针刺治疗动脉型颈椎病92例临床观察

目的:明确针刺治疗动脉型颈椎病的具体方法,并进一步探究针刺治疗动脉型颈椎病的疗效;方法:随机地将92例动脉型颈椎病患者划分为观察组和对照组,每组患者46例,其中观察组采用针刺治疗,对照组采用超声波治疗,对比两组患者治疗效果;结果:观察组患者39例痊愈,5例显效,2例无效,总有效率95.65%,对照组患者28例痊愈,14例显效,4例无效,总有效率91.3%,两组痊愈率差异有显著统计学意义(P<0.05),总有效率差异无显著统计学意义(P>0.05);结论:针刺治疗能够有效治愈动脉型颈椎病,且整体有效率较高,值得在临床中进一步推广应用.     

LEEP术联合重组人干扰素α2b阴道泡腾胶囊治疗重度宫颈糜烂的疗效观察

目的 探讨LEEP术联合重组人干扰素α2b阴道泡腾胶囊(辛复宁)治疗重度宫颈糜烂的疗效.方法 将146例重度宫颈糜烂患者随机分为实验组73例和对照组73例,术后2组患者均采用常规抗生素预防感染3～5d,实验组在常规抗生素治疗的基础上加用重组人干扰素α2b阴道泡腾胶囊(辛复宁)治疗,治疗12周后比较2组患者的疗效和治愈时间.结果 2组患者在治疗12周后实验组治愈率(93.15%)高于对照组(80.82%),治愈时间显著缩短(均p＜0.05).结论 LEEP术联合重组人干扰素α2b阴道泡腾胶囊(辛复宁)治疗重度宫颈糜烂疗效好.做好治疗前心理护理、治疗中的病情观察及注意操作事项和健康教育,对提高治疗效果,减少并发症的发生,缩短疗程具有积极的意义.     

针刀配合整脊手法治疗腰椎间盘突出症的疗效观察

目的:观察针刀配合整脊手法治疗腰椎间盘突出症的临床疗效.方法:随机抽样将观察病例分为针刀配合整脊手法治疗组60例,电针对照组60例.结果:治疗组治愈41例,好转16例,无效3例;对照组治愈30例,好转18例,无效12例,针刀配合整脊手法治疗组明显优于电针对照组(U=2.1029 P<0.05).结论:针刀配合整脊手法治疗腰椎间盘突出症具有一定优越性.     

针刺联合本体神经肌肉促进技术治疗面瘫50例临床疗效分析

目的:探讨针刺结合本体神经肌肉促进技术(PNF)治疗面瘫的临床疗效.方法:对100例住院和门诊面瘫病人随机分为治疗组50例,采用针刺结合PNF方法治疗;对照组50例病人只使用针刺方法治疗.10天为一疗程,三疗程后观察治疗组和对照组和疗效.结果:治疗组痊愈痊愈率60%,显效率18%,好转率12%,总有效率90%,无效510%.对照组痊愈率40%,显效率14%,好转率20%,总有效率74%,无效26%.治疗组痊愈率和总有效率与对照组比较有明显差异(P=0.046,P=0.037,P＜0 05).结论:针刺结合PNF治疗面瘫能明显提高治愈有效率.     

参松养心胶囊治疗冠心病心律失常的研究

目的:中药参松养心胶囊抗心律失常疗效和安全性.方法:将98例冠心病心律失常室性早搏患者随机分为治疗组和对照组.治疗组应用参松养心胶囊,对照组应用盐酸胺碘酮、倍他乐克.观察参松养心胶囊与胺碘酮,倍他乐克的疗效.试验完成:治疗组50例,对照组48例,疗程均为4周.结果:治疗组总有效率为90%,不良反应发生率为0;对照组总有效率为72.9%,不良反应发生率32.5%.治疗组疗效优于对照组(P<0.05).结论:参松养心胶囊对治疗室性早搏、房颤有明显疗效.     

