OBJECTIVE To study the risk factors of neurosurgical postoperative intracranial infection.METHODS Totally 5405 patients who had a neurosurgical operation from 1996 to 2003 in our department were chosen(172(cases) with intracranial infection).Many risk factors were studied retrospectively,A data-base was set up with EXCEL,and Logistic regression was selected to analyze the factors which might cause infection.RESULTS The(analysis) of 5405 cases revealed that infection rate was closely related to the operation durations,CSF fistulae,(ventricle) drainage,the insertion of tubes,the approach to the post fossa,the complication from diabetes mellitus(DM),and open(craniocerebral) injuries.While had little effect of sex,age,the season,longer application of hormones before the operation,preoperative diseases,and longer application of antibiotics before or after the operation.(CONCLUSIONS) To decrease the infection rate,according the clinical experience,the operation should be finished as soon as possible,the suture should be done completely to prevent CSF fistulae,and the duration of the ventricle drainage should be controlled strictly.

ObjectiveTo evaluate the efficacy and safety of Qingpeng ointment in the treatment of chronic eczema.MethodsTotally,95 patients with chronic eczema were enrolled and divided into 3 groups to receive topical Qingpeng ointment (n =33),0.2％ hydrocortisone cream (n =32),10％ urea ointment (n =30) respectively twice a day for 4 weeks.All the patients were followed up once a week for the evaluation of therapeutic and side effects.ResultsAfter 4-week treatment,the response rate was 78.8％,84.4％ and 46.7％ in the Qingpeng ointment-,hydrocortisone cream- and urea ointment-treated patients respectively.Significant differences were observed in the response rate between the Qingpeng ointment- and urea ointment-treated patients (P ＜ 0.05 ),but not between the hydrocortisone cream- and Qingpeng ointment-treated patients (P ＞0.05).Skin flushing with a sensation of burning was observed at the application sites of 2 patients treated with Qingpeng ointment,and tingling sensation at the application sites was reported in 1 patient treated with hydrocortisone cream.All of these adverse reactions were tolerable and had no influence on the treatment.Conclusion Topical Qingpeng ointment is effective and safe for the treatment of chronic eczema.

Objective To investigate the expression of PCNA in gastric cancer and its relationship with telomerase activity of peritoneal washings and peritoneal dissemination, and to compare the efficacy of telomerase activity and cytology of peritoneal washings for prediction of peritoneal metastasis of gastric cancer. Methods Telomeric repeated amplification protocol (TRAP)-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was performed to measure the telomerase activity of peritoneal washings collected from 60 patients with gastric cancer. Exfoliate cytologic analysis of the corresponding samples was used for comparison.Expression of PCNA was measured with immunohistochemical staining.Their relationship with clinicopathologic features were evaluated. Results The positive rate of telomerase activity in peritoneal washing collected from patients with gastric cancer was 41.7%,which well related to serosal invasion, histology types, depth of infiltration and peritoneal metastasis of gastric cancer. The positive rate of telomerase activity increased with the increased depth of infiltration and serosal involvement areas (P

AIM: To explore the role of intestinal lymphatic pathway in MODS pathogenesis by two-hit in rats. METHODS: Mesenteric lymph was diverted by ligating mesenteric lymph duct, and the MODS model was established by two-hit method. 45 Wistar rats were divided into three groups: mesenteric lymph duct ligation group, non-ligation group and sham group. All rats facilitated blood withdrawal for serum sample at pre-experiment and after 24 h. Then organs including kidney, liver, lung, heart and intestine were collected for preparing homogenate. The tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF?), nitric oxide (NO), malondialdehyde (MDA) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) were determined. RESULTS: It showed that the MODS model was established successfully. After two-hit, the TNF?, NO 2 -/NO 3 -, NOS, iNOS and MDA in serum of non-ligation group were significantly increased than that in pre-experiment and sham group, and SOD was significantly lower ( P

Objective To investigate the expression of cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2) in pigmented nevus and malignant melanoma and its significance. Methods The protein and mRNA expressions of CB2 were measured in tissue samples of 20 patients with pigmented nevus and 20 patients with malignant melanoma using immunohistochemical staining and RT-PCR, respectively. Results CB2 was expressed in both pigmented nevus and malignant melanoma. In tissue of pigmented nevus, CB2 was chiefly expressed in nevocytes and basal cell layer, and only a small quantity of CB2 was expressed in subcutaneous tissue. Statis-tical differences were observed between samples of malignant melanoma and pigmented nevus in the expres-sion intensity of CB2 (P < 0.05). Conclusions Increased protein and mRNA expressions of CB2 are observed in tissue of malignant melanoma, and the expression intensity of CB2 is higher in tissue of malig-nant melanoma than in that of pigmented nevus.

