Objective To investigate the effects of esmolol and remifentanil on minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) of isoflurane in patients undergoing upper abdominal surgery. Methods One hundred ASAⅠorⅡpatients aged 18-60 yr undergoing upper abdominal surgery under general anesthesia were randomly divided into 5 groups (n=20 each):group A isoflurane alone; group B isoflurane + large dose esmolol; group C isoflurane + remifentanil; group D isoflurane + remifentanil + small dose esmolol and group E isoflurane + remifentanil + large dose esmolol. In group B and E esmolol was infused at 250 μg·kg-1·min-1 after a loading dose of 1 mg/kg (large dose esmolol). In group D esmolol was infused at 50 μg'kg-1·min-1 after a loading dose of 0.5 mg/kg (small dose esmolol). In group C, D and E remifentanil was infused at 0.05 μg·kg-1·min-1 after a loading dose of 0.25 μg/kg. As soon as the patients lost consciousness, tracheal intubation was facilitated with succinyl choline 1.5 mg/kg. The patients were mechanically ventilated (VT=8 ml/kg, RR 12 bpm, FiO2= 100% ). PET CO2 was maintained at 32-38 mm Hg and naso-pharyngeal temperature above 35.5℃. End-tidal isoflurane concentration was continuously monitored. If the patient moved his/her hand, foot, head or body within 60 seconds after skin incision was made the end-tidal isoflurane concentration was increased by 10% in the next patient; if the patient did not respond to skin incision the end-tidal concentration of isoflurane was decreased by 10% in the next patient. The initial end-tidal isoflurane concentration was 1.24% in group A and B, 0.78% in group C, D and E. Results The MAC of isoflurane was 1.24% ± O.14%, 1.22%±0.09%, 0.77%± 0.05%, 0.75% ±0.06%, 0.60%±0.05% in group A, B, C, D, E respectively. Remifentanil significantly reduced MAC of isoflurane in group C, D and E as compared with group A. The MAC of isoflurane was significantly lower in group E than in group C. Conclusion Remifentanil infusion at 0.05 μg·kg-1·min-1 combined with large dose esmolol can reduce MAC of isdlurane by 52% in patients undergoing upper abdominal surgery.

Objective To use bioinformatics methods to analyze large amounts of data generated by gene chips and to screen common key genes in hepatocellular carcinoma in human and rat.Methods For search of the medical literature,3 sets of gene chip with data which met our predetermined criteria were downloaded from the GEO database.The data were standardized by using the bioconductor and R version of the 2.10.1 version.The original data of the affymetrix platform were normalized with background correction,standardized and transformed into log2 by using the algorithm of the affy packages RMA.The TTEST function of the excel was then used to calculate the significance of each gene.The DAVID was used for gene ID conversion and a table was established for samples and the corresponding gene expression data.A meta analysis was performed to calculate the common genes of human and rat.An enrichment regulation pathway was gained with the KEGG in the DAVID library. Results There were 26 common expression genes in the development process of hepatocellular carcinoma in human and rat.Five of these genes were up-regulation genes,while twenty-one were down-regulation genes.An enrichment pathway,which is a focal adhesion pathway,was found and this pathway has been reported to be associated with development of hepatocellular carcinoma.Conclusion With bioinformatics,we were able to screen common key genes and a pathway which were closely related to development of hepatocellular carcinoma in human and rat.

Objective To evaluate the effect of esmolol on bispectral index (BIS) in patients undergoing orotracheal intubation during induction of anesthesia and to investigate the mechanism of inhibiting the cardiovascular responses to tracheal intubation.Methode Forty patients in physical status of ASA Ⅰ or Ⅱ and aged 20-60 years were randomly divided into 2 groups ( n = 20 each): esmolol group (group E) and control group (group C). Anesthesia was induced with midazolam 0.1 mg/kg, fentanyl 5 μg/kg and vecuronium 0.1 mg/kg. In group E, esmolol 1 mg/kg was given intravenously before anesthesia induction and followed by an infusion of esmolol 250 μg· kg- 1·min-1, while a comparable volume of saline was given for group C. Mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR) and BIS were recorded before esmolol administration, before induction of anesthesia, before orotracheal intubation, and at 1, 2 and 5 min after intubation, respectively.Results There were no significant differences in HR, MAP and BIS between the two groups before tracheal intubation. HR and MAP significantly increased after tracheal intubation in both groups, but BIS only in group C significantly increased after intubation.HR, MAP and BIS were significantly lower after intubation in group E than in group C ( P＜ 0.05).Conclusion Esmolol can decrease BIS during tracheal intubation and its antinociceptive property is related to the mechanism of inhibiting cardiovascular responses to tracheal intubation.

