1.Comparison of glucose level in plasma and serum
Daoqiang ZHANG ; Xiumei SUI ; Feng GU
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2006;0(01):-
Objective To observe the differences and glucose level in plasma and serum under the current experimental condition, and the influence of the time of blood sample on detecting results.Methods The glucose level measuring was used by glucose oxidase method. Thirty blood samples from healthy physical examination were collected and with anticogulated EDTA or heprin.Results The glucose level was 0.1-0.3mmol/L higher in immediate centrifugal serum than that in plasma.Bathing the samples in 37℃ for 1h, the glucose level in serum decreased 0.9-1.1 mmol/L, and decreased 0.5 -0.7 mmol/L in plasma. Bathing the samples in 37℃ 2h later, it decreased 1.3-1.5 mmol/L in serum, and decreased 0.7-0.9 mmol/L in plasma. Placing samples in room temperature for 1h, the glucose level decreased 0.3-0.6 mmol/L in serum, and 0.2-0.3 mmol/L in plasma.For 1h in room temperature and then in 37℃ for 1h, the glucose level decreased 0.6-1.2 mmol/L in serum, and 0.3-0.7 mmol/L in plasma. Placing samples in room temperature for 2h and then in 37℃ 1h, the glucose level decreased 1.4-1.8 mmol/L in serum, and 0.7-1.1 mmol/L in plasma. Placing samples in room temperature for 3h, the glucose level decreased 0.9-1.3 mmol/L in serum, and decreased 0.8-1.0 mmol/L in plasma.Placing the centrifugal samples in 37℃ 1h, the glucose level decreased 0.5-0.6 mmol/L in serum. If placing the centrifugal samples mixed with heparin in room temperature for 1h, it only decreased 0.08mmol/L in plasma. The glucose level in immediate centrifugal samples treated with separation gel increased 0.2mmol/L than that in samples which placed in room temperature for 15min. So the changes of glucose level in blood samples revealed absolute value decreased in the course of placement.Conclusion Both the immediate centrifugal heprin-anticogulated plasma and separation gel treated serum can truly indicate the blood glucose level individually.
2.Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamks of chloroprocaine with or without epinephrine for epidural blockade
Xiumei GAO ; Baxian YANG ; Jian GU
Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology 1994;0(05):-
Objective To determine the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of chloroprocaine with or without epinephrine for epidural blockade. Methods Twenty ASA physical status Ⅰ or Ⅱ patients of both sexes aged 37-55 yrs weighing 45-80 kg undergoing elective lower abdominal surgery were randomly divided into 2 groups (n = 10 each): group C chloroprocaine without epinephrine and group CE chloroprocaine with epinephrine. The epidural catheter was inserted into epidural space at T12-L4 and advanced toward head for about 4 cm. After correct epidural placement was confirmed,3% chloroprocaine 6 mg?kg-1 with or without 1:200 000 epinephrine was injected into epidural space over 2 min. Onset time of analgesia , motor blockade and degree of motor blockade at 20 min after epidural injection (Bromage scale 0 = no motor block, 3 = unable to flex hip, knee and ankle) were recorded. Blood samples were taken from radial artery before and at 3, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 20, 30, 45, 60, 90 min after epidural injection for determination of plasma chloroprocaine concentration by HPLC. Results The two groups were comparable with respect to demographic data. There were no significant differences in the pharmokinetics and pharmacodynamics of chloroprocaine between the two groups. The Cmax was (0.491?0.47) mg?L-1 and (0.32?0.22) mg?L-1; The Tmax was (8?3) min and (9?4) min; the AUC was (10?6) ?g?min?ml-1 and (7?4) ?g?min?ml-1;the K was 0.32?0.21 min-1 and 0.36?0.32 min-1 in group C and CE respectively. Conclusion Epinephrine 1:200 000 does not affect the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of 3 % chloroprocaine for epidural block.
