1.The Implication of Ionic Contrast Media Made in China in Contrast-Enhanced CT
Jianbo GAO ; Hua GUO ; Xuehua YANG
Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology 2001;17(3):283-285
Purpose To evaluate the clinical safety of ionic contrast media made in china and compare with nonionic contrast media being imported. Methods Among contrast-enhanced CT 1096 cases, 76% meglumine diatrizoate were administed in 864 cases and ultravist in 232 cases , comparative studies on adverse drug reactions(ADRs) and image quality were performed. Results In 76% meglumine diatrizoate group , the prevalence of overall and mild -middle ADRs was higher than in the ultravist group , the prevalence of severe and potentially life-threatening ADRs was approximate in the ultravist group , the image quality was well than in the ultravist group.Preventive inoculation alleviated ADRs at all levels. Conclusion Ionic contrast media made in china was safe and effective in patients without hyperthyroidism after preventive inoculation.
2.Risk factors for development of succinylcholine-induced postoperative myalgia
Zhendong XU ; Lei GAO ; Mingwei LI ; Xuehua CHE
Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology 2015;35(6):660-662
Objective To determine the risk factors for development of succinylcholine-induced postoperative myalgia.Methods One hundred and fifty-five patients,aged 18-64 yr,of ASA physical status Ⅰ or Ⅱ,with body mass index of 20-30 kg/m2,scheduled for elective craniofacial surgery,were included in the study.Total intravenous anesthesia with propofol or combined intravenous-inhalational anesthesia with sevoflurane was performed during surgery.The patients were divided into 2 groups according to whether or not myalgia occurred within 24.h after surgery:myalgia group and non-myalgia group.Factors including gender,age,body weight,duration of surgery,method of anesthesia,dose of succinylcholine,preinjection of lidocaine or nondepolarizing muscular relaxants during induction of anesthesia,use of hormone (dexamethasone or methylprednisolone) and nonsteroidal analgesics (parecoxib sodium) during surgery,and consumption of fentanyl were recorded.The risk factors of which P values were less than 0.05 would enter the multivariate logistic regression analysis to stratify the risk factors for development of succinylcholine-induced postoperative myalgia.Results Forty-one patients developed postoperative myalgia,and the incidence of myalgia was 27.2%.The results of logistic analysis indicated that succinylcholine < 1.5 mg/kg and no preinjection of lidocaine were closely correlated with the development of postoperative myalgia induced by succinylcholine.Conclusion Succinylcholine<1.5 mg/kg and no preinjection of lidocaine are the risk factors for development of succinylcholine-induced postoperative myalgia in the patients.
3.CT features of heterotopic pancreas and its correlation with pathologic changes
Qian WANG ; Xuehua YANG ; Jianbo GAO ; Pan LIANG ; Yijuan WEI
Journal of Practical Radiology 2014;(5):815-817
Objective To analyze the CT findings of heterotopic pancreas and the correlation with pathologic changes.Methods CT findings in 1 9 patients with heterotopic pancreas proven by surgery were reviewed retrospectively,14 of whom were scanned with enhanced CT.The correlation of CT findings and pathologic results were also analyzed.Results All patients had a single lesion with sized range from 0.8 to 4.7 cm and mean diameter of (2.2±0.6)cm.All lesions with homogeneous density were showed on plain scans including 7 lesions in stomach,8 in duodenum,2 in jejunum,1 in ileum and 1 beside the cardiac lymph nodes.The border of the lesions in 5 was unclear with exudative changes,mimicking acute pancreatitis.A sign of central umbilical concave was found in 2.Pathological results confirmed 14 lesions in submucosa,3 in muscular layer,1 in serosal layer and 1 in abdominal cavity.Hetero-topic pancreas presented early obvious enhancement in 9,mimicking normal pancreas,which was composed chiefly of pancreatic aci-ni.The enhanced degree of 4 lesions was lower than normal pancreas,which were composed of pancreas ductal epithelium and few pancreatic acini.No significantly enhancement was seen in 1,mimicing liomyoma,which was composed chiefly of pancreas ductal epithelium and smooth muscle hyperplasia.Conclusion Heterotopic pancreas in most cases presents characteristic submucosal disea-ses-like pattern,and different enhanced patterns of heterotopic pancreas are related with the pathologic changes.
