Objective To evaluate the safety of heparin used in plasma exchange (PE) and molecular absorbent recirculating system (MARS) for hepatic failure. Methods 8 databases were electronically searched including CNKI,CBM,WANFANG,VIP,PubMed,Web of Science,Cochrane and EMBASE.Two researchers individually performed the literature screening,data extraction and evaluation of risk of bias.Random or fixed effect model based on the result of the test of heterogeneity were chosento synthesize the datausing RevMan 5.3 software. Results 6 eligible studies with 863 patientswere included. Compared to omitting of heparin, the heparin PE could increase the probability of circuit clotting, hemorrhage in puncture point, puncture hematoma (RR = 6.05, 95% CI:2.00-18.30, P=0.001;RR=10.80,95% CI:4.78-24.37,P<0.05;RR=6.34,95% CI:1.13-35.53,P=0.04),but the probability of circuit blocking and other adverse reactions are not influenced(RR=5.61,95% CI:0.99-31.89,P=0.05;RR = 1.17,95% CI: 0.73-1.86, P=0.51). As for the treatment with MARS, heparin could increase the chance bleeding death (RR =12.04, 95% CI:1.69-85.66, P=0.01), but had no obvious effect on circuit clotting. Conclusion When curing the hepatic failure,heparin PE can increase the probability of circuit clotting, hemorrhage in puncture point and puncture hematoma, and heparin MARSE can increase the probability of bleeding death. On the contrary, no-heparin PE and MARSE will be safer in treatment of hepatic failure.

Objective:To evaluate the effect of individualized blood pressure management on postoperative delirium in elderly hypertensive patients undergoing radical resection for gastrointestinal tumor.Methods:One hundred and sixty elderly hypertensive patients of both sexes, aged 60-80 yr, with body mass index of 19-28 kg/m 2, of American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status classification Ⅱ or Ⅲ, scheduled for elective radical resection for gastrointestinal tumor under general anesthesia, were divided into 2 groups ( n=80 each) using a random number table method: standardized blood pressure management group (group S) and individualized blood pressure management group (group I). Combined intravenous-inhalational anesthesia was performed, and BIS values were maintained at 40-60 and heart rate at 50-100 times/min during surgery in both groups. In group S, intraoperative systolic blood pressure was maintained above 90 mmHg with a decrease of less than 30% of the baseline value, while intraoperative fluctuation of systolic blood pressure was maintained less than 10% of the baseline value in group I. The use of vasoactive agents, numerical rating scale scores within 3 days after operation, and length of hospital stay were recorded. Postoperative delirium was evaluated by Confusion Assessment Method within 5 days after surgery. Results:Compared with group S, the intraoperative usage rate of norepinephrine was significantly increased, the incidence of postoperative delirium was reduced( P<0.05), and no significant change was found in the numerical rating scale scores and length of hospital stay in group I ( P>0.05). Conclusions:Individualized blood pressure management can reduce the development of postoperative delirium in elderly hypertensive patients undergoing radical resection for gastrointestinal tumor.

