Objective:To determine the relationship between brachia l artery blood pressure and radial artery blood pressure in children and whether blood pressure measured from the radial artery can replace blood pr essure measured from the brachial artery. Methods:Brachial and rad ial artery pressures in 105 children were measured using an electronic sphygmomanometer.Results:There was no significant difference between the average values of blood pressures of the brachial and radial arteries in the 105 children studied (P>0.05). Linear regression and correlation analyses showed that there was a positive linear correlation between the systolic pressure of the b rach ial artery and the radial artery in the 105 children, as well as a posit ive linear correlation between the diastolic pressures of the brachial and the radial arteries. Conclusion:Blood pressure values from the radial artery can completely replace blood pressure values from the brachial artery.

Objective To discuss the value of minimum systolic and diastolic peak velocity ratio(S/D) and pulse index(PI) of the umbilical artery of pregnant twins in predicting perinatal outcome.Methods Pulsed Doppler measurements of the umbilical artery were conducted in 77 cases of twin pregnancise. Perinatal outcome was compared between normal and abnormal umbilical artery S/D,PI group respectively. The rates of abnormal umbilical artery S/D,PI in monochorionic and dichorionicdich were compared. Results The rates of adverse perinatal outcome,small for gestational age(SGA),structural malformation in abnormal umbilical artery S/D group were significantly higher than those in normal umbilical artery S/D group ( P

Objective To explore the expression of interleukin 13(IL-13) mRNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and its association with serum C-reaction protein(CRP) in patients with ulcerative colitis(UC). Methods IL-13 mRNA expression in PBMCs was detected by RT-PCR in patients with UC(21 cases of active UC and 10 cases of quiescent UC)and 20 healthy subjects. At the same time, the serum level of CRP was detected by ELISA. Results The expression level of IL-13 mRNA in PBMCs of patients with active UC was significantly lower than that in PBMCs of patients with quiescent UC and healthy subjects (6.45?1.23 vs 14.72?2.12 or 15.17?2.38,P0.05). The expression level of IL-13 mRNA in PBMCs of active UC patients was negative correlation with serum level of CRP (r=-0.589,P

Objective To evaluate the role of arthroscopy in diagnosis and treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee.Methods The data of 108 patients (118 knees) with osteoarthritis of the knee and received arthroscopic surgery were analyzed retrospectively including sign, X-ray and MRI examinations of knee, the average stage in hospital, diagnoses before and after operation, and prognosis.Results Arthroscopic surgery was of benefit to diagnosis and treatment of osteoarthritis of knee. The average stage in hospital was 11±7 days. The following-up of 98 patients showed that 82 patients were excellent, 16 patients good and only 1 patients not up to standard.Conclusion Arthroscopic surgery has following advantages such as less invasive surgery, shorter stage in hospital, good curative effect in the near future.

Objective To explore the effects of comprehensive rehabilitation on nutriture and medical costs in the treatment of patients with dysphagia following stroke. Methods Eighty-seven patients with dysphagia were divided into an intervention group (IG) and a control group (CG). Comprehensive rehabilitation therapy including deglutition training, electric neuromuscular stimulation and acupuncture were used with the IG patients, but not with those in the CG. Nutriture parameters included a biochemistry index and a body measurement index. Medical costs were observed before and after one month of treatment for both groups. Results After one month of treatment, average deglutition scores and nutriture indices were significantly higher in the IG than in the CG. Medical costs for the IG had decreased significantly compared with the CG. Conclusions Comprehensive rehabilitation therapy improved deglutition function and slowed nutriture deterioration, while decreasing medical costs in the treatment of patients with dysphagia following stroke.

Objective Speckle is the inherent problem exists in B-Mode ultrasound image,and effective speckle noise reduction will improve the image quality and contribute greatly to clinical doctors to diagnose,especially in fine ophthalmic examination with high frequency ultrasound.Methods This paper proposed a new speckle reduction method based on the Laplacian pyramid and multiscale analysis.In the Laplacian pyramid,true clinical features were separated from noise,according to the different bandpass ultrasound image characteristics in each layer,and the advanced eight directions speckle reduction anisotropic diffusion (SRAD)was adapted to suppressed the speckle noise,and the identified noise and the extracted features were selectively emphasized by suitable edge,coherence and contrast enhancement filtering from fine to coarse scales.The performance of the proposed method was compared to the traditional SRAD method and coherence-enhancing diffusion method by measuring the equivalent number of looks (ENL) and Time cost.Results The ENL and Time cost value of the proposed method were higher compared to the SRAD and the cedif method,i.e 1.172 3 vs 1.122 3,0.929 3 and 0.864 0 vs 1.396 0,1.468 3.Conclusions In summary,the proposed method can more effectively remove the speckle noise while preserving the edge and details of the images.

