Objective To study the effects of antidepressant treatment on living quality of patients at stable stage of COPD with depression. Methods 43 cases at stable stage of COPD with depression were randomly divided into treatment group( n = 22) and control group( n = 21 ). The control group were given appropriate bronchodilators and disperse phlegm with common;the treatment group were given zoleft(50mg, 1 time/d, 6 weeks and 10 weeks) based on the control group. Lung function, nutritional status and quality of life score before and after inpatient treat-ment were determined. Results There was significant difference on lung function, nutritional status and quality of life score between the treatment group before and after inpatient treatment( P < 0.05 ～ P < 0.01 ). There was no significant difference in the control group (P > 0.05 ). Conclusion Antidepressant treatment on patients at stable stage of COPD with depression is very important for improving the quality of life.

Objective To establish a method of isolating and purifying islets from Wistar rat, and to evaluate the biological characters of the isolated and purified islets. Methods The pancreases were surgically removed from adult Wistar rats, carefully minced with scissors as small as possible prior to incubation in 0.9 mg/ml collagenase (Sigma, type Ⅴ) for 10~17min at 37℃. The digested tissue was filtered through a 60 apertures/cm~2 metal sieve and washed with 10% fetal bovine sera (FBS) in Hank’s solution. Purification was performed using Dextran discontinuous density gradient centrifugation to separate the contents of the postcollagenase pellets. Islet samples were stained with DTZ staining for identification. The viability of the purified islet was determined by acridine orange/propidium iodide (AO/PI) double staining. The in vitro function was assayed by different densities of glucose incubating islets for 45min, respectively. Insulin secretion in the supernatant was assayed by radioimmunoassay. Islets were transplanted under the kidney capsule into recipient SD rats that had been rendered diabetic by injecting streptozotocin 50mg/kg, so as to evaluate the in vivo function of islets. Results The islets were recovered between the 11% and 22% Dextran layers, and between the 11% and 1640 layers. The average number of isolated islets was 2181?14 per rat pancreas. After a discontinuous Dextran density gradient purification, about 1826?24 islets were obtained from per rat pancreas, with an average purity over 95%. Islets showed good response to glucose and high efficiency to invert hyperglycemia 7-10d after transplantation. Conclusion These results showed that the digestion methods and purification procedure which we have developed could provide islets from rats for transplantation studies. The biological characters of islets harvested by our method were very well.

Objective Soluble serum transferrin receptor (sTfR) is a valuable indicator to diagnose iron deficiency anemia in pregnant women whose indexes will alter because of gestation. Thus it is worth to compare and analyze the levels of sTfR among the pregnant women with thalassemia, healthy pregnant women, and the pregnant women with iron deficiency anemia. Methods ?-thalassemia and ?-thalassemia were detected employing with the percentage of hemolysis and gene assay in the pregnant women randomly selected from those aged 24~30, 20~24 weeks of gestation, and with no other complications. The ratio of OD413nm of HbA2 to OD413nm of HbA was used to distinguish from the two kinds of thalassemia. Then the genetic mutation or deletion of ?-thalassemia patients and nucleotide mutation of ?-thalassemia patients were detected with thalassemia detection kit. The value of sTfR in serum of different samples was measured with ELISA kit. Results 20 pregnant women were diagnosed as thalassemia by the percentage of hemolysis higher than 63%. Among them, 10, 9 and 1 women were judged as ?-thalassemia, ?-thalassemia and ?,?-thalassemia, respectively. The mean value of sTfR was 18.614?8.464nmol/L of thelassemia women during pregnancy, which was evidently lower than 28.1 nmol/L (P

Objective To evaluate the effects of TIMP-1 and Ang-1 gene-modified BMSCs transplantation on the left ventricular function of rats with myocardial infarction.Methods The rat BMSCs were.transfected with eukaryotic expression plasmid encoding TIMP-1 or/and Ang-1 gene by liposome.Acute myocardial infarction was made in male rats by ligation of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery.BMSCs carrying TIMP-1 or/and Ang-1 gene were injected into the ischemic myocardium after LAD ligatior.Four weeks after the administration,cardiac function was assessed by echocardiography and the hearts were harvested and sectioned for immunohistochemistry to examine the apoptosis,the collagen content and angiogenesis density.Results TIMP-1 and Ang-1 genemodified BMSCs transplantation significantly improved the cardiac function,myocardial apoptosis was alleviated,collagen content decreased and the angiogenesis density in border-zone was increased significantly (P＜0.05).Conclusions The results suggest that the combination of TIMP-1 and Ang-1-gene modified BMSCs transplantation can improve the cardiac function of rats with myocardial infarction.The increase of the blood supply,the alleviation of myocardial apoptosis and ventricle remolding after myocardial infarction possibly play important roles in the mechanism.

