1.Misdiagnosis analysis for 74 cases of acute abdominal pain as the first symptom of non-digestive diseases
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2010;17(15):2026-2027
Objective To explore the abdominal pain as initial symptom of non-digestive diseases,the causes of misdiagnosis. Methods 74 patients with clear diagnosis non-digestive diseases which initial symptom was acute abdominal pain were analyzed. Results The most common causes of misdiagnosis were blood system diseases,circulatory diseases,metabolic diseases,endocrine system diseases,respiratory diseases,nervous system disease,accounting for 35.1% ,25.7% ,10. 8% ,8. 1% ,6. 8% ,6. 8%.The rest,such as the urinary system diseases,toxic diseases were not rare. Conclusion Non-digestive diseases which initial symptom was acute abdominal pain could be caused by the body's various systems,and the causes were complex,the diseases conditions were critical and changed rapidly,so it was difficult to diagnose and had to be Paid attention on.
2.Association of cell-free plasma DNA with mortality and severity of disease in ICU patients
Xiaopei CAI ; Hong ZHANG ; Qingli LUO
Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Anhui 2014;(9):1339-1342
The cell-free plasma DNA of the 132 critically ill patients admitted to the emergency intensive care unit ( EICU) was measured by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay for the humanβ-globin gene. Ac-cording to the prognosis, the patients were divided into survival group (95 cases) and death group (37 cases). Blood samples were collected after EICU admission, 24 hours after admission, 48 hours after admission, and 1 week after admission. 30 age-mached controls were collected from healthy volunteers healthy care centre. Com-pared with control group, at each time point, cell-free plasma DNA concentration was significantly higher in EICU patients (P<0. 05). Cell-free plasma DNA concentrations were higher in hospital non-survivors than in survivors, of which plasma DNA concentration of 24 hours after admission and 48 hours after admission was statistically signifi-cant ( P<0 . 05 ) . The area under the ROC curves ( AUC ) for plasma DNA was bigger than the lactate and A-PACHE IIscore, the maximum of AUC was 0. 847(95% CI 0.648~1.000) at the point of 48 hours after admis-sion.
3.Detection of fat emboli by transesophageal echocardiography:experimental and clinical study
Weixing ZHANG ; Aizhong WANG ; Ming ZHOU ; Xiaopei XUE ; Bing HU
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2003;0(12):-
Objective To observe the characterization of fat emboli in cardiac chamber in pig model and the patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty(THA) by transesophageal echocardiography(TEE). Methods Different dose of fatty liquid was injected slowly via the internal jugular vein. The changes of the image were observed by continuous TEE. The lethal dose of fat embolism was recorded. Twenty-two patients underwent TEE during THA. Gray scale and echo intensity of fat embolism in right atrium were studied quantitatively in varied periods of the operation. Results With the increase of fat liquid injected in pig model, the strong- echo particles in right atrium and ventricle became more and more, the imaging of the particles was from “moving star”, “shower-like” to “snow fluffy”, at last paradoxical fat embolism occurred when the dose of fat liquid was over 4 ml. The accumulated lethal dose of fat embolism was 15.8 ~ 27.8 ml.②Fat emboli appeared as strong- echo particles in right atrium were found in different period of THA. Average gray scale and echo intensity of emboli in right atrium were significantly higher in period B than in other periods during THA. Conclusions Fat emboli in cardiac chamber can be found sensitively by TEE. Intra-operative monitoring and quantitative analysis is helpful to identifying fat embolism syndrome.Paradoxical embolism is a reliable evidence of fat embolism syndrome.
4.Clinical grading scales for intracerebral hemorrhage
Jia CHEN ; Yan GUO ; Ya ZHANG ; Lin PENG ; Xiaopei SUN
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2015;23(4):290-295
Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) refers to primary non-traumatic parenchymal hemorrhage.Its mortality and disability are extremely high.A simple and easy clinical grading scale for ICH can not only evaluate the prognosis of patients,but also has an important guiding significance for clinical treatment and clinical research.This article reviews the contents of major intracerebral hemorrhage scales,external validation,advantages and disadvantages,and explains its scope of application and clinical application.
5.Channel Selection for Multi-class Motor Imagery Based on Common Spatial Pattern.
