The purpose of the study was to compare skin blood flow by laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) and the 133-Xenon washout technique in UVB-inflamed human skin. Six healthy subjects participated in the study. Forearm skin blood flow was measured prior to irradiation and then 8, 24, 48 and 72 h after the exposure to twice the minimal erythema dose of UVB. Baseline blood flow as measured by the 133-Xenon washout method was 5.2 (range 3.0 to 10.4) ml/100g/min and LDF flux was 3.1 (range 2.7 to 5.7) arbitrary units. Following irradiation, maximum blood flow increase as evaluated by the 133-Xenon washout was 10.8 (95% confidence interval 3.7 to 11.3) times baseline blood flow, corresponding to an absolute blood flow of 47.5 (range 33.8 to 56.3) ml/100g/min. Maximum increase after induction of inflammation as assessed by LDF was 34.6 (95% confidence interval 24.6 to 56.5) times baseline flux. The two methods showed comparable time courses in all subjects. A significant correlation between the two methods was found, Spearman's rho = 0.54, p = 0.006. The relative LDF blood flow increase was 4.2-fold (95% confidence interval 2.7 to 5.0) greater than the increase measured by the 133-Xenon washout method. These results are at variance with previous comparative studies of the two methods. Some explanations are discussed. 相似文献
Background: Neuropathic pain in spinal cord injury is a common challenging therapeutic condition. The current study examines the analgesic effect of the sodium channel blocker lidocaine on neuropathic pain in patients with spinal cord injury and the predictive role of concomitant evoked pain on pain relief with lidocaine.
Methods: Twenty-four spinal cord injury patients with neuropathic pain at or below the level of injury were randomized and completed a double-blind crossover trial of 5 mg/kg lidocaine and placebo infused over 30 min. Twelve patients reported evoked pain, and 12 patients had no evoked pain. Spontaneous and evoked pains were assessed using a visual analog scale and quantitative sensory testing.
Results: Lidocaine significantly reduced spontaneous pain in all patients (P < 0.01) and in each of the two groups with (P < 0.01) and without (P = 0.048) evoked pain, with no difference in number of responders (pain reduction >= 33%) between the patients with (n = 6) and without (n = 5) evoked pain. Lidocaine significantly relieved both at-level and below-level neuropathic pain and decreased brush-evoked dysesthesia but not cold allodynia, pinprick hyperalgesia, or pain evoked by repetitive pinprick. 相似文献
BACKGROUND: Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are an important cause of infant morbidity in both developing and developed countries, and they are the leading cause of death in poorer parts of the world. Respiratory viruses appear to be the most frequent microbiological pathogens, especially respiratory syncytial virus. It has been suggested that factors such as being male, overcrowding, poor access to medical care, low level of maternal education, and passive smoking are associated with contracting ARIs. DESIGN: A fixed birth cohort of 571 children was followed from birth to 1 year of age. The children were monitored for symptoms of ARIs during regular home visits. SETTING: An urban low-income setting in Soweto, a township outside Johannesburg with an estimated 1.2 million inhabitants, including an estimated 45,000 children under 2 years of age. SUBJECTS: A total of 571 children were observed for 118,650 days. OUTCOME MEASURES: The incidence rate of ARIs. The determinants birth weight, breastfeeding, gender, crowding, passive smoking, indoor pollution, and sanitary facilities were analysed. RESULTS: A total of 489 episodes of coughing or coughing and nasal discharge combined were recorded. Only the father's level of education and the number of people living in the household remained significant in the multivariate analyses. The incidence of severe ARIs was reduced among breastfed infants. CONCLUSIONS: Our study supports previous observations suggesting that crowding and communal living conditions are important determinants of ARIs. Breastfeeding seemed protective against severe ARI. The lack of association with well-described risk factors such as low level of maternal education, gender and passive smoking could be due to lack of statistical power in this rather uniform population. 相似文献