PurposeTo analyze the urinary stone chemical composition using dual source CT (DSCT) dual energy imaging.Materials and MethodsNinety-seven stone samples with known chemical composition were placed in fresh swine kidneys and examined with DSCT dual energy scan, including 55 calcium oxalate stones, 13 hydroxyapatite stones, 9 uric acid stones, 4 cystine stones, 2 struvite stones and 14 mixed stones. The mean attenuation values and dual energy index (DEI) were measured at 80 kV and 140 kV. The stone composition was analyzed to determine the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy.ResultsDual energy analysis showed 59 calcium oxalate stones, 11 hydroxyapatite stones, 9 uric acid stones, 4 cystine stones and 14 mixed stones. 2 hydroxyapatite stones were erroneously marked as calcium oxalate stones and 2 struvite stones as calcium oxalate stones. The accuracy was 95.88% (93/97). The difference CT value at 80 kV and 140 kV and DEI value were statistically significant (P<0.05). The sensitivity for detecting calcium oxalate stones, hydroxyapatite stones, uric acid stones and cysteine stones were 100.00%, 84.60%, 100.00% and 100.00%, respectively; with specificity of 85.70%, 100.00%, 100.00% and 100.00%, respectively; and the accuracy were 95.18%, 97.59%, 100.00% and 100.00%, respectively.ConclusionDSCT dual energy imaging accurately analyzes the chemical composition of urinary stone in vitro, which provides important clinical value in analyzing the urinary stonesin vivo.

Objective To investigate the effect of dietary and exercise on the incidence of GDM in women with pre-pregnancy obesity. Methods One hundred and sixty early pregnant women with BMI≥25 kg/m2 in our hospital from April 2013 to January 2015 enrolled in the study were divided into two groups: The eighty women hospitalized during June 2013 to January 2014 were assigned as the control group, while the other 80 women from February 2014 to January 2015 as the study group. In the former group, the routine pregnancy inspection and pregnancy health education seminars were conduced during pregnancy of 12 weeks , and in the study group weekly nutritional assessment , diet planning by a dietitian and exercise guidance by a professional nurse were performed apart from the same care as in the control group. The two groups were compared in terms of weight growth and GDM incidence. Result The weight increased and the GDM incidence in the study was both significantly lower than those in the control group ( P < 0 . 05 ) . Conclusion The dietary and exercise during pregnancy can effectively control the weight and decrease the incidence of GDM , which can ensure the health of pregnant women.

Purpose To investigate the second generation dual source CT low tube voltage (100 kV) combined with sonogram-affirmed iterative reconstruction (SAFIRE) in assessing coronary artery stents. Materials and Methods One hundred and fifty-six patients underwent CT coronary angiography after implanted coronary artery stents. Among all the patients, 86 cases were performed with 100 kV combined with SAFIRE, and 70 cases with 120 kV combined with filtered back projection reconstruction (FBP). Mean CT values, image noise, SNR, SAIR, image quality scores, stents detecting and radiation dose of aortic root, inner-stent, and the coronary artery proximal to the stent were compared. Results The mean CT value of aortic root, inner-stent, and the coronary artery proximal to the stent of 100 kV group was higher than that of 120 kV group (t=2.75, 11.77 and 3.19, P<0.05), while image noise and SAIR of 100 kV group were lower than those of 120 kV group (t=-2.53 and -9.51, P<0.05). SNR of aortic root, inner-stent, and the coronary artery proximal to the stent was not statistically different between the two groups (t= -1.34, -0.95 and 1.67, P>0.05). There was no statistic difference of image quality score between the two groups (t= -0.203, P>0.05). Totally there were 243 stents detected, including 67 of right coronary artery, 123 of left anterior descending, 36 of left circumflex, and 17 of other branches. Stent length ranged 3.8 to 98.7 mm and averaged (27.5±16.4) mm. The CTDIvol, DLP and ED of 100 kV group were lower than those of 120 kV group (t= -11.03, -9.41 and -9.41, P<0.05). The effective dosage reduced about 51.5% in 100 kV group when compared with that of 120 kV group. Conclusion The second generation dual source CT low tube voltage (100 kV) combined with SAFIRE in assessing coronary artery stent could meet the diagnostic requirement and reduce the radiation dosage, without increasing image noise and beam hardening artifacts.

