Objective To probe into the chnical value of strain rate imaging on the assessment of left atrial function in patients with hypertensive disorder comphcating pregnancy(HDCP).Methods Thirty two patients with HDCP and 20 control subjects were involved.Patients with HDCP were divided into 2 groups:17 with normal left ventricular mass index (LVMI) and 15 with left ventricular hypertrophy.These patients and controls underwent transthoracic echocardiography,strain and strain rate imaging examination.Atrial strain and strain rate imaging values of patients with HDCP were compared with those of controls.Multiple parameters were compared by one-way anova analysis.Results When compared with the controls,peak early diastolic strain rate (ESR) was significantly decreased in HDCP patients with normal LVMI and left ventricular hypertophy [(-1.13 ± 0.15),(-1.04 ± 0.29) s-1 vs.(-1.26 ± 0.23) s-1,P ＜ 0.05].Compared with the normal LVMI,peak late diastolic strain rate (ASR) was significantly decreased in controls and patients with left ventricular hypertrophy [(-1.23 ± 0.25) s-1 vs.(-1.36 ± 0.33),(-1.34 ± 0.32) s-1].There was no significant difference in the others (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion Left atrial function is decreased in HDCP patients,which with left ventricular hypertrophy,the tendency is more obvious.

Recent studies suggest that lacunar infarction is a high risk ischemic cerebrovascular disease highly correlated with the time, which optimistic prognosis is not as good as previously thought.In addition, the role of macrovascular diseases has not been paid attention, it is not conducive to secondary prevention and early intervention for the etiology of lacunar infarction.This review focu-ses on application of imaging diagnosis of lacunar infarction, the etiology of non-lacunar infarct, and differential diagnosis of lacunar in-farction.

A L-arginine-producing mutant UN100-12(SG~(r),AE~(r)) was derived from Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC138761 by combination treatment with ultraviolet(UV) and N-methyl-N-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine(NTG). It could accumulate 16.6g/L L-arginine in the medium containing glucose as carbon source and ammonium sulfate as nitrogen source, when it was culrured at 30℃ for 4 days. And also this mutant has good stability of descendiblity of L-arginine.

Objective:To evaluate the diagnostic value of 18G and 16G needle biopsy of breast lesions.Methods: Onr hundred and fifteen patients with breast lesions those were excised through surgery. Each lesion was under ultrasound-guided needle biopsy(US-CNB) with 18G and 16G, then underwent surgical resection of mass and pathological histology. Histological findings of US-CNB and the surgical specimens were analyzed for sensitivities, false negative rates, and underestimate rates.Results: Among 84 cases of breast cancer proved by surgical pathology, the sensitivity, specificity, false negative rate of 18G and 16G biopsy diagnosis were followed by 95.2% and 97.6%, 89.6% and 94.3%, 4.8% and 2.4%. Paired chi-square test showed no significant difference between the two methods.Conclusion: 18G and 16G needle biopsy has no significant difference in the diagnosis of breast lesions.

As an important device of modern medical treatment,medical monitor is a combination of modern electronics technology,computer technology and medical technology.In this paper,the development of medical monitors in China is summarized,especially the main technique characteristics of medical monitor in Chinese market.The examples of monitors made in China are presented.

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To analyze maternal and neonatal complications among late preterm birth cases and to investigate risk factors of late preterm birth. Methods This was a retrospective analysis of 258 late preterm cases (late preterm group) born in Peking University First Hospital from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2010. Maternal comorbidity and complications, delivery modes, and neonatal complications of these 258 late preterm infants were compared with 308 term cases (term group) during the same period. Statistical analysis was performed usingχ2 test, Fisher's exact probability test, t test and logistic regression. Results In Peking University First Hospital, late preterm births accounted for 3.9%(258/6 695) of live births and 60.1%(258/429) of preterm births. The incidence of the following maternal complications among the late preterm group was higher than that among term group(all P<0.05): severe pre-eclampsia [7.4%(19/258) vs 1.0%(3/308), χ2=15.35]; preterm rupture of membrane [42.6%(110/258) vs 15.3%(47/308), χ2=52.49];cervical insufficiency [1.9%(5/258) vs 0.0%(0/308), Fisher's exact test];placenta previa[3.5%(9/258) vs 0.6%(2/308), Fisher's exact test] and placental abruption [2.7%(7/258) vs 0.3%(1/308), Fisher's exact test]. Severe pre-eclampsia was the major risk factor leading to late preterm birth. The incidence of the following neonatal complications among the late preterm group was higher than that among term group (all P<0.05):respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS) [11.6%(30/258) vs 1.6%(5/308), χ2=24.22]; hyperbilirubinemia [64.3%(166/258) vs 39.6%(122/308),χ2=34.36];electrolyte disturbance [12.8%(33/258) vs 1.6(95/308),χ2=27.96];hypothermia [7.0%(18/258) vs 2.9%(9/308),χ2=5.08];infectious pneumonia[13.6%(35/258) vs 3.2%(10/308), χ2=20.43]; leukoencephalopathy [3.1%(8/258) vs 0.3%(1/308), χ2=5.25]; low body temperature [18.6%(48/258) vs 3.6%(11/308),χ2=33.98] and neonatal asphyxia [6.2%(16/258) vs 1.0%(3/308),χ2=11.86]. The incidence of the following neonatal complications among late preterm infants born at<35 weeks gestation was higher than that among late preterm infants born at≥35 weeks gestation (all P<0.05):NRDS [30.4%(14/46) vs 7.5%(16/212) ,χ2=19.26];hyperbilirubinemia [91.3%(42/46) vs 58.5%(124/212), χ2=17.74]; electrolyte disturbance [21.7%(10/46) vs 10.8%(23/212), χ2=4.02]; intracranial hemorrhage [8.7%(4/46) vs 1.9%(4/212),χ2=3.88];leukoencephalopathy [10.9%(5/46) vs 1.4%(3/212),χ2=8.32] and neonatal asphyxia [15.2%(7/46) vs 4.2%(9/212), χ2=6.05]. Conclusions Severe pre-eclampsia is the major risk factor leading to late preterm birth. The incidence of complications among late preterm infants is higher than that among term infants. If a pregnancy has to be terminated because of maternal disorders, the pregnancy period should be extended to 35 weeks if it permits.

