Turbidimetry was used to examine the inhibitory effect of Xanthoxyin on adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-, arachidic acid (AA )- and thrombin-induced platelet aggregation in rabbits. In-vitro experiment showed that Xanthoxyin 0.037,0.l85,0.924,9.240,92.40?mol. L -1 , can significantly inhibit ADP-, AA- and thrombin-induced platelet aggregation. The inhibition rates were 22.4%-70.l%,l5.3%-68.2% and 25.8%-74.6% respectively. In-vivo experiment showed that Xanthoxylin (ig. 5 mg/kg) cand also inhibited ADP-, AA-and throbin-induced platelet aggregations. The inhibition rates were 2l.0%,35.7%,50.9% and 32.7% in ADP-induced group,23.2%,46.3%,52.4% and 4l.6% in AA-induced group, and 26.7%, 44.5%,6l.6% and 54.2% in thrombin-induced group respectively l5,30, 60 and 90 minutes after ig. Xanthoxylin.

Objective To explore the early diagnostic values of serum alpha -fetoprotein (AFP),gamma -glutamyltransferase Ⅱ (GGTⅡ),and Golgi protein 73 (GP73)in patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma (PHC).Methods The serum specimens of 100 pa-tients with liver diseases (50 cases of hepatitis and liver cirrhosis and 50 cases of PHC)and 50 healthy people were collected in our hospital from February 2013 to February 2014.Electrochemical luminescence technique,specific immuno -membrane adsorption assay,and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay were used to measure the serum levels of AFP,GGTⅡ,and GP73.Comparison of continuous data between multiple groups was made by analysis of variance,and comparison between two groups was made by q test.The receiver operating character-istic (ROC)curves of single or combined test results were made,and the areas under the ROC curves (AUCs)were calculated.The sensi-tivity,specificity,and AUCs of AFP,GGTⅡ,GP73,and the combined test were analyzed and compared.Results The level of serum GGTⅡ in the PHC group was significantly different compared with those in the other two groups (F =16.224,P <0.05),but there was no significant difference between the normal group and the hepatitis and liver cirrhosis group (P >0.05).Significant differences in serum levels of AFP and GP73 were observed by paired comparison between the PHC group,hepatitis and liver cirrhosis group,and normal group (F =193.128,F =20.231,P <0.05 for both).When assayed alone,the specificities of GP73,GGTⅡ,and AFP were 69%,64% and 51%, respectively,and the sensitivities were 92%,84%,and 76%,respectively.In combined test,the specificity was 94.6% and the sensitivi-ty was 98.8%.Conclusion The GP73 test is the best performer in the single assays.Combined test of serum AFP,GGTⅡ,and GP73 shows a good diagnostic value for PHC with greatly improved specificity and sensitivity.

Inherited platelet function disorders(IPFD)is a rare hereditary disease characterized by various degrees of bleeding tendency with or without thrombocytopenia.Due to the lack of standardized evaluation system in laboratory test, the diagnosis and classification of IPFD are difficult.Thus, the incidence of IPFD may be underestimated.At present, combined with symptoms and laboratory tests, the second generation sequencing technology is conductive to the fast and accurate diagnosis of complex hemorrhagic diseases of this type and can prompt assessment and treatment.However, there still exists no effective targeted treatment for IPFD.This paper was aimed at introducing the diagnosis and treatment of IPFD.

