Objective:To study the fear extent toward root canal therapy (RCT).Methods: A survey with questionnaires was conducted in 103 adult patients who had received RCT.Results:44.7% of the subjects reported a decrease in fearfulness to endodontic procedures as the result of having experienced RCT.Local anesthetic injection,file introducing into or working in root canals and tapping on a sore tooth were ranked as 6th,5th,7th for the fear.Only 50.4% of the patients would choose RCT again for teeth preserving treatment.Conclusion:The fear extent toward RCT depends on the steps of the procedure.Local anesthetic injection,file introducing into or working in root canals and tapping on a sore tooth may be the most factors for anxiety in patients.

Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of autologous cryopreserved platelet transfusion in the management of thrombocytopenia after chemotherapy in hematological malignancy.Methods A total of 40 patients diagnosed as hematological malignancy with complete remission were equally assigned into study group and control group.During chemotherapy interval in the study group,when platelet counts exceeded 120 × 109/L,autologous platelets were collected with CS3000 Cell Separator and cryopreserved at-80℃ with 5％ dimethylsulfoxide.When platelet counts dropped below 15 × 109/L after chemotherapy,autologous platelets were thawed with 40℃ water bath and transfused back to each patient.In the control group,when platelet counts dropped below 15 × 109/L after chemotherapy,allogeneic fresh platelets were transfused.Median loss during the freeze-thaw-wash procedure in study group was observed,and the 1 h,24 h corrected count increments(CCI)were calculated in the both groups.The hemostatic effects and adverse reactions were also observed.Results In the control group,1hCCI and 24hCCI were (19.3 ±6.1)× 109/L and(12.2 ± 7.0)× 109/L,respectively,with the effective rate of 80％ and the transfusion reaction rate of 45％.Totally 20 collection and transfusions were finished in the study group.A total of(3.4-8.5)× 1011 platelet were obtained in each collection.Platelet recovery after freezing and thawing was(73.51 ±9.03)％(62％-83％).1hCCI was(17.4±7.6)× 109/L,24h CCI was(10.5 ±5.8)× 109/L and the effective rate was 85％.There was no significant different between the two groups (P ＞ 0.05).The transfusion reaction rate was 15 ％,which was significantly lower than that of the control group(P ＜ 0.05).Meanwhile,adverse reactions were occurred less in the study group.Conclusion This study demonstrates that autologous cryopreserved platelet transfusions can be safely administered for supporting thrombocytopenia in hematological malignancy patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Purpose: In order to explore the clinical mechanism of Neiguan (PC 6) in the treatment of acute seizure of migraine and the relationship between Neiguan (PC 6) and cerebral blood flow. Methods: Clinically, 30 cases of the patients with acute seizure of migraine (ascending phase) were selected, in TCD abnormality, and divided randomly into the treatment group and control group, 15 cases in each group. In acute seizure of migraine, Neiguan (PC 6)was punctured with electric stimulation on the healthy side of the patients in the treatment group and Xuehai (SP 10) was punctured with electric stimulation on the healthy side of the patients in the control group. TCD was determined in the patients 30 min before and after the treatment. Results and conclusion: After transdermal electric stimulation on Neiguan (PC 6),the velocity of intracranial blood flow was obviously slowed down, indicating that transdermal electric stimulation on Neiguan (PC 6) can effectively relieve the spasm of intracranial blood vessels and also shows its relative specificity.

Objective: To investigate the utilization status of epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) in 11 hospitals of Zhejiang province from 2009 to 2015, and to analyze the use rationality.Methods: The doctor's advice in 40 days annually was collected in 11 hospitals of Zhejiang province from 2009 to 2015, and the drug consumption, frequency of utilization (DDDs), defined daily cost (DDC) and drug utilization index (DUI) were analyzed for the patients with lung cancer treated with EGFR-TKI.Results: Icotinib, erlotinib and gefitinib were the three prevalent EGFR-TKIs used in Zhejiang province, and icotinib started to be used in clinics in 2013.The overall cost of EGFR-TKIs increased year by year during 2009 and 2015, and the total amount of sales increased by 4.67 times in 2015 when compared with that in 2009.Generally, the DDDs value of erlotinib showed a decreasing trend, however, that of icotinib and gefitinib rose year by year during 2009 and 2015.Erlotinib had the highest DDC followed by gefitinib and icotinib.The mean value of DUI of the three targeted drugs was about 1.Conclusion: The utilization of EGFR-TKI is reasonable in 11 hospitals of Zhejiang province with increasing comsuption.

