Epidemiological studies have suggested that the increase of uric acid level has a direct correlation with the risk of ischemic stroke. However,the significance of this correlation remains controversy. Most findings have suggested that hyperuricemia is a risk factor for stroke and poor outcome after stroke.Very few studies have suggested that hyperuricemia has protective effect on acute ischemic stroke.Although the effect of hyperuricemia on pathophysiological mechanisms of stroke remains uncertain, the interventional strategy by lowering the levels of blood uric acid for preventing ischemic stroke is worth to be considered. This article mainly reviews the recent clinical trials data and related mechanisms.

Objective:Sandplay themes and TAT stories of BPD's were deeply analyzed in order to explore the relationship between healing-trauma themes and need-pressure system.Methods:The healing-trauma themes of 30 BPD students' were compared with that of 30 non-BPD students'.A correlation analysis was done between healing-trauma themes and need-pressure system.Results:①Scores of trauma themes of BPD were significantly higher than those of normal participants(3.67?1.06/2.33?0.92,t=5.19,P

BACKGROUND:Transplantation of alogeneic intervertebral disc can be facilitated by the cryopreservation of the intervertebral disc. But the traditional cryopreservation methods always lead to the appearing of ice crystals inside and outside the cels which can cause celular injury. The vitrification method that can avoid the formation of ice crystals have been widely applied in the cryopreservation field. However, only a few reports have assessed the vitrified cryopreservation of the intervertebral disc, and the toxicity of cryoprotectants to the nucleus pulposus cels have not been fuly explored.
OBJECTIVE:To determine the order of toxicity of five commonly used cryoprotectants that are used alone or in combination to rabbit nucleus pulposus cels, and to select the optimal cryoprotectant for the vitrification of the intervertebral disc.
METHODS: We chose five most commonly used cryoprotectants including dimethyl sulphoxide, formamide, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol and glycerol. Then, 5 single commonly used cryoprotectants, 10 mixed agents containing any 2 commonly used cryoprotectants, and 10 mixed agents containing any 3 commonly used cryoprotectants were formulated. Cel viability of nucleus pulposus cels was determined using cel counting kit-8 and fluorescein diacetate/propidium iodide method. Al data obtained were analyzed statisticaly to choose the appropriate combining scheme with less toxicity.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The order of the toxicity of these five commonly used cryoprotectants from low to high was ethylene glycol, glycerol, formamide, dimethyl sulphoxide, and propylene glycol. The toxicity of the combined agents containing two or three commonly used cryoprotectants was lower than that of any commonly used cryoprotectants that were used to formulate them. The toxicity of the mixed agents that contained ethylene glycol or glycerol was lower than that of any other mixed agents. So we can choose the mixed cryoprotectants that contain ethylene glycol and (or) glycerol for the vitrification of the intervertebral disc.

Objective:To explore the characteristics of the sleep structures of patients with both chronic insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in plateau area.Methods:Polysomography Alice 5 was applied to 23 patients with primary chronic insomnia [insomnia group, age (48.2±9.9) years], 22 patients with both chronic insomnia and OSA [comorbidity group, age (46.8±8.9) years], who both came from Qinghai Red Cross Hospital between January, 2014 to June, 2015 and 20 subjects with normal sleep [healthy group, age (46.2±7.1) years] in plateau area (mainly in Xining, altitude 2 250 meters or above) to compare and explore their sleep structures by the whole night sleep monitoring in the sleep monitoring room. The sleep structures were compared according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) Manual for the Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events.Results:Compared to healthy group, insomnia group and comorbidity group both had significantly lower sleep efficiency [(62.4%±16.7%), (59.8%±16.0%) vs (80.9%±8.8%)], non-rapid eye movement (NREM) phase 2 sleep ratio [(37.9%±12.2%), (36.2%±12.5%) vs (49.7%±6.2%)] and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep ratio [(7.7%±4.0%), (6.5%±4.0%) vs (12.5%±4.6%)] (all P<0.05); comorbidity group had a significantly higher oxygen desaturation index than insomnia group and healthy group [(30.8±29.2) vs (7.9±7.5), (5.9±2.7) times/h] ( P<0.05); insomnia group′s sleep latency of NREM3 stage was significantly longer than comorbidity group and healthy group [(148.9±113.6) vs (89.3±51.8), (59.1±40.3) min] (both P<0.05). Conclusion:Patients with both chronic insomnia and OSA and patients with chronic insomnia only in plateau area have different sleep structures, and both of their sleep quality are lower than the people with normal sleep; patients with both chronic insomnia and OSA could enter deep sleep more quickly after sleep onset.

