1.Clinical Analysis of 15 Cases of Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Guolin XU ; Renkun ZHANG ; Chunli ZHANG
Journal of Chinese Physician 2001;0(06):-
Objective To analyze the clinical and laboratory features of acute pulmonary embolism for diagnosis as possible as early.Methods For 15 patients of pulmonary embolism,who have not history of heart-lung disease and have been diagnosed by high speed multislice CT, the clinical and other laboratory data of these patients were retrospectively analyzed.Results The clinical manifestations were dyspnea ,chest distress, palpitation;the signs including tachypnea, systole murmur, tachycardia etc. The examinations were mainly color Dopple echocardiography and blood gas analysis. In some cases of embolism were found in their pulmonary artery; in all cases tricuspid regurgitation were found by color Dopple echocardiography and their pulmonary systole pressure were all over normal value(42~76mmHg).The blood gas analysis showed that PaO 2 was obviously lower than normal value(30~65mmHg).Conclusions The patient who has symptoms of dyspnea and palpitation must be examined by high speed multislice CT , color Dopple echocardiography and other measurements to get an immediate diagnosis . The first choice is color Dopple echocardiography when there is no high speed multislice CT. The patients can get exact diagnosis and prompt treatment by manifestation of pulse spectral of pulmonary artery, increase of pulmonary artery pressure, right ventricular enlargement.
2.Three-dimensional scaffolds seeded with NeuroD1-modified neural stem cells for repair of spinal cord injury
Renkun ZHANG ; Xiaohong LI ; Shixiang CHENG ; Jingjing WANG ; Yue TU ; Sai ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Trauma 2016;32(6):536-541
Objective To investigate the role of three-dimensional scaffolds seeded with NeuroD1-modified neural stem cells (NSCs) for repair of spinal cord injury in rats.Methods A new three-dimensional bio-printer was used to make bionic spinal cord scaffolds.NSCs are transduced with retrovirus vectors encoding NeuroD1 to express transgenes in high levels.Forty healthy female SD rats were divided into control group,scaffold group,scaffold + NSCs-green fluorescent protein (GFP) group and scaffold + NSCs-NeuroD1 group with 10 rats per group,according to the random number table.Spinal cord injury in rats was induced using the electric controlled cortical impactor.A week later,the control group was excised 3 mm spinal cord at the injury site under microscope.RT-PCR was used to confirm the construction of NeuroD1 overexpressing NSCs.Survival and differentiation of transplanted NSCs were detected with fluorescent staining.Rat neurological motor function was evaluated with BBB score at postoperative 1,2,4,6 and 8 weeks.Rat electrophysiological changes were observed by monitoring motion evoked potential and sensory evoked potential at 8 weeks.Results RT-PCR results confirmed the successful reconstruction of NeuroD1-overexpressing NSCs.BBB score in scaffold + NSCs-NeuroD1 group was the highest and had significant differences compared to other three groups (P < 0.05).Electrophysiological results showed the motor and sensory in scaffold + NSCs-NeuroD1 group had the shortest latencies and highest amplitudes,which revealed significant differences compared to other three groups (P <0.05).Immunofluorescence staining showed GFP cells in scaffold + NSCs-NeuroD1 group at 8 weeks,which differentiated into neurons and astrocytes.GAP-43 was positively stained,and myelin formation was detected.Conclusion Three-dimensional scaffolds seeded with NeuroD1-modified NSCs can promote nerve loop reconstruction in spinal cord injury rats,and accelerate recovery of motor and sensory function.
3.A study on drug resistance of KPC carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Shulong ZHAO ; Renkun LIU ; Hui LIANG ; Wei ZHANG ; Jia LIU ; Hongyan HU
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2014;(10):1235-1237
Objective To investigate the drug-resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa which producing K lebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases(KPC) .Methods Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains were derived from two sputum samples .VITEK 2 COMPACT Automated Microbial Identification/Susceptibility Analyzer was employed to identify the bacterial strains .Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and gene sequencing were adopted to identify the genotypes of KPC enzyme ,Broth dilution method was used to measure the minimal inhibitory concentration(MIC) of antimicrobial agents .Results Both Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains were resistant to β-lactam antibiotic and levofloxacin ,and were intermediary to ciprofloxacin ,and sensitive to gentamicin ,netilmicin ,tobramycin ,colistin and multi-polymyxin B .One of them was sensitive to tigecycline .Carbapenemase produced by the two stains was not metal β-lacta-mase ,with the subtype of KPC-2 .Mating experiments failed to prove the bla K PC gene could be transferred to E .coli J53 .Conclu-sion Appearance of KPC-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa poses serious challenges to clinical anti-infective therapy .