Objective To investigate the effects of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) on the growth rate of fetuses.Methods This was a retrospective study.Women who had deliveries in Peking University First Hospital between January 2012 and June 2013 were enrolled.Matched by maternal age,they were divided into four groups with 100 cases in each group:macrosomic fetuses of mothers with GDM (GDM-macrosomia group),normal birth weight infants of mothers with GDM (GDM-non-macrosomia group),macrosomic fetuses of mothers with normal pregnancy (normal-macrosomia group),and normal birth weight infants of mothers with normal pregnancy (normal-non-macrosomia group).The fetal abdominal circumference was measured at 20+1-24,28+1-32,32+1-37 weeks and 37+1 weeks to delivery under prenatal ultrasound.The growth rate of fetal abdominal circumference was calculated (abdominal circumference/gestational weeks).The analysis of variance,the least significant difference-t test and Student's t test were used for statistical analysis.Results At early pregnancy [(9.2±2.6) weeks of gestation] and 20+1-24,28+1-32,32+1-37 weeks and 37+1 weeks to delivery,the weight and body mass index (BMI) of the mothers in GDM-macrosomia group were higher than those in the other three groups (all P＜0.05).The body weight of the mothers increased by (15.5±5.4),(13.5±3.6),(16.4±4.1) and (16.2±4.3) kg,respectively,compared with early pregnancy.At 20+1-24,28+1-32,32+1-37 weeks and 37+1 weeks to delivery,the fetal abdominal circumference of GDM-macrosomia group was (182.0± 13.9),(270.7± 17.7),(335.2±21.3) and (362.3± 18.7) mm,respectively,being higher than that in GDM-non-macrosomia group [(176.8± 13.0),(256.6± 13.5),(313.2± 17.5) and (335.8± 15.5) mm] and normal-nonmacrosomia group [(176.9± 11.8),(260.0± 14.2),(310.6± 21.4) and (334.5 ± 16.1) mm] (all P＜0.05).The fetal abdominal circumference of GDM-macrosomia group was even higher than normal-macrosomia group at 32+1-37 weeks [(335.2±21.3) vs (326.1 ± 19.1) mm,t=4.01,P＜0.05].The changes of the growth rate of fetal abdominal circumference were consistent with the fetal abdominal circumference.Conclusions GDM accelerates fetal growth.

BACKGROUND:Tissue patch is used to increase bone mass after mandibular molar extraction, which is conducive to late-stage repair, but it is unexpectedly found that after implantation of tissue patch, incidence of dry socket is significantly reduced.OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy of tissue patch for the control of dry socket caused by mandibular molar extractionvia the method of systematic review. METHODS:MEDLINE (OVID), CENTRAL, EMBASE and CBM were searched for clinical randomized controled trials and clinical controled trials. The keywords were “dry socket, tissue patch, acelular dermis matrix, tooth extraction” in English and Chinese. The references of the included studies and 19 Chinese dental journals were hand-searched. Two reviewers independently assessed the risk of bias using Cochrane Colaboration’s tool, and extracted data. Meta-analysis was delivered with Revman 5.1.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Eight studies, including five randomized controled trials and three clinical controled trials, were included. Totaly 2 052 participants were involved. Seven of the included studies had moderate risk of bias and one had high risk of bias. Meta analysis showed that implantation of the tissue patch into the extraction socket could reduce 86% of the risk of dry socket (relative risk=0.14, 95% confidence interval [0.08, 0.26], P < 0.000 01). Sensitivity analysis showed that this outcome was relatively stable. Implantation of tissue patch into extraction socket could significantly reduce the risk of dry socket, but more randomized controled trials are needed.

