Objective: To investigate the diagnostic value of combined examination of copeptin and high sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) in patients at the early stage of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) . Methods: A total of 272 patients were enrolled in this study, all of them suffered from chest pain and admitted within 4 hours. The patients were divided into 4 groups according to coronary artery angiography (CAG) results. Control group, the patients with normal CAG,n=64, UAP group (unstable angina pectoris),n=50, STEMI group,n=82, NSTEMI group,n=76. All patients received in-hospital observation, plasma levels of copeptin and hs-cTnT were examined at admission and at 6 hours after the chest pain respectively. Results: Within 4 hours of chest pain, combined examination of copeptin and hs-cTnT had the higher sensitivity for diagnosing AMI than a single detection of hs-cTnT with the cut-off point of hs-cTnT ≤ 14ng/L and Copeptin < 14pmol/L. In NSTEMI group, the AUC (area under curve) for combined examination was 0.97 (95% CI 0.88-0.99), AUC for single hs-cTnT detection was 0.75 (95% CI 0.62-0.87),P<0.05. In STEMI group, the AUC for combined examination was 0.97 (95% CI 0.88-0.99), AUC for single hs-cTnT detection was 0.74 (95% CI 0.60-0.88),P< 0.05. The AUC for combined examination of copeptin and hs-cTnT in diagnosing early AMI was 0.912 (95% CI 0.812-0.961) which was higher than single detection of hs-cTnT, AUC 0.851 (95% CI 0.713-0.936), Z=2.553,P<0.05. Conclusion: Combined examination of copeptin and hs-cTnT had the higher sensitivity and accuracy for diagnosing the patients at the early stage of AMI, it may help the risk stratiifcation of chest pain which is valuable in clinical practice.

Five compounds were isolated from the rhizome and roots of Rhodiola crenulata S.H.Fu.They werc identified as rhodionin (Ⅰ), rhodiosin(Ⅱ), tyrosol(Ⅲ), salidroside(Ⅳ) and gallic acid (Ⅴ), respectively, by UV, MS, 1H and 13CNMR spectroscopic and chemical reactions.

Benzene ; Benzene Derivatives ; Bile ; Chromatography, Gas ; Gallbladder ; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry ; Humans ; Toluene

The new cataloguing rules, RDA, have been implemented in NLM and more RDA bibliographic data can thus be accessed in domestic medical libraries when the Western documents are catalogued by offloading their bibliographic data.The differences in RDA and AACR2 were compared, the common modified fields and descrip-tive contents were described when the RDA bibliographic data were changed into AACR2 bibliographic data in order to provide certain reference for cataloguing of Western documents using the RDA bibliographic data.

Animals ; Carnitine ; pharmacology ; H(+)-K(+)-Exchanging ATPase ; metabolism ; Mitochondria, Muscle ; enzymology ; Muscle, Skeletal ; drug effects ; Physical Conditioning, Animal ; Rats

OBJECTIVETo observe the therapeutic effects of Berberine Capsule (BC) on patients with mild hyperlipidemia.

METHODSTotally 102 mild hyperlipemia patients were recruited. All patients were suggested to have proper diet and physical activity as basic therapy for 1 month of run-in period. Totally 97 patients completed it. Then they were randomly assigned to the berberine group (the treatment group, 49 cases) and the placebo group (the control group, 48 cases). Patients in the treatment group took BC 300 mg, while those in the control group took placebo 300 mg, thrice per day for 3 successive months. Then placebos and BC were interrupted for 2 months (as washout period). All subjects received only diet control and physical activity during washout period. After washout period, placebos and BC were re-administered to all patients in the same way for 3 months. Body mass index (BMI), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), TG, TC, LDL-C, and HDL-C were assessed after run-in period, washout period, at month 1, 2, 3 after the first therapy, at month 1, 2, 3 after second treatment, respectively.

RESULTSCompared with the end of run-in period, TG, TC, and LDL-C decreased, and HDL-C increased in the treatment group (P < 0.05) after first 3 months of treatment. Compared with 3 months after the first therapy, TG, TC, and LDL-C increased and HDL-C decreased in the treatment group after washout period (P < 0.05). Compared with the end of wash- out period, TC and LDL-C decreased in the treatment group at month 2 after second treatment (P < 0.05); TG, TC, and LDL-C decreased (P < 0.01, P < 0.05), and HDL-C increased (P < 0.05) at month 3 after second treatment. Compared with the control group at month 3 after second treatment, TG, TC, and LDL-C all decreased, and HDL-C increased in the treatment group (all P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONBC was effective in improving blood lipid level in mild hyperlipidemia patients.

Berberine ; therapeutic use ; Blood Glucose ; analysis ; Body Mass Index ; Capsules ; Humans ; Hyperlipidemias ; drug therapy ; Lipids ; blood

Drug-Eluting Stents ; adverse effects ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Thrombosis ; etiology

Epilepsy ; genetics ; Humans ; Mutation ; NAV1.1 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel ; Nerve Tissue Proteins ; genetics ; Sodium Channels ; genetics

Arteriovenous Fistula ; diagnostic imaging ; pathology ; surgery ; Hemoptysis ; surgery ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pulmonary Artery ; abnormalities ; diagnostic imaging ; pathology ; surgery ; Pulmonary Veins ; abnormalities ; diagnostic imaging ; pathology ; surgery ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Objective: To investigate the clinicopathologic characteristics and etiological factors of cervical cancer in young Uygur women in Xinjiang.Methods" We reviewed 350 cases of young Uygur females diagnosed with cervical cancer in our hospital during 1998-2007.The patients were divided into two groups according to their admission time (1998～2002 group and 2003～2007 group).Results: The incidence of cervical carcinoma among yong Uygur women was 12.9% in the 1998-2002 group and 10.3% in the 2003-2007 group.The first symptom was vaginal contactive bleeding.In both groups, most patients were peasants, but the percentages of highbrow was higher in the 2003-2007 group.Patients in the 2003～2007 group were of older age at first marriage and had lower rate of abortion.There was no significant difference in histological type between the two groups.However, patients in the 2003-2007 group presented with much earlier stage of cervical cancer and 56.9% of them were of stage Ⅱ disease, compared with 18.1% in the 1998-2002 group (P<0.05).Squamous cell carcinoma was the dominant histological type.Conclusion: The incidence of cervical carcinoma in young Uygur women tends to decrease due to screening and advocation of late marriage, less reproduction in remote rural areas of Xinjiang.