3.Analysis of hepatitis B virus-related indexes in the urine of HBV transgenic mice
Yang YANG ; Guangze LIU ; Xiumei LI ; Xiangping KONG ; Weiwang GU
Chinese Journal of Comparative Medicine 2016;26(6):53-60
Objective To detect and analyze the HBV?related indexes in the urine of HBV transgenic mice and further understand the biological characteristics of transgenic mice, and to clarify the tissue sources of HBV?related indexes. Methods HBV?related indexes in the urine of transgenic mice were tested using enzyme?linked immune sorbent assay ( ELISA ) and fluorescence quantitative PCR ( real?time RCR ) . The tissue sources were confirmed by several experiments, i. e. hydrodynamic transfection of mice, RNA interference to inhibit HBV?expression in the transgenic mice, and to infect normal mice with HBV?positive serum from patients. Results Expression of HBsAg, HBeAg and HBV?DNA was present in the urine of transgenic mice, of which the HBsAg expression level was high (6674 ± 619?8 IU/mL), but lower than that in the serum (16470 ± 2704 IU/mL). The level of HBsAg expression in the urine of male mice was higher than that in female mice. The level of HBeAg expression in the urine was lower and the HBeAg positive rate of urine was higher than that of blood, and the levels of HBeAg expression showed significant inter?individual and inter?sexual differences. HBV?DNA level reached 103 -105 copy/mL in the urine, but no related antibody expression was detected. The experiments such as hydrodynamic infection test indicated that the HBV?related indexes in the urine are derived from replication in the kidneys rather than secreted from the liver, entered into the blood circulation, and discharged from the urine. The kidneys are an independent expression site of HBV. Conclusions The expression of HBV?related indexes is present in the urine of transgenic mice and it is a long?term expression along with the age in months, of which the expression levels of HBsAg and HBV?DNA are rather high and stable. HBsAg titer in the urine of the male mice is higher than that of female mice. HBeAg expression level in the male mice is more stable compared with that in female mice. No expressions of various kinds of antibodies have been found in the urine. The kidneys are an independent expression site of HBV.
4.Preliminary study on the expression and clinicopathological significance of VEGF-C mRNA in prostate cancer
Xiumei ZHANG ; Jinsong GU ; Shu LIU ; Ming SHI ; Jianjun SU
Journal of Medical Postgraduates 2014;(8):836-838
Objective Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancer in males .The article was to investigate the expres-sion and clinicopathological significance of VEGF-C mRNA in prostate cancer , finding the molecular marker for early diagnosis and prognosis assessment of prostate cancer . Methods TaqMan real-time polymerase chain reaction ( PCR) analysis was used to detect the expression of VEGF-C mRNA in 3 prostate cancer cell lines(PC-3, DU145 and LNCap), 32 cases of prostate cancer (Pca) sam-ples and 15 cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).Analysis was also made on the correlations of VEGF-C mRNA expression, clinicopathological features and prognosis . Results High levels of VEGF-C mRNA were detected in PC-3 ( 153 .31 ±26 .24 ) and DU145(194.62 ±41.36)compared to LNcap(1.00 ±0.00).The expression of VEGF-C mRNA in prostate cancer tissues was 3.43 folds higher than that in the benign prostatic hyperplasia tissues ([13.67 ±1.95] vs [11.89 ±1.63], P=0.004).The high expres-sion of VEGF-C mRNA in prostate cancer was associated with high Gleason score ( P =0.004 ) and lymph node metastasis ( P =0.015).In patients with high expression and low expression of VEGF-C mRNA, the 3-year survival rate was 12.5%and 40.0%re-spectively(P=0.033). Conclusion The VEGF-C mRNA expression may be related to the biological behavior of prostate cancer .It is suggested that VEGF-C mRNA can be used as a prognostic marker for prostate cancer .
