Objective:To discuss the role of incision for short-term outcomes of simultaneous resection in synchronous colorec-tal liver metastases (sCRLM). Methods:We reviewed the data of 37 patients who underwent simultaneous resection between January 2009 and December 2014 in our department and compared the short-term outcomes between Mercedes and midline incisions. Results:Mercedes and midline incisions were used in 19 and 18 patients, respectively. The two groups showed similarities in patient characteris-tics, major hepatectomy, surgery time, blood loss, and hilar block time. The midline group comprised more rectal cancer patients (P<0.001). The two groups did not differ significantly in complication incidence (47.4%vs. 16.7%, P=0.08) and postoperative stay time (22.1 ± 9.5 d vs. 17.2 ± 6.7 d, P=0.08). At body mass index (BMI)<25, the complication incidence (P=0.046) and postoperative stay time (P=0.051) were lower in the midline group than in the Mercedes group. Conclusion:Midline incision provided similar exposure in simultaneous resection for sCRLM and was better than Mercedes incision in rectal cancer patients. Patients with midline incision may attain better short-term outcomes if BMI is<25.

Objective To determine the relationship between normal weight obesity (NOW) and cardiovascular risk factors.MethodsA total of 940 adults who received a health examination in out hospital were recruited in a cross-sectional study,and 407 with a body mass index (BMI) of18.5 to 25 kg/m2were enrolled for further analysis.Body fat percentage ( BF％ ) was measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA),and the subjects were assigned to the NOW group ( BF％ ≥25％ for male or BF％ ≥35％for female) or the control group ( BF％ ＜ 25％ for male or BF％ ＜ 35％ for female).Cardiovascular risk factors and their detection rates were compared between the two groups by using independent sample t test and x2 test.The correlationbetweenNOW and cardiovascular risk factors was assessedbylogistic regression.Results The prevalence of NOW in men and women were13.1％ and14.9％,respectively.The prevalence of NOW was increased with age ( x2 =6.90,P ＜0.05 ).Systolic blood pressure (SBP),diastolic blood pressure ( DBP ),total cholesterol ( TC ),triglycerides ( TG ),low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ( LDL-C) and serum uric acid (SUA) were significantly increased in the NOW group (t values were 2.97,2.44,2.54,5.09,2.71and 3.91,respectively; all P ＜ 0.05 ) ; whereas high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ( HDL-C) was significantly decreased in the NOW group (t =-3.90,P ＜ 0.05 ).The prevalence of hypertension,hyperglycemia,high triglyceride,low HDL-C,dyslipidmia and hyperuricemia was increased in the NOW group in comparison with the control group ( x2 values were 6.76,5.58,14.50,11.97,10.97 and 8.76,respectively;allP＜ 0.05 ).LogisticregressionshowedNOWincreasedtheriskof hypertension,hyperglycemia,dyslipidmia or hyperuricemia by 2.186,2.120,2.088 or 4.175 times.After adjustment for age and gender,the risk for hyperuricemia was decreased to 3.491,but remained statistically significant higher.Conclusions NOW may be correlated with cardiovascular risk factors,and those with NOW could be at higher risk for cardiovascular diseases.

Objective To evaluate the relationship of metabolic syndrome (MS) and MS components with thyroid nodule. Methods A total of 10 357 subjects ( age ＞ 18 years old) who received physical checkup at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University between June 2009 and June 2010 were enrolled in this retrospective study. Anthropometric parameter, fasting plasma glucose (FPG),serum lipid profile, blood uric acid, alanine aminotransferase and thyroid ultrasonography were measured. Results The prevalence of thyroid nodule,MS,and thyroid nodule + MS was 46. 96% ,23. 6%,and 11.6%, respectively. The prevalence of thyroid nodule was significantly higher in MS patients than in non MS patients ( 75.9% vs 38. 0%, P ＜ 0. 05 ). Multifactor logistic analysis showed that MS, body mass index (BMI) and FBG (β vales were 0. 78,1.22,and 0. 62,respectively; odds ratios were 4. 167,3. 876,and 2. 359, respectively; all P ＜ 0. 05 ) were independently correlated with the development of thyroid nodule. Conclusions Significantly increased prevalence of thyroid nodule could be found in MS patients. BMI and FBG may be independent risk factors of thyroid nodule.

