Acupuncture Points ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Multiple System Atrophy ; therapy

Objective To explore the reference value of interleukin(IL)-33 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha(TNF)-α in early diagnosis,illness evaluation and prognosis of acute pancreatitis(AP) by dynamically monitoring the serum levels of IL-33 and TNF-α.Methods A total of 86 patients with AP were selected as objectives which were divided into two groups according the severity of illness which include 59 cases of mild AP group(MAP) and 27 cases of severe AP group(SAP),52 cases of systemic inflammatory response syndrome(SIRS) group and 34 cases of non SIRS group distinguished by SIRS,75 cases of survival group and 11 cases of death group identified by prognosis of AP.All of patients were assessed by Bedside Index of Severity in Acute Pancreatitis(BISAP) score within 48 h after admission and detected the serum levels of IL-33 and TNF-α at the first day,third day,seventh day and fourteenth day during hospital.A total of 63 healthy persons were recruited into control group.Results The serum levels of IL-33,TNF-α and BISAP score of SAP group and MAP group were higher than those of the control group in different monitoring time,but the SAP group increased more obviously than MAP group.The serum levels of IL-33 and TNF-α of SAP group were higher than those of MAP group at the first day,third day,seventh day and fourteenth day during hospital,and the differences between them had statistical significance(P<0.05).The serum levels of IL-33 and TNF-α of SAP group increased to peak at the third day and reduced gradually after conventional treatment(the seventh day in the hospital).The serum levels of IL-33 and TNF-α of SIRS group were significant higher than those of non SIRS group(P<0.05).The serum levels of IL-33,TNF-α and BISAP score of death group were significant higher than those of survival group(P<0.05).Spearman correlation analysis suggested that there were positive correlations between BISAP and the serum levels of IL-33 and TNF-α of AP patients.Conclusion There is an important clinical value to the early diagnosis,severity classification,guiding clinical treatment and the assessment of prognosis of AP by dynamically monitoring the serum levels of IL-33 and TNF-αof AP patients.

Adult ; Aneurysm, Dissecting ; Carotid Artery, Common ; Humans ; Male

Objective:To analyze the metastasis rule of abdominal lymph node from thoracic esophagus carcinoma. Methods:The abdominal lymph node data on 164 patients who had undergone resection of thoracic esophageal carcinoma were analyzed retro-spectively. Grouping was based on the upper, middle, and lower thoracic esophagus. Differences in tumor infiltration depth, differentiat-ed degree, pathological type, pathological stage, and metastasis rate of the abdominal lymph node among the three groups were com-pared. The metastasis rates of the abdominal lymph nodes among the different tumor infiltration depths, differentiated degrees, and path-ological types were also compared. Results:The base condition of tumor infiltration depth, differentiated degree, pathological type, and pathological stage has no statistical significance among the upper, middle, and lower thoracic esophagus. The metastasis rate of the ab-dominal lymph node also has no statistical significance among the three groups (upper, 6.9%;middle, 27.4%;and lower, 39.6%). More-over, the metastasis rate of the abdominal lymph node has no statistical significance among the different tumor infiltration depths, differ-entiated degrees, and pathological types. Conclusion:A special bound lymph node metastasis was present in the esophageal carcinoma. If the tumor in the upper thoracic esophagus infiltrated the submucosa, then it could bound metastasize down to the abdominal lymph node by the lymphatic capillary net. The majority of the esophageal carcinoma was more than T1b period when diagnosed. The tumor has infiltrated the submucosa. Thus, early stage, well-differentiated, and upper thoracic esophageal carcinoma does not indicate mini-mal metastasis of the abdominal lymph node. Routine abdominal lymph node dissection through radical surgery for esophageal carcino-ma was necessary.

Humans ; Laparoscopy ; Proctectomy ; Quality of Life ; Rectal Neoplasms/surgery* ; Rectum/surgery* ; Transanal Endoscopic Surgery

Aged ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Gastrectomy ; methods ; Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors ; metabolism ; pathology ; Humans ; Lipoma ; pathology ; Liposarcoma ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Male ; S100 Proteins ; metabolism ; Stomach Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Vimentin ; metabolism

Objective To evaluate the relationship between recurrence of cryptogenic ischemic cerebrovascular disease (CICVD) and patent foramen ovale (PFO),as well as to access the clinical significance of PFO in ischemic cerebrovascular disease.Methods Consecutive patients with CICVD aged 15 to 70 years who were hospitalized in Department of Neurology,Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University from January 2008 to March 2011 were prospectively investigated.Identified by transesophageal echocardiography,patients were divided into two groups with respect to outcome:PFO group and non-PFO group.The recurrence of cerebral ischemic events was compared between the two groups after neurological follow-up.Results A total of 91 patients were recruited,including 57 patients with PFO and 34 patients without PFO.The follow-up period of two groups was 695 (506,1142) d.The recurrence rate at 15 months in patients with PFO (24.5％ (12/49)) was higher than those without PFO (6.9％ (2/29),x2 =4.391,P =0.036).Cum hazard curve indicated that recurrence risk of cerebral ischemic events in patients with CICVD in PFO group was higher than that of patients in non-PFO group during the follow-up period (P =0.044).Cox model used for multivariate survival analysis indicated that PFO was a risk factor for cerebral ischemic event recurrence among patients with CICVD (OR =4.159,95％ CI 1.178-14.689,P =0.027).Conclusions PFO is associated with increased recurrence risk of cerebral ischemia in CICVD patients.In addition,PFO may be a significant factor for ischemic cerebrovascular disease.

Animals ; Apoptosis ; radiation effects ; Electromagnetic Fields ; adverse effects ; Hippocampus ; pathology ; radiation effects ; Male ; Maze Learning ; radiation effects ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar

Carcinoma, Papillary ; diagnosis ; pathology ; Female ; Humans ; Jugular Veins ; pathology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neoplastic Cells, Circulating ; Retrospective Studies ; Thyroid Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; pathology

ObjectiveTo investigate the related factors of ischemic cerebrovascular diseases in patients with patent foramen ovale (PFO). Methods42 patients with PFO，aged ≤55 years old, with cerebral infarction or transient ischemic attack and treated with aspirin were involved. All patients were examined with transesophageal echocardiography. 6 cases relapsed and 36 cases did not. The size of PFO, serum fibrinogen level, and combination of atrial septal aneurysm (ASA) were compared. ResultsThey were followed up for (512.51±127.38) d. The serum fibrinogen level was (3.33±1.11) g/L in no relapse group, and was (4.40±1.49) g/L in relapse group （P=0.032）. There was not significant difference in the size of PFO (P=0.618) and combination ASA (P=0.554) between these groups. Logistic regression showed that patients with ischemic cerebrovascular diseases history involved in relapse (OR=46.913,95%CI:2.371～928.254), but the serum fibrinogen level did not （OR=2.656,95%CI:0.977～7.219）. ConclusionThe PFO patients with history of ischemic cerebrovascular diseases incline to relapse. It is not sure the influence of the serum fibrinogen level on it.