תוצאת חיפוש

אבי בן-הרוש, בוריס קפלן, ציון בן-רפאל, דוב פלדברג

החטיבה למיילדות וגינקולוגיה, מרכז רפואי רבין, קמפוס ביילינסון, פתח-תקווה

כעשרים שנה לאחר לידת יילוד ההפריה החוץ-גופית (הח"ג) (IVF–IN Vitro Fertilization) הראשון, נולדים ברחבי העולם כ-40,000 ילודים באופן זה מדי שנה. הריונות אלה שונים מהריונות "עצמוניים", בעיקר בשיעור גבוה יותר של הריונות מרובי-עוברים (המ"ע), לאחר החזרת יותר מעובר אחד לרחם. במרבית המדינות מדווח, כי שיעור המ"ע לאחר הח"ג נמדד כדי 40%-30%, בהשוואה לשיעור של 3%-2% באוכלוסייה כללית. שיטות ההפריה החדישות (ART- Assisted Reproductive Technology), בהן מתבצעת הח"ג והחזרת מספר עוברים לרחם (ET- Embryo Transfer), יחד עם שיטות חדישות להשראת ביוץ, נחשבים לגורם המוביל לעליית שיעור לידות מרובות עוברים – עליה דווח בעשורים האחרונים. מגמה זו מעוררת דאגה רבה, לנוכח ההשלכות הרפואיות החברתיות, הכלכליות והאתיות, מאחר שנשים הנושאות ברחמן שני עוברים או יותר, נמצאות בסיכון מוגבר לסיבוכי הריון ולידה ואף ליילודים צפויים שיעורי תחלואה או תמותה גדולים יותר – הן בטווח הקצר והן בטווח הארוך (כמו פגות קיצונית ו- cerebral palsy), בהשוואה להריונות יחיד. בסקירה זו, נציג את נושא החזרת העוברים ותוצאה אפשרית של המ"ע – על היבטיו השונים.

Hospital-At-Home as a Solution for the Treatment Requirements of Acute Exacerbation in Multiple Sclerosis

D. Steinmetz (1), H. Edelstein (1), S. Dishon (2), E. Berkovitz (1), A. Almany (1), A. Miller (2)

(1) Hospital-at-Home Department, Continuing Care Unit, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District. (2) Multiple Sclerosis Center, the Neuroimmunology Unit, Carmel Medical Center. Faculty of Medicine and the Rappoport Institute for Medical Research, Haifa, Israel

Cooperation between the Multiple Sclerosis center at the Carmel medical center and the Hospital-at-Home (H.H) department of the continuing care unit in the Haifa and Western Galilee district of the Clalit Health Services has made it possible to give metylprednisolone intravenously to Multiple Sclerosis (M.S) patients during an acute exacerbation of the disease, in their home.

In this study, we describe the joint work of the two centers. We have summarized 30 treatment courses given to 26 patients in their homes, following referral by the M.S. center, in the year 1999.

The aims of the study included assessing satisfaction, safety and cose-effectiveness in a treatment course in the HH framework, as compared to the same treatment being conducted in the framework of hospitalization in various neurological departments, as was done in the past in the same group of patients.

The expenses involved in HH for this group of patients were only 14% of the parallel treatment in the hospital (a savings of 86%).

The treatment has proven to be extremely safe. There were no side-effects that required returning patients to the hospital, and the treatment was given in conditions of maximum comfort for the patient and his family.

A telephone survey was conducted, which compared the satisfaction with the HH treatment, and the burden caused the patient's family to prior hospitalization for the same treatment. For all of the parameters examined, greater satisfaction was distinctly proven in the HH treatment. In light of these findings, we can conclude that giving metylprednisolone intravenously to M.S patients during an acute exacerbation, in the HH framework, is a safe and cost effective treatment, preferred by the patient and his family.

Prenatal Down's Syndrome Screening at 10-14 Weeks Gestation using the Combined Nuchal Translucency and Maternal Serum Biochemistry: Preliminary Results

Ron Maymon^1*, Marina Bergman², Shmuel Segal²,  Eli Dreazen¹, Zwi Weinraub¹ and Arie Herman¹

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assaf Harofe Medical Center, Zerifin 70300 (affiliated with Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv), Israel. ²Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon (affiliated with Ben Gurion University, Be'er-Sheeba), Israel.