Bangyan ZHOU ; Xiaopei WU ; Zhao LU ; Lei ZHANG ; Xianjing GUO ; Chao ZHANG
Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2015;32(3):520-525
High-density channels are often used to acquire electroencephalogram (EEG) spatial information in different cortical regions of the brain in brain-computer interface (BCI) systems. However, applying excessive channels is inconvenient for signal acquisition, and it may bring artifacts. To avoid these defects, the common spatial pattern (CSP) algorithm was used for channel selection and a selection criteria based on norm-2 is proposed in this paper. The channels with the highest M scores were selected for the purpose of using fewer channels to acquire similar rate with high density channels. The Dataset III a from BCI competition 2005 were used for comparing the classification accuracies of three motor imagery between whole channels and the selected channels with the present proposed method. The experimental results showed that the classification accuracies of three subjects using the 20 channels selected with the present method were all higher than the classification accuracies using all 60 channels, which convinced that our method could be more effective and useful.
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6.Research on assessment indicators of equalization of basic medical and health services in urban and rural areas
Hong ZHAO ; Xiaohe WANG ; Yu QIAN ; Xiaopei SU ; Shuangzhu ZHANG ; Xin YING
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration 2013;29(8):565-570
Objective To build the theoretical system model and research assessment indicators for equalization of basic medical and health services of both urban and rural residents.This aims at providing a theoretical and empirical basis for advancing basic medical health system covering rural and urban residents.Methods Literature research and Delphi expert consultation are used to build the indicator model and structure.The extremal standard method,health resources sharing by geography method,Gini coefficient method and other statistical analysis were used for an empirical analysis and test in an eastern provincial capital city.Results The indicator system comprises three dimensions of opportunity,process and result,as well as seven second-level indicators of health financing,resource allocation,accessibility etc.and twenty-seven third-level indicators.The grand mean value of the urban and rural regional indicators for H city in 2010 was calculated as 63.53,while the mean values for urban and rural were 74.75 and 45.58 respectively.Conclusion The assessment indicators focus on three combinations:basic public health services and basic medical services,service supply and demand,as well as the number and quality of services.This approach can help with the assessment of equalization of basic medical and health service for urban and rural areas and policy making.
7.Radiotherapy induced gastroduodenal ulcer after concurrent chemoradiotherapy in pancreatic cancer
Xiaopei GUO ; Hualin WEI ; Xiao CHEN ; Xialu ZHANG ; Jianhui LIU ; Ping ZHOU
China Journal of Endoscopy 2016;22(2):46-49
Objective To describe the endoscopic observation of pancreatic cancer radiotherapy induced gastro-duodenal radioactive injury, and investigate the influence of radiation-induced ulceration by concurrent chemoradio-therapy with S-1 (Tegafur Gimeracil Oteracil Potassium Capsule) and gemcitabine. Methods Self-comparative study of endoscopic performance were performed on patients received endoscopy before and after pancreatic cancer Chemoradiotherapy with S-1 or gemcitabine or radiotherapy only, from February 2010 to May 2015. Pearson chi-square test was used to analyze whether Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy groups and radiotherapy group are different in radiation-induced ulceration occurrence rate. Results The incidence of radiation-induced ulceration of radiother-apy group, S-1 group and gemcitabine group are 44.1 % (26/59), 50.0 % (10/20) and 46.7 % (7/15), respectively. Radiation-induced ulceration incidence was no statistical difference among the three groups. Conclusion From the angle of safety, patients can according to their self-condition for choosing S-1 or gemcitabine chemotherapy. Wether the concurrent chemoradiotherapy treatment was adopted or not, the occurrence rate of radiation-induced ulceration has no significant difference.
8.Clinical analysis of liver damage of malignant lymphoma patients with positive HBV surface antigen(HBsAg)after rituximab and chemotherapy
Yan XIE ; Jun ZHU ; Wen ZHENG ; Yuntao ZHANG ; Xiaopei WANG ; Yuqin SONG ; Meifeng TU
Journal of Leukemia & Lymphoma 2008;17(6):421-423
Objective To investigate the prevalence of liver damage in B-cell lymphoma patients with positive HBV surface antigen(HBsAg)after rituximab and chemotherapy.Methods Records of 19 B-cell lymphoma patients with positive HBV surface antigen(HBsAg)after rituximab and chemotherapy from June,2001 to Aug,2007 in Beijing Cancer Hospital were reviewed to analyze the prevalence of liver damage.At the same time,the relationship between the level of HBV-DNA and the damage of liver was analysed.Results According to WHO criteria of liver toxicity,of the 19 patients,12(63.2%)suffered liver damage,4(21.1%)patients in grade Ⅰ,6(31.2%)patients in grade Ⅱ and 2(10.5%)patients in grade Ⅲ.None of the patients in this study experienced grade Ⅳ liver toxicity.Of the 6 patients with HBV-DNA>104 copy/ml before therapy,5(83.3%)suffered liver damage.Of the 5 patients with HBV-DNA<104 copy/ml before therapy,3(60%)suffered liver damage.Conclusion The prevalence of liver damage is higher in B-cell lymphoma patients with positive HBsAg after rituximab and chemotherapy.These patients should be closely monitored for liver function when they received rituximab therapy and should reveive anti-HBV therapy.
