内毒素导致白细胞急剧升、降10倍一例报导

目的探索白细胞(WBC)数小时内急剧升、降原因。方法收集患者入院时首次血、尿细菌培养结果;取患者1周内7次EDTA-K2抗凝血标本,在STKS全自动血细胞分析仪上,与高、中、低定值全血质控品同时进行比对测定,每个样本平行分析4次求均值,同时检测患者6次血清标本内毒素含量,统计数据。结果测得仪器批内误差CV0.18%;其中14小时内5个样本WBC均数(x)分别为20.1×109/L、2.3×109/L、3.2×109/L、22.8×109/L、15.7×109/L;血、尿均分离到大肠埃希氏菌,内毒素试验阳性。结论内毒素导致WBC贴壁,造成病危期4小时内周围血液WBC急剧下降10倍;临床在分析实验结果时既要考虑内毒素导致WBC上升,又要考虑内毒素致使WBC贴壁造成急剧下降现象。     

质疑Frank—Starling心脏定律

心脏收缩释放的能量（作功）是心肌纤维长度（心室舒张末期容积，EDV）的函数，即Frank—Star一1ing（FS）心脏作功定律，被誉为心脏生理学中的“经典”理论。对此，笔者从各种不同角度进行了探讨：首先分析了Frank伸展离体心肌和Starling及其同事使用心肺制备做的实验与动物生理实际的差异，以及人们在实验中观测到的增加心肌前负荷引起收缩力增强的现象（FS现象），认为：①在正常生理条件下的动物体内，来自心脏以外的、如同心肺制备中那样人工控制心室充盈压力升高、引起EDV增加的那种血液的重力动力是不存在的。②另一方面，人为地增加前负荷，那是改变了心肌收缩时的外环境条件。③由此而激发出的FS现象，是心脏适应其外环境条件变化所作出的反应。④此种心肌收缩力增强的反应，需通过心肌细胞内部与收缩过程发生有关的心肌兴奋一收缩和化学一力学偶联等一系列生化机制（不恒定因素）方能得以实现。⑤根据他们实验中观测到的FS现象，在逻辑上不能得出前负荷这一心肌收缩时的外环境条件变化调控其作功的推论。换言之，所有的在实验中被激发出来的FS现象，都不足以成为支持FS心脏定律的证据。然后，引用国内外公认的计算心脏每搏射血作功（w）的生物物理学公式“w=P×（EDV—ESV）”，证明了w和EDV之间没有函数关系。根据心脏作功的医用物理学和生物数学的基本原理，笔者认为Frank—Starling心脏定律表达的不是心脏作功的规律。     

多层螺旋CT三维重建在左肾静脉压迫综合征中的临床应用

目的探讨多层螺旋CT(MSCT)三维重建在左肾静脉压迫综合征中的诊断价值。方法应用16层螺旋CT对11例左肾静脉压迫综合征病例进行泌尿系增强多期扫描,并获得各种后处理图像。结果11例左肾静脉压迫综合征病例均可见肠系膜上动脉(SMA)压迫左肾静脉(LRV)的征象。CT多平面重建(MPR)直观地显示了腹主动脉(AO)与SMA之间的夹角(α),最大为21.88,°最小为12.86°,平均为17.95°。CT横断位图像显示扩张的左肾静脉直径为12~15.3 mm,平均为13.26 mm;LRV受SMA压迫狭窄处直径为3.0~4.0 mm,平均为3.26 mm。左侧卵巢静脉或睾丸静脉直径为2.1~2.6 mm,平均为2.2 mm。5例增强扫描肾实质期(后期)显示双肾实质密度相差20 HU以上。结论MSCT在胡桃夹综合征诊断中具有明显的优势。     

The effect of cooling on toe systolic pressures in subjects with and without Raynaud's syndrome in the lower extremities

