Objective To investigate the clinical significance of serum level of the diagnosis and treatment of community acquired pneumonia.Methods 42 hospital patients with pneumonia obtained from community were slect-ed as the observation group.According to patient outcome,they were divided into improvement group and aggravated group.Another selection during the same period in hospital for treatment of acute upper respiratory tract infection in patients with 30 cases was the control group.Respectively,in the 1 day,3 days,7 days the results of serum calcitonin angiotensinogen (PCT)and CRP were compared and analyzed.Results In observation group,PCT of first day,third days and seventh days were respectively (1.18 ±0.32)μg/L,(0.78 ±0.12)μg/L and (0.18 ±0.04)μg/L;CRP were respectively (154.15 ±21.58)mg/L,(67.42 ±20.35)mg/L and (15.43 ±7.76)mg/L.In the control group, PCT of first days,third days and seventh days were respectively (0.05 ±0.01 )μg/L,(0.04 ±0.02)μg/L and (0.05 ±0.02)μg/L,while CRP were respectively (9.39 ±2.22)mg/L,(8.83 ±2.91 )mg/L and (7.06 ± 3.03)mg/L.There were significant differences between the two groups (t =6.15,10.85,4.86,58.69,16.79,11.99,all P <0.05).In the aggravated group,PCT levels of first days,third days and seventh days were significantly higher than that of the improved group,the differences were statistically significant (t =17.86,18.21,20.65,all P <0.05). Conclusion As a monitoring marker,PCT showed higher sensibility and specificity than CRP in diagnosis and treat-ment of CAP,and it would be helpful to make early diagnosis and certain the therapeutic schedule to use antibiotics.

In this study, we aimed to (1) identify white matter (WM) deficits underlying the consciousness level in patients with disorders of consciousness (DOCs) using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and (2) evaluate the relationship between DTI metrics and clinical measures of the consciousness level in DOC patients. With a cohort of 8 comatose, 8 unresponsive wakefulness syndrome/vegetative state, and 14 minimally conscious state patients and 25 patient controls, we performed group comparisons of the DTI metrics in 48 core WM regions of interest (ROIs), and examined the clinical relevance using correlation analysis. We identified multiple abnormal WM ROIs in DOC patients compared with normal controls, and the DTI metrics in these ROIs were significantly correlated with clinical measures of the consciousness level. Therefore, our findings suggested that multiple WM tracts are involved in the impaired consciousness levels in DOC patients and demonstrated the clinical relevance of DTI for DOC patients.
Adult ; Brain Stem ; diagnostic imaging ; Consciousness ; physiology ; Consciousness Disorders ; diagnostic imaging ; pathology ; Diffusion Tensor Imaging ; methods ; Female ; Humans ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted ; methods ; Male ; Middle Aged ; White Matter ; pathology ; physiopathology