Adult ; Causality ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Efficiency ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Occupations ; Social Support ; Stress, Psychological ; Surveys and Questionnaires

Objective To evaluate the effect of early continuous renal replacement therapy(CRRT)on patients with acute kidney injury(AKI)induced by severe sepsis. Methods A prospective study was conducted. 160 patients with AKI induced by severe sepsis admitted to intensive care unit(ICU)of Qingyuan People's Hospital between October 2009 and June 2013 were enrolled. According to the starting time of CRRT,the patients were randomly divided into two groups:an earl y treatment group and a regular treatment group(each,80 cases). All patients were treated in accordance with the principle of the cluster of severe sepsis. In early treatment group,the patents began to receive CRRT when the amount of urine output was<0.5 mL?kg-1?h-1 and had taken continuous conventional treatment over 6 hours,but the curative effect was not ideal. In the regular treatment group,the patients began to apply CRRT when the amount of urine output was<0.5 mL?kg-1?h-1 and had taken continuous conventional treatment persistently over 24 hours or difficultly corrected acidosis or heart failure developed. The changes in urine output,creatinine,saturation of blood oxygen,and albumin,and 28-day survival rate,length of ICU stay,time of organ support were measured and compared between the two groups to evaluate the therapeutic significance of the early CRRT. Results The mean length of ICU stay(day:6.5±1.7 vs. 8.2±1.6),length of organ support(day:5.3±1.8 vs. 6.0±1.4),the recovery time of urine amount(day:3.4±0.9 vs. 4.8±0.5)in early treatment group were significantly shorter than those in regular treatment group(all P<0.01);recovery ratio of urine in 1 week in early treatment group was significantly higher than that in regular treatment group(46.2%vs. 28.8%,P<0.05). The creatinine recovery ratio in 1 week in early treatment group was lower than that in regular treatment group(55.0%vs 78.8%),but there was no statistically significant difference(P>0.05). Early treatment group and regular treatment groups of creatinine recovery time were similar(day:5.1±1.3 vs. 5.2±1.2). 28-day survival rate in early treatment group was higher than that in regular treatment group(41.2%vs. 35.0%),but there was no statistically significant difference(P>0.05). Conclusion It is found that there is no evidence to suggest that early CRRT may improve the prognosis of the patients with AKI induced by severe sepsis,but it may be in favor of shortening the time of urine recovery,length of stay in ICU,length of organ support and length of dialysis.

Objective To assess the efficacy of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) combined with prednisone in the treatment of idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN) patients with positive serum phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R) antibody.Methods An open prospective study was performed on twenty-four biopsy-proven IMN patients with positive serum PLA2R antibody in Guangzhou First People''s Hospital from June 2012 to June 2016.The 24 patients were divided into two groups: MMF group in which MMF combined with prednisone was given for 12 months and CTX group in which intravenous cyclophosphamide (CTX) was monthly given combined with oral prednisone.Results After 6 months of immunosuppressive therapy,complete remission and partial remission rates were 25.0% vs.16.7% and 25.0% vs.25.0% in the MMF group and CTX group,respectively (P>0.05).In the MMF group and CTX group,serum PLA2R antibody in the same amount (8/12,66.7%) of patients turned negative.At the end of twelve-month treatment,all patients with negative PLA2R antibodies achieved complete or partial remission.Clinical remission (including complete and partial remission) rates in the MMF group and CTX group were both 66.7%.After immunosuppressive therapy,the levels of proteinuria and serum albumin in the two groups were significantly improved,but no significant difference were found between the two groups (proteinuria:F within-grouP=98.688,P<0.01;F between-grouP=0.133,P=0.719;F cross-grouP=1.223,P=0.304;serum albumin:F within-grouP=30.629,P<0.01;F between-grouP=0.137,P=0.715;F cros-grouP=0.455,P=0.565).At the end of six and twelve months of treatment,the proteinuria (after six months,MMF group: (2 893±2 515) mg/g vs.(6 236±2 117) mg/g,t=-3.522,P=0.002;CTX group: (2 690±2 254) mg/g vs.(5 386±2 447) mg/g,t=-2.808,P=0.010;after twelve months,MMF group:1 025(99-4 635) mg/g vs.(6 236±2 117) mg/g,Z=-3.291,P<0.0005;CTX group: (775(41-3 517) mg/g vs.(5 386±2 447) mg/g,Z=-3.118,P=0.001) and serum albumin levels (after six months,MMF group: (28.5±9.7) g/L vs.(19.8±4.4) g/L,t=2.841,P=0.012;CTX group: (29.0±7.6) g/L vs.(22.3±4.1) g/L,t=2.690,P=0.016;at the end of twelve months of treatment,,MMF group: (32.4±8.5) g/L vs.(19.8±4.4) g/L,t=4.570,P<0.0005;TX group: (32.2±7.9) g/L vs.(22.3±4.1) g/L,t=3.862,P=0.001) of the two groups were better than those prior to treatment.Conclusion For the IMN patients with positive serum PLA2R antibody,MMF combined with prednisone was as effective as conventional CTX combined with prednisone in the negative conversion of PLA2R antibody and the remission.The negative conversion of PLA2R antibody after 6 months of immunosuppressive treatment was an important indicator of predicting the remission.

