0.05).While the expression of C-erbB-2 rather than ER and PR was correlated to lymph node metastasis(P

Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is characterized by repeated episodes of upper airway obstruction that results in brief periods of breathing cessation (apnea) or a marked reduction in airflow (hypopnea) during sleep. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by revesible air-flow obstruction and bronchial hyperresponsiveness. This article reviewed related reseaches progress of relationship between the obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrom and asthma in the vascular endothelial growth factor, systemic inflammation, leptin, obesity, gastroesophageal reflux disease and upper airway diseases, excessive daytime sleepiness and asthma control.
Asthma ; Humans ; Inflammation ; Obesity ; Respiration ; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

The primary etiopathology of pediatric OSAHS includes tonsil or adenoid hypertrophy. Severe OSAHS contributes to or aggravates thoracic deformity, which is rarely reported. In the current report, This children sleep snoring more than 4 years, increasing with thoracic severe depression during sleep 2 days. Clinical examination indicated tonsil and adenoid hypertrophy, and polysomnography revealed OSAHS . The symptoms of OSAHS and severe inhalation-related sternum depression disappeared rapidly after tonsillectomy. Our findings indicated that OSAHS were the major causes underlying funnel chest in children. The rarity of the incidence may result in missed diagnosis or misdiagnosis. Polysomnography was recommended for the child diagnosed with funnel chest accompanied by upper airway stenosis.
Adenoids ; pathology ; Child ; Funnel Chest ; diagnosis ; Humans ; Hypertrophy ; Palatine Tonsil ; pathology ; Polysomnography ; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive ; diagnosis ; Snoring ; Tonsillectomy

Objective To investigate the differential diagnostic value of 18 F‐DG PET/CT imaging on gastric malignancies and primary gastric lymphoma(PGL) .Methods A total of 93 cases of gastric cancer (23 cases of mucinous adenocarcinoma and 70 ca‐ses of non mucinous adenocarcinoma ) ,58 cases of PGL and 31 cases of Diffuse Large b Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL ) and 27 cases of Mucosa associated tissue lymphoma (MALT) treated in our hospital from Jun 2012 to Jun 2015 were involved in this study .Their clinical data ,SUVmax ,maximum lesions thickness ,CT value ,lesion shape ,merge splenomegaly and lymph node metastasis were compared .The relation between SUVmax and maximum lesions thickness were analyzed with Pearson analysis .Results The aver‐age age and the lesions involve cardiac orifice rate of the gastric cancer group were significantly higher than that of PGL group (P<0 .05) .The occurence rate of SUVmax and splenomegaly in the gastric cancer group were significantly lower than that of PGL group (P<0 .05) .From the perspective of lesion shape ,type Ⅱand Ⅲ were mostly found in gastric cancer group ,while type ⅠandⅡwere mostly seen in PGL group ,the difference was significant(P<0 .05) .Further analysis showed that the SUVmax of DLBCL was significantly higher than other type(P<0 .05);the maximum lesions thickness of DLBCL was significantly higher than gastric mucous adenocarcinoma and MALT (P<0 .05) .Pearson analysis showed that there was no significant difference between SUVmax of different pathological type and the maximum lesions thickness (P>0 .05) .Conclusion The diagnostic value of 18 F‐FDG PET/CT in gastric malignancies was high ,and patients with different cancer and pathological type were different in SUVmax ,maximum le‐sions thickness and lesion shape .

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the differences of sleep respiratory parameters recorded by PSG and synchronous blood pressure measured by ambulatory blood pressure monitor between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients with hypertension (HT) and simple OSA and simple HT; To determine the characteristics of sleep respiratory parameters and blood pressure changes in patient with OSA accompanied HT. METHOD: We chose the patients who were diagnosed simple HT (n=45) and simple OSA (n=50) and OSA with HT (n=56), Compared the sleep respiratory parameters and blood pressure changes between the three groups. Meanwhile the correlations about the sleep respiratory parameters and synchronization blood pressure were analyzed. RESULT: Compared with simple HT and simple OSA, OSA with HT has higher apnea hyponea Index (AHI) (P<0. 001), oxygen desaturation index (ODI), awake index (AI), wake after sleep onset (WASO) and the proportion of non-rapid eyemovement sleepl (N1) in total sleep time(TST), has lower mean arterial oxygen saturation (MSaO2), lowest arterial saturation oxygen (LSaO2), the proportion of slow wave sleep (SWS) and rapid eyemovement sleep (REM) in TST (P<0. 05). There were positive correlations between the systolic/diastolic blood pressure (SBP/ DBP) and AHI, ODI, AI, WASO and N1/TST (P<0. 05). Compared with simple OSA, the mean day systolic blood pressure (dMSP), mean night systolic blood pressure (nMSP), mean day diastolic blood pressure (dMDP), mean night diastolic blood pressure (nMDP) and mean night diastolic blood pressure (nMDP) were significantly decre- sed, meanwhile the difference between the average systolic/diastolic blood pressure day and night were significantly increased after continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment. OSA with HT has higher There were negative correlations between the SBP/DBP and MSaO2, LSaO2 (P<0. 05). Blood pressure mainly changed in the later sleep stage when the REM phase was increased. Blood pressure changes were characteristic of increasing DBP and decreasing SaO2. CONCLUSION There are significant differences between simple OSA and OSA with HT in the sleep respiratory parameters, which are closely related with changes of blood pressure in sleep stage; AHI is the high risk factor of the OSA with HT. PSG is a effective factor in estimating the OSA accompanied HT course of development and prognosis.
Blood Pressure ; Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory ; Continuous Positive Airway Pressure ; Humans ; Hypertension ; complications ; Polysomnography ; Sleep ; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive ; complications ; diagnosis ; Sleep Stages

