Objective To explore the relations between physiological retrogressive auricular fibrillation and organical pathological auricular fibrillation in elderly patients.Methods 36 cases paroxysmal auricular fibrillation in elderly patients without organical pathogeny were monitored for 24 hours using dynamic electrocardiogram.The attack time and frequency of paroxysmal auricular fibrillation,the change of heart rate,and other type arrhythmia complexing were analyzed.Results Most cases of paroxysmal auricular fibrillation in elderly patients were companied with arrhythmia,supraventricular arrhythmia occupy in the first place especially.The ventricle rate was slow in most cases.The attack had different rhythm in day and night,there were two flows and one edd in one day.Conclusion The elderly auricular fibrillation is associated with the physiological anaplasia of auricular muscle and artro-ventricular junction area directly.It also relates to the heighten excitability of pneumogastric nerve and secretive conduction.

Objective To investigate the efficacy of dexmedetomidine as an adjunct to combined intravenous-inhalational anesthesia for removal of foreign body in the trachea in children.Methods Sixty ASA Ⅰ or Ⅱ children,aged 1-4 yr,weighing 8-23 kg,were randomly divided into 2 groups(n =30 each):combined intravenous-inhalational anesthesia group(group Ⅰ)and dexmedetomidine as an adjunct to combined intravenous-inhalational anesthesia group(group Ⅱ).In group Ⅱ,8％ sevoflurane was inhaled by mask to induce sleep after entering the operating room,and the concentration was reduced to 4％ after the children sere asleep.Anesthesia was maintained with iv infusion of dexmedetomidine 0.5 μg/kg,and then iv injection of propofo1 2 mg/kg,followed by iv infusion of propofol at 6 rag· kg-1· h-1 and remifentanil at 0-15 μg· kg-1 ·min-t.In group Ⅰ,dexmedetomidine was not used and the other procedures were the same as those in group Ⅱ.Sevoflurane inhalation was stopped 2 min later and the rigid bronchoscope was inserted.HR and SpO2 were monitored and recorded before insertion and at 1 and 5 min after insertion.Complications such as respiratory depression,laryngeal edema,and bradycardia were reconded.The amount of propofol and remifentanil consumed,satisfactory level of bronchoscopy,and emergence time were recorded after operation.Results Compared with group Ⅰ,HR was significantly decreased at 1 and 5 min after insertion,SpO2 was significantly increased at 1 min after insertion,the amount of propofol and remifentanil consumed was significantly reduced,the operation time was significantly shortened,the emergence time was significanlly prolonged,the satisfactory level of bronchoscopy was significandy increased,and the incidence of respiratory depression and laryngeal edema was significantly decreased in grmp Ⅱ(P ＜ 0.05).Conclnslon The efficacy of dexmedetomidine as an adjunct to combined intravenous-inhalational anesthesia is better than that of combined intravenous-inhalational anesthesia for removal of foreign body in the trachea in children,with fewer complications.

Objective:To investigate the effects of HLA-B?1502 genetic polymorphism on cyclosporine( CsA)-induced liver injury in Chinese renal transplant recipients. Methods:HLA-B?1502 genotypes were determined by polymerase amplification chaln reaction of sequence-specific primers( PCR-SSP) in a total of 339 renal transplant recipients receiving CsA. All the subjects were divided into the CsA-induced liver injury group, non-CsA-induced liver injury group and the control group according to the liver injury occurrence. Results:In the 339 renal transplant recipients, the frequency of HLA-B?1502 mutation allele was 22. 64%. The distribution frequen-cy of HLA-B?1502 mutation allele had no significant difference among the three groups. There were no significant differences in the clinical characteristics of HLA-B?1502 genotypes among three groups(P>0. 05). Conclusion: No association is observed between HLA-B?1502 genetic polymorphism and cyclosporine-induced liver injury in Chinese renal transplant recipients.

