预测癌症患者静脉血栓栓塞的生物标记

癌症患者发生静脉血栓与肺栓塞的危险性增加.为预测不同类型肿瘤患者的静脉血栓栓塞（VTE）发生率,特别研究了一些生物标记.已证实血细胞计数（白细胞与血小板计数升高）是有用的预测因子.D-二聚体、凝血酶原片段1＋2、可溶性P选择素、FⅧ、凝血酶水平升高与未来VTE风险相关.组织因子微粒与VTE风险的关系因肿瘤类型不同而不同：组织因子微粒与胰腺癌VTE风险有相关性已被证实;与胶质母细胞瘤、结直肠癌、胃癌的相关性未获证实.目前建立了包含临床与试验室标记物的预测VTE的风险评估模型,为便于应用抗凝剂预防VTE,危险分层需进一步改进以更好地鉴别VTE患者.     

妇科恶性肿瘤合并静脉血栓栓塞的研究进展

静脉血栓栓塞(venous thromboembolism,VTE)是妇科恶性肿瘤的常见并发症之一,与患者的病死率升高密切相关.患者自身状态、肿瘤的类型、分期及手术、放化疗等治疗手段均可构成VTE的危险因素.但目前尚缺乏专门针对妇科恶性肿瘤合并VTE的临床实验数据以及预防和诊治指南.     

妇科恶性肿瘤合并静脉血栓栓塞的研究进展

静脉血栓栓塞(venous thromboembolism,VTE)是妇科恶性肿瘤的常见并发症之一,与患者的病死率升高密切相关。患者自身状态、肿瘤的类型、分期及手术、放化疗等治疗手段均可构成VTE的危险因素。但目前尚缺乏专门针对妇科恶性肿瘤合并VTE的临床实验数据以及预防和诊治指南。     

炎症性肠病高凝状态与干预策略

炎症性肠病(IBD)患者发生静脉血栓(VTE)事件的风险大约是正常人的2倍~3倍,主要包括深静脉血栓(DVT)和肺栓塞(PE)。虽然具体机制尚不明确,但是研究发现IBD患者血液的高凝状态与纤溶系统的改变、血小板异常、凝血系统的激活以及血管内皮功能异常等有关。疾病严重程度、是否住院以及治疗的相关药物都影响着IBD患者的静脉血栓发生风险,积极改善疾病严重程度,谨慎选择治疗药物对于预防静脉血栓的发生有重要意义。肝素在改善IBD患者的高凝状态中起着重要作用,应根据指南对静脉血栓的发生进行积极的预防和治疗。     

组织文化、组织文化吻合度与员工的组织公民行为

以中国普通员工为被试,考察了组织文化、组织文化吻合度与员工组织公民行为(OCB)之间的关系.结果发现: (1)不同年龄、不同类型企业员工的OCB存在显著差异,但在性别、教育水平方面没有差异; (2)不同取向的组织文化对员工不同层面的OCB具有不同的预测作用.具体而言.组织文化对社会层面OCB的预测作用较强;就单一取向的组织文化来看,人本与创新取向的组织文化对OCB的预测作用最强; (3)在组织文化影响员工组织公民行为时,组织文化吻合度具有一定的调节作用,这种调节作用在人本与创新取向以及规范与安定取向的组织文化影响OCB时表现更加明显.     

肺动脉血栓栓塞症与凝血纤溶系统失衡

在生理状态下,凝血与纤溶处于动态平衡状态;当这种平衡失衡时,便可招致出血不止或形成栓塞.体内某些抗凝途径的蛋白缺陷会使机体处于高凝状态而导致静脉血栓栓塞性疾病(VTE),已经报道有多种栓塞因素与VTE的发生有关;人们通常认为,慢性栓塞性肺动脉高压(CTE-PH)是静脉系统栓子反复脱落至肺动脉所致,很自然的会想到CTE-PH的发病可能与以上多种栓塞因素有关,然而,目前研究更倾向于CTEPH和VTE并没有直接的关系或者说是两个独立的疾病.     

