Objective To study the various clinical manifestations of niemann pick disease, and to improve the ability of diagnosis and differential diagnosis in order to reduce misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis.Methods The onset and diagnostic procedure of a seven-month-old infant with niemann pick disease were reported and relative literature were reviewed and studied.Results The infant demonstrated severe hepatosplenomegaly, abnormity of liver function, anemia and development backwardness.Bone marrow examination indicated storage cells suggestive of niemann pick cells.Conclusion Niemann pick disease is a group of rare diseases with various clinical manifestations. Clinical suspected cases need further bone marrow examination, pathologcal biopsy and gene tests.

Sepsis is a common desease with a high mortality in pediatric intensive care unit. The patho-genesis of sepsis remains unclear. Recent studies have found that extracellular histones play an important role in the incidence of sepsis. This review provides new ideas for the diagnosis and treatment of sepsis.

Objective To evaluate the clinical application of CT perfusion imaging (CTPI) and CT subtraction angiography (CTSA) in the diagnosis of acute ischemic cerebrovascular disease (AICVD). Methods 24 cases with AICVD onset within 24 hours were examined with regular CT, CTPI and CTSA. Some of them took CTPI, MRI, MRA, DSA, SPECT by follow up examinations. Results In 24 cases 11 had regular CT negative results after onset of stroke 3～6 hours in 6 cases,6～12 hours in 3 cases,12～24 hours in 2 cases. Ten cases of them were confirmed by CTPI as having ischemic lesions, 2 cases had middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO), and 1 had transient ischemic attack (TIA) with CTPI negative. In 24 cases 13 had regular CT positive rseults, 9 cases had ischemic lesions larger in CTPI than in regular CT,1 case had MCAO and 1 case had internal carotid artery occlusion(ICAO). There were 4 cases with ischemic lesions on regular CT almost having the same range as that of lacunar infarction in CTPI. The peak value of time(PT), mean transit time(MTT), relative flow (RF) in all 24 cases were found obviously changed. The side of ischemic lesion as compared with the opposite side, and the core of ischemic lesion as compared with peripheral zone were found changed significantly ( P

Objective To sum up the experience of renal transplantation in order to improve transplant effect and enhance the long-term survival and recovery rate.Methods The data of renal transplantation of 1 124 cases who received renal transplantation from Jul. 1978 to Oct. 2001 were summarized. All the possible factors that could influence the transplant effect such as pre-operative preparation, HLA match, donors' quality, surgical procedure, immunosuppressive therapy and so on were analyzed. Results The 1-, 3-, 5-year survival rate (%) of patient/kidney was 83.1/ 70.3, 74.6/ 68.6 and 62.6/ 56.1 respectively. The rate of AR was decreased significantly from 3.09?% only with LXM to 0.89?% with LXM test in combination with HLA serological test. The rate of HAR and AR in 130 cases with additional PRA test were lower than those only with LXM test.Conclusions The well pre-operative preparation, the ideal HLA match, the high quality of donor's kidney and transplant operation were keys for successful renal transplantation. Reduction of the complications, individual and combined medication in reason and long-term follow-up were very important in the long-term survival time.

Objective To analyze the death causes of cadaveric kidney transplantation recipients. Methods The clinical data of 1400 cases of cadaveric kidney tansplantation between 1978 and 2003 were analyzed retrospectivvely. The death rate, causes and period were analyzed among the died recipients after kidney transplantation. Results 187 patients were died after renal transplantation in this stage with the ratio being 13.36% (187/1400). The death causes contained infection, cardiocerebra l vascular diseases and hepatic failure by turns, and the ratio was 37.97% , 31.56% and 14.97% , respectively. There were 87 ( 46.5% ) death cases w ith normal transplanted-kidney function. Conclusions The leading causes of patients' death were infection, cardiocerebral vascular d iseases, and hepatic failure. About half of these patients were died with normal transplanted-kidney function.

