1.The relationship between cytomegalovirus infection and respiratory diseases in children
International Journal of Pediatrics 2016;43(10):781-783,787
Cytomegalovims(CMV) infection is widely spread in our country.The initial CMV infection often occurs in childhood,can cause a variety of respiratory diseases in children,seriously threaten the health of children.This article describes the relationship between CMV infection and respiratory disease in children with pneumonia,wheezing,bronchial and pulmonary dysplasia,and reviews the progress in the diagnosis and treatment of cytomegalovirus infection,in order to improve the understanding of human CMV infection in respiratory diseases of children.
2.Vitrectomy for Giant Traumatic Avulsion of Vitreous Base
Journal of Chinese Physician 2001;0(03):-
Objective To describe the clinical features and observe the effect of vitrectomy on traumatic avulsion of vitreous base with giant retinal dialysis.Methods Seven cases with giant retinal dialysis(rang 120~150?) secondary to traumatic avulsion of vitreous base and PVR grade B to C 3 were retrospectively reviewed.All eyes had recieved vitrectomy,scleral buckle and lenses removed,and six eyeballs underwent postoperative sequential fluid-gas exchange.Results In most cases,the dialyses and avulsed vitreous base developed in the temponate quadrants and complicated lenses dislocation,pupilloparalysis,and vitreous hemorrhage.All cases attained success after disappearance of the intraocular tamponate.The major complication was elevated intraocular pressure,which was transient.Conclusions Giant retinal dialysis may result from traumatic avulsion of vitreous base.These dialysis often become clinical manifestation for several days or longer following ocular contusion.Vitrectomy is a very effective management for these cases.
3.Histological subtypes classification of non-small cell lung cancers using 18F-FDG PET-based radiomics
Chinese Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2021;41(5):268-274
Objective:To distinguish lung adenocarcinoma (ADC) from squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET-based radiomic features. Methods:A retrospective analysis was performed in 182 patients (109 males, 73 females, age (59.0±8.3) years) with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT scan between January 2018 and December 2019 in Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. All patients had been diagnosed pathologically with lung ADC or SCC. The patients were divided into a training set ( n=91) and a validation set ( n=91) using simple random sampling method. Radiomic features were extracted from the PET images of segmented tumors using the Python package. The minimum redundancy maximum relevance feature selection algorithm and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator were employed to select informative and non-redundant features, and a radiomics signature score (rad-score) was developed. Differences of rad-score between groups were compared by Mann-Whitney U test. Multivariate logistic regression was applied to select the important factors. A combined model was constructed based on the clinical variable and radiomics signature. The predictive performance of models was analyzed and compared using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and Delong test. Results:Four radiomic features, namely HHL_first order_maximum, LHL_first order_entropy, HHH_ gray level dependence matrix_large dependence high gray level emphasis (GLDM_LDHGLE), HHL_GLDM_LDHGLE (H/L represent the high/low pass filter) were selected to build the rad-score. The rad-score showed a significant ability to discriminate between different histological subtypes in the two sets(training set: -1.30(-1.70, -1.04) vs -0.60 (-1.11, 0.20), z=-4.61, P<0.001); validation set: -1.31(-1.66, -0.96) vs -0.73(-1.02, -0.24), z=-4.76, P<0.001). The area under the curve (AUC) of the rad-score were equal to 0.815 (95% CI: 0.723-0.906) in the training set, and 0.813 (95% CI: 0.726-0.901) in the validation set, respectively, which were larger than those of the clinical variables (smoking had the best prediction performance, training set: 0.721 (95% CI: 0.617-0.810), validation set: 0.726 (95% CI: 0.623-0.814)), however, the difference was not significant ( z values: 1.319, 1.324, both P>0.05). When the clinical variable (smoking) and radiomics signature were combined, the complex model showed a better performance in the classification of histological subtypes, with the AUC increased to 0.862 (95% CI: 0.785-0.940; sensitivity: 88.00%(22/25), specificity: 72.73%(48/66)) in the training set and 0.854 (95% CI: 0.776-0.933; sensitivity: 75.00%(21/28), specificity: 84.13%(53/63)) in the validation set. The AUC values were significantly higher than those of the clinical variable (smoking; training set: z=3.257, P<0.001; validation set: z=3.872, P<0.001). Conclusion:Individualized diagnosis model incorporating with smoking and radiomics signature can help differentiate lung cancer subtypes in a non-invasive, repeatable modality.