Objective To explore the effects of mesenchymal stem cells ( MSC ) treatment on platelet counts in mice with immune-mediated thrombocytopenia ( ITP) and the possible mechanism .Meth-ods ITP was induced by daily intraperitoneal injection of anti-platelet membrane CD 41 antibody (MWReg30) into BALB/c mice.The mice were then divided into experiment and control groups with 20 mice in each.Each mouse in experimental group was injected with 2×107 mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) through the tail vein .The numbers of blood platelets in mice from two groups were counted on days 5, 7 and 14 after MSC injection .Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction ( RT-PCR) was performed to meas-ure T-bet and GATA-3 gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells ( PBMCs ) at mRNA level on day 14.The levels of IFN-γ, IL-2, IL-4 and IL-10 in serum were detected by ELISA .Results The platelet counts in experimental group were significantly higher than those in control group on days 7 and 14 after MSC injection [(588.0±81.6)×109/L and (623.0±78.9) ×109/L vs.(317.0±90.1) ×109/L and (288.0± 87.8)×109/L ] (P<0.05).On day 14 after MSC injection, the T-bet expression at mRNA level in PBMCs from mice in experimental group was significantly lower than that in control group [(0.04±0.03) vs.(0.27 ±0.05)] (P<0.05), while the GATA-3 expression at mRNA level was higher than those in control group [ (0.14±0.04) vs.(0.07±0.05)] (P<0.05).Compared with control group, the concentrations of Th1 type cytokines such as IFN-γand IL-2 were remarkably down-regulated in experimental group [(3.1±1.7) pg/ml and (3.2±2.1) pg/ml vs.(10.3±4.8) pg/ml and (16.3±5.7) pg/ml](P<0.05), while the con-centrations of Th2 type cytokines such as IL-4 and IL-10 were up-regulated in experimental group [(88.6± 15.2) pg/ml and (38.3±11.8) pg/ml vs.(32.7±5.7) pg/ml and (22.1±3.4) pg/ml ] (P<0.05). Conclusion MSC treatment can effectively increase platelet counts in mice with immune-mediated thrombo-cytopenia, which may be associated with the suppression of Th 1-dominant response mediated by abnormal ex-pression of T-bet and GATA-3.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze variants of SMN gene in a Chinese pedigree affected with Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). METHODS: A Chinese pedigree diagnosed at the Nanchang First Hospital in January 2020 was selected as the study subject. Peripheral blood samples were collected for the extraction of DNA. All exons of the SMN gene were detected by multiple ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA). Potential variants of the SMN gene were also detected by Whole exome sequencing (WES), and the result was verified by Sanger sequencing. cDNA extracted from fresh blood sample was used as a template to verify the location of variant on the SMN genes. RESULTS: The proband was found to harbor a heterozygous deletion of the SMN1 Exon7+Exon8, and a heterozygous c.81G>A variant. The SMN1 Exon7+Exon8 deletion was inherited from her father and grandmother, whilst the c.81G>A variant was inherited from her mother and maternal grandfather. Her aunt was also a carrier of the heterozygous deletion, while her paternal aunt, her husband, and their daughter were not. cDNA amplification and Sanger sequencing confirmed that the c.81G>A variant was located in the SMN1 gene. CONCLUSION MLPA combined with NGS and Sanger sequencing can identify compound heterozygous variants of the SMN gene in the SMA patients.
Female ; Humans ; Male ; DNA, Complementary ; East Asian People ; Fathers ; Mothers ; Muscular Atrophy, Spinal/diagnosis* ; Pedigree ; Survival of Motor Neuron 1 Protein/genetics*

