Humans ; Leukemia, Large Granular Lymphocytic

China ; Clinical Laboratory Techniques ; Humans ; Myelodysplastic Syndromes ; diagnosis

Objective To evaluate the value of video-assisted thoracic surgery(VATS)for penetrating thoracoabdominal injuries.Methods Under general anaesthesia and double-lumen tracheal intubation,VATS was carried out to examine patients with chest injuries.Those who had mild injuries received VATS combined with mini-incision surgery.Electrocoagulation or suturing was employed to control intraoperative bleeding,and then blood clots were removed.Injured diaphragm muscles were repaired,and organs with hemorrhage or ruptures were sutured or resected.The seriously injured cases underwent open surgery and intra-abdominal exploration instead.Results A total of 18 patients received the operations.Among them,15 patients underwent VATS combined with mini-incision surgery(repair of the diaphragm was performed on 15,controlling intercostal arterial bleeding on 8,repair of the lung on 2,wedge resection of the lung on 2,and coagulated hemothorax removal on 2),the other 3 were converted to open surgery for repairing the diaphragm(3),heart(1),or esophagus(1),or lobectomy(2).Abdominal surgery via the thorax were performed on 13 cases,including repair of the liver in 1,lienectomy in 1,gastrorrhaphy in 1,repair of diaphragmatic hernia in 3,and intra-abdominal exploration in 7.Five patients received open surgery(pancreatic neoplasty in 1,repair of the liver in 1,lienectomy in 1,gastrorrhaphy in 2,and repair of the caul and mesenterium in 3).One patient who had multi-organ penetrating injuries died of hemorrhagic shock,circulatory failure,and DIC after open thoracic and abdominal surgeries.The mean operation time in this series was(125?44)minutes(ranged from 45 to 220),and the mean blood loss was(1089?582)ml(500 to 10 000 ml).Twenty-four hours after the operation,the mean volume of chest drainage was(234?75)ml(100 to 350 ml)in the first 24 hours after the operation.The chest drainage tube was withdrawn 2.5(2 to 5)days postoperation.The patients expelled gas in 1 to 4 days(mean,2 days).Totally,12 patients were followed up for 3 to 12 months(mean,6 months),during which none of them had trauma-related complications.Conclusion VATS combined with mini-incision surgery is safe and effective for patients with thoracoabdominal injuries,if the cases were carefully selected.

Child ; Humans ; Myelodysplastic Syndromes ; classification ; diagnosis ; Pediatrics ; World Health Organization

Ontology alignment technology is a knowledge engineering method to realize the concept and relationship integration of different ontologies.In view of the same scope of ontology,such as disease ontology,developed by researchers from a number of different areas or institutions of independent research and development,there is a big difference between the term expression and the concept of the relationship.Thus,how to achieve the integration of multi-source ontology through alignment processing has been recognized as a significant methodological problem.In this paper,the concept,technology,method and corresponding tool of ontology alignment were expounded at full length.The technique of ontology alignment based on linguistic features and structural features was emphasized.Combined with the two international disease ontology:Disease Ontology and Orphanet,the experiment and analysis of the technique of ontology alignment were carried out and detailed the application of alignment technology.Furthermore,for the existing multi-source problems on TCM ontology database,the necessity and application of ontology alignment were discussed.

Blood Cells ; cytology ; Bone Marrow Cells ; cytology ; China ; Hematologic Tests ; standards ; Humans

Acute Disease ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Child ; Humans ; Leukemia ; diagnosis ; drug therapy ; Neoplasm, Residual ; Remission Induction

