OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence of allergic rhinitis on negative emotion. METHOD: One hundred and ninety cases with allergic rhinitis as observer group were investigated by state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI) and self-rating depressive scale (SDS). According to pathogenetic condition, patients were divided into persistent allergic rhinitis 71 cases (A group) and intermittent allergic rhinitis 119 cases (B group). Meanwhile, 190 healthy persons as control group were compared with observer group. RESULT: (1) The main allergens of allergic rhinitis were dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, dermatophagoides farina, pollen, and epiphyte, which the skin index was above "++" by skin prick test. (2) The state anxiety score of observer group (42.17±16.21) was significantly higher than control group (38.78±16.54), t=2.02, P<0.05. There were no difference in trait anxiety between observer group and control group (41.25±16.16 vs. 41.19±16.84), P>0.05. The anxiety scores of female in A and B groups were higher than that of female in control group (43.77±15.76, 42.93±15.58 vs 38.44±15.71), P<0.05. (3) The score of SDS in A and B group was significantly higher than that of control group (37.78±9.22, 39.65±9.87 vs 35.24±7.81), P<0.01. The rate of depression in observer group (11.6%, 22/190) was significantly higher than that of control group (2.6%, 5/190), Χ2=11.52, P<0.01. CONCLUSION The allergic rhinitis may cause patients anxiety and depression, especially for female, but patients with allergic rhinitis have no significant trait anxiety.
Allergens ; Animals ; Anxiety ; complications ; Case-Control Studies ; Depression ; complications ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Personality Inventory ; Phenotype ; Pyroglyphidae ; Rhinitis, Allergic ; psychology ; Skin Tests

Objective To study the expression of miR-146a in the serum of sepsis and the diagnostic value.Methods Serum miR-146a expression was detected in 98 patients diagnosed with sepsis,69 patients with severe sepsis and 30 healthy controls.ROC plots were used to evaluate the diagnostic value.Results The expression of miR-146a was decreased successively in healthy group,general sepsis group and severe sepsis group.In the diagnosis of sepsis,at the optimal expression cutoff miR-146a value of 0.805,the sensitivity was 0.967 and specificity 0.940,with an AUC of 0.983.In the diagnosis of sepsis severity degree,at the optimal expression cutoff miR-146a value of 0.530,the sensitivity was 0.796 and specificity 0.986,with an AUC of 0.943.Conclusion miR-146a can be a potential marker in diagnosis of sepsis and severity degree .