4.Clinical efficacy of peppermint oil capsules combined with Domperidone in the treatment of bile reflux gastri-tis after gastric surgery
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2015;(8):1220-1222
Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of peppermint oil capsules combined with domperi-done in the treatment of bile reflux gastritis(BRG)after gastric surgery.Methods Totally 47 patients with BRG after gastric surgery were treated with peppermint oil capsule (0.9g,tid)and domperidone(10mg,tid).Each patient's gas-troscopic manifestations and histopathology were rechecked after 4 weeks.The efficacy was observed on the improve-ment of symptoms and gastric mucosal injury,and on the reduction of bile reflux.Results 42 patients attained satis-factory therapeutic effect with the total efficiency rate of 89.4%.No adverse effects during the treatment period. Conclusion Peppermint oil capsules combined with domperidone shows better efficacy in treatment of BRG after gastric surgery.
5.Negative feedback effection of DNA methylation on expression of DNMT1 in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Chinese Journal of Immunology 2016;32(4):542-545,552
Objective:To analyse the whole DNA methylation status , expression of DNMT1 and DNA methylation status of DNMT1 promoter from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus ( SLE) .To assess the negative feedback effection of DNA methylation on the expression of DNMT1 in the patients with SLE.Methods:The whole DNA methylation status in T cells from 34 SLE patients and 23 healthy controls was assessed by the specific monoclonal antibodies to 5-methylcytosine (5-mc) and the DNA methylation status of DNMT1 promoter was assessed by the Bisulfite Conversion Kit and sequencing.Real time RT-PCR was applied to analyse DNMT 1 mRNA levels in T cells from the patients and controls.Results: SLE patients had siginificantly whole DNA hypomethylation than controls(P<0.05),and the whole DNA methylation was negative correlated with the SLE-DAI.There was no difference in levels of DNA methylation of DNMT1 promoter between patients and controls ,also no correlation between the levels of DNA methylation of DNMT 1 promoter and DNMT1 mRNA.Conclusion:There was no negative feedback effection of DNA methylation on the expression of DNMT 1 in the patients with SLE.The mechanism of lower expression of DNMT 1 in patients with SLE should be studied further.
6.Clinical significance of serum insulin-like growth factor-1 levels in prostatic cancer
Kejian XIE ; Xiaohua CHEN ; Haibo ZHU
Chinese Journal of Urology 1994;0(02):-
Objective To study the relationship between serum insulin-like growth factor-1(IGF-Ⅰ) levels and prostatic cancer. Methods The levels of IGF-Ⅰwas measured with immunoradiometric assay(IRMA) in 37 cases of prostatic cancer,35 cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and in 20 healthy subjects as controls.The serum IGF-I levels were compared to the clinical and pathological grading of the prostatic cancer.8 cases of prostatic cancer after operation have been followed up. Results The mean levels of serum IGF-I in prostatic cancer (325.6?100.8 ng/ml) were significantly higher than those in BPH (201.6?53.8 ng/ml) and healthy subjects (179.0?57.2 ng/ml) (P0.05).Statistical difference was noted before ( 315.8?87.0 ng/ml) and after (224.8? 88.4 ng/ml) PCa operation(P0.05). Conclusions The levels of serum IGF-I may be a new marker to prognose and for early diagnosis of PCa in high risk population.
7.Screen of single nucleotide polymorphism of DNA methyltransferase 1 in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Jinhua XU ; Xiaohua ZHU ; Weimin SHI
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2009;42(11):754-755
Objective To screen single nucleotide polymorphism(SNP)of DNA methyltransferase 1 gene in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE).and to investigate the significance of abnormal expression of DNA methyltransferase in the pathogenesis of SLE.Methods Peripheral blood mononuclear cells(PBMCs)were obtained from 11 patients with SLE and 12 normal human controls.DNA was extracted from the PBMCs.and PCR was performed to amplify some exons(1 to 7)and corresponding introns followed by direct sequencing.Results There was a 21397T/C SNP in the intron 7 between exon 7 and exon 8 of DNA methyltransferase 1 gene in patients with SLE.The frequency of CC homozygote increased in patients with SLE compared with that in normal controls(5/11 vs 1/12,X~2=4.10,P<0.05).Conclusions There is a 21397T/C SNP in DNA methyltransferase 1 gene in patients with SLE.which may be a component of genetic background underlying the abnormal expression Of DNA methyltransferase 1.