Stroke is a hi-attack rate,hi-multilation rate and hi-death rate disease.More than 70 percent patients with stroke remain functional disturbance,which destroy their quality of life and bring them heavy burden.The early multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment,rehabilitation care,family rehabilitation training and application of new technology are the major strategies in kinds of rehabilitation treatment on stroke patients.The clinical researches have showed that the effect of multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment is obviously better than simple treatment.So these therapeutic regimens have wonderful prospect and valuable generalization.

ObjectiveTo study the protective effects of tumor necrosis factor α(TNF-α) antibody on liver ischemia reperfusion injury in rats. Methods120 SD rats were randomly divided into three groups, the normal control group(Group A,n=40), ischemia group(Group B,n=40) and TNF-α antibody group(Group C,n=40). After 60 minutes ischemia and followed reperfusion, the animals were killed at 0,1h,3h,6h,12h,serum concentration of alanine aminotransferase(ALT), malondialdehyde(MDA) was meassured and liver histopathology was observed. ResultsAfter ischemia reperfusion, the serum concentration of ALT and MDA in Group B significantly increased (P<0.01),and the hepatic congestion was obvious compared with Group A. Treatment of TNF-α antibody could significantly decrease serum concentration of ALT and MDA in Group C compared with Group B(P<0.01),and relieve hepatic congestion. ConclusionTNF-α antibody can suppress the inflammatory reaction, and protect injury induced by hepatic ischemia reperfusion in rats.

ObjectiveTo study the effect of aprotinin and tumor necrosis factor alpha(TNF-α) antibody on preventing postoperative abdominal adhesion in mice.Methods96 BALB/c mice were randomly divided into 4 groups:normal saline group(n=24),aprotinin group(n=24),TNF-α antibody group(n=24),and aprotinin combined with TNF-α antibody group(n=24).After an identical peritoneal injury operation,all mice were treated intraperitoneally with normal saline , aprotinin,TNF-α antibody and aprotinin combined with TNF-α respectively at the time of abdominal closure .The mice were killed 20 days after operation,the abdominal incisions and the development of intraabdominal adhesions were observed.Adhesion score was based on an overall assessment of the extent,location,and type of adhesions .ResultsAprotinin combined with TNF-α antibody group showed significantly lower adhesion score and 2-3 grade adhesion(advanced significant adhesion) rate was lower than that of other groups(P<0.01).Conclusions The intraperitoneal administration of aprotinin and TNF-α antibody can inhibit postoperative adhesion formation.

Objective The present study aimed to trace the behavior results and event-related potential (ERP) of conflict monitoring from 7 ～ 12 years old to explore the development features of the conflict monitoring.Methods In six groups of 144 children aged from 7 to 12,behavior and non-target N2 amplitude were analyzed in continuous performance test (CPT) task. Results 1. Behavior results:the reaction time of target stimulus decreased ( ( 533.33 ± 66.65 ) ms, (523.91 ± 92.96 ) ms, (468.37 ± 64. 13 ) ms, ( 46 1.48 ± 98.31 ) ms, (457.57 ±84.05 ) ms, (405.02 ± 67.90) ms) and the hitting number increased ( ( 34.87 ± 4.84 ), ( 37.64 ± 3.54 ), ( 37.95± 2.92 ), (38.67 ± 1.23 ), (39.31 ± 1.08 ), ( 39.45 ± 1.00 ) ) as age increased, and the difference was statistically significant ( P＜0.01 ). 2. ERP: ①The non-target N2 amplitude was significantly higher than the target,and the difference was statistically significant (F= 98.57, P＜ 0.01 ). ②The amplitude of non-target N2 amplitude decreased with age, and the difference was statistically significant (F= 5.54, P＜ 0. 01 ). Conclusion The non-target N2 was closely related to the monitoring conflict, and the behavior and ERP results in this study showed the development trend. 8 ～ l0 and 12 years old are the critical development period of information processing speed, attention and conflict monitoring function for children.

