is important is that nurses and patients have the intention of conforming to the same meaning.     

前列腺素E1对大鼠肝移植肾功能的保护作用

目的探讨术中应用前列腺素E1（prostaglandin E1，PGE1）对大鼠肝移植肾功能的保护作用。方法大鼠原位肝移植术中经颈内静脉灌注PGE1为治疗组，生理盐水和空白为对照组，观察术后1周存活率、1h的尿量，测定血浆肌酐、尿素氮和肾组织中丙二醛（malondjaldehyde，MDA）、谷胱甘肽（glutathione，GSH）含量，肾组织病理检查。结果PGE1治疗组术后1h尿量较对照组明显增加，肌酐和尿素氮水平均较对照组降低，PGE1治疗组肾组织中GSH含量显著高于两对照组，MDA含量低于两对照组。病理检查PGE1治疗组肾脏组织形态学损伤明显减轻。结论术中应用PGE1能显著改善大鼠肝移植后的肾功能，其机制可能与对抗氧自由基损伤作用有关。     

1142例胃癌切除术围手术期死亡因素分析

目的研究影响胃癌围手术期死亡的主要因素,为指导选择合理的切除范围和手术方式提供依据。方法回顾1989年1月至2004年3月胃癌手术后1142例患者的临床资料,按照不同年代分为3组,第1组:1989年1月至1994年1月,405例;第2组:1994年2月至1999年1月,377例;第3组:1999年2月至2004年3月,360例。比较3组间的围手术期死亡率,采用Logistic多因素回归分析研究影响手术死亡率的危险因素。结果全组患者术后并发症发生率和死亡率分别为11.2%(128/1142)和3.6%(41/1142)。第1、2、3组的术后并发症发生率依次为13.1%、10.1%和10.3%;3组比较,P>0.05。3组手术死亡率依次为4.7%、3.4%和2.5%,3组比较,P>0.05。术后最常见的并发症是吻合口瘘(24.2%,31/128),影响手术死亡的主要因素为临床Ⅳ期、姑息性切除术、联合脏器切除及术前合并症的存在(P<0.05)。Logistic多元回归分析显示淋巴结的清除范围和手术方式不是影响手术死亡的主要因素(P>0.05)。结论胃癌晚期患者手术死亡率高,对胃癌Ⅳ期患者行姑息性切除手术时应避免施行不必要的淋巴结清除及联合脏器切除术。     

Russe手术治疗陈旧性腕舟骨骨折

目的　评价应用 Russe手术治疗陈旧性腕舟骨骨折的临床效果。　方法　对 1987年 1月～ 1999年2月手术治疗的 11例患者进行随访、评定。其中男 9例 ,女 2例 ,年龄 19～ 2 4岁。优势手 10例。术前病程 3～ 10个月 ,均有外伤史、腕痛、活动受限及握力减弱。X线片示腕舟骨腰部横形骨折 10例 ,近 1/ 3骨折 1例 ;5例呈囊性变和硬化 ,2例骨折近侧骨块密度增高。　结果　 11例获 15个月～ 9年随访 ,平均 5年 7个月。骨折均愈合 ,愈合时间为术后 2～ 5个月 ,平均 3.1个月 ,腕关节掌屈、背伸、桡偏和尺偏的平均活动度分别为 4 1.2°、4 0 .5°、8.7°和 15 .4°,分别达到健侧的6 8.3%、6 7.5 %、4 3.5 %和 5 1.3%。患侧握力平均达到健侧的 82 .9% ,腕部疼痛消失。　结论　 Russe手术是治疗陈旧性腕舟骨骨折的一种简便有效的方法。     

Differences in clinical characteristics between Tourette syndrome patients with and without 'generalized tics' or coprolalia

Abstract  The purpose of this study is to examine whether there are differences in clinical characteristics between Tourette syndrome (TS) patients with and without 'generalized tics' (GT) which involve the entire body, and/or coprolalia. Subjects were 64 patients (55 males and 9 females, mean age, 17.4 ± 7.2 years) who visited Tokyo University's outpatient clinic of neuropsychiatry from 1974 to 1993 and who met criteria for Tourette's disorder of DSM-III-R. Data on clinical characteristics, including tic symptoms and courses of their development, complications and developmental histories, treatment and severity, were collected by systematic chart review of all subjects. Tourette syndrome patients with 'generalized tics' tended to show multiple complex vocal tics more frequently than TS patients without GT. Tourette syndrome patients with coprolalia tended to show significantly higher rates of copropraxia, echolalia, and 'cleaning/washing' compulsion than did the TS patients without coprolalia. Tourette syndrome patients with both GT and coprolalia were classified as the severest group in terms of tic symptoms and social impairment. Tourette syndrome patients who had neither of these morbidities were classified into the mildest group in all aspects. Generalized tics and coprolalia seemed to indicate the severest end of the TS spectrum and seemed to be related with a need of intensive treatment.