ObjectiveTo sum up the experience in the treatment of acute arterial ischemia in the extremities. Methods From 1980 to 2001,148 patients with acute arterial ischemia in the extremities were treated by multiple-means such as: embolectomy, interventional treatment, thrombolytic and antiagglutinatives. Results The cure rate in patients treated within 12 hours was 95.5%,mortality was 4.5%,while the cure rate, alleviative rate, amputation rate and mortality in patients treated 12～24 hours after onset were 64.8%,17.6%,9.9%,7.7%,respectively and that were 20%,34.3%,25.7%,20% respectively when treatment started 24 hours after the onset. The cure rate in 19 patients treated by nonoperative means was 10.5%, alleviative rate was 73.3%, amputation rate was 15.8%. Conclusion Patients with acute arterial ischemia suffer a high mortality. Mortality and disability rate can be reduced by early diagnosis, appropriate treatment and effective management for the systemic diseases.

Objective To establish a HPLC method for the simultaneous determination of artemisinin,arteannuin B,chrysosplenetin and chrysosplenol-D in the water extract of Artemisia annua L.Methods The analysis was performed on Agilent ZORBAX SB-C18(250 mm×4.6 mm,5 μm)column with a mobile phase of acetonitrile(A)-water(B)and the flow rate of 0.8 mL·min-1 in a gradient elution manner.The column temperature was 30℃.The injection volume was 10 μL,and the detection wavelength was 210 nm.Results Artemisinin,arteannuin B,chrysosplenetin and chrysosplenol-D were correlated well linearly with peak area in their respective ranges 1.608 8-16.088 μg(r=0.999 9),0.014 1-0.141 4 μg(r=1),0.185 1-1.850 9 μg(r=0.999 9),0.144 1-1.441 4 μg(r=0.999 9),the average recovery rate(n=6)were 102.44%,97.82%,95.07%,95.55%,and the RSD values were 1.12%,1.44%,1.29%,1.53%.Conclusion This method is convenient and accurate.It has good stability and repeatability,and can be used to simultaneously determine the content of artemisinin,arteannuin B,chrysosplenetin and chrysosplenol-D in the water extract of Artemisia annua L.