Objective To assess the anticonvulsant effect of midazolam, thiopental and propofol on the convulsion induced by ropivacaine in rats and the underlying mechanism.Methods Fifty male SD rats, 4-6 months of age, weighing 250-300 g were randomly divided into five groups of 10 animals each : (1) control group (C); (2) ropivacaine group; (R) (3) midazolam-ropivacaine group (MR); (4) thiopental-ropivacaine group (SR) and (5) propofol-ropivacaine group (PR) . In control group normal saline 2 ml was infused i.v. . In ropivacaine group (R) 0.75% ropivacaine was infused i.v. at 0.5 ml?min-1 until convulsion occurred. In midazolam - ropivacaine group (MR) midazolam 0.23 mg?kg-1 was injected i.v. 3 min before 0.75% ropivacaine infusion. In SR and PR groups thiopental 2 mg?kg-1 or propofol 1 mg?kg-1 was injected i.v. 1 min before 0.75% ropivacaine infusion. As soon as convulsion occurred ropivacaine infusion was stopped. The animals were decapitated and their brains were removed and kept in liquid nitrogen for determination of the contents of excitatory ammo-acids (aspartic acid and glutamic acid) and the inhibitory amino-acids [glycine and ?-amino butyric acid (GABA)] by high-performance liquid chromatography . The amount of ropivacaine infused in each group was recorded and calculated.Results The dose of ropivacaine needed to produce convulsion was 4.6?0.5 mg?kg-1 in group R and was significantly increased in the 3 groups pretreated with general anesthetics and was 2.96 times the dose in group R in MR group, 2.84 times in SR group and 1.54 times in PR group. The 4 amino-acid concentrations in the brain were significantly higher in group R than in control group. Compared to group R the Asp, Gly and GABA concentrations were significantly lower in group MR and PR but in group SR only Asp concentration was significantly lower. There was no significant difference in glutamic acid concentration among the4 roopivacaine groups (group 2-5).Conclusion Midazolam, thiopental and propofol can all increase the dose of ropivacaine needed to induce convulsion and midazolam and thiopental are more effective than propofol.

Adult ; Decompression, Surgical ; methods ; Endoscopy ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Optic Nerve ; surgery ; Optic Nerve Injuries ; surgery ; Young Adult

Objective To observe the relationship between the changes of plasma D dimer in pathogenic course and prognosis in patients with acute cerebral infarction(ACI). Methods Changes in plasma D dimer levels of 93 patients with ACI and 20 cases healthy persons were detected dynamically by Latex semi quantitative method. The relation between D dimer levels and focus size, severity of infarction and prognosis were analyzed. Results There was significant difference( P

Objective To explore the correlation between maternal serum total bile acid (TBA) of pregnant women with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) and varying degrees of neonatal lung injury.Methods A total of 52 cases of pregnant women with ICP and their corresponding newborns were enrolled into the ICP group from March 2014 to December 2015 in the People's Hospital of Shapingba District.Other 52 cases of pregnant women received cesarean delivery whose gestational age and birth weight of newborns were close to the ICP group and their corresponding newborns were selected as the control group.The conditions of neonatal lung injury were recorded,and the correlations of maternal serum level of TBA and exposure time of high serum level of TBA to degrees of lung injury were analyzed as well.Results The incidence rate of neonatal lung injury in the ICP group (67.3 ％) was higher than that in the control group (17.3 ％),there was statistically significant difference (P＜0.05).The degree of lung injury was positively correlated with maternal serum level of TBA and exposure time of high serum level of TBA (r=0.687,P=0.000;r=0.523,P=0.001).Conclusion The probability of neonatal lung injury of corresponding pregnant women with ICP is significantly increased,and the extent of lung injury is positively correlated with concentration of maternal serum TBA and exposure time of high serum level of TBA.