8.Improved conjunctival transplantation for corneal ulcer
Qinghua ZHOU ; Xianhua LONG ; Xiaohua ZHU
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences) 2010;35(8):814-818
Objective To evaluate the therapeutic effect of pedical conjunctival flap transposition on refractory corneal ulcer. Methods The data of 56 eyes of 56 patients with refractory corneal ulcer who underwent pedical conjuctival transposition in a tertiary eye unit in China from June 2005 to June 2009 were retrospectively analyzed. There were 36 infective corneal ulcers, 9 keratoplasty graft ulcers, 4 traumatic ulcers, and 7 chemical burn ulcers. All patients were treated with focal debridement and pedical conjuctival flap transposition. Results Forty-seven out of 56 (83.9%) were cured after one surgery, and 5 (8.9%) had conjunctival flap retraction, among which 3 underwent the second surgery and 2 had the third surgery to completely heal. Four patients (7.2%) turned to lamellar keratoplasty because of fungal corneal ulcer relapse. Ulcer in 52 patients healed and the globe preserved. They had different levels of vision improvement. Conclusion Pedical conjunctival flap transposition is effective for refractory corneal ulcer.
9.Systematic approach to management on prenatal care in floating population: effectiveness and proposal for improvement
Xiaohua ZHANG ; Liping XIAO ; Haoping ZHU
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2010;09(9):611-614
Objective To investigate the effectiveness of system approach to management on prenatal health care in floating population. Methods The prenatal care was managed through establishing "Contact handbook on the health of pregnant women in Shanghai" for 505 lying-in women from the floating population of Minhang District. The condition of antenatal health care, the outcome of gestation and related factors were investigated and the results were compared to those reported in literatures. Results After system approach to management, the rate of having 1 - 3 antenatal examinations accounted for 32.1% ( 162/505 ), that of 4 - 8 examinations accounted for 43.0% ( 217/505 ), that ≥ 9 examinations accounted for 15.6% (79/505), which were higher than that reported by Zhuang Chanjuan (P = 0.001 ). Among 458 responders 185 (40.4% ) thought the cost for prenatal examination was "high" or "too high". Among 293 responders, 211 (72.0%) did not establish the contact handbook due to "not knowing the handbook" or "not clear about the process". The frequency of antenatal examination was associated with education levels of the lying-in women ( P =0.000) , whether their husbands being native Shanghainese or not ( P =0.002)and establishing contact handbood ( P = 0.002). Conclusions System approach to management promotes the utilization of antenatal health care for floating population, establishing contact handbook is a workable method to promote the utilization.
10.Effect of external circulation of hyoertonic preconditioning on the cardiopulmonary function after coronary artery bypass grafting
Longjin ZHU ; Shuaizhou LIU ; Xiaohua LI
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2016;39(3):261-264
Objective To study the effect of external circulation of hypertonic preconditioning on the extravascular lung water in the early stage and cardiopulmonary function after coronary artery bypass grafting. Methods The clinical data of 82 patients who had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting in our hospital between January 2011 and December 2014 were reviewed and according to the different solutions given, they were divided into two groups (each with 41 cases). The patients in the control group were given crystalloid solution, and in the study group were given hypertonic crystalloid. The index during operation and postoperative index, COP and EVLW during different periods and the cardiopulmonary function of the two groups was compared. Results The plasma colloid osmotic concentration in study group was (42.16 ± 12.26) mmol/L, and higher than that in the control group, which was (2.16 ± 0.25) mmol/L, P<0.01. whereas the other intraoperative and postoperative indicators including cardiopulmonary bypass time, aortic crossclamp time, the number of vascular anastomosis, serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen one day after the operation, and time of mechanical ventilation showed no significant differences (P > 0.05). COP and heart rate at T1 and T2 in the study group was significantly lower than that in the control group, with COP at T1 and T2 in the study group was (19.88 ± 2.47) and (21.36 ± 3.25) mmol/L, and (22.16 ± 2.97) and (23.65 ± 2.14) mmol/L in control group;and heart rate at T1 and T2 in the study group was respectively (83.65 ± 12.54) and (86.95 ± 11.52) times per minute and (95.32 ± 11.88) and (97.58 ± 10.54) times per minute in control group; the differences between the two groups were significant (P < 0.05). However, there were no significant differences shown in the MAP and CVP at any time points (P>0.05). Conclusions External circulation of hypertonic preconditioning can effectively improve the extravascular lung water in the early stage after coronary artery bypass grafting, yet produces no effect on the cardiopulmonary function.