Objective To investigate the complications of different enteral nutrition in patients after surgery for massive cerebellar infarction,so as to guide rational application of enteral nutrition in patients.Methods Forty-nine patients with massive cerebellar infarction were divided into three groups randomly:conventional nasogastric tube feeding group (group A,n =12),nasogastric tube feeding plus gastric motor drug group (group B,n =18),and nasojejunal tube feeding group (group C,n =19).The incidences of diarrhea,reflux,aspiration,upper gastrointestinal bleeding and aspiration pneumonia within 3 weeks after initiation of enteral nutrition were observed and compared among the groups.Results The incidence of diarrhea showed no statistically significant difference among the 3 groups (x2 =0.092,P =0.955).Compared with group A,the incidences of reflux,aspiration and aspirafion pneumonia were significantly lower in group B and group C (P ＜ 0.05),and lower in group C compared with group B (P ＜ 0.05).Compared with group C,the incidence of upper gastrointestinal bleeding was significantly lower in group C than in group A and group B (x22 =4.748,P2 =0.029;x23 =4.284,P3 =0.038),but the difference between group A and group B was not significant (x21 =0.000,P1 =1.000).Conclusions Because of the unique pathophysiological features in patients after surgery for massive cerebellar infarction,early enteral nutrition by conventional nasogastric tube feeding may be inappropriate.Nasogastric tube feeding plus gastric motor drug may be applied in mild case with short course of disease.Nasojejunal tube feeding may be the approach of choice for enteral nutrition in critical patients with massive cerebellar infarction for its association with lower incidence of complications.

BACKGROUND: Bushen Huogu decoction can effectively prevent and treat osteoporosis, but the concrete mechanism of pharmacology is still not clear. 25-hydroxy vitamin D3 and 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 are important coupling factors, which can regulate bone resorption and formation.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the curative effects of Bushen Huogu decoction on the bone mineral density, bone biomechanics, and level of 25-hydroxy vitamin D3 and 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in blood serum, liver and kidney in the ovariectomized osteoporotic rats.METHODS: Totally 108 healthy female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into model group, sham-operated group, andtreatment group. All rats had been ovariectomized to induce estrogen absence and further establish osteoporotic models, except those in sham-operated group. Treatment group of rats were intragastrically administrated with 2 mL Bushen Huogu decoction,twice a day.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Compared with model group, the bone mineral density in the rat femur was significantly increased in the treatment group (P < 0.05), the index of maximal stress and maximal loading of the femoral head were also increased (P <0.05). The concentration of 25-hydroxy vitamin D3 and 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in blood serum, liver and kidney were significant higher in the treatment group than those in the model group, and the levels were similar with those in sham-operated group (P >0.05). In the early period of estrogenic hormone absence, the Chinese kidney-tonifying drugs could activate bone metabolism, raise bone mineral density and reinforce quality of bone through up-regulating expression of 25-hydroxy vitamin D3 and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3.

Adolescent ; Female ; Humans ; Immunoglobulins, Intravenous ; administration & dosage ; Immunosuppressive Agents ; administration & dosage ; Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating ; diagnosis ; therapy

Objective To explore the relationship between case mix index ( CMI ) and the bed allocation in clinical departments, and to evaluate the performance of bed scale of departments at tertiary hospitals based on CMI. Methods Based on the HIS system of a tertiary hospital, the authors collected the disease treatment information and bed allocation information of each clinical department in 2015. The CMI value was calculated by means of diagnosis-related group( DRG) , while the proportion of cases and average daily beds occupancy corresponding to the quartile of the CMI value of each department was also counted. Then the bed occupancy and distribution of various patients were analyzed. Results The hospital′s overall CMI value, DRG groups, DRG cases at the departments, days of stay, DRGs, CMI values and its quartiles were calculated. It was found that the medical and surgical CMIs had a linear relationship with the critical proportion (r=0. 998, 0. 996, P<0. 001). The main influencing factors of average daily bed occupancy were ranged from high to low as followed: the number of cases that were allocated in the group, employee numbers and CMI (F=87. 656, P<0. 001). Conclusions CMI is an ideal indicator for the difficulty of medical services at different departments and for evaluating the bed scale performance. Hence it can be used as an important reference for bed number adjustment in hospitals.

Objective To investigate the affect of body positions on biochemical indexes. Methods By autogenous contrast and cross matched survey, 107 volunteers divided into 3 season patches of winter, spring and summer, blood samples were drawn from the same part in both standing and lying positions。From19 persons, blood samples were collected respectively after standing and sitting for 15 min, lying for 15 min and 30 min and then sitting for another 15 min。 The blood samples were analyzed for 32 biochemical indexes on analyzer。Results 25 biochemical indexes in sitting position were significantly different from those in lying position (P0。05)。Conclusions Changing body position can result in obvious physiological variation of 28 biochemical indexes, particularly of those related to protein. Such result may lead to abnormality in some marginal values. It suggests body position should not be neglected in analyzing laboratory data.

Objective To study the relationship between angiogenesis and pathology and prognosis of cholangiocarcinoma. Methods Immunohistochemistry was used to determine micro-vessel density (MVD) and the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) and its receptor Flk-1/KDR in 50 cholangiocarcinoma cases. Results were compared with pathological and follow-up parameters. Results MVD in cholangiocarcinoma tissues and para-tumor tissues (34.04 ? 11.08, 32.80 ?9.28) were higher than normal bile duct tissues ( 11. 67 ? 4. 64) ( P

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the value of FOXP1 and Cyclin E gene in primary central nervous system lymphoma(PCNSL) of immunocompetent patients on prognostic significance.

