Massive Immune Hemolysis Caused by Anti-D After Dual Kidney Transplantation

Massive immune hemolysis due to passenger lymphocyte-derived anti-D has not been reported in renal transplantation. A 50-year-old (B-positive) male received a dual deceased-donor kidney transplant (B-negative) for diabetic renal failure. Two weeks post-transplant, the patient developed severe hemolytic anemia. The donor anti-D titer was 1:8. The recipient anti-D titer (zero pre-transplant) increased from 1:4 to 1:16 over 4 days. Rapid hemolysis caused severe anemia, minimum Hb = 4.2 g/dL, while selectively lysing the patient's autologous red cells during this time. The hemolytic anemia did not impair the allografts and subsided without monoclonal B-cell pharmacotherapy or apheresis. The anti-D titer decreased to barely detectable levels at four months and had cleared when checked 2 years post-transplant. Transfusion support subsided after two months. If complications of anemia can be avoided, the deleterious effects of hemolysis may be well tolerated by renal allografts using antigen negative transfusion alone.     

A solitary plasmacytoma of donor origin arising 14 years after kidney allotransplantation

Summary Allotransplantation of solid organs transfers passenger leucocytes which may give rise to a state of persistent microchimaerism. In this report we describe the case of a patient who developed a solitary plasmacytoma in a transplanted kidney more than 10 years after allografting. The diagnosis was established on the basis of the presence of a monoclonal IgG kappa peak in the serum, and light chain proteinuria, the plasmacytoid features of tumour cells including cell surface expression of IgG, kappa light chains, CD20, CD38 and CD56, the absence of lytic bone lesions and a normal bone marrow biopsy, and the disappearance of the monoclonal IgG peak after graft nephrectomy. A donor origin of the tumour was established by HLA DNA typing of tumour, tumour-free kidney tissue, and peripheral blood leucocytes, respectively.     

临床神经电生理学专业的现状及思考

目的：调查河南省中华医学会临床神经电生理专科学会的现状及存在问题。探讨解决存在问题的措施。方法：采用分层抽样与整体抽样对84个医疗单位242人进行信访调查，并对资料完整的225人（92．97％）进行分析。结果：男60人，女165人。年龄平均32．8岁。本科学历15．6％，无学历6．6％。高级职称9．3％，无职称5．4％。已专业培训49．3％，未专业培训50．7％。结论：我省临床神经电生理专业发展迅速，但技术人员新，学历、职称偏低，且49．3％的人员未经正规专业培训，人才出现断层，发展后劲不足。因此，采取技术人员许可证制度——执证上岗，有计划的培养高素质的技术人员是当务之急。     

永磁速愈贴对妇产科手术切口愈合的观察

目的探讨永磁速愈贴对切13的消肿止痛，促进伤口愈合和防止疤痕粘连与普通敷料进行对比观察。方法将住院行妇产科手术100例患者与同期住院的手术患者进行对比观察。结果永磁速愈贴切13愈合佳者84．0％，良好者13．0％，愈合差为3．0％，而普通敷料为28．0％、60．0％和12．0％，p〈0．01（x^2=63．660）。结论永磁速愈贴切口具有透气、保湿、促进伤口愈合、消肿、止痒，防止疤痕形成等作用。而普通敷料透气性差，保湿性差，术后切口有红肿、缝线反应、切口愈合时间长及切口局部愈合后有痛痒感。     

心脏病患者血清七种元素含量与血压及生化指标的关系

我们检测了心脏病患者血清微量元素Ｚｎ、Ｃｕ、Ｆｅ和常量元素Ｋ、Ｎａ、Ｃａ、Ｍｇ的含量，并与血压及生化指标作相关分析。结果发现心脏病患者Ｋ和Ｃａ／Ｍｇ显著低于对照组，而Ｎａ、Ｍｇ、Ｚｎ、Ｆｅ和Ｎａ／Ｋ、Ｚｎ／Ｃｕ则显著高于对照组。Ｋ、Ｃａ／Ｍｇ与血压呈负相关，而Ｎａ、Ｚｎ、Ｆｅ、Ｚｎ／Ｃｕ和Ｎａ／Ｋ与血压呈正相关；Ｆｅ与红细胞压积（Ｈｃｔ）呈正相关；Ｚｎ／Ｃｕ与Ｈｃｔ、甘油三酯、极低密度脂蛋白均呈正相关，而与高密度脂蛋白呈负相关。     

Sleep-wake rhythm in an irregular shift system

Sleep in shift work has been studied extensively in regular shift systems but to a lesser degree in irregular shifts. Our main aim was to examine the sleep-wake rhythm in shift combinations ending with the night or the morning shift in two irregular shift systems. Three weeks' sleep/work shift diary data, collected from 126 randomly selected train drivers and 104 traffic controllers, were used in statistical analyses including a linear mixed model and a generalized linear model for repeated measurements. The results showed that the sleep-wake rhythm was significantly affected by the shift combinations. The main sleep period before the first night shift shortened by about 2 h when the morning shift immediately preceded the night shift as compared with the combination containing at least 36 h of free time before the night shift (reference combination). The main sleep period before the night shift was most curtailed between two night shifts, on average by 2.9 and 3.5 h among the drivers and the controllers, respectively, as compared with the reference combination. Afternoon napping increased when the morning or the day shift immediately preceded the night shift, the odds being 4.35-4.84 in comparison with the reference combination. The main sleep period before the morning shift became 0.5 h shorter when the evening shift preceded the morning shift in comparison with the sleep period after a free day. The risk for dozing off during the shift was associated only with the shift length, increasing by 17 and 35% for each working hour in the morning and the night shift, respectively. The results demonstrate advantageous and disadvantageous shift combinations in relation to sleep and make it possible to improve the ergonomy of irregular shift systems.     

混编或空载货车通过中等跨度桥梁横向振动机理分析

通过对现场实测桥梁(中等跨度上承式及半穿式钢桁梁)振动波形的分析,探讨了混编列车通过桥梁时易发生脱轨事故的原因。提出当车速为60～70km/h时,带有磨耗型踏面的空载货车横向蛇行振动频率为1．5～2．9Hz,与桥梁带载横向自振频率相符,引起共振。     

列车乘务员SCL—90评定结果分析

采用ＳＣＬ—９０症状自评量表对某铁路分局４６７名列车乘务员的心理卫生状况进行了分析。结果显示总均分、阳性症状均分、阳性项目数、九组症候群因子分、达到或超过中等严重程度的发生频数均显著高于对照组。经多元逐步回归分析,仅细菌总数和二氧化碳对列车乘务员心理卫生状况有一定影响,其原因多与工作环境的不良因素和工作性质有关。     

Novel chloride channel gene mutations in two unrelated Japanese families with Becker's autosomal recessive generalized myotonia

We investigated the skeletal muscle voltage-gated chloride channel gene (CLCN1) in two unrelated Japanese patients with Becker's myotonia congenita. The non-myotonic parents of each patient were consanguineous. The proband of each family shares generalized myotonia, transient weakness after rest, and leg muscle hypertrophy. However, the disease severity related to the degree of myotonia differed, even in view of the response to long train nerve stimulation tests. CLCN1 gene analysis revealed a novel Ala659Val missense mutation identified to be homozygous in the more severe patient, while a novel Gln445Stop nonsense mutation was present in the other patient. Both mutations were absent in 90 Japanese normal controls. This is the first report of Japanese cases of Becker's myotonia congenita with CLCN1 gene mutations.