[Objective] To explore the therapeutic effect of traditional Chinese and western medicine for the treatment of primary chronic glomerular nephritis. [Methods] Seventy-two cases were randomized into two groups by using random number table. Group A ( n = 36) was treated with compound Glucosidorum Tripterygll Totorum Tablets, Jinshuibao Capsules, Compound Sanqi Capsules for oral use, as well as intravenous injection of Huangqi injection apart from routine western medicines, and at the same time given herbal medicine on the basis of syndrome differentiation. Group B ( n = 36) was treated with routine western medicines such as drugs resisting hypertension, diuretics and hormones when necessarily. After a 60-day treatment, the therapeutic effect in the two groups was observed as well as the changes of 24-hour urinary protein, serum total protein (TP) , albumin (Alb), total cholesterol (TC ) , triglyceride (TG) and immunoglobulins (Ig) A and G. [Results] The total effective rate was 94.44% in group A, and 66.67% in group B, the difference being significant (P 0.05). [Conclusion] The effect of traditional Chinese and western medicine for the treatment of primary chronic glomerular nephritis is better than that by using western medicine only.

To assess the normal value of left ventricular twist (LVtw) and examine the changes with normal aging by 2-dimensional ultrasound speckle-tracking imaging (STI), 121 healthy volunteers were divided into three age groups: a youth group (19-45 y old), a middle-age group (46-64 y old) and an old-age group (> or = 65 y old). Basal and apical short-axis images of left ventricular were acquired to analyse LV rotation (LVrot) and LVrot velocity. LVtw and LVtw velocity was defined as apical LVrot and LVrot velocity relative to the base. Peak twist (Ptw), twist at aortic valve closure (AVCtw), twist at mitral valve opening (MVOtw), untwisting rate (UntwR), half time of untwisting (HTU), peak twist velocity (PTV), time to peak twist velocity (TPTV), peak untwisting velocity (PUV), time to peak untwisting velocity (TPUV) were separately measured. The results showed that the normal LV performs a wringing motion with a clockwise rotation at the base and a counterclock-wise rotation at the apex (as seen from the apex). The LVtw velocity showed a systolic counterclock-wise twist followed by a diastolic clockwise twist. Peak twist develops near the end of systole (96%+/-4.2% of systole). With aging, Ptw, AVCtw, MVOtw, HTU and PUV increased significantly (P<0.05) and UntwR decreased significantly (P<0.05). However, no significant differences in TPUV, PTV and TPTV were noted among the 3 groups (P>0.05). It is concluded that LV twist can be measured non-invasively by 2-dimensional ultrasound STI imaging. The age-related changes of LVtw should be fully taken into consideration in the assessment of LV function.
Aging ; Echocardiography ; Heart Ventricles/anatomy & histology ; Heart Ventricles/*ultrasonography ; Ventricular Function, Left/*physiology ; Young Adult

Objective To investigate the effects of different blood pH of the recipients on ischemiareperfusion (I/R) injury to the transplanted lungs in rats. Methods Sixty-four pure bred male SD rats weighing 250-350 g were randomly divided into equal numbers of donors and recipients and the recipient rats were randomly divided into 4 groups(n = 8 each). Both donor and recipient rats were anesthetized with intraperitoneal (IP)ketamine 15 mg/kg and diazepam 6 mg/kg, tracheostomized and mechanically ventilated. In donor rats heparin 1 ml was injected via inferior vena cava and 4 ℃ LDP solution 40 ml was injected via pulmonary artery . The left lung was then removed and placed in 4℃ LDP solution and kept for 4 h. The left lung transplantation was performed using two-cuff-one-stent anastomosis technique. Before the transplanted lung was reperfused, the recipients' blood pH was adjusted to 7.4 (group Ⅰ), 7.2 (group Ⅱ), 7.3 (group Ⅲ) and 7.5 (group Ⅳ) by HCI and NaHCO3 solutions infused via femoral vein. After 2 h reperfusion, the transplants were removed for microscopic examination and determination of W/D lung weight ratio, MPO and SOD activities and MDA, TNF-α and IL-8 contents. Results SOD activity was significantly higher while MPO activity, and MDA, TNF-α and IL-8 contents in the lung tissue were significantly lower in group Ⅲ than in group Ⅰ . There was no significant difference in SOD and MPO activities and MDA, TNF-α, and IL-8 contents in the lung tissue among group Ⅰ , Ⅱ and Ⅳ. There was no significant difference in W/D lung weight ratio among the 4 groups. Microscopic examination showed that the histological damage was attenuated in group Ⅲ compared with the other 3 groups. Conclusion The I/R injury to the transplanted rat lungs can be effectively alleviated by reducing blood pH of the recipients to 7.3.