ObjectiveTo investigate the concentration of water fluoride and the application of water defluoridation projects in Suizhou,and to provide a basis for water improvement and prevention of the disease.MethodsCross-sectional study was carried out to investigate completely the water defluoridation projects built between 1986 and 2009 in the area under Suizhou's jurisdiction; 3 source water and terminal water samples of the projects in use were collected,respectively; 1 water sample was collected,respectively in the 3 projects with out-ofcommission or discarded water sources that used to be major water supply,for detection of fluoride,chloride,total hardness,heavy metals and other indicators.ResultsA total of 21 projects were investigated,14 projects were in normal use (66.7％),7 projects were out of order and abandoned (33.3％).Of the 14 projects normally used,13projects with water fluoride concentration ≤ 1.0 mg/L(92.9％)and 1 project with water fluoride concentration higher than 1.0 mg/L(7.1％),the concentration of water fluoride in the 7 abandoned projects was higher than 1.0 mg/L(100％).Arsenic and lead levels of all the water samples were normal.There were two water samples with iron content exceeded the standard,and one total hardness of water samples exceeded the standard in the normally used 14 peripheral water sources.One chloride content exceeded the standard,one manganese content exceeded the standard,two iron content exceeded the standard and three total hardness exceeded the standard in the seven abandoned projects.ConclusionsSome defluoridation projects are stopped using and abandoned in Suizhou,and the water fluoride exceeds the standard.

Objective To study expressions of heme oxygenase-1 mRNA and protein in rat hippocampus after hypoxic-ischemia brain damage(HIBD) as well as the relationship with apoptosis in brain.Methods Seven-day-old SD rats were randomly divided into hypoxic-ischemia brain damage group and sham control group.Expressions of HO-1 protein and mRNA as welll as the relationship with apoptosis after HIBD in neonatal rat were determined by immunohisochemistry and in situs hybridizaion as well as terminal deoxynucleotidy transferase mediated UTP-biotin nick end labeling(TUNEL).Results 1.In the right hippocampus,expression of HO-1 gene increased sharply at 4 h (P

Objective To survey the basic situation of trainees, the career awareness, the requirement for training, the problems in training, and the selection to the training institutions for the health management specialist trainees. Method Using the cluster sampling method, the trainees from two health management specialist training institutions in Hunan Province were randomly selected from Oct. 2012 to Jun. 2014, a total of 543 trainees were recruited from tertiary health management specialist trainees of 12 periods training a questionnaire survey was conducted. Result Totally 474 valid questionnaires were received, the effective rate was 87.3%. The trainees were mainly from college or undergraduate settings (366, 77.2%), medical professionals (430, 90.7%). The main purpose of the training was to improve their knowledge and technique. Students' demands in the theory content for health management training mainly included the health monitoring (396, 83.5%), health education and health promotion (384, 81.0%), health risk assessment and risk management (382, 80.6%), health intervention plan formulation, implementation and evaluation (360, 75.9%). Demand for practical skills was mainly for health monitoring (426, 89.9%), health risk assessment (424, 89.5%), health interventions (410, 86.5%), health plan formulation, implementation and evaluation (402, 84.8%), health management in the application of specific people (398, 84.0%), etc. At the same time, most of the students considered that for teaching arrangement equal attention to theory and practice should be paid (320, 67.5%). Conclusion Health management specialist training is still in its infancy in China;establishment and improvement of the relevant policies about health management system and forming a complete standard set of health management specialist training system are imminent.

BACKGROUND: During spinal orthopedic repair, the main difficulty is to maximize the correction of the deformity, simultaneously, to reduce the incidence of trauma and complications, especial y to avoid the corresponding spinal nerve injury. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the curative effect of one-stage posterior pedicle subtraction osteotomy of apical vertebra with transpedicular instrumentation in the treatment of rigid angular kyphosis of thoracolumbar spine. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed the data of 42 cases of rigid angular kyphosis of thoracolumbar spine that were treated by one-stage posterior pedicle subtraction osteotomy of apical vertebra with transpedicular instrumentation. Al patients received detailed imaging examination before and after operation. Kyphosis angle, Frankel grading and perioperative complications were recorded in al patients. X-ray films or CT films showed the bone graft fusion during fol ow-up. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Patients were fol owed up for 10-36 months after treatment. The average time of bone graft fusion was 5.1 months. Cobb’s angle of kyphosis was corrected from 78.4° (38°-110°) preoperatively to 7°(-8°-24°) at 10 days after treatment. The correction rate was 90%. The average angle during final fol ow-up was 7.9°, with an average loss of 0.9°. In 16 paresis patients, Frankel grading results showed grade B in 0 case, grade C in 3 cases, grade D in 5 cases, and grade E in 8 cases during final fol ow-up, showing significant improvement as compared with that pre-treatment (P < 0.05). Among 42 patients, 5 cases had complications. At 7 months after treatment, there were screw and titanium rod loosening at the distal end of the fusion segment in 1 case, cerebrospinal fluid leakage in 2 cases, transient double lower limb weakness in 1 case, pain in one side of lower limb in 1 case, and no severe complications appeared. These results verified that one-stage posterior pedicle subtraction osteotomy of apical vertebra with transpedicular instrumentation could achieve satisfactory clinical outcomes in rigid angular kyphosis of thoracolumbar spine. The internal fixation was stable and with a high fusion rate and few complications. The medium-term effect was satisfactory.