4.Study of TNM Staging of Gastric Carcinoma with Triphase Incremental Helical CT
Hua GUO ; Jianbo GAO ; Xuehua YANG ; Yintai LI
Journal of Practical Radiology 2001;0(01):-
Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of TNM staging of gastric carcinoma with triphase incremental helical CT.Methods Triphase incremental helical CT of the stomach with water-filling method were performed in 101 patients with gastric carcinoma.Results (1)The accuracy of T-staging,N-staging and TNM staging was 81.8%,72.9% and 80.2% respectively.(2)Demonstrating multilayered structure of the normal gastric wall in the arterial parenchymal-phase was advantageous to improve the accuracy of estimating the depth of tumor invasion (?
6.The Value of Multi-slice Spiral CT in the Diagnosis of Extrahepatic Cholangicarcioma
Xuehua YANG ; Wei ZHANG ; Jianbo GAO ; Bo JIANG ; Yanzhao TAN ; Lei SU ; Jingjing XIAO
Journal of Practical Radiology 2010;26(4):511-515
Objective To evaluate the value of MSCT in the diagnosis of extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.Methods The MSCT appearances of extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma confirmed by pathology in 27 cases were analyzed retrospectively.Among them,20 patients underwent plain and four-phase dynamic contrast-enhanced CT scans including early arterial phase,late arterial phase,portal phase and delay phase,7 patients only underwent contrast-enhanced CT scans.Results 15 lesions were located in the hilar and 12 lesions were located in the common bile duct.CT features of cholangiocarcinomas in this group were varied with its position and growth pattern.Besides the direct sign such as delay enhancement,the indirect findings were also specific such as hepatic lobe atrophy,dilated bile duct,etc.Conclusion MSCT is of great value in diagnosis of extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
7.Therapeutic Observation of Auricular Point Sticking with Magnetic Bead for Insomnia in Hepatocirrhosis
Yihan HUANG ; Lihua GU ; Yueqiu GAO ; Yunhui ZHUO ; Xuehua SUN ; Hongming NIE
Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion 2015;(6):503-504
Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of auricular point sticking with magnetic bead in treating insomnia in hepatocirrhosis patients. Method Ninety patients with hepatocirrhosis complicated with insomnia were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 45 in each group. The treatment group was intervened by auricular point sticking with magnetic bead, while the control group was by auricular point sticking with medical adhesive tape. After successive 2-week treatments, the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) and the Evaluation Criteria of Therapeutic Efficacy for Mental Disorders were observed for evaluating the treatment result. Result The ISI was significantly improved in the treatment group after intervention (P<0.05), and the improvement was significantly different from that in the control group (P<0.05). The total effective rate was 86.7% in the treatment group versus 60.0% in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.01). Conclusion Auricular point sticking with magnetic bead is easy-to-operate and can produce a satisfactory efficacy in treating insomnia of hepatocirrhosis patients.
8.Effects of hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning on interlukin-23 level in rats after skin flap transplantation
Yajuan LI ; Xuehua LIU ; Fang LIANG ; Lianhua WU ; Baosen PANG ; Chunjin GAO
Chinese Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2015;37(8):571-574
Objective To explore the effects of hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning on ischemia-reperfusion inflammatory reaction of rats after skin flap transplantation.Methods Fifty-six Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into 3 groups:a sham ischemia-reperfusion (SH) group,an ischemia-reperfusion (IR) group and a hyperbaric oxygen reconditioning (HBO) group.Both IR group and HBO group were further divided into 3 subgroups,respectively,according to the time points of serum sampling for test post establishment of the IR model of the abdominal pedicle skin flap transplantation.The IR model of the abdominal pedicle skin flap transplantation was established in all the animals except those in the SH group,with those in the HBO group were preconditioned with HBO twice daily for 3 days before the operation.The blood was sampled at 1,3 and 5 day post-operation to test the level of IL-23 using enzyme-linked immunosorbeut assay (ELISA).The survival skin flaps were sampled from all the animals at 3 and 5 days after the operation for histological observation and evaluation.Results The average IL-23 level of HBO 3 d subgroup (17.80 ± 14.78) was significantly lower than that of the IR 3 d subgroup (38.91 ± 12.26).The average histological scores of the IR 3 d and 5 d subgroups,as well as HBO 3 d and 5 d subgroups were (2.66 ±0.44)and (3.2 ±0.53),(1.85 ±0.31) and (2.29 ±0.32),significantly higher than SH group (0.38 ±0.10).Moreover,the average histological score of the HBO 3 d and 5 d subgroups was significantly lower than IR 3 d and 5 d subgroups respectively.Conclusion Hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning can relieve the ischemia-reperfusion inflammatory reaction through reducing the serum level of IL-23 in rats after skin flap transplantation.