Objective To understand the clinical features of infant pulmonary hemorrhage of enterovirus 71 infection without skin rash, and to improve the diagnosis and treatment of this disease.Methods Six infants infected with enterovirus 71 and presented pulmonary hemorrhage but no skin rash between November 2007 and October 2008 were retrospectively reviewed. The clinical manifestations, clinical outcomes, treatments, laboratory data and chest imaging changes of the cases were analyzed. Results The 6 cases were all younger than 2 years old. The cases distributed throughout the whole year without peak season. Enterovirus 71 gene was detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and real time polymerase chain reaction from throat swabs and secretions of the respiratory tract. All the cases began with fever, and 4 of which were accompanied with vomit, and 2 accompanied with cough. After 1 to 3 days, they all got sudden deterioration, manifested with pale and cyanosis, and 1 had hyperspasmia. After intubation, they all had pink frothy fluid from the endotracheal tube. They all had obvious hyperglycaemia, 4 had tachycardia, and 2 had hypertension. All the 6 cases died, and 4 died within 6 h after deterioration. Conclusions Pulmonary hemorrhage of enterovirus 71 infection without skin rash is seen in infants. It is sporadic throughout the whole year. The disease is fulminant and the case often dies in short period of time.

Objective To describe the discovery of a residual foci of bancroftian filariasis in Fuchuan County where the disease was announced to have been eliminated, and reveal its epidemiologic feature.Methods The investigation was carried out from August 2007 to March 2008 among residents in Changtang village where the first caseof filariasiswas found and the neighboring villages.They were screened with two thick blood smears.Immunochromatographic technology(ICT) was conducted for those going out but returned and those in surrounding areas.Vector mosquitoes were collected and dissected to find filaria larvae.Historical documents were reviewed and relevant people were interviewed.Results In Changtang administrative village, 1 052 residents were screened and 19 cases with microfilaremia were found in 2 natural villages, with a Mf-positive rate of 1.8%(5.1% in Gangshang and 1.4% in Yinshan respectively).No Mf-positive case was found in 4 119 residents screened in other 3 villages.The average microfilaria density in the 19 cases was 17.37/60 ?l blood.All the 19 cases belonged to 12 families, and 13 cases were relatives to each other, which showed a feature of spatial clustering and family clustering.More patients were identified in the age groups of 20-29 and 50-59, and 57.9% of them were older than 50 years.No larvae were found in 54 Culex pipiens fatigans dissected.Conclusion The Changtang village is identified as a residual focus of bancroftian filariasis with a low, limited endemicity.More cases have been among the elderly with a low average microfilaremia.

The full length cDNA of silkworm hibadh gene was cloned by RT-PCR and RACE (Rapid amplification of cDNA ends) technique. The hibadh gene and its deduced amino acid sequences were analyzed. The tissue distribution of hibadh gene in 5th instar silkworm larvae was tested by RT-PCR. The expression patterns of hibadh gene in simulated weightless environment were analyzed by real time RT-PCR. The results showed that the full length hibadh cDNA sequence was 1074 bp in lenth, including an open read frame of 969 bp encoding the entire coding region of Hibadh (GenBank accession No. EU719652). The deduced amino acid sequence similarities of hibadh between silkworm and Burkholderia ambifaria, Drosophila melanogaster, Apis mellifera, Xenopus tropicalis, Mus musculus, Homo sapiens were 46%, 43%, 48%, 44%, 45%, 45%, respectively. Signal peptide analysis showed that Hibadh was a secretory protein. There wasn't glycosyl-phosphatidyl inositol anchor site in Hibadh amino acid sequence. Molecular weight and isoelectric point of Hibadh were 34.1 kD and 9.14 respectively. The RT-PCR tests indicated that the hibadh gene expressed in head, silk gland, midgut, cuticle, blood, fat body, tuba malpighii of the 5th instar silkworm larvae. There were different expression patterns of hibadh gene during different silkworm embryo period in simulated weightless environment. Simulated weightlessness resulted in the expression of silkworm hibadh gene up regulated 2.3-fold (P < 0.05), up regulated 4.6-fold (P<0.01), down regulated 7.6-fold (P < 0.01), down regulated 2.6-fold (P < 0.05) during apophysis formation period, inverse period, trachea formation period, and whole embryo period, respectively. There was no significant change of hibadh gene expression during other period of silkworm embryo between simulated weightless and control groups. There were different response patterns to simulated weightless environment between hibadh gene and whole body of silkworm. Gene showed much higher sensitivity compared to whole body in response to environment. This study is useful for the further research on the gravity biological mechanism of hibadh gene.
Alcohol Oxidoreductases ; genetics ; metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Bombyx ; enzymology ; genetics ; Cloning, Molecular ; Computer Simulation ; Genes, Insect ; genetics ; Models, Biological ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Weightlessness

