Objective To explore the effect a nd mechanism of ulinastatin application during perioperation in abdominal surger y. Methods Twenty patients administered with ulinastatin serve d as study group and twenty ones without ulinastatin treatment served as control group. Serum TNF-?, IL-6, IL-8, BUN and serum creatinine were detected in both groups before and after operation. The normalization time of body temper ature and leukocyte count were observed. All data analyses were performed using SPSS. Results ① Serum TNF-?, IL-6, and IL-8 concentratio ns in study group were significantly smaller than those in control group on the 1 st, 3 rd and 5 th day after operation (P

Objective To investigate the effects of regular insulin (RI)on duodenal smooth muscle in diabetic mice. Methods Diabetes mellitus (DM) model was established by intraperitoneal injection of 150 mg/kg streptozotocin (STZ) in male BALB/c mice. The model mice were divided into DM group and DM treated with RI group with 6 each. Meanwhile, 6 normal mice were served as controls. The mice in treatment group were intraperitoneally injected with 40 U/kg of RI daily.Whereas the mice in DM and control groups were intraperitoneally injected with phosphate buffer solution (pH = 7. 40). After 6 weeks, the small intestinal transit rate of mice was determined by lavage of Indian ink. Interstitial cells of cajal (ICC) in duodenal myenteric plexus were counted using immunohistochemical staining. Slow waves of duodenal smooth muscle cells were recorded with intracellular recordings. Data were analysed by SPSS 17.0 software, and comparisons among three groups were done using LSD test. Results After intervention for 6 months, the clinical presentations,such as more water and food intake and polyuria, were improved in treatment group. The body weight was increased in treatment group [(23.33±3.13) g] compared with DM group [(15.42±1.40) g,P＜0.01] ,but dereased compared with control group [(26.78 ± 2.09) g, P＜0.05]. The level of blood glucose in DM group was significantly higher than that in control and treatment groups(P＜0.01). Small intestine transmission rate was significantly reduced in DM group than that in control and treatment groups (P＜0.01), but it was slower in treatment group than that in control group (P＜ 0. 01 ). Immunohistochemical study showed that the number of c-kit positive cells reduced obviously in DM group than that in control group and treatment group (P＜0.05), whereas it was lower in treatment group than that in control group (P ＜ 0.05). The slow wave frequency and amplitude of duodenal smooth muscle cells in DM group were reduced when compared with control and treatment groups (P＜0.01) and both were lower in treatment group than that in control group (P＜0. 01 ). Conclusion The findings indicate that DM mice have gastrointestinal dysmotility and exogenous insulin may improve small intestinal dysmotility in DM mice.

Objective To investigate the influence of early oral feeding (EOF)after laparoscopic surgery in the function status and gastrointestinal living quality of the patients with colorectal cancer,and to clarify the feasibility of EOF after laparoscopic surgery.Methods Sixty-three patients underwent laparoscopic surgery of colorectal cancers participated in the trial.Of these,31 patients received EOF as EOF group,received a clear liquid diet on the first postoperative day followed by a regular diet as tolerated;the other 32 patients received traditional oral feeding (TOF ) as TOF group who were fed with feeding only after the recovery of their postoperative gastrointestinal functions. The nasogastric tube was removed from all patients in both groups immediately after surgery.Self-designed EOF questionnaire data, Karnofsky Scores and Gastrointestinal Quality of Life Index (GIQLI)Scores were used to evaluate the functional status and gastrointestinal living guality of the patients. Results The using time of total parenteral nutrition (TPN),time of postoperative hospital stay,and costs after surgery in EOF group were lower than those in TOF group (P<0.05);but there were no significnat differences in the first passage of flatus and feces time between two groups (P<0.05),also there were no significant differences in the incidence of nasogastric tube reinsertion, pulmonary infection, intestinal obstruction, balance of intestinal bacteria,fistula,incision infection between two groups (P>0.05),and the incidence of abdominal distension was higher than that in TOF group (P<0.05);on postoperative day 7,the albumin recovered faster in EOF group (P<0.05),and on postoperative day 4 and 7,the pro-albumin also recovered faster in EOF group (P<0.05);the patients in EOF group had a higher Karnofsky score (P<0.05)and GIQLI score compared with the patients in TOF group (P<0.05 ). Conclusion EOF after laparoscopic surgery in the patients with colorectal cancers is beneficial for rehabilitation,and it can reduce the risk of hospitalization and saving its costs;it plays an active role in protein recovery,and improves the functional status and gastrointestinal living quality of the patients.

