OBJECTIVE:To observe the effects of aerosol inhalation of Chuankezhi injection on lung index and tissue morphol-ogy of trachea,lung and esophagus in guinea pigs. METHODS:40 guinea pigs were randomly divided into blank control group (normal saline),Chuankezhi high-dose,medium-dose and low dose (2.48,1.24 and 0.62 ml/kg) groups. Each treatment group was administrated by inhaling the atomized injection,once a day,20 ml/kg,for consecutive 2 weeks. The general situation of guin-ea pigs was observed 1 h after each time of medication;1 h after last medication,lung index of guinea pigs was detected,as well as the tissue morphology of left lung,right lung,trachea and esophagus by HE staining. RESULTS:Compared with normal control group,the general situation of guinea pigs were normal in Chuankezhi high-dose,medium-dose and low dose groups;there was no difference in lung index and all of them were about 0.653;tissue section staining showed that no abnormal lesion was found in these tissues. CONCLUSIONS:2 weeks of aerosol inhalation of Chuankezhi injection have no significant effect on lung index and the tissue morphology of trachea,lung and esophagus of guinea pigs.

Purpose To evaluate imaging characteristics of normal and dynamic contrast enhanced multi-slice-spiral CT (MSCT) and 18F-FDG PET/CT in the patients with the mesenteric Castleman's disease (CD).Materials and Methods A retrospective analysis was made in 11 patients who were pathologically diagnosed CD and investigated their imaging characteristics of the MSCT and 18F-FDG PET/CT.Results 6 cases showed single lesion,all of them were round or oval.5 cases presented satellite lesions.The maximum diameter was (6.11 ± 1.45)cm.3 cases showed stippled or branch calcification,and 3 cases showed slightly patchy low density.11 cases had clear margins except 1 case.All cases showed the same strong lesion enhancement as that in aorta.9 cases showed significantly enhanced tumor blood vessels around the edge or shadow.The degree of 18F-FDG uptake increased in 11 cases,SUVmax was 3.1-5.7,and the average was (4.16 ± 0.86).Conclusion Multimodality imaging performances play an important role in the diagnosis of mesenteric CD.

OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for further formulation of the rational use of vancomycin. METHODS:Retro-spective analysis was conducted on the related information of discharged patients who intravenously used vancomycin from Jun. 2013 to Dec. 2014. RESULTS:178 patients were enrolled,with average age of 59.6 and 73.60% male,who were mainly with lung infectious(74.72%). Support examinations were sufficient before using of vancomycin. 66.29% patients were empirically giv-en vancomycin with pathogenic detection rate of 85.39%. 71.91% patients were conducted therapeutic drug monitoring with only 47.54% of first blood samples achieved the target range. CONCLUSIONS:Vancomycin application is generally rational in our hos-pital. However,issues like duration of empirical therapy,rational therapeutic monitoring,and individualized start dosing still need to be noticed.

Objective To investigate the influence of menstrucal cycle and anatomic site on the fractional anisotropy (FA) values of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in normal breast. Methods Prospectively enrolled 96 volunteers, who have identified with normal menstrucal phase and without breast diseases were found via the breast examination, ultrasound and MRI scan. The cases were divided into three groups according to menstrucal phase: menstrual period group(menstrual cramps 1 to 6 d), proliferative phase group(menstrual cramps 7 to 14 d) and secretory phase group(menstrual cramps 15 d to the next), and each group consisted of 32 subjects. All subjects were performed bilateral breast cross-sectional T1WI, T2WI, DWI and DTI scaning. On the nipple level figture, the mammary gland was divided into three regions including the anterior, central and posterior parts, and the FA values of the different phases and regions were measured. The Kruskal-Wallis H test was applied to analyse the difference of FA values in different menstrual phase and anatomic site. Results The FA values of the anterior region in menstrual phase, proliferative phase and secretary phase were 0.21 ± 0.07, 0.24 ± 0.09 and 0.17 ± 0.07, and the difference had significant difference(P=0.014).The FA values of the central region were respectively 0.15±0.08, 0.18±0.09 and 0.15±0.07, and without the statistically significant difference(P=0.090). The FA values of the posterior region were 0.21 ± 0.11, 0.24 ± 0.13 and 0.16 ± 0.11, and also showed significant difference(P=0.002). In different regions, the difference of FA values between menstrual phases and proliferative phases were also had statistically significant(P=0.018, 0.045, respectively). In the same region, the FA value was lowest in the secretary phase, and the proliferative phase was slightly higher than menstrual phase. Conclusion The FA values are affected by menstrual cycle and anatomic site.

Objective To explore the clinical value of wave intensity(WI) in assessing left ventricular systolic function of patients with impaired glucose regulation.Methods 72 people were involved in this study,according to their plasma glucose levels,subjects were categorized as normal plasma glucose group (group A),newly categorized impaired fasting glucose group (group B) and pre-diabetes group (group C).Carotid WI examination was performed and analyzed.The parameters included magnitude of the peak during early systole (W1),amplitude of the peak during late systole (W2),interval between R wave of electrocardiogram and W1 (R-W1),interval between W1 and W2 (W1-W2),stiffness parameter (β),pressure strain elasticity modulus(Ep) and arterial compliance(AC).Echocardiographic indices including left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF),left ventricular fraction shortening (LVFS) and the peak velocity of mitral annulus at systolic phase(Sm) were determined in each subject.Results Compared to group A,W1,W2,β,Ep increased significantly while AC decreased in group C(P ＜0.05).However,this difference did not persist in group B.Compared to group A,LVEF and LVFS were not observed significantly different in group B and group C.Conclusions WI is a hemodynamic method which not only can evaluate left ventricular systolic function of impaired glucose regulation subjects but also be more sensitive than routine echocardiography.

In this study, an analytical method was developed and used to quantify simultaneously protocatechuic acid, neochlorogenic acid, cryptochlorogenic acid and 1, 3-dicaffeoylquinic acid--four bioactive compounds contained in Fructus Xanthii using UPLC. The contents of four phenolic components of 28 batches of samples collected from different product areas and markets were determined and compared by means of this established method. The mobile phase was composed of methanol and water containing 0.1% phosphoric acid. Chromatography was monitored at dual-wavelengths--220 and 327 nm. Flow rate was 0.4 mL x min(-1) and column temperature was 35 degrees C. The correlation coefficient between concentration and chromatographic peak area of protocatechuic acid, neochlorogenic acid, cryptochlorogenic acid and 1, 3-dicaffeoylquinic acid was over 0.9999 in the range of 0.3570-35.70, 2.500-250.0, 1.060-106.1, 1.010-101.0 microg x mL(-1), respectively. The average recoveries of the four compounds were 97.68%, 99.55%, 97.92% and 100.4%, respectively. In conclusion, the established method can rapidly attain an accurate and reproducible result used to control the quality of Fructus Xanthii.