OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for rational use of human serum albumin for surgical inpatients. METHODS:The utilization of human serum albumin for surgical inpatients in a hospital during Jan.-Mar. 2014 was analyzed and evaluated by UHC Guidelines for the Use of Album,Nonprotein Colloid,and Crystalloid Solutions(2010 edition)and European Immune Globu-lin and Albumin Use Recommendation. RESULTS:Among the 556 patients,totally 895 human serum albumin application were con-ducted,mainly involving development of gastrointestinal surgery(29.7%),hepatobiliary surgery(25.9%)and cardiothoracic sur-gery(13.1%). The main reasons were correcting hypoalbuminemia(62.9%),followed by albumin supplemented during major sur-gery(7.9%)and alleviating ascites in patients with cirrhosis(4.4%);only 95 applications(10.6%)were considered appropriate. The most prevalent inappropriate reason was for correcting hypoalbuminemia. CONCLUSIONS:Human serum albumin in the surgi-cal inpatients in the hospital shows a large amount,and low consistent rate between indications and guidelines. The rational stan-dardized utilization of human serum albumin should be strengthened.

Objective To explore the effects of piperine on cell proliferation and migration in angiotensin Ⅱ (Ang Ⅱ)-treated rat airway smooth muscle cells (ASMCs).Methods The primary ASMCs of rats were cultured by improved tissue-piece digestion inoculation and trypsin digestion.MTT assay was used to detect the effects of Ang Ⅱ and Ang Ⅱ receptor antagonist losartan on cell proliferation activity.After treatment with Ang Ⅱ and piperine, the cell proliferation activity, the cell cycle distribution and the cell migration were detected by MTT, flow cytometry and Transwell assay respectively.ERK1/2 inhibitor PD98059 and losartan were then applied to determine the expression of cyclin D1, MMP-9, p-ERK1/2, ERK1/2, and β-actin proteins by Western blot assay.Results After 24 h culture, Ang Ⅱ treatment promoted the cell proliferative activity in rat ASMCs (P<0.05), and the promotive effect of 10-7 mol/L Ang Ⅱ was the most significant.Additionally, losartan blocked the Ang Ⅱ-induced cell proliferative activity in rat ASMCs (P<0.05).10-7 mol/L Ang Ⅱ treatment resulted in the elevated cell proliferative activity, higher S phase fraction, increased migrated cell number, and enhanced expression of cyclin D1, MMP-9and p-ERK1/2 proteins (P<0.05);these effects were dose-dependently reversed by piperine.Both PD98059 and losartan blocked Ang Ⅱ-induced expression of p-ERK1/2, cyclin D1 and MMP-9 proteins in rat ASMCs.Conclusions Piperine may inhibit Ang Ⅱ-induced cell proliferation and cell migration via ERK1/2 signaling pathway in rat ASMCs.

Objective To investigate the prevalence and distribution of pre-diabetes and diabetes mellitus in Han population aged over 60 years in Urumqi. Methods The physical examination and 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) were performed in 2210 people, including 1231 elderly people aged over 60 years (old age group) and 951 people aged 40-59 years (middle age group). The diagnosis of diabetes mellitus was established according to WHO criteria in 1999. Results In Han ethnic people, the prevalence rates of diabetes mellitus and pre-diabetes were 32.2% and 29.0% respectively in old age group, and were significantly higher than in middle age group ( 12.3% and 20.9%,x2= 192.62, P＜0.05). The prevalence rates of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) were higher in old age group than in middle age people (21.6% vs. 13.9%, x2 = 20.97, P＜0.05), but there was no significant difference in the prevalence rate of impaired fasting glucose (IFG) between the two groups. The prevalence rate of metabolism syndrome (MS) was higher in old age group than in middle age group (52.2% vs. 33.7%, x2 =73.77, P＜0.05). The multivariable analysis showed that hypertriglyceridemia, hypertension, family history of diabetes mellitus were risk factors for development of diabetes mellitus in elderly Han population (x2 =44.34, P＜0.05). Conclusions The prevalence rates of diabetes and pre-diabetes are considerably high in the current state. It should be strengthened to prevent and treat diabetes mellitus and pre-diabetes in Urumqi Han population,especially in residents aged over 60 years.

