Objective To explore the clinical characteristics and pregnancy outcomes of twin pregnancies complicated with severe preeclampsia.Methods The pregnant outcomes of 131 twin pregnancies (twin group) and 572 singleton pregnancies (singleton group),all complicated with severe preeclampsia,were analyzed retrospectively.All patients were treated in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,West China Second University Hospital,Sichuan University from June 2007 to June 2011.The patients' age,onset of disease,gestational weeks at delivery,mean duration of expectant treatment,blood pressure,laboratory parameters and incidence of pregnancy complications,including placental abruption,heart failure,pulmonary edema,postpartum hemorrhage,uteroplacental apoplexy,eclampsia,HELLP syndrome (hemolysis,elevated liver enzymes and low platelets syndrome),hypoproteinemia,retinopathy,intracranial hemorrhage and renal insufficiency,were compared between the two groups.Perinatal outcomes such as premature delivery,perinatal mortality,neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) hospitalization,fetal distress,hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE),asphyxia neonatorum,neonatal pneumonia,hyperbilirubinemia and neonatal hypoglycemia of two groups were also compared.Chi-square test,Fisher's exact test or t-test were used for statistical analysis.Results The severe preeclampsia incidence of twin pregnancies (5.03％,131/2604) was higher than that (1.94％,572/29 452) of singleton pregnancy (x2=106.40,P＜0.001).The onset time [(33.6±1.8) weeks] and gestations at delivery [(34.6±2.9) weeks] in twin group were earlier than those in singleton group [(34.4± 2.0) weeks,t=2.364,P＜0.05; (35.6±3.2) weeks,t=3.902,P＜0.05].The duration of expectant treatment of twin group [(6.4±0.3) d] were shorter than that of singleton group [(7.4± 0.5) d,t=5.314,P＜0.01].The incidence of placental abruption [9.9％ (13/131) vs 4.2％ (24/572),x2=7.013,P＜0.01],heart failure [11.5％ (15/131) vs 3.2％ (18/572),x2=16.430,P＜0.01],pulmonary edema [4.6％ (6/131) vs 0.9％ (5/572),x2=9.505,P＜0.01],postpartum hemorrhage [16.0％ (21/131) vs 7.0％ (40/572),x2 =10.990,P ＜ 0.01] and uteroplacental apoplexy [5.3％ (7/131) vs 0.5％ (3/572),x2 =17.650,P＜0.01] of twin group were higher than those of singleton group,respectively.The incidence of premature delivery [77.1％ (202/262) vs 29.9％ (171/572),x2=162.000,P＜0.05],NICU hospitalization [76.2％ (205/262) vs 58.4％(332/572),x2 =31.980,P＜0.05] and HIE [8.4％ (22/262) vs 4.7％ (27/572),x2 =4.392,P＜0.05] of twin group were higher than those of singleton group,respectively.Conclusions Twin pregnancy women are more likely to be complicated with severe preeclampsia and more vulnerable to suffer from severe complications,resulting in poor perinatal outcomes.More attentions should be paid on the management of twin pregnancy.Once hypertensive disorders complicating pregnancy is diagnosed,active management should be provided and timing of termination should be considered.

ObjectiveTo study the different clinical effects of using 5 kinds of hemostatic surgeries to manage the intractable postpartum hemorrhage and analyse the risk factors of failed hemostasis.Methods From Jan.2007 to Jul.2011,96 patients with intractable postpartum hemorrhage were studied retrospectively and grouped by the first step surgical treatment.The hemostatic surgeries included uterine tamponade (tamponadegroup ), pelvicbloodvessels ligation(ligationgroup), pelvical arterial embolization (embolization group), uterine compression sutures (sutures group)and uterine compression sutures combining tamponade (combined group).The intraoperative and postoperation datum were compared among groups,so dose the treatment outcomes.Multivariate analysis were used for failed hemostasis.Results( 1 ) The blood loss of 96 patients ranged from 1200 to 9100 ml,and 71 patients had a succeed hemoatasis after employing these surgeries and 25 failed.(2) The blood loss before hemostasis surgeries in tamponade group and embolization group was statisically greater than in sutures group ( P ＜ 0.05 ).Blood loss during the hemostasis surgeries in ligation group was statistically greater than in embolization and sutures groups ( P ＜0.05).The operating time of embolization group was statistically shorter than ligation group,sutures group and the combined group (P ＜ 0.05 ).(3) Fine of 96 patients had uterine atony and 43 had a successful hemostasis with the success rate about 78％.Forty-six had placenta previa and 39 success with success rate 85％.Thirty-three had placenta accrete and 13 of which succeed in hemostasis with success rate about 39％.In patients with uterine atony and placenta previa,the difference of hemostasis rate in groups had no statistically significant ( P ＞ 0.05 ).In patients with placenta accrete,the hemostasis rate in embolization group was higher than in others groups (P ＜ 0.01 ). (4) The multivariate analysis found that scar uterus,placenta accrete and coagulation defects were the risk factors of failed hemotasis.The OR value respectively was 2.9 (95 ％ CI:1.1 - 7.6 ),17.9 ( 95 ％ CI:5.6 - 56.3 ) and 16.2 ( 95 ％ CI:3.2 - 83.5 ).Embolization had some extent of protective effection ( OR =0.9,95 ％ CI:0.8 - 0.9 ).Conclusions ( 1 ) Five kinds of hemostatic surgeries were all effective.Though the success rate among groups did show statistical difference,pelvical arterial embolization has the comparative advantage of shorter operating time,less operating blood loss and higher success rate in placenta accrete.(2) Since scar uterus,placenta accrete and coagulation defects were the risk factors of failed hemostasis,sufficient preparation should be made for patients with these risk factors and the hemostatic surgeries should be choosed individually.

Objective To explore the association between glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) level at admission and coronary plaque characteristics under intravenous ultrasound (IVUS) study in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS). Methods 118 patients with NSTE-ACS were divided into the low(HbA1c ≤ 5.6％), medium(HbA1c 5.7％-6.4％)and high(HbA1c ≥ 6.5％)level groups based on admission HbA1c. IVUS was performed in all target lesions. Results As compared with the other two groups, patients with high level HbA1c had higher mean body weight index, higher co-morbidities of diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia and non-ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction.The high HbA1c level group had more diffuse coronary atherosclerosis ,increased plaque burden and higher rates of positive remodeling, soft plaque and plaque rupture. Conculsions The HbAlc level of admission is associated with plaque vulnerability in NSTE-ACS patients.

Humans ; Nasal Polyps/epidemiology* ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Rhinosinusitis ; Asthma/epidemiology* ; Sinusitis/epidemiology* ; Chronic Disease