Objective Amiodarone was diluted to release the side effect of hypotension in clinic, but this maybe unsuitable during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This study was designed to observe the effects of undiluted amiodarone, diluted amiodarone, and CPR alone on ventricular fibrillation (VF) in a pig model. MethodsVF was induced in 21 pigs. The animals were randomly (random mumber) divided into 3 groups after VF 3 min.① CPR group ( n= 7): standard CPR; ② undiluted amiodarone group ( n= 7): undiluted amiodarone (5 mg/kg)bolus within 3 s, then 20 mL saline flush into the peripheral vein, CPR was started after observed 30 s; ③ diluted amiodarone group ( n = 7): amiodarone was dissolved in 20 mL saline and bolus with 30 s. Defibrillation was attempted at VF 5 min. Results The restoration of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) of CPR and undiluted amiodarone groups were higher than diluted group (85.7％ vs. 71.4％ vs. 42.9％), but the differences were not significant (all P ＞0.05). The defibrillation energy and timesof CPR group were higher than that of undiluted amiodarone (P= 0.009) and diluted group ( P = 0. 170). The mean arterial pressure of undiluted amiodarone were lower than diluted and CPR groups at ROSC 10 min (all P ＜0.05), but the differences of undiluted and diluted groups were not significant after ROSC 0.5 h. Conclusions In this study, undiluted amiodaronecan effectively reduced the defibrillation times and energy. Although diluted amiodaronecan release the side effect of hypotension which was transient, it didn't significantly improved cardiac electric activity and delayed to start CPR.

AIM:To optimize total flavone of herba epimediumon microporosity osmotic pump tablets by boxbehnken design-response surface methodology. METHODS:Osmotic agent (lactose),dosage of plastificator (dibutyl phthalate),and coating weight gain were selected as key factors of influencing total flavone delivery. Total flavones cumulatiive yield in 12 h and fitting approximation was regarded as the response. Design Expert method useful for the modeling and analysis was to optimize the response. RESULTS:Response surface surface obtained repre-sented maximum one which conformed to the zero-order delivery rate equation. CONCLUSION:Optimal excipient formulation of total epimedium flavone microporosity osmotic pump tablet consists of 0. 18 g of lactose,0. 26 ratio of dibutyl phthalate to acetyl celulose and 7. 7% of coating weight gain.

Objective To develop a new type of Raman-enhanced substrate for rapid detection of E.coli based on label-free surface-enhanced Raman scattering( SERS) technology.Methods Stober’ s improved method was used to prepare 360 nm silica ( SiO2 ) nanospheres.Prepared gold core-silver shell nanoparticles( Au@Ag) of different size were attached to 360 nm SiO2 to fabricate the nanocomposites ( SiO2-Au@Ag ) that were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and UV-visucl light adsorption spectra (UV-Vis).PATP was detected to select SiO2-Au@Ag with optimal SERS effect.This optimal SiO2-Au@Ag was used to obtain the sensitivity of PATP and E.coli detection after a simple mixed culti-vation.Results TEM images showed that Au@Ag aggregated with the size of Au@Ag attached to 360 nm SiO2 .UV-Vis spectra indicated that the maximum absorption of Au@Ag and SiO2-Au@Ag had a red shift with the invrease of Au@Ag size.The experiment results suggested that detection sensitivity of PATP by SiO2-100 nm Au@Ag 10 -10 mol/L, while the lowest detectable E.coli concentration was 105 CFU/ml.Conclusion The 360 nm SiO2 binding with 100nm Au@Ag exhibits great potential for SERS applications.

Objective To explore the role of ureteroacopy for acute upper urinary tract obstructive anuria.Methods Clinical data of 37 cases with acute upper urinary tract obstructive anuria were analyzed.Results Among 37 cases,34 cases were successfully performed ureteroseopy or ureteroseopic lithotripsy with double-J sent incubation (successful rate was 91.9%).Renal function were recovery in 32 cases.4 Cases returned to 180μmol/L,1 case need hemodialysis periodically.Conclusion Ureteroscopy could rapidly remove the obstruction and protect renal function in management of acute upper urinary tract obstruction anuria,which was contributed to the diagnosis.It was safe,effective and the preferred method.