Objective:To analyze the clinical phenotypes and molecular genetic characteristics of hereditary spherocytosis (HS) in children.Methods:The clinical data of children with HS in the Affiliated Children′s Hospital of Zhengzhou University from June 2014 to June 2018 were collected and analyzed retrospectively.The peripheral blood samples of 20 children and their parents were collected and targeted capture or whole exon group sequencing was performed using the second generation sequencing technique, and the suspicious mutation sites were verified by Sanger sequencing.Results:A total of 43 pediatric patients (23 males, 20 female) were included in this study.The median age of onset of 1 year old and 11 months (1 month to 10 years old). Pallor (27/43 cases, 62.79%) was the main symptom.Typical clinical manifestations were anemia (36/43 cases, 83.72%), jaundice (35/43 cases, 81.40%), splenomegaly (33/43 cases, 76.74%), and hepatomegaly (27/43 cases, 62.79%). The proportion of spherical erythrocytes in peripheral blood of 23 cases (23/43 cases, 53.49%)≥ 0.1, and the proportion of spherical erythrocytes in bone marrow smears of 17 cases (39.53%) was ≥ 0.1, and 20 cases were positive in erythrocyte osmotic fragility test (20/43 cases, 46.51%). Comparison of 29 children before and after blood transfusion: post-transfusion hemoglobin (Hb) [(88.69±11.22) g/L vs. (78.24±14.47) g/L], mean corpuscular volume (MCV) [(89.37±7.15) fL vs.(84.08±7.49) fL], mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) [(29.12±2.70) pg vs.(27.36±1.95) pg], mean corpuscular hemoglobin corpuscular (MCHC) [(361.79±32.27) g/L vs.(356.31±31.43 ) g/L] were increased, and the total bilirubin (TB) level was lower after blood transfusion than before blood transfusion [(33.27±16.42) μmol/L vs.(41.58±15.40) μmol/L], the differences were statistically significant ( t=-3.538, -5.187, -5.412, -7.404, 2.527, all P<0.05). Seven children underwent splenectomy: postoperative Hb[(116.00±5.54) g/L vs.(75.71±9.96) g/L], MCH[(29.87±1.62) pg vs.(24.61±1.65) pg], MCHC [(391.14±12.99) g/L vs.(315.14±51.99) g/L] all increased, the difference was statistically significant ( t=-9.234, -4.330, -4.031, all P<0.05). The Hb in the operation group was significantly higher than that in the blood transfusion group, including the treatment effect of operation was more significant ( t=-9.247, P<0.05). Thirteen pathogenic mutations (11 new mutations not reported) were detected in 3 genes ( ANK1, SPTB and SPTA1) in 13 children, 8 of who were mutations in ANK1, 4 cases of which were mutations in SPTB and 1 case of which was mutation in SPTA1.Among the 13 mutations, 12 cases were de novo except one inherited from the mother. Conclusions:Anemia and pallor are the initial symptoms of HS in children.Blood transfusion can temporarily improve the symptoms of anemia and jaundice.Splenectomy is an effective and fundamental treatment.The gene diagnosis of 13 pediatric patients got gene diagnosis, which provided basis for genetic consultation of the next fetus.Eleven new mutations were found in ANK1, SPTB, SPTA1 genes, which exten-ded the gene mutation spectrum of HS.

Objective:To provide consistent data basis for the application of reference intervals for children blood cell analysis in different testing systems.Methods:According to the requirements of American Institute for Clinical and Laboratory Standardization (CLSI) EP9-A3 document, 45 samples were collected and Sysmex XN20-A1 were used as reference system. Beckman DxH800, Siemens ADVIA 2120i, and Mindray BC5310 were comparison systems. Complete blood count and leukocyte classification were performed by four systems. The outliers of the detection results were tested by the generalized extreme student deviate (ESD) method. An optimal regression model was selected by scatter diagram, deviation diagram and frequency distribution diagram, which was used to fit the regression equation and calculate the deviation at the medical decision level and reference interval. The acceptable range for blood count deviation was cited from the Analytical Quality Specifications for Routine Tests in Clinical Hematology. The acceptable range for leukocyte classification was based on the EQA program of Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA).Results:After the outliers were deleted, the scatter plot showed a linear relationship between the reference system and the three comparison systems. The deviation plot showed that the differences were variable. Deming regression or Passing-Bablok regression was selected according to the data distribution. The determination coefficient R2 of reference system and three comparison systems ranged from 0.95 to 0.99 in blood count and leukocyte classification. At the upper and lower limits of the reference interval, the deviations between XN-20A1 and ADVIA 2120 system were all acceptable, except for MONO# at 0.12×10 9/L. The deviations of all parameters at medical decision level were within acceptable ranges. The lower limit of PLT is partially unacceptable at the level of medical decision related to treatment and prognosis. Conclusions:The results of complete blood count and leukocyte classification in reference system and the comparison system had good consistency within the children′s reference interval. Our study provided a scientific basis for the feasibility of adopting a unified reference interval for different detection systems.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the effect of low and high oxygen concentration on embryo development, pregnancy outcome and birth defects offertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET).

METHODSAccording to the oxygen concentration ofculture environment, the IVF-ET performed in the Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine during 2013 and 2015 were divided into low oxygen concentration group (=2036, 5% O) and high oxygen concentration group (=4617, 20% O). The rate of fertilization, good quality embryo, clinical pregnancy, ectopic pregnancy, abortion and birth defect were compared between two groups.

RESULTSThe good quality embryo rate was significantly higher in the low oxygen concentration group (<0.05). However, no significant differences were found between two groups in the rate of fertilization, clinical pregnancy, ectopic pregnancy, abortion and birth defect (all>0.05).

CONCLUSIONSLow oxygen environment may improve the potential of embryonic development, but its impact on pregnancy outcome and birth defect is not significant.