Objective To investigate the correlation between the severity of subcortical ischemic lesions and vascular cognitive impairment in encephalorrhagia patients. Methods One hundred and twenty-four encephalorrhagia patients were enrolled into two groups, the normal cognition group (60 cases, without cognitive impairment) and the cognitive impairment group (64 cases, with vascular cognitive impairment). Parameters of the lesion diameters, various lesion locations, white matter lesions severity and NIHSS scale score, modified Bathel index score were compared between these two groups. The correlations between the above indexes and the vascular cognitive impairment degree were analyzed by Logistic regression proceduress. Results Compared to the normal cognition group, the indexes of lesion number of frontal area and basal ganglia, lesion diameters, white-matter severity and NIHSS scale score of cognitive impairment group were higher (P<0.05, respectively), and the modified Bathel index score was lower (P<0.05), but the lesion number in temporal, parieto-occipital and infratentorial area were not changed (P>0.05, respectively) in the cognitive impairment group. Result of Logistic regression analysis showed a positive correlation between the severity of white-matter and the degree of vascular cognitive impairment (OR =4.705, P=0.009). Conclusion The severity of white-matter can effectively assess the degree of vascular cognitive impairment of encephalorrhagia patients.

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Objective: To observe the preventive effect of Bu Shen Jian Pi Capsule on age-related cochlear hair cells apoptosis in C57 BL /6J mice,and research its mechanism of action.Methods: 30 new born C57 BL /6J mice were divided into 2 groups,with 10 animals in control group(CG) and 20 animals in Bu Shen Jian Pi Capsule (experimental group,EG).The animals in CG were fed regularly,while those in EG were fed regularly at the first one months after the birth and then,commonly fed water was substituted by the medical solution of Bu Shen Jian Pi Capsule for these animals in EG.The experimental course lasted for seven months.The cochleas of the two groups of mice were taken out for cochlear surface preparation,then being observed under optical microscope with a comparative analysis on the status of degenerative changes in the hair cells of cochlear between the tow groups.Results: Cochlear hair cells damage of CG animals showed aggravating tendency with the increase of the age,and followed the developmental rules of lesion progression in cochlear hair cells from the basal turn to the apical turn and with the number of outer hair cells loss greater than that of inner hair cells.In contrast,the cochlear damage of animals of EG was relatively milder than that in animals of CG,compared among the animals at the same age between them.Conclusion: This study showed that Bu Shen Jian Pi Capsule could postpone age-related cochlear hair cells apoptosis in C57 BL /6J mice,therefore,it suggested that Bu Shen Jian Pi Capsule might possess the pharmacological action of preventing presbyacusis.We assume the possible protective mechanism of Bu Shen Jian Pi Capsule might be related to increase of cells cAMP,regulation of metabolism of nucleic acid,and protectoin or stabilization of DNA structure.

Objective To compare the efficacy of laparoscopic radical hysterectomy and open surgery with early stage cervical cancer in elderly patients.Methods Performed a retrospective study of 195 cases underwent surgical treatment of early stage cervical cancer in elderly patients.According to different approach,the patients were divided into laparoscopic group (66 cases) and open group (129 cases).The operation time,intraoperative blood loss,number of resected lymph nodes,bowel function recovery time,postoperative hospital stay and postoperative complications was compared between two groups.Results The operation time,intraoperative blood loss,bowel function recovery time,postoperative hospital stay in laparoscopic group were significantly shorter than those in open group [(237.6 ±46.9) min vs.(259.3 ± 76.7) min,(214.7 ± 104.8) ml vs.(283.4 ± 137.2) ml,(1.9 ± 1.2) d vs.(2.8 ± 1.5) d,(4.1 ± 3.5) d vs.(6.7 ± 1.4) d,P ＜ 0.05 or ＜ 0.01].There was no significant difference in number of resected lymph nodes and postoperative complications between laparoscopic group and open group (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion Laparoscopic radical hysterectomy is both safe and effective in elderly patients with early stage cervical cancer.

Background and purpose:Parotid gland is rich in fat and has obvious contrast with bone and muscle in CT image.The preoperative examination of CT could help to evaluate the scale of tumor invasion and the relationship between tumor and normal tissues so that the proper therapy could be properly designed.The purpose of this study was to evaluate the roles of computer tomography(CT)in differential diagnosis of benign and malignant parotid tumors and to improve the diagnostic accuracy.Methods:CT images of 17 patients with benign parotid tumors and 15 patients with malignant parotid tumors proved by pathology were analyzed retrospectively.All patients underwent CT contrast-enhanced examination preoperatively.Images of all patients were retrospectively reviewed by two experienced radiologists in the diagnosis of head and neck tumors.Results:14 of 17 cases of benign tumors had round shapes and 9 of 15 cases of malignant tumors exhibited lobular or irregular masses(P

Objective To define the CT imaging characteristic of menetrier disease. Methods Four patients with proved Menetrier disease were retrospectively studied by means of CT performed with the water as oral contrast, hypotonic agent and dynamic or spiral CT technique. Results All cases showed that the enlarged rugae were seen projecting into the gastric lumen, but the gastric wall was otherwise normal. CT detected all lesions and made a confirmed diagnosis before pathology biopsy. Conclusion Our primary result revealed that the CT appearance of Menetrier disease was quite characteristic, CT is a very valuable tool for the diagnosis of Menetrier disease.