血浆BNP对于不同类型的老年急性失代偿心力衰竭的预测价值

探讨血浆BNP在不同类型老年心力衰竭(简称心衰)患者中,用以预测急性失代偿心衰(ADHF)的价值。将80例心衰患者根据心脏超声结果分为左室射血分数降低的心衰(HFrEF)组25例和左室射血分数正常的心衰(HFpEF)组55例,测定初始血浆BNP值。随访1年,记录ADHF的发生并再次测定血浆BNP水平。HFpEF组年龄和BMI更高、初始BNP值更低、心绞痛病史更少、NYHAⅠ级占比更大(P0.05)。HFpEF组和HFrEF组的ADHF发生率分别为32.0%和32.7%。HFpEF患者以BNP升高122pg/ml为临界值,预测ADHF敏感度为84.8%、特异度为82.6%;HFrEF患者以BNP升高145pg/ml为临界值,预测ADHF敏感度为93.4%、特异度为47.9%。心衰患者失代偿前BNP升高,BNP升高可作为预测ADHF的指标之一。     

肺动脉血栓栓塞症与凝血纤溶系统失衡

在生理状态下,凝血与纤溶处于动态平衡状态;当这种平衡失衡时,便可招致出血不止或形成栓塞。体内某些抗凝途径的蛋白缺陷会使机体处于高凝状态而导致静脉血栓栓塞性疾病(VTE),已经报道有多种栓塞因素与VTE的发生有关;人们通常认为,慢性栓塞性肺动脉高压(CTE-PH)是静脉系统栓子反复脱落至肺动脉所致,很自然的会想到CTE-PH的发病可能与以上多种栓塞因素有关,然而,目前研究更倾向于CTEPH和VTE并没有直接的关系或者说是两个独立的疾病。     

左向右分流型先天性心脏病心力衰竭时神经内分泌失调及对策

左向右分流型先天性心脏病是引起小儿心力衰竭(心衰)主要病因之一.研究已证实神经内分泌紊乱与心衰之间有复杂的相关性.临床应用神经内分泌紊乱拮抗剂,如β-受体阻滞剂、洋地黄制剂、血管紧张素转换酶抑制剂(ACEI)能降低此类患儿心衰的病死率.就此类型先心病出现心衰时神经内分泌紊乱现象及治疗对策的综述.     

若干实验室指标对糖尿病神经病变的预测意义

近年来,人们发现了一些实验室指标对糖尿病神经病变有一定预测意义,包括糖化血红蛋白、维生素B12、甲基丙二酸、全反钴胺素、同型半胱氨酸、氧化型低密度脂蛋白、甘油三酯、超敏C反应蛋白、肿瘤坏死因子α(TNF-α)、可溶性肿瘤坏死因子受体1、可溶性肿瘤坏死因子受体2等.这些指标对糖尿病神经病变的早期防治提供了帮助.     

Together – apart: in touch in a time of separation

This paper explores the experience of working as a Jungian analyst through the various phases of the global COVID-19 pandemic, examining the importance of the physical containing space alongside the analyst’s internal mind and how technology can both help and hinder understanding. A number of clinical vignettes illustrate the challenge of communicating over a distance, paying particular attention to the way countertransference phenomena can become re-attuned. Reference is made to mythology and symbols of hope, and consideration given to the meaning and purpose of the pandemic.     

The Possibility of Meaning in Human Evolution

Science undermines the certitude of non-naturalistic answers to the question of whether human life has meaning. I explore whether evolution can provide a naturalistic basis for existential meaning. Using the work of philosopher Daniel Dennett and scientist Ursula Goodenough, I argue that evolution is the locus of the possibility of meaning because it has produced intentionality, the matrix of consciousness. I conclude that the question of the meaning of human life is an existentialist one: existential meaning is a product of the individual and collective tasks human beings undertake.     