Objective To compare the clinical analysis of alone or combined with antibiotics on community acquired pneumonia (CAP) in pediatric patients,and provide reference for clinical rational use of antibiotics.Methods The clinical data of 274 cases of CAP children treated by single antibiotic therapy and 271 cases of CAP children treated by bivalent antibiotic therapy were retrospectively analyzed,and the drug efficacy and adverse reactions were compared between the two groups.Results There were no statistical differences on the sex,age distribution and severity between the two groups (all P ＞ 0.05) ; The sputum submission rate in two groups were over 90％,and there were no significant differences on the positive rate and detection rate of multi-resistant bacteria (P ＞ 0.05) ; Treatment efficiency in the two groups of children were 97.45％ (267/274) and 98.15％ (266/271),the difference was not statistically significant (x2 =0.32,P ＞0.05) ; Average hospital inpatient days were (8.76 ± 1.75) d and (8.66 ± 1.62) d in the two groups,the difference was not statistically significant (x2 =0.71,P ＞ 0.05).Adverse reactions in the two groups of children mainly were drug fever,rash,nausea,bloating,hemolytic anemia.Cases of drug fever (50) and hemolytic anemia(32) in single antimicrobial group were significantly less than those in the combined with antibiotic group (51,72,x2 =4.804 and x2 =5.381,all P ＜0.05).Conclusion The effects of alone or combined with antibiotics on community acquired pneumonia in pediatric patients are same,so alone antibiotics is recommended for treating mild CAP to get better efficacy.

Animals ; Blood Urea Nitrogen ; Cadmium Poisoning ; blood ; metabolism ; pathology ; urine ; Disease Models, Animal ; Kidney ; drug effects ; pathology ; Male ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley

Objective To construct and express a recombinant plasmid pGEX-Sj26GST of Schistosoma japonicum(Sj) in Escherichia coli(E.coli) BL21 (DE3).Methods Total RNA was extracted from Sj adult worms by RNeasy Mini kit,26 kilodalton glutathione-S-transferases of Schistosomajaponicum (Sj26GST) antigen gene was amplified by real-time PCR(RT-PCR) from the total RNA,then cloned into a prokaryotic expression plasmid pGEX1λT and transformed into E.coli BL21 (DE3) to construct pGEX-Sj26GST; BL21 (pGEX-Sj26GST) was induced with isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG),and the expressed products were analyzed and identified by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis(SDS-PAGE) and Western blotting.Results The 676 bp Sj26GST gene was successfully amplified by RT-PCR and restriction enzyme double-digestion technique confirmed that Sj26GST antigen gene was successfully cloned into pGEX-1λT vector,the relative molecular mass of the expressed recombinant protein was approximately 52 × 103 by SDS-PAGE,and the amount of expressed protein was 20％ of the total bacterial proteins; the fusion protein could be recognized by sera from rabbits infected with Sj by Western blotting.Conclusions The recombinant plasmid pGEX-Sj26GST is successfully constructed and highly expressed in E.coli and the expressed fusion protein shows specific antigenicity.

Aluminum Compounds ; toxicity ; Animals ; Animals, Newborn ; Apoptosis ; drug effects ; Cells, Cultured ; Cerebral Cortex ; cytology ; drug effects ; Chlorides ; toxicity ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Neurons ; cytology ; drug effects ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar

