Update on sports imaging

Sports Imaging has dramatically increased in the past decade with increasing number of adolescents, young and middle-aged adults participating in non-competitive/hobby sports. Therefore, sports injuries are no longer confined to elite athletes. Furthermore, newer forms of sports such as mountain climbing, pickle ball and curling etc. are gaining popularity. Majority of the injuries in sports medicine are from musculoskeletal trauma. Therefore, it is imperative that the musculoskeletal radiologist becomes familiar with various sports related injury patterns as these are commonly encountered in daily practice. This update aims to briefly encapsulate the major aspects of sports imaging. It includes the imaging manifestations of various types of musculoskeletal injuries on different modalities (commonly US and MRI) and briefly mentions the various image guided interventions, performed both on the sports field and in the hospital setting.     

发作性睡病的药物治疗进展

发作性睡病是致残性白天睡眠增多的最常见原因之一，其治疗旨在减少白天睡眠增多和猝倒，改善夜间睡眠紊乱、睡眠瘫痪及与睡眠有关的幻觉。2019年，组胺H3受体拮抗剂替洛利生（Pitolisant）和多巴胺及去甲肾上腺素再摄取抑制剂索利氨酯（Solriamfetol）分别在欧盟和美国上市，前者具有促醒和抗猝倒作用，后者也有促醒作用，且戒断症状和滥用的发生率更低。目前，控释型羟丁酸钠（FT218）、低钠型羟丁酸盐（JZP-258）、选择性去甲肾上腺素再摄取抑制剂（瑞波西汀，又称AXS-12）以及莫达非尼联合氟卡尼制剂（THN102）等药物仍在开发和测试中，均可作为治疗发作性睡病相关白天睡眠增多和猝倒的潜在药物。本文重点介绍这些最近研发的发作性睡病治疗药物。     

丙戊酸钠治疗对血清瘦素、体重指数的影响

目的服用丙戊酸钠(VPA)抗癫痫治疗的患者,15%～70%的成人可发生体重增加[1-2],而瘦素在体重和能量平衡的调节中起重要影响,近年来许多研究表明VPA引起的体重改变可能与瘦素有关。探讨丙戊酸钠抗癫痫治疗对血清瘦素的影响,该影响与患者体重改变的相关性,以及瘦素的可能机制。方法以丙戊酸钠治疗超过3个月的33例癫痫患者为治疗组,20例未经丙戊酸钠治疗癫痫患者作为对照组来比较,检测患者体重、身高、血清瘦素水平,比较两组的体重指数(BMI)、血清瘦素水平。结果丙戊酸钠治疗组的血清瘦素(8.8503±4.7924)ug/ml与对照组(2.8490±1.3962)ug/ml比较有增高,治疗组BMI(23.7202±2.5182)高于对照组(20.8468±1.6815)。结论丙戊酸钠治疗可能引起血清瘦素、体重指数增高,很可能通过诱导导致瘦素抵抗的机制之一,从而导致患者体重增加。     

Food preservatives sodium sulfite and sorbic acid suppress mitogen-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Antioxidant preservatives prolong the quality of food and ensure the nutritional adequacy, palatability and safety of many processed foods and beverages. Effects of sodium sulfite (E221) and sorbic acid (E200) were investigated in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) which were purified from blood of healthy donors. Cells were stimulated with the mitogen phytohaemagglutinin in vitro, which induces proliferation of T-cells and the production of Th1-type cytokines like interferon-γ. The latter triggers enzyme indoleamine (2,3)-dioxygenase, which degrades tryptophan, and GTP cyclohydrolase I, which leads to increased neopterin production, in monocyte-derived macrophages. Sodium sulfite and sorbic acid suppressed both these biochemical changes in a dose-dependent way (P < 0.01 at 1 mM sodium sulfite and 50 mM sorbic acid). Data demonstrate a suppressive influence of sodium sulfite and sorbic acid on the activated Th1-type immune response.     

