Objective To investigate the subchronic toxicity of a Chinese medicine Danhong injection in dogs . Methods Twenty-four healthy Beagle dogs (body weigh 7-9 kg, male:female=1:1) were used in this study.The test dogs were administered with Danhong injection by intravenous injection once every day for consecutive 6 days/week for thirteen weeks.The Danhong injection was used in 3 doses:494,247,and 124 mg· kg-1, repectively.The control dogs received normal saline injection in the same volume .The body weight, blood biochemistry, hematology, viscera relative weight and histopathology were determined for the overall toxicity assessment .Results The dogs administered with 494 g· kg-1 Danhong injection showed significantly reduced body weight gain , abnormal increase of urea nitrogen ( BUN ) , creatinine (CR) levels, and histopathological changes in the liver .Conclusions Danhong injection (494mg· kg-1 ) administered Intravenously has obvious toxicity on the liver and kidney function .

Objective Through retrospective analysis of the thoracotomy of pulmonary metastases form osteogenic sarcomas in order to explore the related factors of prognosis and to improve the outcome of treatment.Methods From October1980to March2003,32cases with pulmonary metastases from sarcoma of bone were reviewed.62of thoractomy were performed for the patients,61of which were accomplished in the department of orthopaedics,and58operations were performed by the authors.There were32males and10females aging from11to61years with an average of 22.1years.The primary tumors of the patients were25oateosarcomas,3chondrosarcomas,2juxtacortical osteogenic sarcomas,and1each of fibrosarcoma and Ewings sarcoma.Of 32cases,21(65.6%)were treated with limb salvage,and11(34.4%)by am puta-tion.According to Enneking system,there wereⅡB in26andⅢB in5.25(78.1%)cases were bi lateral multiple metastases,6(18.8%)cases were unilateral solitary metastasis,and1(3.1%)case was unilateral mul tiple metastases.Most of the procedures of operation were local resection of the tumor ;however,only5cases underwent lobectomy.Results The postoperative complications included1case of severe bleeding cured by exploratory thoracotomy,2cases of lethal infections,and1case of atelectasis.Of 32cases,11sur -vived with out tumor at final follow-up.In25osteosarcoms,16were dead,2were lost from the follow-up;7cases of the other18cases that bilateral resections performed,were alive without tumor (38.9%)with a me di an survival time of 7years and3months.1each of Ewings sarcoma,paraosteal osteosarcoma and,chon-drosarco ma survived without tumor for 22years and5months,19years and3months,and13years and3months respectively.Conclusion Thoracotomy of pulmonary metastases of osteogenic sarcomas is an ef-fective method to salvage the patients life.The procedure of metastasectomy is local resection.The results al-so suggest that newadjurant chemotherapy is a important way to effect the condition of pulmonary metastases of osteogenic sarcomas.

A reverse phase HPLC-ELSD method for the determination of ginsenoside Rg1 in the rootof Panaa pseudo-ginseng var. notoginseng (Burkill) Hoo et Tseng was reported. Chromatographic condi-tions: Shim-pack CLC-ODS column (6.0 mm×150 mm)； acetonitrile-water (30: 70) as the mobilephase； Shimadzu LC-6A with SEDEX-55 ELSD detector. The method was found to be simple and accuratewith recovery rate of 100. 50％ and RSD= 1.82 %. The established UV spectrophotometric determinationof total saponins in P. pseudo-ginseng var. notoginseng was also tried and gave an accurate result coinci-dental with that of the HPLC results. The recovery rate was 101.50%， and RSD=1. 44%. It seemed thatboth methods can be used reliably for the quality control of P. pseudo-ginseng var. notoginseng.

Objective To investigate the safety and feasibility of laparoscopy-assisted radical gastrectomy in elderly gastric cancer patients aged over 70 years.Methods Clinical data of 222 elderly gastric cancer patients aged over 70 years receiving surgery from January 2010 to January 2015 were retrospectively analyzed.Patients were divided into the laparoscopy-assisted radical gastrectomy group (LAG group,n=106) and the conventional open gastrectomy group (OG group,n=116),depending on the surgery type.General information,surgical parameters,intra-operative blood pressure fluctuations & blood gas analysis,postoperative recovery and complication rates were compared between the two groups.Results There were no significant differences between the two groups in gender,age,preoperative coexisting diseases,tumor size and location,TNM staging or extent of resection (all P＞0.05).Compared with the OG group,blood loss (86.9±38.9) ml vs.(168.8±49.1) ml,t=10.923,P＜0.01),operative incision length [(9.20±1.55) cm vs.(16.50± 2.12) cm,t=8.788,P＜0.01],time to bowel function recovery [(3.20±1.09) d vs.(5.50±1.16) d,t=4.590,P＜0.01],hospital stay [(11.82±3.92) d vs.(16.14±4.69) d,t=2.234,P＜0.05] and postoperative complications (12.3％ vs.26.4％,x2 =5.186,P＜0.05) were reduced in the LAG group.The LAG group had higher levels of partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood (PaCO2) and lower levels of base excess than the OG group [(48.10±5.53) mmHg vs.(40.25± 4.66) mmHg,(-7.45±3.72) mmol/L vs.(-3.35±1.98) mmol/L,t=6.908 and 3.619,P＜ 0.01 and 0.05].However,there were no significant differences between the two groups in partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2),arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) or hydrogen ion concentration (all P＞ 0.05).No significant differences in operation time or number of retrieved lymph nodes were found between the two groups [(196.1 ± 23.4) min vs.(184.2 ± 26.9) min,(28.7 ± 6.5) vs.(27.3 ± 5.6),t=1.174 and 0.515,both P＞0.05].Conclusions Laparoscopy-assisted radical gastrectomy is safe and practical in elderly patients aged over 70 years with gastric cancer and can achieve comparable effects of open radical gastrectomy with less invasiveness and faster recovery.

