Objective To investigate the effective MRI sequences and describe the correlation between MRI and visual evoked potential(VEP)in diagnosing optic neuritis.Methods One hundred and fifty-four eyes with visual impairment of 98 patients with diagnoses of optic neuritis,papillitis,multiple sclerosis and Devic's disease underwent MRI and VEP examination. The MRI findings were analyzed and correlated with VEP results and clinical presentation by using x2 test,wilcoxon test and Kappa test.Results Out of the 154 sick eyes.56 eyes presented thickened optic nerves.76 eyes had normal diameter of the optic nerve,and 22 eyes had thin optic nerves.A total of 132 optic nerves showed abnormally high signal in STIR sequences.including involvement of intraocular segment in 7,intraorbitsl segment in 135,intracanalicular segment in 109,intracranial segment in 97,optic chiasm in 56,and optic tract in 23.A total of 54 patients underwent postcontrast MRI. Seventy-four optic nerves of 87 eyes showed enhancement.Among the 196 eyes of 98 patients,132 eyes presented visual impairment and simultaneous abnormal MR signal of the optic nerve.and 26 eyes had both normal vision and normal MR signal of optic nerve.The consistency of MRI findings and vision status was 80.61%(Kappa=0.453,P＜0.01).Among the 175 eyes with VEP results.129 eyes had visual loss with simultaneous VEP abnormalities,and 30 eyes had both normal vision and normal VEP results.The consistency of VEP and vision status was 90.86%(Kappa=0.731,P＜0.01).Among the 175 eyes with VEP results,117 eyes had abnormal MR signal of the optic nerve and simultaneous abnormal VEP,and 24 eyes had both normal MR signal of the optic nerve and normal VEP.The consistency of MRI findings and VEP was 80.57%(Kappa=0.460,P＜0.01).Conclusion STIR sequence and gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted MR sequence combined with fatsuppression are helpful in diagnosis of optic neuritis.VEP is helpful in diagnosing optic neuritis and in finding subclinical visual problem.The MRI combined with VEP could improve the diagnostic accuracy of optic neuritis.

BACKGROUND: Mechanic pressure could cause neurocyte death. Both direct mechanic injury and complex pathophysiological mechanism can induce the pathological changes of axon and neuronal soma. OBJECTIVE: To observe the relationship between ultrastructural changes and pressure degree of neurocyte and neurocyte damage. DESIGN: A randomized controlled observational study using experimental animals as study subjects.MATERIALS:The study was conducted in the Central Laboratory of Ruikang Hospital affiliated to Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medical University from December 2002 to August 2003.SUBJECTS:Fourty-eight male New Zealand rabbits with a bodymass of (2.45 ± 0. 28) kg were randomly divided into control group, mild pressure group and severe pressure group with 16 rabbits in each group.METHODS:Animal models with mild and severe cervical spinal cord chronic pressure were established in rabbits. Control group was pseudo-operation group. Spinal cord observation under optical microscope and electron microscope, neurocyte apoptosis analysis (TUNEL method), neuron counting, and the section size of the neuron were analyzed respectively.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Main results: observational results under optical microscope of each group. Subordinate results: ① observational results under electron microscope of each group; ② neurocyte apoptosis analysis RESULTS: After chronic pressure in the spinal cord of rabbits, phenomena like neuron atrophy,loss,reduced section size,and neuron and neurocyte apoptosis appeared. The morphology of neurons in control group was normal and the quantity was quite a lot, which was (40 ± 2), and the neuron section size was(41.24 ± 15.61) μm2.The number of neuron of mild pressurc group was(27 ± 2), and the neuron section size was(20. 82 ± 6.57) μm2. The number of neurons of severe pressure group was (22± 2), and the neuron section size was( 17. 96 ± 9.03 ) μm2. The difference between mild, severe pressure group and control group was significant( P ＜ 0.01),while the difference between mild and severe pressure groups was insignificant(P ＞ 0. 05 ). The ultrastructural changes of neurons after chronic pressure were reduced volume of soma, unclear nucleolus and reduced rough endoplasmic reticulum. The lamellar structure of spinal sheath was loose with vacuole, and the cell organs in axial plasma were reduced or lost.CONCLUSION: The ultrastructure of neurocyte changes after chronic pressure in spinal cord. The more serious the pressure is, the more serious the neurocyte damages are. Cell apoptosis exists after chronic pressure in spinal cord.