9.Feasibility study of contrast-enhanced hepatic CT with low tube voltage using iterative model reconstruction technique
Qiang CHENG ; Yang LIU ; Yan JIANG ; Xuehua YANG ; Jianbo GAO ; Yonggao ZHANG ; Leigang DONG
Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection 2015;35(12):953-956
Objective To investigate the feasibility of contrast-enhanced CT with low tube voltage using iterative model reconstruction (IMR) technique.Methods Sixty patients were randomly assigned into 2 groups (group A and group B, 30 each) according to random number table.All patients underwent contrast-enhanced hepatic CT.Group A was scanned with 100 kV at arterial phase(AP) and 120 kV at portal vein phase (PVP), while group B was scanned with 120 kV at AP and 100 kV at PVP.All protocols were performed at the same tube current of 250 mAs.Raw data were reconstructed with IMR for AP images in group A and PVP images in group B;and reconstructed with FBP for AP images in group B and PVP images in group A.Images of 4 different groups were obtained: A1(AP,100 kV,IMR) , B1(AP,120 kV, FBP), A2(PVP, 120 kV,FBP) and B2(PVP, 100 kV, IMR).Subjective evaluation indexes for image quality including low-contrast detectability, lesion edge sharpness, image distortion and diagnostic confidence.Objective evaluation indexes included CT attenuation of hepatic parenchyma, image noise, SNR and CNR, which were assessed and compared between groups A1 and B1, groups A2 and B2.Effective radiation doses were calculated.Results Effective dose in group A1 was reduced 35.1% compared toB1 (t=ll.05, P<0.01), while a reduction of 37.7% in group B2 compared to A2 (t=11.64,P < 0.01).Subjective image quality score of low-contrast detectability and lesion edge sharpness were significantly higher in group A1 compared to B1 (Z =6.391, 3.200, P < 0.01), as well as in group B2 compared to A2 (Z =6.559, 3.409, P < 0.01).No differences were found in image distortion and diagnostic confidence between groups A1 and B1, groups A2 and B2, respectively (P > 0.05).Significantly lower image noise and higher SNR/CNR were found in group A1 compared to group B1 (t =12.889, 15.458, 1.325, P < 0.01) , as well as in group B2 compared to group A2(t =15.163, 15.308, 3.136, P <0.01).Conclusions Significant radiation dose reduction and image quality improvement in contrast-enhanced hepatic CT can be reached by using low tube voltage protocol combining with IMR technique.
10.Effect of Early Mother-to-child Isolation on Neuronal Cell Apoptosis in Neonatal Mice
Haipeng YANG ; Liwei WANG ; Qingliang SHAO ; Yue GAO ; Xuan ZHAO ; Xuehua QU
Progress in Modern Biomedicine 2017;17(26):5034-5037
Objective:To explore the effect of early mother to child separation on neonatal nervous system and its related mechanism.Methods:Randomly selected during January 2015 to September 2015,was born in 120 cases of newborn mice as the research object,the newborn mice was born after the implemented of mother-to-child separation as observation group (60),not the implemented of separation of mother and baby after birth as the control group (60),in view of the two groups of newborn mice of the nervous system,the change of the nerve cells were compared and researched.Results:The apoptotic rate of neurons in the neonatal mice was significantly higher than that in the control group (P <0.05).The neurons of caspase-3 protein expression was significantly higher than the control group (P <0.05).The expression of Caveo-1 protein in the glial cells of 14 days and 21 days was observed in the neonatal mice.The expression of Caveo-1 protein in the glial cells of the control group For comparison,(P <0.05),which were statistically significant.Conclusion:The early implementation of matemal and infant birth separation of neonatal nervous system will produce great influence,and influence the expression of the nervous system in the development of newborn,which affect the behavior of the neonatal adult dysplasia.