1.CT Value in Examining Intestinal Tumor Obstruction
Beilei SHEN ; Xiong FANG ; Zhichao SUN ; Lang ZHUO ; Shiqiang ZHU
Journal of Practical Radiology 1991;0(03):-
Objective To analyze the CT features of intestinal tumor obstruction, and explore its CT value.Methods CT manifestation and clinical materials of intestinal tumor obstruction proved by surgical findings or endoscopy biopsy in 35 cases were analyzed restrospectively, and compared with the results of surgery-pathology and endoscopy. Results CT findings were consistence with the results of surgery-pathology and endoscopy in 33 of 35 cases. The CT diagnostic accuracy of intestinal obstruction was 100%. And the accuracy of the cause was 94%, including colon carcinoma in 25, lyphoma in 5, gastrointestinal stromal tumor in 2, and lipoma in 3.Conclusion CT has unique advantage in examining intestinal tumor obstruction, not only for definiting the existence of the obstruction, but also locating the site of obstruction diagnosing the cause and chosing the appropriate treatment.
2.Application of Multi-slice Spiral CT Three Dimensional Reconstruction in Diagnosis of Mechanical Intestinal Obstruction
Beilei SHEN ; Shiqiang ZHU ; Xiong FANG ; Zhichao SUN
Journal of Practical Radiology 2001;0(05):-
Objective To investigate the diagnostic Value of multi-slice spiral CT 3-Dimensional reconstruction in intestinal obstruction.Methods 28 Patients with malignant lesions of colon underwent volume scanning using multislice helical CT.Four types of reconstruction included multiple planner reconstruction(MPR),CT virtual colonoscopy(CTVC),shaded surface display(SSD)and raysum.The results were compared with those of colonoscopy and patholog.Results CT diagnostic accurate rate was 100%,and the accurate rate of the cause was 96% in intestinal obstruction,including primary or secondary neoplasms(18/28),abhesions(2/28),bowel torsion(2/28)and external or internal hernias(3/28) and gallstone ileus(3/28).Conclusion There were advantages and disadvantages in diagnosis of mechanical intestinal obstruction with MPR,CTVC,SSD and Raysum respectively.The combined use of the four post-processing technigues can be more helpful to precise localizing and qualitative diagnosis of lesions.MPR should be the optimal post-processing technigues for the diagnosis of intestinal obstruction
3.Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: 20 cases
Hao JIANG ; Beilei ZHAO ; Yi SHI ; Ehong CAO ; Yong SONG ; Gui ZHANG ; Wenkui SUN
Chinese Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 2009;09(4):293-296
Objective To analyze the clinical, radiological, pathological and microbiological features of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) to improve clinical management.Methods Retrospective analysis of 20 pathologically and/or microbiologically confirmed IPA cases in our hospital from January 2005 to August 2008. Results Group A (with underlying diseases) included 13 patients (underlying malignancy in 9 patients, including 5 cases of hematological malignancy, COPD in 2 patients, pulmonary tuberculosis and bronchiectasis in 1 each). Group B (without underlying disease) included 7 patients (2 patients with a long time of fluffy toy contact, another 1 had exposure to moldy rice, and 3 had exposure to polluted water). All these 20 patients had pulmonary invasion revealed by CT imaging. Multiple changes were identified in 16 patients. Bilateral pulmonary infiltrates and/or consolidation were revealed in 7 patients. Multiple nodules were seen in 9 patients. Four patients had solitary lesions, including isolated nodules in 2 patients and segment consolidation in the other 2 patients. Pulmonary cavity without fluid level was found in 8 patients (40.0%). Eighteen cases received antifungal therapy. The overall efficacy rate was 55.6%. The efficacy rate in group A and B was 45.5% and 5/7 respectively. The average time to symptomatic relief was (12.0±2.8) days. The time to lung lesion improvement on CT was (17.4±2.9) days. The time to significant CT improvement was (34.3±9.9) days. The time to the resolution of active lesion was (56.4±6.2) days.Conclusions IPA may occur in immunocompetent patients without underlying disease. Most IPA patients have bilateral multiple pulmonary nodules and cavities on CT. The time to the resolution of active pulmonary lesions is about 6 weeks.