BACKGROUND: Studies indicated that lipid peroxidation due to increase of free radical is the key factor of ischemia/reperfusion injury.Shinyleaf pricklyash root extracts, rutaceae plant, is bitter in taste, no stimulation, which has the effects of promoting qi, relieving pain, promoting blood circulation by removing blood stasis, dispelling wind and dredging collaterals and antioxidation.OBJECTIVE: To observe the influence of nitidine chloride on myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats and analyze its mechanism.DESIGN: Randomized controlled study.SETTING: Departmentof Pharmacology and Department of Chemistry,Guangxi Medical University.MATERIALS: A total of 60 healthy Wistar rats were selected, half male and half female, with the body mass of 250-300 g. Nitidine chloride was provided by Department of Chemistry, Guangxi Medical University, batch number 20050609. MS4000U biological signal quantitative record analysis system, 722N evident spectrophotometer, hydrochloric acid verapamil (batch number 020701, 2 mL in each), malondialdehyde (MDA) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) kit were purchased from Guangzhou Longfeida Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai Precision Scientific Instruments Corporation, Shanghai Harvest Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd. and Nanjing Jiancheng Bioengineering Institute, respectively. Hitachi 7170A full automatic biochemistry analyzer was also applied.METHODS: The experiment was performed at the Department of Pharmacology and Department of Chemistry, Guangxi Medical University between June 2004 and May 2006. ①Totally 60 healthy Wistar rats with normal ECG (half male and half female) were randomly divided into 6 groups:sham operation group, model group, 2, 1, 0.5 mg/kg nitidine chloride groups, positive control group with 10 rats in each group. The rats in the sham operation group received threading without deligation, and 90 minutes later the experiment was accomplished. Other 50 rats received left anterior descending branch of coronary artery deligation, ischemia for 30 minutes reperfusion for 60 minutes. 2 mg/kg verapamil, 2,1,0.5 mg/kg, 5 mL/kgnitidine chloride, saline of the same volume were injected into femoral vein in rats of the positive control group, different doses nitidine chloride groups and model group, respectively 10 minutes before deligating left anterior descending branch of coronary artery. ②Monitoring was conducted successively with standard limb Ⅱ lead ECG when performing reperfusion. Type,incidence rate and duration of cardiac arrhythmia were recorded within 60minutes. Change of ST segment was also recorded after reperfusion for 15minutes and 60 minutes. ③At the end of experiment, serum myocardial enzymology indexes were measured wi th full automatic biochemistry analyzer.MDA content and SOD activity in myocardial tissues were examined with thiobarbituric acid(TBA) method and xanthine oxidase (XOD) method, respectively. ④Measurement data and enumeration data between two groups were compared with t test and x2 test. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Occurrence of cardiac arrhythmia, ECG ST segment elevation, change of serum myocardial enzymology indexes, MDA content and SOD activity of myocardial tissues in rats of each group.RESULTS: A total of 60 rats were involved in the result analysis. ①Degree of cardiac arrhythmia and ECG ST segment elevation of rats: The emergency time of cardiac arrhythmia in 1 and 2 mg/kg nitidine chloride groups was significantly later than that in the model group (P ＜ 0.05,0.01). The duration of cardiac arrhythmia in the 1 and 2 mg/kg nitidine chloride groups and positive control group was obviously shorter than that in the model group (P ＜ 0.05-0.01). The incidence rates of various kinds of cardiac arrhythmia were markedly less than those in the model group (P ＜ 0.01). The degree of ST segment elevation at reperfusion for 15 and 60 minutes was remarkably lower than that in the model group (P ＜ 0.05-0.01). ②Serum myocardial enzyme level: It was significantly higher in the model than the sham operation group after 60-minute myocardial ischemia and reperfusion (P?.01). Activity of myocardial enzyme in the 1 and 2 mg/kg nitidine chloride groups was remarkably lower than that in the model group (P ＜ 0.01,P ＜ 0.05). The level of myocardial enzyme decreased with the increase of nitidine chloride. It was lower significantly in the positive control group than the model group (P ＜ 0.05-0.01 ). ③SOD activity of myocardial tissues: It was markedly lower in the model group than the sham operation group after 60-minute myocardialischemia and reperfusion (P ＜ 0.01); It was dramatically higher than in the 1 and 2 mg/kg nitidine chloride groups than the model group (P ＜ 0.01). The activity also increased with the increase of nitidine chloride. ④MDA content of myocardial tissues: It was distinctly higher in the model group than the sham operation group after myocardial ischemia reperftsion for 60 minutes (P ＜ 0.01). It was remarkably lower in the 1 and 2 mg/kg nitidine chloride groups than the model group (P ＜ 0.01). The content decreased with the increase of nitidine chloride. It was obviously lower in the positive control group than the model group (P ＜ 0.05 ).CONCLUSION: ①1 and 2 mg/kg nitidine chloride can reduce the incidence rate of cardiac arrhythmia in rats with myocardial ischemia and reperfusion, postpone the emergence time of cardiac arrhythmia and shorten its duration, decrease the degree of ST segment elevation after reperfusion for 15 minutes and 60 minutes, which have similar effect with verapamil.② 1 and 2 mg/kg nitidine chloride can reduce the release of myocardial enzyme, relieve the severity of oxygen-derived free radicals injury, and has the effect of protecting myocardial injury during ischemia-reperfusion, in which represents a dose-dependent effect.