With thousands of sequenced 16 S rRNA genes available,and advancements in oligonucleotide microarray technology,the detection of microorganisms in microbial communities consisting of hundreds of species may be possible.The existing algorithms developed for sequence-specific probe design are not suitable for applications in large-scale bacteria detection due to the lack of coverage,flexibility and efficiency.Many other strategies developed for group-specific probe design focus on how to find a unique group-specific probe that can specifically detect all target sequences of a group.Unique group-specific probe for each group can not always be found.Hence,it is necessary to design non-unique probes.Each probe can specifically detect target sequences of a different subgroup.Combination of multiple probes can achieve higher coverage.However,it is a time-consuming task to evaluate all possible combinations.A feasible algorithm using relative entropy and genetic algorithm (GA) to design group-specific non-unique probes was presented.

BACKGROUNDTo screen and identify differentially expressed genes among lung cancer tissues, paracancerous pulmonary tissues and some other kinds of tumor tissues using suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) and cDNA Microarray.

METHODSOne cDNA chip was made by gathering clones of three differentially expressed cDNA libraries which came from BEP2D cell lines during three different malignant transformed phases. Then the clones were hybridizated with cDNA probes which extracted from 15 cases of lung cancer tissues, 5 cases of paracancerous pulmonary tissues and 24 cases of other 8 kinds of tumor tissues respectively.

RESULTSTwenty-six cDNAs were obtained which expressed higher in lung cancer tissues than that in paracancerous pulmonary tissues. Thirty-one cDNAs expressed remarkably higher in paracancerous tissues than those in cancer tissues. Compared with other 8 kinds of tumors, paracancerous tissues had 63 overexpressed cDNAs and lung cancer tissues had 87 overexpressed cDNAs.

CONCLUSIONSThe combination of SSH and cDNA microarray is rapid and effective for screening and identification of differentially expressed genes in different samples. It may be potentially useful for diagnosis of lung cancer to further study the differentially expressed genes among lung cancer tissues, paracancerous pulmonary tissues and other tumor tissues.

Objective To study the efficacies and adverse reactions of urapidil and nicardipine in the treatment of the chronic renal failure patients with hypertensive emergencies .Methods 59 chronic renal failure patients with hypertensive emer-gencies were randomly divided into nicardipine treatment group and urapidil treatment group .The patients in the nicardipine group were given a 1 mg nicardipine intravenous injection ,and 30-100 μg/min intravenous transfusion was given continuously . The patients in the urapidil group were given a 12 .5 mg urapidil intravenous injection ,and 150-500μg/min intravenous trans-fusion was given continuously .The dosage were changed according to the patients′blood pressure in both of the groups .The patients′blood pressure ,heart rate and adverse reactions were recorded .Results The patients′blood pressure in both of the groups were significantly lower after treatment (P<0 .05) .The SBP in nicardipine treatment group was significant lower than SBP in urapidil treatment group in the first hour after treatment (P<0 .05) .There was no significant difference in SBP be-tween the two groups 2 hours after treatment (P>0 .05) .There was no significant difference in DBP between the two groups after treatment (P>0 .05) .In the nicardipine group ,the heart rate rose after the treatment ,the difference was statistically significant (P<0 .05) .While in the urapidil group ,the heart rate went down after the treatment ,and the difference was statis-tically significant (P<0 .05) .There was no significant difference in adverse reactions between the two groups (P>0 .05) . Conclusion Both of nicardipine and urapidil were effective in the treatment of chronic renal failure patients with emergency hy-pertensive .Nicardipine was more effective in reducing the SBP in the first stage of treatment .