We report our preliminary experience of prenatal screening for Down's syndrome (DS) using nuchal translucency (NT) measurement combined with the serum biochemistry analysis of Free b-human chorionic gonadotropin (FbhCG) and pregnancy associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) all measurement at 10-14 weeks of gestation.

Of the 358 parturient women which enrolled in the study, 9 cases were not included because of fetal anomalies or miscarriages. Thus the study group included 349 singleton pregnancies in which complete prenatal and infant follow-up was available.

Forty-four pregnant women were found to be screen positive (12.6%) and in 13 cases (27%) of them fetal chromosomal aneuploidies were diagnosed. Looking into the markers profile we found that the NT was a sensitive marker which was abnormally increased in all the fetal aneuploidies. Serum FbhCG was found to be a promising marker as well, being significantly elevated (2.26[0.86 multiple of the medians, MoM) in DS cases, and decreased (<0.5 MoM) in two cases of Edward's syndrome.

On the contrary, PAPP-A was found less sensitive, and its mean MoM values were not significantly different between DS versus euploid fetuses.

Our preliminary results support the promising success of DS screening using NT and FbhCG.

אשר בשירי, בוריס פורמן, משה מזור

החטיבה למיילדות וגינקולוגיה, מרכז רפואי אוניברסיטאי סורוקה, באר שבע

הנקת היילוד היא בעלת יתרונות מוכחים לגבי בריאות הילד ומקובל על הכל, שחלב אם מכיל את המרכיבים התזונתיים הטובים ביותר בהשוואה לתחליפים שונים, וכמו כן, נועד לו תפקיד מכריע בהישרדות הילודים במדינות מתפתחות. לאור זאת, תפקיד מכריע בהישרדות הילודים במדינות מתפתחות. לאור זאת, נודעת חשיבות רבה לאמצעי המנע הנבחר בזמן ההנקה, כך שיהיה בעל השפעות מיקטיות על החלב ועל הילוד.

בחירת אמצעי המנע (contraceptives) לאשה מיניקה צריכה להיקבע באופן אישי ויש לקחת בחשבון מספר שיקולים לגבי הסוג הנבחר ומועד תחילת הנטילה: העדפה אישית, השפעה על הפוריות, השפעה על ההנקה, עלות, שיעור השפעות-הלוואי, מידת היעילות, משך ההשפעה וזמינות השיטה.

רונית חיימוב-קוכמן, שמחה יגל

המח' לרפואת נשים ויולדות, ביה"ח האוניברסיטאי, הסתדרות מדיצינית הדסה, הר הצופים, ירושלים

חקר גנום האדם החל לפני למעלה מ-40 שנה בתגלית, שתאים סומטיים מכילים 46 כרומוסומים. בין השנים 1956 ל-1960, הוגדר הבסיס הגנטי לתיסמונות שונות שהיו ידועות זה מכבר. כל סטייה במספר הכרומוסומים מ-46 (23 זוגות כרומוסומים) קרויה אנאפלואידיות, והיא מהווה את הליקוי הגנטי הנפוץ ביותר. אנאפלואידיות נגרמת בדרך כלל מהפרעה בצימוד הכרומוסומים במהלך החלוקה התאית במיטוזה ובמיוזה.

Aggressive Surgical Treatment for Cholangiocarcinoma

M. Shimonov, P. Schecter, Y. Avni¹, E. Rabin², A. Rosen, A. Czerniak,

¹Department of Surgery A, Gastroenterology and ²Invasive-Radiology, Wolfson Medical

Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

Surgery remains the only curative approach to cholangiocarcinoma. Despite operative difficulties concerning tumor location, vascular involvement or hepatic invasion curative resection (i.e. achievement of tumor free margins) carries good survival rates and is associated with low morbidity and mortality. Our experience with 31 patients with cholangiocarcinoma operated during the years 1993-1999 is presented.