Objective To explore somatic symptoms of patients with functional dyspepsia (FD) and effects of combined anti somatisation therapy on the quality of life in patients with FD.Methods Two hundred and nineteen patients with FD were enrolled.Patient Health Questionnaire-15 (PHQ-15) and Nepean Dyspepsia Index (NDI) were completed,and the relation between them was analyzed.Lansoprazole,mosapride and flupentixol melitracen (the anti-somatisation medication) were taken for four weeks by 131 FD patients who had poor response to four-week conventional treatment with proton pump inhibitors (PPI) and/or prokinetic medication and who got more than 4 scores in PHQ 15.And then therapeutic effects were observed and the changes of NDI before and after treatment were analyzed.The t test,chi-square test,Spearman's correlation and linear regression were performed for statistical analysis.Results The total PHQ-15 and NDI score of 219 patients with FD were 5.7±3.4 and 42.0± 10.4,and there was positive correlation between them (r=0.493,P＜0.05).Stomach pain,headache,chest pain,dizziness,shortness of breath,fatigue,sleeping disorder,thirst and so on were positively correlated with totalNDIscore (r=0.262,0.230,0.241,0.243,0.352,0.385,0.266,0.281,all P＜0.05).Chest pain,stomach pain,shortness of breath,dizziness and fatigue were the influence factors of NDI (t=2.340,2.488,5.278,2.167,2.443,all P＜0.05).Among 131 patients with FD who received anti somatisation combination therapy,six patients did not complete the therapy because of the side effects,and finally 125 patients were enrolled and analyzed.Before and four weeks after the treatment,the total PHQ-15 scores of 125 patients with FD were 7.3±3.2 and 2.9±2.2,respectively; and the difference was statistically significant (t =12.653,P＜0.01).There were significant differences in the influence of stomach pain,headache,chest pain,dizziness,shortness of breath,fatigue,sleeping disorder and thirst before and after the treatment (not bothered at all,bothered a little,bothered a lot) (x2=39.231,6.796,6.693,15.520,6.698,51.572,44.390 and 16.506,all P＜0.05).The total NDI score before and after the treatment were 44.3 ± 11.7 and 29.2 ± 6.9,and the difference was statistically significant (t=12.503,P＜0.01).Conclusions The quality of life in patients with FD is affected by somatic symptoms such as chest pain,stomach pain,shortness of breath,dizziness,fatigue and so on.For FD patients with poor response to conventional treatment,the quality of life could be improved by the combination of anti-somatisation therapy and the conventional therapy.

Objective To investigate the influences in perioperative variations in serum levels of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in patients with HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC),and to observe the differences in postoperative recovery of liver function between the antiviral treatment group and the non-antiviral treatment group of patients.Methods From Feb.2012 to Nov.2012,55 patients whose preoperative serum levels of HBV DNA were below the recommended level of antiviral treatment were included into the study.The serum levels of HBV DNA,IL-6,IL-10 and IL-27 preoperatively and on postoperative day 3 were measured.Using the postoperative serum levels of HBV DNA,the patients were divided into 2 groups:the high level group and low level group.Patients in the high level group received antiviral treatment,but the low level group did not.The changes in preoperative and postoperative liver function and other data of the patients were recorded and analyzed by the SPSS 13.0 software.Results (1) The reactivation rate of serum HBV DNA in the HBsAg-positive HCC patients was 45％ (25/55).In patients with a preoperative HBV DNA level ＜ 1 × 104 IU/ml the postoperative HBV reactivation rate was up to 76％ (19/25).(2) Logistic regression analysis showed tumor diameter (P=0.037,0.006) and injecting anhydrous alcohol into the resection margin (P=0.004) were independent risk factors of postoperative HBV reactivation.(3) Postoperative serum IL-10 elevation was associated with HBV reactivation (P=0.001).On the contrary,serum IL-6 level elevation was associated with HBV reactivation (P＜0.01).(4) When compared with the low level group,postoperative serum alanine aminotransferase,total bilirubin and albumin in the high level group showed no significant difference (P＞0.05).Conclusions Hepatectomy could reactivate HBV replication during the perioperative period.A close monitoring of HBV DNA during the perioperative period was necessary,especially in patients with low HBV DNA levels.The tumor diameter and injecting anhydrous alcohol into the resection margin were independent risk factors of postoperative increase in HBV DNA.Changes in serum IL-10 and IL-6 levels after hepatic resection might be related to the elevation of HBV DNA level.In addition,reactivation of HBV did not aggravate damages in postoperative liver function.Antiviral treatment did not promote recovery of liver function in the early stage.