Purpose:To investigate the values of three newer contrast enhanced MRI sequences including gadolinium-enhanced FLAIR MRI(CE FLAIR), dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE MRI) and perfusion- weighted MRI(PWI) by comparing their advantages and disadvantages respectively in the diagnosis of intracranial tumors. Methods:43 patients with intracranial tumors underwent DCE MRI, CE FLAIR and PWI respectively. The gadolinium-enhanced FLAIR, dynamic enhanced MR and perfusion-weighted MR images were evaluated independently by two radiologists for the number of examinations with one or more enhancing lesions, the number and location of enhancing lesions per examination, the detectability for different lesions in different locations, size and extent of the lesions. Results:Perfusion-weighted MR images showed poor quality and could not give a diagnosis in 5 of 43 cases because of heavy susceptibility artifacts. There were 47 lesions in the 38 cases. However, 41 lesions were found on CE FLAIR MR images and 42 on DCE MRI and 45 on PWI. 3 lesions(2 located in the subcortical area and 1 in paraventricle) were only revealed on the CE FLAIR images. 4 lesions in the basal ganglia area were only found on dynamic enhanced images. 7 lesions in the cerebral hemisphere were only found on perfusion-weighted images. So there were significant differences in revealing lesions of different locations with the three MR modalities(P

Purpose:To evaluate the role of CT in diagnosing local recurrence after surgery of gastric carcinoma. Methods:Two groups of 51 patients after surgery of gastric carcinoma were prospectively studied by means of CT performed with the water as oral contrast,hypotonic agent and dynamic or spiral CT technique. 15 patients proved to be without local recurrence measured the thickness and observed the CT findings of anastomosis stoma ,36 patients proved to have local recurrence ,those patients included male 21 and female 15.Results:90.19%(46/51)anastomosis stoma was clearly demonstrated ,and 32 lesions was detected and confirmed the diagnosis in 29 of 32 cases . The CT findings of local recurrence after gastric resection for gastric cancer were irregular gastric wall thickening ( n =14),local mass ( n =6) and mixed lesions ( n =9).Conclusions:Using the optimal technique can improve the detectability and accuracy of CT for diagnosing the local recurrence after surgery for gastric carcinoma.

Objective To investigate the effect of adrenomedullin on epithelial barrier function of Caco-2 cells under hypoxia/reoxygen-ation injury and the molecular mechanism.Methods Build hypoxia/reoxygenation injury model,Caco-2 cells were randomly divided into three groups:normal control group( N) ,hypoxia/reoxygenation group( H/R) and hypoxia/reoxygenation plus 1 μmol/L adrenomedullin group(H/R+AM).Transepithelial electrical resistance(TEER) was determined,and the laser confocal microscope was used to detect the construction of tight junction.The protein expressions of tight junction proteins (Occludin and ZO-1) and nuclear factor kappa B(NF-κBp65) were examined by using western blotting.Results Pretreatment of AM significantly attenuated the disruption of morphological structure of tight junction caused by H/R.The TEER of N group,H/R group and H/R+AM group were(157.68 ±5.54),(96.06 ±3.42),(134.56 ± 4.72) Ohm/cm2 respectively.After AM pretreatment, the TEER were significantly raised compared with that in H/R group by 40.00%(P<0.05).The relative protein expressions of Occludin and ZO-1 in N group,H/R group and H/R+AM group were [(0.43 ±0.03), (0.27 ±0.04)],[(0.20 ±0.03),(0.15 ±0.07)],[(0.32 ±0.15),(0.21 ±0.03)]respectively.After AM pretreatment,the protein ex-pression of Occludin and ZO-1 were significantly raised compared with that in H/R group(by 60.00% and 40.00%).Simultaneously,the relative protein expressions of NF-κBp65 in N group,H/R group and H/R+AM group were (0.53 ±0.30),(2.89 ±0.16),(1.75 ±0.25) respectively.And H/R induced NF-κBp65 activation was significantly inhibited by AM treatment (decreased as compared with H/R group by 40.00%).Conclusion AM can attenuate intestinal epithelial barrier dysfunction by regulating the expression of intestinal tight junction pro-teins.The inhibition of NF-κB activation may be involved in this mechanism.

5 mm) in 4 cases, and polypoid mass in 3.[WT5”HZ] Conclusion[WT5”BZ] CT is a new non invasive technique, evaluable in the diagnosis of chololedochal cyst complicated with carcinoma. [WT5”HZ]