Objective To analezk thk charactkristics of drug-induckd livkr injure( DIFI)in childrkn with acutk lemphoblastic lkuckmia(LFF),so as to improvk thk phesician＇s undkrstanding of chkmothkrape DIFI,and to guidk clinical rational drug usk. Methods Onk hundrkd and forte-thrkk casks with LFF diagnoskd in thk Dkpartmknt of Hk-matologe and Oncologe in thk Pirst Lffiliatkd Hospital of Yhkngzhou Rnivkrsite from Januare 2012 to Dkckmbkr 2016 wkrk analezkd rktrospkctivkle. Baskd on DIFI diagnostic critkria and thk ARCLM scalk,thk casks with a scork of ≥3 points wkrk considkrkd to havk chkmothkrape DIFI. Groupkd be gkndkr,agk,immunoteping,risc and stagk of chkmo-thkrape,thk incidknck of DIFI was comparkd. Thk situation aftkr DIFI prkvkntion was comparkd bktwkkn two groups which was groupkd according to whkthkr thk application of hkpatoprotkctivk drugs. ResuIts Onk hundrkd and kight ca-sks(75. 52﹪)had DIFI,66 casks(61. 11﹪)showkd clinical manifkstations of livkr injure,and 42 casks(38. 89﹪) had no clinical semptoms. Lmong all thk casks 57. 41﹪(62 casks)wkrk mild livkr damagk,25﹪(27 casks)wkrk modkratk livkr injure and 17. 59﹪(19 casks)wkrk skvkrk livkr damagk. Thk clinical tepks which wkrk hkpatockllular accounting for 79. 63﹪(86 casks),cholkstatic 7. 41﹪(8 casks)and mixkd 12. 96﹪(14 casks). Malk wkrk 80 casks (79. 21﹪)and fkmalk 28 casks(66. 67﹪),but thk incidknck of DIFI bktwkkn diffkrknt gkndkr group had no statistical diffkrknck(χ2 ﹦2. 524,P﹦0. 112). Skvknte-fivk casks(77. 32﹪)wkrk ＜7 ekars agk and 33 casks(71. 74﹪)≥7 ekars agk,and thk incidknck of DIFI bktwkkn 2 groups was not statisticalle diffkrknt(χ2 ﹦0. 526,P﹦0. 468). Thkrk was no significant diffkrknck in T-LFF(8 casks,61. 54﹪)and B-LFF(100 casks,76. 92﹪)( χ2 ﹦0. 795,P﹦0. 372). Thk incidknck had significant diffkrknck in diffkrknt risc(P﹦0. 002). Thk incidknck of DIFI bktwkkn thk middlk risc group(60 casks,88. 24﹪)and standard risc(21 casks,58. 33﹪)had statistical diffkrknck( P ＜0. 05 ). Thk incidknck of DIFI bktwkkn thk middlk risc group and skvkrk risc(27 casks,69. 23﹪)had statistical diffkrknck( P﹦0. 015). Thk incidknck was diffkrknt in diffkrknt stagks of chkmothkrape(P＜0. 05). Thk incidknck of DIFI in induckd stagk was diffkrknt comparkd to othkr stagks(P＜0. 05). ARCLM scork ＞8 points accountkd for 21 casks(19. 45﹪), 6-8 points accountkd for 59 casks(54. 63﹪)and 3 -5 points accountkd for 28 casks(25. 92﹪). Eighte -nink patiknts(92. 71﹪)wkrk kffkctivk in thk hkpatoprotkctivk group and 8 patiknts(66. 67﹪)in thk no hkpatoprotkctivk thkrape group. Thk diffkrknck bktwkkn thk 2 groups was statisticalle significant(χ2 ﹦5. 317,P﹦0. 021). ConcIusions Thk clinical semptoms of drug-induckd livkr injure in childrkn with LFF chkmothkrape ark lacc of spkcificite. Thke ark mainle charactkrizkd be mild livkr injure. Thk clinical tepk of hkpatic injure is common in hkpatockllular. Thk ARCLM scork was mostle 6 to 8. Thkrk is no rklationship bktwkkn thk incidknck in LFF and gkndkr,agk,tepk of lkuck-mia. Thk incidknck with modkratk risc tepk is highkr than that of thk standard and high-risc tepk. Thk incidknck in induction rkmission stagk is highkst. Lpplication of hkpatoprotkctivk drugs is bknkficial to DIFI prognosis.

Objective:To discuss whether platelet distribution width (PDW) can effectively predict the prognosis of neuroblastoma (NB).Methods:The clinical data of 67 NB patients in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University between January 2014 and January 2018 were retrospectively analyzed.They were divided into low PDW group and high PDW group according to the PDW level, and the differences in clinical indicators between the 2 groups were compared.The prognostic effects of PDW were assessed by using the Kaplan- Meier method and Cox regression model. Results:Among the 67 patients, 41 cases were male, 26 cases were female, with the ratio of male to female being 1.58∶1.00, and the average age was 44 months (2-156 months). Five cases were in stage Ⅰ, 1 case in stage Ⅱ, 15 cases in stage Ⅲ and 46 cases in stage Ⅳ.At the first time of diagnosis, there were 14 cases with age ≤ 18 months, 53 cases with age > 18 months, 47 cases with neuron specific enolase (NSE) level ≥ 100 μg/L, 20 cases with NSE level<100 μg/L.The median follow-up time was 20.4 months.At the end of follow-up, 35 cases died and 32 cases survived.There was no statistical difference in age, gender, primary site of tumor, tumor stage and mean platelet volume between the low PDW group and the high PDW group (all P>0.05). The proportion of high-risk patients, the level of NSE, bone marrow metastasis rate, MYCN gene amplification rate and the red blood cell distribution width in the high PDW group were significantly higher than those in the low PDW group, but the high PDW group had a lower level of thrombocytocrit than the low PDW group, and the differences were statistically significant(all P<0.05). Survival analysis revealed that the 2-year overall survival of the low PDW group was significantly higher than that of the high PDW group (69.8% vs.25.3%, χ2=15.761, P<0.05). Univariate analysis showed that NSE ( HR=6.606, 95% CI: 2.018-21.620), MYCN gene ( HR=1.977, 95% CI: 0.794-4.919), tumor risk stratification ( HR=5.926, 95% CI: 1.416-24.794), PDW ( HR=4.036, 95% CI: 1.957-8.322), and red blood cell distribution width ( HR=1.120, 95% CI: 1.005-1.249) were the adverse factors affecting the overall survival, and thrombocytocrit was a protective factor for the prognosis of NB.Multivariate analysis indicated that PDW was an independent risk factor of NB ( HR=2.524, 95% CI: 1.017-6.264, P=0.046). Conclusions:There is a good consistency between the increase of PDW and the known prognostic risk factors, elevated tumor markers and bone marrow metastasis.Increased PDW is associated with poor prognosis in NB patients, and PDW is an independent risk factor for the poor prognosis of NB.