5.Subjective well-being simplify scale in college students:development, reliability and validity
Shijun GU ; Xianghua ZHU ; Xiumei XUE ; Guangli LIANG ; Juan QIAO
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2013;22(8):761-763
Objective To develop subjective well-being simplify scale (SWBSS),and examine its reliability and validity.Methods A self-report SWBSS containing 13 items was developed on college student and research literature.2374 college students completed SWBSS,Index of Well-Being(IWB),World Health of Organization Quality of Life Brief Scale (WHOQOL-BREF),Beck Depression Rating Scale (BDI) and Self-rating Anxiety Scale(SAS).Results ①Exploratory factor analysis results showed that SWBSS had 1 factor,and accounted for 41.768% of variance.②Confirmatory factor analysis results indicated that x2/df =2.208,RMR =0.016,RMSEA =0.032 ; GFI =0.986,AGFI =0.974,NFI =0.978,RFI =0.966,IFI =0.988,TLI =0.981,CFI =0.988 ; PGFI =0.552,PNFI =0.639,PCFI =0.646 ; construct reliability =0.901.③The Cronbach'α coefficient,split-half reliability,stability coefficient of SWBSS was 0.876,0.817 and 0.740 (P < 0.01).The SWBSS scores was significantly correlated with the scores of IWB,WHOQOL-BREF,BDI and SAS (r =0.706 ~ 0.892,r =-0.650 ~-0.580,P<0.01).Conclusion The stability,internal consistency,and validity of the SWBSS are good and meet with psychometric standard.
6.The performance evaluation of dry-type blood cell analyzer
Xiumei CUI ; Feng CHEN ; Yaohua DU ; Chao LI ; Biao GU ; Hao DUAN ; Taihu WU
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2013;(5):467-469
Objective A comparability analysis was performed between the various parameters of the self-developed dry-type blood cell analyzer with the reference instrument (Sysmex XT-1800i).Methods In line with the evaluation program of blood cells issued by ICSH,the detection results,six parameters as HCT,Hb,GRAN (granulocytes),LM (lymphatic and monocytes),WBC and PLT,were compared between the two instruments.Some indexes of the subject instrument such as precision,comparability,outlier points,bias,etc.were analyzed and compared so as to calculate the equation of linear regression and the expected bias intervals.Results The intra and inter CV of the subject instrument about six parameters were respectively less than 5% and 6%,so it showed that the instrument had good precision.Correlation analysis showed that the classification results of HCT,Hb,GRAN and WBC had a good correlation (r =0.991,0.972,0.986,0.975,P <0.01),while that of LM and PLT were slightly lower (r =0.952,0.942,P <0.01) ; As to the medical decision level,HCT values were 14% and 70%,WBC 0.5 × 109/L and 3 ×109/L,and PLT 10 × 109/L,50 × 109/L and 100 × 109/L,and the acceptable bias of these values all fell in the confidence intervals; the values of the rest items were slightly higher than the high value of the confidence interval of expected bias.Conclusions The subject instrument produces the same results in the test of its parameters as the reference instrument Sysmex XT-1800i and therefore the two instruments are comparable.The subject instrument is particularly suitable for field rapid detection.
7.Application of T-SPOT.TB in connective tissue disease combined with tuberculosis
Yiming ZHONG ; Xiumei GU ; Wenen LIU ; Yanming LI ; Yan JIN ; Wanchan PENG
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2014;37(2):132-135
Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of the T-SPOT.TB in connective tissue disease(CTD) combined with tuberculosis.Methods This is a case-control study.Forty-four patients with CTD combined with tuberculosis were enrolled from Xiangya Hospital of Central South University from September 2011 to July 2012.Another forty-four CTD patients without tuberculosis were evaluated as a control group.The diagnostic value of T-SPOT.TB and risk factors of the false negative results by T-SPOT.TB were analyzed.Results The sensitivity of T-SPOT.TB (70.5%,31/44) was significantly higher than that of TST(27.3%,12/44) for CTD combined with tuberculosis patients (x2 =16.42,P < 0.001).The specificity of T-SPOT.TB and TST were 93.2% (41/44) and 88.6% (39/44),respectively.There was no significant difference between the specificity (x2 =0.14,P =0.711).The positive predictive value of T-SPOT.TB was 91.2% (31/34).The negative predictive value was 75.9% (41/54).Youden's index was 0.64,and the positive likelihood ratio was 10.3.All the index were higher than that of TST (0.16 and 2.4).While the negative likelihood ratio which was 0.32 was lower than that of TST (0.82).When spot forming cell frequencies of T-SPOT.TB of PBMC was set to 38SFCs/106 PBMC,it had the best cut-off value.Age,use of glucocorticoids or immunosuppressant therapy,lymphocytopenia and hypoalbuminemia were not associated with false negative T-SPOT.TB assay.Conclusion The T-SPOT.TB assay is much more useful than TST for diagnosing CTD combined with tuberculosis.