AIM: To investigate the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-3 (VEGFR-3) and CD31 in relation to metastasis in ovarian epithelial tumors. METHODS: VEGFR-3 and CD31 expression were examined by immunohistochemical methods, VEGFR-3 positive microlymphatic count (MLC) and microvessel density (MVD) were assessed by the image analysis. RESULTS: Both MLC and MVD in ovarian epithelial carcinomas were higher than those in benign tumors(MLC, P 0 05). CONCLUSIONS: VEGFR-3 and CD31 expression correlate significantly with metastasis, MLC and MVD might predict peritumoral lymphangiogenesis and angiogenesis, which may be as a biologic marker for metastasis in ovarian epithelial tumors. [

The hemorrheological changes were observed in 7 cases with portal hypertension after they were operated on with distal splenocaval shunt (DSCS). Similar cases with splenecto-my served as controls. It was found that blood hyperviscosity was slightly decreased after DSCS and the deformability of erythrocytes was improved from 7 to 14 days after DSCS. But blood hyperviscosity was significantly increased in the cases after splenectomy. Blood hyperviscosity was lower in the cases with DSCS than in those with splenectomy. Blood hyperviscosity , expressed mainly by the aggregation rate and deformability of erythrocytes, platelet count, etc, is dependent on the spleen. Since the spleen is preserved in DSCS so blood hyperviscosity is slightly decreased and complications due to blood hyperviscosity may be less in number after DSCS.

Objective:To retrospectively analyze the survival outcomes of the surgical management of primary small cell carcino-ma of the esophagus. Methods:The medical records were reviewed for patients diagnosed with esophageal carcinoma and underwent esophagectomy from January 2000 to December 2009 at the Department of Thoracic Surgery of the Henan Cancer Hospital. We fo-cused on the clinical data of patients with small cell carcinoma of the esophagus. The Kaplan-Meier approach with log-rank test was used for survival analysis. Results:A total of 5,062 patients underwent esophagectomy with curative intent at the Department of Thorac-ic Surgery of the Henan Cancer Hospital;among which, 57 (1.1%) were diagnosed with small cell carcinoma of esophagus. The most common surgical approach was trans-left thoracic incision esophagectomy. Cervical esophagogastrostomy was performed for all pa-tients. The most common chemotherapy regimen was EP. The overall 5-year survival rate was 12.5%, and the median survival time was 45 months. Among the various stages, the 5-year survival rate and survival time were 25% and 50 months for Stage I, 5.9% and 43 months for Stage II, and 4.3%and 43 months for StageⅢ. Subgroup analysis showed that cases treated with surgery alone had poorer overall median survival time compared with those cases that underwent surgery plus chemotherapy (23.2 months vs. 60.7 months, re-spectively;P<0.01). Even for Stage I patients, thesurgery plus chemotherapysubgroup was associated with a significantly longer me-dian survival time than the surgery alone subgroup (81.9 months vs. 22.3 months, P<0.01). Conclusion:For patients with primary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus, surgery alone cannot provide the optimal prognosis. Surgery combined with systemic chemother-apy can improve the survival time.