Objective To explore the long term effects of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)on offsprings of affected women.Methods One hundred and twenty-four singleton pregnant women with GDM,who delivered in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,Peking University First Hospital from June 14,2006 to December 31,2007,were enrolled as the study group.Ninety-eight singleton pregnant women with normal glucose metabolism who delivered at the corresponding period were enrolled as the control group.The follow-up study was performed from November 6,2010 to January 31,2011 on their offsprings.Anthropometry indexes,including height,weight,waist circumference,systolic and diastolic blood pressure (DBP),triceps skin fold (TSF) and sub-scapular skin fold (SSF) were measured.According to the development standard of children less than five years old issued by World Health Organization in 2006,there were six detailed evaluation indicators including length/height for age z-score (HAZ),weight for age z-score (WAZ),weight for length/ height z score (WHZ),body mass index (BMI) for age z-score (BAZ),triceps skin folds for agez-score (TSFZ) and sub-scapular skin folds for age z-score (SSFZ).Chi-square,t-test or variance analysis were applied.Results (1) No statistical difference on age,birth weight,sex,height,weight,BMI,waist circumference,blood pressure,TSF and SSF was found between offsprings of study and control group (P＞0.05).(2) Offsprings in both groups were further divided into macrosomia and non-microsomia subgroups,i.e.GDM macrosomic subgroup (n =15),GDM nonmacrosomic subgroup (n=109),control macrosomia subgroup (n=6) and control non-macrosomia subgroup (n=92).Significant difference was shown amont the four subgroups in weight [(19.8±3.9),(17.0±1.9),(17.7±1.7)and (17.2±1.7) kg,F=6.238,P＜0.001],BMI (17.6±2.6,16.0±1.2,16.6±1.1 and 16.2±1.1,F=5.901,P＜0.001),waist circumference [(53.6±5.3),(49.9±2.7),(50.9±3.3) and (50.4±0.9) cm,F=5.307,P＜0.001],WHZ (1.40±1.44,0.45±0.81,0.88±0.75 and 0,60±0.87,F=5.269,P=0.002),HAZ (1.22±0.78,0.47±0.82,0.98±0.74 and 0.50±1.00,F=3.668,P=0.013),WAZ (1.68±1.23,0.58±0.79,1.15±0.85and 0.71±0.93,F=7.361,P＜0.001) and BAZ (1.41±1.52,0.42±0.84,0.81±0.76 and 0.60±0.90,F=5.210,P =0.002).While comparing between each two subgroups,there was statistical difference between GDM macrosomia subgroup and GDM non macrosomia subgroup,and between GDM marosomia subgroup and control non-macrosomia group.(3) While comparing GDM macrosomia and GDM non-macrosomia subgroup with control group [weight (17.2±2.5) kg,BMI (16.2± 1.4),waist circumference (50.5 ± 3.6) cm,DBP (55.2 ± 6.9)mm Hg,SSF(6.1 ± 1.8) mm,WHZ (0.62±0.87),HAZ (0.53±0.99),WAZ (0.73±0.92),BAZ(0.61±0.89)],the weight (F=9.283,P＜0.001),BMI (F=8.707,P＜0.001),waist circumference (F=7.934,P＜0.001),DBP(F=3.123,P=0.046),SSF (F=3.499,P=0.032),WHZ (F=7.639,P＜0.001),HAZ(F=4.709,P=0.010),WAZ (F=10.302,P＜0.001) and BAZ (F=7.689,P＜0.001) was higher in GDM group than the control group.(4) The proportions of overweight and obesity were higher in GDM macrosomia subgroup than in GDM non-macrosomia and control groups [overweight:9/15 vs24.8％ (27/109) and 24.5％ (24/98),x2 =8.870,P=0.012; obesity:5/15 vs 7.3％(8/109) and 9.2％(9/98),x2=10.083,P=0.006].If all subjects were divided into macrosomia and non-macrosomia group,then the proportion of overweight and obesity was higher in the former group [overweight:52.4％ (11/21) vs24.4％(49/201),x2=7.560,P=0.006; obesity:28.6％ (6/21)vs 7.9％(16/201),x2 =9.047,P=0.003].Conclusions GDM may have long term adverse effect on the development of offsprings at three-four-year-old with higher incidence of obesity or high diastolic blood pressure in macrosomic babies of GDM mothers than in non macrosomic babies of GDM mothers or babies of non GDM mothers.

Objective: To investigate the changes of coagulation indexes in normal pregnant women in early and late pregnancy. Methods: The coagulation indexes in early and late pregnancy including activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), APTT ratio, prothrombin time (PT), PT ratio, prothrombin activity, international normalized ratio, fibrinogen (Fib) and thrombin time (TT) were retrospectively collected from 196 normal pregnant women delivered in Peking University First Hospital from August 2013 to September 2014. Differences in these indexes before and after the seventh gestational week of early pregnancy and in early and late pregnancy were compared. In addition, the normal reference values were calculated. Paired t test and sum-rank test were used for statistical analysis. The reference values were presented with P_2.5-P_97.5. Results: In early pregnancy, some coagulation indexes after the seventh weeks were shorter than those before, such as APTT [30.3 (26.1-35.5) vs 32.1 (27.9-36.8) s, Z=25.850, P<0.001] and TT [13.8 (12.2-16.0) vs 14.5 (12.3-16.4) s, Z=16.720, P<0.001], but Fib [3.3 (2.5-4.3) vs 2.9 (2.2-3.8) g/L, Z=43.180, P<0.001] became higher. APTT [(27.5±1.6) vs (31.4±2.4) s, t=24.736, P<0.001], PT [(9.7±0.5) vs (11.0±0.8) s, t=18.647, P<0.001] and TT [(13.3±0.8) vs (14.2±1.0) s, t=9.255, P<0.001] were significantly shorter, while Fib [(4.4±0.5) vs (3.1±0.4) g/L, t=-29.152, P<0.001] was higher in late pregnancy than in early pregnancy. The reference values of APTT, PT, Fib and TT in early pregnancy were 26.5-36.0 s, 9.4-12.4 s, 2.4-4.0 g/L and 12.3-16.4 s, and those in late pregnancy were 25.0-31.2 s, 8.8-10.6 s, 3.4-5.4 g/L and 12.0-14.9 s, respectively. Conclusions The coagulation indexes of pregnant women change significantly since the beginning of early pregnancy. APTT, PT and TT are shorter, while Fib is higher in late pregnancy than in early pregnancy.

