Objective To reduce the complications of male indwelling urinary catheter and improve patient compliance by improved the traditional male urinary catheter.Methods Inspired by using ‘condom’‘fresh-keeping bags’and other pseudo catheter in clinic,the tradi-tional male urinary catheter was improved as‘pseudo catheter ’and the hydrocolloid dressing was used as bonding device.Results An im-proved male urinary catheter was successfully designed,which applied in 68 patients without urinary tract infection,catheterization failure nor foreskin edema.Conclusion The improved male urinary catheter has the advantages of less cost,simple operation,no pain,higher patient com-pliance and less complications,wihch is worthy to spread in clinic,especially in young patients and long-term bedridden elderly patients at home.

ObjectiveTo study the value of plasma corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and the fetal fibronectin (fFN) in vaginal secretions and cervical length in predicting preterm labor.MethodsThe plasma CRH levels and fFN levels in vaginal secretions from 24 -37 weeks pregnant woman checked up in our hospital from Dec.2009 to Dec.2010 were detected by ELLISA method.The changes of these three indexes were observed with the pregnant time and were analyzed according to different pregnancy outcomes.Results Among the 112 cases of pregnant women,premature delivery in 54 cases,full-term birth 58 cases.At the 24 week of pregnancy,there were significant difference on the cervical length( [2.8 ±0.4]cm vs [3.3 ±0.5]cm,t =3.254,P =0.021 ) between premature delivery group and full-term birth group.At the 28 - 30 week,31 -32 week,33 - 34 week,35 - 36 week,the CRH were ( 162.33 ± 16.49 ) ng/L,(60.01:±: 14.56) ng/L;(352.12 ±61.01 )ng/L,( 118.04 ±53.74)ng/L; (364.55 ±56.71 )ng/L,( 122.95 ±71.41 )ng/L; (372.78 ±149.89)ng/L,(124.00 ± 19.05 )ng/L respectively in premature delivery group and full-term birth group,and there were significant differences on CRH at the four different pregnant time(t =3.687,6.875,8.652,8.524,respectively,P ＜ 0.05 ).It shows better sensitivity ( 97.92％ ),specificity ( 90.00％ ),positive predictive value(95.92％ ) and negative predictive value(94.73％ ) in predicting premature delivery by detection of CRH,fFN combined with cervical length.ConclusionDetection of plasma CRH,fFN combined with cervix length measurement can improve the predictability of premature and provide a good,reliable clinical basis for the early diagnosis and treatment for preterm premature.

Objective To study the clinical application of dynamic monitoring of mainstream endtidal carbon dioxide in neonatal respiratory distress syndrome.Methods All of 23 premature neonates diagnosed with NRDS and placed on mechanical ventilation were admitted in this study.Their PetCO_2 was continuously monitored and paired with PaCO_2 at 112 different time points.The correlation between PetCO_2and PaCO_2 was compared.Results This study showed that the average PaCO_2 measured for 112 times was(38.2±5.6)mm Hg(1 mm Hg=0.133kPa)and the corresponding PetCO_2 was,(32.4±4.9)mm Hg;it also showed that PetCO_2 was positively correlated with PaCO_2 and PetCO_2 was even more closely correlated with PaCO_2 in infants with second degree of NRDS than in patients with third and fourth degree of NRDS.Conclusions Dynamically monitoring mainstream PetCO_2 is applicable in mechanically ventilated premature infants with NRDS,it can accurately reflect the level of PaCO_2;Thereby reducing the blood gas analysis,thus reducing the suffering of nursing workload and children.But it has limited significance in cases of severe NRDS.

BACKGROUNDRecent researches discovered that artemisinin and its derivatives had anti-tumor activity. Dihydroartemisinin is one of the derivatives with higher activity. This study is to explore the effect of dihydroartemisinin on the proliferation of human lung adenocarcinoma cell line A549, so as to provide experimental base for treatment of lung cancer.

METHODSInhibition of proliferation in vitro was measured by MTT assay. The cell growth curve was drawn according to cell counts. The population doubling time was counted in logarithmic growth phase, DNA contents were measured by flow cytometry. Cell cycles were observed at the same time after the treatment. And the nude mice bearing A549 cancer cells were applied to detect the effect of dihydroartemisinin in vivo.

RESULTSDihydroartemisinin inhibited A549 cell proliferation in a concentration-dependent manner, after 96h of treatment, the IC50 for dihydroartemisinin inhibition of cell number was 0.23μmol/l. The population doubling time for human lung adenocarcinma in the control group was 21.3h and that in the dihydroartemisinin group was 38.5h . An highly significant difference was observed between the two groups (P < 0.01). Cells in G0 plus G1 were increased after the dihydroartemisinin treatment. The tumor inhibiting rate of dihydroartemisinin was 54.3% in vivo.