9.Gastric or duodenal ulcer induced by radiotherapy in patients with pancreatic cancer:an analysis of risk factors
Xiaopei GUO ; Hualin WEI ; Xiao CHEN ; Jianhui LIU ; Xialu ZHANG ; Ping ZHOU
Cancer Research and Clinic 2017;29(1):15-19
Objective To analyze the endoscopic observation of gastroduodenal ulcer radioactive injury induced by pancreatic cancer radiotherapy, and to preliminary investigate the risk factors of radiation-induced ulcer after radiotherapy in patients with pancreatic cancer. Methods A total of 112 patients with pancreatic cancer who accepted gastroscopy before and after radiotherapy at Air Force General Hospital were collected. Self-comparative study of gastroscopic findings was performed on these patients. Single factor analysis and the logistic regression analysis model were used to analyze whether the clinical factors were likely to affect the radiation-induced ulcer or not. Results The total incidence of radiation-induced ulcer was 42.0 % (47/112) in 112 patients. The history of ulcer and grade 2 or more acute gastrointestinal symptoms (P= 0.036, P= 0.030) were the independent risk factors of radiation-induced ulcer. The rest clinical factors had no influence on the radiation-induced ulcer (all P>0.05). Conclusion In the radiotherapy of pancreatic cancer, patients who has the history of ulcer or grade 2 or more acute gastrointestinal symptoms should be alert to the occurrence of radiation-induced ulcer.
10.Influence of simvastatin treatment on Toll-like receptor 4 in monocytes of peripheral blood in patients with sepsis and severe sepsis
Huanzhang SHAO ; Cunzhen WANG ; Wenliang ZHU ; Xiaopei HUANG ; Zhisong GUO ; Huifeng ZHANG ; Bingyu QIN
Chinese Critical Care Medicine 2016;(2):159-163
Objective To investigate the influence of simvastatin treatment on Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) in monocytes of peripheral blood in patients with sepsis and severe sepsis and its significance. Methods A prospective randomized controlled trial was conducted. 106 patients with sepsis and 92 patients with severe sepsis admitted to Department of Critical Care Medicine of Henan Provincial People's Hospital from August 2013 to June 2015 were enrolled. These two groups of patients were randomized into conventional treatment group and simvastatin group. All patients received treatment according to the 2012 International Sepsis Treatment Guidelines, including anti-infection drugs, nutritional support, and palliative treatment, and the patients with severe sepsis were given early goal-directed therapy (EGDT). The patients in simvastatin group received simvastatin 40 mg daily orally for at least 15 days. The peripheral blood was collected and the monocytes were isolated at 1, 5, 10, 15 days after intensive care unit (ICU) admission. TLR4 expression on the surface of TLR4/CD14+ double positive monocytes was determined by flow cytometry, and adverse reaction was observed during treatment. Results TLR4 expression on the surface of monocytes showed a tendency of decreasing with prolongation of simvastatin treatment in the simvastatin group in patients with sepsis (n = 59) or severe sepsis (n = 54). However, in patients with sepsis, TLR4 level was significantly decreased from 10 days in simvastatin group as compared with that of conventional therapy group (n = 47), and it was decreased up to 15 days [mean fluorescence intensity (MFI): 21 (19, 28) vs. 27 (25, 33) at 10 days, Z = 2.198, P = 0.021; 16 (15, 21) vs. 26 (23, 34) at 15 days, Z = 4.611, P = 0.002]. In patients with severe sepsis, there was no significant difference in TLR4 level at different time points between simvastatin group and conventional treatment group (n = 38) [MFI: 55 (52, 63) vs. 56 (48, 65) at 1 day, Z = 0.313, P = 0.692; 47 (42, 56) vs. 49 (41, 58) at 5 days, Z = 0.827, P = 0.533; 40 (35, 42) vs. 42 (37, 45) at 10 days, Z = 1.012, P = 0.301; 33 (30, 38) vs. 38 (35, 41) at 15 days, Z = 0.539, P = 0.571]. No adverse reaction related with simvastatin was found during treatment in patients with sepsis or severe sepsis. Conclusions Statins could significantly down-regulate the TLR4 expression on peripheral blood monocytes in septic patients, while it showed no significant influence on TLR4 expression in patients with severe sepsis. A different effect of statins on TLR4 expression and the downstream inflammation process in sepsis and severe sepsis patients might partially explain the discrepancy in previous reports about the therapeutic effect of statins therapy in sepsis and severe sepsis patients.