Objective To investigate the characteristics and neural mechanisms of visual attention dysfunction in patients with hypertension using the event related potentials(ERPs).Methods Visual Oddball pattern was adopted to analyze P3a and P3b components of 15 essential hypertensives and 15 normotensives,and all the participants were submitted to cognitive assessment by Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).Results ①Novelty stimulus:the mean amplitude of N2 in hypertensive patients ((1.56± 1.15) μV) was decreased than normal controls ((-2.19±1.15) μV,P＜0.05),particularly at forehead-central sites (P＜0.05).In addition,the amplitude of P3a of hypertensive patients ((6.27± 1.01) μV) was different from normal controls ((7.09± 1.01) μV),but there was no statistical significance(P＞0.05).The latency of visual P3a was significantly longer in patients with hypertension group ((432.83 ± 8.22) ms) than that in control group ((403.10 ± 8.22) ms,P＞ 0.05).②Target stimulus:compared with control group ((6.75 ±0.90)μV),visual P3b amplitude in hypertension group ((4.08 ± 0.90) μV) was significantly declined (P＜ 0.05).Besides,the latency of visual P3b of hypertensive patients ((440.70 ± 6.42) ms) was different from normal controls ((436.91±6.42) ms),but there was no statistical significance(P＞0.05).③Compared with control group (27.31± 1.22),the M MSE score of patients with hypertension (24.55±2.42) was decreased (P＜0.05).The amplitude of visual P3b was positively correlated with MMSE scores in parietal region(r=0.51,P＜0.05).Conclusions The abilities of visual involuntary attention and voluntary attention are damaged in patients with hypertension,the impact degree of hypertension on two kinds of attention and the neural mechanisms are different.Moreover,there is a significant positive correlation between the amplitude of visual P3b and MMSE,which prompts that visual P3b for clinical early assessment of attention in patients with hypertension provides more objective neurophysiological basis.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence of nasal septal deviation on the incidence of bilateral sinusitis. METHOD: Two thousand and seventy-four cases of nasal septal deviation with chronic sinusitis available from January 2006 to March 2012 were reviewed retrospectively. RESULT: Of these 2074 cases, 1 687 (81.3%) patients had sinusitis in narrow side and 1582 (76.3%) in wide side, the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.01) and the relative risk value in narrow side (1.4) was higher than wide side (0.7) associated with the incidence of sinusitis. There was significant difference (P < 0.05) between the two group counting datas analyzed by rank sum test, and the mean rank order in narrow side was 1656.396, significantly greater than wide side (1 612.184). The incidence of sinusitis in men was 50.6% (1049/2074), in women was 49.4% (1025/2074), and there was no significant difference between them. Deviating leftward was 1148 cases (55.4%), deviating rightward was 926 cases (44.6%), and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). Anatomic variations in narrow side and wide side were uncinate process hypertrophy (7.0%, 27.0%), middle turbinate hypertrophy (7.8%,38.0%), ethmoidal bulla hypertrophy (26.2%, 39.0%), paradoxical middle turbinate (5.4%, 15.5%), hypertrophic inferior turbinate (52.9%, 67.0%) and mucosa pachynsis (0.5%, 2.8%), respectively. CONCLUSION Sinusitis incidence in narrow side is higher than wide side. There is no significant difference between the incidence of sinusitis in men and women. The majority of nasal septum deviate leftward. Higher incidence of sinusitis in wide side is the result of compensatory mechanism. Only septoplasty may not restore the normal venting function in nasal cavity. Hypertrophic inferior turbinate are closely correlated with sinusitis.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Child ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nasal Cavity ; Nasal Septum ; abnormalities ; Paranasal Sinuses ; Retrospective Studies ; Sinusitis ; epidemiology ; Turbinates ; abnormalities ; Young Adult

OBJECTIVE: To explore the clinical feature, the reason of misdiagnosis and mistreatment, influential factor of prognosis in patients with extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma-nasal type. METHOD: A retrospective study was made on the clinical data of 34 patients with extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma-nasal type. Among them, 10 cases were staged I(E) intra-cavity, 15 cases were I(E) ex-cavity, 6 cases were II(E) and 3 cases were IV(E). Among them, 29 cases were in nasal cavity, 5 cases were outside nasal cavity; 14 cases were treated with single chemotherapy or radiation therapy, 20 cases were treated with radiation therapy add chemotherapy. RESULT: The total rate of misdiagnosis and mistreatment were 58.8% (20/34), 52.3% (18/34), respectively. The 5-year survival rate of the I(E) intra-cavity group were 60.0% (6/10), and those of I(E) ex-cavity group were 26.7% (4/15), and those of II(E) group and IV(E) group were 16.7% (1/6), 0% (0/3), respectively There was significant difference between 3 groups by statistical analysis (P < 0.01). The 5-year survival rate of I(E) ex-cavity group treated with single therapy were 0% (0/6), and those of I(E)-cavity group treated with combined therapy were 50% (1/2). CONCLUSION The early clinical manifestation of extranodal NK/T tell lymphoma-nasal type is atypical and which is hard to diagnose and treat. Diagnosis depends on pathologic biopsy and immunohistochemistry, there are many factors that influence the prognosis of this disease, in which the clinical stage is a major factor. It is crucial for diagnosing and treating early.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Diagnostic Errors ; Female ; Humans ; Lymphoma, Extranodal NK-T-Cell ; diagnosis ; therapy ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nose Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; therapy ; Retrospective Studies ; Survival Rate ; Young Adult