透明质酸钠对大鼠成肌细胞增殖和分化的影响

目的 研究透明质酸钠对成肌细胞增殖和分化的影响。方法 采用酶消化法将新生SD大鼠骨骼肌组织分离、纯化、原代培养及传代培养；取第3代成肌细胞，分别加入浓度为0．05%、0．1％及0．2％的透明质酸钠溶液作为生长培养基行体外培养为实验A、B及C组，加入常规生长培养基为对照D组，观察各组成肌细胞增殖情况，并采用细胞计数及MTT法绘制生长曲线。另选择0．1%透明质酸钠融合培养基行体外成肌细胞培养，常规融合培养基作对照，观察透明质酸钠对成肌细胞分化功能的影响。结果A、B及C组成肌细胞增殖表现相似，2d时进入对数生长期，4d时均达顶峰；D组成肌细胞于3d时进入对数生长期，5d时细胞数倍增，6d时达顶峰。MTT法所测吸光度（A）值的变化反映成肌细胞的增殖情况，与细胞计数的结果一致，以B组细胞增殖作用最明显，B组A值在2～8d时均高于C、D组（P〈0．05），8d时高于A组（P〈0．05）。0．1％透明质酸钠融合培养基中的成肌细胞融合率较低且上升缓慢，7d时融合率最高，为11．7％；常规融合培养基成肌细胞融合率于6d时达到峰值，约为35．0%。结论 透明质酸钠与成肌细胞的细胞相容性较好，可以作为良好的成肌细胞培养基。     

透明质酸钠与带蒂筋膜脂肪片预防椎管粘连157例临床观察

目的:讨透明脂酸钠与带蒂筋膜脂肪片联合应用预防椎管粘连的可行性。方法:板切除减压,病灶摘除后,将透明脂酸钠2～4ml注入硬膜周围,后用带蒂筋膜脂肪片覆盖椎版缺损处。结果:57例术后随访6～64个月,优良率98%。结论:明脂酸钠与带蒂筋膜脂肪片联合应用为预防椎管粘连的有效方法。     

Dopaminergic transmission in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus to produce acupuncture analgesia in correlation with the pituitary gland

Acupuncture analgesia (AA) caused by low frequency stimulation of the acupuncture point (AP) was abolished by hypophysectomy and adrenalectomy. Termination of the AA producing pathway from the AP to the pituitary gland was in the medial hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (M-HARN). The origin of the descending pain inhibitory system associated with AA was in the posterior HARN (P-HARN). AA in the hypophysectomized rats, and enhanced neuronal activity in the P-HARN that were abolished during acupuncture stimulation, were both restored by intraperitoneal microinjection of 0.5 mg/kg morphine or 0.1 micrograms beta-endorphin into the P-HARN during acupuncture stimulation. Of the analgesia produced by dopamine or beta-endorphin injected into the P-HARN, that caused by beta-endorphin disappeared after denervation of the M-HARN. The P-HARN neurons that responded to acupuncture stimulation also responded to iontophoretic dopamine, but not to iontophoretic morphine nor ultramicroinjected beta-endorphin. The transmission between the M-HARN and P-HARN may be dopaminergic, and beta-endorphin might presynaptically modulate this transmission. Reduction of sodium ions may have been the reason for abolition of AA after adrenalectomy.     

Buffering the stomach content enhances the absorption of diflunisal in man

Diflunisal, a lipophilic salicylate, is absorbed more slowly in healthy volunteers than aspirin. In this paper we report on attempts to influence diflunisal absorption by buffering the gastric milieu. Sodium bicarbonate given together and 30 min after diflunisal tablets significantly (p less than 0.05) shortened the time to reach peak plasma concentration (tmax greater than 15 per cent), raised maximum plasma concentration slightly (Cmax 6 per cent) and increased the area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC greater than 8 per cent). Other pharmacokinetic parameters, including terminal half-life and renal elimination of the compound, were not considerably influenced. These findings indicate that the absorption of diflunisal was enhanced by increased gastric pH, presumably a result of an increased solubility of diflunisal in the stomach together with faster transport into the small intestine. In one volunteer, after intravenous administration diflunisal plasma concentrations declined in a triphasic manner with a terminal half-life of 12.8 h. The volume of distribution was approximately 10 per cent of body weight. Based on the ratio of AUC after equivalent i.v. and oral diflunisal doses, the absolute bioavailability was 89.5 per cent.     

NariSO3和NaCl联合增敏光度法测定碘盐中微量碘

研究亚硫酸氢钠和氯化钠配伍使用的增敏性,建立了NaHSO3—NaCl—KIO3—KI四元无机体系测定碘盐中碘含量的新方法。测定碘的最佳条件:磷酸介质,pH 3~4,最大吸收波长479 nm,ε479=1.5×105L/(mol/cm),碘含量(以KIO3中I计)在0~2.24mg/L内符合比尔定律。用于测定食盐中碘的含量,回收率为99.49%~101.3%,结果满意。     

铁叶绿酸钠对小鼠行为发育毒性的实验研究

铁叶绿酸钠为叶绿素衍生物,研究表明铁叶绿酸钠治疗妊娠期缺铁性贫血,疗效显著。由于妊娠期用药可能对子代产生行为发育毒性,因此本文重点针对铁叶绿酸钠在动物围产期用药后,可能对子代动物的神经行为发育产生的毒性进行了测试,试验结果表明在高、中、低三种剂量下其对子代小鼠无明显行为发育毒性。