1.Diagnosis and differential diagnosis for acute appendicitis in children
Chinese Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2011;18(6):491-493
Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical or acute abdomen in childhood.Rapid and correct diagnosis is the premise of rational therapy,but there are still some problems in diagnosis and differential diagnosis.Sufficient comprehension about clinical features and differential diagnostic diseases,typical clinical symptoms,physical examination,laboratory examinations,ultrasonography or CT would make a definite diagnosis.Laparoscopy is also used to make a diagnosis if necessary.
2.Effectiveness of using bandage for punctured wound of postoperative patients with neurosurgical in-tervention treatment
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2009;25(29):63-64
Ohjective To know the proper wraping method for postoperative patients with neurosurgical intervention treatment. Methods Divided 94 patients with neurosurgical intervention treatment into the ban-dage group and the gauze group randomly, there were 47 cases in the each group. Bandage and gauze was used in the two groups for punctured wound respectively, and then compared the condition of complications and puncture location between the two groups. Results The incidence rate of puncture-associated comphcations in the bandage group was sinificant lower than that of in the gauze group. Conclusions Wraping by bandage for postoperative patients with neurosurgical intervention treatment is more effective than gauze method.
3.On Evolution and Evaluation of Postnatal Surgical Repair for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Wei ZHONG ; Qiuming HE ; Huimin XIA
Chinese Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery 2015;(7):655-657,669
[Summary] This review summarized the evolution of surgical timing and procedure skills of postnatal repair in the treatment of congenital diaphragmatic hernia ( CDH ) .Minimally invasive repair of diaphragmatic hernia was highlighted.The current status, difficulties, and future trends of surgical intervention for CDH were analyzed.
4.Clinic evaluation of interventional treatment for renal artery aneurysm
Dehan LIU ; Feng YUAN ; Xiangwen XIA ; Huimin LIANG ; Gansheng FENG
Chinese Journal of Urology 2015;36(1):16-19
Objective To evaluate the safety and efficacy of interventional procedure for treating the renal artery aneurysm (RAA).Methods From Jan 2009 to Apr 2014,17 patients,who were diagnosed as RAA and accepted the interventional therapy,were reviewed in our hospital.The mean age in those patients,including 7 males and 10 females,was (46.4±10.3) years old (range from 20 to 67 years old).The related symptoms included backache in 4 cases,abdominal pain in 4 cases,intermittent hematuria in 2 cases,chyluria in one case,oligouria in one case.9 cases were diagnosed as multiple RAA and 8 cases were confirmed as signle cases.In 17 cases,31 aneurysms were found,including 26 true aneurysms,5 pseudoaneurysums,17 sacculated aneurysms,4 spindle-like aneurysms,4 irregular shape aneurysms,4 parenchyma aneurysm and 2 dissecting aneurysm.8 aneurysms located in the main renal artery,19 aneurysms located in the branch of renal artery,4 aneurysums located in the renal parenchyma.Intracavitary coil embolization was used in 4 patients.We carried out parent artery embolization in 3 patients.A combination of the former techniques was performed in 6 cases.Covered stent placement was operated in one case.Combination of the intracavitary coil embolization and nude stent placement were performed in 2 patients.We used two techniques in one patient with multiple artery aneurysms in both sides.Results The interventional treatment of RAAs succeed at the first operation in 16 of 17 patients.17 cases were followed-up from 3 to 53 months (mean 23 months).No severe complications or death cases occurred in this study.Urine occult blood in 3 patients turned to negative after one week.Primary symptoms such as gross hematuria,abdominal pain,lumbodorsalgia,fever vanished or obviously eased after a month.Laboratory tests showed that normal level in SCr,BUN,routine urinalysis 3 months,6 months and 1 year later.No tendency of stent and coil stent shifting was found in 16 patients and the parent arteries were patent in 8 cases,with reexamination bv ultrasonic or computed tomography angiography (CTA).Conclusions Interventional techniques are minimally-invasive,safe and effective methods for treating the RAAs.
