Objective To investigate the value of Pituitrin in neonatal cardiopulmonary resuscitation.Methods Seventy-three cases with neonatal cardiopulmonary arrest admitted in emergency department and NICU in our hospital were collected during 2007 to 2011.Newborns who did not respond to conventional neonatal resuscitation therapy were divided into two groups:epinephrine group 47 cases (control group) and Pituitrin combined with epinephrine group 26 cases (treatment group).Results There were no statistical difference (x2 =0.956,P ＞ 0.05) between treatment group and control group in the rates of initial resuscitation success (23.1％,6/26 vs 34.0％,16/47).Conclusion Pituitrin combined with epinephrine has similar efficacy with the use of epinephrine in neonatal cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Objective To establish a simultaneous method for determination of 5 constituents from Panax quinquefolium stem leaf 20(S)-protopanaxdiol saponins,Ginsenoside-Rb1,Rc,Rb2,Rb3 and Rd by RP-HPLC.MethodsPanax quinquefolium stem leaf 20(S)-protopanaxdiol saponins was provided by the Ji'an Yisheng Pharmaceutical Stock Co.Ltd..The Agilent ODS column(5 ?m,4.6 mm?250 mm)was used,and eluted with acetonitrile-0.2% phosphoric acid water in gradient mode.The UV detection wavelength was 203 nm,and the flow rate was 1.0 ml/min,with the temperature of column at 40 ℃.The accuracy,stability and repeability of this method was evaluated.The yield rate was measured.ResultsFive compounds were baseline separated,with good linearity.A standard curve was plotted.Our method was proved to have sound accuracy,stability and repeability.The yield rate was 98.39%,97.36%,98.02%,97.70% and 97.01% respectively for Ginsenoside-Rb1,Rc,Rb2,Rb3 and Rd.ConclusionOur method of determination is rapid and accurate,and can be used for controlling the quality of Panax quinquefolium 20(S)-protopanaxdiol saponins.

Objective To reconstruct three-dimensional femoral footprint of the anterior cruciate ligament(ACL) by dual-source CT(DSCT),which can provide a novel positioning system particularly applicable in the anatomic ACL reconstruction under arthroscopy. Methods DSCT scanning was performed for the bilateral knees of 30 healthy volunteers.Three-dimensional reconstruction of the lateral wall of the intercondylar notch was done with 64-slice spiral CT workstation(GE,Volume Share2-AW 4.4 version).Double-bundle footprints of the ACL femoral insertions were identified, outlined and marked on the three-dimensional models.The over-the-top junction of the distal femur and the trochlea of femoral lateral condyle was dotted as a reference point O.The femoral footprint long and short axes,the footprint angle between the line passing through 2 centers of anteromedial and posterolateral bundles and the femoral shaft,the distance between 2 bundle centers,the shortest distance from the footprint edge to the distal femoral cartilage,and the shortest distance from the footprint edge to the posterior margin of the femoral cartilage were measured on the models with a standardized scale. Results All the ACL femoral footprints were successfully reconstructed by DSCT in the 60 knee joints.They were relatively protruding,plain,irregular in shape but identical in grey scale,distinct areas on the image. On the three-dimensional models of femoral lateral condyle,a 3-point-2-angle positioning system applicable in arthroscopic anatomic ACL reconstruction was successfully established and used to define and describe the double-bundle insertions of ACL.The mean long and short axes of ACL femoral footprint were respectively 16.5 ± 1.8 mm and 8.0 ± 1.3 mm; the mean ACL footprint angle was 8.3° ±4.9°; the mean distance between 2 bundle centers was 7.8 ± 1.0 mm; the mean shortest distance from the footprint edge to the distal femoral cartilage was 1.6 ± 1.5 mm; the mean shortest distance from the footprint edge to the posterior margin of the femoral cartilage was 1.7 ± 0.9 mm. Conclusions Three-dimensional ACL femoral footprints can be clearly reconstructed with DSCT.Natural ACL femoral footprints vary from person to person,which indicates a need of individualized reconstruction in order to restore the anatomy in maximum.The 3-point-2-angle positioning system we have developed is just suitable for arthroscopic ACL reconstruction.