AIM:To examine the effects of hypoxia on sodium-hydrogen exchange 1 (NHE1) expression, in-tracellular Ca2+concentration ( [ Ca2+] i ) and calpain activity, and to explore the effect of amiloride on adenosine triphos-phate-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) degradation and its calpain-related mechanism.METHODS:RAW264.7 cells were exposed to hypoxia for 0 h, 12 h, 24 h and 48 h.The cell viability was measured by MTT assay and the expres-sion of NHE1 at mRNA and protein levels was detected by real-time PCR and Western blot.[ Ca2+] i was analyzed by flow cytometry.Calpain activity was assessed by the method of Suc-LLVY-aminoluciferin.Furthermore, the protein levels of ABCA1 in the RAW264.7 cells exposed to hypoxia for 24 h were determined after 6 h or 12 h treatment with NHE1 inhibi-tor amiloride in the presence of cycloheximide.ABCA1 protein levels and calpain activity were detected after 12 h incuba-tion with calpain inhibitor ALLN or intracellular calcium-chelating agent BAPTA.RESULTS: Hypoxia inhibited the cell viability in a time-dependent manner.Hypoxia up-regulated the mRNA and protein expression of NHE1, and increased [ Ca2+] i and calpain activity.Hypoxia increased the degradation of ABCA1 and amiloride slowed down the ABCA1 degra-dation.ALLN or BAPTA increased ABCA1 protein level and decreased calpain activity.CONCLUSION:NHE1 inhibitor amiloride attenuates the calpain-mediated degradation of ABCA1, indicating that hypoxia-induced NHE1 might, at least in part, participate in the ABCA1 degradation.

Objective To compare the safety and efficacy of carotid artery stenting (CAS) and carotid endarterectomy(CEA) for the treatment of carotid stenosis. Methods The electronic databases (PubMed, EMbase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, CNKI, VIP and Wanfang) were searched in order to retrieve randomized controlled trials (RCTs) about comparing CAS and CEA for the treatment of carotid stenosis. Cochrane collaboration's RevMan 5.0.24 were used for analyzing data. Results Twelve RCTs totalling 6903 patients (3460 patients were randomized to CAS and 3443 randomized to CEA) with symptomatic or asymptomatic stenosis were included in the meta-analysis. There were significantly higher 30-day relative risks after CAS than after CEA for death or any stroke [RR=1.64, 95%CI (1.33-2.03), P＜0.00001] and for stroke [RR=1.70, 95%CI (1.34-2.14), P＜0.00001]. The relative risks of myocardial infarction [RR=0.62, 95%CI (0.39-0.97), P=0.04] and cranial neuropathy [RR=0.07, 95%CI (0.03-0.16), P＜0.00001] was significantly less after CAS than after CEA. The relative risks of death [RR=1.27, 95%CI (0.82-1.96), P=0.29] or disabling stroke within 30 days [RR=1.33, 95%CI (0.78-2.28), P=0.29] and any stroke or death at 1 year after the procedures [RR=0.96, 95%CI (0.63-1.46), P=0.84] did not differ significantly between CAS and CEA operation. Conclusions CEA remains the first choice for treatment of carotid stenosis for patients with low surgery risk. For patients with high surgery risk and unsuitable for surgery, CAS has more advantages. It is reasonable to view CAS and CEA as complementary rather than competing modes of therapy.