5.Effect of ganoderma polysaccharide on survival,development and senescence of zebrafish
Guangqing XIA ; Huimin YAO ; Lihong DONG ; Wei LIU
Chinese Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology 2014;(4):491-496
OBJECTlVE To study the effect of ganoderma poIysaccharide( GLP)on zebrafish ( Danio rerio)survivaI,deveIopment and senescence. METHODS A p53-knockout zebrafish modeI was estabIished by injecting of morphoIino phosphorodiamidate(mO)into normaI zebrafish eggs in the singIe ceII deveIopment stage. Different concentrations of GLP 1,2 and 3 g·L-1 were used to treat both wiId type and p53-knockout zebrafish embryos 8 h post fertiIization(8 hpf)under 28℃ for 3 d. The survivaI and maIformation rates were caIcuIated after 72 hpf,and the effect of GLP on ceII senescence was evaI-uated by senescence associated β-gaIactosidase(SA-β-gaI)staining both in wiId type and p53-knockout zebrafish embryos. In addition,the differentiaI gene expression of cancer inhibitor gene(p53),teIomer-ase reverse transcriptase( TERT),murine doubIe minute2( mdm2)and p21 was examined by RT-PCR both in wiId type and p53-knockout zebrafish embryos after treatment with different concentrations of GLP. RESULTS GLP 1 and 2 g·L-1 had no effect on deveIopment of wiId type zebrafish embryos,but after GLP 3 g·L-1 treatment,most of zebrafish embryos dispIayed maIformation and the survivaI rate was onIy 48.6%. GLP 1,2 and 3 g·L-1 had no effect on survivaI and deveIopment of p53-knockout zebrafish embryos. After GLP 2 g·L-1 treatment for 3 d,the SA-β-gaI staining positive rate of wiId type zebrafish embryos was reduced compared with controI group(P﹤0.01),whiIe there was no significant change in p53-knockout zebrafish embryos. The resuIts of RT-PCR showed that GLP 2 g·L-1 treatment depressed p21 and p53 gene expression(P﹤0.05,P﹤0.01),and had no effect on mdm2 and TERTgene expres-sion of wiId type zebrafish embryos. For p53-knockout zebrafish embryos,the TERT,mdm2,p21 and p53 gene expression dispIayed no significant difference after GLP 2 g·L-1 treatment. CONCLUSlON GLP 2 g·L-1 may improve senescence of wiId type zebrafish embryo ceIIs. GLP ≥3 g·L-1 may Iead to death and abnormaI deveIopment of wiId type zebrafish embryos. The improvement of GLP on senescence of wiId type zebrafish embryo ceIIs might be mediated by its down-reguIation of p21 and p53 gene expression.
6.Contrast-enhanced CT Clinical Application of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer in Tumor Angiogenesis
Ping XIA ; Xu WANG ; Jingming HAO ; Huimin CHENG
Journal of Practical Radiology 1996;0(04):-
Objective To evaluate tumor angiogenesis and clinical significance by contrast-enhanced CT in case of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods 30 patients with NSCLC underwent dynamic thoracic CT, and histopathological slides were carefully prepared for VEGF immunohistochemical staining. Maxium attenuations of dynamic CT were compared with VEGF expression levels and lymph-node metastases. Results The mean peak attentation was (36.28?6.41)HU, VEGF positive expressions were in 21 patients, and negative expressions were in 9 patients. VEGF expression levels in patients with NSCLC stage II and III were higher than those in stage I , and in lymph node metastases group, the expression levels of VEGF were also higher than those in non-metastatic nodes. CT enhancement of NSCLC was positively related to VEGF expression,neoplasm stage and lymph-node metastases. Conclusion CT enhancement of NSCLC can reflect tumor angiogenesis and correlate to lymph-node metastases closely, help lung cancer diagnoses,neoplasm stage, and serve as a supplement to the present staging system for lung cancer in biological behavior.
7.Surgical pathology of revision after knee and hip arthroplasty.
Xiaomei MA ; Huimin LIU ; Chunyan XIA ; Hongwei CAI ; Jia HUANG ; Jin HE
Chinese Journal of Pathology 2015;44(3):195-198
OBJECTIVETo investigate clinical characteristics and pathological changes of tissue surrounding prosthesis after hip and knee arthroplasty.
METHODSA total of 67 patients receiving hip and knee arthroplasty were included in the study and pathological changes of the revision specimens were evaluated by microscopic examination.
