Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of ultrasonic elastic strain rate and conventional ultrasound for thyroid nodules,and to guide the clinical treatment.Methods 72 cases,a total of 86 nodules,were treated with ultrasound examination for thyroid nodules and operation were given conventional and ultrasonic elastic strain rate echocardiography before operation, after operation they had a pathological examination for tubercle.The accuracy,specificity and sensitivity of ultrasonic elastic strain rate combined with ultrasound to check the benign and malignant thyroid nodules were analyzed.Results The accuracy of ultrasonic elastic strain rate combined with con-ventional ultrasound was 93.41%,which was significantly higher than 73.67%of the conventional ultrasound (χ2 =12.0,P<0.05) .Conclusion Ultrasound elasticity strain rate combined with conventional ultrasound can effectively differentiate benign and malignant thyroid nodules and improve the accuracy of diagnosis of malignant thyroid nodules, which is conducive to the treatment and prognosis.

OBJECTIVE:To promote safe,effective,economical and proper medication.METHODS:Prescriptions in the outpatient and emergency departments of our hospital in2003were randomly selected;the irrational prescriptions were ana?lyzed with regard to drug descriptions,pharmacological knowledge and literatures.RESULTS:The irrational one amounted to4.92%of the total selected prescriptions;antibiotics drug abuses amounted to84.12%of the irrational ones.The irrational drug use problems were mainly seen in administration scheme,repeated dosage,menstruum,administration,drug combina?tion,compatibility and combined toxicity.CONCLUSIONS:Clinical pharmacist plays an important role in promoting rational drug use by checking prescriptions.

Although osteoporosis is often considered asilent disease,it is highly prevalent.It will definately affect the health of elderly people and bring heavy burden to the society.Studies of osteoporosis will also draw great attention in the field of geriatrics.The diagnosis,treatment,and monitoring of osteoporosis have not yet been standardized.Multidisciplinary medical staff should work together along with the cooperation of the patients.

AIM: To study factors influencing mannitol to induce blood brain barrier (BBB) opening. METHODS: By constant flow pump, mannitol with different concentration (20% and 25%) was infused into left internal carotid artery of adult Wistar rats via their left external carotid artery at different speed and time. Firstly, after mannitol with a concentration of 25% was transfused, the optimal open time of BBB was investigated using Evans blue as an indicator by injection at different time (0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 min). Then influences of concentration of mannitol, speed of infusion, and change of time on mannitol to induce BBB opening were studied. Finally, death rate was counted according to sex and body weight in order to observe the influence of sex and body weight on tolerance of rats. RESULTS: The open degree of BBB was optimal after 2 min when 3.6 ml mannitol with a concentration of 25% was infused in 30 s at a speed of 0.12 ml?s -1 . However, mannitol with a concentration of 20 % did not almost have any effect on opening of BBB. Slowing of infusion speed or shortening of infusion time of mannitol reduced opening degree of BBB. Body weight affected rat tolerance to mannitol, and the tolerance of the rat was higher in those with higher weight. CONCLUSION: The factors influencing mannitol to induce BBB opening are as follows: concentration, infusion speed, and keeping time of mannitol. And the tolerance to mannitol is not concerned with the sex of the rats, but the body weight of the rats.

0.05);The expression of Survivin in hilar cholangiocarcinoma was closely statistically related with the expressions of PTEN and nm23.Conclusion:The expression of Survivin in hilar cholangiocarcinoma is significantly higher than that in tissues near carcinoma,suggesting its correlation with tumor;Survivin plays an important role in the oncogenesis and metastasis of hilar cholangiocarcinoma;Survivin is statistically related with PTEN and nm23 and detected together may helpful for diagnosis and prognosis of hilar cholangiocarcinoma.

Objective To improve the corrected results of the nasal deformities of the hare lip nose. Methods Based on the reposition of the lower lateral cartilages and the caudal septum, the authors corrected the secondary hare lip nose with the L shaped silicon rubber graft to reinforce and model the nasal tip.Results From 1996～2000, the procedure was performed for 20 cases (15 male, 5 female ), aged from 16～21 years. Follow up was from 3 months to 4 years. All cases obtained satisfactory results. Conclusions The results of utilizing L shaped silicon rubber graft combined with reposition of the mislocated nasal cartilages are better than the latter method only, especialy for the nasal tip. The procedure is easy to learn .The material silicon rubber graft is cheap and can be trimmed very conveniently. And it can also correct the saddle nose at the same time.

Objective To study the expression of DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) in human cervical carcinoma tissue and cells, analyze the relationship between the expression level of DNMT1 and the clinicopathologic features of cervical carcinoma, and explore the role DNMT1 plays in tumorigenesis of cervical carcinoma. Methods The expression levels of DNMT1 protein in 3 cervical cancer cell lines, 89 samples of cervial cancer tissue, 20 samples of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and 20 samples of normal cervix were determined by immunohistochemistry method. The expression levels of DNMT1 mRNA in all the cell lines and 79 paraffin sections of cervix tissue were determined by RT-PCR. Results The DNMT1 protein was expressed in all the three cervix cancer cell lines. Positive expression was detected in 71.9% of cervix cancer samples, 35.0% of CIN samples and 10.0% of normal cervix samples, with significant differences among the three groups (P

Objective To establish a new method for inducing the primordial germ cells to differentiate into hepatocyte-like in vitro.Methods The primordial germ cells(PGCs) from the gonadal ridges of the mouse embryos of 13 days postcoitum from Kunming pregnant mice were cultured in vitro.Then embryonic hepatocytes enclosed in microcapsule and liver tissue extract of newborn mice were added into medium to co-culture with PGCs for committed differentiation.Albumin(ALB) and ?-1-antitrypsin(AAT) were assayed by immunocytochemistry.Results The morphology of cells differentiated from PGCs likes star or ovum,the ALB and AAT immune positive expression were detected in those differentiated cells.The ratio of positive cells was above 70% in 2 weeks.Conclusion Microenvironment of embryonic hepatocyte microcapsules and liver tissue extract could effectively induce PGCs to differentiate into hepatocytes.

Objective To investigate the elationship between the expression of Cathepsin D and Laminin receptors with the invasion and metastasis of gastric cancers.Methods Cathepsin D and Laminin receptors immunoreactivities were evaluated in 96 patients with gastric cancer using streptavaclin pemxidase method.Results Over expression of Cathepsin D in gastric cancer tissue was significantly related with the depth of invasion,lymphnode metastasis and grade of differentiation (P<0.01,P<0.01 and P<0.05, respectively).Moreover,the high expression of Lamninin receptors in gastric cancer had significant correlations with the invasion depth and grade of differentiation(P<0.05 and P<0.01);The positive expression of Laminin receptors were not significantly related with lymph node metastasis(P>0.05).By statistics analysis Cathepsin D had a significant positive correlation with Laminin receptors (P<0.05). Conclusion Cathepsin D and Laminin Receptors play all important role in the invasion and metastasis of gastric Cancers.