Objective:To analyze the relationship between homology of Kleber pathogen pneumoniae (KP) in patients with neurocritical infections and the Genomics.Method:Five non-multidrug resistant pathogen KP were identified in 2015 to 2018, including the same cloning strain of P90 and P91, the same popular cloning system of P66,P90 and P91, and there is no homology between P20,P39 and other strains, which makes a second generation full genome sequencing. A variety of bioinformatics software were used for genomic analysis to understand the basic genomic information, chromosomal and plasmid distribution, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) differences and gene family clustering characteristics, meanwhile with the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website registered 18 KP strains (2013--2016) to analyze the evolutionary affinity between strains.Results:The total genome sizes of P20, P39, P66, P90 and P91 were 5 469 543 bp, 5 480 332 bp, 5 768 352 bp, 5 745 666 bp, 5 722 999 bp. The GC contents were 57.07% (1 559 929+1 561 432)/5 469 543, 57.27% (1 566 970+1 571 424)/5 480 322, 56.96% (1 640 438+1 645 432)/5 768 352, 56.88% (1 634 285+1 634 038)/5 745 666, and 56.95% (1 627 360+1 631 781)/5 722 999, respectively. Compared with P20 reference strains, the total number of SNP in P39, P66, P90 and P91 were 32 682, 34 226, 34 292, 34 375, and the total mutation rates of gene coding region sequences were87.18% (28 491/32 682), 86.71% (29 679/34 226), 85.26% (29 238/34 292), 86.22% (29 638/34 375), respectively. Nonsynonymous mutations accounted for some advantages, and the rates were 44.57% (14 566/32 682), 44.01% (15 063/34 226), 48.01% (16 465/34 292), 48.75% (16 758/34 375), and synonymous mutations were 42.61% (13 925/32 682), 42.70% (14 616/34 226), 37.25% (12 773/34 292), 37.47% (12 880/34 375), respectively. P90 and P91 have 6 specific gene families, and P66 has 4 specific gene families. The same popular clone lines P66, P90 and P99 are on the same evolutionary branch of the phylogenetic tree. The same clone P90 and P99 are on the same subbranch. P20 and P39 without homology are on different evolutionary branches respectively. P20, P39, P66, P90 and P91 on the evolutionary branches of phylogenetic tree are closely related to the evolutionary grade of strain KP52-145 from France and strain ED23 from Taiwan, China submitted on NCBI website.Conclusion:Klebsiella pneumoniae in patients with neurocritical infection has the same clone, and the number of unique gene families among strains is the same. There are small differences in the number of unique gene families and the total number of SNPs among the same epidemic clone lines, and they are characteristic of the same evolutionary branch of the phylogenetic tree. The number of unique gene families and the total number of SNPs of non homologous strains are quite different, and they are in different evolutionary branches of the phylogenetic tree.

Objective To introduce and enhance an experimental technique for intraventricular drug delivery via an implantable osmotic pump.Methods Eight-week-old male SD rats were selected and the requisite equipment and reagents were prepared.The osmotic pump was assembled and brought to operational status before conducting the implantation surgery.Following anesthesia,the rats underwent skin preparation and the upper surface of the skull was surgically exposed.A point directly above the ventricle was located using a brain stereotaxic apparatus,and a small hole was drilled at that location with a high-speed cranial drill.The pump body was then implanted subcutaneously in the neck and the needle was inserted into the drilled hole,and secured with dental cement.Once solidified,the needle base was removed,the subcutaneous soft tissue and scalp were sutured in layers,and the animal was returned to its cage for rearing in isolation.Results The osmotic pump was successfully implanted subcutaneously in the rat's neck,the needle was securely fixed to the skull,and the catheter interface remained intact.The rats were sacrificed and the brain tissue was removed.Examination of the extracted brain tissue revealed no significant hematoma around the puncture site or needle tract,and the presence of blue dye in the ventricular and adjacent tissues indicated successful drug delivery to the ventricle.Conclusions The introduction of a brain stereotaxic apparatus to aid localization,coupled with enhancements to the operational procedure,may improve the accuracy and safety of the implantation process resulting in a high success rate for intraventricular drug administration.