Objective To investigate the epidemiologic factors associated with the age of natural menopause and menopausal symptoms in a large population at age of 40 to 65 years in Jiangsu Province.Methods From May 2010 to Oct.2011,a total of 20 275 women (40 to 65 years) attending health examination in Jiangsu Province were enrolled in this cross-sectional study.A structured questionnaire was used to collect data of demographics,menopausal status,chronic diseases,reproductive history.Also the menopausal symptoms were evaluated by Kupperman menopause index (KMI).Cox proportional hazards regression model and Logistic regression were performed to identify risk factors for earlier age of natural menopause and menopausal symptoms,respectively.Results The overall median age at natural menopause in Jiangsu women was 50 years.Lower educational level,poor economic status,lower body mass index (BMI),age at menarche less than 14 years,nulliparity and smoking were associated with earlier onset of natural menopause (P ＜ 0.05).The most frequently symptoms in perimenopausal women were fatigue (46.84％,1880/4014),insomnia (44.67％,1793/4014) and muscle/joint pain (43.80％,1758/ 4014),while sexual problems (57.06％,3463/6070),muscle/joint pain (53.30％,3235/6070) and insomnia (51.03％,3097/6070) were predominant symptoms in postmenopausal women.After adjusting for confounding factors,it was revealed that women with poor educational background,low income,divorce,higher BMI,higher parity,and smoking presented positive correlation with menopausal symptoms (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions The study suggested that an estimate of median age at natural menopause were 50 years in Jiangsu women.The main factors contributing to earlier onset of menopause and menopausal symptoms were lower educational level,poor economic status,and smoking.Moreover,there were different menopausal symptoms between perimenopausal and postmenopausal women,which provided the important insights for physicians to prevent and treat menopause symptoms in their clinical practice.

Objective To analyze the results of surgical treatment on chronic pancreatitis(CP),and investigate how to choose the appropriate surgical procedure.Methods The clinical data of 54 patients with chronic pancreatitis who underwent surgery at the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University from January 2007 to December 2011 were retrospectively analyzed.Results All the 54 patients underwent surgery,including 8 decompression and drainage procedure (Partington procedure) ; 13 resections (7 cases of pancreaticoduodenectomy,1 case of distal pancreatectomy,4 cases of distal pancreatectomy combined with splenectomy and 1 case of pancreaticoduodenectomy combined with distal pancreatectomy,respectively); 12hybrids (7 cases of Beger procedure and 5 cases of Frey procedure,respectively) and 21 other procedures (15 cases of pancreatic pseudocyst jejunostomy,4 cases of exploratory laparotomy combined with pancreatic tissue biopsy,2 cases of gastrojejunostomy combined with choledochojejunostomy,respectively).There were 4 cases of post-operative pathologic evidence of cancer.Twelve patients had postoperative complications and were cured with non-operative management.Forty-four patients (81.5％) were followed for 2 to 67 months,36 out of 42(85.7％) patients who suffered from abdominal pain had a persistent remission,there were one case of new on-set diabetes and no steatorrhea was reported.Conclusions For CP patients with surgical indications,the choice of procedure should be individualized for the purpose of preserving the endocrine and exocrine functions of pancreas,and taking effectiveness as well as safety into consideration.

Objective To investigate the relationship between pelvic floor dysfunction and serum relaxin H2 and expression of vaginal wall relaxin receptor LGR7 mRNA in late pregnant women. Methods Before the beginning of delivery,all women were evaluated by pelvic organ prolapse quantitation(POP-Q)scoring.Twelve women with stress urinary incontinence(SUI)and stage II prolapse of anterior vaginal wall were selected as patient group,and another 24 women without SUI and prolapse of pelvic floor were served as control group.Serum relaxin H2 was determined by ELISA.Vaginal wall tissues were taken after vaginal delivery,and the expression of relaxin receptor LGR7 mRNA was detected by RT-PCR.Results The serum level of relaxin H2 and expression of LGR7 mRNA of vaginal tissues in patient group were significantly higher than those in control group(P<0.01,P<0.05). Conclusion The increased level of serum relaxin and expression of vaginal wall relaxin receptor may correlate with the pelvic floor dysfunction in late pregnant women.