Objective To investigate the treatment of open vertebreplasty for unstabilized thoracic-lumbar fracture. Methods From September 2003 to May 2007, there were 31 patients of thoracic-lumbar burst fracture who had undergone operation and had been followed. According to the Denis classification, all the patient were burst fracture with the involvement of middle column. All of them were undergone posterior short segment transforminal interbody fusion and vertebreplasty filled with phosphate calcium bone cement. Results All of 31 patients had undergone operation successfully. The interbody were removed when fracture healed. There was no loss of vertebral height, no degenerative change of adjacent segment. They were followed for 9～35 months, the average was 24.2 month. 2 of 31(6.4%) were found collapse of the fracture vertebrae, 1 was found kyphosis and failure fusion, which led another operation. The reason may be the severe burst of vertebrae, insufficient filling of phosphate calcium bone cement or bearing weight early stage. Of all other patients, CT scan showed sufficient decompression of fracture vertebraes, retained height of fracture vertebraes and no collapse. There was no obvious difference between height of fracture vertebrae and normal vertebrae (P0.05). The loss of correction of kyphosis was not obvious. Conclusion posterior short segment transforminal interbody fusion and vertebreplasty filled with phosphate calcium bone cement is a effective treatment for unstabilized thoracic-lumbar fracture. The pain is relieved after operation, patient can exercise on the ground in the early stage, and the quality of life is improved.

Objective To evaluate the effect of psychological interventions for patients with urnary cancer on pain and quality of life.Methods One hundred and twenty patients were randomized into research and control group.Each group contained 60 cases. The study group received regular analgesic treatment and psychological interventions.The control group received the same scheme but for psychological interventions.As LQ-C30 was applied to evaluate patients' pain intensity and quality of life respectively.Result The pain relief rate of study group acquired is different significantly from control group, as well as in a higher score in global quality of life, role function, emotional function (P<0.05).Conclusions High-quality psychological care service can improve the quality of life of patients and release cancer pain.

Objective:To evaluate the value of blood urea nitrogen (BUN)/creatinine (Cr) ratio for guiding the access route of double balloon enteroscopy (DBE) for small intestinal bleeding.Methods:The clinical information was collected from 105 patients who underwent DBE for suspected small intestinal bleeding at Air Force Medical Center from January 2015 to October 2019. Patients were divided into the elevated BUN/Cr group ( n=52) and the normal BUN/Cr group ( n=53), with a cut-off value of 81. Comparison was made for the detection rate of lesions between the oral route and anal route separately in the two groups using Chi-square test. Results:Among the 105 patients with suspected small intestinal bleeding, definite causes of bleeding were identified in 79 patients by DBE, and the overall lesion detection rate was 75.24% (79/105). In the elevated BUN/Cr group, the overall lesion detection rate was 76.92% (40/52), among which 79.49% (31/39) was through oral and 47.37% (9/19) through anal enteroscopy. In the normal BUN/Cr group, the overall lesion detection rate was 73.58% (39/53), and 63.64% (21/33) was transoral and 51.43% (18/35) transanal. The lesion detection rate of transoral enteroscopy in the elevated group was significantly higher than that in the normal group ( χ2=6.576, P=0.010). There was no significant difference in the lesion detection rate of transanal enteroscopy between the two groups ( χ2=2.230, P=0.135). Conclusion:For patients with active small intestinal bleeding (active bleeding within 48 hours), the BUN/Cr ratio higher than 81 may indicate that DBE should be performed firstly via oral route.

