Objective To investigate complications in patients after noncardiac thoracotomy in hypothyroidism with ST changes. Methods Sixty one patients with hypothyroidism undergoing noncardiac thoracotomy were divided into ST segment change group(28 patients having ST segment depression≥0.05 mV) and controls(33 patients) according to the results of Holter. All patients were added with thyroid hormone, until the function of thyroid gland was normal before thoracotomy. The myocardial ischemia was measured by Holter within 48 hours after thoracotomy. Serum thyroid hormones was examined by radioimmunoassay during, before and after thoracotomy. And cardiovascular events were foliowed-up to hospital. Results Before and after thoracotomy serum TT3 in ST segment change group was (1.30±0.41), (2.09±0.45)nmol/L, TT4 was (80.56±30.28), (84.55±33.57) nmol/L, respectively; compared with the control group[TT3: (1.43±0.52), (2.38±0.51)nmol/L, TT4:(82.70± 29.43), (93.47±35.02)nmol/L], no significant differences were found(all P>0.05). After thoracotomy, 24 patients occurred myocardial ischemia, 10 patients occurred cardiovascular events in ST segment change group; 8 patients occurred myocardial ischemia, a patient occurred cardiovascular events in control group, there were significant differences between two groups(χ2=22.95,10.95, all P<0.05). The positive predictive value of ST segment change in Holter detection was 36% (10/28) recording in cardiovascular events of patients with cardiovascular disease undergoing noncardiac thoracotomy and hypothyroidism, negative predictive value was 97%(32/33). Conclusions Myocardial ischemia and other cardiovascular events tend to occur in hypothyroidism patients with ST segment change after noncardiac thoracotomy. ST segment change of preoperative Hoher detection recording cardiovascular events of hypothyroidism patients undergoing noncardiac thoracotomy has certain predictive value.

To observe the clinical efficacy of diclofenac sodium eye drops for postoperative recurrence of pterygium, and to provide safer drug regimens to prevent the recurrence of pterygium.
● METHODS: From November 2011 to September 2013, 124 patients 134 eyes who underwent surgery because of pterygium in our hospital were randomly divided into trial group ( diclofenac sodium eye drops and sodium hyaluronate eye drops) and control group ( tobramycin dexamethasone eye drops and sodium hyaluronate eye drops), all patients were followed up for 3mo ( once a week ) and the cornea, intraocular pressure and recurrence of pterygium were observed and compared between the two groups.
●RESULTS: Followed up for 3mo, 43 cases (45 eyes) in the trial group and 38 cases (39 eyes) in the control group had done the follow up as planned, in which 14 cases (15 eyes) showed the signs of recurrence, 2 cases (3 eyes) recurred eventually in the trial group, and in the meantime there were 12 cases (13 eyes) with signs of recurrence and 2 cases ( 2 eyes ) with a recurrence eventually in the control group, but no statistical difference was found between the two groups (P>0. 05);there were 6 cases (9 eyes) dropped out of the study with a higher intraocular pressure in the control group, compared to trial group (0 cases of 0 eye), the difference was statistically significant ( P < 0. 05); cornea conditions between the two groups had no statistical significance (P>0. 05).
●CONCLUSlON:Diclofenac sodium eye drops is effective and safe in preventing the recurrence of pterygium.

s:Objective To explore effect of the Tangshen Tongluo (TSTL) recipe on ET and ANP in patients with early diabetic nephropathy (DN). Methods 45 Cases of early DN patients were randomly divided into the TSTL recipe group (25 cases) and Lotensin group (20 cases). After the treatment of TSTL recipe and Lotensin, TCM symptom, the level of FBG, HbA1c, ET, ANP, TC, TG, HDL-C, LDL-C and urine micro albumen excretion rate (UAER) were detected. Results After the treatment of TSTL recipe and Lotensin, TCM symptom, the level of FBG, ET, ANP, TC, TG, LDL-C and UAER were found markedly lower in the TSTL recipe than that in the Lotensin group (P

0bjective: To observe the effects of parotid saliva(PARS), extraparotid saliva(EPS) and purified high molecular weight mucin(MG1) on the aggregation of streptococcus mutans . Methods: PARS, EPS and MG1 were prepared routinely and applied in the cultures of S. mutans Inbritt, S.mutans LM and S.sobrinus OMZ 176 respectively for 2 h. The aggregation of the bacteria was measured spectrophotometrically.Results: The aggregation (%) of S.mutans Inbritt, S.mutans LM and S.sobronus OMZ 176 induced by EPS was 32.80 , 57.87 and 35.46 , that by MGI 25.68, 32.77 and 24.16 , that by PARS 13.52, 22.23 and 16.00, respectively. Conclusion: The effect of MGI on the aggregation of streptoccus mutans is weaker than that of EPS and stronger than that of PARS. The aggregation may be primarily induced by mucins.

