Objective To analyse CT diagnosis of unusual closed retroperitoneal trauma so that to improve its diagnostic accuracy.Methods CT features of unusual closed retroperitoneal trauma confirmed by clinical data and surgery in 13 cases were analyzed.Results There were adrenal hematomas in 11 cases,among them,2 cases accompanied with renal arterial occlusion,appeared as renal arterial ruptured suddenly and "interface sign".The hematomas appeared as round,similar round or mass hyperdense shadows and in combination with periadrenal tissue injury;pancreatic rupture in 2 cases,appeared as linear area of low attenuation inside pancreas.Conclusion CT scan is an effective modality for diagnosing the unusual closed retroperitoneal trauma.Correct CT diagnosis is very important for the effective surgical treatment as well as reduction of severe complications and mortality of unusual closed retroperitoneal trauma.

Objective To evaluate the accuracy of ultrasonographic measurement of the transverse diameter of the cricoid cartilage in selecting the cuffed endotracheal tube (ETT) size for pediatric patients.Methods A total of 120 pediatric patients of both sexes,of American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status Ⅰ or Ⅱ,aged 1 month-6 yr,with body mass index of 10.9-31.2 kg/m2,undergoing endotracheal intubation and general anesthesia,were divided into group A and group B,with 60 pediatric patients in each group.The pediatric patients were intubated with a cuffed ETT in two groups.The ETT size was selected based on the transverse diameter of the cricoid cartilage measured by ultrasonography in group A.The ETT size was selected according to the age-based formula in group B.A tracheal leak was detected after intubation to determine whether or not the ETT size selected was appropriate.ETTs were replaced when the actually selected ones were not appropriate,and the number of replacement was recorded.The development of intubation-related complications was also recorded.Results The accurate rate of cuffed ETT size selected at the first time was 95％ in group A,and it was significantly higher than that in group B (60％) (P＜ 0.05).There was no significant difference in the incidence of intubation-related complications between the two groups (P＞0.05).Conclusion Uhrasonographic measurement of the transverse diameter of the cricoid cartilage produces higher accuracy in selecting the cuffed ETT size for pediatric patients and is worthy of clinical application.

Objective:To investigate the use of the reference intervals for blood cell counting and the reference of industry standard in China.Methods:Information from all laboratories was collected using online questionnaire in 18 reference intervals survey in blood cell counting in 2019. The information includes the source of the reference intervals, the verification of the reference intervals, and the upper and lower limits of the reference intervals, the method used, the instrument, the reagent and the calibrator. Microsoft Excel 2007 software was used to analyze the results of all laboratories. The median and 95% confidence interval were calculated. The distribution of the reference intervals for blood cell counting and their conformance to industry standards were analyzed.Results:2, 869 labs reported the data. The main sources were industry standards and National Guide to Clinical Laboratory Procedures. The proportion was 33.30%-35.02% and 28.55%-30.90% respectively. 49.44%-55.13% of laboratories validated the reference interval when citing industry standards. The reference interval grouping of most laboratories (89.37%-91.69%) cited in RBC, Hgb and Hct were consistent with the industry standards. We compared the upper and lower limits of the reference intervals with that given by the industry standards, when the lower limit of the reference intervals of mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, absolute neutrophils count, absolute basophils count, absolute monocyte count, and lymphocyte percentage were compared. The upper limit of reference intervals of neutrophils percentage as well as upper and lower limits of reference intervals of mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, absolute eosinophil count, basophils percentage, and monocyte percentage were also compared. The median and mode were equal and consistent with industry standards. For other labs, the upper and lower limits of the reference intervals were not consistent with the reference intervals given by the industry standards.Conclusion:The use of reference intervals for blood cell counting was not the same, and the implementation of industry standards was not optimistic. A considerable number of laboratories had not verified the reference intervals, so it was necessary to promote the industry standards for reference intervals.

OBJECTIVETo explore the epidemiological characteristics of inhalation injury and to summarize the clinical application experience of diagnostic standard of burn of larynx.

METHODSMedical records of 443 patients with inhalation injury admitted to our burn unit from January 1999 to June 2013 were analyzed, including gender, age, severity of inhalation injury, complications and diseases before injury; total area and that of full-thickness burn injury, admission time after burn, and burn condition of larynx of patients with different degrees of inhalation injury; treatment and outcome including rate, time, and complication of tracheotomy, mortality, and cause of death. Data were processed with nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test and chi-square test. The relationship between severity of inhalation injury and total burn area, degree of burn of larynx, tracheotomy rate, and mortality was assessed by Spearman correlation analysis.