RESULTSOf 67 patients, there were 25 males and 42 females (ratio of 0.6) with a mean age of 64 years. There were 42 cases of revision hip prosthesis and 25 cases of knee prosthesis. The primary causes for the revision varied, including 20 cases of infection (29.9%, within 3 months in 9 cases,3 to 24 months in 3 cases and over 24 months in 8 cases), 14 cases of pain (20.9%), 13 cases of loosening of the prosthesis (19:4%), 9 cases of joint stiffness (13.4%), 8 cases of prosthetic dislocation (11.9%), and 3 cases of prosthesis fracture (4.5%). Pathological findings in the tissue surrounding the prostheses included debris reaction, histiocytes, acute inflammatory, chronic non-specific inflammation, pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS), "pseudomembranous", calcification, necrosis, sequestrum, etc. These histological changes were frequently admixed.
CONCLUSIONSVarious reasons may lead to hip and knee revision arthroplasty. The main pathological findings include infection, debris granulomas, chronic non-specific inflammatory changes, PVNS. The surgical pathology of the prosthesis provids guidances for clinical treatment and basic research.
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip ; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee ; Female ; Hip Joint ; pathology ; Humans ; Knee Joint ; pathology ; Knee Prosthesis ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Reoperation ; Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular ; pathology
8.A relationship between arsenite sodium, arsenate sodium metabolites and related metabolic enzymes in rat kidney
Huimin YU ; Qian WANG ; Rongxiang XIA ; Jiequn WEI ; Jun WU ; Yujian ZHENG
Chinese Journal of Endemiology 2014;33(2):150-154
Objective To investigate the relationship between metabolites of sodium arsenite and sodium dihydrogen arsenate with related metabolic enzymes in kidney of male rats.Methods According to body mass,thirty-five male Wistar rats(body mass 150-190 g) were divided into 7 groups by random number table.Control group drank deionized water; the contents of iAsⅢ in low,medium and high arsenite groups and the contents of iAsv in low,medium and high of sodium dihydrogen arsenate groups were 2.2,6.7 and 20.0 mg/kg,respectively.After 3 months,kidneys were collected and stored at-80 C; high performance liquid chromatography and hydride genesis atomic fluorescence spectroscopy (HPLC-HGAFS) was used to determine the level of arsenic metabolites in kidney,and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to detect and analyze the content or the activity of metabolic enzymes,meanwhile correlation studies between the level of metabolites and the activity of metabolic enzymes were carried out.Results The differences of total arsenic (TAs),dimethyl arsenic acid (DMA),monomethyl arsenic acid (MMA) and methyl transferase enzyme activity in kidneys of rats between groups were statistically significant (F =1874.672,H =33.513,31.002,F =79.607,all P < 0.01).The TAs[(526.52 ± 25.56),(1 654.00 ± 101.55),(1 904.24 ± 104.76)μg,/kg] and DMA[(323.20 + 16.13),(1 444.40 ± 113.81),(1 765.40 ± 104.39)μg/kg] of sodium arsenite in low,medium and high dose groups were higher than those of the corresponding sodium dihydrogen arsenate groups [(235.70 ± 6.23),(471.05 ± 18.32),(1 677.40 ± 83.29)μg/kg,and(0.00 ± 0.00),(1.75 ± 0.16),(410.50 ± 19.76)μg/kg,P < 0.0024 or < 0.05] ; the MMA[(4.02 + 0.86),(4.20 ± 0.65),(4.04 ± 0.80)μg/kg] of sodium arsenite in low,medium and high dose groups were lower than those of the corresponding sodium dihydrogen arsenate groups[(98.90 ± 9.59),(376.50 ± 15.41),(1 131.90 ± 74.26) μg/kg,all P< 0.05]; the methyl transferase enzyme activities[(7.80 ± 0.93),(5.55 ± 0.49),(3.56 ± 0.26)U/g] of sodium arsenite in low,medium and high dose groups were lower than those of the corresponding sodium dihydrogen arsenate group[(11.59 ± 0.93),(8.93 ± 0.88),(6.52 ± 1.04)U/g,all P < 0.0024].The DMA of sodium arsenite in low,medium and high dose groups,the MMA of sodium dihydrogen arsenate in medium and high dose groups were positively correlated with those of TAs in each group(r =0.970,0.984,0.997,0.947,0.961,all P < 0.05).Conclusions Effects of sodium arsenite and sodium dihydrogen arsenate on arsenic metobdites and related metabolic enzymes in kidney of rats are different.The function of sodium dihydrogen arsenate in promoting methyl transferase activity is stronger than that of sodium arsenite,which affects the amount and distribution of arsenic methylation metabolites in kidney.