针推腹部腧穴为主治疗陈旧性腰椎间盘突出症临床观察

目的:观察针刺、推拿腹部腧穴为主的方法治疗陈旧性腰椎间盘突出症的临床疗效.方法:将186例患者随机平分为治疗组和对照组,治疗组用针刺、推拿腹部腧穴为主的方法治疗,对照组采用传统的针刺推拿腰部腧穴为主的方法治疗,治疗2个疗程后进行疗效对比分析.结果:治疗组临床治愈率49.46%,显效率25.81%,总有效率97.85%;对照组临床治愈率37.63%,显效率19.35%,总有效率92.47%.治疗组与对照组总有效率差别不大(p>0.05),两组治疗都有很好疗效,治疗组的愈显率(75.27%)明显优于对照组(56.98%),统计学有显著性差异(p<0.01).结论:针刺推拿腹部腧穴为主治疗陈旧性腰椎间盘突出症具有显著的治疗效果.     

氨溴素联合地塞米松治疗急性喘息性支气管炎疗效观察

目的:观察地塞米松联合氨溴素(沐舒坦)注射液治疗小儿急性喘息性支气管炎临床疗效.方法:96例喘息性支气管炎患儿随机分为两组,对照组30例,治疗组66例,对照组采用常规治疗的基础上用庆大霉素联合地塞米松雾化吸入治疗,观察组在常规治疗的基础上用沐舒坦注射液15mg联合地塞米松5mg加入生理盐水20ml雾化吸入.结果:治疗组在短时间内改善肺部罗音的效果,总有效率及治愈明显优于对照组,二者比较差异有统计意义(p<0.05).结论:采用氨溴素联合地米松塞治疗小儿喘息性支气管炎可缩短住院病程,疗效满意,值得推广.     

单纯疱疹病毒性角膜炎应用更昔洛韦滴眼液与炎琥宁联合治疗疗效观察

目的:探讨更昔洛韦滴眼液与炎琥宁合用治疗单纯疱疹病毒性角膜炎的临床效果及安全性.方法:选择2009年2月至10月在我院治疗的80例单纯疱疹病毒性角膜炎患者,随机分为观察组与对照组,每组40例,对照组单纯采用更昔洛韦滴眼液治疗,观察组在对照组的基础上采用炎琥宁治疗,比较两组患者的临床疗效和不良反应.结果:观察组治愈20例,好转15例,总有效率87.5%,对照组治愈16例,好转13例,总有效率72.5%,两组比较差异有统计学意义(P＜0.05),观察组疗效要优于对照组;两组患者的肝肾功能及血尿常规均无明显变化,观察组有1例患者应用炎琥宁后出现胃肠道反应,但不影响治疗.结论:更昔洛韦滴眼液与炎琥宁合用治疗单纯疱疹病毒性角膜炎疗效较好,使用安全,可以有效改善患者的症状和缩短病程,值得在临床更多应用.     

奥美拉唑、克拉霉素、阿莫西林联合用于治疗消化性溃疡的疗效分析

目的:评价奥美拉唑、克拉霉素与阿莫西林联合用于治疗消化性溃疡的疗临床疗效.方法:收集我院消化内科的完整住院病例67例,其中给予奥美拉唑、克拉霉素、阿莫西林联合用药的消化性溃疡者31例,为治疗组;给予奥美拉唑联合硫糖铝治疗的消化性溃疡者36例,为对照组.比较两组的疗效及不良反应发生情况.结果:治疗组痊愈26例,4例好转,1例无效,治愈率83.87%;对照组痊愈20例,11例好转,5例无效,治愈率57.14%.结论:奥美拉唑、克拉霉素与阿莫西林联合用于治疗消化性溃疡的临床疗效显著且不良反应少.     

舒筋汤熏蒸治疗慢性腰肌劳损症的临床观察

目的:观察舒筋汤熏蒸治疗慢性腰肌劳损症的治疗效果.方法:用舒筋汤熏蒸对76例慢性腰肌劳损症患者进行治疗,对72例患者采用物理治疗进行对照.结果:治疗组治愈33例,好转35例,无效8例,有效率89.47%;对照组治愈18例,好转25例,无效29例,有效率59.72%,两组有效率相比,P＜0.01,说明舒筋汤熏蒸治疗慢性腰肌劳损症明显优于物理治疗组.结论:舒筋汤熏蒸治疗慢性腰肌劳损具有较好效果.     

