Objective To study the neuropsychological behavior development of preterm infants and low birth weight infants,and to provide a reference to the early prevention and intervention on developmental retardations.Methods A total of 101 preterm infants and/or low birth weight infants received the infant development test of 0 ～ 6 year-old children intelligence developmental scale for neurological development and autism behavior checklist(ABC).Results 25 boys and 5 girls suffered from different psychological mental disorders.The occurrences were as follows:10 cases with mental retardation,9 cases with the language development delay,9 cases with motor retardation,1 case with cerebral palsy and 1 case with autism spectrum disorder.The incidence of intelligence problems were that language retardation (18.9％),the fine motor (16.8％),the adapative ability (12.6％),social action (9.5 ％) and the motor delay (3.2％).There were significant differences in the scores of social communication(x2=8.88,P=0.003),adaptive ability(x2=7.41,P=0.007),the fine motor(x2 =6.22,P=0.01) and total developmental quotient(x2 =5.58,P=0.02) between city children'and rural area.The behavioral problems more consisted in self-care ability and language retardation.Conclusion Preterm infants and low birth weight infants are exposed to language,fine motor,adaptive and communication ability problems,especially the children living in country.It is necessary to improve the early education and intervention for the rural preterm infants and low birth weight infants.

Objective To evaluate the clinical value of elasticity imaging and area ratio by ultrasonography in differential diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid nodules.Methods Gray-scale ultrasound and elasticity imaging was used to examine 88 patients with thyroid nodules.The elasticity classification and area ratio were retrospectively reviewed and compared with pathology.The elasticity grades 1 - 3 predicted benign,grades 4 - 5 predicted malignant.Results Eighty-eight patients with 116 thyroid nodules were detected,93 nodules were benign and 23 nodules were malignant.( 1 )An elasticity grades of 1 - 3 was observed in 82 (95.3％) of 86 benign nodules,while elasticity grades of 4 - 5 in 19 (63.3％) of 30 malignant nodules.The diagnosis sensitivity,specificity and accurate rate of the elasticity grades was 82.6％,88.2％,87.1％.(2) The mean of elasticity imaging and area ratio of 93 benign nodules (1.31 ± 0.13 ) was statistically lower than that in 23 malignant nodules ( 1.73 ± 0.13 ) (t =13.536,P =0.001 ).( 3 )According to ROC analysis,the cut-off point of elasticity imaging and area ratio was determined as 1.52.With elasticity imaging and area ratio ＜ 1.52,89 nodules [98.9％(89/90)] were confirmed as benign and 22 nodules [84.6％ (22/26)] were confirmed as malignant by pathology.The diagnosis sensitivity,specificity and accurate rate of elasticity imaging and area ratio was 95.7％,95.7％,95.7％.(4)The area under the ROC curve of elasticity imaging and area ratio ≥ 1.52 was 0.996,significantly higher than that of elasticity grades ≥ 4 (0.891).The diagnostic accurate rate of elasticity imaging and area ratio was significantly higher than that of elasticity grades(95.7％ vs.87.1％,x2 =5.472,P=0.019).Conclusions The elasticity imaging and area ratio by ultrasonography can be used in the differential diagnosis of thyroid lesions.It is a new diagnostic indicator for diagnosis of thyroid lesions.

Objective To understand the effect of Kuntai Capsule on mice endometrial receptivity by comparing the lyso‐phospholipids acid receptor‐3(LPAR3) expression in endometrium during mouse embryos implantation period .Methods Ninety 6-8 week old Kunming female mice were randomly divided to three groups :the group A [controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH)] ,B (COH+Kuntai Capsule) and C(normal saline control) ,30 cases in each group .The vaginal plug was performed on the next day after mating .Five mice in each group were daily killed on 1 -6 d .The serum estradiol(E2) and progesterone(P) levels were detected .The glands number and the immunohistochemical integrated optical density (IOD) were also determined .Results The levels of serum E2 amd P in the group A and B were higher than those in the group C at the same period (P<0 .05);in the HE staining ,the glands number in the group A was significantly decreased compared with the group B and C (P<0 .05) .The IOD value of LPAR3 on 3 d in the group A was significantly lower than that in the group B and C (P<0 .05) ,while the group B was slightly higher than the group C without statistical difference (P>0 .05) .Conclusion Kuntai Capsule may play the role for improving the endometrial receptivity by improving the normal space‐time expression of LPAR3 .