9.Comparison of degree of pain in patients after radical gastrectomy under different anesthetic regimens
Yiquan WU ; Zhousheng JIN ; Qimin LIU ; Fangfang XIA ; Fuli LIU ; Xili DING ; Huimin DONG ; Xuzhong XU
Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology 2012;32(1):74-77
Objective To compare the degree of pain in patients after radical gastrectomy under different anesthetic regimens.Methods One hundred and two ASA Ⅰ or Ⅱ patients of both sexes,aged 50-75 yr,weighing 45-70 kg,undergoing elective radical gastrectomy,were randomly divided into 3 groups ( n =34 each):general anesthesia (GA) group,combined general-subcostal transversus abdominis plane block (CGTA) group and combined general-epidural anesthesia (CGEA) group.The patients were sent to the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) after tracheal extubation,and the VAS score on arrival in the PACU was recorded.The degree of pain was evaluated by VAS score,and when VAS scores > 3,the patients received intravenous morphine titration.When VAS scores ≤ 3,morphine titration was stopped and all the patients were connected to patient-controlled intravenous analgesia and/or epidural analgesia pump.The total amount of morphine consumed was recorded at the end of titration,and the occurrence of adverse reactions was also observed.Results Compared with groups GA and CGTA,the incidence of moderate to severe postoperative pain was significantly decreased in group CGEA (P <0.01).The incidence of severe postoperative pain,the VAS score on arrival in the PACU and the total amount of morphine consumed were decreased gradually in groups GA,CGTA and CGEA ( P < 0.01 ).The incidence of sedation was significantly lower in group CGEA than in group GA (P < 0.01 ).There were no significant differences in the other adverse reactions among the three groups ( P > 0.05 ).Conclusion The degree of pain is reduced gradually in patients after radical gastrectomy under GA,CGTA and CGEA.
10.Role of PI3K/Akt signal pathway in gensenoside Rb1 pretreatment-induced attenuation of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in diabetic rats
Yang WU ; Zhongyuan XIA ; Bo ZHAO ; Jiabao HOU ; Qingtao MENG ; Huimin LIU
Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology 2012;32(3):358-360
Objective To investigatc the role of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein-serine-threonine kinases (Akt) signal pathway in ginsenoside Rb1 pretreatment-induced attenuation of myocardial ischemiareperfusion (I/R) injury in diabetic rats.Methods Male SD rats weighing 250-300 g were used in this study.Diabetes mellitus was induced by intraperitoneal streptozotocin and confirmed by fasting blood glucose ≥ 16.7mmol/L.Eight weeks after diabetes mellitus was induced,48 rats were randomly divided into 4 groups ( n =12each):group myocardial I/R (group I/R); group ginsenoside Rb1 (group R); group ginsenoside Rb1 + wortmannin (PI3K inhibitor) (group RW) and group wortmannin (group W).Myocardial I/R was induced by occlusion of anterior descending branch of left coronary artery for 30 min followed by 120 min reperfusion.Ginsenoside Rb1 40 mg/kg was injected iv at 10 min before ischemia in groups R and RW,while in groups RW and W wortmannin 15 μg/kg was injected iv at 20 min before ischemia.Arterial blood samples were collected at the end of 120 min reperfusion for determination of creatine kinase (CK) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activities.The rats were then sacrificed.The infarct size was measured by tetrazolium method.Myocardial apoptosis was detected by TUNEL and apoptotic index (the number of apoptotic myocardial cells/the total number of myocardial cells) was calculated.The expression of Akt and phosphorylated Akt (p-Akt) was determined by Western blotting.Results Ginsenoside Rb1 pretreatment significantly reduced the infarct size,myocardial cell apoptotic index and serum CK and LDH activities and up-regulated p-Akt expression in group R as compared with group I/R.The protective effects of ginsenoside Rbl against myocardial I/R injury were significantly attenuated by wortmannin pretreatment in group RW compared with group R.Conclusion PI3K/Akt signal pathway is involved in the protective effects of ginsenoside Rb1 against myocardial I/R injury in diabetic rats.