Objective To observe the morphological changes of carotid artery wall by ultrasonography in patients with Takayasu arteritis,and to evaluate the diagnostic value of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography for active Takayasu arteritis.Methods High-frequency ultrasound technique was used to analyze the morphological changes of the carotid artery in 40 patients.NIH score was used as the gold standard and the complete clinical data and acute phase reactors were recorded.T test,Chi-square test,sensitivity and specificity were calculated for statistical analysis.Results The thickness of carotid artery wall in active group was much more thickened than the non-active group [(2.2±0.6) mm vs (1.8±0.5) mm,t=-2.142,P＜0.05].The CDD [(0.89±0.06) in active group vs (0.95±0.03) in non-active group,t=3.683,P＜0.01] and RDD [(0.17±0.06 in active group vs (0.09±0.05) in non-active group,t=-4.020,P＜0.01] were significantly different between the two groups.The distribution of neovascularization in the carotid artery wall of the active group was more diffuse in the central part of the wall.The sensitivity and specificity of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography to diagnose the active of Takayasu arteritis were 72.7％ and 87.5％ respectively,and the positive predictive value and the negative predictive value were 80.0％ and 82.4％ respectively.Conclusion Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography can be used as an effective way to assess the disease activity of TA patients.

This article presents a case of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in a pregnant woman caused by coronary artery dissection. The 41-year-old patient had undergone cardiac valve surgery at the age of 1 and had no risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, smoking, alcohol use, or a family history of coronary artery disease. At 31 +1 weeks of gestation, she experienced sudden chest pain for 4 hours and was emergently referred to Peking University First Hospital on June 1, 2021. Electrocardiogram revealed ST-segment elevation in leads I, aVL, and V 2 to V 6. Biochemical assays showed elevated levels of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I and creatine kinase-MB. Echocardiography indicated segmental ventricular wall motion abnormalities (apical) and reduced left ventricular function, confirming the diagnosis of acute anterior wall STEMI. The patient promptly underwent emergency coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention and confirmed coronary artery dissection. Postoperative care included antiplatelet, anticoagulation, and supportive treatment. At 34 +3 weeks of gestation, with the condition of acute anterior wall STEMI being relatively stable, a cesarean section was successfully performed. Regular cardiology follow-ups were scheduled postpartum, and cardiac function was normal in two years after discharge.

Objective To evaluate the performance of Positron emision tomography (PET) in the assessment of disease activity of Takayasu arteritis (TA). Methods Information retrieval was based on database such as PubMed/Medline and CNKI, etc. The research before Dec 2016 involving Takayasu arteritis and PET were included.The quality of the research was evaluated by diagnostic accuracy studies-2Q(UADAS-2) and the data was analyzed by Meta-disc. Results Among the 70 research, nine studies were included in this study with a total of 126 patients and 254 controls. All patients were diagnosed according to the classification criteria of American College of Rheumatology. The disease activity was mostly assessed by the scoring system of National Institutes of Health and by clinical assessment in one study. The result of PET was evaluated by visual grade and semi-quantitative analysis. The pooled DOR of the 9 studies was 17.54, the pooled sensitivity and specificity was 84% and 73%,respectively.However,the heterogeneity of specificity was 81.4%. Two studies had included one patients repeatedly and suspected active patients were included in the in-active group in one study,which might impact the statistical result of the meta-analysis.After excluded these studies, the pooled DOR was 30.32. The pooled sensitivity and specificity was 86% and 85%, respectively, with better consistency. Conclusion PET shows stable sensitivity and variant specificity in the diagnosis and assess of disease activity of TA, which is a useful method in the clinically evaluation of disease activity of TA.