Objective To investigate the different effects of 2 species of Fructus aurantii immaturus on cardiovascular and respiratory system.Methods The extract of 2 species of Fructus aurantii immaturus were administered to anesthetized rats by duodenum and the dosages were 4.2,2.1 g crude drug/kg respectively.After administration,a continuous observation of blood pressure,respiration and ECG effects for 4 hours were performed.Results Compared with the control group,both of Citrus aurantium and Citrus sinesis exerted a transient increase to respiration rate after 20 min administration.No significant impact was observed during the experiment period on the ECG.The influence of Citrus aurantium on blood pressure was more significant.Compared with the control group,the effects of SBP,DBP and MBP reduced was observed in high-dose group of Citrus aurantium after 40,60,80 min administration,and so in low-dose group of Citrus aurantium after 60 min.The impact duration was up to 2 hours or more.However,the antihypertensive effect of Citrus sinesis was not obvious.And the blood pressure lowering effect of Citrus aurantium was superior to Citrus sinesis.Conclusion The 2 species of Fructus aurantii immaturus exert a transient excitatory effect on respiratory system.And the direct effect of them on heart is not obvious.The blood pressure lowering effect of Citrus aurantium is superior to Citrus sinesis.The attention should be given in the clinical usage of Fructus aurantii immaturus.

Objective To establish the optimal extracted method for content dete rmination of naringin in Citrus grandis. Methods RP-HPLC was used to determinat e the content of naringin extracted with the above two methods from different ye ar samples of Citrus grandis. Results The average content extracted with ultraso nic extraction was 13.53 %,and the average content extracted with soxhlet extr action was 11.98 %,there being insignificant difference between the two method s. Conclusion The content of naringin extracted with ultrasonic extraction is mo re than that with the soxhlet extraction,which be receipted in Chinese pharmeco pia. And ultrasonic extraction method is more convenient and can save time.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the value of each single and combined applications of ultrasound thyroid imaging reporting and data system (TI-RADS), ultrasonic shear wave elastography in the diagnosis of thyroid microcarcinoma (TMC). METHOD: 323 patients with thyroid tiny nodules confirmed by surgery and pathology were analyzed prospectively. Then their TI-RADS and shear wave elastography features were summarized. SWE elasticity indices (mean, minimum and maximum value of interest) of nodules were measured. The surgical pathology results were regarded as the gold standard to calculate the sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of TI-RADS, shear wave elastography and their combination in the diagnosis of TMC. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of TI-RADS, shear wave elastography and combined application of both were drawn. The area under the ROC curve were calculated. Furthermore, the value of combined application of both examinations in the diagnosis of thyroid microcarcinoma (TMC) was investigated. RESULT: From 323 nodules,253 were thyroid carcinomas and 70 were benign. Areas under the ROC curves (AUC) of SWE parameters were 0. 648,0. 629 and 0. 605. For SWE, the optimal cut-off value according to ROC curve was SWE_max = 65.50 kPa and SWE_mean = 37.50 kPa. Generally, the sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, PPV and NPV were 88.14%, 82.86%, 87.00%, 94.89% and 65.91% for TI-RADS, and 49.01%, 74.29%, 54.49%, 87.32% and 28. 73% for SWE. There were statistically significant differences in the sensitivity, accuracy, PPV and no statistically significant differences in the specificity, and NPV. The sensitivity,specificity, accuracy, PPV and NPV were 95.26%, 67.14%, 89.16%, 91.29% and 79.66% for combined application of both. The area under the ROC curve of TI-RADS, shear wave elastography and their combination were 0.763, 0.616, 0.804. For nodules ≤ 5 mm, the sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, PPV and NPV were 91.67%, 66.67%, 87.07%, 92.44% and 64.29%. However, for nodules 5-10 mm,the sensitivity,specificity, accuracy, PPV and NPV were 98.50%, 67.44%, 90.91%, 90.34% and 93.55%. CONCLUSION The diagnose of TMC can be further improved by combined application of ultra-sonic TI-RADS and SWE.
Carcinoma ; complications ; Elasticity Imaging Techniques ; Humans ; Predictive Value of Tests ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Thyroid Gland ; pathology ; Thyroid Neoplasms ; diagnosis

