Aged ; Antigens, CD20 ; metabolism ; Brain Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; Humans ; Immunohistochemistry ; Leukocyte Common Antigens ; metabolism ; Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse ; metabolism ; pathology ; Male ; Vascular Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology

Objective To evaluate the application status of China Disease Prevention and Control Information System of Hy?datid Disease,in which questions existed are summarized in order to promote the system update. Methods A questionnaire was designed and distributed to Inner Mongolia,Sichuan,Tibet,Gansu,Qinghai,Ningxia,Xinjiang and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps to evaluate the application status of China Disease Prevention and Control Information System of Hydatid Disease assistant with telephone. Results The recovery rate of questionnaires was 87.5%. The statistics of closed questions showed that national application rate of the China Disease Prevention and Control Information System of Hydatid Disease was 100%,of which 15.3%were low frequency users,57.1%believed the system was necessary,28.6%considered it was dispens?able,and 14.3%believed that it was totally unnecessary. The statistics of open?ended questions indicated that 6 endemic regions suggested to increase the guidance and training,while 4 endemic regions had opinions on sharing the information of the national infectious disease reporting systems and hydatid disease prevention and control information system,and the opinions on turning monthly report to quarterly report,and increasing statistics and analysis module,and 3 endemic regions deemed that the system had logic errors and defects. Conclusion The problems of the system are mainly focused on the existence of systemic deficien?cies and logic errors,lacking of statistical parameters and corresponding analysis function module,and lacking of the guidance and training,which limits the use of the system. Therefore,these problems should be resolved.

Benzene ; poisoning ; Humans ; Occupational Diseases ; prevention & control ; Occupational Health Services ; organization & administration ; United States

Objective To investigate the curative effect of large dose ambroxol on ventilatorassociated pneumonia(VAP)in the elderly.Methods From January 2009 to January 2011,76patients with VAP treated by ambroxol were randomly divided into general dose group and large dose group(n =38 for each group).General dose group received 60 mg ambroxol in 250 ml normal saline,and large dose group received 500 mg ambroxol in 250 ml normal saline,intravenous drip,twice daily for 14 d.The other therapeutic measures in all patients were accorded to 2005 guidelines for the hospital-acquired pneumonia.Procalcitonin(PCT)and clinical pulmonary infection score(CPIS)were used to detect the degree of pulmonary infection.Treatment effects were described with duration of mechanical ventilation,rates of tracheotomy intubation and second endotracheal intubation.Results PCT concentrations and CPIS in large dose group during treatment of 5 d[(0.79±0.68)mg/L and (5.50±2.08)scores]and 14 d[(0.44 ± 0.36)mg/L and(5.42 ± 2.23)scores]were significantly lower than in general dose group at 5 d[(1.18±0.97)mg/L and(6.61±2.32)scores]and 14 d[(1.11±0.91)mg/L and(6.47±2.17)scores](t =2.065,2.189,4.220 and 2.090,P＜0.05),and the level of PCT in large dose group during treatment of 14 d was decreased as compared with 5 d(P＜0.05).The time of mechanical ventilation,rates of tracheotomy intubation and second endotracheal intubation in large dose group[(6.03± 1.87)d,7.9％ and 10.5％]were declined as compared with general dose group[(7.24±2.72)d,26.3％ and 31.6％](t=2.264,x2 =4.547,5.066,P＜0.05).Conclusions Ambroxol in large dose for the treatment of VAP have better clinical efficacy than in general dose.

Objective To characterize the image morphology and time-intensity curve of renal cell cancer and angiomyolipoma on contrast-enhanced harmonic sonography. Methods A total of 57 patients with 58 renal masses were enrolled in this study prospectively. The renal masses included 47 renal cell carcinomas (RCC) and 11 angiomyolipomas (AML). All patients were evaluated by tradi-tional gray-scale sonography, color Doppler sonography and contrast-enhanced harmonic sonography. Imaging findings and time-intensity curves of all renal masses were analyzed. The contrast-enhance-ment features between RCC and AML were analyzed. Results 57.4% of RCCs were hyperechoic masses and peripheral surrounding vessels and / or penetrating vessels were noted in 83.0% of RCCs on color Doppler sonography. 54.5 % of AMLs were hyperechoic masses while peripheral surrounding vessels and / or penetrating vessels were only noted in 27.3% of AMLs on color Doppler sonography. On contrast-enhanced harmonic sonography, hyper- or iso-enhancement were noted in 83.0% of RCCs, while hypo-enhancement were noted in 81.8% of AMLs (P<0.01). Statistically significant differences were noted between RCC and AML in the values of peak time (P=0.03), wash time (p= 0.02), peak intensity-basic intensity (P=0. 01), AT/R (△A tumor/△A renal) (P=0.00), k (P= 0.02), and Aok (P=0.02). Conclusions Contrast-enhanced sonography is useful in the differentia-tion of renal masses. Most RCCs are hyper- or iso-enhanced while most AMLs are hypo-enhanced. Time-intensity curves are helpful in differentiating RCC and AML.