Objective:The tumorigenesis, progression, and metastasis of lung cancer are mostly governed by the immunosuppres-sive profile. This study aimed to explore the levels of various immunosuppressive inhibitory molecules in lung-cancer patients subject-ed to different chemotherapy cycles. Methods:Thirty-three patients with advanced lung cancer (ALC;stages III-IV) without receiving prior chemotherapy and 23 healthy subjects were enrolled in our study. Peripheral blood samples were collected from the patients be-fore each chemotherapy cycle. The inhibitory markers expressed in T cells such as TIM3, PD-1, and CTLA4 were analyzed by flow cy-tometry. Results:The percentages of CD4+TIM3+, CD8+TIM3+, CD4+PD-1+, CD8+PD-1+, CD4+CTLA-4+, and CD8+CTLA-4+T cells in the peripheral blood of the ALC patients were significantly higher compared to the controls. The percentage of CD4+TIM3+, CD8+TIM3+, CD4+PD-1+, and CD8+PD-1+T lymphocytes in the peripheral blood of patients (n=19) who achieved PR or SD significantly de-creased after five cycles of chemotherapy (P<0.05). Similarly, the percentages of CD4+CTLA-4+and CD8+CTLA-4+T cells in the pa-tients also decreased after five cycles of treatment. Conclusion:The immune status of ALC patients was evidently suppressed. Effec-tive chemotherapy successfully potentiated effective immune responses by downregulating inhibitory molecules in T cells.

Objective To discuss the diagnosis and treatment of normotensive pheochromocyto-ma. Methods The clinical data of 22 patients with normotensive pheochromocytoma were reviewed. Inclusion criteria for normotensive pheochromocytoma were no previous history of hypertension and episode of symptoms suggesting high blood pressure. The blood pressure on admission was 90-130/ 60-90 mm Hg with an average of 113/72 mm Hg. Seven patients were found adrenal mass by routine ultrasonic examination. Twelve patients presented with superior abdominal or flank pain. Four pa-tients were present with fatigue, and 2 patients had fever. Headache and palpitation were found in 1 patient. Most of patients were present with large and round mass with low density area in the center of the tumor by uhrosonography and CT. Four patients had elevated level of plasma epinephrine and nor-epinephrine. 24 hours urine CA and VMA were elevated in 5 and 4 patients respectively. Seven pa-tients were prepared with infusion preoperatively to expand intravascular volume, and 2 patients were given prazosin 1.5 mg/d for 5 to 7 days. Results During the operation, seventeen patients had ele-vated blood pressure and 5 patients had no changed. One of seven patients with preoperative prepara-tion had obvious hypertension during operation, and 11 of 15 patients without preoperative preparation had obvious hypertension. The tumors were removed successfully in 21 patients. All the patients were diagnosed pheochromocytoma pathologically. Twenty-one patients had normal blood pressure with no recurrence during the follow-up from 1 month to 7 years. Conclusions The patients with normotensive pheochromocytomas may have lower catecholamine in their plasma and urine. The application of α-blockers and the expanding intravascular volume before operation could be important for the patients safe.