Twenty-five patients were found to have hilar cholangiocarcinoma, 3 carcinoma of mid-choledochus and 3 distal cholangiocarcinoma. All patients were evaluated by a diagnostic protocol including laparoscopy and laparoscopic ultrasound. Surgery consisted of local resection of the tumor with Roux en Y hepaticojejunostomy reconstruction. Three patients had concomitant hepatic resection for hilar cholangiocarcinoma while 3 patients had pancreaticoduodenectomy for distal cholangiocarcinoma. Adenocarcinoma was diagnosed in all patients. Curative resection was achieved in 19 patients and palliative resection (microscopically involved resected margins) in 12. One patient died at 60 days postop (3.5% mortality). Postoperative complications included cholangitis occuring in 10 patients who were referred with biliary drains, intraabdominal abscess (2 patients) and biliary leakage (1 patient) all treated conservatively.

Overall survival rate was 82% at one year, 73% at two years and 45% at 5 years. When comparing curative resection with palliative resection, survival rates were 92% versus 71% for 1 year, 72% versus 50% for 2 year and 57% versus 14% for 5 years.

Selection of patients using Laparoscopic Ultrasound combined with aggressive surgical approach enable curative or palliative resection 15 the only treatment modality which is significantly improved survival.

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer: A Validation Study and Preliminary Results

Aviram Nissan, Ram M. Spira, Roland Chisin, Oded Zamir, Diana Prus, Martin Klein, Mahmoud Badriyyah, Herbert R. Freund

Departments of Surgery. Biophysics and Nuclear Medicine, and Pathology. Hadassah University Hospital Mount Scopus and Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem

Introduction: Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has been recently proven to be an accurate staging method for breast cancer, replacing axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in selected cases. We present our initial experience and the process of introduction and implementation of SLNB in a University Hospital setting.

Material and methods: 46 SLNB were performed in 42 consecutive female patients with invasive breast cancer. Treatment included 0.4mCi-2mCi of Tc-99m rhenium colloid injected either 2 hours before surgery (0.4 mCi) or the night before surgery (2 mCi). Four milliliters of Patent Blue V were injected peritumoral 10 minutes prior to skin incision in all patients. Following SLNB all women underwent subsequent ALND. Sentinel nodes were processed both with multiple (10-15) H&E sections and immunohistochemistry with cytokeratin antibodies stain.

Results: Blue dye, isotope or the combination of both identified 43/46 (93%) of the sentinel lymph nodes. ALND was performed only unilaterally in 4 patients with bilateral breast cancer bringing the total evaluable SLNB to 39. In the 39 patients in whom the sentinel node was successfully identified and underwent ALND, the SLNB was true positive (TP) in 17/39 (44%) true negative (TN) in 20/39 (51%) and false negative in 2/39 [(5%), both T2 lesions] with overall accuracy of 95%. In the last 10 cases all sentinel nodes were successfully identified with 70% TP and 30% TN.

Conclusions: Experience with at least 30-40 consecutive cases for safe implementation of SLNB in clinical practice. Specific training and dedication is required for the entire team involved, including surgeons, nuclear medicine physicians and technicians and pathologists.  

Laparoscopy as Part of the Management of Gynecologic Neoplasms - Report of Our Clinical Experience

Yehuda Ben David, Moshe Bustan, Eliezer Shalev

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, HaEmek Medical Center, Afula

Introduction: Surgery is the treatment of choice in most early stages of cervical cancer and advanced stages of ovarian cancer. Failing to preoperatively diagnose para-aortic and parametrial metastases in cervical cancer or a non-resectable, ovarian cancer, may results in a superfluous laparotomy.

Aim: To evaluate the advantage of using laparoscopy in cervical and ovarian cancer.

Patients and Methods: Study population includes patients with ovarian or cervical cancer referred between 1997-1999. A CT scan and a trans-vaginal sonography were used to detect involvement of pelvic and para-aortic lymph nodes, parametrium and other metastases. In patients with cervical cancer, para-aortic lymph node dissection was laparoscopically performed. When para-aortic nodes were negative and parametrium was clear, radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymph nodes dissection was conducted through laparotomy. When para-aortic lymph nodes or parametrium were positive, patients were referred for radiation therapy. In ovarian cancer patients, the upper abdomen and the pelvis were examined laparoscopically to evaluate the possibility of optimal debulking surgery. Staging was done for patients who were not candidates for optimal debulking surgery and second debulking surgery was considered.

