Objective To evaluate the value of echocardiography in diagnosing infective endocarditis (IE) in children. Methods The shape, size, echogenicity, distribution of vegetations and valvular function of the heart were observed by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in 30 patients with suspected IE. We correlated TTE ifndings with the results of hemoculture and serologic test. Results Vegetations were observed in all patients by echocardiography:seven patients with tricuspid valve vegetations, two with mitral valve vegetations, three with pulmonary valve vegetations, three with main pulmonary artery vegetations, three with aortic valve vegetations, two with aortic valve abscess, and two with vegetations in right atrium. After anti-infection therapy, the size of vegetations in iffteen patients became smaller and the less echogenic than before. Vegetations disappeared in two patients. Vegetation was recurrent repeatedly in one case. Ten patients recovered after operation. Two severe cases died. Five patients underwent TTE again one week after the previous negative TTE. Of them, echocardiography demonstrated vegetations in three cases. However, no vegetations were found in rest two cases because antibiotics had been used at early stage. In addition, echocardiography demonstrated one patient with mitral valve vegetation. But the lesion was ifnally conifrmed to be operating suture. The sensitivity and specificity of TTE in detecting vegetations were 88.0% and 80.0%, respectively. Blood cultures were positive in twenty-seven cases and were negative in three cases. Conclusions The early diagnosis of IE is important to improve patient′s prognosis. It takes a long time in organism cultivation before achieving the clinical diagnosis. TTE can help obtain an early diagnosis stage of IE, and provide the assessment of size and location of vegetation. It plays an important role in treatment and prognosis prediction.

Adolescent ; Bone Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Follow-Up Studies ; Glomus Tumor ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Humans ; Immunohistochemistry ; Male ; Melanoma ; pathology ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 ; metabolism ; Tibia ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Vimentin ; metabolism

OBJECTIVETo establish the determination method of 2,3,5,4'-tetrahydroxystilbene-2-O-beta-D-glucoside in Yangan Oral Liquid.

METHOD2,3,5,4'-tetrahydroxystilbene-2-O-beta-D-glucoside was determined by HPLC on C18 column, in acetonitrile-water (14:86) solution as a mobile phase, detection wavelength as 320 nm.

RESULTThis method showed a good linear relationship. The average recovery was 99.05% and RSD was 1.31%.

CONCLUSIONThe method was simple with styong specificity and good repriducibility and can be used for quality control for Yangan Oral Liquid.

Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; methods ; Drug Combinations ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; chemistry ; isolation & purification ; Glucosides ; analysis ; Plants, Medicinal ; chemistry ; Polygonum ; chemistry ; Quality Control ; Stilbenes ; analysis

We are reporting in this article some analyzed data obtained from inspection and related information on current situations medical devices in use. Some ideas and suggestions are also proposed here on how to systematically and legally inspecting and monitoring medical devices in use.
Equipment Safety ; Materials Management, Hospital

Many somatic cell typos were obtained by in vitro differentiation or teratoma formation of human embryonic stem ceLls (hESCs). However, it is unclear whether specific cell types can be obtained from hESCs-derived teratoma. It was reported that many kinds of cells, including neural progetfitor/precursor cells (NPCs) and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were isolated efficiently from the teratoma of hESCs through in vitro selection. The teratoma-derived NPCs and MSCs showed specific characteristics of molecular markers similar to the primary NPCs and MSCs. Moreover, these teratoma-induced NPCs and MSCs can be further induced to differentiate into neurons, astrocytes, or adipose and bone cells, reflecting their inherent multi-potencies. Given that teratoma normally contains a mixture of ectoderm, mesodenn, and endoderm lineage cells at different differentiation stage, it was suggested that hESCs-derived teratoma could be an alternative source to generate a variety of uncommitted progenitor cells or terminally differentiated somatic cells, which may be otherwise difficult to obtain through direct in vitro differentiation.