This study was aimed to establish GC-MS fingerprint of Bu-yang Huan-wu (BYHW) decoction. The 5HP-MS quartz capillary column was used. The temperature program carrier gas was He. The velocity was 1.0 mL·min-1. The injection volume was 1 μL. The split ratio was 1:20. The MS conditions were electron impact (EI) ion source with the transmission line temperature at 280oC, ion source temperature at 230oC, and quadrupole temperature at 150oC. The mass scan range was m/z 50~550. And the results were contrasted with ChemStation and NIST 05a. The results showed that nine common peaks were obtained in the fingerprint of eleven batches of BYHW decoction by peaks matched with the Similarity Evaluation System for Chromatographic Fingerprint (2004 A Version). The similari-ty of fingerprints was calculated more than 0.93. It was concluded that fingerprinting can be used as a method of quality control and provide evidence for the research of volatile ingredient of BYHW decoction.

Objective To establish the reference databases for bone mineral density(BMD)in multiple skeletal regions,which would be useful for diagnosis of osteoporosis(OP)and prediction of fracture risk in adult women in Qingdao.Methods BMD was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry at skeletal regions of lumbar spine,left hip(femoral neck,Ward's triangle and greater trochanter)in 868 healthy adult women aged 25- 83 years and 191 women with fractures.BMD of skeletal regions with age-related change was found to fit in 8 kinds of regression models.Best model equations of fitting were found and the reference database was established.BMD of women with fractures was compared with the reference databases to predict the risk of fracture.Results BMD in 6 skeletal regions changed with aging and a cubic regression model was better fitted with aged-related change as compared with other regression models.The coefficients of determination(R~2)of fitting curve were 0.21?0.09 (P＜0.01).The BMD reference databases of women in Qingdao were established by cubic regression equation, the peak BMD of lumbar spine and hip appeared at 25-29,and 40-44 years old groups respectively.Finally,the BMD in fracture group was significantly decreased by 1.6-2.5 s as compared with the peak BMD of health women. Conclusion The bone quantity is lost rapidly after 45 years old in women.If the BMD in women after 50 years old is decreased by 1.6-2.5 s compared with the peak BMD in the same area,the risk of fracture is increased.

Objective To investigate the correlation between CT perfusion parameters of pulmonary carcinoma and standardized uptake values(SUV)derived from ~(18)F-fluoro-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography(~8F-FDG PET)and tumor microvessel density(MVD),and to determine the validity of CT perfusion in assessing tumor angiagenic activity of pulmonary carcinoma.Methods Fifty patients(mean age 57.5,17 females)with pulmonary carcinoma underwent CT perfusion using 16-slice helical CT.Blood flow(BF,ml?100g~(-1)?min~(-1)),blood volume(BV,ml?100g~(-1)),mean transmit time(MTF,s)and permeability surface area product(PS,ml?100g~(-1)?min~(-1))were analyzed.SUV of PET was calculated in 14 patients.The CD34 immunohistochemical staining was used for tumor microvessel counting.CT perfusion parameters of pulmonary carcinoma were correlatively studied with SUV and tumor MVD.Pearson's correlation analysis was performed to evaluate the association between CT perfusion parameters and SUV and MVD.Results The average values of BF,BV,MTT and PS were 97.30 ml?100g~(-1)?min~(-1), 8.86 ml?100g~(-1),6.75 s and 34.52 ml?100g~(-1)?min~(-1),respectively.The average value of MVD was 61.82/FOV.The mean value of SUV was 5.96.There was positive correlation between BF and SUV(r= 0.727,P

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