Objective To study the change of interleakin-18 (IL-18) in patients of pregnancy induced hypertension syndrome(PIH) and its correlation with endothelint-1 (ET-1). Methods Serum levels of IL-18 and plasma levels of ET-1 in 47 PIH patients and 30 normal pregnancy women were measured with ELISA and RSA respectively. Results (1)Serum IL-18 of PIH group (M=43.76 ng/L) was significantly higher than that of normal pregnancy group (M=37.975 ng/L) , H=42.845,P

Objective To study the lymphocytes subsets including Th1 and Th2 cells in PBMC of children with bronchiolitis in acute period.Methods The present study enrolled 34 patients with bronchiolitis,23 of them were respiratory syncytial virus(RSV)and 11 non-RSV,and 22 age-matched normal infants.Fresh peripheral blood samples were treated and run through the flow cytometry.The percentage of lymphocytes subsets were acquired using simultest IMK-lymphcyte software.Results The results showed the percentage of CD3+ and CD4+ cells in bronchiolitis group was higher than that in control group(P

Eight phenolic compounds were isolated from Rhododendron phaeochrysum var. agglutinatum and their sructures were identified as phaeochrysin (1), (2R)-4-(3',4'-dihydroxyphenyl) -2-butanol (2), (-) -rhododendrol (3), rhododendrin (4), (+) -isolariciresinol (5), (-) -lyoniresinol (6), lyoniresinol-9'-O-β-D-xylopyranoside (7), and dihydrodehydrodiconiferyl-3a-O-α-L-rhamnopyranoside (8). Compound 1 is new, and compounds 2, 5-8 were isolated from this plant for the first time.
Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; Mass Spectrometry ; Molecular Structure ; Phenols ; chemistry ; Rhododendron ; chemistry

Accidents, Occupational ; Acute Disease ; Adult ; Furaldehyde ; poisoning ; Humans ; Male

Adult ; Aged ; Angiography, Digital Subtraction ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ; diagnostic imaging ; therapy ; Chemoembolization, Therapeutic ; Female ; Hemangioma ; diagnostic imaging ; therapy ; Humans ; Liver Neoplasms ; diagnostic imaging ; therapy ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Radiography, Interventional ; methods ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; methods

Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Alanine Transaminase ; blood ; Bilirubin ; blood ; Choledochostomy ; methods ; Common Bile Duct ; surgery ; Common Bile Duct Neoplasms ; complications ; Drainage ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Jaundice, Obstructive ; blood ; etiology ; surgery ; Jejunum ; surgery ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pancreatic Neoplasms ; complications ; Survival Rate ; gamma-Glutamyltransferase ; blood

We presented a case of Reiters syndrome consisting of conjunctivitis, arthritis and mucocutaneous lesions, occurring in 49 year-old Korean male. He had an pisode of dysentery 18 months before the onset of the syndrome and later followed by transient conjunctivitis but no history of venereal disease was revealed. He had the relatively well demarcated erythematous scaly patches on the scalp, face and back, and also the solitary or confluent thickened hyperkeratotic plaques on the dorsum of the feet and hands and lower extremities. Balanitis circinata as .a lesion of the mucous membrane, was seen but there were no lesions on the oral mucosa and palate. Arthritis of the knee and elbow joints were very scvere, accompanied by severe pain and limited motion, and severe wasting and weakness of the muscles of both lower extremities were noticed. He was treated with penicillin and corticosteroids systemically combined witb physiotherapy with some improvement of both skin lesions and joint pain but he died 3 months later probably of the far advanced pulmonary tuberculosis, gastrointestinal bleeding and cachexia.
Adrenal Cortex Hormones ; Arthralgia ; Arthritis ; Balanitis ; Cachexia ; Conjunctivitis ; Dysentery ; Elbow Joint ; Foot ; Hand ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Knee ; Lower Extremity ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Mouth Mucosa ; Mucous Membrane ; Muscles ; Palate ; Penicillins ; Scalp ; Sexually Transmitted Diseases ; Skin ; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary

Brain Neoplasms ; complications ; Humans ; Hypothalamic Diseases ; etiology ; Syndrome

Objective To explore the stability of unilateral external fixator for tibial fracture in its middle in condition of different distribution and number of screws. Methods The experiment model was made when eighteen human corpse tibial transverse fractures had been fixated with unilateral external fixation, which were divided into six groups. In each group, resistance fragments were adhered to be close to the transverse tibial fracture and near the screw-bone interface(SBI), including three screw distribution models, which were well distributed, close to and far off the fracture site distribution. Each model had also been accomplished according to the conditions of four and six screws before compression load of the same magnitude, the same direction and the same loading position. This method was used to observed the values of strain of SBI and axial displacement at the fracture site at grade load. Results ① Under compression condition, the models displacements and the force at Y-axial were the smallest when screw distribution was even in four or six screws and much better than those of four screws. ② The stability at the condition of six screws was stronger than that of four screws. Conclusion The even distribution of four screws is reasonable when tibial fractures are treated with unilateral external fixation, and six screws can be choosen if conditions permit.

Objective To observe the effects of sevoflurane and propofol on cerebral oxygen metabolism and postoperative cognitive function during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Methods Fifty ASA Ⅱ or Ⅲ patients aged 40-65 years old scheduled for cardiac valve replacement surgery with CPB were randomly assigned into two groups,sevoflurane group (group S) and propofol group (group P),25 in each group.Two groups of patients used the same method of anesthesia induction:midazolam 0.1 mg?kg-1,sufentanil 0.7 μg?kg-1,vecuronium 0.1 mg?kg-1,and etomidate 0.2 mg?kg-1 were intravenously injected successively,and then tracheal intubation was performed.For maintenance of anesthesia,patients of group S continuously inhaled 3%-4% sevoflurane, and patients of group P were intravenous pumped with propofol 4-6 mg?kg-1?h-1 via vein;midazolam,sufentanil and vecuronium bromide were intermittently injected in both groups.At the time points of pre-bypass (t1), nasopharynx temperature dropping to constant temperature regularly ( t2 ) ,nasopharynx temperature rising to constant temperature regularly ( t3 ) ,1 h after the end of CPB ( t4 ) ,and 6 h after the end of CPB ( t5 ) ,blood from radial artery and right jugular bulb was harvested for blood gas analysis,and mini-mental state examination( MMSE) score were evaluated before and 24 and 48 h after the surgery. Results The jugular venous bulb oxygen saturation( SjvO2 ) in the two groups were both increased during T2 period and then decreased during t3 period, but arteriovenous oxygen content difference ( AVDO2 ) and oxygen extraction rate (O2ER) were both decreased during t2 period and then increased during t3 period.There was no significant difference between the two groups during t2 and t3 period (P>0.05).MMSE scores of the two groups after operation were all less than those before operation,but that was significantly higher in the sevoflurane group than in the propofol group 24 h after the surgery ( t=4.34,P<0.05) . Conclusion The two anesthesia methods can meet the need of valve replacement surgery and maintain the cerebral oxygen balance during CPB period, but sevoflurane anesthesia has fewer influences in post-operation mental nerve functional changes.