Objective To explore the rehabilitation outcome and influencing factors of functional recovery in patients with nontraumatic spinal cord injury (NTSCI). Methods A retrospective analysis was done on 49 cases suffering from NTSCI who recepted rehabilitation therapy from December 2014 to November 2016. The main indicator of the rehabilitation effect was Modified Barthel Index (MBI). A total of 49 cases were divided into two groups, effective group (31 cases) and ineffective group (18 cases) according to whether their MBI on discharge had beated the target setted on admission. The following factors:ages, gender, injury causes, injury level, injury grade, injury severity, the types of paralysis, hospitalization time, sick time, complications number, MBI on admission and discharge, operation, early rehabilitation were evaluated by Univarite analysis and Logistic stepwise regression to assess how they influenced rehabilitation outcome. Results After systematically rehabilitation training, MBI had apparent improvement, from (38.98 ± 24.90) score on admission to (56.35 ± 22.69) score on discharge and had statistical significance(Z=-4.95, P=0.00), which showed that rehabilitation training can effectively improve patients′ self-care ability of daily living. Regression analysis found that the MBI on admission (OR=1.044, P=0.010) and hospitalization time(OR=1.044, P=0.039) had a noticeable effect on the rehabilitation outcome, while all the other factors, such as age, sex, injury grade, injury level, injury severity, complications number hadn′t show concrete effect on rehabilitation outcome. Conclusions Patients with NTSCI should have early rehabilitation, medical staff should assess their admission MBI, make a strict rehabilitation training plan to improve rehabilitation efficiency, shorten hospitalization time, improve the patients quality of life.

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In recent years,studies committed to the myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) pathogenesis suggest that potential somatic genetic alterations,and epigenetic events might contribute to MPN development,influence the MPN disease phenotype,progression,and promote transformation.The most relevant mutations identified so far can be broadly classified into two main groups.Mutations associated with dysregulated JAK-STATsignal transduction pathway,including mutations in JAK2,CALR,MPL,CBL,LNK,SOCS.Mutations in several epigenetic modifiers,including mutations in TET2,ASXL1,IDH1/2,DNMT3A,EZH2 and so on.In this paper,the abnormal clones and clonal evolution of MPN were reviewed.

Objective To study a new method of kyphoplasty( Sky bone expander system) used to treat the osteoporotic compression fractures of vertebral body. Methods 74 patients with 87 vertebrae were retrospectively analyzed who had been treated with the Sky bone expander system. Based on the Genant' s grading system, 29 vertebrae were rated as Grade One, 41 Grade Two and 17 Grade Three. Both kyphoplasty and posterior internal fixation were done for 16 cases. Of all the cases, 46 were fresh fractures and 28 old. Their average VAS score was 8.7 before operation. Results The mean follow- up time was 8.6 months. All the patients reported significant pain relief. Their average VAS score was 1.4 at the third day after operation (P

Objective To evaluate left ventricular function in patients with acute myocardial infarction(AMI)by autologous peripheral blood stem cells(PBSCs)transplantation with echocardiography.Methods Patients with AMI were randomly assigned to receive intracoronary PBSCs transplantation following bone marrow cells mobilization(standard drug therapy and PCI,PBSCs transplantation group,n=35)or only receive standard therapy(standard drug therapy and PCI,n=34).Echocardiography were performed before and 6 months after treatment.Results LV function was significantly improved 6 months after G-CSF mobilized autologous PBSCs transplantation compared to baseline(P

Objective To localize precisely cerebral central sulcus on the coronal MR imaging. Methods The serieses of 4 mm thickness coronal sections and coronal MR images of brain were prepared on 30 cadaver heads. The preparation of the brain slices in correspondence with MR scan took the line perpendicular to the midpoint of intercommissural line as base one. The important cerebral gyri of cadaver were painted different colors. The coronal MR images of 6 volunteers were also prepared. The localization of central sulcus on the coronal sections was studied by the comparison of MR images with serial coronal sections of the brains. Results On the section of the central sulcus appearing for the first time, the appearing rate of dorsal thalamus was: left side 93%, right side 97%; the appearing rate of pyramidal tract was: left side 20%, right side 13%. The central sulcus almost disappeared on the section through the posterior border of splenium of corpus callosum, the appearing rate of the central sulcus on the superolateral surface was 33% on the both sides. Conclusion The central sulcus appears for the first time on the 1-2 sections which the dorsal thalamus appears on but the pyramidal tract doesn′t appear. On the section through pyramidal tract, the superior frontal, precentral and postcentral gyri can be identified according to the three medullary branches on superolateral surface of cerebral hemispheres. The central sulcus has almost disappeared on the section through the posterior border of splenium of corpus callosum.

Objective To investigate the sexual development in adolescents after surgical treatment for undescended testes. Methods A total of 166 adolescents underwent surgery for cryptorchidism before age of 10 years.They were divided into 2 groups according to surgical methods,ie,orchiectomy group and orchiopexy group;for the latter,they were subdivided into

Advanced in medical and surgical management have led to reduce mortality in children with congenital heart disease(CHD).However,more recent and ongoing research had been focused on neurodevelopmental outcome.With the improved survival in children follo-wing surgery for cardiac malformations,increased emphasis had being placed on neurological sequelae,especially on cognitive function.Car-diac surgery couldn't correct cognitive disorder,more and more findings suggested that the cognitive disorder of CHD might be the result of utero injury.J Appl Clin Pediatr,2009,24(1):61-64

Problem tracking method is used in dynamic and systematic tracking of the dual-signature on blood test tubes at wards of the hospital as carried out by the blood transfusion team.This practice is designed to routinely identify problems in implementation of blood transfusion safety regulations,develop and apply reform plans for overall improvement of the safety.