Five compounds were isolated from the ethyl acetate extract of the marine sponge Cin-achyrella australiansis collected from the South China Sea. Their structures were identified by IR,1 H-NMR,13C-NMR,MS as the follows : 24-ethyl-cholest-4-en-3-one(Ⅰ), cholesterol (Ⅱ), benzene- ac-etamide(Ⅲ), p-hydroxyphenylacetamide(Ⅳ), indole-3-acetamide(Ⅴ).

Objective To summarize the echocardiographic characteristics and clinical signiifcance of prenatal diagnosis of coronary artery ifstula (CAF). Methods Images and follow-up results of ifve fetuses with CAF diagnosed by fetal echocardiography between January, 2011 and December, 2012 in our department were reviewed. Results Echocardiographic characteristics of CAF were a dilated coronary artery in the four chamber view and the left ventricular outlfow tract view. Track the course of the dilated coronary artery can conifrm the oriifce of the ifstula. Among the ifve cases, the oriifce of the ifstula included the aortic root of left ventricular outlfow tract, right atrium side of interatrial septum, the entrance of superior vena cava to right atrium, right ventricular apex and right ventricle cone. The colour Doppler lfow imaging showed turbulence in the dilated coronary artery. The spectral Doppler with the sampling gate in coronary artery showed the characteristic bidirectional lfow pattern. One case was associated with other complex intracardiac abnormalities and one case with persistent left superior vena cava. Among the ifve cases of CAF diagnosed by fetal echocardiography, one case was missed and four cases were conifrmed by postnatal echocardiography. Conclusion Coronary artery ifstula has special fetal echocardiographic characteristics. The fetal echocardiography plays an important role in early detection, diagnosis and treatment of CAF.

Objective On the basis of internet of things technology,to initially establish a management model of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients in Gumei community,so as to provide experience for the comprehensive management of community COPD patients.Methods According to the characteristics of the Internet of things technology,we formulated a scheme as a technical route to manage the COPD patients.A homogenous COPD management team of doctors was established under the training of experts from the Department of Respiration of Zhongshan Hospital,Fudan University.Results We drew a COPD patient management model chart,and initially formed a qualified and homogeneous COPD management team of general practitioner.Conclusions Through the Internet of things technology management,we initially formed a set of manual quality control model in the process of data automatic transmission,and initially formed a management model of community COPD patients,based on the internet of things.