METHODSClinical data of 71 patients with newly diagnosed PCNSL from 2002 to 2007 was analyzed retrospectively. Immunohistochemistry method (HRP-EnVision(TM)) was performed to observe the expression of FOXP1 and Cyclin E gene in tumor tissue samples. The survival was analyzed by Kaplan-Meier survival curve, survival factors analysis by the Log-rank test and COX proportional hazards regression model.

RESULTSFOXP1 positive was observed in 35 of 51 patients (68.63%) and Cyclin E staining was present in 29 of 50 cases (58.00%). FOXP1(+) patients had a shorter overall survival (OS) than FOXP1(-) ones. 2-year OS rate in FOXP1(+) and FOXP1(-) patients were 23.33% and 73.56%, respectively(P = 0.0015). Cyclin E(+) patients had a shorter overall survival(OS) than cyclinE(-) ones. 2-year OS rate in Cyclin E(+) and Cyclin E(-) patients were 17.56% and 69.76%, respectively (P = 0.0017). Multivariate analysis showed that Cyclin E expression was an independent prognostic factor for shorter OS (P = 0.048). FOXP1 expression might be an important prognostic factor for shorter OS (P = 0.065).

CONCLUSIONCyclin E expression is an independent prognostic factor and FOXP1 expression is a possible prognostic factor for poor clinical outcome in patients with PCNSL.

Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Central Nervous System Neoplasms ; genetics ; metabolism ; Cyclin E ; genetics ; metabolism ; Female ; Forkhead Transcription Factors ; genetics ; metabolism ; Humans ; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin ; genetics ; metabolism ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Prognosis ; Repressor Proteins ; genetics ; metabolism ; Retrospective Studies ; Survival Rate

An extremely thermoacidophilic isolate K4-1 was obtained from an acidic hot spring in Teng- chong Rehai, Yunnan province. Morphology, growth characteristics, utilization of carbon compounds, en- ergy sources and 16S rRNA gene sequence of K4-1 were studied. Cells of K4-1 are irregular cocci with monotrichous flagella. The strain grew aerobically in either a lithotrophic or a heterotrophic mode. Growth on elemental sulfur occurred through oxidation of sulfur. It grew optimally at 75?C and pH 3.5. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, strain K4-1 was shown to belong to genus Sulfolobus, being related to the type strains of genus Sulfolobus (86.6%~94.3% similarity), and being most closely related to strain Sulfolobus tengchongensis RT8-4 (98.9% similarity). The GenBank accession number of strain K4-1 16S rRNA gene sequence is EU729124.

Objective To evaluate diagnostic value of the novel virtual touch tissue imaging quantification (VTIQ) technique of acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) shear wave elastography in the differential diagnosis between benign and malignant thyroid lesions. Methods From June to July 2014, the imaging data of 82 thyroid lesions in 75 patients proven by fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) biopsy on conventional ultrasound and VTIQ were retrospectively analyzed. The thyroid nodules were examined by conventional ultrasound firstly and then the lesions were classified by thyroid imaging report and data system (TI-RADS). The maximum, minimum, median and average of shear wave velocity (SWV) values were obtained from multiple SWV measurement under the VTIQ speed mode. The region of interest (ROI) was determined according to the VTIQ quality mode after the patients holding the breath. According to the FNAC cytology results, ROC curve were plotted to determine the most accurate SWV value and the cut-off value for differential diagnosis. Results According to the FNAC results, grading≥5 level was set as the positive results and FNAC<5 level as the negative results. There were 28 positive nodules and 54 negative nodules in 82 thyroid nodules. The positive rates of TI-RADS classification were consistent with the theoretical results. The SWVmax, SWVmin, SWVmedian, and SWVmean on VTIQ of negative and positive thyroid nodules were (3.2±0.6), (2.2±0.4), (2.7±0.4), (2.6±0.4) m/s, and (4.6±1.7), (3.1±0.8), (3.5±1.0), (3.6±1.1) m/s. There were significant differences between positive and negative thyroid nodules in SWVmax, SWVmin, SWVmedian, and SWVmean on VTIQ (t=3.53, 3.68, 3.32, 3.81, all P<0.01). Based on the area under curve of ROC, the SWVmean value in the nodule was the best value in comparison with other SWV values. The cut-off value of VTIQ mean was 2.9 m/s. According to ROC curve analysis, the sensitivity, specificity and Youden index for VTIQ were 70.6%, 88.5%, 0.59, respectively. Conclusion The study proved that VTIQ elastography technique plays an important role in differential diagnosis of thyroid nodules and the VTIQ SWVmean is the best parameter for differential diagnosis.

By reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), an open reading frame of pathogenesis-related protein 1 (PR1) was isolated from Panax notoginseng and named as PnPR1. Molecular and bioinformatic analyses of PnPR1 revealed that an open reading frame of 501 bp was predicted to encode a 166-amino acid protein with a deduced molecular mass of 18.1 kD. Homology analysis showed that the deduced amino acid sequence of PR1 protein of Panax notoginseng had a high similarity with other higher plants had the same conservative structure domain of cysteine-rich secretory protein (CAP). The recombinant expressed plasmid pET28a(+)-PnPR1 was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21. The expression conditions were optimized by induction at different times, different temperatures, different IPTG concentrations and different giving times. The optimum expression condition was 0.4 mmol.L-1 IPTG at 28 degrees C for 20 h. The successful expression of PnPR1 provides some basis for protein purification and preparation of the monoclonal antibody.
Amino Acid Sequence ; Cloning, Molecular ; Escherichia coli ; metabolism ; Molecular Weight ; Open Reading Frames ; genetics ; Panax notoginseng ; chemistry ; Phylogeny ; Plant Proteins ; genetics ; metabolism ; Plants, Medicinal ; chemistry ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Sequence Alignment