Purpose To compare the difference of CT coronary artery imaging quality under highflow oxygen uptake and normal breathing, and to investigate the effect of high flow oxygen uptake on the quality of CT coronary artery imaging.Materials and Methods 132 patients underwent coronary CTA examination using 256-slice CT (Philips), among them 71 patients were supplied with highflow oxygen, and the other 61 were asked to breathe normally. Coronary arteries were post-processed and reconstructed on AW 4.4 workstation. Scanning completion rate, signal to noise ratio (SNR), contrast to noise ratios(CNR) and image quality score ofcoronary segment using these two prospective ECG-gating techniques were compared.Results The scanning completion rate and image quality score of the highflow oxygen uptake group were significantly superior to those of the normal breathing group (P<0.05). However, there was no statistically significant difference of SNR and CNR between the two groups (P>0.05).Conclusion Imaging quality of coronary CTA can be improved using highflow oxygen uptake with reduced patient radiation dose, thus worth being used clinically as a simple and practicable method.

Objective To study the epidemic and genetic characteristics of coxsackievirus A6 ( CVA6) strains isolated in Guangdong province.Methods Enterovirus strains positive for neither entero-virus A71 ( EV71) nor CVA16 were isolated from Guangdong province during 2008 to 2013 to screen CVA6 isolates by real-time PCR.The entire sequences of viral genes encoding VP1 of CVA6 positive samples were amplified and sequenced.The phylogenetic analysis was performed to analyze the full-length gene sequences encoding VP1 of CVA6 isolates and sequences downloaded from GenBank by using DNAStar6.0 and MEGA5.2 software packages.Results CVA6 strains accounted for 61.4%of the 1672 non-EV71 and non-CVA16 enterovirus strains isolated in Guangdong province during year 2008 to 2013.The positive rates were respectively 10.5%(4/38), 66.7%(34/51), 36.2% (81/224), 63.0% (182/289), 62.3% (325/522) and 73.0%(400/548) from 2008 to 2013 and the differences among different years were significant (χ2=133.79, P<0.01).The CVA6 isolates could be classified into four clusters in the phylogenetic tree, designated A, B, C and D (including D1, D2 and D3 subgenogroups) genogroups.The four clusters shared nucleotide diversity ranging from 15.5% to 23.1%.The CVA6 strains isolated in Guangdong province shared 88.7%-100.0% homologies in nucleotide and 95.7%-100.0% in amino acid.Subtype D2 strains circulated during 2008 to 2012 and subtype D3 strains circulated during 2009 to 2013.Conclusion CVA6 strains were the predominant enterovirus strains among non-EV71 and non-CVA16 enterovirus strains circula-ted in Guangdong province from year 2008 to 2013.The CVA6 isolates could be classified into A, B, C and D genogroups based on the sequence analysis of VP1 region.Subgroups D2 and D3 isolates were identified and the subgroup D3 isolates were the prevalent strains in Guangdong.

ObjectiveTo develop a simple scoring system to identify individuals with higher risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus ( T2DM ).Methods Major risk factors of T2DM were fixed after literature review.Logistic regression was used to select risk factors of T2DM.Target populations were randomly assigned to 2 groups,and group A was used for the development of risk factor scoring method and group B for the confirmation of this new method.Results The threshold for T2DM risk was 65.0 for men and 65.5 for women ( sensitivity 90.6％ and 83.3％,respectively; specificity 89.4％ and 97.7％,respectively ; positive predictive value 58.8％and 80.0％,respectively;negative predictive value 98.3％and 98.2％,respectively ; area under the curve 0.955 and 0.899,respectively).There was significant difference of T2DM detection between screening and risk scoring system ( P =0.000 ).Conclusion Our T2DM risk scoring system may provide an effective tool to identify individuals with a higher risk of developing T2DM.