Objective Turn the CT sectional image into three-dimensional imaging based on VTK, in or-der to make better treatment programs for patients with liver cancer. Methods Establish visualization toolkit (VTK) visualization development environment based on VC6.0, obtain patient's CT images in DICOM format, use VTK filter and Laplacian sharpening template for pre-treatment of the images, and then use Ray-Casting algo-rithm for three-dimensional reconstruction. Results We can get three-dimensional images with higher resolu-tion and faster imaging speed through this method, which can also be cut, rotated and zoomed. Conclusion Ray-Casting algorithm based on VTK can be used for the three-dimensional imaging of human liver. With the as-sistance of three-dimensional images, doctors can detect the location of diseased tissue more easily and observe the shapes of diseased tissue intuitively.

Nanotechnology is a newly rising subject.In order to reflect achievements and developments of nanotechnology,applications of nanotechnology to modern medicine are summarized,and its influences were analyzed dialectically.Nanotechnology will evoke a novel technical revolution,although there is still a long way to go before it is widely used.

Objective To probe into the safety and effectiveness of transcatheter coil embolization for congenital coronary artery fistula. Methods Between May 1999 and December 2002, coil embolization of coronary artery fistula was attempted in 6 patients aged 38 to 70 years (mean, 50.7 years). The fistulae connected the left coronary artery to the pulmonary artery in 2 patients, the right coronary artery to the pulmonary artery in 2, the right coronary artery to the right infra-pulmonary vein in 1, bilateral coronary artery (the left anterior descending artery and right coronary artery) to the pulmonary artery in 1. Results Complete fistula occlusion was achieved in 5 patients (83.3%); one failed to go through the tortuous fistula and gave up coil embolization. There were no operative or late deaths and complications. Follow-up evaluation by physical examination and echocardiography in 5 patients showed no evidence of recurrent or residual coronary artery fistula. Conclusion On the basis of our result, we believe that transcatheter coil embolization of coronary artery fistula is a safe, effective and convenient procedure without a thoracotomy and the use of cardio-pulmonary bypass in some cases.

20/min,PaCO2 12?109 or 0.10.26 patients with sepsis infected by Gram negative bacilli were categorized as G-group,15 infected by Gram positive coccus as G+ group and 15 healthy persons as control group.All the cases were proved to have infection by body fluid examination under microscope or bacterial culture.The level of flagellin was determined by ELISA.The peripheral blood mononuclear cells(PBMC)were isolated by the density gradient centrifugation,and total RNA of PBMCs was extracted by RNA BIOzol extract.The level of TLR5 mRNA in the peripheral blood was detected by semi-quantitative RT-PCR.The statistic significance among groups was examined by Students' t test.Results Plasma flagellin levels were below the detection limit of the ELISA kit in both G+ and control groups,while the mean level of plasma flagellin amounted to 6.636?5.147ng/ml in G-group.TLR5 mRNA expression in G-group was significantly higher than that in G+ and control groups,and no significant difference was found between G+ group and control group.Conclusion Flagellin may be involved in the development of ALI through interacts with TLR5.

Objective:To observe the influence of post-operative early enteral nutrition(EEN) for oral tumour patients.Methods:Sixty patients with oral tumour were randomly divided into EEN group (30 cases) and tradition enteral nutrition(TEN) group (30 cases). The nutritional support with Nutrision fiber started within the first 12~16 h post-operatively in EEN group, The enteral feeding started within the recovery time of the gut function in TEN group. Nutritional parameters were measured before and after the operation. Results:The mean hospitalization days in EEN group and TEN group were 10.14?1.58 and 15.29?3.26 respectively(P

The population of the very elderly is growing steeply with prolonged life expectancy.Age is an independent risk factor for stroke.Naturally,the very elderly become the high risky population.Hypertension is the most common and modifiable risk factor of stoke in the very elderly.Results of studies conducted during these 20 years have been reported to explore and investigate the relationship between stroke primary prevention and antihypertensive treatment,some of which are regarded as landmarks trials,providing essential evidences for blood pressure management in the very elderly.

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been wildly used in the treatment of tumors and dermatologic diseases,especially,when the traditional therapies are ineffective or bring side effects.Moreover,with the deepening of the studies,its effects in anti-microbial has been found.PDT in the treatment of infectious diseases has attracted more and more attention of scholars.In this review,we discussed the mechanism of the PDT,studies in the sterilization of a variety of oral pathogenic bacteria by the PDT and its potential applications in clinic.