Phaeochromocytoma with myocarditis managed with alpha-methyl-p-tyrosine

A case of bilateral phaeochromocytoma with catecholamine-induced myocarditis is described. The two operations needed allowed comparison of the use of alpha-methyl-p-tyrosine alone and in conjunction with adrenergic blocks in the management of the patient. The combination of both drugs was particularly successful in the relief of symptoms and reduction of catecholamine metabolism as monitored by 4-hydroxy-3-methoxymandelic acid (HMMA) excretion. As myocarditis is a potentially fatal complication, further investigation of the combined use of alpha-methyl-p-tyrosine and adrenergic blocking drugs is suggested in the pre-operative management of patients with phaeochromocytoma.     

Factors related with compliance with tuberculosis chemoprophylaxis

OBJECTIVES: To determine therapeutic tolerance and compliance level with antituberculous chemoprophylaxis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 587 patients were proposed for antituberculous chemoprophylaxis with isoniazid from January 1995 to June 1996 in Murcia (Spain). RESULTS: 3.6% of the patients gave up treatment because of hepatic intolerance and 73% completed the prophylaxis. Non-compliance related factors were: social risk factors (odds ratio [OR] = 9.31), previous history of allergies (OR = 2.87), previous personal history of tuberculosis-related events (OR = 0.49) and interaction between sex and age. CONCLUSIONS: Support and intervention measures directed to risk groups of a social origin deem to be needed. Control measures and information provided to middle-aged males, with particular emphasis to the first weeks of prophylaxis, should also be implemented.     

Communication with parents of children with cancer

The authors summarize the results of recent work evidencing the existence of latent merozoites during the course of the erythrocytic cycle of the rodent Plasmodia. These merozoites, unlike the majority of merozoites released at schizogony, do not penetrate immediately into the erythrocytes and remain latent for a variable length of time. The merozoites of each of the species or subspecies show marked peculiarities which are responsible for the characteristics of their cycle. The presence of latent merozoites free in the blood, the asynchronous development, and the resistance to chloroquine, are three closely related factors. Knowing that the merozoite is so far drug resistant, and that latent merozoites can maintain the infection for any length of time, it appears important to take into account these purely biological data, when studying the drug resistance of the human falciparum malaria.     

Surgical outcome in patients with epilepsy with occult vascular malformations treated with lesionectomy

PURPOSE: This retrospective study reports the long-term surgical outcome of patients with medically refractory epilepsy and vascular malformations who were treated with lesionectomy. A detailed analysis of surgical failures had been performed in an attempt to define predictors of surgical success and failure. METHODS: Fifteen patients with medically intractable epilepsy and angiographically occult vascular malformations (AOVMs) were treated surgically with lesionectomy at Duke University Medical Center. Lesionectomy consisted of removal of the AOVM and surrounding hemosiderin-stained brain only, without the use of electrocorticography (ECoG) to guide resection. RESULTS: Eleven (73%) patients are seizure free after lesionectomy. Three showed no significant improvement, and one patient died, presumably after a seizure. Age of onset, duration of seizures, age at resection, and gender did not affect outcome. All patients with neocortical AOVMs in whom EEG findings correlated with the site of the lesion were seizure free after lesional resection. Treatment failures were associated with the presence of multiple intracranial lesions, poorly localized or diffuse EEG findings, discordant positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, or with a lesion in close proximity to the limbic system. CONCLUSIONS: Lesionectomy, with removal of surrounding hemosiderin-stained brain, can be considered the procedure of choice in carefully selected patients with epilepsy with occult vascular malformations.     

Patients with malignant meningitis presenting with neuropsychiatric manifestations

BACKGROUND: Malignant meningitis is often thought of as a late event in the course of cancer. At one time, it was thought to be rare, but it has been recognized more frequently in recent times. Clinical suspicion of malignant meningitis is prompted by neurologic symptoms and signs in patients at risk for this oncologic complication. Neuropsychiatric symptoms previously were not considered as presenting symptoms of malignant meningitis. METHODS: Three patients with cancer with no neurologic symptoms were examined for malignant meningitis based on neuropsychiatric symptoms. Cerebrospinal fluid was examined for malignant cells to confirm the diagnosis of malignant meningitis. RESULTS: The clinical presentation of malignant meningitis for three patients was neuropsychiatric. None of the patients had delirium during their initial presentation. CONCLUSIONS: It is important that clinicians recognize that psychiatric symptoms without neurologic findings may indicate malignant meningitis and that malignant meningitis needs to be included in the differential diagnosis of neuropsychiatric disorders in patients with cancer.