Objective To investigate the effect of high-flux hemodialysis on mineral and bone metabo-lism( MBD) in diabetic kidney disease patients with maintenance hemodialysis .Methods 60 cases with diabetic kidney disease undergoing maintenance hemodialysis were studied and they were randomly divided into two groups according to the number table method .Patients in each group were treated using either high-flux dialyzer or low-flux dialyzer for 6 months.Blood calcium(Ca), blood phosphorus(P), calcium*phosphorus(Ca*P), alkaline phosphatase(AKP), parathyroid hormone(PTH), and 25 hydroxy vitamin D3(25-OH-D3),etc were deter-mined at the start and end of the study .Results In high flux dialysis group , serum P, serum Ca*P, and PTH levels was(1.52 ±0.50)mmol/L,(3.05 ±1.19)pg/L and(368.61 ±235.32)pg/L respectively, which was sig-nificantly decreased than before treatment ((1.78 ±0.55)mmol/L,(3.94 ±1.31),(427.45 ±288.93)pg/L) (P<0.05), while serum Ca, and 25-OH-D3 levels were(2.3 ±0.16)mmol/L and(21.64 ±8.51)nmol/L respectively, which were increased significantly than before treatment ((2.12 ±0.18)mmol/L,(16.77 ±7.69) nmol/L)(P<0.05), yet in low flux dialysis group serum Ca, P, AKP, PTH, and 25-OH-D3 didn't change sig-nificantly before and after treatment ( P>0.05) .Conclusion High-flux dialyser provides a better effect on MBD for patients with diabetic kidney disease undergoing maintenance hemodialysis .

Objective To investigate the changes and its significance of expression of platelet CD62p,CD42b and the levels of plasma TXB2,6-keto-PGFla and vWF in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage.Methods 46 patients with intracerebral hemorrhage were included as the intracerebral hemorrhage group,while 20 patients with hypertension were served as the control group.Platelet CD62p and CD42b were measured by flow cytometry,and plasma TXB2,6-keto-PGF1a and vWF were measured by ELISA at less than 3 day,1 and 2 weeks after onset.The analysis of dependablit were made between the expression of platelet CD62p,CD42b and the level of plasma vWF in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage.Results At less than 3 day,1 and 2 weeks after onset,the expression of platelet CD62p,levels of plasma TXB2,vWF and TXB2/6-keto-PGFla(T/K)in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage were significantly higher than those in the control group(all P

Objective To analyze thyroid papillary carcinoma (PTMC) neck lymph node metastasis (LNM) related factors,and further to explore the diagnostic value of ultrasonography in LNM.Methods A retrospective analysis of 384 cases of patients with PTMC confirmed by pathology and ultrasonic data were performed,according to the presence of cervical lymph node metastasis,they were divided into transfer group (116 cases) and nontransfer group (268 cases).Analysis was made to summarize the clinical and sonographic features of the two groups.Chi-square test and the multi-factor Logistic regression analysis were used to study the risk factors.Results ①The single factor analysis of sonographic features showed that the factors of gender (X 2 = 3.893,P = 0.048),age (P = 0.001),tumor diameter (P = 0.008), boundary(X 2 =6.327,P =0.012),acoustic halo (X2 = 15.562,P =0.001),and place (X 2 =9.441 ,P =0.024) were statistical different between the two groups;②Multiariable Logistic regression analysis showed that:patient age,tumor diameter,and acoustic halo were independent risk factors for PTMC neck lymph node metastasis,if Logistic model was used to predict the probability P =0.50 as a threshold,its accuracy was 74.2%,and the area under the ROC curve was 0.744.Conclusions Patients with age ≤ 45 years, tumor diameter ≥ 0.7 cm,located in the lower pole,boundary with uneven acoustic halo,were prone to LNM,and easy to Ⅵ area,suggest preventive cleaning lymph node in central region.