OBJECTIVE: To test whether healthcare workers' knowledge of and compliance with the basic principle of the Universal Precautions policy (i.e., that all patients should be treated equally regarding contact with body fluids) influenced the rate of contact with patient blood. DESIGN: Survey based on anonymous questionnaires. SETTING: A 380-bed secondary and tertiary care hospital receiving emergency and elective patients. PARTICIPANTS: All employees having any contact with patients. Nine hundred one of 1,308 (69%) of the questionnaires were returned. RESULTS: Twelve percent of the respondents (95% confidence interval [CI95] = 10.0%-14.4%) had experienced any contact with patient blood in the week preceding their answer. Physicians had the highest rate of contact with blood followed by nurses. In the five groups--physicians, nurses, laboratory technicians and phlebotomists, nursing aides, and student nurses--contact with blood was less frequent in the subgroup that did know and comply with the basic principle of the Universal Precautions policy, compared with the subgroup that did not. When adding the results for the 5 groups, contact with blood was experienced by 91 of 571 (15.9%, CI95 = 13%-19%) of the personnel who did not know and comply with Universal Precautions. The personnel who did know and comply with Universal Precautions had a significantly lower (9 of 111 [8.1%], p < .05, CI95 = 3.8%-15%) rate of contact with blood. CONCLUSIONS: The healthcare workers who knew and complied with Universal Precautions had a significant lower rate of contact with patient blood than those who did not. 相似文献
BACKGROUND: Developments in accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) now permit
the determination of femtogram amounts of 26Al in blood and in various
tissues with good precision and free of external contamination. METHODS: In
the present study we used trace quantities of 26Al to investigate the
intestinal absorption and compartmentalization of aluminium in rats with
renal failure (Nx, 5/6 nephrectomy) and in pair- fed controls (C). Single
oral doses of 20 ng 26Al were administered to six animals in each group
and, subsequently, 24-h post-load 26Al was analysed in serum, urine, bone,
liver, and spleen by means of AMS. RESULTS: Serum concentrations of 26Al
were significantly lower in uraemic rats compared to controls, whereas
urinary excretion was comparable (Nx, 7.11 +/- 5.78 pg/day vs C, 9.46 +/-
6.10 pg/day), suggesting a higher fraction of ultrafiltrable serum 26Al in
uraemia. The target tissues of cellular transferrin-mediated 26Al uptake,
liver and spleen, tended to show a larger degree of aluminium accumulation
in controls (0.26 +/- 0.31 pg/g vs Nx, 0.14 +/- 0.10 pg/g and 0.37 +/- 0.27
pg/g vs Nx, 0.25 +/- 0.27 pg/g respectively). In contrast, in bone, a site
of extracellular aluminium deposition, 26Al concentrations were more
elevated in uraemia (1.22 +/- 0.59 pg/g vs C: 0.68 +/- 0.30 pg/g).
Estimated total 26Al accumulation in all measured target tissues was
significantly higher in uraemic rats (28.15 +/- 9.90 pg vs C: 17.03 +/-
7.03 pg) and total recovery of 26Al from tissue and urine was 26.58 +/-
6.74 pg in controls and 35.75 +/- 7.03 pg in uraemic animals, suggesting a
fractional absorption of 0.133% and 0.175% respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Our
data suggest that fractional absorption from a dietary level dose of 26Al
is about 0.13%. Compartmentalization occurs in transferrin-dependent target
tissues such as liver and spleen; however, in quantitative terms
extracellular deposition in bone is more important. Uraemia has a
significant effect on the intestinal absorption and compartmentalization of
aluminium. It enhances fractional absorption and increases subsequent
extracellular deposition of aluminium in bone. However, at the same time
uraemia does not increase transferrin-dependent cellular accumulation of
aluminium in liver and spleen.
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A case of a muscular hamartoma of the breast in a 47-year-old woman is presented. Tumors containing smooth muscle are rare in the breast. Radiologically it appears as a circumscribed tumor with homogeneous or varying density. Histologically these lesions are composed of ducts, lobules, stroma prominently adipose, and smooth muscle. 相似文献
During the last year we developed a disposable anal plug electrode for pelvic floor/external anal sphincter electromyography. The electrode consists of 2 disposable silver chloride surface electrodes mounted on a trochlear-shaped sponge. Testing of the new electrode with simultaneous registration of external anal sphincter electromyography using a coaxial needle electrode showed synchronous electromyographic patterns. In clinical urodynamic studies, including 48 cystometry studies with anal sphincter electromyography and 48 pressure-flow electromyographic studies, the electrode provided technically good and reliable electromyograms. The electrode design secures good contact to the recording surface and a safe fixation of the electrode during recording. The compressibility of the electrode might circumvent the problem of possible detrusor reflex inhibition induced by conventional hard anal plug electrodes. We recommend this technique for anal sphincter electromyography, since it is simple, reliable and without discomfort, and it does not require sterilization of the electrode. 相似文献