Objective·To evaluate the clinical value of two-dimensional ultrasound combined with four-dimensional color Doppler ultrasound in the diagnosis of uterine space-occupying lesion.Methods·A total of 75 patients with uterine space-occupying lesion were enrolled in this study from March 2015 to February 2016 at Hospital of Southwest Medical University.Patients received both two-dimensional ultrasound and four-dimensional color Doppler ultrasound to determine the location,number and nature of the lesions,as well as the clinical staging of malignant lesions,then the diagnostic accuracy was evaluated.Results·Among 75 patients,there were 26 cases with endometrial carcinoma,21 cases with hysteromyoma,16 cases with metropolypus,and 12 cases with uterine adenomyosis.The diagnostic accuracy of two-dimensional ultrasound combined with four-dimensional color Doppler ultrasound for the uterine space-occupying lesion was 88.0％,which was significantly higher than that of two-dimensional ultrasound (64.0％) (P＜0.05).What's more,the diagnostic accuracy of two-dimensional ultrasound combined with four-dimensional color Doppler ultrasound for the clinical staging of endometrial carcinoma was 88.5％,which was significantly higher than that of two-dimensional ultrasound (61.5％) (P＜0.05).Conclusion·Two-dimensional ultrasound combined with four-dimensional color Doppler ultrasound is more effective to improve the diagnostic accuracy of uterine space occupying lesion and clinical staging of endometrial carcinoma in comparison with two-dimensional ultrasound,which will favor the clinical strategy for the treatment of uterine space-occupying lesion.

Pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH ) is a chronic progressive disease characterized by a persistent elevation of pul-monary vascular pressure,and the disease would limit the right ventricular function severely,fail the organ and even lead to death in the end.The histopathological change of PAH is fea-tured by the restructuring of pulmonary vessels,and the abnor-mal reproduction of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs)in peripheral vessels is the major pathological basis of pulmonary vascular restructuring.This paper mainly reviews the research advances on signal transduction mechanisms and their inhibitors in promoting the proliferation of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells.

Objective To investigate the value of Doppler ultrasound in the eady diagnosis,monitoring and assessing of renal damage in neonatal asphyxia.Methods A total of 60 cases of neonates within 24 h were divided into severe asphyxia group (Apgar score 0-3),mild asphyxia group (Apgar score 4-7) and healthy control group (Apgar score 8-10) according to Apgar score at 1 min after born.Then the peak systolic velocity (PSV),end diastolic velocity (EDV) and resistance index (RI) of renal artery were obtained by Doppler ultrasound within 24 h,on day 3,day 7,and day 10.The level of serum cystain C (sCysC) was also recorded accordingly.Results Within 24 h,compared with healthy control group,the PSV and EDV in severe asphyxia group and mild asphyxia group decreased (all P＜0.05),while RI increased (all P＜0.05).The PSV in mild asphyxia group returned to normal in 3 days,EDV and RI returned to normal in 10 days,there were no statistically significant difference compared with healthy control group (all P＞0.05).The PSV,EDV and RI in severe asphyxia group were still significantly differences compared with healthy control group on day 10 (all P＜0.05).Within 24 h and on day 3,sCysC in the mild asphyxia group increased obviously compared with healthy control group (both P＜0.05).On day 7 and day 10,the differences of sCysC was not statistically significant between mild asphyxia group and healthy control group (both P＞0.05).Compared with healthy control group,the sCysC in severe asphyxia group increased significantly (all P＜0.05) on every time point.PSV and EDV were negatively correlated with sCysC,RI was positively correlated with sCysC.Conclusion Changes in renal function can be reflected soon by index of renal blood flow PSV,EDV and RI.

According to request of the socialism outlook for honor and shame to university students,this article elaborated the principles,connotation and implementation of honesty evaluation system so as to make a beneficial exploration for the honesty education of university students.