Acupuncture Therapy ; Aged ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pterygium ; therapy ; Yin Deficiency ; therapy

Flow injection on-line sorption preconcentration and separation in a knotted reactor (KR) was coupled to cold vapor atomic fluorescence spectrometry for the determination of trace mercury in mineral water. Mercury was preconcentrated by on-line formation of mercury diethyldithiocarbamate complex (Hg-DDTC) and absorption of the resulting neutral complex on the inner walls of a knotted reactor. A 20%(V/V) HNO3 solution heated by electromagnetic induction heating technique was used as eluent to remove the absorbed Hg-DDTC from the KR, and then the vapor mercury generated by mixing the resulting solution and KBH4 was determined on-line by cold vapor atomic fluorescence spectrometry. The 20% HNO3 was employed as both the efficient eluent and the required acidic medium for subsequent mercury vapor generation in our work. Using 20% HNO3 instead of conventional organic solvent as eluent, the proposed method is simple, easy operational and environmentally friendly. Under the optimal experimental conditions, the sample throughput was approximatively 30/h with an enhancement factor of 35. The detection limit of mercury was 2.0 ng/L. The precision(RSD, n=11) was 2.2% at the 0.1 μg/L Hg2+ level.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the correlation of the fertilization strategy and embryo transfer (ET) time with the incidence of ectopic pregnancy.

METHODSWe selected 3,331 fresh and 2,706 frozen-thawed ET cycles for the patients undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). The fresh transfers included 2 546 IVF-ET and 785 ICSI-ET cycles and 2,220 day-3 embryo and 1,111 day-5 blastocyst transfers, while the frozen-thawed transfers included 2,080 IVF-ET and 626 ICSI-ET cycles and 741 day-3 embryo and 1 965 day-5 or -6 blastocyst transfers. We compared the incidence rate of ectopic pregnancy associated with different fertilization strategies and ET time.

RESULTSThe incidence rate of ectopic pregnancy was 1. 41% (36/2 546) in the IVF-ET cycles and 3.44% (27/785) in the ICSI-ET cycles of the fresh transfers, significantly lower in the IVF-ET than in the ICSI-ET cycles (P < 0.01), and it was 1.01% (21/2,080) in the IVF-ET cycles and 0.80% (5/626) in the ICSI-ET cycles of the frozen-thawed transfers, with no remarkable difference between the two groups (P > 0.05). The IVF-ET and ICSI-ET cycles included 2,220 fresh day-3 (F-D3) embryos, 1,111 F-D5 blastocysts, 741 frozen-thawed day-3 (T-D3) embryos, and 1,965 T-D5/6 blastocysts. The incidence rate of ectopic pregnancy was 1.71% (n = 38) in the F-D3, 2.25% (n = 25) in the F-D5, 1.35% (n = 10) in the T-D3, and 0.81% (n = 16) in the T-D5/6 group, respectively, significantly lower in the T-D5/6 than in the other three groups (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONThe incidence rate of ectopic pregnancy is associated with fertilization strategies, which is significantly lower in frozen-thawed than in fresh embryo transfers.

Blastocyst ; Embryo Transfer ; adverse effects ; methods ; statistics & numerical data ; Female ; Fertilization in Vitro ; adverse effects ; methods ; statistics & numerical data ; Humans ; Incidence ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Rate ; Pregnancy, Ectopic ; epidemiology ; etiology ; Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic ; adverse effects ; methods ; statistics & numerical data

Acupuncture Points ; Adult ; Aged ; Combined Modality Therapy ; Electroacupuncture ; Exercise Therapy ; Female ; Headache ; physiopathology ; therapy ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neck Pain ; physiopathology ; therapy ; Range of Motion, Articular ; Treatment Outcome

Objective To establish a molecular technique of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequencing to identify pathogenic fungi species from the fungal sinusitis tissues. Methods Total 270 sinusitis tissues samples were collected by endoscopic surgery from 2006 to 2008. The histopathology, organize spring clip culturation and ITS region (ITS region region of fungal rRNA, including ITS1-5. 8S rRNA-ITS2) sequencing were employed simultaneously. And then to evaluate the ITS sequencing as the tool for identification of pathogenic fungi directly from clinical samples. Results Of the 270 samples, histopathology positive rate was 80.0% (216/270) , organize spring clip positive rate was 80.0% (216/ 270), fungal culturation positive rate was 53.0% (143/270) , ITS region sequencing positive rate was 63. 0% [ (134 +28 +8)/270], There were 22 species and 6 genera identified by fungal culturation, and 32 species identified by ITS region sequencing. Conclusion ITS region sequencing will become a applicable tool in clinical laboratory in future.

Objective To explore the prognosis and etiological treatment of cardiogenic syncope in children.Methods The cause,clinical manifestation,treatment and prognosis of 45 children with syncope were made in affiliated hospital of Qingdao medical university were su mmarized and analyzed.They were divided into arhythmia group and other groups,the former included myocarditis,dilated cardiomyopathy,and post-operation of congenital heart disease and the latter included tetralogy of fallot,pulmonary stenosis,hypertrophic cardiomyopathy,pericarclial effusion,and right atrial myxoma.Results There were 29 cases(64.44%) with arrhythmia in this group,of which there were 18 cases with complete atrioventricular block(CAVB),2 cases with second degree type Ⅱ atrioventricular block,3 cases with ventricular tachycardia,2 cases with bradycardia,2 cases with atrial flutter,1 case with supraventricular tachycardia,and 1 case with nonconducting atrial premature.There were 16 cases(35.56%) with other etiologies,of which there 8 cases with tetralogy of Fallot,2 cases with pulmonary stenosis,hypertrop-hic cardiomyopathy,pericardial effusion,and right atrial myxoma,respectively.Children with CAVB,bradycardia,or ventricular tachycardia resulted from viral myocarditis were given anti-virus medicine,protecting myocardium,neoepinephrine,and intravenous vitamin C 100-200 mg/(kg?d).Dexamethasone 1-2 mg/(kg?d) was given in earlier period for short course,and some children were given human ?-globulin.Eight cases were placed temporary pacemaker because of unsatisfactory therapeutic efficacy,and 1 case was placed permanent pacemaker.In all,38 cases(84.44%)were cured,1 case(2.22%)was improved,and 4 cases(8.88%) died.Conclusions Cardiogenic syncope is pediatric emergency and shall be treated immediately.Temporary pacemaker shall be placed at the right moment.

