Objective To investigate the effect of the different phases of menstrual cycle on the incidence of post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV)after laparoscopic gynecological surger-ies.Methods A total of 228 women undergoing laparoscopic gynecological surgeries were enrolled from Mar 2016 to Feb 2017 in our hospital.They were classified into three groups according to the different phases of menstrual cycle at the time of surgeries:group follicular phase (n =98),group o-vulatory phase (n =79),and group luteal phase (n =59).The incidence of PONV and the use of res-cue antiemetic drugs were recorded within 0-2 h,0-24 h periods after surgeries.Multivariate Logistic regression analysis was applied to identify independent risk factors of PONV.Results The incidence of 0-2 h PONV and 0-24 h PONV were 23.2% (53/228)and 54.8% (125/228)respectively.Univa-riate analysis showed that the incidence of PONV in the different phases of menstrual cycle was not statistically significant,as well as 0-24 h.Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the risk of 0-2 h PONV in group luteal phase might be higher than that in group follicular phase,however, the difference was not statistically significant (OR =2.289,95%CI 0.979-5.355,P =0.056).And two independent risk factors of 0-2 h PONV were identified:duration of operation > 1 h (OR =3.176,95% CI 1.567-6.436,P = 0.001 )and history of PONV (OR = 5.711,95% CI 1.710-19.080,P =0.005).Three independent risk factors of 0-24 h PONV were identified:duration of op-eration>1 h (OR = 2.714,95%CI 1.525-4.829,P = 0.001 ),postoperative PCA (OR = 2.717, 95%CI 1.233-5.986,P = 0.013 )and application of metronidazole (OR = 3.926,95%CI 1.808-8.527,P =0.001).Conclusion There was no significant effect of different phases of menstrual cycle on the incidence of nausea and vomiting after gynecologic laparoscopic surgeries.

Objective To explore the effects of subchronic arsenic exposure through drinking water on glutamate-glutamine cycle in the brain of mice. Methods The female Kunming mice were exposed to arsenite ( iAsⅢ ) by drinking water at the levels of 25, 50 and 100 mg/L respectively for 6 consecutive weeks. The blood and brain were taken, the concentration of inorganic arsenic (iAs), monomethylarsenic acid (MMA), dimethylarsenic acid (DMA) and the activity of glutamine synthetase (GS), phosphate activated glutaminase (PAG), superoxide dimutase (SOD) and the concentrations of glutamate (Glu), lipidperoxide(LPO) were determined. Results The concentrations of iAs, MMA and DMA in the blood and brains increased as the iAsⅢ concentrations in drinking water increased. The activity of GS, PAG and the concentrations of Glu in the arsenic exposed mice increased compared with the control. The activity of GS in 50 mg/L group, the activity of PAG in 25 and 50 mg/L groups, the concentration of Glu in 100 mg/L group showed a significant difference compared with the control. The activity of PAG in 25 mg/L group was significantly higher than that in 100 mg/L group. The activity of SOD in exposed groups was higher than that in the control, the concentration of LPO in exposed groups did not show a significant difference compared with the control. Conclusion Arsenic can enter the brain and organic arsenic is dominant both in the blood and brain, however, the composition of arsenic speciation is different in the blood and brain. DMA, as a main arsenide, distributed in the brain. Arsenic exposure can change the activity of GS and PAG which can influence the concentration of Glu. Moreover, arsenic exposure can increase the superoxide anion and make the activity of SOD increase compensatively.