Physiology is the main course in the education of preclinical medicine.And the functional experiment education is one of the important ingredients in it.The teaching style should be open,the students capability of independent thoughts should be raised and at the same time their precise scientism and cooperation spirit should be cultivated following the basic outline of teaching.

Objective Stathmin, a microtubule-destabilizing protein , has high expression in esophageal squamous cell carci-noma(ESCC), while taxol is a common chemotherapy microtubule-targeted drug for esophageal cancer .This study aimed to investigate the impact of stathmin expression and its influence on taxol sensitivity in ESCC . Methods We established 2 cell models with ST-MN1 gene overexpression in KYSE 510 and KYSE 170 cell lines, including KYSE 510-Stathmin, KYSE 170-Stathmin, KYSE 510-Control and KYSE 170-Control.MTT assay and colony formation were applied to compare the taxol sensitivity between experimental group and control group .Flow cytometry was used to measure the apoptosis of KYSE 510-Stathmin and KYSE 510-Control after taxol treatment.Western blot was used to test the changes of related factors to apoptosis and autophagy . Results ①Stathmin protein ex-pressions in KYSE 510-Stathmin and KYSE 170-Stathmin cells were higher than those of control cells (P<0.01).② The percentages of inhibition were significantly decreased in KYSE 510-Stathmin and KYSE 170-Stathmin cells 24 h after 50, 100,250 nmol/L taxol treat-ment compared with KYSE 510-Stathmin cells(P <0.01).③The percentages of inhibition were significantly reduced in KYSE 510-Stathmin and KYSE 170-Stathmin cells after 250 nM taxol treatment for 24, 48, 60 h (P<0.01).④After taxol treatment,the number of colony formation in KYSE 510-Stathmin cells was higher com-pared with KYSE 510-Control cells (P<0.01).⑤The percentage of cell apoptosis in KYSE 510-Stathmin was significantly lower than that of KYSE 510-Control cells by flow cytometry (11.90%±0.78%vs 29.63%±3.26%, P<0.05).Western blot showed the ap-optosis of associated proteins such as the activation of Caspase 8 and Caspas9. Conclusion The result indicates that overexpression of stathmin inhibits taxol sensitivity in ESCC cell lines .

Objective: To observe the relationship between impaired myocardial untwisting and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients with autoimmune diseases (AD). Methods: In this retrospective study, 95 AD patients (27 males, (38.6±14.2) years old) were enrolled as AD group and 71 gender and age matched healthy subjects (24 males, (37.6±12.2) years old) were enrolled as control group, all underwent transthoracic echocardiography and two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) in our hospital between January 2014 and June 2018. Left ventricular untwisting and diastolic function parameters were measured. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to identify related factors of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in AD patients. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to identify the diagnosis value of untwisting parameters for left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in AD patients. Results: Compared with control group, left ventricular ejection fraction was lower (58(47, 66)% vs. 67 (62, 71) %, P<0.001), E/e′ was higher (10.78 (7.28, 13.65) vs. 6.30 (5.55, 7.25) , P<0.001), isovolumic relaxation time was longer (73.5 (56.5, 88.0) ms vs. 62.0 (58.0, 68.5) ms, P<0.001),and untwist slope during isovolumic relaxation period (USIR) was lower (31.92 (14.09, 54.92) °/s vs. 59.90 (40.09, 87.18) °/s, P<0.001) in AD group than in control group. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed heart rate (OR=0.885, 95%CI 0.840-0.931, P<0.001), E/e′ (OR=0.655, 95%CI 0.537-0.798, P<0.001) and USIR (OR=0.986, 95%CI 0.974-0.998, P=0.020) were independently related with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in AD patients. ROC curve showed that area under the curve (AUC) was 0.919 (P<0.001), sensitivity was 87.6%, and specificity was 88.7%, when combining the heart rate, E/e′, and USIR as assessment parameters for the diagnosis of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in AD patients at a cutoff of 0.51. Conclusions Impairment of myocardial untwisting indicates the presence of early stage left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in AD patients. USIR may be a sensitive parameter to evaluate early stage left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in AD patients.