Objective: To evaluate the impact of acute carbon monoxide poisoning on left ventricular systolic function with three-dimensional speckle tracking imaging (3D-STI). Methods: Totally 109 patients with acute carbon monoxide poisoning (study group) were enrolled and divided into mild (n=36), moderate (n=40) and severe (n=33) subgroups. And 105 healthy volunteers were selected as control group. 3D-STI was performed 1 hour and 1 week after poisoning, respectively. The levels of carboxyhemoglobin (HbCO) and serum cardiac troponin I (cTnI) were measured. The difference and correlation of the indexes were analyzed between the study group and the control group. Results: One hour after acute carbon monoxide poisoning, no significant difference of global longitudinal strain (GLS), global area strain (GAS), global circumferential strain (GCS), global radial strain (GRS) nor left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was found between mild subgroup and control group (all P>0.05), while HbCO and cTnI in mild subgroup were higher than those in control group (both P<0.05), GLS and GAS in moderate subgroup were lower than those in control group (both P<0.05), and HbCO, cTnI were higher than those in control group (both P<0.05), GLS, GAS, GCS, GRS and LVEF in the severe subgroup were lower than those in control group (all P<0.05), HbCO and cTnI were higher than those in the control group (both P<0.05). One week after acute carbon monoxide poisoning, there was no significant difference of GLS, GAS, GCS, GRS, LVEF, HbCO nor cTnI among the mild, moderate subgroups and the control group (all P>0.05); GAS in severe subgroup was lower than that in control group (P<0.05), cTnI was higher than that in control group (P<0.05). One hour after acute carbon monoxide poisoning, serum cTnI was negatively correlated with GLS and GAS in the study group (r=-0.626, -0.640, both P<0.05). Conclusion: 3D-STI can early diagnose damage of left ventricular systolic dysfunction caused by acute carbon monoxide poisoning. GAS decreases with the increase of serum cTnI content, which is a good indicator of left ventricular dysfunction in patients with acute carbon monoxide poisoning.

Objective To investigate the effect of metformin on osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation of primary bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. Methods Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells were isolated and purified from the rat bone marrow by adherent method, the cells from passage 3-4 were used in our experiments. At 90% confluence, the medium was removed and the cells were cultured in osteogenic medium with or without 10 μmol/L metformin, medium was changed every two or three days. At days 7, 14, and 21, the cells were collected, osteogenic differentiation was evaluated by measuring Runt-related transcription factor 2, alkaline phosphatase, collagen type Ⅰ and osteocalcin using real-time PCR; ALP activity was also evaluated by p-nitrophenyl phosphate as the substrate and normalized to total protein content; At day 21, mineralization nodules in the extracellular matrix of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells were stained using Alizarin red staining. Differentiation of adipocytes were induced in adipogenic medium for 14 days with or without 10 μmol/L metformin, then the cells were collected for detecting the transcription activity of PPARγ and CAAT/enhanced-binding protein α, lipid droplets in adipocytes were measured by oil red O staining. Results In the metformin group, alkaline phosphatase activity was higher, osteoblast markers were up-regulated(all P＜0.05), and the calcium nodules were more, while the adipocyte markers are down-regulated by about 70%, and lipid droplets were less than the group without metformin. Conclusion Metformin can effectively promote the differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells to osteoblasts, while inhibit the differentiation to adipocytes.

Objective To analyze the characteristics of the genotype, phenotype, and follow-up of Gitelman's syndrome (GS) in the largest group of Chinese patients. Methods Sixty seven patients with GS underwent SLC12A3 gene analysis. Clinical characteristics and biochemical findings at the first presentation as well as follow-up were reviewed. Additionally, the associations of genotypes and phenotypes were explored. Results Forty-one different SLC12A3 mutations were identified in 67 patients with GS, including 11 novel ones, and 5 recurrent ones. 3 families (5. 7% ) had triple SLC12A3 mutations. Typical hypocalciuria and hypomagnesemia were not found in 6(9% ) and 8 (11. 9% )patients, respectively. In addition, male patients had an earlier age of onset and a higher urinary fraction excretion of electrolytes. 2 patients presented with chronic kidney disease, 13 (19. 4% ) with type 2 diabetes, 14 (20. 9% )with impaired glucose tolerance, and 5(7. 5% ) with impaired fasting glucose. Conclusion This study revealed 41 mutations in 67 Chinese patients with GS, including 11 novel variants and 5 high-frequency ones. Fraction excretion of electrolyte in urine may be more sensitive in the evaluation of phenotype compared with those of blood. It is difficult to correct hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia in GS. Patients with GS are at higher risk of the development of diabetes than ordinary people.