Objective To compare the different pathological type of renal tumor,clinical epidemiology,imaging and pathological features,summarize its value in the diagnosis of renal tumor.Methods The clinical data of 2198 patients who underwent surgical treatment in our hospital due to renal tumors from January 2010 to January 2019 were retrospectively analyzed.There were 1 404 males and 794 females with an average age of (56.5 ± 11.7) years old.The clinical epidemiology,image features and pathological features were compared.Results Among them,the pathological results concluded 1 891 cases of renal clear cell carcinoma (86.0％),112 cases of papillary renal cell carcinoma (5.1％),76 cases of chromophobe cell carcinoma (3.5％),23 cases of multilocular cystic renal tumors with low malignant potential (1.0％),13 cases of Xp11.2 translocation carcinoma (0.6％),4 cases of collecting duct carcinoma (0.2％),58 cases of anadipotic angiomyolipoma (2.6％),18 cases of acidophiloma (0.8％),and 3 cases of metanephric adenoma (0.1％).The overall differences in age and gender among patients with renal tumors of different pathological types were statistically significant (F =13.8,P ＜ 0.05;x2 =20.5,P ＜ 0.05),Xpl 1.2-translocated carcinoma had the lowest mean age of onset,which was (44.9 ± 17.1 years old).The percentage of women with anadipotic angiomyolipoma was higher (41,70.7％),and the percentage of men with clear cell carcinoma and papillary renal cell carcinoma was higher (1 253,66.3％) and(77,68.8％).There was no statistically significant difference in side sex and clinical manifestations among patients with different pathological types of renal tumors (x2 =16.27,P ＞ 0.05).No significant difference in the distribution of left and right side,the clinical manifestations were mainly sporadic (x2 =19.63,P ＞ 0.05).The results of renal tumors ultrasound ith different pathological types showed statistically significant difference (x2 =67.l,P ＜ 0.05).Hyperechoic (20,34.5％) and mixed echogenicity (16,27.6％) were the main manifestations of lipoma.Multilocular cystic renal tumors with low malignant potential were mostly cystic and solid mixed echogenicity (14,60.9％).CT values of renal tumors of different pathological types at all stages showed statistically significant differences (P ＜ 0.05).The CT values of clear cell carcinoma at the arterial phase of CT enhanced scan were significantly higher than those of other types of tumors (F =11.6,P ＜ 0.05),but decreased significantly in the parenchymal phase,showing the enhancement characteristics of "fast in and fast out".The CT values of papillary cell carcinoma in the third phase of enhanced scan were all lower than those of clear cell carcinoma and chromophobe cell carcinoma (P ＜ 0.05),showing a "progressive enhancement".The enhancement effect of chromophobe cell carcinoma is somewhere in between.The CT value on plain scan of anadipotic angiomyolipoma was higher than that of clear cell carcinoma,and the enhancement was followed by continuous enhancement,showing the characteristics of "fast in and slow out".The majority of clear cell carcinoma and papillary cell carcinoma were tan section (1 235,72.55％;51,52.13％).The grey-white section was the most common type of adipogenic angiomyolipoma (21,40.4％).Conclusions The epidemiological characteristics,imaging and pathological features of renal tumors of different pathological types have certain characteristics,especially the enhanced CT features of renal clear cell carcinoma,papillary renal cell carcinoma,chromophobe cell carcinoma and anadipotic angiomyolipoma,which are of certain value for the differential diagnosis of renal tumors of different pathological types.

Objective To investigate the expression and clinical significance of extracellular nicotinamide phosphate ribose transferase(eNAMPT)and soluble programmed death ligand 1(sPD-L1)in serum of pa-tients with sepsis secondary to severe pancreatitis(SAP).Methods A total of 92 SAP patients admitted to the hospital from February 2019 to February 2022 were selected as(SAP grou),and divided into a sepsis group(42 cases)and a non-sepsis group(50 cases).Moreover,50 patients with mild to moderate pancreatitis who were diagnosed and treated at the same time were selected as the disease control group,and 50 healthy in-dividuals who underwent the physical examination in the hospital during the same pariod were selected as the healthy control group.Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay was used to detect serum levels of eNAMPT and sPD-L1.Pearson correlation analysis was used for correlation analysis.Multivariate Logistic regression analy-sis was used to analyze factors affecting the occurrence of secondary sepsis in SAP.The predictive value of ser-um eNAMPT,sPD-L1 and their combination in the secondary sepsis of SAP was conducted by receiver operat-ing characteristic(ROC)curve.Results The serum levels of eNAMPT and sPD-L1 in the SAP group were higher than those in the disease control group and the healthy control group,and the differences were statisti-cally significant(P＜0.05).The Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation Ⅱ(APACHE Ⅱ)score,Sequential Organ Failure Assessment(SOFA)score,white blood cell count,C-reactive protein,pancreatic nec-rosis,systemic inflammatory response syndrome,multiple organ failure,serum eNAMPT and sPD-L1 in the sepsis group were higher than those in the non-sepsis group,and the differences were statistically significant(P＜0.05).There was a positive correlation between serum eNAMPT,sPD-L1 and APACHE Ⅱ score,SOFA score in sepsis SAP patients(P＜0.05).Serum eNAMPT and sPD-L1 were independent risk factors for sec-ondary sepsis in SAP patients.The area under the curve(AUC)of the combination of serum eNAMPT and sPD-L1 for predicting secondary sepsis in SAP patients was 0.916(95％CI:0.868-0.947),which was signif-icantly larger than 0.846(95％CI:0.791-0.879)and 0.830(95％CI:0.774-0.861)of the single indicator detections,and the differences were statistically significant(Z=4.129,4.885,P＜0.001).Conclusion The serum eNAMPT and sPD-L1 levels in patients with sepsis secondary to SAP are elevated,which are related to the severity of the disease.The combination of serum eNAMPT and sPD-L1 has high predictive value for sec-ondary sepsis in SAP.