Objective To evaluate the clinical effect of arthroscopic treatment of popliteal cyst.Methods Data of 42 patients,who had undergone arthroscopic treatment for popliteal cyst from November 2005 to January 2010,were retrospectively analyzed.There were 13 males and 29 females,including 6 children,aged from 11 to 68 years (average,43.2 years).All popliteal cysts were unilateral,including 14 cases of right knee and 28 cases of left knee.Eleven patients had recurrent popliteal cyst,and all of them underwent initial open surgery,and the duration from the initial surgery to recurrence ranged from 6 to 35 months (average,18 months).According to the Rauschning and Lindgren classification,there were 3 cases of grade Ⅰ,18 cases of grade Ⅱ and 21 cases of grade Ⅲ.Based on the MRI,the long diameter of the popliteal cysts ranged from 4.2 to 7.9 cm (average,5.4 cm),the transverse diameter 2.1 to 2.5 cm (average,2.3 cm) and anteroposterior diameter 1.6 to 2.2 cm (average,2.0 cm).All popliteal cysts were at posteriomedial parts of the knees,and 11 cases of popliteal cyst communicated with the knee joint cavity.Before operation,1 to 2 ml methylene blue was injected into the cyst,which was used to determine the channel intraoperatively according to the site where methylene blue flowed out.The intraarticular diseases were thoroughly treated when the inner wall of the popliteal cyst was cleaned.Results The intraarticular diseases were found in all patients intraoperatively,including medial meniscus tear in 28 cases,lateral meniscus tear in 9 cases and lateral discoid meniscus in 4 cases.There were no blood vessel complications,nerve complications and incision complications.All patients were discharged 2 or 3 days postoperatively.All patients were followed up for 10 to 30 months (average,18 months).No recurrence of popliteal cyst occurred at final follow-up.According to the Rauschning and Lindgren classification,there were 38 cases of grade 0 and 4 cases of grade Ⅰ.Conclusion The arthroscopic treatment of popliteal cyst has several advantages,such as mini-invasion,fast recovery and low recurrence rate.

Objective To evaluate the clinical application value of real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (RT-3D-TEE) in diagnosis of mitral valve prolapse(MVP).Methods Twenty patients with MVP with more than moderate mitral regurgitation referred for mitral valve repair (MVR) were studied.All patients underwent RT-3D-TEE and mitral valve quantification(MVQ) before MVR.The location of scallop lesions and ruptured mitral chordae tendineae for mitral valve were evaluated,and compared with surgical findings.Carpentier's nomenclature was applied to the mitral valve anatomic localization either RT-3D-TEE or surgery.There were three anterior leaflet scallops defined as A1,A2 and A3,and three posterior leaflet scallops defined as P1,P2 and P3.Results ① The shape and spatial structure of the scallop lesions and ruptured mitral chordae tendineae of mitral valve were clearly displayed by RT-3D-TEE,also could be observed through left atrium view and left ventricular view.② Compaired with surgical findings,RT-3D-TEE was of high sensitivity (100 ％),higher specificity (95.46 ％) and crude agreement (95.83％) in the location of P2,the positive likelihood ratio of location of P2 (22.03) was the biggest,the negative likelihood ratio (0) was the smallest.③ RT-3D-TEE had lower sensitivity (66.67％),specificity (83.76 ％) and crude agreement (83.33 ％) in the diagnosis of location of P1 than other locations,the positive likelihood ratio(4.11) was the smallest,the negative likelihood ratio (0.40) was the biggest.④ The sensitivity,specificity,crude agreement,positive likelihood ratio and negative likelihood ratio of RT-3D-TEE in diagnosis of ruptured mitral chordae tendineae accompanied by MVP were 100％,91.67％,95.00％,12.00,0 respectively.Conclusions RT-3D-TEE could clearly display the three-dimensional structure of the lesions of mitral valve.It was of better accuracy in diagnosis of the location of scallop lesions of mitral valve and the rupture of chordae tendineae,and was of important clinical application value in MVR.

Objective To explore the short-term and long-term effects ofapplication of Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangioscopic Lithotripsy on the treatment of hepatolithiasis. Methods Eighty-threecases of hepatolithiasis were treated with the PTCSL and the other 87cases were treated with the Laparoscopic exploration lithotomy.The general clinical parameters , curative effect in the near future and long-term curative effect were anlyzed. Results No significant differences were found between the two groups in the general clinical parameters (P>0.05). The operation time,intraoperative blood transfusion volume and intraoperatve blood soss in group A were significantly shorter than those in group B(P<0.05, respectively). The original calculi residual rate was 2.4%, the eventually calculi residual rate was 4.8%and the recurrent cholangitis was4.8%in the model of PTCSL (Group A). The original calculi residual rate was 18.4%, the eventually calculi residual rate was 23.0% and the recurrent cholangitis was 23.0%in the model of Laparoscopic exploration lithotomy (Group B), with significant difference between these two groups (P<0.05). The calculi recurrence rate of group A was 12.0%,the calculi recurrence rate of group B was 22.9%,withno significant difference between these two group (P>0.05). No patients died in each group. The results of complications showed thatthe incidence of residual calculi of group A was significantly lower than that of group B (P<0.01). Conclusions Compared with the model of Laparoscopic exploration lithotomy, the PTCSL was more safe, minimally invasive and effective. The short-term efficacy of the model of PTCSL was better than that of the model of Laparoscopic exploration lithotomy.

Objective To understand how about the female consumers know the skin conditions of themselves and which they concern by a comprehensive questionnaire. Methods Three hundred and twenty-eight healthy volunteers in Shanghai were involved in this study. They were divided into 5 age groups equally. The questionnaire included the skin conditions, i.e. skin moisture, sebum, whiteness, redness, xanthochromia, homogeneity, spots, fine line, wrinkle, elasticity, angiotelectasis,pore, sagging, smoothness, gloss, roughness, scales and sensitivity. Each condition was divided into 10 grades to assess the skin conditions of the face (exposed site), upper arm (non-exposed site) and the perfect skin status. SPSS11.5 software was used to analyze the correlations of the skin conditions with ages. Results The skin concerns were difference in the 5 groups. Skin aging of sagging, wrinkle, spots and fine line became prominent from group C (35 to 40 years old). The correlations between the skin concerns of facial moisture, sebum, whiteness, homogeneity, spots, wrinkle, fine line, elasticity, sagging, sensitivity, upper arm sebum, spots, elasticity, angiotelectasis, sagging and roughness with ages were very significant (P＜0.01). Conclusion The changes of the volunteers'concerns about sebum, pore, sagging, elasticity, fine line and wrinkle with age in different age group are consistent with the quantitative measurement results from the oversea studies.