8.The research on the factors of effecting the CT number and noise of TomoTherapy MVCT
Qi YUE ; Jimei DUAN ; Zhiwei WANG ; Dan GU ; Xiumei YANG ; Rongqing LI
Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology 2014;23(6):527-529
Objective To study the CT number and noise of HT MVCT on different dose rate and scanning thickness.Methods The CT number of different relative electron density were measured in the MVCT image of Cheesephantom with tissue substitute plugs scanned with different dose rate and slice thickness.The physical density corresponding to the CT number was plotted as the image value to density table (IVDT).The noise was measured in the MVCT image of Cheesephantom with solid water plugs scanned with different dose rate and slice thickness.Results There was a significant different of the CT number of the plugs with different dose rates (P =0.000),it shows a positive correlation between the varied CT number and density (R2 =0.846),there is larger impact on the high density number.There was still a significant effect on the noise with different dose rate (P =0.000 density),the noise increase as the dose rate decrease.There was no significant effect on IVDT (P =1.000) and noise (P =0.667) with different slice thickness.Conclusions The CT number and the noise vary with the dose rate,the QA of MVCT should be performed regularly to assure the quality of image and the accuracy of dose calculating on MVCT in adaptive.
9.Image quality and dose calculation of megavoltage computed tomography in helical tomotherapy
Qi YUE ; Jimei DUAN ; Zhiwei WANG ; Xiumei YANG ; Dan GU ; Rongqing LI
Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology 2016;25(5):500-503
Objective To quantitatively investigate the image quality and dose calculation accuracy of megavoltage computed tomography (CT) in helical tomotherapy.Methods The megavoltage CT was used to scan the Cheese phantom,and the geometric accuracy of images,noise,image uniformity,spatial resolution,density-CT value conversion,and dose calculation accuracy were analyzed and compared with conventional kilovoltage CT.Results The geometric accuracy of megavoltage CT images was within 2 mm in three directions.The megavoltage CT was inferior to kilovoltage CT in terms of image noise,uniformity,and spatial resolution.The dose-volume histogram (DVH) in dose reconstruction based on CT images was well consistent with DVH in the kilovohage CT plan.Conclusions The megavoltage CT can obtain images with accurate geometric dimensions and has a low imaging dose and accurate dose calculation,which meets clinical requirements.
10.Analysis of the Correlation between Drug Resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Antibiotics Use Den-sity in Our Hospital
Yingzhou FU ; Liping YANG ; Yun CHEN ; Qian GONG ; Xiumei GU ; Qing ZHU ; Yilan FU ; Lizhi CAO
China Pharmacy 2017;28(5):607-610
OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for rational use of antibiotics to treat Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) infection in the clinic. METHODS:Resistant rate of PA in our hospital during 2011-2015 were analyzed retrospectively. Antibiotics use densi-ty(AUD)of 10 commonly used antibiotics were analyzed statistically,and the correlation of resistant rate with AUD was investi-gated by Spearman correlation analysis. RESULTS:One thousaud and eleven strains of PA were isolated in our hospital during 2011-2014,detection rate of PA always occupied the top 5 place. Top 3 antibiotics in the list of AUD were levofloxacin,ceftazi-dime,cefoperazone sodium and tazobactam sodium. AUD of piperacillin sodium and tazobactam sodium,levofloxacin,ciprofloxa-cin and meropenem were positively correlated with resistant rate of PA(r were 1.000,0.900,1.000,1.000,P<0.05). AUD of ce-foperazone sodium and tazobactam sodium were negatively correlated with resistant rate of PA(r=-0.900,P<0.05). AUD of imi-penem and cilastatin sodium,ceftazidime,gentamicin,aztreonam and amikacin had no correlation with resistant rate of PA(P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS:There is correlation between AUD of antibiotics and resistant rate of PA. It is of important significance to detect resistant rate of PA and the use of antibiotics regularly. Antibiotics should be selected cautiously in accordance with bacterial monitoring data,results of drug sensitivity tests,the amount and resistant rate of antibiotics,etc,in order to reduce resistant PA.