Objective To introduce and evaluate the methods of ultrasound-guided compression repair (UGCR) or ultrasound-guided compression-puncture hematocele repair (UGCPHR) in treatment of post-catheterization femoral arterial pseudoaneurysms. Methods Two patients with femoral arterial pseudoaneurysms (3.0 cm?3.0 cm) were treated with UGCPHR, a 18-gauge blunt needle self-retrained with a syringe was placed into the pseudoaneurysm flow lumen along the primary cleft, to compress this site to cut-out continuously the blood flow into the lumen, then to draw all the hemocele out with the syringe, to slowly decompress after continuing the compression for 20-30 minutes, and to repeat this procedure if blood flow signals still existed. Results All the five cases were treated successfully, without large hardening nodules. Four cases were treated successfully at one time, one case was successfully with UGCPHR after failure with UGCR. Conclusion For the treatment of post-catherization femoral arterial pseudoaneurysms, UGCR or UGCPHR depending on the size of pseudoaneurysms is effective, safe and technically simple, without local largely hardening nodules formation in post-repair or any effects on interventional diagnosis and treatment in short periods along the same passway.

Objective To observe the influence of recombinant human thyrotropin(rhTSH)on serum concentration of endogenous thyrotropin(TSH), free triiodothyronine(FT3), free thyroxine(FT4), thyroglobulin antibody(TGAb), and thyroglobulin(Tg). To evaluate the efficacy of rhTSH-aided radioiodine treatment in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma(DTC). Methods The study recruitment took place between November 2007 and March 2009. 62 patients(including 45 females)with biopsy confirmed DTC had undergone total or nearly total thyroidectomy, and received 131I treatment. 31 patients(including 22 females), median age of 45 years(23-72), received radioiodine treatment 4 weeks after L-thyroxine(T4)withdrawal. The other 31 patients(including 23 females), median age of 44 years(14-70), underwent rhTSH-aided radioiodine treatment. Before and after rhTSH injection, serum TSH, FT3, FT4, TGAb, and thyroglobulin were tested. Post-radiotherapy whole body scan was performed 5 to 7 days after radioiodine treatment and qualitatively and blindly evaluated by two nuclear medicine physicians. Follow-up took place 6 to 12 months after radioiodine treatment. The efficacy of rhTSH-aided radioiodine treatment was evaluated by whole body scan with diagnostic dose radioiodine. SPSS 13.0 statistical software was applied. Results (1)Before and after rhTSH-aided radioiodine treatment, the serum TSH was(1.08±4.01)vs(140.26±27.20)mIU/L(P＜0.05), thyroglobulin(23.75±132.92)vs(169.58±178.49)μg/L(P＜0.05), FT3(4.52±1.16)vs(4.42±1.11)pmol/L(P＞0.05), and FT4(15.09±5.83)vs(13.66±5.85)pmol/L(P＞0.05),respectively.(2)rhTSH-aided radioiodine ablation treatment had the same effect as L-T4withdrawal aided. The complete response ratio was 77.4% vs 71.0%(P＞0.05)by radioiodine whole body scan of diagnostic dose. Conclusion rhTSH-aided radioiodine treatment of DTC was effective and safe, and did at least at equivalent degree as did L-T4withdrawal. Furthermore, Serum thyroglobulin level could be effectively stimulated by rhTSH with tumor relapse or metastasis.