Results: Nine patients with stage lb-lla cervical cancer were included. Preoperatively, 2 of them were suspected for lymph node involvement. Following laparoscopy one was confirmed to have para-aortic lymph node involvement and the other did not. In the remaining 8 patients, one was found to have parametrial involvement and laparotomy was avoided, while the rest were treated surgically.

Eighteen ovarian cancer patients were included in this study. Laparoscopy revealed an extensive disease in 7 patients and therefore staging laparoscopy was completed. In the remaining 11 patients, laparotomy was performed, operable disease was found and complete debulking surgery was conducted. In only one patient of the 11 complete debulking surgeries was not possible.

Conclusions: In accordance with the experience and skills of the surgical team, we propose utilizing laparoscopy in cases where laparotomy may be avoided.

שרית אשכנזי, טליה לוי, ציון בן-רפאל

מח' נשים ויולדות, מרכז רפואי רבין, פתח תקווה

זה כשני עשורים מושקע מאמץ רב בפיתוח תכשירים סינתטיים המעכבים את פעילות ההורמון פרוגסטרון. מראשית פיתוחם עוררו תכשירים אלה מחלוקת מאחר ושימושם הראשון היה לצורך הפסקת הריון בשלביו המוקדמים. מעכבי הפרוגסטרון הפכו את תהליך הפסקת ההריון לזמין יותר תוך שמירה על פרטיות מרבית ונוצר חשש שמא התהליך יהפוך לבלתי מבוקר וייעשה שימוש לרעה בתכשירים אלה.

מיפפריסטון, המכונה גם RU 486 (Romainville, France, Roussel-Uclaf) הוא סטרואיד סינתטי בעל תכונות אנטי פרוגסטטיביות ואנטי גלוקוקוטיקואידיות. תכשיר זה יוצר לראשונה ב-1981 ומאז נעשה בו שימוש בתחומים שונים בגינקולוגיה ובמיילדות. מלבד יתרונותיו בהשראת הפלה, מיפפריסטון נמצא יעיל גם בדיכוי מחלת רירית הרחם (endometriosis), בהקטנת שרירנים ברחם, וכאמצעי למניעת הריון. מיפפריסטון מסייע גם בהבשלת צוואר הרחם ובהשראת לידה בשליש השני והשלישי להריון.

בסקירה זו מובא מיגוון האפשרויות הטיפוליות הכלולות בטיפול במיפפריסטון בתחום הפוריות, הגינקולוגיה והמיילדות. לאחרונה, הותר הטיפול במיפפריסטון במישלב עם פרוסטגלאנדין מיזופרוסטול על ידי משרד הבריאות לצורך הפסקת הריון ש לעד גיל 49 ימים. לאור זאת, עיקר הדגש בסקירה יהיה על הטיפול במיפפריסטון בהוריה זו.

The Effect on Family Members of Treating Home-Hospitalized Patients

Netta Bentur, Avivit Moualem

JCD-Brookdale Institute, Jerusalem

Background: In recent years, chronic patients being treated at home are being joined by increasing numbers of acute and sub-acute patients. Although there has been a considerable expansion of formal services for home hospitalization, nevertheless a significant part of the burden of caring for these patients falls on their families. Many studies have examined the effect on the family of treating chronic patients at home, but very little is known about the effects on the family caregiver of treating an acute or sub-acute patient at home.

Goals of the study: a. To determine the main areas of care involving family members within the framework of home hospitalization. b. To assess the caregivers' sense of burden. c.To identify the causes of the feelings of burden. d. To examine the caregivers' specific difficulties. e. To identify the areas in which they are particularly interested in additional guidance.

Methodology: The study population included 179 primary caregivers of patients registered in four home hospitalization units. The data were collected during face-to-face interviews with the primary caregivers, in the patients' homes.

