In intensive care units (ICU) , the occurrence of acute hypotensive episodes (AHE) is the key problem for the clinical research and it is meaningful for clinical care if we can use appropriate computational technologies to predict the AHE. In this study, based on the records of patients in ICU from the MIMIC II clinical data, the chaos signal analysis method was applied to the time series of mean artery pressure, and then the patient's Lyapunov exponent curve was drawn ultimately. The research showed that a curve mutation appeared before AHE symptoms took place. This is powerful and clear basis for AHE determination. It is also expected that this study may offer a reference to research of AHE theory and clinical application.
Humans ; Hypotension ; diagnosis ; Intensive Care Units ; Nonlinear Dynamics ; Software

Objective To Optimize the mandibular CT scanning methods with changing the scanning position,to reduce the radiation dosage.Methods Totally 50 consecutive patients with mandibular CT examination were enrolled in the study and divided into position-optimized group and routine group (n =25,respectively) randomly.The image quality,volume CT-dose index (CTDIvol),scanning length,and dose length product (DLP) were compared.Results There was no significant difference in subjective image quality and CTDIvol between two groups.But the scanning length and DLP in positionoptimized group were significantly reduced by about 20 ％ (t =4.986,P ＜ 0.05) and 16％ (t =3.682,P ＜0.05) compared with routine group.The lens were out of scanning field with the position-optimized protocol.Conclusions The scanning length would be efficiently reduced and the lens avoided with the position-optimized protocol,which would subsequently reduce the effective radiation dose.

Objective The expressions of PI3K in invasive squamous cell carcinoma of cervix and their clinical significance were investigated .Methods The expressions of PI3K ,Ki‐67 and CD34 protein in 28 cases of normal cervical epithelium (NCE) ,36 cases of cervical intraepithelial neoplasm (CIN) and 68 cases of squamous cell carcinoma of cervix (SCC) were detected by immunohisto‐chemistry SP method .Results The positive expression rates of PI3K in NCE ,CIN and SCC were 25 .00% ,55 .56% and 85 .29% , respectively .The positive expression rates of PI3K increased remarkably from NCE and CIN to SCC(P<0 .05) .The expression of PI3K in SCC was significantly positive correlated with PI and MVD .The expression of PI3K in SCC was related with FIGO stag‐ing ,histological grading and pelvic lymph node metastasis (P<0 .05) ,but was not related with age ,depth of stroma infiltration and intravascular infiltration (P>0 .05) .In the cases with FIGO staging Ⅱ ,poorly differentiated tissue and pelvic lymph node metasta‐sis ,The positive expression rate of PI3K significantly higher than those in the cases without them(P<0 .05) .Conclusion The o‐ver‐expression of PI3K may lead to up regulation of tumor angiogenesis and cancer cell proliferation in SCC ,and may promote tumor Metastasis and progress of SCC .

Malignant tumors still threatens the human's health seriously. Metastasis and recurrence lead to the failure of treatment, and multidrug resistance adds the difficulty of therapy of to malignant tumors. But the mechanism is yet unclear. Nowadays, it is found that there's a small group of cells with selfrenewal and indefinite potency in the tumors, and they are the sources of metastasis and recurrence. This small group of cells is called cancer stem cells. Subsequently, the cancer stem ceils were separated and determined from hematological system tumor and solid tumor respectively. The cognitions for metastasis and recurrence and muhidrug resistance of malignant tumor have changed with proposal and verification of the cancer stem cell theory, which provides a new clue to the treatment of tumor and prevention for the metastasis and recurrence.

Objective Previons studies showed that,the gene of P16 is a kind of gene suppressing the cancer.its function once lose,the cell may change to cancer.Methods The expression of P16 has a closely relation with the malignant latent and evolve of the oesophagus cancer.ResulIs This research explored the relation between the P16 expression and the prognosis of oesophagus cancer,the results showed the positive rate of the expression of P16 is more low the rate ofexistence is more low,it in dicates the expression rate of P16 can reflect the prognosis of oesophagus cancer cell.Conclusion The expression of P16 missing or descending is closely rehted with the aggravate and evolve of oesophagus cancer,therefore the expression of P16 had a relation with the prognosis of oesophagus cancer.

Objective To discuss the synergistic mechanism of compatibility of Tripterygium Wilfordii and Astragalus,and to determine wilforlide A before and after compatibility.Methods To research Tripterygium Wilfordii single medicinal materials,Tripterygium Wilfordii compatibility of Astragalus and Tripterygium Wilfordii reference substance using the HPLC method,so as to provide further verification by the change of wilforlide A.Results The content of wilforlide A was 0.00 324% by measuring Tripterygium Wilfordii single medicinal materials.The content of wilforlide A was 0.00 184% by measuring Tripterygium Wilfordii compatibility of Astragalus.Conclusion The content of wilforlide A was decreased before and after compatibility and toxicity can be reduced.The synergistic mech-anism of the compatibility of Tripterygium Wilfordii and Astragalus is conteract the toxicity of another drugin posse.

