Abstract: Objective　To evaluate the influence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prevention and control measures on the transmission and epidemic of influenza in Chongqing, so as to provide references for formulating targeted influenza prevention and control strategies. Methods　The influenza surveillance data, during the year 2018 to 2020, were collected through the "China Influenza Surveillance Information System", and the seasonal characteristics of influenza epidemic were analyzed. The percentage of influenza like cases (ILI%) and influenza virus positive rate between 2020 and 2018-2019 were compared, so as to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 prevention and control measures on influenza epidemic characteristics. Results　The annual proportions of ILI cases in Chongqing were respectively 3.53%, 2.23% and 1.2% from 2018 to 2020, while the positive rates of influenza virus were respectively 13.97%, 23.81% and 2.65%. The distribution trend of ILI% from 2018 to 2019 fluctuated were similar, but it continued to drop and remain at a low level since February 2020. The positive rate of influenza virus showed an epidemic peak from December to March in 2018-2019, also peaked from November 2019 to January 2020, but decreased to 0 in March. ILI% was positively correlated with the positive rate of influenza virus (r=0.404 8, P<0.05). In 2020, compared with the same period of 2018-2019, the growth rate of ILI% was -66.09% and -46.32%, respectively. The positive rate of influenza virus in 2020 decreased by 81.03% and 88.87% compared with the same period of 2018-2019, respectively. The growth rates of influenza virus positive rate in January 2020 were decreased with a small rate of about 39.87%, and with a significantly decline of more than 93.65% from February. No influenza epidemic was found after March. Conclusions　Since COVID-19 prevention and control measures were implemented in January 2020 in Chongqing, the ILI% and the positive rate of influenza virus in sentinel hospitals decreased significantly. In the season of high incidence of respiratory infectious diseases, personal protection and other measures can effectively reduce influenza virus infection.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Antigens, CD34 ; metabolism ; Antineoplastic Agents ; therapeutic use ; Benzamides ; Chondroma ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Gastrectomy ; Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Humans ; Imatinib Mesylate ; Lung Neoplasms ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local ; Neoplasms, Multiple Primary ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Piperazines ; therapeutic use ; Pneumonectomy ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit ; metabolism ; Pyrimidines ; therapeutic use

Objective To discuss the method,mid-long term clinical therapeutic effect and safety of coil embolization in treating patients with hepatic arterial pseudoaneurysm(HAPA).Methods Seven patients with repeatedly massive hemorrhage of gastrointestinal tract were undertaken DSA of celiac arteries and hepatic arteries and embolization of the feeding artery by coils or microcoils after correct diagnosis.All cases underwent follow-up from 6 to 60 months(mean 38).Results The blood loss before angiography was ranged from 1200 to 4000(mean 2385)ml.There were 3 cases with normal hepatic function and 4 with hepatic dysfunction including ALT increase in 2 and obstructive jaundice in another.Digital substraction angiography(DSA)clearly showed the location,shape and feeding arteries of HAPA.There were 2 types of HAPA namely intrahepatic (n=3)and extrahepatic(n=4),adding one case with arteriovenous fistula(AVF).Embolization was successful in all cases by coils(n=13)or microeoils(n=12).No recurrence and any definite clinical complication occurred during follow-up.Conclusion Coil embolization in treating HAPA is safe and effective with mid-long term positive clinical therapeutic efficiency without severe complications.(J Intervent Radiol, 2007,16:803-806)

The development of neuroimaging has led to a high diagnostic rate of cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD).The hemorrhage transformation (HT) and clinical prognosis after intravenous thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) with CSVD have become hot topics in recent years.Relevant studies have shown that different subtypes of CSVD may have different influences in HT and clinical prognoses in AIS.In clinic,each subtype of CSVD may not exist alone in one patient,therefore,some scholars put forward the concept of total burden of CSVD to further quantitatively assess the severity of CSVD in the whole brain and their effects on HT and clinical prognosis after intravenous thrombolysis of AIS.This article reviews the researches on HT and clinical prognosis after intravenous thrombolysis in AIS with CSVD.

