OBJECTIVE:To establish the method of assaying bacterial endotoxin in cardioplegia solution.METHODS:The tachpleus amebocyte lysate(TAL) test for bacterial endotoxin in cardioplegia solution was performed in accordance with Chinese Pharmacopoeia(2005 Edition,Volume Two).RESULTS:The 8-fold diluents of cardioplegia solution did not interfere with the test for bacterial endotoxins,with Et=0.5 Es～2 Es.CONCLUSION:It is feasible to detect bacterial endotoxins in cardioplegia solution with TAL at a sensitivity of 0.06 EU?mL-1.

OBJECTIVE:To establish the method for bacterial endotoxin test of Kuzhi injection. METHODS: The test sample dilution method was applied to exclude the interference of the Kuzhi injection in the bacterial endotoxin tachypleus amebocyte lysate(TAL) test. RESULTS: Diluted to 16 times, the Kuzhi injection showed no interference in the bacterial endotoxin TAL test. CONCLUSION: The established method is applicable for the bacterial endotoxins test of the Kuzhi injection.

BACKGROUND:Lumbar degenerative disease is a common and frequently occurring disease in spinal surgery. With increasing age, the incidence rate is increased. OBJECTIVE: To elevate clinical outcomes and improve the quality of life of patients by analyzing spinal stability after lumbar implant fixation fusion and functional training in treatment of lumbar degenerative disease. METHODS: (1) We used a prospective randomized controled design. The 52 patients with I° or II° degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis were randomly divided into two groups, with 26 cases in each group. Conventional exercises were carried out in the control group and core stabilization exercises for the treatment group, with course of treatment for 24 weeks. Curative effects of numerical rating scale and the Oswestry Disability Index were compared at 6, 12 and 24 weeks after treatment respectively. (2) Spinal stability after lumbar fusion and fixation of the implant for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis was evaluated by database document retrieval. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1) After 24 weeks, numerical rating scale score and the Oswestry Disability Index were significantly lower in the treatment group than in the control group (P < 0.05 orP < 0.01). Core stabilization exercises apparently relieve lumbar pain and improve the ability of activities. Core stabilization exercises are better than conventional training. (2) Pedicle instrument fixation combined with interbody fusion is effective for lumbar spondylolisthesis within the second degree. Posterior interbody fusion has predominant mechanical property in maintaining spondylolisthesis orthopedic and stabilizing the structure. Correction loss and fixation failure easily occur after posterolateral fusion, but clinical effects are not affected.

Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of YKL‐40 and CEA in malignant pleural effusion .Methods There were 45 cases of benign pleural effusion and 52 patients with malignant pleural effusion in this study from November 2013 to No‐vember 2014 .Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) and electrochemi lumine scence immunoassay(ECLIA) method were carried out to detect the concentration of YKL‐40 and CEA respectively .The differences of the two groups of patients between YKL‐40 and CEA levels were compared ,and the correlation between YKL‐40 and clinical pathology of malignant pleural effusion were analyzed .In addition ,the receiver‐operating characteristic curve(ROC curve) was used to compare the diagnostic value be‐tween YKL‐40 and CEA .Results The average value of YKL‐40 in malignant pleural effusion was (189 .5 ± 147 .0)ng/mL ,and sig‐nificantly higher than in benign pleural effusion group(P< 0 .05) .The elevated level of YKL‐40 was related to tumor types and lymphatic metastasis(P<0 .05) ,but it had no correlation with the gender ,age and degree of tumor differentiation(P>0 .05) .The diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of YKL‐40 was 80 .9% and 51 .2% ,which was lower than CEA(83 .1% and 74 .6% )(P<0 .05) .However ,the sensitivity and specificity was 90 .6% and 88 .2% when combined the two biomarkers together .Conclusion YKL‐40 have a certain clinical diagnostic value in malignant pleural effusion ,it indicate to adenocarcinoma or advanced cancer when the level of YKL‐40 rised .Since the sensitivity and specificity is lower than traditional biomarker of CEA ,we should combine with the other tumor markers to improve the diagnostic accuracy .