Objective:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of talc poudrage pleurodesis via semi-rigid medical thoracoscopy in the treatment of malignant pleural effusions,as well as the factors that may influence the outcomes.Methods:A series of 27 patients with malignant pleural effusion underwent medical thoracoscopic talc poudrage pleurodesis between July 2005 and September 2007 in Peking University First Hospital.Results:There were 16 male and 11 female patients in the series,the average age being 65.2 years.All the patients had documented malignant pleural effusions,including 16 cases of adenocarcinoma,6 of malignant mesothelioma,2 of squamous cell carcinoma,1 of lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma,1of small cell carcinoma and 1 of undifferentiated lung cancer.Thirty days after the procedures,complete successful pleurodesis was achieved in 22 cases,and partial successful in 4 cases.Pleurodesis was not successful in one case.Overall successful rate was 96.3%(26/27).The average duration of thoracic tubing was 6.85 days.Chest pain,fever and an increase in peripheral WBC after the procedure occurred in 19(70.4%,19/27),21(77.8%,21/27),and 12(44.4%,12/27)cases respectively.No respiratory failure occurred.Conclusion:Medical thoracoscopic talc poudrage pleurodesis is a safe and effective method for the treatment of malignant pleural effusion.

Objective To develop an equipment purchase process management module based on B/S architecture to standardize hospital equipment purchase process and promote hospital informatization. Methods Service-oriented architecture (SOA) was adopted as the main architecture, and internet information service (IIS) manager was used as the publishing tool.Results All the departments could visit the system through hospital intranet and perform on-line equipment purchase and inquiry for progress.Conclusion The system facilitates the inquiry of all departments for the progress of equipment purchase, and standardizes and optimizes the equipment purchase process.

Aim: To explore the relationship between structure and immunological activity of marine polysaccha-ride YCP,the physicochemical property and immunological activity of the YCP-derived fragment were studied.Methods: YCP was hydrolyzed by α-amylase from human saliva.The hydrolysate was purified to obtain an polysaccharide fragment by gel filtration chromatography.The physicochemical properties of this YCP-derived fragment was characterized by HPLC,FT-IR and TLC.In addition,changes of phagocytic activity,production of reactive nitrogen and macrophage binding were investigated.Results: The relative molecular weight of YCP-de-rived fragment was approximately 6.6 × 10~3.The monosaccharide composition and FT-IR of the YCP-derived frag-ment were identical to YCP.No significant effect of the YCP-derived fragment on NO production and murine mac-rophage phagocyte were observed.And this fragment was not able to compete the binding between YCP and mac-rophages.Conclusion: The remarkable decrease of immunological activity of YCP-derived fragments degraded byα-amylase of human saliva suggests that the complete structure and high molecule weight of YCP are essential for its immuno-modulatory activity.

To establish a consumables supermarket management system to realize the informatized management of the consumables supermarket. The system used SOA as the main architecture, and IIS manager as the pub-lishing tool. The system had the workload, materials and financial resources decreased while the efficiency in-creased, and made the supervisor master the sale information timely. Consumables supermarket informatized management may decrease the hospital's needs for current capital as well as the links, while increase the hospital effi-ciency greatly.

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of TongluoShu Liquid in treating rheumatoid arthritis at early stage. Methods 100 cases were randomly recruited into a control group and a treatment group with 50 cases in each group. The treatment group was given TongluoShu liquid, 150ml / time, twice a day; and the control group was given Diclofenac Sodium Sustained Release Tablets (Deegan), one granule for each time, twice a day, and Methotrexate 7.5mg / time, once per week. Results In the treatment group, symptoms, signs and biochemical indicators were significantly improved, and the swelling of the soft tissue around the joints in stage Ⅰ and Ⅱ were also reduced. Besides, osteoporosis was controlled and the progress of destruction to the cartilage of stage Ⅲ was detained, though there was no statistical difference between the two groups after the treatment. Conclusion ShuTongluo liquid is a safe and effective medicine with less adverse reactions in treating rheumatoid arthritis.