RESULTS(1) Among the patients, there were 353 (79.7% ) male and 90 (20.3% ) female, with the ratio of male to female 4:1. There were 64 (14.4%) patients younger than or equal to 20 years, 203 (45.8%) patients older than 20 years and younger than or equal to 40 years, 144 (32.5%) patients older than 40 years and younger than or equal to 60 years, and 32 (7.2%) patients older than 60 years. The numbers of patients with mild, moderate, and severe inhalation injury were respectively 297, 108, and 38. Seven patients suffered from complications, and 21 patients had diseases before injury. There were statistically significant differences among the patients with different degree of inhalation injury in regard to total burn area and full-thickness burn area (with H values respectively 73.752 and 142.830, P values below 0.01), while no statistically significant difference was observed in admission time after burn ( H = 1.528, P > 0.05). Correlation analysis showed that severity of inhalation injury was positively correlated with total burn area (r = 0.399, P < 0.001). Among the patients with mild inhalation injury, incidences of patients with mild, moderate, and severe burn of larynx were respectively 68.0% (202/297), 32.0% (95/297), and 0, and those among the patients with moderate inhalation injury were respectively 0,53.7% (58/108), and 46.3% (50/108). There were statistically significant differences in degree of burn of larynx of patients with different degree of inhalation injury (χ2 = 336.703, P < 0.001). Correlation analysis showed that severity of burn of larynx was positively correlated with severity of inhalation injury (r = 0.700, P < 0.001). (2) The rate of tracheotomy was 37.02% (164/443). The rates of tracheotomy in patients with mild, moderate, and severe inhalation injury were respectively 10.44% (31/297), 87.96% (95/108), and 100.00% (38/38), χ2 = 271.654, P < 0.001. Correlation analysis showed that the rate of tracheotomy was positively correlated with severity of inhalation injury (r = 0.784, P < 0.001). Tracheotomy was done mainly within 6 h post burn (63.4%, 104/164). The incidence rate of complication of tracheotomy was 5.5% (9/164). (3) Thirty-one patients died, with a mortality rate of 7.00%. The mortality rates of patients with mild, moderate, and severe inhalation injury were respectively 1.01% (3/297), 12.96% (14/108), and 36.84% (14/38), H = 74.273, P < 0.001. It was found that the mortality was positively correlated with severity of inhalation injury (r = 0.371, P < 0.001). The causes of death of the patients were respectively sepsis (14, 45.2%), respiratory failure (7, 22.6%), airway obstruction (2, 6.5%), airway hemorrhage (2, 6.5%), cerebral hemorrhage (2, 6.5%), cardiac accident (2, 6.5%), and diabetes insipidus (1, 3.2%), and 1 (3.2%) patient quit treatment and discharged from hospital for economic reason.

CONCLUSIONSAmong the patients with inhalation injury, male is dominated in number, and the young adults formed the highest constituent ratio. The severity of inhalation injury was correlated with total burn area, severity of burn of larynx, tracheotomy rate, and mortality. With the guidance of diagnostic criteria of burn of larynx and indication of tracheotomy, the risk of laryngeal obstruction can be eliminated. The early preventive tracheotomy can decrease the difficulty and risk of the operation.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Age Distribution ; Aged ; Airway Obstruction ; etiology ; surgery ; Burn Units ; Burns ; Burns, Inhalation ; complications ; mortality ; surgery ; China ; epidemiology ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Injury Severity Score ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Postoperative Complications ; epidemiology ; Sepsis ; epidemiology ; Severity of Illness Index ; Sex Distribution ; Tracheotomy ; methods ; Young Adult

As a thymoid-related autoimmune disease, thymectomy has become one of the effective treatments for MG. We review the surgical indications of MG in this artical.

Objective To investigate whether curdione inhibits the formation of deep vein thrombosis(DVT)in rats through thrombolytic effects.Methods Twenty-five rats were randomly divided into five groups,the normal control group,the sham operation group,the model group,the low dose group of curdione(60 mg/kg)and the high dose group of curdione(120 mg/kg),with five rats in each group.Using the inferior vena cava ligation model,blood was taken from the pulmonary aorta in a sodium citrate anticoagulant tube one week after drug administration.The coagulation and fibrinolytic indexes Fibrin Degradation Products,(FDP),D-dimer(D-D),plasminogen activator inhibitor(PAI)-1 and plasminogen(PLG)were detected in each group;the thrombus weight/weight-length ratio was detected;and the formation of venous thrombus in the lower limbs of rats was detected by hematoxylin-eosin(HE)staining nuclear factor;NF-κB protein expression in inferior vena cava tissues was dectected by Western Blot assay.Results There was no significant difference in plasma FDP levels among groups of rats(P＞0.05);compared with the model group,the plasma FDP and D-D levels of rats in each dosing group were increased,the plasma PAI-1 and PLG levels were elevated,and the fibrinolytic effect was better in the group with high dose of curdione administration than in the group with low dose of curdione administration(P＜0.05);compared with the model group,the thrombus weight/weight-length ratio,the thrombus mass and NF-κB protein expression in the curdione dosing group were decreased.Conclusion Curdione can inhibit the formation of DVT in rats by influencing the fibrinolytic regulators.