Objective:To investigate the clinical features and long-term prognosis of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) with renal involvement as the initial manifestation, thus enhancing the diagnostic and therapeutic efficacy.Methods:Twenty-four cases of pediatric ALL with renal involvement as the initial manifestation treated in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from March 2013 to March 2019 were analyzed retrospectively, and their clinical characteristics were analyzed.According to renal imaging examination findings, they were divided into abnormal group and normal group.The differences in clinical features between the two groups were compared, and the cumulative survival rate was evaluated by Kaplan-Meier method.Results:Among 1 030 newly treated cases of pediatric ALL, 24 cases(2.33%) had renal involvement as the initial manifestation, involving 20 males and 4 females, with a male/female ratio of 5∶1 and the median age of 4.3 years (1.3-14.0 years). There were 16 cases of superficial lymph node enlargement and 21 cases of hepatosplenomegaly.Immature cells in peripheral blood were found in 15 cases.Nine cases were examined with abnormal renal imaging, involving 8 cases returned normal after chemotherapy, and 1 died of renal failure.At the end of follow-up on August 1, 2020, there were 9 cases of bone marrow relapse, 11 survival cases, 10 death cases and 3 cases of loss to follow-up.There were no significant differences in the sex, age, immunophenotype, organ infiltration and urinary protein between the two groups (all P>0.05). The proportion of high creatinine level and intramedullary recurrence rate in the abnormal group were significantly higher than those in the normal group [55.6%(5/9 cases) vs.0(0/15 cases), P=0.003; 66.7%(6/9 cases) vs.20.0%(3/15 cases), P=0.036]. The survival analysis indicated that the 3-year cumulative survival in the abnormal group was significantly lower than that of normal group (17.3% vs.72.7%, χ2=4.047, P< 0.05). Conclusions:For children with unexplained renal involvement as the initial manifestation, clinicians should consider the possibility of leukemic renal infiltration or nephrogenic lymphoma.Physical examinations of the liver, spleen and lymph nodes, morphological analysis of peripheral blood cells, bone marrow examination and renal biopsy are important to make a definite diagnosis in time.Children with imaging abnormalities caused by leukemic renal infiltration are more likely to relapse and have a lower survival rate, which may be a poor prognostic factor for ALL.

The clinical data of one child with metanephric stromal tumor (MST) and BRAF V600E gene mutation admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University in June 2022 was analyzed retrospectively.Literature was reviewed.The patient, a 2-year-old girl, was diagnosed with a tumor in the left abdomen.The maximum diameter of the tumor was 10.5 cm.A radical nephrectomy was performed on the left kidney, and postoperative pathology revealed MST.Microscopically, the tumor had no envelope and exhibited expansive growth.The tumor cells were fusiform or stellate, and nuclear division was visible in the cell-rich region.Dysplastic blood vessels were seen inside the tumor.The tumor cells around the blood vessels and invaginated renal tubules were arranged like onion skin.CD34 was detected positive by immunohistochemical staining, and BRAF V600E mutation was also detected positive by fluorescent polymerase chain reaction.A total of 21 relevant case reports were retrieved, including 16 in English and 5 in Chinese.Fifty-eight MST patients, including the one in this report were analyzed.These patients were aged 2 days to 15 years, with a median age of 2 years.Except for 2 patients with unknown sex, the ratio of male to female was about 1.4∶1.0.Most MST patients were asymptomatic, with an average tumor size of 5.3 cm.The tumor cell CD34 showed positive expression in different degrees.Eight patients received the BRAF V600E mutation detection, and the results were all positive.Fifty-eight patients underwent nephrectomy and were followed up for 0-156 months, of which 7 patients were assisted with radiotherapy and chemotherapy.During the follow-up, 1 patient died, and 1 patient had a relapse.MST is a rare benign renal stromal tumor. BRAF V600E mutations are detected in a variety of malignancies.This paper is the first to report MST with BRAF V600E mutation in China and points out the importance of molecular detection of BRAF mutation for accurate diagnosis of MST.

OBJECTIVE: The barks, leaves, and branches of Cinnamomum cassia have been historically used as a traditional Chinese medicine, spice, and food preservative, in which phenylpropanoids are responsible compounds. However phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathways are not clear in C. cassia. We elucidated the pathways by descriptive analyses of differentially expressed genes related to phenylpropanoid biosynthesis as well as to identify various phenylpropanoid metabolites. METHODS: Chemical analysis, metabolome sequencing, and transcriptome sequencing were performed to investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying the difference of active components content in the barks, branches and leaves of C. cassia. RESULTS: Metabolomic analysis revealed that small amounts of flavonoids, coumarine, and cinnamaldehyde accumulated in both leaves and branches. Transcriptome analysis showed that genes associated with phenylpropanoid and flavonoid biosynthesis were downregulated in the leaves and branches relative to the barks. The observed differences in essential oil content among the three tissues may be attributable to the differential expression of genes involved in the phenylpropanoid and flavonoid metabolic pathways. CONCLUSION This study identified the key genes in the phenylpropanoid pathway controling the flavonoid, coumarine, and cinnamaldehyde contents in the barks, branches and leaves by comparing the transcriptome and metabolome. These findings may be valuable in assessing phenylpropanoid and flavonoid metabolites and identifying specific candidate genes that are related to the synthesis of phenylpropanoids and flavonoids in C. cassia.