In order to discover the mechanism of Xuebijing oral effervescent tablet (XBJOET) to treat infectious diseases, the effect of XBJOET on endotoxin induced rabbit fever and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) was investigated. Auricle microcirculation in rabbit was detected by laser speckle blood perfusion imager system; coagulation function was measured by coagulation analyzer, fibrinolytic system was quantified by Elisa assay and micro thrombosis in tissues was observed with HE staining under light microscope. The results demonstrated that the body temperature of rabbit decreased significantly at 1-3 h after administration with 4.8, 2.4 and 1.2 g x kg(-1) XBJOET to endotoxin induced DIC rabbit model, the auricle microcirculation blood flow in model group (54.45 +/- 14.53) PU was lower than that in control group (77.18 +/- 12.32) PU. The auricle microcirculation blood flow increased markedly and there was significant difference between model group and 1.2 g x kg(-1) XBJOET group. There was significant difference between model group and control group in the content of PAI1 and FIB. The PAI1 levels in model and control groups were (30.48 +/- 2.46) ng x mL(-1) and (20.93 +/- 3.25) ng x mL(-1), respectively. The FIB levels in model and control group were (3.34 +/- 1.09) g x L(-1) and (4.84 +/- 1.10) g x L(-1), respectively. The content of PAI1 in rabbit plasma decreased notably, there were significant differences between model group and 4.8, 2.4 g x kg(-1) XBJOET groups. On the contrary the content of FIB increased. XBJOET possessed pharmacological activities of curing infectious fever and DIC, the mechanism of which is related to amelioration of microcirculation disturbance, inhibition of fibrinolytic system activation and coagulation and micro thrombosis elimination.

Objective To investigate clinical value of high sensitive-cardiac troponin T(hs-cTnT) combined with creatine kinase isoenzyme MB(CK-MB) in the diagnosis of children with myocarditis.Methods From Nov.2014 to Nov.2015,a total of 102 cases of myocarditis,suspected with myocardial damage and without myocardial damage(pneumonia and capillary bronchitis),and 50 healthy children were enrolled.Plasma levels of hs-cTnT and CK-MB were detected and compared.Results The levels of plasma hs-cTnT and CK-MB in children with myocarditis were significantly higher than those without myocarditis and healthy subjects(P<0.05).Hs-cTnT and CK-MB levels in children with myocarditis,less than one month old,were significantly higher than those with age of 1 month to 3 years old(P<0.05).Conclusion Combined detection of hs-cTnT and CK-MB could be with high sensitive and specificity in diagnosis of children with myocarditis,accurately assess the disease condition and improve the therapeutic effect and prognosis,which might be worthy of clinical application.

Objective To investigate the effect of different extinction training on fear memory,DNA methylation protein and hippocampal newborn neurons in adult rats.Methods Male SD rats were randomly divided into four groups:naive group,conditioned fear group,traditional-extinction group and retrieval-extinction group.Conditioned fear models were established by tone paired foot shock,and retrieval-extinction training or traditional-extinction training were performed in adult rats.Retention test,Western blot and immunnohischemistry were used to detect the no-freezing time percentage,the DNA methylation protein level,the newborn neurons respectively at 1d,4d and 7d after different extinction training.Results The traditional-extinction group((28.06± 11.33) ％) or retrieval-extinction group((30.28± 11.48) ％) had higher percentage of no-freezing time than that of conditioned fear group((21.35±9.45) ％),and lower percentage of no-freezing time than that of naive group ((75.65±8.69)％) (t=2.204,2.517,7.955,7.023,all P＜0.05) at the fourth day after extinction training.At the seventh day after extinotion training,the retrieval-extinction group ((69.72±13.62)％) had higher percentage of no-freezing time than traditional-extinction group((24.27± 11.67)％,t=7.052,P＜0.01) or conditioned fear group((50.64± 12.51)％,t=2.451,P＜0.05),and showed no significant difference compared with naive group((72.03±9.36) ％,t=0.251,P＞0.05).The expressions of Dnmt-1 and MBD-2 in traditional-extinction group or retrieval-extinction group were lower than those in conditioned fear group,and higher than those in naive group (P＜0.05) at 4 d after extinction.training.At 7 d after extinction training,the expressions of Dnmt-1 and MBD-2 in retrieval-extinction group were lower than those in traditional-extinction group or conditioned fear group (P＜0.05),and there was no significant difference between retrieval-extinction group and naive group.The Brdu-positive cells of traditional-extinction group or retrieval-extinction training were higher than conditioned fear group,and less than naive group (P＜0.05) at the fourth day after extinction training.At the seventh day after extinction training,the Brdu-positive cells in retrieval-extinction group were higher than those in traditional-extinction group or conditioned fear group (P＜0.05),and there was no significant difference between retrieval-extinction group and naive group.Conclusion The extinction training can decrease fear memory of rats with conditioned fear memory,and the effect of retrieval-extinction training were better than traditional-extinction training,which may be associated with the increases of hippocampus newborn neurons and the decline of DNA methylation.

