Objective To analyze the prevalence of nosocomial infections among inpatients and its influential factors.Methods The retrospective survey was performed by reviewing and analyzing the clinical data of 7788 inpatients in 2004 in Nankai Hospital of Tianjin.Results Totally 250 nosocomial infection cases were identified,which gave a prevalence of 3.21%.The all-year highest prevalence was found in September.Among all the departments,the highest rate,5.20%,occurred in Department of Gynecology.The inpatients aged more than 60-year-old showed higher prevalence than those under 60 years old.The main infection position was lower respiratory tract(41.60%).Concludes The prevalence of nosocomial infections of Nankai Hospital were within the acceptable standard range defined by Ministry of Health,China.Nevertheless,the prevalence would be reduced if measurements for surveillance and control could be properly applied.

Objective The aim of this study was to determine the effects of ulinastatin, a broad spectrum proteinase inhibitor, on fibrinolytic system and platelet function during open heart surgery performed with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) .Methods Twenty ASA Ⅰ-Ⅱpatients of both sexes undergoing cardiac surgery under CPB were randomly divided into two groups of ten patients: control group(C) and ulinastatin group (U). In group U patients received ulinastatin 12 000 U?2kg-1 . Half of the dose was given iv 10 min before CPB and the other half was added to the priming solution. In group C patients received normal saline instead of ulinastatin. Blood samples were taken before CPB (T1 ) , 30 min after CPB was started (T2), at the end of CPB (T3), 2 h and 4 h after CPB(T4 , T5) for determination of plasma levels of D-Dimer, ?-granule membrane protein-140 (GMP-140), thromboxane B2 (TXB2) and 6-Keto-prostaglandin F1? (6-Keto-PGF1?) .Results The demographic data, aortic cross-clamping time, CPB time and duration of operation were comparable between the two groups. The plasma levels of D-Dimer, GMP-140, TXB2 and TXB2/6-Keto-PGFl? were significantly increased at T2 , T3 and T4 as compared with the baseline (T1 ) in both groups, but the increase was significantly larger in group C than in group U(P

Objective To investigate the protective effect of ulinastatin on myocardium against ischemia-reperfusion injury in open heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) .Methods Twenty ASA Ⅰ - Ⅱ patients undergoing atrioseptopexy or surgical repair of VSD under CPB were randomly divided into two groups: in ulinastatin group (U n = 10) patients received ulinastatin 12000 unit?kg-1, half of the dose was given iv, 10 min before aorta cannulation and another half was added into the priming fluid; in control group (C n = 10) the patients received same volume of saline instead of ulinastatin. Premedication consisted of intramuscular pethidine 1 mg?kg-1 and scopolamine 0.01 mg?kg-1 .Anesthesia was induced with midazolam 0.1 mg?kg-1, fentanyl 10 ?g?kg-1 and pancuronium 0.1 mg**kg-1 and maintained with fentanyl, enflurane or isoflurane, diazepam and pancuronium. Arterial blood samples were taken before CPB (T1), at release of the aortic cross-clamp (T2), 30 min after aortic release (T3), 4h and 24h after discontinuation of CPB (T4, T5 ) for determination of plasma levels of cardiac troponin I (cTnI), creatine phosphokinase (CK) and creative phosphokinase isoenzyme (CK-MB) .Results The demographic data were comparable between the two groups. The CPB time, aortic cross-clamping time and duration of operation were also comparable. The plasma cTnI level and CK, CK-MB activity were all within normal range before CPB in both groups. In group C the plasma level of cTnI started increasing at T2, peaked at T4 and started decreasing at T5. In group U the plasma level of cTnI at T3 and T4 was significantly higher than the baseline (P

Objective To study the incidence,risk factors and prognosis of stroke-associated infection(SAI) in acute stroke patients.Methods 382 serial acute cerebral stroke patients were retrospectively surveyed.Results The incidence of SAI was 29.3% in all cases,mainly involved lower respiratory tract(63.0%) and urinary tract(28.4%).Escherichia coli,Coagulase negative staph and Streptococcus viridans were the main pathogenic organisms.Developments of SAI were closely related with aging,diabetes mellitus,the application of antimicrobial agents and invasive procedure.The mortality was 10.7%(12/112) in the cases with SAI,but 1.9%(5/270) in the cases without SAI.Conclusion SAI is caused by various factors in acute stroke patients.Controlling SAI can help to succeed in treating stroke.

Different kinds of average degree of polymerzation (DP) of chitosan to the freshness preserving of Scomberomorus niphonius and Pseudosoiaena polyactis and lean pork were studied. A satisfied results was acquired by the low DP of chitosan. The preserving results stored in 6C-7C were better than that of stored in 20C - 23C ,particularly.

The protective effect of 916 on lymphocyte damage induced by H 2O 2 was studied in this paper. Exposure of 916 at given concentrations to lymphocyte was concomitantly incubated with H 2O 2 at concentration of 12.5?mol?L -1 . Two hours later, the viable cells were evaluated by MTT assays. The result indicated that 916 exerted significant protective effect on lymphocyte from injury, indicating a potent antioxidant activity.