CONCLUSIONSDihydroartemisinin has marked anticancer activity on human lung adenocarcinoma cell line A549 both in vitro and in vivo. The inhibition in vitro is related to blockade of G0 and G1 phases.

Objective: The clinical data involving pediatric dental trauma and the features of dental trauma in children were summarized to provide a reference for the treatment and prevention of dental trauma. Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on 644 children with dental trauma who were admitted to the Department of Children s Stomatology, Stomatology Hospital of Xiamen Medical College from January to December 2022. Descriptive methods were used to analyze the general demographic characteristics of the children and clinical features of dental trauma. Results: The characteristics of the children with dental trauma were as follows: male-to-female ratio, 2.16∶1; mean age, (6.73±3.42) years; most frequently affected age groups, 2-4 and 7-9 years (26.09%, 33.85%); most frequent season for dental trauma, spring (27.61%) and autumn (28.55%); least common season for dental trauma, summer(18.88%); most frequent time of day for dental trauma, evening (51.47%); least common time of day for dental trauma, morning (2.68%); >24 h elapsed from dental trauma-to-treatment (42.08%); most common type of injuries; simple tooth hard tissue and pulp injury in permanent teeth(65.25%) and simple periodontal tissue injury of primary teeth( 53.35 %); most likely teeth involved, maxillary central incisors (80.10%); and number of affected teeth, 1-2. Conclusions The incidence of dental trauma in children has common features, but most children do not see a dentist timely after dental trauma occurs. Educating parents of children with dental trauma should be encouraged to reduce the incidence of dental injury.

This study explores the application of animation in medical teaching. On the one hand, the status quo of the application of animation in medical teaching was analyzed by conducting questionnaire survey for the effect of animation-enhanced teaching of the biology course; on the other hand, new animations were made by the researchers to analyze its effect on the students' self-study. The results showed that the scores of the students receiving text and teaching animation resources were significantly higher than that of students receiving only textual information in the learning process (P<0.01), and the same goes for the number of the students that complete the >75％ of the learning content. The results showed that the teaching animation can improve the students' self-study performance and raise their interest in self-study.

OBJECTIVE: To detect potential mutations of the PKHD1 gene in two pedigrees affected with infantile polycystic kidney disease. METHODS: Clinical data and peripheral venous blood samples were collected from the probands and their parents as well as fetal amniotic fluid cells. Genome DNA was extracted from the peripheral blood samples and amniotic fluid cells. Exons 32 and 61 of the PKHD1 gene were amplified with PCR and subjected to direct sequencing. RESULTS: The proband of pedigree 1 was found to carry c.4274T>G (p.Leu1425Arg) mutation in exon 32 and c.10445G>C (p.Arg3482Pro) mutation in exon 61 of the PKHD1 gene, which were inherited from her father and mother, respectively. The fetus has carried the c.4274T>G (p.Leu1425Arg) mutation. In pedigree 2, the wife and her husband had respectively carried a heterozygous c.5979_5981delTGG mutation and a c.9455delA mutation of the PKHD1 gene. No chromosomal aberration was found in the umbilical blood sample, but the genetic testing of their fetus was failed. Based on software prediction, all of the 4 mutations were predicted to be pathogenic. CONCLUSION PKHD1 c.4274T>G (p.Leu1425Arg), c.10445G>C (p.Arg3482Pro), c.5979_5981delTGG and c.9455delA were likely to be pathogenic mutations. The results have facilitated genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis for the two pedigrees.
DNA Mutational Analysis ; Female ; Genetic Counseling ; Humans ; Mutation ; Pedigree ; Polycystic Kidney Diseases ; diagnosis ; genetics ; Pregnancy ; Prenatal Diagnosis ; Receptors, Cell Surface ; drug effects

Metabolic reprogramming is a hallmark of cancer, including lung cancer. However, the exact underlying mechanism and therapeutic potential are largely unknown. Here we report that protein arginine methyltransferase 6 (PRMT6) is highly expressed in lung cancer and is required for cell metabolism, tumorigenicity, and cisplatin response of lung cancer. PRMT6 regulated the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) flux and glycolysis pathway in human lung cancer by increasing the activity of 6-phospho-gluconate dehydrogenase (6PGD) and α-enolase (ENO1). Furthermore, PRMT6 methylated R324 of 6PGD to enhancing its activity; while methylation at R9 and R372 of ENO1 promotes formation of active ENO1 dimers and 2-phosphoglycerate (2-PG) binding to ENO1, respectively. Lastly, targeting PRMT6 blocked the oxidative PPP flux, glycolysis pathway, and tumor growth, as well as enhanced the anti-tumor effects of cisplatin in lung cancer. Together, this study demonstrates that PRMT6 acts as a post-translational modification (PTM) regulator of glucose metabolism, which leads to the pathogenesis of lung cancer. It was proven that the PRMT6-6PGD/ENO1 regulatory axis is an important determinant of carcinogenesis and may become a promising cancer therapeutic strategy.