Objective To investigate the dynamic changes of serum interleukin(IL)-18,IL-1β and copeptin in acute cerebral infarction(ACI),and analyze the relationship with the serious degree of ACI.Methods The levels of serum IL-18,IL-1β and copeptin were measured by Double-antibody sanduicb enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA)in 83 patients with ACI who were admitted to the hospital within 24 h,and neurological impairment were evaluated by European stroke scale(ESS)at the 1st,3rd and 7th day respectively after hospitalization.At the same time,the patients with ACI were compared with 32 normal adults.Results The levels of serum IL-18,IL-1β and copeptin at the 1st,3rd and 7th day after hospitalization were(131.30±31.62),(168.30±28.12),(141.26±24.23)ng/L,(0.35±0.04),(0.82±0.10),(0.52±0.21)μ g/L,and(3.64±0.26),(4.18±0.53),(3.26±2.41)μ g/L respectively.There were significant differences among different times respectively(P＜0.05),furthermore they were higher than those in normal adults[(119.12±27.42)ng/L,(0.21±0.08)μ g/L,(2.63±0.23)μ g/L](P＜0.05).Univariate Logistic regression analysis showed that age,copeptin,IL-18,IL-1β and ESS score was the influencing factor in the serious degree of ACI.There was no significant difference in assessing the serious degree of ACI by receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve between IL-18 and age,copeptin,IL-1 β,ESS score(P＞0.05).Conclusions The serum levels of IL-18,IL-1β and copeptin are increasing after ACI,indicating that the inflammatory and immune factors may be involved in the development process of ACI.The serum levels of IL-18,IL-1β and copeptin can reflect the serious degree of ACI.

Objective To observe the correlation between the changes of neural cell apoptosis arid caspase-3 gene expression in brain tissues following acute severe traumatic injury to brain(TIB).Method A total of 120 adult Spraque-Dawley rats were divided into a control group(n=8)，TIB group(n=56)and TIB with administration of caspase-3 inhibitor group(n=56).TIB models of rats were made with Feeney's method.The z-DEVDfmk(5 μg)，caspase-3 inhibitor，was administered by intracerebral infusion，and the rats were sacrificed 1，6，24，48 hours and 3，7，14 days postinjury(n=8 for each interval).The specimens of the injured cerebral cortex，suhcerticai white matter，hippocampus，dentate gyrus and contrahteral corresponding brain tissues were taken for detecting apoptesis of neural cells by the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase mediated DUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL)methods and flow cytomeay.Caspase-3 mRNA and protein expression were detected by using RT-PCR，immunohistochemistry and western blot analysis.The caspase-3 activity was detected by using caspase-3 fluorescent assay kit.Student t-test and Spearman correlation analysis were used to analyze the data with SPSS version 10.1 software package.Results Apoptesis indexes(AI)and the apoptesis percentage(AP)of neural cells in the injured brain regions increased quickly after injury，and reached its peak 24 to 48 hours later，then decreased slowly,but it remained at higher level above that of normal till 14 days later(P＜0.01).The levels of caspase-3 mRNA,eastme-3 protein and caspase-3 activity were increased significantly post injury，and reached its peak at 24 to 48 hours，then it gradually decreased.Compared with control group，the levels ofoptical density of caspase-3 proteins in the injured hippocampus and subcortical white matter at 24 and 48 hours post injury increased 1484% and 1690%，caspase-3 mRNA expressiom increased 1043%and 1180%，and the degreas of caspase-3 activity increased 148% and 183%，respectively.The expression of caspase-3 proenzyme and its P17 subarrit increased.After trealment with caspase-3 inhibitor z-DEVD-fmk，the levels of caspase-3 mRNA，protein expression and caspase-3 activity were significantly decreased.and AI and AP were significantly decreased as well.The correlation between caspase-3 mRNA and level of neural apoptesis was positive(r=0.821，P＜0.01)，and it was likewise between caspase-3 protein and level of neural apoptosis(r=0.638.P＜0.01).Interestingly enough，a positive correlation was found between caspase-3 mRNA and easpase-3 proteins(r=0.945，P＜0.01).Conclusions The activation of caspase-3 leads to apoptosis of neural cells after acute TIB.The expression of caspase-3 are consistent with apoptosis of neural cells following TIB.The regulation of caspase-3 induced by TIB occurs at a ceriain critical link before transduction.Caspase-3 inhibitor can efficiently inhibit apoptosis of neural cells following TIB.