Objective To evaluate the efficacy, toxicity and clinical benefit response of gemcitabine on advanced non small cell lung cancer in elderly. Methods Patients in the chemotherapy arm of the study received gemcitabine 1 250 mg/ m 2 as a intravenous infusion every 21 days .Patients in the best supportive care(BSC) arm should not receive chemotherapy or anticancer therapy. Results Overall survival period in the gemcitabine arm was significantly longer than in the BSC arm ( P

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Aged ; Case-Control Studies ; Cerebral Infarction ; blood ; genetics ; Female ; Fibrinogen ; genetics ; metabolism ; Haplotypes ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Polymorphism, Genetic

ObjectiveTo study the state of oxidative injury induced by sodium arsenite(NaAsO2) in SV-40-immortalized normal uroepithelial (SV-HUC-1 ) cells.Methods SV-HUC-1 cells were exposed to different concentrations of NaAsO2[0(control),1,2,4,8,10 μmol/L] for 24 h,intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) was determined by flow cytometry,and the content ofintracellular nitrotyrosine(NT) and the 8-Hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) levels of cell culture medium were detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).Results After 24 h treatment,ROS levels(81.76 ± 4.91,95.23 ± 2.17,126.61 ± 17.95,126.74 ± 27.77,114.18 ± 9.65) of SV-HUC-1 cells in the 1,2,4,8,10 μmol/L NaAsO2 exposure groups were significantly higher than those of the control group (69.84 ± 1.28,P ＜ 0.05 or ＜ 0.01 ),ROS levels and exposure dose were positively correlated significantly(r =0.818,P＜ 0.01); the content of NT in the 10 μmol/L NaAsO2 exposure group[(919.66 ± 206.33) μg/L] was significantly higher than that in the control group[ (238.19 ± 38.28)μg/L,P ＜ 0.01 ],NT content and dye concentrations of arsenic also had dose-response relationship (r =0.617,P ＜ 0.01); after 24 h the cells were treated with arsenic,no significant difference of 8-OHdG content in the culture medium was observed(F =2.127,P ＞ 0.05 ).ConclusionNaAsO2 can cause SV-HUC-1 cell oxidative damage.

A RP-HPLC method was established for simultaneous determination of phellodendrine hydrochloride (PH1), magnoflorine hydrochloride (MH), jatrorrhizine hydrochloride (JH), palmatine hydrochloride (PH2) and berberine hydrochloride (BH) in Phellodendri Chinensis Cortex by using ionic liquids as mobile phase additives. The separation was performed on a Kromasil C18 (4.6 mm x 250 mm, 5 μm) coupled with ultraviolet (UV) detection. The effect of extraction solvent, detection wavelength, length of alkyl chain on different imidazolium ionic liquids and concentration of ionic liquids on the separation and determination of alkaloids were investigated. Ionic liquid, [BMIm] BF4, can obviously improve the resolution and peak shape. This ILs-HPLC method is simple, rapid, and reliable, which can be used for determination of alkaloids in Phellodenddri Chinensis Cortex.
Alkaloids ; analysis ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; analysis ; Phellodendron ; chemistry

Lymphocyte function associated antigen-1 (LFA-1) is a member of integrin family, that plays an important role in the adhesion of lymphocytes with other cells and matrix. To investigate the role of LFA-1 in collagen-induced arthritis (CIA), the incidence of CIA, histological and radiological assessments in the LFA-1 deficient (LFA-1~ -/- ) mice and control mice were examined. LFA-1~ -/- mice and control mice were immunized with 100?g collagen type II(CII) emulsified with an equal volume of Freund’s complete adjuvant (CFA), followed by the booster injection of the same amount of CII in CFA on day 21. Then, clinical, histological and radiological assessments were done. It showed that 57% control mice developed arthritis and apparently changed in the histological and radiological assessment, whereas the all of LFA-1~ -/- mice had the normal histological and radiographic response and none developed arthritis. These results suggeste that LFA-1 is indispensable for the onset of CIA.

Objective To investigate the morbidity and characteristic of nosocomial infections in end stage renal disease(ESRD) patients undergoing blood purification.Methods Medical records of ESRD patients undergoing blood purification from 2004 to 2005 were enrolled in this retrospective study of hospitalized cases.The clinical data of nosocomial infections in hemodialysis (HD)and peritoneal dialysis(PD)patients were analyzed separately.Results Nosocomial infection was identified in 76 of the 400 enrolled patients.In HD patients,pulmonary infection was the most common nosocomial infection(53.3%),most due to gram-negative microorganisms,followed by bloodstream(16.7%)and urinary tract infection(15%),most of both were due to gram-positive bacteria.Pulmonary infection was usually complicated.Bloodstream infection was associated with the duration of placement of central vein catheters.Asymptomatic bacteriuria accounted for most of the urinary tract infection.In PD patients, most infections were pulmonary infection(65.5%),mainly caused by fungal pathogens,followed by peritonitis(20.7%), mainly due to gram-positive bacteria.Certain proportion of infections in both groups was caused by multiple microorganisms or identified in multiple sites.Conclusions The prevalence of nosocomial infection is high in hospitalized patients undergoing blood purification.The infection is complicated in terms of pathogen and clinical picture.Pulmonary infection is the most common in- fection.The prevalence of fungal infection is increasing.Effective prevention and therapeutic measures should be applied more vigorously in ESRD patients.