Objective To analyze the correlative factors of anemia in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and to explore the impact of anemia on prognosis.Methods The clinical data of 473 patients with NSCLC treated at the first time from January 2008 to November 2012 in the Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University were analyzed retrospectively.Results There were 273 patients (57.72 ％) with anemia.Anemia occurred in different age (x2 =3.459, P =3.459), different albumin level (x2 =70.648, P =70.648), different PS score (x2 =10.222, P =10.222), whether recent surgery (x2 =4.956, P =4.956), whether recent chemotherapy (x2 =3.627, P =0.037), and other factors.By multiple factors analysis, hypoalbuminemia was an independent risk factor for anemia (P ＜ 0.05).The median OS of the anemia patients was shorter than that of the patients without anemia (15 months vs 17 months, P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Hypoalbuminemia is the independent risk factor for emergence of anemia.Anemia is the prognosis indicator of shorten survival period, which is an independent factor of prognosis in the NSCLC.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the carotid artery invasion in patients with head and neck malignant tumor with multislice helical CT and MPR. METHODS Thirty-six tumors adjacent to the carotid artery in head and neck were studied using 16 slice helical CT scanner.The following two parameters were measured:tumor-artery angle(the angle surrounded by the tumor)and tumor-artery ratio(the ratio between the length of intersection of the tumor with carotid and the diameter of the carotid).RESULTS Tumor-artery angle:in judgment of carotid involvement with axial CT,the accuracy of the tumor-artery angle≥90?group and the tumor-artery angle≥180?group were higher than that of the tumor-artery angle≥45?group (P

Objective To analyze the normal reference values of the right ventricular volumes and ejection fraction of healthy adults measured by single-beat real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (sRT-3DE).Methods The subjects of this study included three hundred and thirty-four healthy adults,and were divided into 2 groups by gender and 6 groups by age.The sRT-3DE was chosen to measure their right ventricular volumes and ejection fraction.The parameters of right ventricular volumes were standardized by body surface area (BSA)and lean body mass (LBM)to calculate the ranges of their normal value.The correlation between these parameters and genders as well as the physical characteristics (height,weight, body mass index,BSA and LBM)was also clarified.Results Three hundred and thirty-four (96%)of the 348 subjects had been tested.Before standardizing,men had larger right ventricular volumes compared with women,and the differences of the right ventricular end diastolic volume (RVEDV),right ventricular end systolic volume (RVESV)and right ventricle stroke volume (RVSV)were statistically significant(P <0.001 ),but it had no statistical significance in the difference of the right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF)(P >0.05 ).After standardizing by LBM,the RVEDV,RVESV and RVSV in male group were significantly lower than those in women group (P < 0.001 ).In different age groups,the difference of RVEDV,RVESV,RVSV ,but no RVEF were statistically significant (P < 0.05 ).Positive correlations between the RVEDV,RVESV,RVSV and the BSA,height,weight,body mass index and LBM had been detected,and it showed a negative relation between RVEDV,RVESV,RVSV with age.Noticeably,RVEF had no correlation with them.Conclusions sRT-3DE can provide a preliminary range for normal reference values of right ventricular volumes and RVEF in healthy adults according to gender and age and finds that LBM has certain impact on adult cardiac structure,which offers valuable evidence for the diagnosis of right heart diseases in clinical practices.

Objective The objective of this study was to investigate a risk of prostate cancer(PCa) at a repeat biopsy in patients with chronic prostate inflammation and widespread high grade prostatic intra epithelial neoplasia(wHGPIN).Methods From July 2006 to December 2014,172 cases of prostate biopsy were collected.All of them were diagnosed as HGPIN for the first biopsy,punctured by transrectal ultrasound for 12 points.After the first puncture for 6 months,patients were punctured for rebiopsy.Multi-focal wHGPIN was defined as a high -grade prostate intraepithelial neoplasia with 2 or more cores detection in a prostate biopsy.Isolated HGPIN was defined as a high-grade prostate intraepithelial neoplasia with only one core detection in a prostate biopsy.Results Seventy-two patients with HGPIN were isolated from primary HGPIN,102 patients with isolated HGPIN,17 patients with chronic prostatitis,70 with multifocal HGPIN and 54 with chronic prostatitis.Forth-eight of 172 patients initial diagnosis of HGPIN was diagnosed as PCa at rebiopsy.The detection rate of wHGPIN was 52.86％ (37/70)and isolated HGPIN for 10.88％ (11/102).They showed a statistically difference between two groups(P ＜0.001).The detection rate of PCa in HGPIN patients with chronic prostatitis was higher than that in patients without chronic prostatitis(P =0.011).Chronic prostatitis and multifocal wHGPIN were a risk factor for prostate cancer independent by rebiopsy,confirmed by the logistic regression model.Conclusion Rebiopsy is a high risk factor of prostate adenocarcinoma for patients with chronic prostatitis and multifocal HGPIN initially diagnosed by the first biopsy.Therefore,these patients are recommended under ultrasound induced by rectal prostate rebiopsy.