The paper is about the systematic studies of biological characteristics of 15 stains rhizobia isolated purified from Acacia confusa grew in Guangxi karst environment.The results showed that there were typical characteristics of rhizobia.there were negative reaction about use of 3-ketolactose and beef extract peptone nutrient agar medium,and positive reaction about use of starch and citrate medium,and produce acid in reaction of BTB and litmus milk medium,(NH4)2HPO4 was used as nitrogen sources and both four monosaccharides and three disaccharides could be utilized as carbon sources in 15 strains rhizobia isolated Acacia confuse.Among the 15 strains for the tests,11 strains could deoxidize the nitrate of medium into nitrite,14 strains could grow well on NaCl solution concentration 3.0 %～4.0 %,14 strains could grow at 39℃,13 strains may grow on highest pH12 and 4 strains on lowest pH4 cultrue medium.15 strains can grow in 10% and 11 strains in 10%～30% of CaCO3 solution concentration.

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Objective To analyze the clinical data of patients with post-hepatectomy haemorrhage (PHH) and to discuss the treatment strategies.Method The clinicopathologic data of patients with PHH between 2005-2014 in the HPB Surgery Ward I,Peking University Cancer Hospital,were studied retrospectively.Results In the study period of 10 years,25 of 1 548 patients who underwent hepatectomy suffered from PHH,and 76％ (19/25) of these patients had underlying liver diseases.The common surgical operations followed by PHH were right hemihepatectomy (11/25),and segment Ⅶ/Ⅷ resection (8/25).The median time for PHH to be diagnosed was 27 h,and the median time from diagnosis of postoperative bleeding to reoperation or intervention was 3.5 h.Using the classification of PHH by the International Study Group of Liver Surgery (ISGLS),there were 1 patient in grade A,16 patients in grade B,and 8 patients in grade C.The perioperative mortality of PHH was 8％ (2/25).The most common bleeding site was from the hepatic artery.Conclusions PHH is a serious complication after liver resection,with low occurrence but high mortality.Most patients with PHH can be managed by conservative treatment.Emergency reoperation is required when instability in vital signs appears.Careful evaluation before operation,strict hemostasis during operation,and close monitoring after operation can effectively reduce the incidence and mortality of PHH.

Objective To investigate survival for primary duodenal carcinoma patients after radical resection and identify risk factors associated with overall survival.Methods Data of 51 patients with primary duodenal carcinomas who underwent radical resection between December 2003 and December 2012 at Beijing Cancer Hospital were included.Survival analysis was drawn by Kaplan-Meier method,univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify variables associated with survival after resection by COX regression model.Results The median overall survival time was 67 months,and the median disease-free time was 40 months,1-,2-and 3-year overall survival rates were 88％,84％ and 67％,respectively.Multivariate analysis revealed that regional lymph-node positive (P =0.032) and CA199 ＞ 37 U/ml (P =0.037) were independent risk factors of patients' overall survival.Conclusions Radical resection improves survival for primary duodenal carcinoma patients.Regional lymph-node positive and CA199 ＞37 U/ml were the most important risk factors of patients'overall survival.

Objective Bisegmentectomy Ⅶ-Ⅷ can be an alternative option for the tumor localized in segments Ⅶ and Ⅷ and infiltrating the main trunk of RHV instead of a right hemihepatectomy.This study was to evaluate the safety and practicability of the removal of segments Ⅶ and Ⅷ of the liver with the resection of the main trunk of RHV without vascular reconstruction.Method 13 consecutive patients underwent bisegmentectomy Ⅶ-Ⅷ with the resection of the RHV between Nov.2006 and Dec.2012 at Beijing Cancer Hospital 1st Department.of HPB Surgery.Results Bisegmentectomy Ⅶ-Ⅷ with the resection of the RHV was performed in all 13 patients successfully without the distal vein reconstruction.The duration of the operations was 90-215 min.Mean blood loss was estimated to be 200 ml (100-700 ml).Indications for a bisegmentectomy Ⅶ-Ⅷ included hepatocellular carcinoma in 6 cases,intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in one,liver metastasis in 4 and hepatic hemangioma in 2 as confirmed pathologically.All patients recovered without severe complications.The atrophy of segment Ⅵ due to the venous drainage obstacle was observed in 3 patients without the dysfunction of liver postoperatively.Conclusions It is safe and practicable to perform Ⅶ and Ⅷ bisegmentectomy with resection of the right hepatic vein without vascular reconstruction for liver tumors.