Objective To analyze the etiology and prognosis of children with thrombocytopenia (TP) in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Methods The data of children with TP (exclusion of congenital and unknown TP) admitted to PICU of Anhui Provincial Children's Hospital from January 2008 to December 2017 was analyzed retrospectively. According to the age of onset, the children were divided into infantile group (29 days to less than 1 year), early childhood group (1 to less than 3 years), preschool group (3 to less than 6 years), school age group (6 to less than 10 years) and puberty group (more than 10 years). Moreover, according to the lowest platelet count (PLT), the children were divided into PLT≤20×109/L group, PLT (21-50)×109/L group and PLT > (50-100) ×109/L group. The distribution and mortality of TP were analyzed, and the relationship between age, PLT decrease and prognosis were analyzed by Pearson method. Results Among 6 725 children admitted to PICU in our hospital from January 2008 to December 2017, there were 683 children with TP, with the incidence of 10.2%. Among 683 children with TP, there were 387 males and 296 females, with the median age of 2.72 (0.61, 3.08) years, and 92 children died, with a total mortality of 13.5%. Analysis of primary disease showed that TP caused by non-hematological malignant tumor disease accounted for 73.9%, with the mortality of 11.1% (56/505). TP induced by hematological malignant tumor disease accounted for 21.4%, with the mortality of 24.7% (36/146). Pseudothrombocytopenia accounted for 0.6%, with the mortality of 0% (0/4). Other children who gave up treatment accounted for 4.1%. It was shown by further analysis that multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) caused by TP associated with non-hematological malignant tumor disease accounted for 26.9%, with the mortality of 15.4% (21/136). Sepsis, severe trauma, pneumonia, central nervous system infection and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) accounted for 17.4%, 16.6%, 12.7%, 11.7% and 11.5%; with the mortality of 8.0% (7/88), 2.4% (2/84), 0% (0/64), 20.3% (12/59) and 24.1% (14/58), respectively. The main causes of TP associated with hematological malignant tumor disease were hemophagocytic syndrome [accounting for 27.4%, with the mortality of 32.5% (13/40)] and bone marrow inhibition [accounting for 21.2%, with the mortality of 25.8% (8/31)]. The younger were the children with TP, the higher would be the mortality. The mortality of infantile group was significantly higher than that of early childhood group, preschool group, school age group and puberty group [18.8% (53/282) vs. 14.0% (28/200), 6.7% (7/104), 4.3% (4/92), 0% (0/5), all P < 0.01]. The lower was the PLT, the higher would be the mortality. The mortality of PLT≤20×109/L group was significantly higher than that of PLT (21-50)×109/L group and PLT > (50-100)×109/L group [18.1% (39/215) vs. 13.0% (32/247), 9.5% (21/221), both P < 0.05]. It was shown by correlation analysis that there was no association between age and 28-day death time in children with TP (r = -0.037, P = 0.727), but PLT was positively correlated with 28-day death time in children with TP (r = 0.844, P = 0.010). Conclusions MODS, infection, sepsis, severe trauma and DIC are the common causes of TP in PICU. The younger are the children with TP, the lower is the PLT, and the worse would be the prognosis.

Objective To evaluate the therapeutic effects,acute and late side-effects of cisplatin plus 5-fluorouracil (PF) schemed chronomodulated chemotherapy combined with concurrent intensitymodulated radiotherapy(IMRT) for nasopharyngeal carcinoma.Methods A total of 48 nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients treated with chronomodulated chemotherapy plus concurrent IMRT were retrospectively studied.The radiation doses prescribed to the gross target volume GTVnx of nasopharyngeal,to the positive neck lymphnodes GTVnd,to the clinical target volume CTV1,and to CTV2 were 73.92-77.88,69.96,60.06-66.00 and 50.96-56.00 Gy respectively.The Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was used to calculate the local-regional progression-free rate.The acute and late side-effects were graded according to RTOG radiation morbidity scoring criteria.Results The complete remission (CR) rate was 41.6％(20/48) ; the partial remission (PR) rate was 47.9％ (23/48) ; the stable disease (SD) rate was 4.2％(2/48) ; and the local tumor control rate was 89.6％.Most of the patients had grade 1 to 2 acute side effects and grade 0 to 1 late side-effects.No grade 4 acute and late toxicity was observed.1,2,4-year survival rates were 93.8％,79.2％ and 64.5％,respectively.The DVH analysis showed that IMRT improved the total dose and dose per-fraction to the target volume with considerable dose reduction of the normal structures at the same time.Conclusions PF chronomodulated chemotherapy plus concurrent intensity-modulated radiotherapy for NPC could improve therapeutic effects with satisfactory tolerance of the side effects.

Objective To analyze the effects of achievement motivation and family environ-ment of undergraduates majoring in preventive medicine on creativity tendency. Methods The self-administered questionnaire was used to survey the general characteristics , achievement motivation , family environment, and Williams creativity tendency of undergraduates (n=243) from grade 1 to grade 5 majoring in preventive medicine in a medical college. The effects of achievement motivation and family environment on creativity tendency were tested with multiple linear regression analysis. SPSS 17.0 software was used for statistical analysis. The indexes between boys and girls was compared with group t test, and single factor analysis of variance was made for comparison between grades, SNK method was used to test and compare two groups; linear correlation analysis was made to inspect the correlation between the two indicators, and multiple linear regression analysis method was used for further analysis. Results The survey recycled 226 copies of effective questionnaires. The scores of achievement motivation, family environment, and Williams creativity tendency and all dimen-sions had no statistically significant difference among the five grades, or between the male and female (P>0.05). The positive influence factors of creativity tendency and its dimensions were pursuing success, the in-formative property, the entertaining property and organizational property, the negative influence factor was avoiding failure. R2 was 0.094-0.265 (P=0.000-0.048). Conclusion Achievement motivation and family environment of undergraduates majoring in preventive medicine may have posi-tive effects on creativity tendency. Various comprehensive measures should be taken to improve family environment and enhance achievement motivation, and to promote to increase creativity tendency, and to cultivate students' creativity and improve students' scientific research ability.