BACKGROUND: At present, treatment of diabetes mellitus with western medicine starts from the angle of stimulating injured β cell of islet to strength insulin secreting. Treatment with traditional Chinese medicine is very important in protecting injured β cells.OBJECTIVE: To observe the protective effect of lycium barbarum polysaccharide and nourishing yin and activating blood compound recipe on pancreatic islet function in rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus.DESIGN: A randomized and controlled animal experiments.SETTING: First Affiliated Hospital and Medical College of Henan University of Science and Technology.MATERIALS: Totally 70 male Wistar rats, aged 6 weeks, with body mass of 200 g, were used in this experiment.METHODS: This experiment was carried out at the Animal Room of Henan University of Science and Technology from October 2001 to April 2002. Totally 70 rats were divided into two groups: normal control group (n=10) and modeling group (n=60). Totally 30 successful model rats were randomly subdivided into 3 groups: streptozotocin model group, compound recipe treated group and lycium barbarum polysaccharide-treated group,with 10 rats in each group ;Intragastric administration of 60 g/kg Chinese herb compound recipe for nourishing yin and activating blood was performed on the rats in the compound recipe treated group at 9:00 every day (huangqi, shanyao, gegen respectively 30 g, gouqizi, danshen, huafen,digupi respectively 15 g, danggui, zhimu respectively 12 g, danpi, wuweizi respectively 10 g, shuizhi 5 g, shanyurou 20 g, etc, provided by drug store of First Hospital Affiliated to Henan University of Science and Technology,were decocted and condensed to be equivalent crude drug 3.0 kg/L with routine method). Intragastric administration of 0.5 g/kg lycium barbarum polysaccharide was given in the lyciun barbarum polysaccharide treated group (lycium barbarum polysaccharide was isolated and purified from ningxia barbary wolfberry fruit). Intragastric administration of comparative volume of normal saline was performed in the streptozotocin model group and normal control group, totally 3 weeks. The levels of fasting blood glucose (FBG) and insulin were measured at 3 weeks before and after experiment, and function index of β cell of islet was calculated; Pancreas was taken out to detect SOD activity, NOS activity and concentrations of NO and MDA were also detected.RESULTS: Ten rats in normal control group and 30 successful model rats in model group entered the stage of result analysis. ① In the initial stage of experiment, FBG level in each modeling group was significantly increased (t=16.51 to 10.07,P ＜ 0.01), while fasting insulin level and function index of β cell were significantly decreased (t=13.64 to 100.99 ,P ＜ 0.01 ) in comparison with normal control group. ② At 3 weeks after experiment, levels of FBG, NO , MDA , NOS activity were significantly decreased in the compound recipe treated group and lycium barbarum polysaccharide group compared with streptozotocin model group (t=8.08 to 72.68 ,P ＜ 0.01 ), while level of fasting insulin and function index of β cell, SOD activity were significantly increased in the compound recipe treated group and lycium barbarum polysaccharide group compared with streptozotocin model group (t=4.39 to 17.87,P ＜ 0.05-0.01 ). ③ Levels of FBG and MDA , NOS activity and concentration of NO were significantly decreased in the compound recipe treated group, and fasting insulin and function index of βcells were significantly increased in comparison with lycium barbarum polysaccharide group(P ＜ 0.01 ).CONCLUSION: Lycium barbarum polysaccharide and nourishing yin and activating blood compound recipe increase the level of fasting insulin and function index of βcell of rats with streptozotocin induced diabetes mellitus, decrease the level of blood glucose, improve the function of βcell of islet, which might be related to the increase of pancreatic islet SOD activity and decrease NOS activity.

Objective To explore the feasibility of electromagnetic navigation for hepatic ducts exploration by choledochoscope based on a three-dimensional (3D) printing model.Methods The retrospective descriptive study was conducted.The clinical data of 1 patient with obstructive jaundice combined with secondary biliary tract dilation who was admitted to the Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital in April 2016 were collected.Digital imaging and standardized format data of enhanced computed tomography (CT) scan were collected,3D reconstruction of liver and bile duct were done under a 3D printing model,and then a hollow model of bile duct was achieved.Choledochoscope with internal electromagnetic probe was inserted into the printed hepatic ducts.Four points of anatomical markers in left and right hepatic ducts and common hepatic duct were chosen as fiducial markers for calibration and registration.Results After registration,the scope can be tracked in main hepatic segmental bile ducts.The locations of choledochoscope matched precisely the navigation results.Conclusion Electromagnetic navigation may bring accurate tracking effectiveness for choledochoscopic examination.

Objective To investigate the echocardiographic features and clinical significance of prenatal diagnosis of fetal double aortic arch (DAA). Methods Totally 21 596 fetuses underwent fetal echocardiography in Nanjing Medical University Afifliated Suzhou Hospital and ifve cases were diagnosed as DAA by echocardiography. Echocardiographic characteristics, types and outcomes of these ifve cases were summarized retrospectively. Results Five fetal cases were diagnosed as DAA by fetal echocardiography. 1. Prenatal echocardiographic features:In three-vessel and trachea view, the normal“V”-shaped conlfuence formed by the aortic arch and ductal arch was absent. However, the ascending aorta bifurcated into the left and right aortic arch and these two arches encircled the trachea. Annular lfow signal around trachea was seen on color Doppler imaging. 2. Types:Among these ifve fetuses, three cases were called right arch predominant type, whose diameters of right arches were larger than those of left arches. The other two were balanced type, whose diameters of right arches were almost equal to those of left arches. 3. Accompanied malformations:Case 2 was accompanied with membranous ventricular septal defect and permanent left superior vena cava. Case 4 was associated by hemivertebrae. The other three cases had no other abnormalities. 4. Follow-up:These five cases were all arranged for MRI subsequently and all were confirmed by follow-up till to the induction of labor or three months after birth. Conclusions Double aortic arch is a kind of severe congenital heart disease. Echocardiography is the ifrst choice to diagnose DAA prenatally and three-vessel and trachea view are the effective cross sections in the diagnosis of double aortic arch.