Summary. The effect of changes in local and body temperature on the toe systolic pressures was studied in 20 subjects with and 30 without Raynaud's syndrome in the toes. The pressures were significantly lower in the group with Raynaud's syndrome under all experimental conditions (P < 0·01). The pressures were significantly lower during body cooling than during body warming in both groups (P < 0·01). The mean decrease with body cooling was 58 mmHg in the group with Raynaud's syndrome and 24 mmHg in the control subjects (P < 0·01). During body cooling pressures fell to less than 30 mmHg in 70% of subjects with Raynaud's syndrome and in 3% of the controls. Local cooling from 30 to 10°C during body cooling resulted in a significant mean decrease in pressure of over 40 mmHg in both groups (P < 0·01) and the pressure fell below 30 mmHg in over 90% of the group with and in 26% of those without Raynaud's attacks. The results indicate the importance of body cooling and local temperature in the mechanism of vasospasm in the toes. They are also relevant to the diagnosis of Raynaud's syndrome in the lower limbs and have implications for the testing of patients with arteriosclerotic occlusion since erroneously low pressure values could be obtained in tests when the feet are cold.     

Olopatadine hydrochloride suppresses the rebound phenomenon after discontinuation of treatment with a topical steroid in mice with chronic contact hypersensitivity

BACKGROUND: Olopatadine hydrochloride (olopatadine; Allelock) is one of the second-generation antihistamines that are treated for allergic disorders such as rhinitis, urticaria and eczema dermatitis. Olopatadine has recently been shown to have inhibitory effects on the chronic contact hypersensitivity induced by repeated application of oxazolone in mice. Although topical steroids have widely been prescribed for atopic dermatitis, a relapse often occurs within several days after discontinuation of their prolonged use. OBJECTIVES: We investigated the possible efficacy of olopatadine against the relapse after discontinuation of prolonged use of topical prednisolone in the Balb/c mice with oxazolone-induced chronic contact hypersensitivity. METHODS: Mice with the chronic contact hypersensitivity induced by repeated application of oxazolone were treated with olopatadine as a sequential therapeutic agent. The effects of olopatadine were quantified by measurements of ear-swelling, and levels of cytokines and histamine in the lesioned ear. Results Topical prednisolone (0.05 mg/ear/day) significantly inhibited the increases in ear swelling and production of IL-1beta, IL-4, IL-18, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and histamine. However, after discontinuation of the treatment with topical prednisolone, the inflammation relapsed and the IL-4 level exceeded the control one. The sequential treatment with olopatadine (10 mg/kg/day) after discontinuation of the treatment with topical prednisolone alone, or topical prednisolone with olopatadine, significantly inhibited the increases in ear swelling and levels of IL-1beta, IL-4, IL-18, GM-CSF, nerve growth factor and histamine. CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that olopatadine is an antihistamine agent having inhibitory activities against the rebound phenomenon following the discontinuation of topical steroid therapy. Olopatadine is thus expected to be a sequential therapeutic agent after discontinuation of the chronic treatment with a topical steroid.     

Strategy and timing of peripheral nerve surgery

The authors review the latest theories of peripheral nerve regeneration and repair. They present their research on nerve regeneration including the alterations in the mother cell body, and in the distal part of the axon, and the time required to reach the best production of amino acids for cytoskeleton reconstruction. Other research of particular interest which is presented regards the chemotactic arrangement of motor and sensory axons inside a vein. This research has shown that the axons are able to find their way to the appropriate (sensory or motor) distal endoneural tubes.Adoption phenomena are also presented.The discussion of surgery includes the type (suture, glueing, grafts, tubulization) and the time of surgical repair. Timing and repair strategies are related to the site of the lesion (which can require that a greater or smaller amount of cytoskeleton be reconstructed), the type of the injury, the state of surrounding tissues, the age of the patients, injuries to muscles, tendons, bones, vessels and skin. A scheme of strategy is proposed.     