Objective To assess iodine nutritional status of lactating women and infants (0-2 years old) in six ecological regions of Gansu Province,and to provide a scientific basis for iodine supplementation of target people.Methods According to different topography and climate conditions,Gansu Province was divided into six ecological regions:the desert region,the Gobi region of Hexi Corridor,the hills and valleys region of Loess Plateau,the Zhongshan Valley of Qinling Mountains,the grassland meadow area of Gannan plateau and the Loess Plateaugully region.Totally 5 counties were selected from each ecological region,and each county was divided into five geographic locations (east,south,west,north and center).In each location,one township was identified and ten samples of lactating women and infants (0-2 years old) were selected randomly and 60 salt samples of residents were collected to determine iodine content.At the same time salt intake of 20 residents was surveyed in three townships as mentioned above.The water samples of all the centralized water supply projects were collected in each county,and one water sample of the decentralized water supply in ten townships with the largest population of each county from east,south,west,north and center locations was collected to determine iodine content.One soil sample was collected to determine iodine content in east,south,west,north and center townships of each county.The urinary iodine and water iodine levels were measured with the method for determination of iodine in urine by As3+-Ce4+ catalytic spectrophotometry (WS/T 107-2006).The direct titration method among thegeneric methods for iodide testing in salt production industry (GB/T 13025.7-2012) was used to determine the salt iodine level,and the arbitration method was adopted for quantitative determination in the case of Sichuan salt or other special salts and the salt intake was estimated based on three day weighed food record.The soil iodine was determined using the amplified colorimetric method.Results Totally 1 476 and 1 461 urine samples of lactating women and infants were collected,and the total urine iodine medians of lactating women and infants (0-2 years old) were 149.05 and 151.34 μg/L,respectively,the urine iodine median of lactating women and infants in each ecological region was at the 100-199 μg/L appropriate level.Not weaning infants urine iodine (155.32 μg/L) was higher than that of the weaning infants (146.30 μg/L),the difference was significant statistically (Z =-2.808,P ＜ 0.05).There was a correlation between urine iodine of not weaning infants aged 0-2 years old and breastfeeding women (r =0.133,P ＜ 0.01),and there was no correlation between weaning infants and breastfeeding women (r =0.045,P ＞ 0.05).About 9 008 salt samples were collected,and the rates of qualified iodized salt intake in the six ecological regions were all higher than 93％.The daily salt intake per person ranged from 4.5 g to 12.6 g,in which the Loess Plateaugully region was the highest with 12.6 g and the grassland meadow area of Gannan plateau was the lowest with 4.5 g.The water iodine median of 1 513 water samples was 3.3 μg/L.The water iodine medians of the rest 4 ecological regions were all less than 5 μg/L except for the desert region (42.4 μg/L) and the Loess Plateau-gully region (30.0 μg/L) of which the median of water iodine was higher than 20 μg/L.The soil iodine median of 155 soil samples was 127 μg/kg,in which the desert region was the lowest with 78 μg/kg and the grassland meadow area of Gannan plateau was the highest with 218 μg/kg.Conclusion Lactating women and infants are in good iodine nutritional status and the present iodized salt concentration can meet the demand of iodine nutrition of lactating women and infants well.

Objective To inspect the source of an outbreak with Mycoplasma pneumoniae (Mp).Methods We carried out real-time PCR to analyze specimens collected from pediatric patients in Beijing during January 2010 to May 2012,diagnosed as pneumonia or a respiratory infection according to clinical symptoms.These positive samples were analyzed by the M-P typing system(M:multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis,MLVA; P:P1-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis,P1-RFLP).Results Sixty-nine specimens were tested positive to Mp by the real-time PCR in 446 specimens from pediatric patients.The infection rate was 11.69％,15.56％ and 20.00％ respectively in 2010,2011 and the first half of 2012.According to the M-P system,11 distinct genotypes were identified from 69 positive specimens,M43562P1 and M53562P1 were the two main genotypes that showed an increasing trend from 2010 to 2011,and M33562P1 and M63562P1 showed an increasing trend from 2011 to 2012 in China.Conclusion During this international Mp epidemic,the infection rate of Mp was also increase in Beijing in 2011,and M43562P1 and M53562P1 were the two main genotypes.Among them,M43562 were consistent with pop genotypes in Europe,and M53562 were consistent with pop genotype in Israel.The M-P system would be valuable to monitor the epidemic of Mp in different countries in the world.

Objective To investigate cross-cultural differences in picture recognition memory of medical students. Methods Picture recognition memory were assessed by the classic new-old picture recognition,and behavioral results were recorded during the test. Results For new medical picture recognition, mean accuracy of Chinese medical students( 83.21 ± 8.95 )% was considerably higher than that of Indian medical students( 75.56 ±12.63)% (P＜0.05), while for old medical picture recognition, reaction time (RT) of Chinese medical students ( ( 887.57 ± 104.07 ) ms ) was longer than that of Indian medical students ( ( 840.93 ± 1 22.48 ) ms) (P＜0.05).Three way ANOVA suggested that cultural background and picture type significantly affected accuracy and RT,learning experience affected RT. In addition to picture type and learning experience, the interaction of each factors is not remarkable. Conclusion Cultural background, professional background and learning experiences have affected recognition memory. Medical students of different cultural background adopted difference strategies in picture recognition memory.