Findings: Half (49%) of the caregivers were the patients' spouses, and the rest were other family members, 67% were women. The average age was 56, and about a third were over 65. On average, they were involved in six areas of care. Fifty three percent reported that the burden they had to contend with was too heavy, 28% said it was not so heavy, and 19% said it was not heavy at all. A multi-variate analysis revealed that the feeling that the burden was too heavy had a statistically significant correlation with caring for another family member at home, being involved in 3+ areas of treatments, being married, 9+ years of education, the patients suffering from frequent pain or unable to reach the bathroom independently. Most (75%) of the caregivers reported three or more areas of burden which include the time devoted to care giving, and the effect of the treatment on the patient's health, mental and physical condition. Although 77% of them had received instruction on how to treat the patients, 29% cited at least one area in which they would have liked to receive more instruction, noting in particular the need to learn how to deal with changes in the patient's mental status.

Conclusions: Family members caring for home-hospitalized patients require more instruction and advice from the formal agencies during the daily care of the patient, particularly in specific subjects. There is a need to develop additional instruments for advice and instruction, in a broad range of areas, in order to assist the caregivers in their complex role. There is a need to continue to examine specific areas in which the family members require additional counselling and instruction, in order to better plan these services, and help improve the quality of care for home-hospitalized patients.
 

Traumatic Brain Injury: The National Trauma Registry*

Einat Peles, Vita Barell, Valentina Boyko, Arnona Ziv, Giora Kaplan

Health Services Research Unit, Ministry of Health, Sheba Medical Center Tel-Hashomer

Background: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) has been established as a category in reporting systems. Uniform data systems case definition has been suggested for hospital discharge data surveillance systems cases based on ICD-9-CM diagnostic codes. These include fractures and specific mention of intracranial injuries such as contusion, laceration, hemorrhage, and concussion. Inspection of data from the Israel National Trauma Registry suggested that two diagnostic groups of very different severity and outcome were being unjustifiably combined.

Aim: To evaluate the validity of categorizing TBI into two discrete groups, using the presence of specific mention of intracranial injury and/or loss of consciousness for more than one hour as the definition of definite TBI. Possible TBI includes skull fractures with no mention of intracranial injury and/or concussion with no loss of consciousness.

Methods: The study population includes all traumatic injuries admitted to hospital, dying in the ER or transferred to other hospitals and recorded in the 1998 Trauma Registry in all 6 level I trauma centers in Israel and two level II centers.

Results: The significant difference in severity between groups supports the validity of sub-dividing the TBI classification into definite and possible subcategories. As a result, we obtain two different severity groups without measuring specific severity scores which are limited in the reporting system.

Conclusion: The groups were significantly different in severity, hospital resource use, immediate outcome, demographic and injury circumstances.

*           Level I: Rambam, Beilinson-Schneider, Sheba, Ichilov (Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center), Hadassah Ein Karem and Soroka.

            Level II: Hillel Yaffe and Kaplan

Primary Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

Y. Wiener¹, R. Gold¹, S. Zehavy², J. Sandbank², A. Halevy¹

¹Dept. of General Surgery and Dept. of Pathology, ²Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Israel

Stromal tumors of the GI tract are rare. In the retrospective and prospective study we investigated the relationship between tumor symptomatology, tumor grade and prognostic factors. During the period May 1993 - September 1999, 11 female and 13 male patients with a mean age of 62 (range-29-81) years were operated for primary gastrointestinal stomal tumors (GIST) in our department. Observed signs and symptoms were: GI bleeding (65%), abdominal pain (45%), abdominal mass (15%) and weakness (5%). In 4 patients tumor was an incidental finding during investigation or operation for another tumor. Tumor location (in decreasing order) was: stomach (15), small bowel (SB, 6), esophagus (1), duodenum (1) and colon (1). Preoperative biopsy or FNA were diagnostic in less than 50% of the cases. Operative procedures included wedge resection (8 patients), resection of segment of bowel (10) and extended resection (6), of diaphragm, SB, colon, bladder, kidney and liver. The mean tumor size was 7.8 (range-0.9-22) cm. Four tumors were graded as benign, 8 of indeterminate malignant potential and 12 malignant.

