Objective To analyze the validity of Caprini venous thrombosis risk assessment model (Caprini RAM) in the tunneled cuffed dialysis catheters (TCCs) dysfunction patients with central venous thrombosis (CVT).Methods A total of 187 maintenance hemodialysis patients with TCCs dysfunction admitted to West China Hospital of Sichuan University from January 2013 to September 2016 were analyzed retrospectively.According to the chest computed tomography venography results,patients were divided into CVT group and non CVT group.Their general clinical data (age,gender,primary diseases,history of dialysis access,etc.),blood biochemical data (hemoglobin,serum albumin,blood lipid,etc.) and 40 risk factors of Caprini RAM were collected.Caprini RAM scores were computed for risk stratification of thrombosis.Two groups were compared to analyze the value of Caprini RAM in these patients by statistics.Results One hundred and twenty CVT patients and sixty-seven non CVT patients were enrolled.In CVT group the duration of dialysis,hemoglobin and hematocrit were higher than those in non CVT group (all P ＜ 0.05).There was no significant difference between the two groups in gender,age,primary diseases,duration of catheter dependence,catheter tip position,usage of urokinase (all P ＞ 0.05).The average score of Caprini RAM in CVT group and non CVT group did not show statistical difference (6.23+ 1.81 vs 6.19+ 1.95,P=0.913).All patients were stratified into higher risk level and highest risk level according to Caprini RAM.Higher risk level patients accounted for 18.18％ and highest risk level patients accounted for 81.82％.As patients with inequable Caprini RAM scores,their incidence of CVT did not differ statistically (x2=0.105,P=0.746).CVT incidence rate of higher risk level patients was 61.76％,and of highest risk level patients was 64.70％.Conclusions Caprini RAM verifies that maintenance hemodialysis patients with TCCs dysfunction have high risk of venous thrombosis,but this model fails to distinguish patients between CVT group and non CVT group.Its clinical diagnosis is relatively limited and needs to be further explored.

Objective:To compare the anesthetic effects and complications of different concentrations ropivacaine inultrasound-guided axillary brachial plexus block.Methods:From September 2016 to May 2018, 120 patients who underwent forearm or hand surgery in Sichuan Orthopedic hospital were selected as the study objects. According to the principle of random number table, the patients were divided into low-dose group ( n=40), medium dose group ( n=40) and high-dose group ( n=40). Different doses (0.25, 0.5, 0.75 ml/kg respectively) of 0.33% ropivacaine was used for local anesthesia. The anesthesia effect, complication rate, serum cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and creatine kinase myoglobin (CKMB) level and vital signs were compared among the three groups. Results:The onset time of sensory block and motor block in high dose group was shorter than that in low dose group and medium dose group, and the duration was longer than that in low dose group and medium dose group ( P<0.05); there was no significant difference in diastolic blood pressure (DBP), systolic blood pressure (SBP) and heart rate (HR) levels between the three groups at T 0 and T 3 ( P>0.05), and the DBP, SBP and HR levels in the three groups at T 1 were significantly lower than those at T 0 ( P<0.05); the level of DBP, SBP and HR in the low dose group was significantly higher than that in the medium dose group and the high dose group ( P<0.05), and there was no significant difference between the medium dose group and the high dose group ( P>0.05); the overall complication rate in the low dose group was 5.0%, which was significantly lower than that in the medium dose group (20.0%) and the high dose group (25.0%) ( P<0.05); after administration, the serum cTnI and CKMB levels in the low dose group were lower than those in the high dose group and medium dose group ( P<0.05). Conclusions:Three doses of ropivacaine can meet the surgical needs, but low-dose ropivacaine has a stable effect on vital signs and high safety.