Objective To compare the effects of vitrification with slow-freezing on the developmental ability of day 3 cleavage stage embryos.Methods Patients who had no less than 4 high quality embryos were included in this study.These embryos were cryopreserved using the methods of vitrification or slow-freezing.In the eryopreserved embryo transfer cycles,the embryos which were cryopreserved using one of the methods were chosen randomly.The developmental ability of embryos was compared between these two groups.Results A total of 80 patients were included in this study with 160 embryos.In the group of slow-freezing,73(91%)embryos were survived and achieved 15(38%)clinical pregnancies.Among these,3 were twins and the implantation rate was 25%(18/73).In the group of vitrification,71(89%)embryos were survived and achieved 19(48%)clinical pregnancies.Among these, 9 were twins and the implantation rate was 39%(28/71),which was significantly higher than the slow- freezing group(P

OBJECTIVE: To summarize the subtle anatomical structures of the normal nasal bone in multi-slice spiral CT (MSCT) image through the observation of the three-dimensional images. METHODS: One hundred and twenty volunteers who had no nasal trauma and disease history were collected. The nasal was scanned using MSCT. Raw data was reconstructed into bone window images (slice thickness 0.6 mm, slice interval 0.5 mm), and then the images were imported into Syngo Imaging XS software to reconstruct three-dimensional images and to summarize the nasal bone's subtle anatomical structures. RESULTS: The subtle anatomy of normal nasal bone generally included four seams, two holes and one edge. The four seams were left and right nasal-maxillary suture, nasal-frontal seam, and internasal suture. The two holes were left and right nasal aperture. The edge of the nasal was the lower edge of the nasal bone. In addition, there was suture bone in internasal suture in some normal nose. The nasal aperture mostly was hole-like, but some nasal apertures were line shape. The nasal edge can be divided into flat type, wave-shaped type, inverted spike type, hook-shaped type and others. CONCLUSION The anatomy diversity and individual differences in nasal bone are large. MSCT and three-dimensional image reconstruction techniques, combined with the history of trauma could distinguish between the normal anatomy and fractures.
Fractures, Bone/diagnosis* ; Humans ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted ; Imaging, Three-Dimensional ; Maxilla ; Nasal Bone/diagnostic imaging* ; Software ; Tomography, Spiral Computed ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

OBJECTIVE: To realize the automated assessment of the levels of epiphysis of distal radius and ulna by support vector machine (SVM). METHODS: The X-ray films of the left wrist joints were taken from 140 teenagers aged from 11 to 19 years old as training samples. The levels of epiphysis of distal radius and ulna were divided into five developmental levels. Each level contained 28 samples. Another 35 cases were selected as independent verifying samples. SVM classification models of the five developmental levels of epiphysis of distal radius and ulna were established. The internal cross validation was made by leave one out cross validation (LOOCV), while the external validation was made by histogram of oriented gradient (HOG), and then the accuracy (PA) of testing results was calculated, respectively. RESULTS: The PA of SVM, LOOCV and HOG of distal radius epiphyseal level were 100%, 78.6%, and 82.8%, respectively; whereas the PA of SVM, LOOCV and HOG of distal ulna epiphyseal level were 100.0%, 80.0% and 88.6%, respectively. CONCLUSION The SVM-based automatic models of the growth stage of distal ra- dius and ulna appear to have certain feasibility, and may provide a foundation for software development of bone age assessment by forensic medicine.
Adolescent ; Bone Development/physiology* ; Child ; Epiphyses/growth & development* ; Female ; Humans ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/methods* ; Male ; Radius/growth & development* ; Support Vector Machine ; Ulna/growth & development* ; Wrist/growth & development* ; Wrist Joint/growth & development* ; Young Adult

OBJECTIVETo explore Poloxamer 188, a non-ionic surfactant as a potential tool for early intervention into the chondrocyte damaged by blunt mechanical trauma in vitro.

METHODSThree groups were control group (n = 6), no treatment group (n = 12) and Poloxamer 188 treatment group (n = 12). Two groups are then loaded to 20 MPa in unconfined compression. At 1 and 24 h the percentages of live and dead cells of superficial zone in compressed and control groups were determined with a cell viability stain.

RESULTSAt 1 h post-trauma, specimens of Poloxamer 188 treatment group (76%) had a significantly increased percentage of live cells in the superficial zone versus the no treatment group (55%). In 24 h the percentages of live cells in the superficial zone of the Poloxamer 188 treatment group (57%) were significantly greater than in the no treatment group (38%).

CONCLUSIONSPoloxamer 188 surfactant could help restore the integrity of cell membranes in cartilage damaged by blunt mechanical trauma. Models of mechanical cartilage injury in vitro may explain aspect of the interactions between mechanical forces and degradative pathways which lead to osteoarthritis progression.

Apoptosis ; drug effects ; Cartilage, Articular ; pathology ; Cell Survival ; drug effects ; Chondrocytes ; drug effects ; pathology ; Humans ; In Vitro Techniques ; Poloxamer ; pharmacology ; Random Allocation ; Weight-Bearing