Heparin and low molecular weight heparin have been widely used in clinical therapy as anticoagulants in cardiovascular disease and in hemodialysis. Crude heparin is usually prepared from porcine intestinal mucosa. Purified heparin is a mixture of polysaccharides consisting mainly of repeating GlcNS(6S)-IdoA2S disaccharides and other disaccharides with different GlcNAc/GlcNS±3S±6S-GlcA/IdoA±2S residues. Heparin injections are drugs prepared from heparin active pharmaceutical ingredient ( API ) that is prepared from crude heparin. Low molecular weight heparins are dominant heparin-based drugs used clinically, which are prepared by degrading heparin into smaller sizes. As a result, low molecular weight heparins are sharing the same major disaccharides but have different reducing and non-reducing ends. In current study, we focused on the disaccharide compositional analysis of clinically used heparin and heparin-based drugs. HeparinaseⅠ,II, and Ⅲ were used to degrade all heparin and heparin-based drugs including heparin sodium injection, Enoxaparin sodium injection, Nadroparin calcium injection, Dalteparin sodium injection, Fondaparinux sodium into disaccharides. All the degraded products were analyzed by strong anion high perforance liquid chromatography ( SAX-HPLC) coupled with an UV-detector. Commercially available unsaturated disaccharide standards were then used for structral identification. Furthermore, unusual disaccharides present in Nadroparin, Dalteparin, and Fondaparinux were confirmed by reversed-phase ion pair HPLC coupled with mass spectrometry. The developed method produced detailed structural information, which should be useful for quality control of heparin and heparin-based drugs.

Objective To investigate the influence of sulfated propylene glycol alginate(PSS) and its fractions on the immunoregulation.Methods The immunoregulation activity of PSS and its fractions were investigated by using immunocyte cultivation technique in vitro.The structure activity relationship was analysed on the basis of the structure studies of PSS' fractions.Results The experimental results showed that PSS could improve spleen cell proliferation,enhance macrophage phagocytic function and inhibit T-cell and B-cell proliferation.Conclusion PSS possessed significant immunoregulation effect,whilst the immunocompetence comparison of PSS' fractions proved that the different immunocytes had different requirements for saccharides length.

Objective: Diffuse muscular calcification was rare myopathological change due to abnormal metabolism of calcium, which was mainly found in dermatomyositis and myositis ossificans progressiva. Here we reported a case of diffuse muscular calcification that clinically mimicked myositis ossificans progressiva. The disease might be a new type of congenital calcium metabolic disease. Methods:A 15-year-old girl developed subcutaneous cysts in the wrist and ankle when she was 1 year old. At the age of 9, she developed recurrent fever with myalgia, fatigue and diffuse muscular calcification. It was difficult for her to squat, run or walk. Protuberance presented in the subcutaneous tissue of her trunk. Some nodules ruptured with outflow of chalky material. ESR, ENA, RF, CRP, PTH, CK were in normal limits. EMG was unremarkable. X-ray confirmed diffuse calcification in the muscle and subcutaneous tissues. Biceps muscle biopsy was performed. Results:Numerous inflammatory cells infiltrated around vessels in the perimyosium with perifascicular muscle fiber atrophy and degeneration. Many RRF and SDH positive fibers were also observed. EM showed tubular reticular inclusions in vascular endothelium. Conclusion: Diffuse muscular calcification indicated existence of systemic calcium metabolic abnormality. As the clinical symptoms and distribution pattern of calcification were different from dermatomyositis with subcutaneous calcification and myositis ossificans progressiva, our case might be a new type of disease. The microvascular changes might result in the lesion of muscle fibers.

Objective To investigate the effects of lipid-associated membrane proteins ( LAMPs) derived from Mycoplasma pneumoniae ( M.pneumoniae) strains on the expression of heme oxygenase 1 ( HO-1) in a human monocyte cell line (THP-1).Methods THP-1 cells were in vitro cultured with different concentrations of LAMPs for different times.The cytotoxicity of LAMPs to THP-1 cells was analyzed by using lactate dehydrogenase ( LDH) releasing test.The expression of HO-1 at protein and mRNA levels were de-tected by Western blot and real-time RT-PCR, respectively.The enzymatic activity of HO-1 protein was ex-amined by colorimetric assay.THP-1 cells stimulated with PBS and LPS were set up as the negative and pos-itive controls, respectively.Results A significantly enhanced LDH releasing rate was observed in THP-1 cells treated with 10 μg/ml of LAMPs.The expression of HO-1 at protein and mRNA levels in THP-1 cells were induced by LAMPs in a dose-dependent and time-dependent manner.The highest level of HO-1 protein was detected in THP-1 cells treated with 5.0 μg/ml of LAMPs.The transcriptional levels of HO-1 induced by LAMPs were significantly elevated at 3 h, peaked at 9 h and were decreased at 12 h.The expression of HO-1 protein in THP-1 cells was enhanced after 8 h of treatment with LAMPs and a significant decrease was observed at 20 h after reaching peaks at 12 h and 16 h.The activity of HO-1 protein was significantly en-hanced along with the increased expression of HO-1 protein.Conclusion The LAMPs derived from M.pneumoniae strains induced the expression of HO-1 at mRNA and protein levels.Moreover, the enzyme activity of HO-1 protein was enhanced in LAMPs treated THP-1 cells.