Objective To study the mechanism of carboxypeptidase E ( CPE ) in promoting the migration of lymphocytes and their subsets through vascular endothelial cells. Methods CRISPR/Cas9 technology was used to prepare cpe gene-knockout MS1 (Cpe-/-MS1) cells. Adhesion ability of lymphocytes to MS1 and Cpe-/-MS1 cells was analyzed with adhesion assay. Expression of adhesion molecules on these cells were detected by RT-PCR and flow cytometry. Transwell model was used to compare the difference in the transmigration of lymphocytes and their subsets through MS1 and Cpe-/-MS1 cells. Results Cpe-/-MS1 cells were successfully obtained. Under the stimulation of TNF-α, the adhesion ability of lymphocytes to MS1 cells was much better than that of Cpe-/-MS1 cells. Moreover, adhesion molecules expressed on MS1 cells were significantly more than those on Cpe-/-MS1 cells. The percentages of lymphocytes and their sub-sets that transmigrated through MS1 cells were significantly higher than those through Cpe-/-MS1 cells. Con-clusion CPE involved in the adhesion of lymphocytes to vascular endothelial cells and the transmigration of them through vascular endothelial cells, which was of great significance for understanding the migration of lymphocytes across vascular endothelial cells to peripheral lymph nodes.

Objective To investigate the status of blood specimen acceptability for clinical chemistry tests in routine medical laboratories of China. Methods The questionnaires were assigned to the laboratories which participated in the routine chemistry exter-nal quality assessment (EQA) programs proposed by National Health Commission for Clinical Laboratory. The questionnaires included general information of participants and information about unacceptable blood specimens. Participants were required to record all the in-formation concerning unacceptable blood specimen received from 1stto 31stJuly, 2017. The data from each laboratory were reported and collected via special online system.Results A total of 866 valid questionnaires were collected.Of 15 981 752 specimens received dur-ing the data collection period unqualified 122 00 specimens were rejected with overall rejection rate of 0.076%. The main reasons for unacceptable specimens were hemolysis (33.98%), insufficient specimen quantity (10.78%) and chylemia/lipemia (10.62%). The rejected specimens were related to the original laboratories, types of container and specimen, transportation manner and operating staff of blood collection. Conclusion Certain problems existed in the receiving and management system for unqualified blood specimen in our country and remaining to be perfected. The clinical laboratories should pay more attention for pre-examination stage, including routinely monitoring unacceptable specimens, analyzing related data at the most possible granular levels, identifying the main problem and taking effective measures.

Objective:To explore the prognosis and clinical risk factor of thymoma patients after resection.Methods:A retrospectively analysis of 154 cases of thymoma patients underwent thymoma resection in Beijing Tongren Hospital (Myasthenia Gravis & Thymoma Diagnosis and Treatment Center, Capital Medical University) from January 2005 to December 2015, and then the progress-free survival was calculated by Kaplan- Meier method, the differences between curves were analyzed by log- rank test. There were 74 males and 80 females; the median age was 52(22-77)years. 121 cases(78.6%)complicated with myashenia gravis. Thymoma cases were classfied into 5 cases A, 35 cases AB, 27 cases B1, 56 cases B2 and 31 cases B3 respectively. There were 80, 16, 45 and 13 patients with Masaoka-Koga type Ⅰ-Ⅳ, respectively. 122 cases were treated by thoracoscopic assisted operation, 32 cases were treated by median sternum. The risk factors about group of gender, age, thymoma-associated MG (Myasthenia Gravis), completeness of resection, histologic type and Masaoka-Koga stage were calculated by Cox regression analysis. Results:The overall 1-, 5- 10-year progress-free survival rate of 154 cases were 98.7%, 88.3%, and 78.7%, respectively. The adverse prognostic factors for progress-free survival were age, completeness of resection, WHO histologic classification and Masaoka-Koga stage at univariate analysis. The age, WHO histologic classification and Masaoka-Koga stage were the independent risk factors at multivariate analysis.Conclusion:For thymoma, we suggest early discovery and early treatment. For the thymoma patients who are available for surgical treatment, all the tumor, thymus and surrounding adipose tissue should be resected. For the thymoma patients whose tumors cannot excise completely, adjuvant radiotherapy can reduce the risk for tumor recurrence after resection. For patients with thymoma after surgery, MG treatment is particularly critical for prognosis.

Background: and Purpose Collateral circulation is considered an important factor affecting the risk of stroke, but the factors that affect collateral circulation remain unclear. This study was performed to identify the factors associated with collateral circulation, especially blood lipids. Methods: The study involved patients who had undergone digital subtraction angiography and were confirmed as having severe unilateral stenosis or occlusion of the internal carotid artery (ICA). We classified the collateral circulation status of each patient as good (Grade 3 or 4) or poor (Grade 0, 1, or 2) according to the grading system of the American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology/American Society of Interventional Radiology. We collected data on patients’ characteristics and identified the factors that affect collateral circulation. Results: This study included 212 patients. The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) concentration and a complete anterior half of the circle of Willis were independent protective factors for good collateral circulation, whereas elevated lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] and serum creatinine concentrations were independent risk factors for good collateral circulation. The area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUC) was 0.68 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.61–0.76) for HDL-C and 0.69 (95% CI, 0.62–0.76) for Lp(a). A binary logistic regression model analysis of the joint factor of HDL-C and Lp(a) yielded an AUC of 0.77 (95% CI, 0.71–0.84). Conclusions In patients with severe unilateral ICA stenosis or occlusion, the combination of HDL-C and Lp(a) is a useful predictor of collateral circulation.