Objective To explore the proportion of different types of stones in patients with kidney stones in Xinjiang, and to analyze the relationship between stone composition and urine physicochemical properties and protein composition.Methods Through a case-control study, 355 patients with kidney stones who were hospitalized in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People′s Hospital from March to November 2010 were enrolled in the same period, and non-urinary tract diseases were hospitalized and excluded from other diseases or complications of the 30 cases of renal impairment in the control group.The composition of the stones was analyzed.The main components of the stones were divided into oxalate group, carbonic acid group, uric acid group and phosphate group.The physicochemical properties and protein composition of 24 h urine were analyzed by ion selective electrode method, enzymatic and immunoturbidimetric assay.The difference between the two samples was analyzed by t test, and the differences between the two groups were analyzed by F-test and LSD-t test.Results Compared with the control group(30 cases), urine pH(5.33±0.32) was significantly lower in the oxalate group (244 cases), 24 h urinary calcium and 24 h uric acid[(7.68±0.35) mmol, (3.48±0.23)mmol (pH=5.874,P<0.05)].The urine pH (6.98±0.77) was increased in the phosphate group (23 cases), and the 24 h urinary magnesium (3.02±0.29) mmol was significantly lower than in the control group (10.56±0.63) mmol, and the level of 24 h urinary calcium (7.96±0.569) mmol increased (t>9.436, P<0.05).There were 23 patients with calcineuria (P<0.05).The urine pH level in the uric acid group (61 cases) was as low as (4.97±0.48), and 49 patients were accompanied by excessive acidification (80.3%) and 24 h uric acid (4.14±0.37) mmol (t=11.459,P<0.05).And the urine pH (6.86±0.68) was higher in the phosphate group (n=23) (t=6.876,P<0.05).In addition, urinary Cystatin C (0.653±0.148)mg/L, urinary α1-microglobulin (1.53±0.56)mg/dl and urinary β2-microglobulin (0.585±0.088)mg/L in the oxalate group (t>8.442,P<0.05).Conclusion There may be a correlation between renal stone composition with urine metabolic changes.

Objective To detect serum level of long noncoding RNA ( lncRNA) BC200 in gastric cancer(GC) patients, and investigate its relationship with clinical features , and evaluate its diagnostic value for GC.Methods A case-control study was performed.From November 2014 to July 2015, serum levels of lncRNA BC200 were detected by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction in 124 patients with GC , 41 patients with atrophic gastritis and 59 normal controls who were hospitalized in Qilu Hospital of Shandong University.Meanwhile , serum carcinoembryonic antigen ( CEA ) and carbohydrate antigen 72-4 ( CA72-4 ) were detected by electrochemical luminescence immunoassay .Serum levels of lncRNA BC200, before and 3, 7, 10, 30, 100 days after radical operation in another 31 patients with GC were determined.The sensitivity and specificity of serum lncRNA BC200, CEA and CA72-4 were analyzed by using of the receiver operating characteristic ( ROC) curve.The comparison between two groups was performed with Mann-Whitney U test and the comparison among many groups was conducted with Kruskal-Wallis H test.Results Serum levels of lncRNA BC200 in GC patients with stage Ⅰ and Ⅱ[1.041(0.794,1.462)] and stage Ⅲ and Ⅳ[1.290 (0.978,1.794)]were significantly higher than those in patients with precancerous lesion [0.969(0.699, 1.219)]and normal controls[0.801(0.556,1.599)](H =54.68,P<0.000 1).Compared with pre-operation[1.120 (0.859,1.663)], the serum BC200 levels decreased significantly in 10 days [0.903 (0.724,1.182)](U=55.0,P<0.000 1), 30 days[0.759(0.671,1.037)](U=299.0,P=0.026 1), and 100 days[0.478(0.378,0.635)](U=41.0,P<0.000 1) after surgery.The area under the receiver operating characteristics curve ( AUC) of serum lncRNA BC200 was 0.865 for GC diagnosis, which was significantly higher than that of serum CA 72-4 ( AUC =0.699 ) or CEA ( AUC =0.807 ) .The AUC of combined detection of three tests was 0.934.Conclusion Serum lncRNA BC200 levels are significantly increased in GC patients , which may be used as a potential biomarker in GC diagnosis and monitoring .

BACKGROUND: In support of safe and appropriate utilization of blood products, the Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korean Society of Blood Transfusion developed transfusion guidelines in 2009. We evaluated the appropriateness of blood transfusions on the basis of these proposed guidelines. METHODS: We investigated the awareness of the 2009 proposed guidelines and the transfusion guidelines currently in use through a questionnaire administered to the physicians of a tertiary care hospital. We provided the 2009 proposed transfusion guidelines through summarized pop-ups for each blood product that appeared in the hospital information system whenever a physician ordered blood products, and promoted the guidelines by posting it on the bulletin board and the hospital information system for one month. Evaluation of the appropriateness of blood transfusion was conducted by reviewing the medical records of patients who were transfused within one month before and one month after the promotion. Further, we also examined the rates of blood wastage and return. RESULTS: Rates of appropriately transfused blood products changed from 29.4% to 33.1% for red blood cells, from 16.9% to 68.9% for platelets, and from 54.8% to 33.3% for fresh frozen plasma. The decreased appropriate transfusion rate of fresh frozen plasma might be due to the small number of transfusions performed during the short study period. The rates of blood wastage and return decreased from 1.77% to 1.21% and from 3.91% to 3.00%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Promotion of the new transfusion guidelines lowered the incidence of inappropriate transfusions. Continuous promotion and establishment of these guidelines after adjustments according to the status of each hospital are necessary.
Blood Platelets ; Blood Transfusion ; Erythrocytes ; Hospital Information Systems ; Humans ; Incidence ; Medical Records ; Plasma ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Tertiary Healthcare

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Aged ; Bacterial Proteins/genetics ; Empyema/complications/diagnosis/*microbiology ; Humans ; Immunocompromised Host ; Male ; Nocardia/classification/*genetics/isolation & purification ; Phylogeny ; Pneumonia/complications/diagnosis/*microbiology ; Positron-Emission Tomography ; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/analysis ; Sequence Analysis, DNA ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

BACKGROUND: The detection of total anti-hepatitis A virus (anti-HAV) immunoglobulin (Ig) and IgM is important for diagnosing acute hepatitis A. Our laboratory introduced new commercial automated chemiluminescence immunoassays (CLIAs) for use in addition to pre-existing automated CLIA. We evaluated the rate of agreement in the detection of total anti-HAV Ig and IgM in serum samples between two automated CLIAs. METHODS: We analyzed 181 samples those were submitted for testing at Kangbuk Samsung Medical Center. We analyzed the rate of agreement between the ADVIA Centaur XP (Siemens, Germany) and the MODULAR ANALYTICS E170 (Roche, Switzerland) analyzers. We performed reverse transcription (RT)-PCR when there was a discrepancy between the results from the two analyzers. RESULTS: The agreement rates between the ADVIA Centaur XP and the MODULAR ANALYTICS E170 for total anti-HAV Ig and IgM were 97.2% and 98.9%, respectively. Discrepant results were obtained in seven cases; all were found to be HAV-negative based on RT-PCR analysis. CONCLUSIONS: The total anti-HAV Ig and IgM results obtained using the two automated analyzers were comparable. However, in cases of equivocal results tested by the ADVIA Centaur XP for anti-HAV IgM, retesting and follow-up testing of samples are recommended.
Hepatitis A ; Hepatitis A Antibodies ; Hepatitis A virus ; Immunoassay ; Immunoglobulin M ; Immunoglobulins ; Luminescence ; Reverse Transcription ; Viruses