Phenotypic plasticity and archetype: a response to common objections to the biological theory of archetype and instinct

Since Jung’s death in 1961, scholars have attempted to integrate growing biological science data into Jungian concepts such as the collective unconscious, instincts and the archetypes. This enterprise has been challenging due to persistent false dichotomies of gene and environment occasionally arising. Recent works by Roesler (2022a, 2022b) for example, have raised objections to the biological theory of archetypes, but the objections are plagued by such dichotomies. The concept of phenotypic plasticity, however, helps to both avoid this problem as well as bridge the gap between competing theories into a more integrated model with solid biological foundations.     

When is it time to stop? When good enough becomes bad enough

This article draws on Winnicott’s concept of the good enough mother to discuss how to know whether a therapeutic situation is good enough to continue or bad enough to end. This dilemma is explored in terms of clinical syndromes, such as anorexia and pathological gambling, but focuses mainly on analyst-initiated endings, which are termed the ‘Casablanca dilemma’, based on an amplification of the ending of the film Casablanca. The author goes on to discuss such one-sided endings, drawing on interviews with 40 analysts and therapists about their clinical experience. A typology of bad enough endings is presented. The psychological differences between a good enough analysis as opposed to a bad enough one are explored through the ideas of Winnicott and Neumann.     

Kann Es Ein Argument Für Den Skeptizismus Geben? Das Epistemische Problem Der Irrtumsmöglichkeit

Summary  Is there any argument for scepticism? The epistemic problem of the possibility of error. Arguments for scepticism rest on the assumption that knowledge claims are fallible. For this reason the concept of knowledge appears to be questionable. Since it is necessary to distinguish doubts from possible doubts, the arguments for scepticism appear to be unconvincing. If we take it into account that we know something that is immune to doubt, we should draw the conclusion that, contrary to scepticism, knowledge claims have to be compatible with being fallible. Thus any knowledge claim is capable of being doubted.     

The transcendent function in Spitteler’s Prometheus and Epimetheus

In August 2020, John Beebe and Steve Myers met via Zoom to discuss their differing interpretations of psychological typology and the different sources within Jung’s writings that influenced their books: Integrity in Depth: Energies and Patterns in Psychological Type (Beebe), and Myers-Briggs Typology vs Jungian Individuation (Myers). The discussion centred on Spitteler’s epic poem Prometheus und Epimetheus, which forms the basis of chapter V of Psychological Types. This is both the largest chapter and one of two chapters that Jung highlighted in the Argentine foreword as containing the essence of the book. Jung’s book is primarily about the transformation of personality rather than the categorization of people. Although it contains a critical psychology that deconstructs the nature of consciousness, that is only one half of the book and a stepping-stone to the other half, which is the reconciliation of opposites with particular emphasis on the relation of consciousness and the unconscious. Jung assumed that readers were already familiar with Prometheus und Epimetheus, an understanding of which sheds light on the nature of the transformation that Jung described – the development of a new attitude towards attitude itself.     

Chapter 6: Biblical Foundations for a Practical Theology of Aging

SUMMARY

This article reviews Biblical sources pertaining to the elderly, particularly the frail elderly. Founded on these sources, implications for elderly with Alzheimer's Disease and other forms of dementia are addressed through a personal perspective informed by writings of Christian mystics.     

Seeing in the Dark: A View into Dissociation and Healing

In this paper, I will explore the role of art-making, the experience of trauma and dissociation, and the process of working with self-states from an analytic and creative frame. Relevant literature on dissociation, trauma, and the use of art will be discussed. A case involving my work with an adolescent girl who had experienced sexual abuse from a family member will be shared, with an emphasis on the meaningful role images played during the therapeutic process. Both Jungian and psychoanalytic models of conceptualizing and working with dissociation are included, following Donald Kalsched’s (2013) recommendation for a “binocular stance” to treatment, including both a focus on the inner, intrapsychic world and the interpersonal, relational realm, and how art images both illuminated and expressed these realms. Within the therapeutic process, art images allowed the therapist a view into the client’s unconscious process, and created a meeting ground for dissociative barriers to be gradually seen, felt and known, by both therapist and client. The experience of dissociation, in images and in session, provided a reference point for myself and my client, Taylor, to develop a shared understanding and a framework for growth.