癫痫大发作儿童生活质量的研究

应用癫痫患者生活质量量表，以问卷方式，对９１例患儿进行生活质量的研究，并与正常儿童比较及探讨影响因素。结果，患儿生活质量明显低于正常儿童，主要因对发作恐慎、担心长期用药、存在认知障碍及社会交往困难；此外，生活质量与学习成绩也有关。即使发作已被控制，患儿生活质量并无明显改善。因而对患儿除药物治疗外，应加强非药物的心理治疗及提高学习能力，才能提高癫痫患儿的生活质量。     

Evaluation of the results of external choledochoduodenostomy for retained, recurrent, or primary common duct stones.

Twenty-five patients were treated for retained, recurrent, or primary common duct stones by permanent drainage of the biliary tract with external choledochoduodenostomy. Twenty-one patients had common duct stones which became evident two to fifty years after the initial biliary tract procedure and which may represent stones formed in the common duct. Three recent patients had a clinical history of primary common duct stones, had stones which were soluble in chloroform-methanol solution, and had hepatic bile which was lithogenic as determined by evaluating the molar percentage of cholesterol, phospholipid, and bile salt in bile samples obtained at the time of choledochoduodenostomy. These data suggest that further stone formation is possible and that permanent bypass of the sphincter of Oddi is indicated to prevent recurrent bile duct obstruction. Long-term evaluation of the results of external choledochoduodenostomy indicates that the procedure is safe and effective in the prevention of recurrent biliary tract calculi.     

Challenge of intravascular volume assessment in acute ischemic stroke

Introduction

Retrospective data indicates that dehydration in acute ischemic stroke patients may be common, even though these patients frequently have elevated blood pressure. We sought to evaluate clinical and laboratory measures of intravascular volume status compared to more objective measures using ultrasound measurements of the inferior vena cava (IVC).

Comparison of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become endemic in Detroit, accounting for 50% of bacteremias in heroin abusers. To identify the salient epidemiologic and clinical features of MRSA bacteremia, case-control studies were performed comparing 28 cases of MRSA bacteremia to 28 cases of methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) bacteremia in intravenous drug abusers. Infective endocarditis was diagnosed in 46.4% (13 of 28). In endocarditis and nonendocarditis bacteremia alike, the duration of fever, length of hospitalization, need for surgery, and mortality rates were similar. A history of recent antimicrobial therapy, especially cephalosporins, was more common in the MRSA group (p = 0.006). Complications including neurologic, renal, vascular, and musculoskeletal manifestations were more common in the MSSA endocarditis patients than MRSA endocarditis patients, although this difference was not significant. Complications related to antibiotic therapy were similar for both groups. The case-control studies indicate that MRSA and MSSA are similar in their virulence as measured by duration of hospitalization, duration of fever, complications, and mortality.     

Variance stabilization for computing and comparing grand mean waveforms in MEG and EEG

Grand means of time‐varying signals (waveforms) across subjects in magnetoencephalography (MEG) and electroencephalography (EEG) are commonly computed as arithmetic averages and compared between conditions, for example, by subtraction. However, the prerequisite for these operations, homogeneity of the variance of the waveforms in time, and for most common parametric statistical tests also between conditions, is rarely met. We suggest that the heteroscedasticity observed instead results because waveforms may differ by factors and additive terms and follow a mixed model. We propose to apply the asinh‐transformation to stabilize the variance in such cases. We demonstrate the homogeneous variance and the normal distributions of data achieved by this transformation using simulated waveforms, and we apply it to real MEG data and show its benefits. The asinh‐transformation is thus an essential and useful processing step prior to computing and comparing grand mean waveforms in MEG and EEG.     

京杭大运河丹阳段及丹金溧漕河沿线钉螺时空分布特征研究

目的　分析京杭大运河江苏丹阳段及丹金溧漕河沿线钉螺时空分布特征,为动态评估该区域钉螺扩散风险提供科学依据。方法　收集2012－2017年研究区域内水网型血吸虫病流行区螺情数据,采用缓冲区分析、空间自相关分析、热点分析及标准差椭圆分析法,探索京杭大运河丹阳段及丹金溧漕河沿线钉螺时空变化趋势。结果　2012－2017年,研究区域内有螺环境数呈上升趋势;有螺环境主要分布于丹金溧漕河1 000 m缓冲区内,特别是京杭大运河与丹金溧漕河交汇处的老九曲河沿线。2014、2016、2017年,研究区域内钉螺分布存在空间自相关,热点区域主要为丹金溧漕河与京杭大运河交汇处;钉螺分布整体呈东北-西南方向,随着时间变化逐渐向南北方向转变。结论　京杭大运河丹阳段及丹金溧漕河沿线钉螺空间分布复杂,存在从上游向下游扩散的风险,需加强该区域的灭螺工作。