Objective To investigate the relationship among early parenchymal enhancement,post- gadolinium(Gd)hyperintense middle cerebral artery(HMCA),and subsequent hemorrhagic transformation (HT)in patients with hyperacute ischemic stroke.Methods Twenty-four consecutive patients with ischemic stroke who underwent MRI within 6 h[(4.3?1.4)h]of symptom onset were retrospectively reviewed.All of these patients underwent at least one follow-up MRI or non-enhanced CT study at 2 to 7 days.Post-Gd T_1WI were analyzed for parenchymal enhancement and hyperintense MCA.Gradient echo MRI and CT were used for assessment of HT.Results Ten patients developed HT on follow-up imaging (hemorrhagic group).Early parenchymal enhancement was found in 6 patients with HT(P

Objective To investigate the effects of transplantation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells(OPCs) on the recovery of neural function in rats with spinal cord injury.Methods The spinal cord injury(T10) rat model was established by Allen's method of weight-drop injury.Ninety six SD rats were randomly divided into 4 groups(24 each): transplantation group,control group,injury-only group and sham-operation group.Seven days after spinal cord injury,the rats of transplantation group received OPCs transplantation,of control group were injected with equivalent saline,and of injury-only group were untreated.The effects of OPCs transplantation on neural functional recovery in spinal cord injured rats were measured by the behavioral test and assessments of motor evoked potentials(MEP) and somatosensory evoked potentials(SEP).Results Immediately after spinal cord injuries,the neural function of spinal cord of rats was markedly impaired.The results of behavioral test,MEP and SEP in injured rats were much worse than those in sham-operation group.Although the neural function in spinal cord injured rats improved in different degrees with the time,the results of behavioral test,MEP and SEP showed it was significantly better in transplantation group than that in control group.Conclusion The transplantation of OPCs may enhance the recovery of neural function of rats with spinal cord injuries.

Diabetes insipidus ( DI) could lead to urinary tract dilatation, even renal dysfunction. This study compared clinical features of DI with or without urinary tract dilatation. The results showed that the former had earlier onset age, more male patients, longer duration, and higher serum creatinine, as well as lower urine osmotic pressure and urine specific gravity after injection of vasopressin. But only disease duration was the independent risk factor (OR=1. 248). More nephrogenic DI and more hereditary DI were with urinary tract dilatation compared with central DI or acquired DI.

Traditional Tibetan medicine nature theory was the core of Tibetan medicine. This study was aimed to understand the scientific values of Tibetan medicine correctly and catch its unique advantages accurately. The history origin, nature and taste, target, effect, the relationship between diseases and Tibetan medicine and other aspects of traditional Tibetan medicine nature theory were discussed in this paper. Several points were put forward, which included the research of Tibetan medicine nature theory was the premise to maintain and develop Tibetan medicine; it was necessary to carry out literature research, definite and improve the nature theory; the data mining technology and systems biology should be applied to the theory research to elucidate the rules and scientific connotation of Tibetan medicine nature; building the model of experimental study with clinical research to determine its clinical values forward during the development of Tibetan medicine nature theory research.

Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis ( EAE ) is a classic animal model for multiple sclerosis . After more than 2 centuries of development , EAE can be established in mice , monkeys and rats ,etc.Some animals can be immunized by different immune antigens which have different features in sensibility and clinical characteristics .In this pa-per, we will review the development of EAE , discuss the characteristics of EAE models produced by immunization of differ-ent animals with different antigens .In summary, we explore the development of animal models of EAE .

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the stability of epigallocatechin gallate ( EGCG) powder. METHODS: The content of the sample was determined by HPLC, and the factors affecting the stability of EGCG were studied according to the related guideline stated in China Pharmacopeia. RESULTS: The linear range of EGCG was 7. 76～ 77. 6? g? mL- 1( r=0. 999 9) , with average recovery at 101. 29% ( RSD=0. 76% ) . Exposed to strong illumination, high temperature and high humidity, the color of EGCG powder suffered variant degree of change, but its content experienced no marked change, and no new degraded substances was noted. CONCLUSION: EGCG powder had a sound stability.

Objective To evaluate the value of CYRTA21-1,CEA and SPECT in diagnosis of bone metastasis in lung cancer.Methods 216 patients with lung cancer were examined by radionuclide bone imaging and serum CYFRA21-1,CEA.20 patients with benign lung disease were also studied.Results 121 of the 216 lung cancer patients were confirmed bone metastasis including 101 multi-metastasis and 20 singu- lar-metastasis. The positive rate was 56.02 %.The serum CYFR21-1,CEA level and positive rate of lung cancer patients with bone metastasis were obviously higher than those of patients without bone metastasis or with benign lung disease.The level of serum CYFR21-1,CEA had significant difference(P