Objective: To develop a new determination method of astrogaloside in s erum by spectrophotofluorimetry. Methods: The fluorescence char acteristics of astragaloside anisic reaction product were used to determine astragaloside in serum. Re sults: The reaction product of astrogaloside and anisic acid had excitatio n and emission maxima were at 320 and 387 nm, respectively. The linear range of determ inati on was between 0.2 and 40.0 mg*L －1. The detection limit was 0.02 mg*L －1.　The recovery of measurement was between 98.8% and 102.4%. Conclusion: The propos ed method has advantages of high sensitivity, low detection limit and no interference. It has been used to determine astragaloside in serum successfully.

Objective To detect genetic alterations in pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA), and to investigate the mechanism of development of this neoplasm. Methods Three patients with PXA were studied. Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) was performed to study chromosomal imbalances in PXA. Using immunohistochemical analysis, the expression of EGFR was detected in PXA. Results Using CGH analysis, genetic imbalance was detected on at least one chromosome for each case. One patient revealed multiple genetic alterations, including gains of 2p14-pter, 4p15-pter, 7p21-qter, 11q24-qter, 12 and 15q14-qter,as well as losses of 8p11.2-pter, 9p11-p23, 10p12-pter, and 13q14-qter. This patient experienced tumor recurrence and died one year later. Gain on Chromosome 7 and loss on Chromosome 8p were demonstrated in 2 of the 3 patients. Immunohistochemically, no EGFR positive reaction was found in all cases. Conclusion Detection of genetic alterations is very important in understanding the pathogenesis of PXA.

Objective To compare application in Beijing population using the diagnostic criterias for metabolic syndrome(MS)according to the criterias of the International Diabetes Federation(IDF),Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program(NCEP)Expert Panel on Detection,Evaluation,and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults[ATP Ⅲ(revised)]and Chinese Diabetes Society(CDS), respectively.Methods This study was based on an investigation on the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases involving 4 628 cases.MS was diagnosed according to these three definitions respectively and prevalence derived from these three definitions was compared.Results The prevalence of MS were 40.3 %, 44.3% and 35.7% according to the IDF,ATP Ⅲ(revised)and CDS respectively.The agreement in the diagnosis of MS using IDF and CDS,ATP Ⅲ(revised)and CDS,IDF and ATP Ⅲ(revised)were 81.9%, 83.7% and 96.0% respectively.There were 4.0% subjects among the MS patients diagnosed by ATP Ⅲ (revised)who can not be screened by IDF criteria.The prevalence of obesity was 19.6% according to ATP Ⅲ,much lower than the prevalence using CDS and IDF,whereas this rate increased to 58.6% using ATP Ⅲ(revised)criteria,showing diagnostic agreement with CDS.The coincidence rate between ATP Ⅲ (revised)and CDS was 80.6% Conclusion This investigation shows good agreement in the diagnosis of MS using IDF,CDS and ATP Ⅲ(revised)among Beijing population and these criterias can be used in China.

Heart ; physiology ; Humans ; Stress, Physiological

Objective To characterize the systolic torsion in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) by velocity vector imaging(VVI).Methods Eighty-seven subjects were studied using VVI:27 patients with DCM and 60 healthy control subjects.Left ventricular short-axis acoustic images were acquired at base and apex levels.The rotation angle and rotation velocity of endocardium and epicardium were measured.Results LVEF of DCM group was significantly lower than that of control group ( P＜0.01).The basal and apical rotation angle, rotation velocity were significantly lower in DCM group.The endocardial and epicardial rotation angle, rotation velocity were also significantly lower in DCM group than those in control group (P＜0.01).Conclusions VVI is a rapid and noninvasive tool to quantitatively assess cardiac torsional deformation in DCM patients,which providing another useful modality for evaluating cardiac function.

OBJECTIVETo systematically evaluate prostate health index (PHI) in predicting the results of prostate biopsy in the diagnosis of prostate cancer.

METHODSWe retrieved the literature relevant to the value of PHI in predicting prostate cancer at prostate biopsy published from the inception to February 2014 in the databanks of PubMed (1966 - 2014), CNKI (1982 - 2014), VIP (1989 - 2014), and Cochrane Library (1999 - 2014). According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria and retrieval strategies, we extracted the data, evaluated the quality of the included literature, and performed meta-analysis using the Meta-Disc 1.4 software.

RESULTSTotally, 64 articles were identified, of which 52 were excluded and 12 included with 1 430 cases of prostate cancer and 2 159 normal or BPH controls. There was heterogeneity among the included studies. Based on the random effect model, in predicting the results of prostate biopsy in the diagnosis of prostate cancer, serum PHI exhibited a pooled sensitivity of 55.1% (95% CI: 0.525 - 0.577), a pooled specificity of 71.5% (95% CI: 0.695 - 0.734), a positive likelihood ratio (P-LR) of 2.379 (95% CI: 1.922 - 2.943), a negative likelihood ratio (N-LR) of 0.515 (95% CI: 0.428 - 0.619), a diagnosis odds ratio (DOR) of 5.268 (95% CI: 3.870 - 7.170), a summary receiver operating characteristic curve--area under the curve (SROC AUC) of 0.7578, and a Q * index of 0.6999.

CONCLUSIONSerum PHI plays a role of auxiliary diagnosis in detecting prostate cancer and can be used in the prediction of the results of prostate biopsy.

Aged ; Biopsy, Needle ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Prostate ; pathology ; Prostatic Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; pathology