Objective To study the effect of electrical stimulation of vagus nerve on inflammatory response in septic shock rats. Methods SD rats were randomly divided into 5 groups: Group Ⅰ was the sham group, group Ⅱ with the cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) and the vagus nerve were isolated but not transected, group Ⅲ with bilateral cervical vagotomy following CLP, group Ⅳ with bilateral cervical vagotomy after CLP and the left vagus nerve trunks were stimulated with bipolar electrodes, group Ⅴ with bilateral cervical vagotomy after CLP and the right vagus nerve trunks were stimulated. The common carotid artery pressure was monitored, and the plasma tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), nitric oxide synthases (NOS) and nitric oxide (NO) were measured 2 h after stimulation. Results The mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) gradually decreased and the concentration of plasma TNF-α, NOS and NO significantly increased after CLP. Electrical stimulation of the left and right vagus nerve significantly increased the MAP and decreased the plasma TNF-α, NOS and NO levels. Conclusion Direct electrical stimulation of the left and right vagus nerve can significantly improve the blood pressure and reduced plasma TNF-α, NOS and NO levels during septic shock, which may play a role in anti-shock in rats.

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate how different concentrations of dextran sulfate sodi-um ( DSS) influence the establishment of mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease ( IBD) and the effect of DSS on the expression of colitis-associated immune factors.Methods The DSS solution in different concentrations (3%, 5%, 7%) were given to male C57BL/6J mice to generate mouse inflammatory bowel disease model.The IBD mice were observed by defecation characteristics, body weight, and survival time.The animals were sacrificed at 6 days after the start of DSS drinking.The general appearance of colons was observed and scored.Moreover, the pathological changes of the colon were examined and analyzed by routine histology.The expression of immune factors in the spleen was detected by real-time PCR.Results The mice in the 3%, 5%, 7% DSS groups developed murine colitis.In addition, the incidence of IBD and mouse mortality rate was directly proportional to the increase of DSS concentration.Furthermore, the higher concentra-tion of DSS induced the expression of proinflammatory factors including TNF-α, IFN-γand IL-17A, but cause a decrease of anti-inflammatory factors such as IL-4, IL-10 and Treg-related transcription factor Foxp3.Conclusions Our data suggest that giving 5%DSS solution to C57BL/6J mouse is appropriate to efficiently establish a murine IBD model.This laid an important foundation for further studies of the pathogenesis of IBD, biological characteristics, and intervention factors.

Objective:To investigate the efficacy of double balloon enteroscopy (DBE) in the treatment of bleeding from small intestinal vascular lesion and risk factors of bleeding recurrence .Methods:From April 2013 to May 2020, at Air Force Medical Center, the clinical data of 65 patients with confirmed or suspected bleeding from small intestinal vascular lesion were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were divided into DBE treatment group (patients of Yano classification 1a and 1b received argon plasma coagulation, and patients of Yano classification 2 and 3 accepted combination of titanium clip and submucosal injection of lauromacrogol sclerosing agent) and non-DBE treatment group (traditional treatments such as stopping anticoagulant or antiplatelet drugs, blood transfusion, and iron supplementation). The bleeding recurrence of patients with single small intestinal vascular lesion between DBE treatment group and non-DBE treatment group, and patients with single or mulitiple vascular lesion of DBE treatment group were compared. Univariate analysis was used to analyze the clinical data of patients with or without recurrent bleeding. Multivariate logistic regression model was used to analyze the independent risk factors and protective factors of recurrent bleeding in small intestinal vascular lesion. Independent sample t test, chi-square test and Fisher exact probability method were used for statistical analysis. Results:Forty-four (25 of single vascular lesion and 19 of multiple vascular lesion) patients were diagnosed with small intestinal vascular lesions and received DBE treatment (DBE treatment group). Twenty-one patients with single vascular lesion accepted traditional treatment (non-DBE treatment group). The recurrent rate of bleeding in patients with single vascular lesion of DBE treatment group was lower than that in patients with single vascular lesion of non-DBE treatment group and patients with multiple vascular lesion of DBE treatment group (24.0%, 6/25 vs. 71.4%, 15/21 and 12/19), and the differences were statistically significant ( χ2=10.348 and 6.848, P=0.001 and 0.009). The results of univariate analysis showed that the proportion of blood transfusion, hypertension, complicated with valvular heart disease and DBE treatment in patients with rebleeding or not rebleeding from small intestinal vascular lesion was different with statistically significant (69.7%(23/33) vs. 37.5%(12/32), 51.5%(17/33) vs. 18.8%(6/32), 42.4%(14/33) vs. 12.5%(4/32) and 54.5%(18/33) vs. 81.2%(26/32), χ2=6.777, 7.628, 7.265, and 5.298, all P<0.05). The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that blood transfusion during the course of disease (odds ratien ( OR)=3.736, 95% confidence interval ( CI) 1.082 to 12.898, P=0.037) and complication with valvular heart disease ( OR=4.916, 95% CI 1.107 to 21.829, P=0.036) were independent risk factors of bleeding recurrence in patients with small intestinal vascular lesions. DBE treatment was the protective factor of bleeding recurrence in patients with small intestinal vascular lesion ( OR=0.214, 95% CI 0.057 to 0.808, P=0.023). Conclusions:DBE is effective in the treatment of small intestinal vascular lesion bleeding, especially for single vascular lesion. Blood transfusion during disease course and complication with valvular heart disease are independent risk factors for bleeding recurrence in patients with small intestinal vascular lesion.

