Objective To evaluate the validity, reliability and feasibility of Traditional Chinese Medicine Scale for Children with Cerebral Palsy. Methods34 children with cerebral palsy and 34 healthy children were assessed with the Traditional Chinese Medicine Scale for Children with Cerebral Palsy. The split-half reliability, Cronbach's α coefficient, content reliability, difference validity and feasibility were tested. ResultsSplit-half reliability of this scale was 0.6199, Cronbach's α>0.7. The scores of this scale could differentiate the cerebral palsy from health children. The acceptance rate and the completion rate were both 100%. The median of the complete time was 10～15 minutes. ConclusionThe Traditional Chinese Medicine Scale for Children with Cerebral Palsy is a tool to evaluate cerebral palsy with satisfactory reliability, validity and feasibility.

Objective To treat the spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) of liver cirrhosis and to indicate the factors of early diagnosis and progrosis . Methods There were 107 patients, we observed age,sex,causes of liver cirrhosis,incidental rate of SBP and infection rate in thethe hospital,bacteria examination and drug allergy test. By setting control group, we compared liver function,blood routine,ascites routine,B supersonic examination,Child-pough Grading and complications. Results Cirrhosis mainly resulted from HBV infection(83.2%);Most of patients were male;Cirrhosis patients associated with SBP accounted for 21.6%,in which infection rate in the hospital accounted for 16.8%;becteria positive rate of ascites cultivation was 14%,most bacteria were monobacteria,G -bacillus(66.7%);Drug allergy test indicated drug resistance rate exceeds 50%,in the followorder penicillin,amino-group,oxygen-fluonine killer.Comparing with control group,cases of Child-pough grade C were abviously more( p

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of laparoscopic first-stage Fowler-Stephens for high cryptorchidism. Methods Seven children with high cryptorchidism (10 testes) were enrolled in this study. After detecting the testicles under a laparoscope, we dissected the spermatic cord vessels. Then, the spermatic duct was separated, and the gubernaculum testis was retained. Afterwards, the first-stage orchidopexy was performed laparoscopically. Results Nine of the 10 testes were successfully placed into the scrotum by first-stage Fowler-Stephens. In one patient who had bilateral cryptorchidism, the left testis was placed into the scrotum at the second stage operation. The seven patients were followed up for 6-24 months (mean, 14 months). None of them had retraction or atrophy of the testis. Conclusions Laparoscopic first-stage Fowler-Stephens is effective for high cryptorchidism. The procedure is worth being widely used.

Objective To discuss the clinical features and treatment methods of chronic hydrocephalus after traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage.Methods A total of 40 cases of chronic hydrocephalus after traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage were analyzed retrospectively.Results Eight cases improved after treatment of non-operation,the lateral ventricle external drainage was done in 32 cases of chronic hydrocephalus.Shunt tube obstruction occurred in 3 patients,with abdominal,subcutaneous and intracranial infection.The shunting operation device was pulled out and the 3 patients received operation for the second time.Two cases appeared intracranial hemorrhage,and the hemorrhage was absorbed after conservative treatment.Total Glasgow prognosis score was good in 32 cases,with mild disability in 5 cases,moderate disability in 2 cases and severe disability in 1 case.Conclusions Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage after chronic hydrocephalus should be early diagnosed and early treated,CT and MRI scan is the effective means to the diagnosis and differentiaion.The lateral ventricle external drainage is good method in treatment.

Objective To evaluate the correlation between plasma D dimer levels and ovarian cancer, as well as its pathologic staging.Methods According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria , articles published about the correlation between plasma D dimer levels and human ovarian cancer were searched by means of PubMed , Embase, CNKI and WanFang Data from their inception to December 31th , 2013.In addition , references′list of the included articles and their related citations in Pubmed were also reviewed for additional articles.After quality assessment of all studies , Meta-analysis and ANOVA were performed with RevMan 5.2 and SAS 9.1 for statistic analysis.Results A total of 13 articles were identified, including 679 cases of ovarian cancers , 685 cases of benign controls and 477 cases of healthy controls.Meta-analysis revealed that:(1) Plasma D dimer levels in ovarian cancer groups were higher than that in benign control groups ( Z =8.61, P <0.000 01 ) and healthy control groups ( Z =6.76, P <0.000 01);(2) Plasma D dimer levels in benign control groups were higher than that in healthy controls (Z=3.15, P=0.002); (3) Plasma D dimer levels in advanced ovarian cancer FIGO (Ⅲ-Ⅳ) were higher than that in early cancer FIGO (Ⅰ-Ⅱ) (Z=3.38, P=0.000 9);(4)But there were no difference between relapse groups and remission groups (Z=1.19, P=0.23).ANOVA revealed that:(1) There were significant difference of D dimer levels among ovarian cancer groups or benign groups , healthy control groups; ( 2 ) Significant increasing of D dimer levels was revealed by Pairwise ANOVA from healthy controls, benign controls to ovarian cancer.Conclusions Plasma D dimer levels were high in patients with ovarian cancer , especially in FIGO (Ⅲ-Ⅳ) ovarian cancer.No difference of D dimer levels were investigated between relapse phase and remission phase.