OBJECTIVETo analyze the clinical manifestations and intervention against fulminant scrub typhus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome.

METHODThe medical records for the onset time of hemophagocytic syndrome, the clinical course, the chest radiographic findings, laboratory data, antibiotic therapy, clinical outcome and its prognosis were retrospectively reviewed.

RESULT(1) Four patients were diagnosed as scrub typhus based on clinical manifestations only, while 15 patients met the criteria of laboratory diagnosis. All 19 patients with scrub typhus had hemophagocytic syndrome. Eschar lesion was identified in 12 patients, 7 patients were described as an ulcer. A seasonal pattern (78.9% from June through September in 15 patients) was observed. Clinical misdiagnosis was common (all 19 cases). There were 9 patients with admitting diagnosis of scrub typhus, 10 patients were not diagnosed as scrub typhus after admission. In 5 cases within 3 days after admission diagnosis was corrected as scrub typhus. Until discharge from the hospital, 5 cases were not diagnosed with scrub typhus. In this study, the length of time from the illness onset (beginning of fever) to the occurrence of clinical symptoms was (9 ± 4) days. (2) All 19 patients had changed AST levels (149 ± 37) U/L, albumin levels (23 ± 4) g/L, C-reactive protein levels (103 ± 51) mg/L, and platelet count (48 ± 41) × 10⁹/L; bone marrow aspiration revealed in 16 patients marked hemophagocytosis. Weil-Felix agglutination test revealed positive results in 6 of 15 cases. Diagnostic IFA results were positive for 14 patients; 19 patients had interstitial pneumonitis and 17 patients had pleural effusion. (3) Five cases with failure to diagnose the disease had ineffective antibiotics treatment (imipenem or β-lactam-based regimens). These patients did not receive appropriate treatment with antibiotics against scrub typhus. Fourteen patients with admitting diagnosis of scrub typhus were successfully treated with appropriate antibiotics, 8 cases with chloramphenicol, 3 cases with azithromycin, and in 3 patients (2 cases of azithromycin and one case of erythromycin), therapy was then switched to chloramphenicol. Four patients were treated with methylprednisolone and 10 patients with dexamethasone. (4) During their hospitalization, the clinical course in five cases with failure to diagnose the disease rapidly developed and progressed to the life-threatening MODS, four of five cases died. However, the course in 14 patients were relieved and did not progress to MODS.

CONCLUSIONThe diagnosis of scrub typhus was frequently delayed, the early course of scrub typhus could be associated with hemophagocytic syndrome. Serious complications of MODS generally occur without antibiotic treatment. Scrub typhus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome should be taken into consideration among patients with acute systemic febrile illness, significant increases in levels of CRP, hypoalbuminemia, thrombocytopenia, splenomegaly, pneumonitis with pleural effusion, especially those with suspected exposure history. It was not easily recognized without careful observation and was present for a few days in each patient.

Anti-Bacterial Agents ; therapeutic use ; Azithromycin ; therapeutic use ; C-Reactive Protein ; analysis ; Clinical Laboratory Techniques ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Erythromycin ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Imipenem ; therapeutic use ; Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic ; epidemiology ; Pneumonia ; Retrospective Studies ; Scrub Typhus ; diagnosis ; drug therapy ; epidemiology