OBJECTIVETo study the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-associated coronavirus genotype and its characteristics.

METHODSA SARS-associated coronavirus isolate named ZJ01 was obtained from throat swab samples taken from a patient in Hangzhou, Zhejing province. The complete genome sequence of ZJ01 consisted of 29,715 bp (GenBank accession: AY297028, version: gi: 30910859). Seventeen SARS-associated coronavirus genome sequences in GenBank were compared to analyze the common sequence variations and the probability of co-occurrence of multiple polymorphisms or mutations. Phylogenetic analysis of those sequences was done.

RESULTSBy bioinformatics processing and analysis, the 5 loci nucleotides at ZJ01 genome were found being T, T, G, T and T, respectively. Compared with other SARS-associated coronavirus genomes in the GenBank database, an A/G mutation was detected besides the other 4 mutation loci (C:G:C:C/T:T:T:T) involved in this genetic signature. Therefore a new definition was put forward according to the 5 mutation loci. SARS-associated coronavirus strains would be grouped into two genotypes (C:G:A:C:C/T:T:G:T:T), and abbreviated as SARS coronavirus C genotype and T genotype. On the basis of this new definition, the ZJ01 isolate belongs to SARS-associated coronavirus T genotype, first discovered and reported in mainland China. Phylogenetic analysis of the spike protein gene fragments of these SARS-associated coronavirus strains showed that the GZ01 isolate was phylogenetically distinct from other isolates, and compared with groups F1 and F2 of the T genotype, the isolates of BJ01 and CUHK-W1 were more closely related to the GZ01 isolate. It was interesting to find that two (A/G and C/T) of the five mutation loci occurred in the spike protein gene, which caused changes of Asp to Gly and Thr to Ile in the protein, respectively.

CONCLUSIONAttention should be paid to whether these genotype and mutation patterns are related to the virus's biological activities,epidemic characteristics and host clinical symptoms.

Dynamic surgical navigation system has been wildly used in implantology, the navigation surgical system provide preoperative trajectory planning. Moreover, the constant visualization of drilling trajectory during operation assist the operators by avoiding critical anatomic structures to achieve safer surgery. Our article focuses on the development and function of dynamic navigation system to evaluate the accuracy of dynamic surgical navigation system when used for regular implants and zygomatic implants placement. We aim to discuss the accuracy of different brand of dynamic surgical navigation systems for implants placement and to investigate the main reasons led the inaccurate outcome.

Objective To establish the three-dimensional (3D) finite element model of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) with 3° and 7° posterior tibial slope at different knee flexion angles, and to study biomechanical properties and prosthetic wear of the knee joints with two types of posterior tibia slope and their effects on knee function. Methods Combining CT and MRI images of human knee joints with the 3rd-generation Oxford prosthesis, the finite element UKA model with 3° and 7° posterior tibia slope were established. The 1 kN load was applied to center point of the medial and lateral condyles of the femur to simulate the standing load of human body. The maximum stresses and distributions of the prosthesis and articular cartilage at different knee flexion angles were analyzed. ResultsThe maximum stress of the meniscus liner with 3° posterior tibia slope at 0°, 30°, 60°, 90°, 120° knee flexion angles increased by 28.06%, 68.99%, 19.45%, 21.06% and 53.38%, the distribution area was concentrated from the side of the meniscus liner to the central area, and the stress concentration was obvious at 120° knee flexion. The maximum stress of prosthesis with 3° posterior tibia slope was greater than that with 7 ° posterior tibia slope. The expansion of stress concentration area would cause wear and loosening of the prosthesis, contact stress and concentration area of the articular cartilage would subsequently increase with posterior tibia slope increasing, and stress concentration would be more obvious at high knee flexion angles. Conclusions Tibial prosthesis has the higher stress and greater wear under the condition of 3° posterior tibia slope than 7° posterior tibia slope. The research findings provide theoretical basis for the UKA design in clinic.