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Objective To evaluate the ability of further discriminating diagnosis of the headchest lead electrocardiogram (HCECG) in elderly patients with abnormal Q waves in routine lead electrocardiogram (RLECG) in inferior lead. Methods The 55 male patients, aged 65-88 years,with abnormal Q waves in both lead Ⅲ and aVF were selected and divided into two groups: myocardial infarction (MI) group and non-MI group, according to if the patient had a history of acute MI. All the patients accepted examination of coronary computed tomographic angiography (CTA) and ultrasound cardiogram, those with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and myocardial hypertrophy were excluded.The 30 individuals of control group had no abnormal Q waves in lead Ⅱ , Ⅲ and aVF. HCECG and RLECG were recorded simultaneously in respective groups and occurrence rate of Q waves in correlative leads Ⅱ, Ⅲ, aVF and HL3, H0, HR3 were matched and compared, sensitivity and specificity were compared in respective leads. Results There were serious stenosis in 22 patients (100%) in MI group, and there were mild stenosis in 10 (30. 3%) and moderate stenosis in 23 patients (69.7%) in non-MI group. There was no significant difference between HCECG and RLECG in occurrence rate of Q waves in MI group (P＞ 0. 05 ). Non-MI group left anterior axillary line, Ⅱ ,Ⅲ, right anterior axillary line, near the anterior midline, aVF without Q wave and exclusion of old MI diagnostic specificity were 100%, 97.0%(32/33), 97.0% (32/33), 15.2% (5/33), 100%, 39.4%( 13/33)respectively. Conclusions Pseudo-changes are rarely found in HCECG and there is a higher degree of conformity in HCECG with coronary lesions, therefore HCECG may be used to discriminate whether the inferior abnormal Q waves occurred in RLECG are truly abnormal or not.
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Objective To evaluate the effects of glutamine on immune function in elderly patients with malnutrition.Methods Twenty-four elderly patients with malnutrition were equally randomized divided into glutamine group and control group.Patients in both two groups were administered with enteral nutrition containing equal nitrogen and calorics for consecutively 7 days.In the glutamine group,patients were also supplied with oral glutamine (7.5g tid).Changes of plasma IgG,IgA,and IgM levels,percentages of T-lymphocyte subsets (CD3,CD4,CD8),and CD4/CD8 ratio were determined before and after treatment.Results Plasma IgG and IgA lev-els,percentages of CD3 and CD4,and CD4/CD8 ratio were significantly higher in glutamine group than in control group (P<0.05 or P<0.01).Conclusion Glutamine can improve the immune function in elderly patients with malnutritiop and promote their recovery.