BACKGROUND: How to evaluate the cervical curvature correctly has been a greatly concern of spine surgeons. In recent studies, cervical curvature index(CCI) and cervical spine angle(C2-7) were often used by foreign researchers.OBJECTIVE: Ishihara method and spine angle(C2-7) method were applied to measure the cervical curvature, and the correlation between the two methods was compared as well.DESIGN: An observational controlled trial based on the patients.SETTING: Department of Orthopaedics of Peking Union Medical College Hospital.PARTICIPANIS: Totally 63 cases including 34 male and 29 female patients with cervical spondylopathy were involved in the Department of Orthopaedics of Peking Union Medical Clooefe Hospital from July 2002 to July 2003.METHODS: The 63 cervical spondylopathy patients' cervical spine lateral X-ray films were evaluated.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Main outcomes: ① The patients' CCI and the cervical spine angle; ② Relationship between their CCI and the cervical spine angle. Secondary outcomes: ① Regressive equation derived from their CCI and the cervical spine angle; ② Comparison of CCI and the cervical spine angle between male and female. RESULTS: The CCI(Ishihara method) was averaged 10. 1 (SD, 11.6), and the cervical spine angle(C2 -7) 17. 5 °(SD, 13.5). A highly significant correlation was found between the two indexes( P＜0.01). Sex and age factors were found to be irrelevant to them.CONCLUSION: The CCI (Ishihara method) and the cervical spine angle (C2-7) are significantly correlated with each other.

Objective To evaluate the standing bending, traction and fulcrum bending radiographies in the prediction of scoliosis correction. Methods 27 patients with thoracic scoliosis with an average of 16.4 years old were selected for the evaluation. All the patients were treated with the posterior correction and bone grafting fusion, and fixed with the third generation system of the segmental vertebral fixation, such as TSRH, CD, or CD+Horizon. Measurement of the Cobbs angle was carried out in the preoperative posterior anterior radiographies with the natural position, standing bending, traction and fulcrum bending and in the postoperative posterior anterior radiographies. Results Mean of Cobbs angle at the thoracic curve after operation was 31 degrees, which decreased significantly in comparison with the preoperative data. Average correction rate was 51.6%. The postoperative Cobbs angle at the thoracic curve was positively correlated with the preoperative Cobbs angle in the standing bending, traction and fulcrum bending radiographies. It was significantly different from the preoperative Cobbs angle in the standing bending and traction radiographies, while no difference was seen with the fulcrum bending radiography. Conclusion The fulcrum radiography can be used to evaluate the flexibility of the thoracic scoliosis, and is better than the standing bending and traction radiographies. The three methods should be used together for the analysis of the scoliosis to predict the result of the scoliosis correction.

Objective To study the imaging manifestations of parietal coronary artery and the diagnostic value with 64-slice spiral CT.Methods 1000 patients with clinically suspected coronary heart disease underwent 64-slice spiral CT scan,the images were dealed with curved planar reconstruction and analysed at workstation.Results Parietal coronary arteriae were found in 380 patients,among them,314 cases were at the LAD,32 cases were at the CX,13 cases were at the RCA and multiple arteriae involved in 21cases.Conclusion 64-slice spiral CT coronary angiography is an effective methed in diagnosis of parietal coronary artery.

Objective To explore the influence of Al2O3 nanoparticle (20nm in average) on RP4-mediated conjugation and its mechanism was explored further. Methods Mating was conducted between E.coli HB101(RP4) and Salmonella aberdeen Kauffmann 50312(strR) in saline at 25 ℃ without stirring for 8 h,the concentrations of Al2O3 nanoparticle were 0.005,0.05,0.5,5,50 mmol/L respectively. The initial concentration of donor and recipient were both about 109 cfu/ml(donor per recipient ratio was 1∶3).Later transmission electron microscope(TEM) and laser scan confocal microscope (LSCM) were exploited to investigate cell morphology and structure. Results 5 mmol/L and 50 mmol/L Al2O3 nanoparticle could increase the conjugal transfer frequency by 150-fold and 40-fold respectively. TEM observation on thin section indicated several bacterial were prone to form conjugational junction together in 5 mmol/L and 50 mmol/L Al2O3 nanoparticle treated group,which was rarely seen in control group. Meanwhile the cell envelope of bacterial was significantly damaged upon the treatment by 50 mmol/L Al2O3,which might be the reason why transfer frequency of 50 mmol/L Al2O3 group was less than 5 mmol/L Al2O3 group. LSCM result indicated that Al2O3 nanoparticle might damage cell envelope and the damage was positively related to the accumulation of Al2O3 in bacterial. Conclusion Al2O3 nanoparticle can stimulate RP4 conjugal transfer. Conjugative gene is highly regulated. Al2O3 nanoparticle might modulate conjugative gene expression directly or influence cell membrane permeability and thus modulate the process of conjugation indirectly .

