The changes of hepatocyte and skeletal muscle membrane potential.the membrane fluidity of microsomes,microviscosity.and the order coefficient of the arrangement of membrane lipid molecules were determined in rats after their cecum was ligated and punctured to induce septic shock.Lipid peroxides of plasma and the liver,phospholipase A2 and salivary acid were determined as well.It was found that both in the first 10 hours and the next 20 hours of septic shock,the resting membrane potential of hepatocytes and skeletal muscles was significantly suppressed as compared with that of the sham-operated rats.The membrane potential of hepatocytes was suppressed prior to the decrease of blood pressure and much earlier and much more severe than that of skelatal muscles.Lipid peroxides of the liver were increased by 1.6 fold(P

Objective To observe the clinical features of retinal arterial occlusion (RAO) in youth.Methods This is a retrospective case review.Nine patients (9 eyes) with RAO were enrolled in this study.There were 6 males (6 eyes) and 3 females (3 eyes).The average age was (14.22± 3.93) years.The best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA),indirect ophthalmoscopy,fundus color photography and fundus fluorescein angiography were performed.All patients underwent systemic evaluation including blood routine,erythrocyte sedimentation rate,blood lipids,vasculitis screening,homocysteine level,antiphospholipid antibody,blood coagulation,neck vascular ultrasound,and cardiac color ultrasound and electrocardiogram examination.All patients received oxygen therapy,blood medications and symptomatic treatment.Meanwhile,the patients with autoimmune diseases were received systemic glucocorticoid therapy.The follow-up was ranged from 6 to 12 months.The visual acuity and fundus change before and after treatment were compared.Results among 9 patients,one patient had systemic lupus erythematosus,one patient had congenital heart disease,one patient had hypergammaglobulinemia,and carotid artery color ultrasonography showed that the internal carotid artery vessels faltered in 2 cases.The BCVA was 0.01-0.12.Among 9 eyes,there were 5 eyes (55.6％) with retinal branch artery occlusion (BRAO),2 eyes (22.2％) with central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO),2 eyes (22.2％) with ciliary retinal artery occlusion (CLAO).CRAO eyes showed positive RAPD (relative afferent pupillary defect),fine retinal artery and the corresponding vein,pale white retinal edema in posterior area and macular cherry-red spot.BRAO eyes manifested as inferior temporal artery occlusion and pale white retinal edema around them.CLAO eyes showed temporal ligulate grey-white retinal edema.At the last follow-up,BCVA improved and retinal vessels returned to normal in 7 eyes (77.8％);BCVA unchanged and no improvement in fundus in 2 eyes (22.2％).Conclusion Adolescent RAO is mostly partial occlusion,the prognosis is generally good after early active treatment.

OBJECTIVETo analyze the clinical features of patients with gallbladder cancer from 17 hospitals in 5 Northwestern provinces (autonomous region) of China from 2009 to 2013.

METHODSA total of 2 379 cases with gallbladder cancer in 17 tertiary hospitals from 5 Northwestern provinces of China from January 2009 to December 2013 were reviewed retrospectively. The clinical data was collected by standardized "Questionnaire for Clinical Survey of Gallbladder Cancer in Northwestern Area of China". χ² test was used to analyze the data.

RESULTS(1) Gallbladder cancer from 17 hospitals accounted for 1.6%-6.8% of all bile tract diseases from 2009 to 2013 in Northwestern China, average was 2.7%. Gallbladder cancer accounted for 0.4%-0.9% of abdominal surgery, average was 0.7%. (2) The incidence of gallbladder cancer was higher in the aged females, the ration of female to male was 1.0 to 2.1. The average age of gallbladder cancer was (64 ± 11) years. The occupation of patients was mainly farmers (χ² = 147.10, P < 0.01). (3) 57.2% of the gallbladder cancers were associated with gallstones. (4) The main pathological patterns of gallbladder cancer were moderate and poor differentiated adenocarcinoma, showing an aggressive malignancy. TNM stage IV accounted for 55.1% of all cases, which was associated with the poor prognosis. (5) The curative resection rate was 30.4%.

CONCLUSIONSGallbladder cancer is common in the aged females and mainly at advanced stage. The screening and follow-up of high-risk groups with ultrasound and other methods regularly could increase the early diagnosis rate of gallbladder cancer, aggressive surgical resection combined with other comprehensive treatment could improve the prognosis of patients.

Adenocarcinoma ; epidemiology ; pathology ; Aged ; China ; epidemiology ; Female ; Gallbladder Neoplasms ; epidemiology ; pathology ; Gallstones ; epidemiology ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Prognosis ; Retrospective Studies