Objective To compare the clinical efficacy of minimally invasive removal of intracranial hematomas and medical con-servative treatment for hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage .Methods A total of 75 patients with hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage were collected and randomly divided into two groups according to the treatments :38 patients treated with conservative medicine and 37 patients treated with minimally invasive removal of intracranial hematomas based on standard drug therapy .Neurological impair-ment and recovery of self-care ability of patients in both groups before and after three weeks and six weeks of treatment were scored by National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) .Changes of diffusion tensor imaging before treatment and after two weeks of treatment were evaluated by fractional anisotropy value (FA) .Results There was no significant difference between neurological im-pairments of the patients in two groups before treatment .But the recovery degree of functional impairment and muscle nerve in min-imally traumatic treatment group was more significant than those in the conservative medical treatment group after treatments . There was significant difference between two groups (P< 0 .05) .Conclusion Minimally traumatic of hematomas is an effective method of treating hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage .

Objective To investigate the effects of soluble components derived from bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) on the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and liver regeneration caused by 70％ portal branch ligation (PBL) in rats.Methods Isolated and cultured BMSCs were lysed by sonication.PBL was performed in male SD rats followed by splenic injection of BMSCs or PBS as control.Animals were analyzed for liver regeneration index,hepatocytes proliferation,hepatic function,histopathological changes,and hepatic genes expression.Expression of VEGF was assessed by Western blot and immunohistochemistry.Results The liver regeneration index increased in the BMSCs group especially 2 and 5 days after PBL compared with the control group (P＜0.05) and reached (51.71±1.62)％ and (76.82±0.81)％ respectively.A 2-fold increase was showed in the PCNA labeling index of hepatocytes in rats treated with BMSCs compared with the control group (P＜0.05).Histopathological findings showed that vacuolar change and sinusoidal congestion were lower in the BMSCs group.Alanine transaminase (ALT) and Aspartate transferase (AST) showed no significant difference between the two groups (P＞0.05).On post operation day 2,hepatic interleukin-6 (IL6),tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα),hepatocyte growth factor (HGF),vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA),and vascular endothelial growth factor 2 (VEGFR2) mRNAs tended to increase in the BMSCs group (P＜0.05) while transforming growth factor β1 (TGFβ1) mRNA decreased (P＜0.05).Western blot showed that the expression level of VEGF in the two groups were equal 2 and 5 days after surgery (P＞0.05).On day 2 post operation,positive VEGF immunoreactivity was present in both pericentral and periportal hepatocytes in the BMSCs group,while only in periportal hepatocytes in the control group.Conclusion These results demonstrate that BMSCs accelerated liver regeneration caused by PBL,which may result from hepatoprotection,enhanced hepatocyte proliferation,and VEGF-mediated angiogenesis early after the operation,potentially creating a new avenue for the study of hepatic regeneration.

Objective To investigate the present situation of quality of life in the elderly residents aged more than 60 years in Zhanjiang city and to analyze its influence factors .Methods 418 elderly residents over 60 years sampled by the random sampling in Zhanjiang city were performed the questionnaire survey by using the Chinese Scale of World Health Organization QOL (WHOQOL-BREF) .Results The quality of life in the physical ,psychological and environmental fields in male residents was higher than that in the female residents ;which in the psychological and environmental fields in the high cultural level residents was higher than that in the low cultural level residents ;which in the social relations field in the high income residents was higher than that in the low in-come residents ;there were no statistical differences in the quality of life among the elderly residents with different occupations be-fore retirement and marital status ;the Logistic regression analysis showed that gender and occupation were the influence factors of quality of life self evaluation in elderly residents .Conclusion Gender ,occupation ,educational level and income level are the influ-ence factors of quality of life in elderly residents .

Remarkable progress has been achieved in the transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)for the treatment of liver injury and hepatic failure.However,there are obstacles such as low engraftment capacity,tumorigenesis,and a fibrogenic potential that all hamper the use of MSCs in clinical trials.Therefore,it is worthwhile to talk about the alternatives that will increase the safety and efficacy of MSCs therapy.To date,applications of MSCs-derived hepatocytes,genetically modified MSCs,or MSC-conditioned medium for promoting liver regeneration have shown encouraging results.This review summarizes the current applications of MSCs in the study of hepatic regeneration.

Objective To assess the prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) levels in tumor mass and peripheral blood of patients with gastric cancer and explore their clinical significance. Methods The PGE2 levels in tumor mass, tumor margins of excision and peripheral blood of 40 patients with gastric cancer were measured by a kit of PGE2 ELISA. Results The PGE2 levels were higher in the tissues of gastric cancer than in tumor margins of excision [(8.225?2.425) vs (1.669?0.287) ng/g, P