Background Rare studies on the effect of statin on early stage of atherosclerosis have been repor- ted.Oxidative stress induced endothelial dysfunction may be the initiative factor for the development of atheroscle- rotic plague.Objective To investigate the mechanisms by which simvastatin,prevents atheroselerosis independ- ently of its lipid-lowering effect in Apolipoprotein E deficient mice.Methods Twenty-four 6 week old male apoE- deficient mice were randomly to receive placebo or simvastatin 5 mg/(kg?d)by gavage for 4 weeks.Total choles- terol(TC),super oxide dismutase(SOD),malondialdehyde(MDA)and serum nitric oxide(NO)were measured by biochemical analysis.Endothelium was observed by HE dyeing.The expression of caveolin-1 in aortic wall was detected by immunohistochemistry.Results There was no significant difference in serum TC between control and simvastatin treatment groups.Simvastatin caused less damaged endothelium(33.33% vs control's:75%,P

Objective To explore the relationship between IL-1?-511C/T and IL-1?+3953C/T site polymorphisms and the susceptibility of pediatric epilepsy.Methods Under the case-control study,IL-1?-511C/T and IL-1?+3953C/T site polymorphisms in 117 patients with pediatric epilepsy and 95 healthy individuals controls(healthy control group) were analyzed with polymerase chain reaction restriction and fragment length polymorphism(PCR-RFLP),the relationship between IL-1?-511C/T,IL-1?+3953 C/T site polymorphisms and the risk of pediatric epilepsy were analyzed.SAS 8.0 software was used to analyze the data.Results Multiple variate logistic regression analysis revealed that compared with healthy control group,there was no relationship between the IL-1?-511C/T site polymorphisms and the susceptibility of pediatric epilepsy individuals,carrying at least one +3953T variant allele(CT and TT genotypes) had a significantly increased risk for pediatric epilepsy(adjusted OR=2.46,95%CI 1.03-5.87),compared with the wild-type genotype(+3953CC).Furthermore,individuals with epilepsy or febrile seizures family history had a significantly higher risk(adjusted OR=4.12,95%CI 1.28-29.34),compared with those with both CC genotypes.Conclusions These findings support the hypothesis that IL-1?-511C/T site polymorphisms have no relationship with epilepsy,but the IL-1?+3953C/T polymorphism may contribute to the risk of developing pediatric epilepsy.

OBJECTIVETo observe the effect of tensile stress on human heel skin fibroblast proliferation in vitro, providing a theoretical basis for preventing the wound edge skin necrosis and nonunion after calcaneal fracture surgery.

METHODSFibroblast cells were taken from lateral heel skin of a 40 year-old-man, then cultured and subcultured in vitro. After that, they were divided into three groups: 0 hours group, 6 hours group and 24 hours group and were tested by tensile stress testing. The levels of TGF-β1 and IL-6 in nutrient fluid were measured. Transmission electron microscope and light microscope was applied for observe mitochondria and nucleus.

RESULTSUnder 10% of the tensile stress, mitochondria decreased, the levels of TGF-β1 and IL-6 in nutrient fluid were decreased and cell proliferation was inhibited gradually with time increasing.

CONCLUSIONThe human lateral heel skin in a long-time tensile stress state is an important cause of wound edge skin necrosis and nonunion after calcaneus fracture surgery.

