Objective To explore effects of breath training and psychological induction to heart rate before coronary angiography with 64-slice spiral CT. Methods 100 cases are involved. All of them are divided into 2 groups randomizedly. Heart rate is counted before examination. Breath training and psychological induction are performed in one group. Results Heart rate decreases significantly in the group accepting training and induction. Conclusion It is effective to decrease heart rate and stablize heart rhythm for patients to accept breath training, psychological induction, and other relaxing training. Also, breath training makes patients to coordinate examination properly.

Gradient System is one of the most important parts of Magnetic Resonance Image System.It is a key factor in the image quality.Therefore,during the whole installation process,advanced gradient system is strictly needed.Firstly,this article gives a clear explanation about the theory and function of the gradient system.Then,it discusses how to make rational use of gradient system to acquire the best image quality.

Adult ; Aged ; Endoscopes ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nasal Septum ; abnormalities ; surgery ; Young Adult

Objective: To establish a method for determination of paracetamol in Vc Yinqiao tablets (Vc, paracetamol, Flos lonicerae, Fructus Forsythies), etc. Methods: Diffuse Relectance FTIR was used to determinate paracetamol in the Vc Yinqiao tablets. Results: The content of paracetamol could be obtained directly, and the relationship between the absorbance and the concentration was linear. The average recovery of paracetamol was 98.40, and RSD was 3.18%. Conclusion: The method is simple, fast and reliable. It has been proved to be a good practice for determination of Vitamin C in the Vc Yinqiao Tablets.

OBJECTIVE: To measure the upper airway of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome by speed CT. We can predict the airway obstruction plane with the airway plane data and compliance in OSAHS patients. Through this measurement, we can provide assistance for clinical diagnosis and treatment. METHOD: This study randomly selected 82 patients diagnosed with OSAHS and 45 cases non-snoring healthy people as control group by the PHILIPS 256-slice CT. The zone volume, sagittal diameter, coronary diameter and cross-sectional area of the narrowest plane in nasopharyngeal area, velopharyngeal area, glossopharyngeal area, hypopharynx area in two groups of quiet respiration and Müller's status were measured. RESULT: In the OSAHS group underwent quiet breathing and Müller movement during CT scanning, the two states about nasopharyngeal coronary diameter, the hypopharynx sagittal diameter and cross-sectional area showed no significant difference, while other groups showed differences between the parameters (P<0.05). There was significant difference (P<0.01) in the velopharyngeal volume, tongue sagittal diameter and volume. Under Müller movement in the OSAHS group and the control group, the hypopharynx volume showed no significant difference. The nasopharyngeal coronary diameter and volume, velopharyngeal cross-sectional area and tongue sagittal diameter were different (P<0.05). The remaining set of parameters showed significant differences (P<0.01). Compared the airway compliance (Müller phase) of the OSAHS group and the control group,the parameters of each group were different (P<0.05), of which the nasopharyngeal sagittal diameter, velopharyngeal volume showed significant difference (P<0.01). Meanwhile, in the same plane, coronary diameter was greater than sagittal diameter (P<0.05) in both the OSAHS group and the control group. The pharyngeal volume measurement was basically consistent to the fiber endoscopy. CONCLUSION The obstruction plate of OSAHS patients is mostly in the velopharyngeal area and glossopharyngeal area measured with a high speed CT. The volume measurement of upper airway with speed CT can predict airway obstruction plate in patients with OSAHS.
Case-Control Studies ; Humans ; Hypopharynx ; Nasopharynx ; diagnostic imaging ; Pharynx ; diagnostic imaging ; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive ; diagnostic imaging ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Tongue ; diagnostic imaging

Objective To study inhibitory effect of serine protease activity by Ulinastatin in vitro .Methods Different chromogenic peptides were designed and synthesized.Highly sensitive fluorescence detection was performed to optimize the concentration of each serine proteases and their chromogenic substrates.Multi-point method was used for the calculation of half maximal inhibitory concentration of Ulinastatin .ResuIts Ulinastain could inhibit Polymorphonuclear leukocyte elastase ( PMNE ) and plasmin with IC50 lower than 100 U/mL.For factor Xa, and Kallikrein, the IC50 of Ulinastatin was higher than 1000U/mL.No thrombin IC50 could be calculated at the present experiments.ConcIusion Similar to Ulinastatin injection from Japan, domestic Ulinastatin shows the strongest inhibitory effects on PMNE among those serine proteases.As important references, this study gives reliable data for dose range of domestic Ulinastatin in anti-inflammation, coagulation/anti-coagulation and anti-shock therapy.