Objective To investigate clinical characteristics and outcomes of twin pregnancies complicated with growth discordance.Methods Five hundred and seventy-six twin pregnancies who delivered between January 1,2000 and July 31,2012 in Peking University First Hospital were retrospectively analyzed.Cases with twin-twin transfusion syndrome had been excluded.Fetal weight was estimated by abdominal circumference and femur length; neonatal birth weight was recorded.The weight difference between two babies was divided by the weight of the bigger one to obtain the differential ratio.Twin pregnancy complicated with growth discordance was diagnosed if the ratio was equal or greater than 25％ (discordance group,n=68),and growth concordance was diagnosed if the ratio was less than 25％ (concordance group,n=508).The incidence of twin pregnancies complicated with growth discordance was analyzed.The incidence of maternal complications,premature delivery,perinatal death and neonatal complications were compared between the two groups.Chisquare test and t test were used for statistical analysis.Results The incidence of twin pregnancies complicated with growth discordance was 11.8％ (68/576).The incidence of growth discordance in monochorionic twins was higher than that in dichorionic twins [17.6％ (40/227) vs 8.0％ (28/349),x2=11.40,P＜0.05].The gestational age at delivery in the discordance group was earlier than that in the concordance group [(35.6±4.1) weeks vs (36.6±3.2) weeks,t=-1.66,P＜0.05],and the incidence of premature delivery in the discordance group was higher than that in the concordance group [58.8％ (40/68) vs 47.6％ (242/508),x2=3.85,P＜0.05].The perinatal mortality in discordance group was higher than that in the concordance group [9.6％ (13/136) vs 4.7％ (48/1 016),x2=5.84,P＜0.05].Among babies in discordance group,the incidence of intracranial lesion in monochorionic twins was higher than that in dichorionic twins [20.9％ (14/67) vs 6.8％ (3/44),x2=4.06,P＜0.05].Conclusions Twin pregnancies with growth discordance are prone to adverse pregnancy outcomes.Prenatal care should be strengthened and fetal condition should be assessed timely.It is suggested that neonates should undergo overall checkup and long-term follow-up.

Objective To validate the analytical performance of four LP(a)reagents with Immunoturbidimetry method used on the automatic biochemistry analyzer for preliminary clinical application.Methods The performance of four LP(a)reagents (labeled as A,B,C,D)with method from RANDOX,Zhejiang Kuake Co.,Beijing Leadman Co.and Beijing Jiuqiang Co.on Olympus AU5800 automatic biochemistry analyzer were assessed.The precision,linearity range,accuracy,disturbance (vita-min C,bilirubin,hemoglobin,TG)were assessed.Results The within-run CVs of the four reagents (A,B,C and D)were 0.64%~1.18%,3.59%~4.75%,1.33%~3.05% and 1.43%~2.01% respectively.The between-run CVs in A,B,C and D were 1.04%~1.7%,3.81%~4.93%,2.16%~4.76% and 2.33%~3.21% respectively,lower than the stated.The lin-earity range was 82~923 mg/L (r2 =0.997),130~935 mg/L (r 2 =0.996 4),120~1025 mg/L (r 2 =0.992 1)and 117~943 mg/L (r2 =0.999 5)in the four reagents,which demonstrated a sound linear correlation.For interference tests,no re-markable interferences (<±10%)of reagent A and reagent D were detected when Vitamin C≤10 mg/dl,hemoglobin≤200 mg/dl,bilirubin≤40 mg/dl and TG≤500 mg/dl.Interference of reagent B was found when VC≥5 mg/dl,TG≥250 mg/dl and when TG≥250 mg/dl reagent C was interfered significantly.The four LP(a)reagents were used to detect the lipid con-trol,and the deviations of the target value were - 8.07%,1.34%,- 8.05% and 7.38% respectively.Conclusion When used in automatic biochemical analyzer,the four LP(a)reagents showed high precision.The four reagents are all able to meet clinical test requirements,nevertheless,anti-interference capability were different.