Objective To investigate the clinical value of serum soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1 )in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC)and autoimmune hepatitis (AIH).Methods Sixty-one PBC patients and 59 AIH patients,who were hos-pitalized or visited the outpatient department from June 2012 to September 2013,as well as 50 healthy controls,were included in the study. The PBC patients included 29 incipient cases,21 cases in remission,and 11 recurrent cases;the AIH patients included 26 incipient cases, 20 cases in remission,and 13 recurrent cases.Serum sICAM-1 level was measured by double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immu-nosorbent assay,and serum levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT)and total bilirubin (TBil)were determined by biochemical enzyme as-say.Comparison between groups was made by analysis of variance;Pearson correlation analysis was performed.Results Among PBC pa-tients,the incipient group and recurrent group had significantly higher serum sICAM-1 levels than the remission group and control group (P=0.000 for all);there was no significant difference in serum sICAM-1 level between the incipient group and recurrent group (P=0.484);the remission group had a significantly higher serum sICAM-1 level than the control group (P=0.000).Among AIH patients, the incipient group and recurrent group had significantly higher serum sICAM-1 levels than the remission group and control group (P=0.000 for all);there was no significant difference in serum sICAM-1 level between the incipient group and recurrent group (P=0.802);no significant difference in serum sICAM-1 level was seen between the remission group and control group (P=0.281).For patients with PBC and AIH,serum sICAM-1 level was positively correlated with serum levels of ALT (r=0.664,P=0.000;r=0.784,P=0.000) and TBil (r=0.715,P=0.000;r=0.580,P=0.000).Conclusion Serum sICAM-1 may be involved in the immunologic injury in PBC and AIH.In patients with PBC and AIH,the elevation of serum sICAM-1 level is closely correlated with the severity of liver damage. Clinical monitoring of serum sICAM-1 level may play an important role in severity assessment,prognostic evaluation,and therapy guidance among patients with autoimmune liver diseases.

Objective:To investigate the necessity and measures about quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) in bedside photography based on digital radiography (DR). Methods: To do retrospective analysis on bedside photography in the same month of different years (2013.9 and 2014.9) by image storage and PACS system. Each has 200 cases. They were evaluated and analyzed of its causes in order to explore the QA improvement measures.Results:The application of DR and its quality control in bedside photography can improve image quality obviously, shorten the examination time greatly, reduce radiation dose, put an end to waste film.Conclusion: DR has obvious advantages in the bedside photography, can provide better image with more information for clinic work.

0.05) among the three groups in cell proliferation in 1~10 d cultures and in total protein content in 4~7 d cultures. At 4 and 7 days, ALP activity of MG63 cells cultivated on AD-TNZS disks was significantly higher than that of cells on the other samples(P

BACKGROUND:A large number of literatures have shown that surgeons expose to a higher radiation dose during puncture and bone cement injection in percutaneous vertebral augmentation. OBJECTIVE:To review the research progress in radiation doses and safeguard procedures in percutaneous vertebral augmentation. METHODS: By using percutaneous vertebral augmentation, radiation doses, radiation protective as key words, we retrieved articles related to radiological protection during percutaneous vertebral augmentation published from January 1995 to December 2014 in Wangfang database and PubMed database. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:One basic principle of radiation protection is that the radiation dose decreases rapidly with distance from the radioactive sources. Surgeons should maximize the distance from the radioactive sources as far as possible in case there is no effect on the operation. To optimize the setting and position of C-arm machine, wear protective devices and put lead shields as wel as computer navigation and radiation training in surgeons al can help to reduce the radiation doses during percutaneous vertebral augmentation. Remote bone cement injection device is easy to control but not increases the radiation doses. In addition, the influence of surgery bed on radiation dose remains to be further studied. We believe that with the in-depth research on radiological protection, vertebral augmentation technique wil be safer in clinical application.

Objective To explore the scientific management based on the needs of the clinical medical practitioners and the comprehensive promotion of the discipline construction of the hospital.Methods Totally 150 clinical professional technical staff and 33 academic leaders were investigated to explore the research needs and suggestions of them by questionnaire and expert interview.Results Among141 subjects,78.7％ (111/141) medical staff thought that the major factors of restricted themselves to scientific research were the clinical heavy task and pressure and no time,and 58.2％ (82/ 141) of them want to do research but lack of scientific research methods.Their favorite knowledge and skills were the research methods for 75.9％ (107/141),and the knowledge about the research proposal design for 58.9％ (83/141).The discipline construction evaluation of our hospital was divided into the key disciplines,the dominant disciplines,the developing of disciplines and the supporting of disciplines.And each discipline of level has its different needs.Conclusions To enhance of the scientific management of the scientific research base on the practical demands of the various disciplines can comprehensively promote the construction of the disciplines of the hospital.