Objective To compare diagnosis value and the clinical application of enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method and the immune turbidimetric method detecting serum anti cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP)antibody in patients with RA.Methods Collected fresh serum specimen of 267 inpatients with RA in Rrheumatism Department of Xi’an Institu-te of Rheumatism from December 2014 to February 2015,and fresh serum specimen of 50 healthy blood donors from the Blood Center of Shaanxi Province respectively.Anti CCP antibody was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)method and the latex immunoturbidimetry assay.Evaluated the correlation of the results and clinical application to RA diagnosis.Results Sensitivity,specificity and diagnostic consistency of ELISA and latex immunoturbidimetry assay were 77.3%,86.8%,94.3% and 76.2%,80.2%,77.9% respectively.Compared two kinds of methods,the value of Kappa was 0.756,for having consistency.Throughχ2 test (χ2 =1.85,P >0.05),there was no significant difference between two meth-ods.Area of ELISA and lateximmunoturbidimetry under the ROC curve were 0.876 and 0.832 respectively.Conclusion De-tection of serum anti CCP antibody has diagnostic value in RA patients.The ELISA method and the latex immunoturbidime-try assay for detection of anti CCP antibodies had consistency.Two methods had no statistical difference,and the latex turbi-dimetric method is suitable for grassroots medical institutions.

Objective: To systematically evaluate the clinical efficacies of Helmet non-invasive ventilation and oxygen therapy on patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure. Methods: The randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for comparison of efficacy between Helmet non-invasive ventilation and oxygen therapy for treatment of patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure published by Wanfang database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), China Biology Medicine (CBM), PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library and Web of Science were retrieved. The retrieval time was from the establishment of database to February 1st, 2019. The indexes of the study outcomes included oxygenation index, arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO₂), endotracheal intubation rate, hospital mortality and intolerance rate. Literature search and data extraction was performed separately by two researchers. Quality assessment of literature was conducted according to the risk of bias criterion provided by Cochrane collaboration net. The extractive data were Meta-analyzed by RevMan 5.1.0. Funnel plot and Egger regression analysis was employed to detect publication bias. Results: Six RCTs including 5 English studies and 1 Chinese study were selected. Finally, 547 patients were enrolled, with 270 patients in Helmet non-invasive ventilation group and 277 in oxygen therapy group. The study quality assessment revealed that the overall risk of bias was low, and no publication bias was detected by the funnel plot and Egger regression analysis. Meta-analysis showed that the oxygenation index in Helmet non-invasive ventilation group was significantly higher than that in oxygen therapy group [mean difference (MD) = 73.47, 95% confidence interval (95%CI) was 52.01 to 94.92, P = 0.000 01], and PaCO₂ (MD = -2.46, 95%CI was -4.54 to -0.39, P = 0.02), endotracheal intubation rate [relative risk ratio (RR) = 0.38, 95%CI was 0.20 to 0.73, P = 0.004] and hospital mortality (RR = 0.35, 95%CI was 0.19 to 0.65, P = 0.000 8) in Helmet non-invasive ventilation group were significantly lower than those in oxygen therapy group. There was no significant difference in patient's intolerance between the two groups (RR = 2.38, 95%CI was 0.74 to 7.67, P = 0.15). Conclusion Compared with oxygen therapy, the Helmet non-invasive ventilation used for treatment of patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure can effectively improve the oxygenation index, decrease the PaCO₂, reduce the endotracheal intubation rate and hospital mortality, and the patients are well tolerated to the Helmet method.

