生物伯德图用于血压稳定性的分析和计算

本文用生物伯德图分析了血压稳定性。按照经典的控制理论,讨论了生物系统的稳定性,提出了血压控制的数学模型。根据生物特点,建立了生物伯德图的表达式。作为系统稳定性的指标,增益裕量和相位裕量可以用作图法求得,也可以用计算机求解。实验结果与理论分析能很好地符合。     

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。     

强噪声对大鼠血液粘度血糖及几种酶的影响

本文检测强噪声刺激12小时大鼠血液流变学九项指标,胆碱酯酶和谷丙转氨酶活力及血糖浓度,与对照组比较,其结果显示:(1)低切粘度,红细胞电泳时间和全血还原粘度明显增高(P<0.05;P<0.05和P<0.01);(2)真性和假性胆碱酯酶活力明显增高(二者均P<0.01);(3)血清谷丙转氨酶活力和血清葡萄糖浓度显著增高(P<0.01和P<0.05)。揭示强噪声作用后机体听觉外系统发生明显变化,长期暴露后必将严重损伤全身性调节功能而引起脏器损害与疾病。     

Orthogonal solid-phase synthesis of a monobiotinylated analog of Neuropeptide Y

Analogs of Neuropeptide Y (NPY) were synthesized with conventional Boc/benzyl protective group strategy. Instead of Asn⁷ in the native scquence, Boc-Lys(Alloc)-OH was incorporated. At the end of the synthesis the Alloc group was selectively removed by palladium-catalyzed hydrostannolysis and biotin coupled to the e-amino group of Lys⁷. After cleavage and characterization with plasma desorption mass spectrometry the N^e-7-biotinyl-[Lys⁷]-NPY and the nonbiotinylated analog [Lys⁷]-NPY were investigated as ligands to the NPY receptor from rat cerebral cortex. Both analogs were found to be high affinity ligands to the NPY receptor and bound with essentially the same affinity as unmodified NPY.     

Aptitude for physical exercise in a population of female hospital workers

Summary The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of physical capacity in a female hospital population of Paris and its suburbs. A total of 1505 women working in the selected departments filled in a questionnaire concerning their working conditions, life habits and health and also attended a medical examination. The effort test performed consisted in flexing the legs 20 times with the chest held straigt, in 40 s. The heart rates were measured for the first, the second and the third minutes of recovery (first 15 s multiplied by 4). The blood pressure was measured just after the heart rate, for the first and the third minute. Recovery indices have been constituted from the results. The respective weights of anthropometric and sociodemographic risk factors for recovery indices were studied in multiple logistic regression models. The classification enables us to consider about 25%–30% of our population as having a satisfactory physical capacity, about 26%–27% as having an acceptable capacit, and about 24%–27% as having a weak capacity. About 21% of the population presented an excessive pressure reaction and 44% a questionable pressure reaction. Our results concerning the level of physical capacity of the female nursing staff should be taken into account especially in the future planning of work loads and architectural choices, which must avoid excessive physical burdens in relation to this level. An improvement in the level of physical capacity could be envisaged as well.     

Drinking History Is Related to Persistent Blood Pressure Dysregulation in Postwithdrawal Alcoholics

We have previously demonstrated that alcoholics with transitory (< 72 hr) elevations in blood pressure (BP) during withdrawal continue to show residual cardiovascular dysregulation up to 4 weeks of abstinence. The present study replicates and extends these findings. Alcoholic inpatients were divided into three subgroups ( ns = 14) based on BP during the first 72 hr of withdrawal: transitory hypertensives (tHTs; BP > 160/95 mm Hg), transitory borderline hypertensives (tBHs; 140/90 BP < 160/95), and normotensives (NTs; all BPs < 140/90). All patients had normal resting pressures after 72 hr of withdrawal. At 3–4 weeks postadmission, the alcoholics and 14 nonalcoholic controls (CONTs) were tested at rest and during a 5-min handgrip task. The tHTs showed an exaggerated systolic and diastolic BP response to handgrip compared with NTs and CONTs, with tBHs intermediate ( ps < 0.05). Drinking history showed the tHTs had the highest reported level of alcohol consumption and severity of withdrawal symptoms ( ps < 0.05). Regression analyses indicated that consumption of hard liquor was the variable most predictive of admission BPs; further, parental history of hypertension potentiated this relationship for systolic BP. Age and consumption of nicotine and caffeine were not significant predictors of admission BP. The results suggest a persistent cardiovascular dysregulation in alcoholics showing transient hypertensive withdrawal BPs. These alcoholics may be at increased risk for future alcohol-related cardiovascular disorder.     