Objective To study the influencing factors of raised D-dimer levels in elderly people.Methods 592 elderly people underwent physical examination in our hospital were selected.They were divided into observation group and control group according to the level of D-dimer.The clinical data,liver and kidney function and blood lipid levels between both groups were compared.Re-sults There were no significant difference on gender,BMI,FBG,ALT,AST and Cr between both groups (P >0.05),but the age of patients in the observation group were significantly higher than that of the control group(P <0.05).The PT,CRP,bacterial pneu-monia and (or)of acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis,cancer,diabetes patients in the observation group were significantly higher than those in control group,while LDL-C,TC were significantly lower than that of the control group,there were significant differences (P <0.05).The plasma D-dimer level in patients showed positive correlation with CRP and age (r =0.27,0.25,P <0.05).Conclusion Malignant tumor,type 2 diabetes,bacterial pneumonia,acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis are the risk fac-tors of raised plasma D-dimer levels in the elderly.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Age Factors ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Body Weight ; Humans ; Laryngeal Muscles ; anatomy & histology ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Middle Aged ; Palate, Soft ; anatomy & histology ; Pharynx ; anatomy & histology ; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive ; pathology ; Tongue ; anatomy & histology ; Young Adult

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Objective: To investigate the effects and mechanism of gochnatiolide A from Ainsliaea in anti-prostate cancer. Methods: The activities of gochnatiolide A on the proliferation of DU145 cells were tested by CCK-8 and colony formation experiments. Apoptosis morphological changes of cells were observed by DAPI staining. The apoptosis and cell cycle were evaluated by flow cytometry. The expressions of cleaved Poly ADP ribose polymerase (cleaved-PARP), cleaved cystein-containing aspartate specific protease 9 (cleaved Caspase-9), tumor suppressor protein (p53), b cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2), transcription factors-κB p65 (NF-κB p65) and IκB kinase α, β (IKKα, IKKβ) proteins in DU145 cells were investigated by Western blotting. Results: The natural product gochnatiolide A significantly inhibited the proliferation of prostate cancer DU145 cells, with IC50 values of 4.15, 2.80 and 1.74 μmol/L at 12 h, 24 h, and 48 h, respectively. Meanwhile, gochnatiolide A promoted DU145 cells apoptosis and induced cell cycle arrest at G2 and S phases in a concentration dependent manner. In addition, gochnatiolide A also up-regulated apoptosis proteins cleaved-PARP, cleaved Caspase-9 and p53 proteins, and down-regulated Bcl-2 protein. Comparing the control group, the expression of NF-κB p65, IKKα and IKKβ proteins in the NF-κB pathway were decreased after treatment with gochnatiolide A. Conclusion: The natural product gochnatiolide A remarkably inhibited the proliferation and promoted apoptosis in DU145 cells, and the possible mechanism was related to the inhibition of NF-κB pathway.

ObjectiveTo observe the effects of XinShu parenteral solution (XSPS) on the activation of platelet, the activity of fibrinolysis system after intima denudation of rabbits.Methods20 male Japanese white rabbits (2.5±0.5)kg were randomly divided into the control group and XSPS group .The celiac arterial endothelium of all rabbits were denuded with balloon. Before the operation and 3d, 7d, after balloon denudation, vein blood samples were obtained from each group rabbits for measurement of α granule membrane protein of platelets(GMP-140), tissue-type plasminogen activator(t-PA) and plasminogen activator inhibitor-type Ⅰ(PAI-1).ResultsPlasma GMP-140 and PAI-1 activity obviously elevated after balloon injury, and there was a little elevation in plasma t-PA activity in control group. Activity of plasma GMP-140 in XSPS group remained bottom level after balloon injury, and there was a significant increase in plasma t-PA activity and a marked reduce in PAI-1 activity in XSPS group. There was a notable difference between group B and group C (P<0.05). ConclusionXSPS obviously inhibits platelet activation, and improves fibrinolysis activity after balloon injury.