Objective To evaluate the clinical safety and feasibility of dual-axis rotational coronary angiography (XperSwing) in diagnosing coronary artery disease in aged Chinese patients through comparing it with standard coronary angiography. Methods During the period from April 2011 to December 2012, a total of consecutive 151 patients with an age ≥ 65 years underwent diagnostic coronary angiography at authors’ hospital. The patients were randomly divided into the standard angiography group (n = 75) and XperSwing group (n = 76). The used dose of contrast, radiation exposure dose and operation time of each patient were recorded. Besides, the occurrence of procedure-related symptoms and arrhythmia during the procedure was recorded, and the blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR) and creatinine level immediately before-and-after the procedure were estimated. The number of additional acquisition needed to be performed was used to evaluate the efficacy of the two methods. Results Coronary angiography was successfully accomplished in all patients of the two groups, and no significant difference in the number of additional acquisition existed between the two groups (P > 0.05). The used dose of contrast in XperSwing group was reduced by 44% when compared with that in the standard angiography group, i.e. (29.28 ± 5.06) ml vs(22 755.97 ± 11 239.22) mGycm2, (P<0.001). No statistically significant differences in the occurrence of procedure-related symptoms and arrhythmia during the procedure, in the operation time as well as in the postoperative changes of BP and HR existed between the two groups (P > 0.05). No contrast- induced nephropathy occurred in both groups, although the difference in postoperative changes of creatinine level between the two groups was statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion This study indicates that in diagnosing coronary artery disease in aged Chinese patients, dual-axis rotational coronary angiography is more safe and effective than conventional coronary angiography, as XperSwing can significantly reduce the contrast dose and radiation exposure for the patients.

Objective To identify the pathogenic gene for a Chinese Han consanguineous marriage family with autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia by homozygosity mapping and mutation analysis.Methods Six members of the family were enrolled in this study,including 3 patients,the unaffected sibling and their parents of first cousin marriage.After excluding GAA repeats mutation of FXN gene,whole-genome single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) microarray scanning and homozygosity mapping were performed to localize the candidate gene.The coding regions and intronic flanking sequences of the candidate genes were analyzed.Results Four candidate regions were identified,including 2p25.3,9q22.2-34.3,13q12.3-14.3 and 17p13.The SETX gene localizing in 9q22.2-34.3 that is responsible for ataxia with oculomotor apraxia 2 was analyzed at first.There were 4 mutations in exon 10,including three missense mutations (c.3576T ＞ G,p.D1192E ; c.3754G ＞ A,p.G1252R; c.4156A ＞ G,p.I1386V) and a deletion mutation (c.5084_5087delAGTC,p.Q1695_S1696del).Three patients were homozygous of the 4 mutations,an unaffected sibling was normal,and their parents were heterozygous of 4 mutations.Conclusions The pathogenic haplotype comprising four mutations of the SETX gene was identified in the consanguinity family.c.5084_5087delAGTC (p.Q1695_S1696del) is a novel mutation.The affected individuals of this family were characterized by mild phenotype and slow progress without oculomotor apraxia,indicating the clinical variability of the disease.

Objective To evaluate the feasibility,safety,and efficacy of endovascular repair combined with second-stage surgical debridement for ruptured femoral pseudoaneurysms (RFP).Methods All patients who underwent emergency repair of an RFP in our institution between 2009 and 2013 were identified.Case notes were retrieved for clinical data.Results Seven patients were identified.All the patients were treated with emergent percutaneous stent-graft implantation and secondary surgical debridement.The procedure time was (55 ± 6.32) min,blood loss was (93.33 ± 25.03) ml,hospital stay was (9.5 ± 0.84) d,and no postoperative complications occurred.Conclusions stent graft implantation for the treatment of RFPs is safe and effective in short-or middle-term outcome.It is an alternative for RFPs and may be the better option,which makes the secondary surgical debridement feasible and viable.

We used the Brucella data in Xinjiang between year 2009 to 2010 to explore and analyze the spatial clustering fea‐tures of brucellosis in Xinjiang ,and provided the basis for prevention and control on brucellosis in Xinjiang ,China .The time and population distribution of brucellosis in Xinjiang was analyzed for statistical analysis with descriptive epidemiology .Mean‐while ,we also used quartile classification methods to map the incidence of brucellosis in Xinjiang spatial distribution ,and calcu‐lated the Global Moran’s I index on the spatial clustering analysis .Results showed that brucellosis in Xinjiang had obvious sea‐sonal differences (peaked in May‐September) ,more cases for male than that for female (gender ratio‐‐2 .96∶1) ,and the total incidence of 74% were farmer and herdsman ,mainly concentrated at th e age of 40 to 60 years old .Compared with the onset range of brucellosis in 2009 ,there were clear tendency to spread in 2010 .The Global Moran’s I index was 0 .116 4 (P=0 .017) ,showing the spatial clustering on the incidence of brucellosis in Xinjiang .The incidence of hot spots concentrated in Tacheng and Altay ,and the incidence of cold spots concentrated in Kashi .The incidence level brucellosis has significant spatial aggregation in the area of Xinjiang ,which should be strengthened the prevention and control of high‐risk areas .