Objective To determine the effect of enflurance on nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity and nitric oxide (NO) content in different brain regions at different anesthesia stages.Methods Forty female SD rats weighing 250-350 g were randomly divided into five groups of 8 animals each, group 1: control; group 2: induction of anesthesia; group 3: maintenance of anesthesia; group 4: recovery from anesthesia and group 5: complete recovery. Animals were placed in a special glass anesthesia box. The concentration of enflurane in the box was measured by anesthesia gas monitor (Normac). The induction of anesthesia started from staggering of the animal to loss of righting reflex, maintenance of anesthesia from 1 min after loss of righting reflex, recovery of anesthesia from recovery of righting reflex to staggering after enflurance anesthesia was discontinued and glass box was opend and complete recovery from 1h after recovery of righting reflex. The animals were decapitated at different stages of anesthesia. Cerebral cortex, hippocampus and brain stem were immediately removed on ice and frozen in liquid nitrogen. Their NOS activity and NO content were measured by spectroscopic analysis. Results The average duration from the beginning of 2.2% enflurane inhalation to loss of righting reflex was (169?30) s. The average duration of anesthesia induction was (138?36)s. The maintenance of anesthesia lasted (229?30) s and the recovery period averaged (266?41) s. The NOS activity and NO content in different brain regions began to decrease during induction of anesthesia and reached their lowest level during maintenance of anesthesia, began to increase during recovery from anesthesia and returned to preanesthetic level during complete recovery. Conclusion Enflurane significantly inhibits the NOS activity and NO content in the brain. The inhibits is closely related to the depth of anesthesia. NO is a message transmitter in central nervous system and may be involved in the mechanism of enflurane anesthesia.

Objective To explore the relationship between serum cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP),tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α ) in patients with acute organophosphorus pesticide poisoning (AOPP) and their clinical significance.Methods One hundred and twelve patients with AOPP (without sudden death ) were as AOPP group.One hundred and twelve healthy controls were as control group.Serum cTnI,hs-CRP and TNF-α levels were determined by ELISA and compared between two groups.The relationship between serum cTnI and hs-CRP,TNF-α was analyzed.Time for atropinization and acetylcholinesterase activity recovery and days of hospitalization were observed.The effectiveness of AOPP patients in different serum cTnI levels was compared.Results Serum cTnI,hs-CRP and TNF- α levels in AOPP group[0.75 (0.26,0.99) μ g/L,11.57(5.13,21.62) mg/L,( 12.36 ±5.22) μ g/L] were higher than those in control group[0.01 (0,0.03) μ g/L,3.62(2.31,6.80) mg/L,(7.33 ±4.31 ) μ g/L] (P ＜ 0.01 ).Serum cTnI levels were positive correlation with serum hs-CRP and TNF- α levels in AOPP patients (r =0.53,0.62,P ＜ 0.01 ).Time for atropinization and acetylcholinesterase activity recovery and days of hospitalization in higher serum cTnI levels patients ( 56 cases ) [(7.31 ± 1.96),( 15.29 ± 3.66 ),(17.23 ± 3.62) d] was longer than that in lower serum cTnI levels patients (56 cases)[(5.32 ± 1.03),( 11.32 ± 2.59),( 13.66 ± 3.03) d](P＜ 0.01).Conclusions Cardiac insults in AOPP patients are related to inflammation.Sudden death-free AOPP patients with higher cTnI levels have less response to treatments.

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The possible mechanism of inhalation anesthetics on the internal auditory impairment of the rat was investigated by determining the effect of nitrous oxide (N20) and isoflurane on the total RNA yield from the cochlea of the rats. Thirty healthy Wistar rats were randomly divided into 3 groups: group C (control group, n=10) with a 3-h unremitting inhalation of 50% O2 group N (ex-periment group, n= 10) with a continuous inhalation of 50% N2O+50% O2for 3 h, and group I (ex-periment group, n=10) with a 3-h sustained inhalation of 2.5% isoflurane. The TRIzol in combination with RNeasy was used to respectively extract the total RNA from cochlea of rats in the 3 groups. Spectrophotometry was used to detect total RNA yield and electrophoresis to detect the quality. The total RNA extracted from the cochlea of the rats in the groups C and N was 7.69 and 6.51 μg, respec- tively. There was a 15% decrease in the N group as compared with group C. The total RNA from the rats in the group I was 7.32 μg, and there was hardly any change in the group as compared with the group C. The value of A260/A280 in groups C, N and I was 2.07, 2.04 and 2.04, respectively, showing a very high RNA purity. The result of gel electrophoresis suggested that there was no degradation in the total RNA. It was suggested that the interference of N2O on the cochlear RNA yield might be one of the reasons which cause an injury of the ear. The isoflurane shows no harm on the heating.

Objective: To estimate the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) which were associated with chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in people from Guangdong province of China. Methods: Data on both NCDs prevalence and EuroQol-5 Dimensions-3 Levels measured HRQOL were gathered from the Fifth National Health Survey in Guangdong province, 2013. Logistic regression model and multiple linear regression model were employed to explore the impact of NCDs on HRQOL. Life expectancy (LE) and HALE were used to evaluate the comprehensive impact of chronic diseases on population health. Results: A total of 68 550 inhabitants were included in the analysis. Graded logistic regression showed that the impact of chronic diseases on all dimensions of quality of life was statistically significant after adjusting for social demographic characteristics. The greatest health impact was on the pain/discomfort health dimension [OR=4.48 (95%CI:4.20-4.77)], followed by anxiety/depression[OR=3.95 (95%CI: 3.62- 4.31)], daily activities [OR=3.69 (95%CI: 3.37-4.04)], mobility [OR=3.63 (95%CI: 3.34-3.94)]and ability on self-care [OR=3.30 (95%CI: 2.98-3.66)]. Losses of LE and HALE caused by NCDs were 12.7 and 14.6 years respectively while the overall expected gain was 3.8 years in HALE, when NCDs were taken away. Conclusions Our data showed that NCDs had shortened the healthy life span of patients through reducing the HRQOL and also causing heavy disease burden on both patients with NCDs and the communities. Health-care related policies on NCDs need to be developed, for the elderly, in particular.