Objective To improvethe control of infection source by improving the continuous quality of sputum disposal management. Methods PDCA method based on the management of tuberculosis sputum disposal of the hospital quality improvement. The cross-sectional survey of tuberculosis ward in 32 cases of hospital patients, as control group.PDCA first round of "sputum cup distribution and use of work flow" for quality improvement,the reason leading the work flow of workers to nurse led work flow,the improved cross-sectional survey in 36 cases of hospital patients as experimental group 1.Aiming at the problem of low utilization rate of special sputum cup in the improvement of the first round of PDCA,the improvement of the sputum cup was carried out,On this basis, the "special sputum disposal Cup" was designed to obtain the national patent authorization. After the second round of improvement, the cross-sectional investigation in 35 patients in the hospital,as the experimental group 2.Results After two rounds of PDCA improvement,experimental group 2 groups compared with control,bedside sputum cup configuration was not in place rate decreased from 53.1% (17/32)to 0,the difference was statistically significant(Χ2=24.916,P<0.05);configuration after the sputum cup unused rate from 53.1%(17/32)down to 8.6%(3/35),the difference was statistically significant(Χ2=15.846,P<0.05).Conclusion PDCA method can improve the quality of management standard sputum disposal. Ward sputum cup ration is standardized sputum disinfection ward-based nurse intervention and leading sputum cup release, ward can improve the sputum cup ration, improved sputum containers (sputum cup) can improve patient compliance standard of spitting.

OBJECTIVE: To systematically evaluate the clinical efficacies of Helmet non-invasive ventilation and oxygen therapy on patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure. METHODS: The randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for comparison of efficacy between Helmet non-invasive ventilation and oxygen therapy for treatment of patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure published by Wanfang database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), China Biology Medicine (CBM), PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library and Web of Science were retrieved. The retrieval time was from the establishment of database to February 1st, 2019. The indexes of the study outcomes included oxygenation index, arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO₂), endotracheal intubation rate, hospital mortality and intolerance rate. Literature search and data extraction was performed separately by two researchers. Quality assessment of literature was conducted according to the risk of bias criterion provided by Cochrane collaboration net. The extractive data were Meta-analyzed by RevMan 5.1.0. Funnel plot and Egger regression analysis was employed to detect publication bias. RESULTS: Six RCTs including 5 English studies and 1 Chinese study were selected. Finally, 547 patients were enrolled, with 270 patients in Helmet non-invasive ventilation group and 277 in oxygen therapy group. The study quality assessment revealed that the overall risk of bias was low, and no publication bias was detected by the funnel plot and Egger regression analysis. Meta-analysis showed that the oxygenation index in Helmet non-invasive ventilation group was significantly higher than that in oxygen therapy group [mean difference (MD) = 73.47, 95% confidence interval (95%CI) was 52.01 to 94.92, P = 0.000 01], and PaCO₂ (MD = -2.46, 95%CI was -4.54 to -0.39, P = 0.02), endotracheal intubation rate [relative risk ratio (RR) = 0.38, 95%CI was 0.20 to 0.73, P = 0.004] and hospital mortality (RR = 0.35, 95%CI was 0.19 to 0.65, P = 0.000 8) in Helmet non-invasive ventilation group were significantly lower than those in oxygen therapy group. There was no significant difference in patient's intolerance between the two groups (RR = 2.38, 95%CI was 0.74 to 7.67, P = 0.15). CONCLUSIONS Compared with oxygen therapy, the Helmet non-invasive ventilation used for treatment of patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure can effectively improve the oxygenation index, decrease the PaCO₂, reduce the endotracheal intubation rate and hospital mortality, and the patients are well tolerated to the Helmet method.
China ; Head Protective Devices ; Humans ; Noninvasive Ventilation ; Oxygen ; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic ; Respiratory Insufficiency ; Treatment Outcome

Objective:To assess respondents' understanding of the items in the Neck Dissection Impairment Index (NDII) through cognitive interviews and to revise the items accordingly.Methods:Totally 30 postoperative neck dissection patients returning for follow-up at Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University from November 2023 to February 2024, were selected by purposive sampling for two rounds of cognitive interviews. Based on the interview results, the Chinese version of the NDII was revised.Results:The Chinese version of the NDII included ten items. The first round of interviews identified issues such as "incomplete expression, abstract language, and written form, " leading to revisions of five items. The second round of interviews showed that all respondents understood the revised items, and no new suggestions for modification were made.Conclusions:Cognitive interviews can improve respondents' comprehension of the Chinese version of the NDII, identify cognitive biases caused by cultural differences and improper linguistic expressions during the translation process, and enhance the understanding and acceptance of the scale's content among the target population.