Adolescent ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional ; Female ; Heart Septal Defects, Atrial ; diagnostic imaging ; therapy ; Humans ; Male

Adult ; Compliance ; Humans ; Male ; Occupational Exposure ; prevention & control ; Population Surveillance ; Quality Control ; Young Adult

Objective To investigate the value of spleen stiffness measured by transient elastography (FibroScan,FS) for diagnosing esophageal-gastric varices in liver cirrhosis patients.Methods A total of 259 cirrhotic patients in Tianjin Third Central Hospital from Apr 2011 to Apr 2012,and 30 healthy controls were enrolled.All the patients and controls were evaluated for spleen and liver stiffness by FS and 201 cirrhotic patients also underwent gastroscopy for the diagnosis of esophageal-gastric varices.By using gastroscopy as the gold standard,the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves of three parameters including spleen stiffness,liver stiffness and platelet/thickness of spleen were delineated for different disease stage.The areas under curves (AUC) were used to evaluate the value of these parameters in the diagnosis of esophageal-gastric varices.Results The spleen and liver stiffness values in cirrhotic patients were (44.64 ± 22.27) kPa and (24.27 ±18.89) kPa,respectively,while those in healthy controls were (20.94± 14.78) kPa and (6.12±5.77) kPa,respectively,which were both lower than cirrhotic patients (P＜0.05).The stiffness values of liver and spleen both increased with higher Child-Pugh scores.And the liver stiffness values were different among groups (F=0.068,P =0.000),while the spleen stiffness values in patients with Child-Pugh A and B were different from that in patients with Child-Pugh C (P＜0.05).In patients with moderate or serious esophageal-gastric varices,the spleen and liver stiffness values were significantly higher.The ROC curve analysis showed that the AUC of spleen stiffness,liver stiffness and platelet/thickness of spleen in the patients with moderate to serious esophageal-gastric varices were 0.918,0.749 and 0.743,respectively.The corresponding optimal cut-off values were 50.7 kPa,20.1 kPa and 1.65.The AUC,sensitivity and specificity of spleen stiffness were all higher than liver stiffness and platelet/thickness of spleen.Conclusion Spleen stiffness measured by transient elastography is a valuable parameter for non-invasive diagnosis of esophageal-gastric varices in cirrhotic patients.

Antihypertensive Agents ; therapeutic use ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Female ; Humans ; Hypertension ; drug therapy ; Male ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Phytotherapy

Objective Reviewing the experience in the diagnosis and treatment of cases with aorta-pulmonary septal defect and aortic origin of right pulmonary artery complicated with interruption of the aortic arch. Methods Reviewed clinical data from medical records for5 patients (4 boys and 1 girl, age from 1 to 18 years on admission) who had been treated in Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital between 2005 and 2009. Results All cases had type A interruption of the aortic arch ( according to Celoria and Patron's Classification) , type Ⅱ aorta-pulmonary septal defect( according to Mori Classification) and aortic origin of right pulmonary artery complicated with interruption of the aortic arch. Large patent ductus arteries were observed in all cases,and no cardiac abnormality such as ventricular septal defect was found. All patients received echocardiography and spiral CT examination, and 3 of them over 10 years of age received cardiac catheterization and angiography for the evaluation of the pulmonary artery pressure. Two patients, at the age of 14 and 18 years, had severe pulmonary hypertension and declined to receive the operation. One of the 2 cases had hemoptysis and was given prostacyclin ( Iloprost solution for inhalation, a drug for pulmonary artery hypertention ) for reducing the pulmonary pressure. The patient now has an improved cardiac fu0ction without recurrent hemoptysis. One 14-year-old case gave up the operation because of the financial problem and failed to communicate with us after discharge. Radical surgery was performed in the remaining three cases, one had serious infection in the lung and died 11 days after the operation, in one case ( 2 years old) pulmonary artery hypertension has been persisted even though drug therapy was given for a long time and was found at a poor cardiac function 18 months after the operation. One patient recovered well under routine drug therapy and has been followed-up. Conclusion Aorta-pulmonary septal defect and aortic origin of right pulmonary artery with interruption of the aortic arch ( with intact ventricular septum) are different from the classic triad of inter ruption of the aortic arch, consisted of the interruption of the aortic arch, patent ductts arteriosus and ventricular septal defect.It should be considered as a special kind of cardiovascular malformation syndrome. Echocardiography can be used for the preliminary diagnosis of aorta-pulmonary septal defect and aortic origin of right pulmonary artery with interruption of the aortic arch. The final diagnosis and decision for surgery should be based on the combined information from cardiac catheterization,cardiovascular angiography and spiral CT examination. Pulmonary artery pressure and resistance are the most important factors,because they have great effects on the duration of surgery and the outcome. A radical operation is necessary for all cases, but the mortality rate is high. The prognosis would be great if only the patient can survive successfully during the peri-operative period, a period with a poor cardiac function, potential lung infection and the pulmonary artery hypertension.