BACKGROUND: Al ogeneic hematopoietic stem cel transplantation is the main method to cure leukemia, but the patients receiving al ogeneic hematopoietic stem cel transplantation stil have to face the risk of recurrence. Myeloid sarcoma is a rare extramedul ary relapse mode with worse clinical outcomes, so it is necessary to understand the characteristics of myeloid sarcoma and relative treatment methods. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the clinical characteristics and treatment methods of myeliod sarcomas in cardio-phrenic angle after al ogeneic peripheral blood stem cel transplantation. METHODS: One case was diagnosed as single myeloid sacoma in the cardio-phrenic angle after al ogeneic peripheral blood stem cel transplantation. The patient underwent surgical resection of the mass, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The clinical effect, complications and survival situation were observed. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The patient suffered from bacteremia, fungal pneumonia and even life-threatening sepsis shock during two courses chemotherapies. Then, the patient received radiotherapy for mediastinum and the myeloid sacoma never relapsed. However, the patient suffered central nervous system leukemia after free of the disease for 25 months. Myeliod sarcoma after al ogeneic hematopoietic stem cel transplantation is rare and its manifestation is changeful. The diagnosis mainly depends on histopathology and immunohistochemistry. Surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, second transplantation and molecular targeted drugs are the choices of treatment strategy. However, the optimal treatment strategy for individual patients remains to be determined.

Objective To study the feasibility and safety of limb remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) in infants and explore the protective effect on myecardium ischemia reperfusion injury for infants undergoing cardiac operation under cardiopulmonary bypass. Methods 60 infants weight less than 7 kilograms with ventricular septal defect were enrolled into the study. 30 of them (RIPC group) were ischemic preconditioned two times (24 hours and 1 hour preoperatively) by three cycles of iscbemia (5 minutes for each) and reperfusion on the left upper arm using a blood pressure cuff. Serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), creatine kinase (CK) and its isoenzyme (CK-MB), and tro-ponin I (TnI) ; malondialdehyde (MDA) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) was preoperatively detected. The expression of heat shock pro-tein 70 (HSP 70) in cardiomyocytes was determined by western blot analysis. The surgical outcome including limb movement and sensory function was also recorded. Results No limb disability or sensory disturbance or no other surgical complications was found in all infants. LDH, CK, TnI at the beginning of operation in RIPC group was higher than those in control group. After operation, leakage of heart enzymes were attenuated in RIPC group, and the serum concentration of enzymes were lower than those in the control group. The RIPC group had low coronary sinus venous concentration of MDA but high SOD. The expression of HSP70 was upregulated in cardiomyocytes of RIPC group. Conclusion The limb RIPC can be done easily and safety in infants, and BIPC can reduce the leakage of myocardial enzymes and upregu-late the expression of HSP, which possess protective effect on myocardial IRI.

Objective To investigate the mechanisms of oridonin inducing apoptosis on acute leukeamia NB4 cells and its mechanism. Methods NB4 cells in culture medium in vitro were given with different concentrations (8, 16, 24, and 32 μmol/L) of oridonin. The inhibitory rate of the cells was measured by MTT assay, cell apoptotic rate was detected by flow cytometry (FCM), morphology of apoptosis was observed by Hoechst 33258 fluorescence staining, DNA fragmentation was assayed by agarose gel electrophoresis, caspase-3 expression was detected by Western blotting, and caspase-3 activity was assayed with colorimetric assay kit before and after apoptosis occurred. Results Oridonin (over 16 μmol/L) could inhibit the growth of NB4 cells and cause apoptosis significantly, the suppression was both in a timeand dose-dependent manner. Marked changes of apoptosis including condensation of chromatin and nuclear fragmentation were observed very clearly by Hoechst 33258 fluorescence staining and a characteristic "ladder" of DNA fragments was elicited by agarose gel electrophoresis; Western blot analysis revealed that caspase-3 was activated by the loss of caspase-3 proenzyme (32 kDa) and the appearance of its 20 kDa subunit, and that along with the apoptotic process caspase-3 activity was increased concurrently. Conclusion Oridonin can induce apoptosis in NB4 cells via activation of caspase-3. These results will provide laboratory evidence for the clinical treatment of acute leukemia with oridonin.

Objective To investigate the relationship between MRI and pathological features of uterine carcinosarcoma(UCS).Methods 13 cases of UCS which were confirmed by surgery and pathology were collected,MRI plain scan and enhanced scan were carried on all of the patients,the pathological tissue was got after operation for conventional HE and immunohistochemical staining.The MRI representation and pathological tissue composition of all the 13 cases were analyzed and summarized.Results 8 cases were occurred in uterine body,3 cases were in the cervix and 2 were involving the uterine body and cervix at the same time.The MRI manifestations of them were enlarged uterine size with irregular masses showed,intermediate or hypointensity intensity signal on T1 weighted and hyperintensity or intermediate intensity signal on T2 weighted,necrosis and cystic lesions were showed in 5 cases,2 cases hemorrhage were displaied which showed hyperintensity signal on T1 weighted,4 cases were endometrial thickening,all of the cases were heterogeneous enhancement;the pathological showed different proportion of carcinorma and sarcoma were visible in all the 13 cases of UCS.Conclusion UCS has complex components histopathologically,including both carcinoma tissue and sarcoma tissue.The heterogeneous signal of cystic degeneration,necrosis and hemorrhage within tumor in MRI could help the diagnosis of UCS.