4.A preliminary study on the mutation of TLR4 gene in patients with invasive aspergillosis
Chen CHEN ; Xiaoyong XU ; Hao XIE ; Huiming SUN ; Fei CHEN ; Ming FANG ; Beilei ZHAO
Journal of Medical Postgraduates 2015;(9):944-948
Objective Toll-like receptor ( TLR) gene family is the most important pathogen recognition receptor and animal experiment have found TLR4 mice is inclined to infect aspergillosis ( IA) .The study was to investigate the variation of TLR4 gene in Chinese Han nationality and its relation with the susceptibility of IA. Methods 25 patients diagnosed with proven IA from June 2011 to December 2012 in our hospital were enrolled, among which 17 were males.Their average age was 52.4 ±12.3, and 12 pa-tients had underlying diseases, the others had no underlying diseases.The control group consisted of 103 normal persons, among which 70 were males.Their average age was 56.0 ±17.2.All of the subjects were Chinese Han population.DNA was extracted from periph-eral blood.Polymerase chain reaction ( PCR) was applied to amplify the coding sequence of TLR4 gene followed by sequencing.The sequencing result was compared with TLR4 coding sequence in NCBI GenBank along with the analysis on amino acid change caused by genetic mutation and its effect on protein function.Comparison analysis was made on genetic mutation rate between IA group and con-trol group. Results Two missense mutations,TLR4 219 C>G and 1420 C>T, were identified in TLR4.The prediction result of protein structure showed 219 C>G resulted in the change of functional area for TLR4 to recognize pathogen and 1420 C>T caused no change in domains.The variation rate of TLR4 in IA group was 8%( 2/25 ) and both the patients had no underlying diseases. No mutation has been founded in control group and the difference between two groups was of statistical significance (P=0.037). Conclusion Two missense mutations (219 C>G and 1420 C>T) have been detec-ted in encoding area of TLR4 gene of IA patients.Variation in the cod-ing region of TLR4 gene may increase the susceptibility to IA.
5.Diagnostic value of promoter methylation and protein expression of plasma RNF180 gene in gastric cancer
Xuesong ZHANG ; Xie ZHANG ; Beilei SUN ; Yufei SONG ; Hongna LU ; Danping WANG ; Zhigang HUANG
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2014;(22):1432-1436
Objective:To investigate the diagnostic value of the promoter methylation of plasma RNF180 gene and its protein ex-pression for the detection of gastric cancer. Methods:Methylation-specific polymerase-chain reaction (MSP) and enzyme-linked immu-no-sorbent assay (ELISA) were performed to detect DNA methylation and protein expression of the RNF180 gene, respectively. The correlations of DNA methylation and protein expression of the RNF180 gene with the clinico-pathological parameters of gastric carcino-ma were then separately analyzed. Results:MSP showed that the methylation rates of the RNF180 gene were 62.75%and 21.88%in the plasma of patients with gastric carcinoma and healthy volunteers, respectively;this result indicated that the two groups significantly differed (P<0.01). The methylation of the RNF180 gene was associated with tumor size, clinical stage, tumor differentiation, lymph node metastasis, and distant metastasis (P<0.05). ELISA results showed that the protein expression of the RNF180 gene [(23.22 ± 1.36)μg/mL] was significantly lower (P<0.01) in the plasma of patients with gastric carcinoma than in the plasma of healthy volunteers [(34.25 ± 2.44)μg/mL]. However, the protein expression of the RNF180 gene was not associated with clinicopathological parameters (P>0.05). Conclusion:The RNF180 gene is expressed at a hypermethylation rate, and the corresponding protein expression level is de-creased in the plasma of individuals with gastric carcinoma. Therefore, RNF180 gene methylation in plasma could be applied to detect microinvasion for the clinical diagnosis of gastric cancer.