[ABSTRACT]OBJECTIVETo assess the sleep body position's effects on AHI and ODI during sleep in obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) patients with different severity.METHODSThe clinical data of 113 subjects who had been diagnosed OSAHS or normal by polysomnography (PSG) between 2013 and 2014 in our department were retrospectively studied. They were divided into normal control group (AHI<5/h, 41 patients), mild to moderate OSAHS group (5/h30/h, 40 patients). PSG data of AHI and ODI in different body position in each group were further analyzed.RESULTSIn normal group, The AHI and ODI in supine position were significantly higher than that in the left or right lateral position, and the difference between the left and right lateral position was not significant. In the mild to moderate OSAHS group, the AHI and ODI in supine were higher than that in the left lateral position slightly, while the data in supine was higher than that in the right lateral position significantly. In the severe group, the data between the supine and the left lateral position was not statistically different, while the supine position data was higher compared with that of the right lateral position. CONCLUSIONAHI and ODI were higher in supine position than that in lateral position, while the AHI and ODI in right lateral position is higher than that in left lateral position in OSAHS patients with different severity. The ODI and AHI are consistent in reflecting the severity of the OSAHS.

Objective Investigate the effect of EC50 of propofol target-injection in the different TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) physique types of patients who are in unconscious phase. Methods Depend on the standard protocol of TCM physique types sort and determination, we sorted 60 patients into three groups:Ping He (group A), Yang Xu (group B) and Yin Xu (group C), 20 patients per group. We applied the sequential experiment to measure the minimal EC50 and NI values of propofol when the patients were in the unconscious phase. Results The EC50 of propofol of group A, B and C are 3.85 μg/mL, 4.12 μg/mL and 3.43 μg/mL respectively. 95% confidence intervals of group A, B and C are 3.64 ~ 4.07 μg/mL, 3.92 ~ 4.33μg/mL and 3.26 ~ 3.60 μg/mL respectively. Conclusion There is a correlation between the different TCM physique types and the dosage of propofol target-injection.

Objective To investigate the anti-inflammatory effect of Resveratrol on type Ⅱ collagen induced arthritis.Methods Collagen induced arthritis (CIA) animal model was established by subcutaneous injection of type Ⅱ collagen emulsified with incomplete and complete Freud's adjuvant to Wistar rats.Fortytwo rats were successfully induced and randomly divided into 7 groups:the experimental group (A),the leflunomide treatment group (B),the TGP treatment group (C),the methotrexate group (D),the low dose Resveratrol group (E),the medium dose Resveratral group (F) and high dose Resveratrol group (G) and the normal control group (H).Symptoms of arthritis were recorded and selalm levels of the anti-C Ⅱ antibody were detected by ELISA.Results For arthritis index.there was no significant difference between groups E and A,neither between groups C and F.The arthritis index was lower in group G than group C,but both of them were higher than groups B and D.② For serum anti-C Ⅱ antibody level,that of group A was higher than groups B,C,D,F and G.There was no difference between groups A and E,and groups C and F.That of Group G was lower than groups C and E.Conclusion High and medium dose of Resveratrol can relieve foot joints swelling in the CIA rats,but low dose does not have similar effect.The effect of medium dose of Resveratrol iS similar to TGP,but weaker than that of leflunomide.Resveratrol may conduct its anti-inflammatory effect via lowering the concentration of the anti-C Ⅱ antibody in the serum.

Objective To investigate the relationship between plasma homocysteine (Hey) level and ankylosing spondylitis (AS).To analyze the association between the NS,N10 methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTFHR) gene polymorphism and AS.Methods One hundred patients with AS and 60 healthy controls were included in the study.The plasma Hey level was examined by enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assay and MTHFR gene polymorphism was analyzed by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP).Results Compared with heahhy controls,the plasma Hey level in AS patients was significantly higher than that of the controls (P＜0.01).There was no significant difference in the frequen-cies of MTHFR genotype and alleles between AS and the controls (P＞0.05),But the ratio of T/T genotype mutation was different between AS and the controls (P＜0.05).The plasma Hey level of T/T genotype was significantly higher than that of C/T or C/C genotype in AS and the controls (P＜0.01).Logisticalregression analysis indicated that Hey was an independent risk factor for AS (P＜0.01,0R=4.582,95%CI=1.984～10.585).Conclusion The plasma homocysteine level is significantly increased in AS patients.Hyperhomo-cysteinemia is an independent risk factor for AS.MTHFR T/T genotype mutation is an important mechanism of hyperhomocysteinemia and may be related with AS.

Objective To review the clinical manifestation,diagnosis method,misdiagnosis,risk factors,treatments and prognosis of Stanford B aortic intramural hematoma (IMHB).Methods All of the Stanford B aortic IMHB patients admitted in Wuhan Union hospital from January 2008 to December 2013 were analyzed.The clinical manifestation,diagnosis method,misdiagnosis,managements and prognosis were studied.Furthermore,the effect and long-term survival of different therapies were compared,including medical treatment and endovascular repair.The statistics was performed with SPSS 16.0.Results There were 36 B aortic IMHB patients,and the percent of male patients was 72.22％.The mean age of IMHB was 60.19 ± 11.12.Most patients complained of acute chest and back pain,accompanied with hypertension.Twenty-eight patients (77.78％) received medication therapy,among them,there were 5 patients died of aortic rupture; eight patients (22.22％) received endovascular surgery,one died of cerebral hemorrhage (12.5％).No difference was found between medication therapy and endovascular surgery (17.86％ vs 12.5％,P ＞0.05).Conclusions For simple type B aortic IMHB patients,medication therapy and a dynamic monitoring of full aortic CT angiography was recommended,and for pejorative patients the endovascular treatment should be taken actively.