The fovea avascular area (FAZ) is an area of the retina surrounded by a continuous capillary plexus that does not have any capillary structure of its own. FAZ is an important region for the formation of fine vision function. The changes of its morphology and surrounding capillary density reflect the degree of macular ischemia, and are closely related to retinal vascular diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, retinal vein occlusion, Coats disease, idiopathic macular telangiectasia, and retinopathy of prematurity. Early observation of FAZ region changes in patients with retinal vascular disease by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) can evaluate the severity and prognosis of the disease. However, the measurement error of FAZ-related data is still a problem that cannot be ignored. At present, OCTA devices of various manufacturers have different methods and algorithms for measuring and analyzing FAZ, which makes it impossible to compare the measured data between different devices. It is believed that with the continuous progress of OCTA related technology, more accurate data of FAZ regional changes can be obtained, which will bring more help to clinical work.

We reviewed the metabolic studies on flavonoids of Radix Scutellariae, and found that intestinal flora has played a very important role in the metabolism on Radix Scutellariae. This provided the theoretical basis for studying the bioavailability and metabolic characteristics of Radix Scutellariae.

Objective To investigate the risk factors of pancreatic pseudocysts(PPC) in patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) in a retrospective cohort study. Methods 460 AP patients with complete follow-up data admitted in Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University from January 2004 to March 2012 were retrospectively analyzed,who were divided into PPC group and control group. Age,gender,body mass index(BMI),history of diabetes,etiology,the presence of ascites and hydrothorax,the presence of abdominal mass,the presence of acute fluid collection, APACHEⅡ score at 48 h admission, CT severity index (CTSI), serum albumin, amylase,LDH,ALP, BUN, Cr, TG, TB, conjugated bilirubin, CRP, serum calcium and other laboratory markers were recorded. Univariate logistic regression analysis was used to select the factors that were statistically different between two groups, and multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the independent risk factors for AP complicated with PPC. Results 143(31.1%) of 460 AP patients developed PPC. On univariate analysis, a total of 11 factors including male sex, BMI ≥28 kg/m2, history of diabetes, alcoholic pancreatitis, ascites, pleural effusion, palpable abdominal mass, acute fluid collections,APACHEⅡscore,CTSI≥7 and serum albumin were statistically different between two groups. On multiple logistic regression analysis, it was shown that male sex (OR 3.23, 95% CI 1.560~ 6.301, P=0.03),history of diabetes (OR 2.23,95% CI 1.021~3.920,P=0.04), ascites (OR 1.62,95% CI 0.652~2.432, P=0.01), pleural effusion (OR 2.43, 95% CI 1.201~7.201, P=0.03), a palpable abdominal mass(OR 1.83,95% CI 0.737~4.320,P<0.001) and CTSI≥7(OR 5.12,95% CI 1.890~14.012, P<0.001) were independent risk factors significantly associated with the PPC formation. Conclusions The male sex, diabetic history, ascites, pleural effusion, palpable abdominal mass and high CTSI score were the independent risk factors of PPC formation in AP.

Objective To investigate the correlation between Hcy and blood lipid level and its diagnostic value in patients with cerebral infarction.Methods 218 patients with cerebral infarction were divided into the cerebral infarction group and no cercbral infarction group,based on the diagnosis results of head CT or MRI,and 60 healthy individuals were used as the control group.The levels of serum TC,TG,HDL-c,LDL-c and serum Hcy were determined in each group.The level of serum Hcy was used as a diagnostic-test and the criterion of cerebral infarction which was diagnosed by using head CT or MRI was used as a gold standard.Meanwhile,the sensibility,specificity,predictive value and likelihood ratio of Hcy were measured in patients with and without cerebral infarction.Results Levels of TC and Hcywere significantly elevated (P ＜ 0.01),but HDL-c level was significantly decreased in patients with and without cerebral infarction compared with the healthy people (P ＜ 0.05).Hcy level was shown negatively correlated with HDL-c (r =-0.144,P ＜ 0.05).The sensibility and specificity of Hcy in both two groups of patients with and without cerebral infarction were 42.20％ and 54.13％,the positive predictive value and negative predictive value of Hcy were 47.92％ and 48.36％,the positive likelihood ratio and negative likelihood ratio of Hcy were 0.92 and 1.07,respectively.Conclusion Hcy and blood lipid have definite correlation,but Hcy has low diagnostic value for cerebral infarction and may not be used as a biological marker for the cerebral infarction diagnosis.