6.Effects of perioperative whole course thermal insulation strategy on extubation, recovery time, coagulation index and the incidence of complications in patients undergoing thoracoscopic surgery
Beilei XIE ; Yan ZHANG ; Qiuqiu CHEN ; Fenna ZHOU ; Qinmei SUN ; Lu HUANG
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2021;28(4):554-557
Objective:To investigate the effects of perioperative whole course thermal insulation strategy on extubation, recovery time, coagulation index and the incidence of complications in patients undergoing thoracoscopic surgery.Methods:A total of 121 patients who underwent thoracoscopic surgery who received treatment in Zhoushan Hospital from October 2016 to February 2018 were included in this study. Among them, 59 patients who underwent thoracoscopic surgery from October 2016 to February 2017 were included in the simple thermal insulation group, and 62 patients who underwent thoracoscopic surgery from October 2017 to February 2018 were included in the whole process thermal insulation group. Before and 24 hours and 72 hours after surgery, platelet count, prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time and thrombin time were compared between the two groups. Postoperative extubation time and recovery time were recorded. The incidence of shivering, restlessness and other complications was analyzed.Results:Postoperative extubation time and recovery time in the whole process thermal insulation group were significantly shorter than those in the simple thermal insulation group [(8.06 ± 4.60) min vs. (13.98 ± 7.22) min, (47.19 ± 12.97) min vs. (56.84 ± 17.49) min, t = 5.40, 3.47, both P < 0.05). At 24 and 72 hours after surgery, platelet count and activated partial prothrombin time in the whole process thermal insulation group were significantly shorter than those in the simple thermal insulation group [(12.55 ± 0.88) s vs. (13.11 ± 0.97) s, (27.44 ± 2.43) s vs. (29.03 ± 2.14) s, (11.42 ± 0.73) s vs. (11.87 ± 0.74) s, (27.44 ± 1.96) s vs. (28.80 ± 2.22) s, t = 3.32, 3.81, all P < 0.05). The incidence of postoperative shivering and restlessness in the whole process thermal insulation group was significantly lower than that in the simple insulation Group (7 cases vs. 27 cases, 5 cases vs. 22 cases, χ2 = 17.782, 14.894, 3.33, 3.57, all P < 0.05). Conclusion:Perioperative whole course thermal insulation strategy can shorten extubation and recovery time, inhibit perioperative coagulation dysfunction, and decrease the incidence of perioperative restlessness, shivering and other complications caused by hypothermia. The effect of perioperative whole course thermal insulation is superior to that of simple thermal insulation.
7.Clinical characteristics and prognosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in the respiratory intensive care unit
Huiming SUN ; Yongping WANG ; Dongmei YUAN ; Chen CHEN ; Fei CHEN ; Guannan WU ; Xiaoyong XU ; Beilei ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2018;41(12):1061-1066
Objective To demonstrate the clinical characteristics and prognosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) in respiratory intensive care unit (ICU), for early diagnosis and treatment. Methods The clinical features, treatment and outcome of 17 patients diagnosed as IPA in RICU from May 2015 to April 2018 were analyzed retrospectively. Results The basic diseases of 17 patients were mostly chronic respiratory diseases (14 cases, while 11 cases were chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). One case was proven by IPA criteria, 13 cases were probable and 3 cases were possible. All patients were treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics during hospitalization, and 6 patients were treated with glucocorticoids (oral/intravenous) within 3 weeks of admission and during hospitalization. The main clinical symptoms included cough sputum, dyspnea and fever, among which 4 cases had hemoptysis. Infiltrates were seen in 8 cases, multiple nodules with cavitary lesions in 4 cases, multiple small nodules along the bronchi in 2 cases, and left upper lobe consolidation in the proven case. Sixteen patients were treated with voriconazole alone or in combination with caspofungin. Fourteen patients were tested for voriconazole serum concentration, while 4 were in normal range, 10 were elevated (2 cases were significantly elevated, >10 μg/L). Serum concentration of bilirubin did not increase significantly in all paitents after treatment. Serum concentrations of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) were elevated in 4 cases with elevated serum concentration of voriconazole and 2 cases with normal serum concentration of voriconazole. Patients with elevated voriconazole concentration did not show significant difference in prognosis compared with those with normal concentration. Eight cases were improved and discharged and 9 gave up and died due to the worsening of the disease. Eight patients received mechanical ventilation (6 cases were invasive and 2 cases were non-invasive), 7 of them eventually gave up treatment and died. Conclusions The clinical features of chronic respiratory diseases with IPA are atypical, however, the patient is critically ill with high mortality. Elevated serum concentration of voriconazole might be more common in severe patients. For those who have a history of systemic application of glucocorticoids, clinical symptoms with hemoptysis, short of breath, radiology with infiltrates, nodular and/or with cavity, and with no response to antibiotics, clinicians should actively seeking evidence of IPA, for early diagnosis, standardized treatment, and improve the prognosis of patients with chronic respiratory diseases complicated with IPA.
8.Research progress in nursing manager succession planning
Liming CHEN ; Beilei GAO ; Huafang ZHANG ; Jiehui FENG ; Wendan SHI ; Chong PENG ; Lili SUN ; Fengxia WENG
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration 2019;35(3):224-226
This paper reviewed the present nursing manager succession planning at home and abroad, covering the succession standard of nursing managers, the content and form of pre-job training, and the evaluation tool of management ability. These efforts aim to provide references for the construction of nursing management talents teams in China.