Objective To investigate the effect of ropivacaine combined with dexanmethasone sprayed intratracheally in patients with resistant tubes and postoperative sore throat.Methods Eighty patients ASA Ⅰ-Ⅱ grade undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy were randomly divided into four groups by random digits tabel method,20 patients in each.2 ml of 0.75％ ropivacaine combined with 1 ml dexamethasone (group A) ; 2 ml of 0.75％ ropivacaine combined with 1 ml 0.9％ sodium (group B) ; 3 ml of 1％ tetracaine (group C); 3 ml of 0.9％ sodium (group D) were immediately intratracheal sprayed before intubation.The resistant tubes and degree of postoperative 24 h sore throat [by visual analog scale (VAS) scores],comfort [by Bruggrmann comfort scale (BCS) scores] and the incidence of sore throat were recorded.Results The resistant tubes appraised rate in group A,B and C was higher than that in group D [65.0％ (13/20),60.0％ (12/20),70.0％ (14/20) vs.5.0％ (1/20)] (P ＜ 0.05),but there was no significant difference among group A,B and C (P＞ 0.05).The incidence of sore throat at 24 h after surgery in group A,B and C was lower than that in group D [20.0％(4/20),25.0％ (5/20),25.0％ (5/20) vs.90.0％ (18/20)] (P ＜ 0.05),but there was no significant difference among group A,B and C (P＞ 0.05).The VAS and BCS scores in group A were better than those in group B,C and D [(0.52 ± 1.14) scores vs.(1.68 ± 1.42),(1.59 ± 1.33),(4.22 ± 1.95) scores,(2.80 ± 1.54) scores vs.(1.60 ± 1.19),(1.80 ± 1.20) and (0.45 ± 0.81) scores] (P ＜ 0.05),but there were no significant differences between group B and group C (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion Ropivacaine combined with dexamethasone sprayedintratracheally can significantly increase the degree of postoperative resistant tubes,decrease the rate of sore throat after general anesthesia,and increase patient' s comfort.

Objective To evaluate the methods of standard patient (SP)combined with case-based learning (CBL ) in humanistic quality cultivation for interns in the department of thoracic surgery. Methods Medical interns in the department of thoracic surgery were divided randomly into experimental(n=30)and control group(n=30)respectively. In experimental group,SP combined with CBL was used while in control group traditional teaching was used. At the end of the study,teaching effect was assessed by the final examination and questionnaires and the data were processed by t test andX2 test. P<0.05 signifies statistical differences. Results There was no significant difference in test scores between the two groups (P>0.05). Scores of history-taking,medical check-up,paper writing quality in the final examination in experimental group were significantly higher than those in control group(P<0.01). Satisfaction degrees of doctor-patient communication,responsibility and service attitude in experimental group were better than those of control group(X2=16.484,10.335,20.376,32.851,P<0.01). Conclusions SP combined with CBL teaching method can stimulate the students' interests in thoracic surgery practice,improve the doctor-patient relationship and strengthen the ability of human-istic concern. It is a better clinical thoracic practice teaching method and it is beneficial to cultivating medical students with humanistic concern.

Objective:To develop a luminescent oxygen channeling immunoassay for pregnancy associated plasm a protein A.Methods:The monoclonal antibody of PAPP-A was labeled with biotin ,the polyclonal antibody of PAPP-A was coated on receptor particles.The LOCI reagents also contained sensitizer particles coated with streptavidin.The optimal test conditions and analytical per-formance of the method were studied.Results:The within-run and the between-run coefficients of variation were 5.91%-7.94% and 6.14%-9.69%,respectively;the analytical sensitivity was 2.8 mU/L and the function sensitivity was 4.6 mU/L,good linear in 2.8 mU/L-8 000 mU/L range;the recovery rate was 96.7%-100.3%.The interference rate of hemolysis , icterus and triglycerides were less than 10%; there is no Hook effect of PAPP-A concentrations up to 8 000 mU/L;the correlation coefficient between clinical samples detection results and Time resolved fluoroimmunoassay analysis results was 0.974.Conclusion:This LOCI can be used for the quantitative of serum PAPP-A,and detection performance in line with the requirements of clinical diagnostic reagents .