Objective To realize the incidence of healthcare-associated infection (HAI),the rate of invasive procedure and related infection rate,use of antimicrobial agents and distribution of pathogens in gereral intensive care units (GICUs) of hospitals in China.Methods HAI cross-sectional investigation data of GICUs reported to China HAI Surveillance Net-work were summarized and analyzed.Results Of 1 313 hospitals,621(47.30%)had GICUs;a total of 5 887 patients were surveyed,1 634 patients developed 1 962 times of infection,HAI prevalence rate and case rate was 27.76% and 33.33%respectively.The main infection sites were lower respiratory tract(70.39%),urinary tract (12.79%)and blood(2.86%). The application rate of urinary catheter,arteriovenous catheter and ventilator was 53.52%(n=3 151),37.05%(n=2 181) and 35.62%(n=2 097)respectively,and related prevalence of urinary tract infection,pneumonia and blood stream infection was 4.67%,20.41%,and 0.60%,respectively,which accounting for 58.57%,30.99%,and 23.21 % of urinary tract infection,pneumonia and blood stream infection respectively,the overall prevalence of above invasive procedure-re-lated infection accounted for 29.97%(588/1 962)of the overall HAI prevalence.A total of 1 795 isolated pathogens causing HAI were detected,the top three were Pseudomonas aeruginosa (20.78%),Acinetobacter baumannii(17.99%)and Klebsiella pneumoniae (11 .64%).The usage rate of antimicrobial agents was 71 .58%(n=4 214), rate of specimens delivered for detection was up to 75.27%(2 553/3 392).Conclusion Prevalence and antimicrobial use in patients in GICUs are all high,all kinds of invasive procedure are frequent,30% of HAI are related to inva-sive procedure;infection caused by non-fermentative bacteria is serious,pathogen detection is well performed.

ObjectiveTo evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of astragalus injection on the immune function in patients with senile sepsis.Methods Sixty patients with old age sepsis in Critical Care Medicine Department of Guangdong Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital were enrolled and randomly assigned into control and treatment groups according to the table of random numbers, 30 cases in each group. According to 2012 sepsis guidelines for treatment, including antibacterial drug, mechanical ventilation, visceral function support, etc., the therapy was given to the control group; besides the treatment in the control group, intravenous drip of 60 mL astragalus injection(10 mL per ampoule) in 250 mL 0.9% normal saline was additionally given in the treatment group, once a day for 7 days. Before and after treatment, the immunological indexes, acute physiology and chronic health evaluationⅡ(APACHEⅡ) score, sequential organ failure assessment(SOFA) score, duration of mechanical ventilation and time of stay in intensive care unit(ICU), 28-day mortality and adverse drug reactions were compared between the two groups.Results Before treatment, there were no statistically significant differences in CD3+, CD3+CD4+, CD3+CD8+ and T helper cells /T suppressor cells(Th/Ts)levels between the two groups(allP>0.05), while CD3-NK+ of the control group was significantly higher than that in the treatment group〔(10.47±6.22)% vs. (6.26±4.13)%,P<0.05〕. After treatment in treatment group, CD3+, CD3+CD4+ and CD3-NK+ were increased, CD3+CD8+,Th/Ts were decreased compared with those before treatment; in the control group after treatment, CD3+,CD3+CD8+ and CD3-NK+ were decreased and CD3+CD4+ and Th/Ts increased compared with those before treatment. In the comparisons between the treatment group and control group after treatment, the differences in CD3+, CD3+CD4+ and CD3+CD8+ had statistical significance〔CD3+:(30.30±17.17)% vs.(41.91±22.29)%, CD3+CD4+:(31.54±13.24)% vs.(40.08±15.28)%, CD3+CD8+:(14.25±8.10)% vs.(9.52±9.33)%,allP<0.05〕; while the differences in Th/Ts and CD3-NK+ had no statistical significance(bothP>0.05). After treatment in the treatment group, IgG was increased compared with that in the control group〔IgG(g/L): 13.07±5.43 vs. 10.10±3.96,P<
0.05〕. The differences in IgA, IgM, complement(C3,C4) and total serum complement activity(CH50) in the comparisons between the two groups had no statistical significance after treatment(allP>0.05). The differences in APACHEⅡ score(13.83±6.18 vs. 15.90±7.48), SOFA score(7.38±4.66 vs. 6.89±4.19), time of stay in ICU(day: 11.63±5.13 vs. 13.62±8.08), invasive ventilation time(hour: 155.44±119.68 vs. 224.08±174.15) and noninvasive ventilation time(hour: 55.55±42.24 vs. 98.57±43.17) had no statistical significance in comparisons between the treatment group and control group after treatment(allP>0.05). The difference in 28-day mortality had no statistical significance in comparison between the treatment group and control group〔16.7%(5/30) vs. 20.0%(6/30),P>0.05〕. In 60 cases, there were 2 patients with adverse drug reaction, one diarrhea and another little rashes, the rest of the patients did not appear any drug side effect.ConclusionAstragalus injection combined with conventional western medicine therapy possibly has certain effect on adjustment of disturbance of immunologic functions in old patients with sepsis, and its therapeutic safety is well.

Objective To prepare the acellular scaffold of spinal cord and analyze its component.Methods The acellular scaffold was prepared with the freeze thawing and chemical extraction,its structure was observed by HE and SEM,its component was analyzed by immunohistochemistry.Results The cells,myelin sheath and axon of nerve fibers in the rat spinal cord were eliminated,but three-dimensional supports of extracellular matrix were reserved.The analytical results showed the component of the acellular spinal cord contain laminin,fibronectin and type Ⅳ collagen—the necessary components to facilitate and induce the regeneration of the injured nerves and enhance the adhesion and proliferation of cells.Conclusion The acellular spinal cord has three dimensional structure and contains several proteins related to the regeneration of the injured nerves and promotion of the survival and proliferation of cells.