Time-dependent changes of insufficiency fractures of the sacrum: intraosseous vacuum phenomenon as an early sign

Sacral insufficiency fractures develop over a period of time and show time-dependent changes. We report on 15 CT examinations of 5 patients with early-stage insufficiency fractures of the sacrum. In 4 patients only irregular sclerosis without distinct fracture lines was present in 7 of 8 fractures. Of these 4 patients; 3 exhibited intraosseous gas inclusions in a ventral part of a lateral mass; 5 of 8 fractures disclosed a ventral cortical break. When distinct fracture lines had developed in 1 patient, intraosseous vacuum phenomenon had disappeared. Fracture lines evolve over weeks to months and show central bone absorption. The fractures can heal as demonstrated in 4 of 6 fractures in 3 patients, can persist over 1 year without significant changes or can progress to pseudoarthrosis with bone destruction similar to neuropathic joint disease. Intraosseous vacuum phenomena can persist to this stage. Intraosseous vacuum phenomenon is recognized as a potential finding in the early stage of sacral insufficiency fracture, which also is true for irregular sclerosis and ventral cortical disruption. Correspondence to: A. Stäbler     

Repeated quantitative bone scintigraphy in patients with prostatic carcinoma treated with orchiectomy

Bone scintigraphy was performed in 16 men with newly diagnosed prostatic carcinoma before orchiectomy as well as 2 weeks and 2 months after operation. The uptake in the lower thoracic and lumbar vertebrae was registered up to 240 min after injection of ^99mTc-MDP and was then calculated for each patient and vertebra. The relative standard deviation in measured uptake due to measuring technique was estimated to be±7%. In eight patients, who had normal bone scintigraphies before orchiectomy, there were no changes in the uptake values after operation. The remaining eight patients had widespread metastatic involvement prior to treatment. Six of these patients showed a so called flare phenomenon in the abnormal vertebrae which means an initial increase in uptake after operation followed by a decreased uptake in response to therapy. One patient had a continuously increased uptake in all the abnormal vertebrae which correlated well with the clinical progression of the disease, while in another patient both reactions were seen. Thus, repeated quantitative bone scintigraphies using ^99mTc-MDP can be made in a reproducible way and can be a useful tool to follow a patient's response to treatment.     

腺苷对心肌梗死再灌注无复流的保护作用及其对一氧化氮和内皮素影响的实验研究

目的:探讨腺苷对心肌梗死再灌注无复流的保护作用,以及这种保护作用与腺苷对一氧化氮(NO)和内皮素(ET)影响的关系。方法:制作离体兔心急性心肌梗死模型。30只兔心随机分为三组:A:假手术组,B:心肌梗死再灌注组,C:腺苷+心肌梗死再灌注组。分别取灌流开始5min和再灌流90min时冠脉流出液2ml,测定乳酸脱氢酶(LDH)、肌酸激酶(CK)、内皮素(ET)及一氧化氮(NO)含量。灌流结束时,测量无复流区域面积的百分比,并在光镜下观察心肌细胞的变化情况。结果:(1)A组灌流开始与结束时和B组、C组开始灌流时冠脉流出液中LDH、CK含量相比无显著性差异;(2)B组各项化验指标分别进行组内比较其结果有统计学差异。(3)灌流结束时,B组与C组相比NO的降低和ET的升高有统计学差异。(4)C组和B组比较无复流区域面积百分比明显缩小,有统计学差异。结论:腺苷对心肌梗死再灌注无复流具有明显的保护作用。腺苷升高NO和降低ET的作用可能是其发挥保护作用的原因之一。     

Recuperation after muscular fatigue by “diverting activities”

Summary Diverting activity is defined as any physical or mental activity performed between or simultaneously with bouts of exhaustive, local muscular work. In the present experiments bouts of exhaustive work consisting of rhythmic lifting of weights were performed with the elbow flexors or with the flexors of the middle finger. Pauses of 2 min duration spent in complete rest or while performing diverting activities alternated between the bouts of work. As diverting activities were used: Physical activity, dynamic or static, performed with big or small muscle groups (other than the fatigued group), or mental activity (problem solving). It was found that the amount of work that could be performed after a pause with diverting activity was always larger than the amount of work performed after a passive pause. The beneficial effect was seen also when the blood flow to the exhausted muscles was interrupted by pneumatic cuffs. Determination of the blood flow in the exhausted muscles by means of Xe-133 clearance showed no systematic blood flow increases caused by the diverting activity. It is concluded that recuperation after local muscle fatigue is influenced by a central nervous factor (Setchenov phenomenon) that is largely independent of the local blood flow.