Adult ; Cell Proliferation ; Cells, Cultured ; Fibroblasts ; chemistry ; cytology ; Heel ; physiology ; Humans ; In Vitro Techniques ; Interleukin-6 ; metabolism ; Male ; Skin ; chemistry ; cytology ; metabolism ; Tensile Strength ; Transforming Growth Factor beta1 ; metabolism

Objective To explore the relationship of dynamic changes between the iodine nutritional condition and growth of children born before and after the implementation of universal iodine.Methods By means of sampling investigation,urinary iodine and goiter,height,weight,intelligence quotient(IQ)were comprehensively evahated in children aged 7～14 years old born before and after the implementation of iodine in 10 counties and 2 cities of Qiannan.Results The median of urinary iodine of children Was 91.88μg/L in 1984,133.33μg/L in 1994,316.00μg/L in 2006;goiter rate was 21.40%(122/570)in 1984,12.86%(107/832)in 1994,5.28%(45/851)in 2006;the average IQ was 89.18±4.10 in 1994,94.26±0.94 in 2006;children in each age group in 2006 has a higher height and a heavier weight compared with those in 1984.Conclusion The physical development and intelligence of children in the areas of iodine deficiency have improved along with the correction of iodine deficiency.

The regulation mechanism of arecoline on rat hepatic CYP2E1 was studied in vivo. After oral administration of arecoline hydrobromide (AH; 4, 20 and 100 mg x kg(-1) x d(-1)) to rats for one week, the hepatic CYP2E1 mRNA level remained unchanged, but the hepatic CYP2E1 protein content was dose-dependently increased. Additionally, although the hepatic CYP2E1 activity was induced by AH treatment, the induction was attenuated with the increase in dosage. The results indicate that the effect of arecoline on rat hepaticdoes not involve transcriptional activation of the gene, but largely involves the stabilization of CYP2E1 protein against degradation or increased efficiency of CYP2E1 mRNA translation, and additionally involve the post- ranslational modification of CYP2E1 protein. Furthermore, the CYP2E1 response is fairly equal among the different species, the induction of rat hepatic CYP2E1 by arecoline suggests that there is a risk of metabolic interaction among the substrate drugs of CYP2E1 in betel-quid use human.
Animals ; Arecoline ; pharmacology ; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1 ; metabolism ; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1 Inducers ; pharmacology ; Humans ; Liver ; drug effects ; metabolism ; RNA, Messenger ; Rats

BACKGROUND:In total hip arthroplasty, the accurate placement of the acetabulum is needed to guarantee the survival rate of the prosthesis and improve the prognosis. In order to ensure the accurate placement of the acetabulum, the accurate measurement of the abduction angle and the anteversion angle of the acetabulum is needed. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the application value of C-arm X-ray displacement measurement of acetabular anteversion angle and abduction angle in total hip arthroplasty. METHODS:Total y 63 cases undergoing total hip arthroplasty were divided into two groups according to their wil . Patients in the control group (n=30) were implanted with traditional acetabular prosthesis locator. Patients in the observation group (n=33) were implanted with acetabular prosthesis after C-arm X-ray displacement measurement. Acetabular anteversion angle, abduction angle and pelvic inclination were measured before, during and after arthroplasty. Acetabular anteversion angle and abduction angle were measured in both groups after arthroplasty. Pain score and hip function Harris score were recorded in both groups at different time points. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1) No significant difference in acetabular anteversion angle, abduction angle and pelvic inclination was detected before, during and after arthroplasty (al P>0.05). (2) No significant difference in abduction angle was determined between the two groups after arthroplasty (P>0.05), but acetabular anteversion angle was significantly smal er in the observation group than in the control group (P<0.05). (3) At 7 days after arthroplasty, Visual Analog Scale scores were less in the observation group than in the control group (P<0.05). (4) Compared with that before arthroplasty, Harris score was significantly higher after arthroplasty in both groups (P<0.05). Harris score was higher in the observation group than in the control group at 3 and 12 months after arthroplasty (P<0.05). (5) Results indicated that during total hip arthroplasty, C-arm X-ray machine can measure acetabular anteversion angle and abduction angle, and effectively correct pelvic inclination, internal and external rotation, abduction and adduction, improve the accuracy of acetabular cup placement and the quality of replacement surgery, and improve the prognosis of the patients.

Thermo-therapeutic has been proved to be an effective approach for cancer therapy.This paper introduces a kind of new equipment suitable for liver oncology based on this theory,which uses the RF field as the thermal energy and adopts sequential-delivering technology.Its principle and advantages are introduced in detail.