Objective To discuss the application of awaking anesthesia and intraoperative cortico-subcortical electrostimulation in the surgery for patients with secondary epilepsy induced by lesions in eloquent areas. Methods A total of 11 patients initiated with epileptic seizure were collected in our study. All patients were right-handed and 5 had neurological dysfunction, and the mean Karnofsky performance status (KPS) scores were 87. Skull MRI and long-term video-EEG monitoring were performed for all patients, and 6 of them got functional MRI. The surgeries were performed under intravenous anesthesia: 4 got trachea intubation and the other 7 were performed pharyngeal esophageal intubation under awaking anesthesia. Electrocorticographic recordings were adopted to confirm the epileptogenic zone, and then cortical electrical stimulus was performed to locate the cortical functional area. Under subcortical electrostimulation monitoring, we resected the lesions by the methods of focal cortical resection or multiple subpial transaction (MST) according to the relation between epileptogenic zone and functional cortex; during the resection, subcortical electrostimulation was adopted to protect the tracts lay in the sub-cortex. Results Total resection was achieved in 10 patients, and subtotal excision in 1. The epileptogenic zone was performed cortical resection or pia mater-fiber transverse amputation.Two cases got transient hemiparalysis after operation. Followed up for 6-20 months, none of the patients had neurologic deficit, and the average KPS scores were 100. Epilepsies were well-controlled using only one antiepileptic drug. Conclusion Pharyngeal esophageal intubation under awaking anesthesia is safe and convenient. With the monitoring of intraoperative cortico-subcortical electrostimulation, we can resect the lesions up to the hilt and protect the eloquent areas effectively, and improve the life quality of patients.

Animals ; Autoantibodies ; blood ; Cytokines ; biosynthesis ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Female ; Immunohistochemistry ; Rats ; Rats, Inbred Lew ; Selenium ; administration & dosage ; therapeutic use ; Th1 Cells ; drug effects ; immunology ; Th2 Cells ; drug effects ; immunology ; Thyroid Gland ; drug effects ; immunology ; pathology ; Thyroiditis, Autoimmune ; drug therapy ; immunology ; Trace Elements ; administration & dosage ; therapeutic use

Adult ; Aged ; Biomarkers, Tumor ; analysis ; Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal ; diagnosis ; Carcinoma, Papillary ; diagnosis ; Cystadenocarcinoma, Mucinous ; diagnosis ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Humans ; Immunohistochemistry ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Mucins ; analysis ; Pancreatic Neoplasms ; diagnosis

AIMTo study the antitumor mechanism of 3-substituted aryl oxindole (PH II-7) and determine its effects on cell cycle distribution of tumor cells.

METHODSThe cell cycle distributions were determined with FACS. The cell cycle regulation-related proteins of K562 lysates were analyzed with Western Blot. The inhibition of PH II-7 on DNA synthesis of tumor cells were estimated though 3H-thymidine incorporation and the tyrosine kinase activity of EGFR of A431 lysates was measured with ELISA.

RESULTSPH II-7 effected cell cycle distribution of several tumor cells, including multidrug resistant tumor cell lines, and accumulation of cells in the G0-G1 stages was observed. The cell cycle regulation-related proteins CDK2, Rb and c-myc were inhibited by PH II-7 in a dose dependent manner, whereas the expression of CyclinE was increased after exposure to PH II-7. Furthermore, PH II-7 2.0 mg.L-1 was shown to inhibit the incorporation of 3H-thymidine into DNA, and 21.89%-41.29% of the PTK activity of EGFR in A431 lysates was inhibited by PH II-7 2-8 mg.L-1 in a dose-dependant manner.

CONCLUSIONPH II-7, a new anti-tumor agent, blocks the transition of cell cycle of tumor cells from G1 to S phase by inhibition CDK2.

Antineoplastic Agents ; pharmacology ; CDC2-CDC28 Kinases ; metabolism ; Cell Cycle ; drug effects ; Cell Cycle Proteins ; metabolism ; Cyclin E ; metabolism ; Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2 ; DNA, Neoplasm ; biosynthesis ; Drug Resistance, Multiple ; Drug Resistance, Neoplasm ; Humans ; Indoles ; chemical synthesis ; pharmacology ; K562 Cells ; pathology ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc ; metabolism ; Retinoblastoma Protein ; metabolism

OBJECTIVETo explore the association between mortality rate of hepatic carcinoma and the distance from Suihe River in Lingbi county, Suzhou, Anhui province.