Objective To investigating the application of serum carbohydrate antigen 199(CA199) level increase in the patients with different characters of obstructive jaundice .Methods 21 patients with benign obstructive jaundice (benign group) and 24 pa‐tients with malignant obstructive jaundice (malignant group) were selected .The CA199 level in these two groups was higher than the reference value .Serum CA199 level was all higher than average value .The changes of serum CA199 level and direct bilirubin (DBIL) before and after treatment were dynamically monitored and their correlation was analyzed .Results There was no statisti‐cally significant difference in serum CA199 and DBIL levels before treatment between the benign group and the malignant group (P> 0 .05) .The serum CA199 and DBIL levels after treatment in the benign group were obviously decreased compared with before treatment ,the difference was statistically significant (P< 0 .05) ,however ,which in the malignant group had no statistical difference between before and after treatment (P > 0 .05) .Conclusion CA199 is not a marker of very high tumor specificity ,and could not serve as the sole marker for judging benign and malignant diseases .Dynamically monitoring the change of serum CA199 before and after treatment and its correlation with DBIL is conducive to differentiate between benign with malignant diseases .

Objective To study the clinical significance of D‐D ,NT‐proBNP and serum lipoprotein(a) level in patients with acute ischemic stroke .Methods 150 cases of patients with acute ischemic stroke from March 2013 to March 2015 were selected as the observation group .And 50 cases of healthy physical examination were selected as control group .The levels of D‐D ,NT‐proBNP and serum lipoprotein(a) were detected in D groups .According to the nerve function defect score ,the three indexes were analyzed and studied .Results The D‐D polymer ,NT‐proBNP and serum lipoprotein(a) levels in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group ,the D groups were statistically significant(P<0 .05) .The levels of D‐D ,NT‐proBNP and serum lip‐oprotein(a) in the patients with severe were significantly higher than those in light and medium ,and the level of the three indexes increased gradually(P<0 .05) with the severity of the disease .Lacunar stroke with the D‐dimer ,NT‐proBNP and serum lipid pro‐tein(a) level was significantly higher than that in non lacunar group patients(P<0 .05) .Conclusion D‐D ,NT‐proBNP and serum lipoprotein(a) in the diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke patients are high clinical value ,it is worth popularizing widely .

【Objective】 To understand the polymorphism of D13S63 1 in Guangdong Han population. 【Method】 Short tandem repeat (STR) locus D13S63 1 was analyzed by means of polymerase chain reaction, following discontinuous el ectrophoresis system. 【Result】 Among 227 unrelated individuals from Guangdong Han population, 6 alleles rang from 197～217 bp could be observed. The most com mon allele with a frequency 0.2907 is allele 201 bp, the rare allele is allele 197 bp with a frequency 0.0903. The heterozygosity, the power of discrimination and the exclusion chance in paternity case were 0.7885，0.9231, 0.5543, respect ively. Segregation studies reveal that D13S631 inherit in Medel's Law. 【Conclus ion】 The result shows that locus D13S631 is highly informative and suitable fo r forensic application.

Recent researches of the association between helicobacter pylori (Hp) and colorectal adenocarcinoma have found that Hp infection rate is higher in the patients with colorectal cancer and other related colorectal adenoma,which suggest that Hp probably influence on local and distant intestinal mucosa epithelial cells achieve carcinogenesis by its own virulence and the role of elevated serum gastrin levels.Hp infection may be a potential risk factor of colorectal cancer.

Objective To investigate the polymorphism of DXS6854 locus in Guangdong Han population. Methods The DXS6854 locus was analyzed by PCR following polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and silver staining. Results Among 189 females and 230 males from Guangdong Han population, 8 alleles were observed with frequencies ranging from 0.0026 to 0.4522. Exact tests demonstrated genotype frequencies in females had no departure from Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium. The discrimination powers for female and male original samples were 0.8633 and 0.7012, respectively. When both mother and her daughter were tested, the probability of excluding a random man as a father was 0.6712. Conclusion The DXS6854 locus is appropriate for individual identification and paternity testing involving a female child.