Perception and social consequences of tuberculosis: A focus group study of tuberculosis patients in Sialkot, Pakistan

Treatment defaulting is one of the major causes of the failure of TB control programs. In Bethania Hospital. Sialkot, defaulting rates are high: 72% for the standard 12 months course and 56% for the 8 months course. Attrition is especially important in the first weeks of treatment: < 70% of the patients start the 10th week of treatment. A focus group discussion study has been carried out to gain a better understanding of the impact of social stigmatization, treatment cost and pregnancy on defaulting. The study population consisted of 3 male and 3 female groups each with 8 hospitalized TB patients. The study shows that TB is perceived as a very dangerous, infectious and incurable disease. This perception has many social consequences: stigmatization and social isolation of TB patients and their families; diminished marriage prospects for young TB patients, and even for their family members; TB in one of the partners may lead to divorce. Due to fear patients often deny the diagnosis and reject the treatment. While both male and female TB patients face many social and economical problems, female patients are more affected. Divorce and broken engagements seem to occur more often in female patients. Females are usually economically dependent on their husbands and family in law, and need their cooperation to avail of treatment. The belief that pregnancy enhances the risk for relapse decreases their marriage prospects. Pregnancy is also a reason for stopping TB treatment as both are considered as incompatible. The findings of this study reveal the urgent need for a health education campaign to convince the general population that tuberculosis is curable. All health care providers should act as destigmatizers.     

股骨颈骨折后选择性血管造影评价股骨头血液循环

目的 探讨选择性血管造影检查对评价股骨颈骨折后早期股骨头血液循环损伤及影响因素的价值。方法采用选择性旋股动脉及支持带动脉造影(DSA)，对9例2～23天内单侧股骨颈骨折患者血管损伤和血液循环改变进行评价。结果髋关节囊内出血2例，骨内出血4例，下、后支持带动脉损伤和血管移位各3例。患髋牵引时，除外下支持带动脉，其他支持带动脉无显影或仅显示起始部主干，相应股骨头颈部几无灌注成像，静脉显影延迟；髋关节维持伸直内旋位或囊内注入生理盐水后造影，所有支持带动脉无明确显影或仅显示其主干，股骨头颈部无灌注、染色，静脉显影延迟。结论选择性旋股内、外侧动脉DSA技术是一项准确评价股骨颈骨折后股骨头血液循环损伤及影响因素的微创性检查方法；股骨头血液循环受髋关节体位、囊内压和牵引等因素影响；牵引可导致或加重股骨颈骨折后股骨头缺血。     

高迁移率族蛋白B1对大鼠脾脏树突状细胞表面共刺激分子表达的影响

目的观察高迁移率族蛋白B1(HMGB1)对树突状细胞(dendritic cells,DC)表面共刺激分子表达的影响,并对其机制进行初步探讨。方法分离正常Wistar大鼠脾脏DC后置于96孔培养板(1×10~5/孔),采用HMGB1刺激,观察HMGB1刺激与DC表面共刺激分子CD80、CD86和主要组织相容性复合物(MHC)Ⅱ表达的时间-效应关系及剂量-效应关系。结果HMGB1刺激后,DC表面共刺激分子CD80、CD86和MHCⅡ表达分别于24～72 h明显上调(P＜0．05,0．01),其中以作用48 h后DC表面共刺激分子表达上调尤为显著(P＜0．01)；0．1μg/ml、1μg/ml、10μg/ml的HMGB1刺激均可诱导DC表面共刺激分子CD80、CD86和MHCⅡ表达增强(P＜0．05,0．01),其中HMGB1的浓度在1μg/ml时,大鼠DC表面共刺激分子CD80、CD86和MHCⅡ的表达增强最明显(P＜0．01)。结论HMGB1能诱导DC表面共刺激分子表达增强,HMGB1可能是诱导DC成熟的免疫刺激信号。