MicroRNAs are endogenously expressed non-coding RNAs, which are composed of approximately 18 nucleotides to 25 nucleotides. Mature microRNAs regulate gene expression by base pairing with the 3'-untranslated region of target mRNAs. These mature microRNAs can degrade target mRNAs or inhibit translation. This process is a type of post-transcriptional regulation of gene ex-pression. Studies have shown that microRNAs are important in physiological and pathological processes, such as cell proliferation, cell differentiation, and cell death. This article provides an overview of the function of microRNAs in the regulation of macrophages.

Objective To study the potential effect of verapamil for the early changes of L-type calcium channel ?1c and potassium channel Kv4.3 in a rapid paced primary cultured atrial myocyte model for atrial fibrillation. Methods Primary rat atrial myocytes were cultured and established a rapid paced primary cultured atrial myocyte model. Atrial cells were divided into four groups: control group, rapid pacing group, verapamil with rapid pacing group and verapamil without rapid pacing group. Durations of rapid pacing were 24 h. The mRNA and protein expressions of L-type calcium channel ?1c and potassium channel Kv4.3 were measured by RT-PCR and Western blotting respectively. Results It was found that 24 h pacing significantly reduced mRNA and protein expressions of L-type calcium channel ?1c and potassium channel Kv4.3 as compared to controls (P0.05). Conclusion Expressions of L-type calcium channel ?1c and potassium channel Kv4.3 were reduced in the rapid pacing atrial myocytes, suggesting ion channel remodeling of atrial myocytes. However, verapamil can attenuate the progression of ion channel remodeling of atrial myocytes at least in early phase.

Objective To establish a method for determination of ephedrin in Lianma Spraying by HPLC. Method The analysis was carried out on C18 column (4.6 mm?200 mm, 5 ?m) by HPLC, the mobile phase was NaH2PO3-CH3OH-CH3CN-C3H15N (600∶320∶80∶1), the flow rate was 1.0 mL/min, the column temperature was 30 ℃, and detective wavelength was 207 nm. Result The linear range of ephedrin was 0.031 2~0.187 2 mg/mL, the average recovery rate was 98.94%, RSD was 0.8%. Conclusion The method is simple, rapid, accurate and reliable, and can be used to control the quality of the products.

Objective To explore the practical value of liver transient elastography technique in the detection of chronic hepatitis B fibrosis.Methods The liver biopsy and transient elastography technique was detected in 106 patients with chronic hepatitis B.Observation index included:alanine aminotransferase (ALT),aspartate aminotransferase (AST),total bilirubin (TBIL),albumin (ALB),platelet (PLT),statistial analysis was performed in liver biopsy and fibroscan results by SPSS17.0 software.Results Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) was positively correlated with ALT,AST and TBIL,and which was negatively correlated with ALB,PLT,and which was positively correlated with liver fibrosis stage.The area under the ROC curve by the LSM prediction of liver fibrosis S4,S3,S2 stage were 0.869 (95％ CI 0.809-0.918),0.841 (95％ CI 0.810-0.901),0.806 (95％ CI 0.747-0.866),the corresponding critical value was 22.9,14.8,10.2 kPa.Conclusion There is a good correlation between fibroscan and liver fibrosis,LSM ＞ 10.2 kPa can be considered in patients with antiviral therapy.

BACKGROUND: Previous studies demonstrated that smooth muscle injury or ischemia/reperfusion injury result in tissue factor (TF) increasing. However, few reports concern the expression and mechanism of TF in venous bypass grafting.OBJECTIVE: To examine changes in TF protein expression in response to venous bypass grafting.DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING: The animal observation experiment was performed at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Affiliated Union Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology from May 2006 to May 2008.MATERIALS: A total of 30 Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats.METHODS: Rats were underwent interposition bypass grafting of the common carotid artery via the ipsilateral external jugular vein. Namely, the proximal end of external jugular vein was ligated at the joints of external jugular vein and internal jugular vein, and the distal end of external jugular vein was ligated before branches. The proximal and distal ends of common carotid artery were occluded by artery clamp, and a 5 mm artery was removed. The proximal end of artery was anastomosed with distal end of artery, and the frontal wall was sutured with posterior wall. After that, the proximal end of external jugular vein was cut down and coincided with the distal end of common carotid artery.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The expression of TF and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) was detected by immunohistochemistry. Meantime, TF activity in vessel protein extracts was determined with TF activity assay kit, and the thickness of intima, media were calculated by computer imaging analysis system. The contralateral external jugular veins were served as the control.RESULTS: The adventitia of all vessels showed abundant TF staining. In early vein grafts, TF staining was markedly increased in the intima and media. However, intimal and media TF staining was absent in the contralateral control jugular veins and late vein grafts. The number of PCNA positive cells was increased in the vein grafts at day 3 after grafting, obvious increased at day 7, and reached the peak at day 14. TF activity in whole-vessel protein extracts was similar in control veins and early and late vein grafts. The thickness of neointima of the vein graft increased significantly at days 7, 14, and 28, and the thickness of media increased significantly at days 14 and 28.CONCLUSION: The changes of TF expression at various time points may relate to hyperplasia of neointima.