Biomarkers ; metabolism ; Cholesterol ; metabolism ; Coronary Disease ; Humans

Objective To evaluate the incidence and severity of pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients with different leg deep vein thrombosis (DVT) by computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA).Methods A total of 145 cases who had been confirmed DVT and undergone CTPA were retrospectively analyzed.The DVTs were divided into left side DVT,right side DVT,and bilateral lower DVT groups.The incidence of PE was compared among different groups.CT obstruction index (CTI) was used to estimate the severity of pulmonary artery obstruction.DVT/PEs with CTI were compared among different groups.Results The incidence of PE of the bilateral lower DVT group was 71.4％,which was higher than that in left side DVT group (39.2％).However,no significant difference was found between bilateral lower DVT group and right side DVT group (52.9％) (P ＞ 0.05).The CTI of the bilateral lower DVT (30.20±14.20)％ was higher than that of the left side DVT (19.26 ± 14.02)％ and the right side DVT (18.56 ±11.79) ％ (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions The bilateral lower DVT was more likely complicated with PE than the left side DVT,the severity of pulmonary artery obstruction of the bilateral lower DVT with PE patient was higher than that of single side DVT with PE patient.

Objective To explore the clinical value of multi-slice CT enhancement perfusion imaging (MSCTPI) in diagnosis and differential diagnosis of thyroid disease. Methods Thirty-three patients with benign thyroid diseases were enrolled in the benign group, and were divided into subgroups of nodular goiter (n=17) and thyroid adenoma (n=16), while 10 patients with thyroid carcinoma were enrolled in the malignant group. All patients underwent routine CT scanning and MSCTPI with GE LightSpeed 16-detector row CT scanner. Time-density curve (TDC) of common carotid for benign thyroid diseases and thyroid carcinoma was depicted. Perfusion parameters of blood flow (BF), blood volume (BV), mean transit time (MTT) and permeability surface area product (PS) were obtained automatically. All parameters were statistically analyzed among groups. Results TDC showed single peak in common carotid artery, with small peak of speed up and slow down in benign group, while with baseline segment, up above, down segment and horizontal segment in thyroid carcinoma. There was statistical difference between benign and malignant groups in BF, BV, MTT and PS value (P=0.001, <0.001, 0.003 and <0.001, respectively). No significant difference of BV and MTT was found between subunits of benign and thyroid carcinoma (all P>0.05). BF was significantly different in benign and maligant groups (P<0.05), whereas PS in thyroid carcinoma and nodular goiter was significant different (P<0.05). No statistical difference of BF, BV, MTT and PS was detected between nodular goiter and thyroid adenoma. Conclusion MSCTPI can exactly show the blood flow features of thyroid. The analysis of BF, BV, MTT and PS is helpful for differential diagnosis between benign thyroid disease and thyroid carcinoma.

OBJECTIVE:To explore the role of clinical pharmacists in cancer pain management. METHODS:The cases were presented to investigate the content and method of clinical pharmacists participating in cancer pain management. RESULTS:The clinical pharmacists could provide professional analgesic recommendations and participated in the formulation of individual analge-sic plan. By carrying out pharmaceutical care and patient education,clinical pharmacists could find potential medication risk,cor-rected medication errors and improved patient compliance. By carrying out patient family members training,clinical pharmacists could help to strengthen patient support system and improve cancer pain management effectiveness. CONCLUSIONS:Clinical phar-macists participating in cancer pain management can promote rational use of analgesics,guarantee the safety of drug use,and im-prove cancer pain management.

Nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) is an Epstein–Barr virus-associated malignant tumor. Radiation alone or concurrent chemo-radiotherapy is the principal treatment method and can generally achieve excellent efficacy for NPC patients. However, the prognosis of locoregionally advanced disease or distant metastasis remains poor. Currently, immunotherapy has become a new treatment of sol-id tumors, and it is mainly activating the antitumor immune system of the body. The review aims to explore the progress of immuno-therapy, including adoptive immunotherapy, tumor vaccines, and immune checkpoint inhibitors in NPC treatment.

Objective To systematically evaluate the consistency of sensitivity (SEN) and specificity (SPE) between positron-emission tomography (PET) /magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and PET/CT in the diagnosis of lymphoma.Methods The databases,including PubMed,Cochrane Library,Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM),CNKI,Wanfang and VIP,were retrieved till October 2016.The studies published the SEN and SPE of PET/MRI and PET/CT in the diagnosis of lymphoma were collected and selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria by two reviewers independently.Then,data extraction and analysis were performed by two independent reviewers.Resnlts A total of 6 studies,including 221 cases of patients with lymphoma,wereincluded.Among the 6 studies,4 of them provided patients-based and site-based data (including one provided data about staging ofdisease),and 2 studies only provided site-based data (including one provided data about staging of disease).The results indicated thatboth PET/MRI and PET/CT can accurately detect the lesions in patients with lymphoma,and the locations and numbers of lesions found bythe two methods were almost the same.Additionally,PET/MRI and PET/CT had high SEN and SPE for detection of lesions in patientswith lymphoma.and had high consistency in the diagnosis of lymphoma.Condusion The SEN and SPE of PET/MRI were similar to those of PET/CT in the diagnosis of lymphoma.PET/MRI may become a significant method for diagnosing lymphoma.