Objective The sex hormone and the corresponding receptor may play some roles in the development of the metabolic syndrome (MS) in the elderly men.This study was designed to examine the relationship of level of the sex hormone and androgen receptor with MS in elderly men,thus to investigate the possible pathogenesis of MS.Methods This cross sectional study enrolled 587 elderly men,including 400 healthy controlls aged 62-92 years and 187 MS patients aged 60-87 years in Wan Shou Lu area of Beijing city.Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHAE-S),total testosterone (TT),sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG),free testosterone (FT),follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH),Estradiol (E2),luteinizing hormone(LH) and androgen receptor (AR) in blood were tested.Statistical analyses included the comparison analysis of variables and independent variables,correlation analysis using multi-factor linear regression,and multiple logistic regression analysis.Results DHAE-S,TT,SHBG,FT and AR fluorescence intensity in healthy control group were higher than those in MS group,however,FSH and E2 levels were lower in healthy group.Age was negatively correlated with diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and FT,but positively correlated with systolic blood pressure (SBP) and E2.AR fluorescence intensity was negatively correlated with SBP and LH.The logistic regression equation showed the negative correlation between DHEA-S,SHBG and the development of MS.Conclusions There are low levels of DHEA-S,TT,SHBG,FT and AR in the elderly patients with MS.On the contrary,FSH and E2 concentration are higher.It can be suggested that low levels of DHEA-S and SHBG may be the potential risk factors of MS in elderly men.

Chronic prostatitis is a common male disease, and its pathogenesis is not yet clear. Most scholars believe that oxidative stress and immune imbalance are the keys to the occurrence and progression of chronic prostatitis. Currently immunotherapy of chronic prostatitis remains in the exploratory stage. This article relates the active ingredients of 5 Chinese medicinal herbs (total glucosides of paeony, tripterigium wilfordii polglycosidium, curcumin, geniposide, and quercetin) for the treatment of chronic prostatitis and their possible action mechanisms as follows: 1) inhibiting the immune response and activation and proliferation of T-cells, and adjusting the proportion of Th1/Th2 cells; 2) upregulating the expression of Treg and enhancing the patient's tolerability; 3) suppressing the activation of the NF-kB factor, reducing the release of iNOS, and further decreasing the release of NO, IL-2 and other inflammatory cytokines, which contribute to the suppression of the immune response; 4) inhibiting the production of such chemokines as MCP-1 and MIP-1α in order to reduce their induction of inflammatory response. Studies on the immune mechanisms of Chinese medicinal herbs in the treatment of chronic prostatitis are clinically valuable for the development of new drugs for this disease.
Chemokines ; immunology ; Cytokines ; immunology ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; Humans ; Immune System ; drug effects ; Male ; NF-kappa B p50 Subunit ; metabolism ; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II ; metabolism ; Plants, Medicinal ; Prostatitis ; drug therapy ; immunology ; T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory ; drug effects ; Th1-Th2 Balance

Objective To observe the effects of berberine on ICAM-1, VCAM-1 expression and inflammatory cells exudation in mice with viral pneumonia caused by influenza virus, and explore its anti-injury effect. Methods Totally 108 BALB/c mice were randomly divided into control group, model group, and berberine group. 25 μL 50 LD50 influenza virus, mouse lung-adapted strain, was intranasally inoculated to model group and berberine group. 1 h after infection, control and model group were intragastrically given 25 μL distilled water, berberine group was treated by intraperitoneal injection with berberine at a dose of 0.005 g/(kg·d) for 5 days, twice per day. On day 2, 4 and 6 after infection, immunocytochemical method was used to detect ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 expression, and sorting cell count of leukocytes in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were counted. Results The expression of ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 in model group increased obviously on day 2, 4, 6, and which in berberine group decreased compared with model group (P<0.01). WBC, mononuclear cell, eosinophile cell and neutrophil cell number in model group increased significantly. WBC and neutrophil cell number decreased in berberine group on day 6 (P<0.01), and the mononuclear cell number decreased on day 4 (P<0.01). Conclusion Berberine inhibited the expression of ICAM-1 and VCAM-1, and decreased the inflammatory cells exudation in lung of mice with viral pneumonia caused by influenza virus. Berberine has protective effect on inflammatory injury of lung tissue in mice with viral pneumonia caused by influenza virus.