Conclusion: The main presentation of GIST is acute GI bleeding. Endoscopy is most effective for studying proximal tumors, and CT should be used to identify distal GI tract tumors. Tumor size or malignancy were not necessarily predictive of GI bleeding. When invasive to adjacent organs is present, wide excision should be contemplated as long-term survival can be achieved.

מנחם פישר, אורלי תיבון-פישר

מרכז בריאות האשה, קרית שמונה, המח' לרפואה תעסוקתית, גליל עליון וטבריה, שירותי בריאות כללית מחוז צפון, החברה לרפואת נשים בקהילה

נשים מהוות כיום כמעט מחצית מכוח העבודה בעולם המערבי, בישראל, מהוות נשים 46% מכוח העבודה האזרחי, רובן אימהות ולמעלה ממחציתן בגיל הפוריות. כמעט כל הנשים ההרות ממשיכות לעבוד בעת ההריון, כ-75% מהן גם מעבר לשבוע ה- 35-34 להריון.

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השפעת העבודה וסביבת העבודה על בריאות האשה מהווה מרכיב חשוב ביותר בבריאות הציבור בכלל ובנשים הרות בפרט. ובכל זאת לא זכה נושא זה עד כה להתייחסות הראויה, ואינו מוזכר כלל בתוכנית ההתמחות ברפואת נשים או ברפואת המשפחה ובתוכניות ללימודי המשך.

המטרה בסקירה זו היא להביא מידע עדכני בניסיון לענות על שאלות שכיחות בנושא, המוצגות על ידי נשים עובדות, צוותי רפואה, מעסיקים ובעלי עניין אחרים בתחום.

(1,2) ניר פלד, (1,2) צ'רלס נקר, (2) שי אשכנזי, (1) פאול מרלוב

(1) המח' לילודים, מרכז רפואי רבין, קמפוס בילינסון, (2) מרכז רפואי "שניידר" לילדים, פתח תקווה, הפקולטה לרפואה סאקלר, אוניברסיטת ת"א

בשני העשורים האחרונים, נרשמו תנודות חדות בשכיחות העולמית של מחלת העגבת בכלל ועגבת הילוד בפרט. בראשית שנות התשעים, אובחנה עגבת הילוד בכל 1/10,000 לידות של ילודים חיים בארה"ב. התמותה במחלת עגבת הילוד מגיעה לכדי 40% (תוך- וחוץ-רחמית), ואף השורדים לוקים בתחלואה קשה. לפיכך, ממליץ המרכז לבקרת המחלות בארה"ב (CDC) על סקר נוגדנים בלתי סגולי לעגבת לכל אם הרה במהלך השליש הראשון להריון, או בתחילת המעקב ההריוני, הסקר נערך באמצעות תבחין בלתי-סגולי למחולל העגבת, Treponema pallidum, לרוב תבחין VDRL.

נוכח העלייה הנרשמת בשיעור חולים אלה בישראל, דנה סקירה זו במעקב ההריוני וניהול היילוד שאמו בעלת תבחין VDRL המפורש כחיובי.

Pleomorphic Carcinoma of the Lung Heralded as Bilateral Leg Pain

George Habib, Hanna Rawashdi, Jonathan Peleg, Walid Saliba

Depts. of Medicine B, Neurology and Radiology, Lady Davis Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

This is a case of a 70 year old male patient suffering from bilateral leg pain for 2 months. Physical examination disclosed clubbing. X-rays of the legs showed bilateral periosteal elevation with subperiosteal bone formation. ⁹⁹T^M-diphosphonate bone scan was negative. A search for malignancy revealed pleomorphic carcinoma of the right lung. Pain symptom disappeared 2 days after resection of the tumor. Repeated X-rays of the legs, three and a half months later showed no change and the clubbing persisted.

Hence, unexplained bilateral leg pain should raise suspicion of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, and elicit a search for secondary disease especially lung tumor. It is interesting to point out the negative bone scan and the rapid resolution of patient symptoms after resection of the tumor.