New Zealand Emergency Medicine Network: A collaboration for acute care research in New Zealand

The specialty of emergency medicine in Australasia is coming of age. As part of this maturation there is a need for high‐quality evidence to inform practice. This article describes the development of the New Zealand Emergency Medicine Network, a collaboration of committed emergency care researchers who share the vision that New Zealand/Aotearoa will have a world‐leading, patient‐centred emergency care research network, which will improve emergency care for all, so that people coming to any ED in the country will have access to the same world‐class emergency care.     

Effects of focusing attention on breathing with and without apparatus on the face

In an attempt to identify a cause for the alteration in breathing pattern seen when conventional respiratory apparatus is applied to the face, we have studied the effects of causing the subject to focus attention on breathing by counting breaths in threes for 5 min. We used the respiratory inductance plethysmograph in 18 naive subjects who were unaware that their breathing was being measured. In the control periods, distraction was provided by a recorded story played through head-phones. The experiment was repeated with the rim of a facemask applied to the face. Focusing attention on breathing caused a prolongation of inspiration at a constant mean inspiratory flow, and lengthening of expiration. Tidal volume but not ventilation was increased. The facemask rim caused no significant change. It is concluded that conscious awareness of breathing could account for a major part of the effect of conventional respiratory apparatus.     

艾滋病142例临床表现分析

目的艾滋病(AIDS),是严重危害人类健康的疾病,临床上症状多变,应提高对AIDS的认识。现将作者在西非工作期间收治的142例AIDS病例的临床表现作一介绍。方法病例均为当地黑人居民,男性89例,女性53例,年龄14～45岁,平均年龄27.65岁。用酶联免疫吸附法和快速法检测患者血清中HIV—1和 HIV—2抗体。结果 HIV—1型25例(35.00％);HIV-2型74例(52.11％);混合型32例(22.53％)。临床表现为脑膜脑炎或脑炎7例(4.93％);肺型27例(19.01％);胃肠道感染84例(59.15％):包括急性48例(33.80％),慢性24例(16.90％),急腹症12例(8.45％);皮肤粘膜损害18例(12.68％):卡波齐肉瘤6例(4.23％),带状疱疹2例(1.41％),皮炎10例(7.04％),病死率19.72％(28/142)。其传播途径以性传播为主,高达78.87％(112/142),其次是密切生活接触,未发现吸毒或输血者。结论艾滋病病死率高,病情复杂,且目前尚无特效药物,必须引起医护人员高度重视。     

放射性肝纤维化过程的定量研究

经＾６０Ｃｏγ线照射大鼠肝区，通过光镜、电镜和图像分析仪、宣研究了照后１年肝脏的病理改变。结果表明，３０Ｇｙ组在照射后１年内逐渐发生了放射性肝纤维化病变。在肝纤维化发生过程中，肝细胞内糖原颗凿含量进行性减少，间质中胶原纤维含量进行性增加，网状纤维于照射１－３个月呈进行性增加。     

感染性心内膜炎因诊断或治疗失误所导致的并发症

选择因诊治失误导致严重并发症的四例感染性心内膜炎进行分析,提出改善此病预后的三个方面:提高对感染性心内膜炎的识别能力;坚持早期、足量、长程使用抗生素的治疗原则;对有适应症者及时手术治疗。     

血管紧张素Ⅱ和氯沙坦对小鼠腹膜淋巴孔的调控作用

目的 研究血管紧张素Ⅱ (AngⅡ )和AngⅡ受体抑制剂氯沙坦对腹膜淋巴孔的调控作用并探讨其机制。方法 分别在健康小鼠腹膜腔注射0.9%氯化钠溶液、AngⅡ、氯沙坦和AngⅡ +氯沙坦 ,2h后处死实验小鼠 ,取小鼠膈腹膜 ,作扫描电镜观察、计算机图像处理和定量分析。结果 注射AngⅡ后 ,腹膜腔腹膜淋巴孔的直径和分布密度分别为 (4.42±0.57) μm和 (53.60±10.07)/0.1mm2,较正常对照组[分别 (2.89±0.86) μm和(27.74±7.49)/0.1mm2]增大和增多(P<0.05)。注射氯沙坦后 ,淋巴孔的孔径和开放数目分别为 (2.02±0.48) μm和 (12.87±3.12)/0.1mm2 ,较正常对照组减小和减少(P<0.05)。联合应用AngⅡ和氯沙坦时 ,淋巴孔的孔径较正常对照组减小、分布密度减少。结论 AngⅡ可使腹膜淋巴孔孔径增大 ,开放数目增多 ;氯沙坦可使淋巴孔孔径减小 ,开放数目减少 ;联合应用AngⅡ和氯沙坦 ,AngⅡ对腹膜淋巴孔的调控作用被逆转     

中医外科学的起源及形成

对中医外科学的起源和形成历史，进行了概略而系统的讨论。认为：处理外科疾病是人类最早的医事活动之一，中医外科学起源于商周时期，初步形成了春秋，战国和秦汉六朝时期，经验不断积累于隋唐时期，不断完善和发展于宋金元形时期。     

紫外线照射后哺乳动物细胞DNA的期外合成

本实验用~3H-TdR掺入,液体闪烁测量法测定细胞DNA期外合成的方法,测定了小鼠和大鼠的肠淋巴结细胞、人和大鼠外周血淋巴细胞、S-180V肿瘤细胞等经紫外线照射后的UDS,观察到UDS掺入量随辐照度增加而增加。在同一辐照剂量下,以小鼠肠淋巴结细胞的UDS值最高,其次是人外周血淋巴细胞和S-180V肿瘤细胞,而大鼠外周血淋巴细胞和肠淋巴结细胞最低。