In order to meet the needs of national clinical medical education strategy, to train medical students’ability of analyzing and solving problems, it is imminent to carry out the reform on comprehensive experiment in basic medi-cal teaching.During the practice, the basic medical college of Hebei North University tried to integrate functional ex-periment and morphological experiment, and had some experience to share with medical education colleagues.

AIM: To study the role of post-hemorrhagic shock mesenteric lymph (PHSML) drainage on the balance of angiotensin-converting enzyme ( ACE) and ACE2 in the kidney.METHODS:A hemorrhagic shock model was established and then fluid resuscitation was performed to the animals in shock and shock+drainage groups, and the PHMSL was drained in shock+drainage group after fluid resuscitation.After 6 h of resuscitation, the mRNA expression of ACE, ACE2, angiotensin II (Ang II) type 1 receptor (AT1R) and Mas-related G-protein-coupled receptor (MasR), and the levels of Ang II and Ang (1-7) in the renal tissues were observed.RESULTS:Hemorrhagic shock increased the levels of ACE mRNA, AT1R mRNA and Ang II, and decreased the levels of ACE2 mRNA, MasR mRNA and Ang(1-7) in the kid-ney.PHSML drainage abolished the effect of hemorrhagic shock on ACE2 and AT1R mRNA expression.Meanwhile, PHSML drainage reduced the hemorrhagic shock-induced increases in the ratios of ACE/ACE2, Ang II/Ang(1-7) and AT1R/MasR.CONCLUSION:The PHSML drainage restores the balance of ACE/ACE2, which is beneficial to alleviate acute kidney injury following hemorrhagic shock in the mice.

AIM: To study the protective effect of mese nt eric lymph duct ligation on the functions of liver, kidney and heart, and morpho logy in multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) rats subjected to two-hit. METHODS: Male Wistar rats were divided into three groups: the me senteric lymph duct ligation group, the non-ligation group and sham group. The M ODS model of two-hit was established by bleeding and LPS administration in both ligation group and non-ligation group. After 24 h, all rats were cannulated to f acilitate blood withdrawal for serum sample, then all rats were killed and organ s including kidney, liver, lung and heart were collected for making microscopic sectio ns. The biochemical indexes of hepatic and renal functions and myocardial enzyme in s erum were determined before and after experiment. RESULTS: After two-hit, the serum contents of AST, ALT, TBA, BUN , Cr and LDH-1 in both non-ligation group and ligation group, and UA content in non-ligation group were obviously increased than those in pre-experiment and sh am group (P

Here we reported a research project based on Black-board to integrate medical curriculum .The key points of this research is application of clinical cases as teaching data and facilitate learning of knowledge following the principle of learning by doing and , input the concept of precision medicine and informatics in learning process with an individually designed framework of learning .The learning outcome is evaluated with big data tech-nology and thus creates a student-centered pathway of medical education .

AIM: To observe the effects of shock lymph on apoptosis relative gene expressions of pulmonary micro-vascular endothelial cells(PMVECs),and explore its mechanism.METHODS: The model of severe hemorrhagic shock was established by maintaining the blood pressure of rats in the condition of sepsis,mesentery lymph and shock portal vein blood was taken out.As control,mesentery lymph,portal vein blood of normal rats was taken out.The primary PMVECs of passages 3 were treated by different treatment factors,respectively.The apoptosis rate was analyzed by flow cytometry,and the expressions of relative genes of apoptosis such as fas,fas L,bcl-2 and bax were detected by RT-PCR.RESULTS: The apoptosis rate of PMVECs was 9.86%?3.24% after exposed to shock lymph at the final concentration of 4% for 4 hours and significantly higher than that in control(P