OBJECTIVE: To screen for pathogenic variants in the coding regions of STK11 gene among Chinese patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS). METHODS: Peripheral blood samples were collected from 64 patients. The coding regions of the STK11 gene were detected by PCR and Sanger sequencing. RESULTS: Fourty-eight patients were found to harbor STK11 gene variants, which included 39 types of variants consisting of missense, nonsense, insertional, deletional and splice site variants. Among 64 PJS patients, the detection rate of point variants was 75.00% (48/64), of which missense variants accounted for 29.17% (14/48), nonsense variants accounted for 29.17%(14/48), insertion variants accounted for 2.08% (1/48), deletional variants accounted for 10.42% (5/48), and splice site variants accounted for 29.17% (14/48). The detection rates of sporadic cases and those with a family history were 71.8% (28/39) and 80.0% (20/25), respectively. Two variants (c.250A>T, c.580G>A) occurred in 3 PJS probands. Thirteen variants were unreported previously and were considered to be pathogenic. CONCLUSION The detection rate of variants among Chinese PJS patients is similar to that of other countries. A number of novel common variant sites were discovered, which enriched the spectrum of PJS-related variants.
Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; China ; DNA Mutational Analysis ; Humans ; Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome ; genetics ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases ; genetics

Objective:To study the prevalence of occupational pneumoconiosis in Qinhuangdao from 1961 to 2020 and offer a foundation for developing occupational pneumoconiosis prevention and control methods.Methods:In December 2020, the data of occupational pneumoconiosis cases diagnosed by medical institutions with occupational disease diagnosis qualifications in Qinhuangdao City from 1961 to 2020 were collected Anova or kruskal-Walls tests and chi-square tests were used for inter-group comparisons of continuous and categorical variables, and LSD tests or Tamhane T2 tests were used for multiple comparisons. Results:Between 1961 and 2020, 384 cases of pneumoconiosis were documented in Qinhuangdao, of which 382 (99.5%) patients were men and 2 (0.5%) were women. The average dust service duration is 15 (9, 25) years, with a minimum duration of 0.5 years and a maximum duration of 49 years; Cases were primarily distributed in Qinglong Manchu Autonomous County (187 cases, 48.7%) and the Haigang district (160 cases, 41.7%) ; Type of pneumoconiosis was silicosis (340 cases, 88.5%), mainly 273 cases (71.1%) of stage I, 88 cases (22.9%) of stage II, and 23 cases (6.0% of stage III) ; Cases of Phase II and III and with short lengths of service are mainly concentrated in medium-sized, small, private limited liability companies and collective enterprises. Rrock work (166 cases, 43.2%), and loading kiln workers (42 cases, 10.9%) were the main types.Conclusion:Because the distribution of pneumoconiosis cases in Qinhuangdao city is concentrated and the length of service is decreasing, it is important to enhance the oversight of important area, businesses, industries, and job categories in line with the growth of the region's mineral resources.