METHODSUsing the disease mapping and spatial statistical analysis techniques,we described the spatial distributions of the mortality rate of hepatic carcinoma from 2005 to 2010 in Lingbi county. Taking the distance between villages and polluted rivers as proxy variable of environmental exposure, mortality rate of hepatic carcinoma in each village as dependant variable, and using the Glimmix model and Bayesian spatial model (BYM) to undertake the univariate and multivariate analysis, we investigatived the association between mortality rate of hepatic carcinoma and the water pollution of Suihe River in Lingbi county.

RESULTSObvious clustering of high mortality rate of hepatic carcinoma along the polluted river was observed in Lingbi county. Results of Glimmix model showed that whether spatial autocorrelation was considered or not, closer to the polluted river has higher mortality rate of hepatic carcinoma. Results of univariate analysis of the BYM model showed that, compared with the villages far from the polluted river more than 12 km (the mortality rate of hepatic carcinoma was 33.12/100 000(1068/3 224 562) ), the RR values of the hepatic carcinoma mortality was 1.38(95%CI:1.06-1.82) for the villages apart from the polluted river within 6 km (the mortality rate of hepatic carcinoma was 42.48/100 000(777/1 829 064)), and 1.13 (95%CI:0.92-1.39) for villages apart from the river between 6 and 12 km (the mortality rate of hepatic carcinoma was 35.65/100 000(651/1 825 848)). In the BYM model multivariate analysis, adding the volume of fertilizer and pesticides used per cultivated area, GDP per capita to do multivariate analysis were, the relation between mortality rate of hepatic carcinoma and distance from polluted rivers remains unchanged.

CONCLUSIONThe mortality rate of hepatic carcinoma was associated with the exposure to the polluted river in Lingbi county. The polluted river may increase the hepatic carcinoma mortality of nearby residents.

Bayes Theorem ; China ; epidemiology ; Environmental Exposure ; Female ; Humans ; Liver Neoplasms ; epidemiology ; mortality ; Male ; Rivers ; Spatial Analysis ; Water Pollution

BACKGROUNDInterstitial lung disease (ILD) is a serious lung complication in polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM) which affects prognosis and requires a more aggressive approach in therapy. This study investigated the prevalence, characteristics, predictive factors and unfavourable prognostic factors of ILD in newly diagnosed PM, DM and amyopathic DM (ADM).

METHODSFrom January 2000 to December 2008, the medical records of 197 consecutive PM and DM patients at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University were reviewed excluding overlapping, juvenile, and malignancy-associated cases. The patients were assigned to an ILD (69 patients) and a non-ILD group (128 patients). The clinical features, laboratory findings, and prognosis were compared.

RESULTSThe multivariate analysis indicated that older age at onset (OR 1.033, 95%CI 1.009 - 1.058, P = 0.007), fever (OR 4.109, 95%CI 1.926 - 8.767, P < 0.001) and arthritis/arthralgia (OR 2.274, 95%CI 1.101 - 4.695, P = 0.026) were the independent predictive factors for developing ILD in PM/DM after excluding anti-Jo-1. Regarding anti-Jo-1, fever (OR 4.912, 95%CI 2.121 - 11.376, P < 0.001) was associated with ILD. Poor survival in ILD patients was associated with ILD clinical subset (RR 0.122, 95%CI 0.049 - 0.399, P < 0.001), ADM/DM/PM-ILD (RR 0.140, 95%CI 0.031 - 0.476, P = 0.002), cardiac involvement (RR 4.654, 95%CI 1.391 - 15.577, P = 0.013) and serum albumin level (RR 0.910, 95%CI 0.831 - 0.997, P = 0.042).

CONCLUSIONSPatients who presented with fever tended to have a higher frequency of PM/DM-associated ILD. A Hamman-Rich-like presentation, ADM-ILD, cardiac involvement and hypoalbuminemia were poor prognostic factors in ILD-PM/DM.

Adult ; Aged ; Dermatomyositis ; complications ; Female ; Humans ; Logistic Models ; Lung Diseases, Interstitial ; etiology ; mortality ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Polymyositis ; complications ; Prognosis ; Proportional Hazards Models ; Retrospective Studies