Objective To evaluate clinical value of interventional radiology in difficult extraction of stuck tunnel hemodialysis catheter (TCC).Methods Maintenance hemodialysis patients who required removal of stuck TCC in our hospital from June 2015 to June 2017 were enrolled.Medical history and preoperative examinations were carefully evaluated.Patients were pulled rotationally the catheter under the fluoroscopy guidance and exchanged the TCC.The information and procedure-related complication were recorded.Balloon dilation or snare technique would be used when failed to remove the stuck catheter.Results A total of 22 patients were enrolled,with an average age of (67.2±18.5) years,a median dialysis time of 54(18,106) months,and catheter indwelling time of 37(14,82) months.All patients were successfully removed the stuck catheter,among which 18 cases (81.8％) had fibrin sheath and 13 cases with sheath calcification.TCC mainly stuck in the junction of internal jugular vein and innominate vein,middle and lower innominate vein and middle part of superior vena cava.No procedure-related major complication occurred.Sixteen cases (72.7％) complained of transient substernal extraction pain and 1 case occurred groin hematoma during operation.Conclusions Catheter incarceration problem should be alert to the hemodialysis patients with catheter indwelling time of more than 2-3 years.The minimally invasive interventional techniques including rotationally pull-out under fluoroscopy guidance and balloon angioplasty are safe and effective in removal of the stuck TCC.

Objective:To analyze the application effects of ultrasound-guided fascia illiaca compartment block (FICB) and continuous adductor canal block (CACB) on analgesia after knee arthroplasty.Methods:84 patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in Department of Anesthesiology, Orthopaedic Hospital of Sichuan, from May 2016 to April 2018 were randomly divided into observation group and control group, 42 cases in each group. The observation group was given ultrasound-guided FICB. The control group was given ultrasound-guided CACB. The postoperative analgesia effects [visual analogue scale (VAS) in rest and exercise states], major neurosensory block rate, stress response (cortisol, glucose level), muscle strength of quadriceps femoris and complications in the two groups were compared.Results:There was no significant difference in VAS scores at rest stage between the two groups at any time point after operation ( P>0.05). The VAS scores at exercise state of the observation group were lower than those of the control group at 12 h, 24 h and 48 h after operation ( P<0.01). The block rate of lateral femoral cutaneous nerve in the observation group was higher than that in the control group at 5 min, 10 min, and 30 min after block ( P<0.01). There was no significant difference in the block rates of femoral nerves between the two groups at each above time point ( P>0.05). The levels of blood cortisol and blood glucose in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group at 24 h and 48 h after operation ( P<0.05). The muscle strength of quadriceps femoris in the observation group was lower than that in the control group at 24 h and 48 h after operation ( P<0.01). There was no significant difference in the incidence of complications between the two groups ( P>0.05). Conclusions:Both FICB and CACB can significantly improve resting pain and femoral nerves in patients after total knee arthroplasty. FICB has advantages in blocking lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, controlling postoperative exercise pain and reducing stress response, while CACB has better effects on improving muscle strength of quadriceps femoris. The safety of the two groups is comparable. And each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Objective:To explore the phenomenon of spontaneous regression of optic pathway glioma in children, and to improve the understanding of optic pathway glioma.Methods:The clinical data of 3 patients with spontaneous regression of optic pathway glioma in Beijing Children's Hospital of Capital Medical University from September 2012 to June 2019 were retrospectively analyzed.Results:There were 2 girls and 1 boy among the 3 patients. The median age of onset was 4 months (3-5 months), the median age of tumor regression was 10 months (8-13 months), and the interval median time from onset to tumor regression was 5 months (4-10 months). One patient was accompanied with diencephalic syndrome, and the other was accompanied with disseminated metastasis.Conclusions:The phenomenon of spontaneous regression of optic pathway glioma mostly occurs in the early childhood. Optic pathway glioma pediatric patients complicated with diencephalic syndrome or intracranial metastasis may have the possibility of tumor regression, but spontaneous regression does not mean that the symptoms can be completely improved.

Humans ; Vena Cava, Inferior ; Catheterization, Central Venous ; Renal Dialysis ; Catheters ; Catheters, Indwelling

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