1.Establishment of age/gender-related serum cycstatin C reference intervals in children by transmission turbidimetry
Xuejun CHEN ; Yuefang SHEN ; Xiaowei ZHONG ; Chen ZHOU ; Hui XU ; Yongzhang CHENG
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2011;34(9):785-790
ObjectiveTo establish pediatric serum CysC reference intervals based on the children's hospital laboratory data in Zhejiang Province and analyse the effects of CysClevels on age and gender. MethodsCysC was one of tests of a routine biochemical screening panel employed for most outpatients and inpatients in the children's hospital, and 8 127 subjects (4 264 boys and 3 863 girls) were selected from 13 567 subjects from laboratory information system according to the exclusion criterion with seriously systemic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, kidney diseases, elevated values of creatinine, urea or ALT for which 1.5-fold upper limit, serum samples with hemolysis, icterus or lipid turbidity, same patients with non-first-time CysC results and living addresses which were not in Zhejiang. The serum CysC was determined by transmission turbidimetry on Roche DPP modular automatic biochemical analyzer. SPSS 17.0 software and EXCEL 2003 were employed for statistical analysis in this study. Results The serum CysC concentration was a Gaussian distribution after log transformation. The mean Log-transformated CysC lg (CysC) concentration of boys in five age groups ( < 1 month, 1 to 3 months, 4 to 11 months, 1 to 2 years and 2 to 16 years) were 0. 224,0. 170,0. 112,0. 061, -0. 011 (mg/L,lg) respectively, and the mean Log-transformated CysC lg(CysC) concentration of girls in five age groups were 0. 222, 0. 164, 0. 089, 0. 057,-0. 010 ( mmg/L, lg) respectively, and no statistically significant differences between Ig( CysC ) and gender in five age groups were found ( t values were 0. 174, 0. 362, 0. 445,- 1. 464 and - 0. 093, respectively,and corresponding P values all were greater than 0. 05 ). The mean lg ( CysC ) concentrations in five age groups were 0. 222,0. 166,0. 100,0. 059, - 0. 010 ( mmg/L, lg), and significant differences between Lg ( CysC ) and ages by Analysis of Variance were observed ( F = 309. 785 and P = 0 in between-groups totally,P = 0 in any two groups). Serum CysC levels were highest in the age of < 1 month, then declined to the age of 2 years and kept stable in the age of 2 to 16 years. The serum CysC reference intervals for children were as follows:0. 95 -2. 92 mg/L in the age of < 1 month, 0. 81 -2.67 mg/L in the age of 1 to 3 months, 0. 65 -2.45 mg/L in the age of 4 tol2 months, 0. 56 -2. 35 mg/L in the age of 1 year and 0. 45 -2. 13 mg/L in the age of 2 to 16 years. ConclusionsThere is no significant effect on pediatric CysC levels with gender but close correlated with age below 2 years old. It is necessary to establish appropriate age-related reference intervals of serum CysC for efficiently evaluating renal function in local children.
2.Clinical application of radical cystectomy with orthotopic ileal neobladder
Jisan WANG ; Lei SU ; Zhaoli TENG ; Shide SONG ; Bo DING ; Yongzhang SHEN
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2008;15(10):1615-1616
Objective To evaluate the clinical efficacy of radical cystectomy with orthotopic ileal neobled-der. Methods 28 cases of bladder tumor treated with radical cystectomy with ileal orthotopic neobladder were studiedretrospectively. Results All patients achieved excellent continence,whereas possessory patients needed time-lapse e-mietion at nighttime. The mean bladder capacity for the entire group was 330 ml. Residual urine was less than 70 ml.All of these patients have been followed up for 4~58 months with a mean of 18 months. They were survival with no re-currences except 1 case. Good urinary stream was reported. A little operative complications occurred. ConclusionThe operation of radical cystectomy with orthotopic ileal neobladder might be an ideal way of bladder replacement,characterized by large capacity,low pressure, orthotopie continent urination.