Atherosclerosis is the pathological basis of ischemic stroke. Peripheral blood leukocytes are involved in the occurrence and progression of atherosclerosis and cause vascular endothelial injury. A series of changes of peripheral immune cel take place after acute ischemic stroke and cause inflammatory cel infiltrating into the brain tissue. The elevated leukocyte count is closely associated with the occurrence and prognosis of coronary atherosclerotic heart disease. Studies have also shown that the elevated leukocyte count may influence the occurrence of ischemic stroke, neurological deficit, recurrence, and death. This article reviews the relationship between peripheral blood leukocytes and ischemic stroke.

Objective To investigate the feasibility, safety and clinical effect of percutaneous transhepatic bipolar radiofrequency catheter ablation in treating malignant obstructive jaundice. Methods Twenty patients with inoperable malignant biliary obstruction were enrolled in this study. Of the 20 cases , 2 had biliary stent re-occlusion. Percutaneous transhepatic bipolar radiofrequency catheter ablation was carried out in all patients. The ablation power was 5 - 12 W, single ablation time was 60 - 120 s, the average duration of ablation was 4.66 min (1.5 - 8.5 min), and the mean effective ablation extent was 5.76 cm (4 -10 cm). After ablation, balloon catheter was inserted to dilate the occluded segment, which was followed by implantation of biliary metal stent. The clinical efficacy , safety and complications were recorded. Results Percutaneous transhepatic bipolar radiofrequency catheter ablation was successfully completed in all the 20 patients. Implantation of biliary metal stent was performed in 17 patients , among them balloon dilatation was employed in 11 patients before stent implantation , simple balloon dilatation with no stent implantation was employed in one patient, and ablation was adopted after biliary stent re-occlusion occurred in two patients. After the ablation, no complications such as biliary fistula, biliary tract infections, liver penetrating injuries, peritonitis, etc. occurred. Biliary drainage was successfully completed in all patients. The median follow-up period was three months(0.5-10 months); the stent patency rate at the end of one and three months was 100% (19/19) and 79% (11/14) respectively. The one-month and 3-month survival rate was 95% (19/20) and 93% (14/15) respectively. During the follow-up period, 8 of the 20 patients were alive and 12 died. The median survival time was 144 days (13 - 330 days) and the median time of stent patency was 60 days (30-210 days). Of the 12 fatal patients, 8 died of cachexia with multi- system failure although their total bilirubin level was not elevated during the follow- up period. Conclusion For the treatment of malignant obstructive jaundice, percutaneous transhepatic bipolar radiofrequency catheter ablation is a newly-developed, safe and feasible means. Clinically, this technique has already achieved some certain effect although its long-term results need to be further evaluated.

Induced pluripotent stem cell is a landmark in the stem cell study field, which has rapidly developed in the past 10 years.By obtaining induced pluripotent stem cells from somatic cell, and then differentiating into cardiomyocyte, various cardiomyocyte disease models could be established,which can be used for research of disease mechanisms, drug screening and gene therapy.This review introduces the successfully established cardiomyocyte disease models from human induced pluripotent stem cells, and points out the problems and prospects.

Objective To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody(anti-CCP)and rheumatoid factor(RF)in patients with rheumatoid arthritis(RA).Methods Anti-CCP antibody was measured in sera from 75 human,including 27 RA patients,40 other rheumatic diseases and 8 healths.Anti-CCP was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA).Results The sensitivity of anti-CCP antibody was 70.4%,with a high specificity(93.8%)in RA.The positive rates of anti-CCP antibody have no difference in the patients within 2 years and exceed 2 years from onset.Anti-CCP antibody wasn't correlated with RF,ESR and CRP.Conclusion Anti-CCP antibody has better sensitivity and specificity for rheumatoid arthritis,combining anti-CCP antibody and RF can increase diagnosis sensitivity and specificity of RA,indicating it is a useful laboratory marker for early diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis.

Retrospective study was carried out in 93 cases of endometrial carcinoma admitted to our hospital since Jan. 1985 to Dec. 1994. Thirty five cases were older than 60 years, and 24 cases were younger than 50 years. All of the cases had pathological diagnosis and were staged according to FIGO. When compared with the younger group, the rate of older patients with stage Ⅰa was higher (11.4% in younger and 45.4% in older, P

Objective:To determine aristolochic acid A. in Caulis Aristolochiae Manshuriensis and its preparation. Methods: TLCS Refleciton Saw Tooth Method was used. ? s=323nm. narrow slot: 0.4?0.4nm S X=3.Results: The recovery was 99.86%. RSD was 2.04%. Conclusion: This method is suitable for the content determination of aristolochiae acid A in various traditional Chinese medicine comprising Caulis Aristolochiae Manshuriensis.

er analysis of the survival showed that there was significant difference between patients with and without OH. Conclusion At the introductory phase of haemodialysis, OH is an independent predictor of survival rate in haemodialysis patients.

Objective:To understand the medication safety events about cephalosporin in our hospital in order to provide evidence for the better medication safety of cephalosporin. Methods:Adverse drug reaction ( ADR) reports, medication error ( ME) reports and drug quality problem records about cephalosporin in our hospital were collected and the critical indicators in the reports were analyzed. Re-sults:The ADR reports selected in our hospital were mainly reported by pharmacists. More males were involved in the related patients, and young adults were in the majority. Second and third-generation cephalosporin were the major drugs used in the reports. The damages in skin and its appendages were the major damages in organs. The ME reports selected in our hospital were totally reported by pharma-cists. Errors in frequency and dose of drug administration were the most common, and the main causes were lack of knowledge and train-ing. No serious quality problem in cephalosporin was found in our hospital, and the inner and outer packaging in damaged conditions was the most common problems in our records. Conclusion:Cephalosporin as one widely used antibacterial agent is considered safe and effec-tive. Because of its large amount of application, cephalosporin should be paid more attention by health care professionals. MEs should be avoided as far as possible. ADRs should be treated timely and properly in order to decrease medical disputes. More attention should be paid to ensure security of drug use for patients.

OBJECTIVE:To prepare red sage gel for implantation and to establish a method for its quality control.METHODS:With carbamer934as vehicle,2%red sage gel was prepared;a HPLC method for the determination of tanshinone in gel was established.RESULTS:The calibration curve of tanshinoneⅡ A was linear in the concentration range of16.59～33.18ng/ml,Y=9723X—2569(n=5),r=0.9987.CONCLUSION:The preparation of red sage gel was simple,its quality was stable;the method of quality control was rapid and accurate.

OBJECTIVE:To study whether there is interaction between ambroxol hydrochloride and amino?phylline.METHODS:16volunteer were randomly divided into trial group and control group.The blood concentration of amin_ ophylline was determinated with HPLC method,then the main parameters of pharmacokinetics of aminophylline were calculated with3p97software.RESULTS:The main parameters of pharmacokinetics of aminophylline in trial and control group were:K e (0.062?0.023)/h and(0.0905?0.013)/h;V(22.83?7.85)and(23.27?3.78)L;T 1/2 (12.51?4.2)and(7.77?0.89)h;AUC 0～21 (426.59?186.92)and(245.74?48.6)(mg?h)/L;CL(s)(23.17?9.83)and(34.84?6.00)ml/min respective?ly.CONCLUSION:Although ambroxol hydrochloride did not influence the distribution of aminophylline,but it could prolong the half time of aminophylline and increase the stagnation time of aminophylline in vivo.