With the nationwide popularization of neonatal heel blood screening, and the change of screening standards and the improvement of premature infant survival rate, the incidence of congenital hypothyroidism in newborns has been increasing year by year.Some of these children need to take medication for all lifetime to maintain normal thyroid function, this is called persistent congenital hypothyroidism, while others don′t, is called transient congenital hypothyroidism.Causes of transient hypothyroidism include iodine deficiency, maternal thyrotrophin receptor blocker antibodies, maternal antithyroid medication, maternal or neonatal iodine exposure, premature delivery, and neonatal hepatic hemangioma.In this review, the author describes the etiology and management of children with transient hypothyroidism, meanwhile summarize several predictors of transient hypothyroidism.

Objective To reduce the execution time of neural network training. Methods Parallel particle swarm optimization algorithm based on master-slave model is proposed to train radial basis function neural networks, which is implemented on a cluster using MPI libraries for inter-process communication. Results High speed-up factor is achieved and execution time is reduced greatly. On the other hand, the resulting neural network has good classification accuracy not only on training sets but also on test sets. Conclusion Since the fitness evaluation is intensive, parallel particle swarm optimization shows great advantages to speed up neural network training.

Adult ; Craniotomy ; methods ; Humans ; Male ; Nasal Cavity ; pathology ; Paranasal Sinuses ; pathology ; Skull Base Neoplasms ; surgery ; Teratoma ; surgery

Objective To evaluate hepatic toxicity of arsenic trioxide(As 2O 3) on rabbits with hepatic Vx-2 carcinoma by transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE), and its clinical signification. Methods New Zealand rabbits with hepatic Vx-2 carcinoma were managed with normal saline (experimental group 1), normal saline plus lipiodol (experimental group 2), and As 2O 3 plus lipiodol (experimental group 3) respectively by TACE once, whereas experimental group 4 was treated with As 2O 3 by transcatheter arterial infusion(TAI) for 7 days consecutively. The morphological changes of the tumor adjancent hepatic tissue were observed under light microscope and transmission electron microscope. The hepatic function of the rabbits was also determined. Results The hepatic cells of the rabbits in the experimental groups 2 and 3 were injuried in various degrees, but the injury extent was smaller than that in the experimental group 4 (P

Male Sprague~Dawley rats were pretreated with phenobarbital and randomly divided into 6 groups and were exposed to O2,/N2/l. 2 MAC anesthetics for I hr; NC, 21 % O2/79% N2; HC, 14 %O2,/86%N2; NH, 21 %O2/79% N2/l. 2 MAC halothane;HH, 14 %O2/86 %N2/ 1. 2 MAC Halothane; NS, 21 %O2/79%N2/ 1. 2 MAC sevoflurane; HS, 14 %O2/86 %N2/ 1. 2 MAC sevoflurnae. Liver specimens andblood were taken 24 hrs after exposure. Thenecrosls and denaturatlon of hepatocellularwere quantltatlvely estlmated by stereoscopy.Ultrastructural morphology was analysed by computer. The liver ofall rats given halothane (14%O2) had extensive centrilobu- lar necrosls and denaltlration. There were an increase in serum glutamic pyruvic transmi- nase accompnaying the morphologic damage。No marked hepatotoxicity was foundin the rats following sevoflurane expoure compared with controls. Hypoxia was the main cause of swelling of mltochondria. Results suggest that sevoflurane has less hepattc injtry than holotnane.

PURPOSE Anti-cancer drug treatment induces cell death by apoptosis, whether the gene p53 undergoes mutant changes is found to have a close relationship with anti-cancer drugs. The aim of this work is to investigate the role that p53 plays in the 5-FU-induced apoptosis of colorectal cancer cells in vitro. METHODS Thirty-nine col-orectal cancer samples from patients were treated with 5-FU (10?g/ml) and folinic acid (5?g/ml. 10?g/ml) in vitro, using the in situ Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase assay (TDT) to detect the chemosensitivity. p53 mutations from tumor DNA were detected, after amplication by PCR of exons 5 to 8. by non-radioactive single-strand conformation polymorphism(PCR-SSCP). RESULTS p53-gene mutations were observed in 43. 6% (17/39) of colorectal carcinomas. When TDT assay was used to detect the tumor apoptotic rate, cells with mutated p53 had less chemosensitivity than those without (16. 4% ?4. 89% vs 26. 6%? 6. 80% P

Diverticulitis of colon,the inflammation of colonic diverticulars,is connected with dietary,age and disorder of colonic environment.Due to the different cultures between western contries and orient nations,the morbidity,predilection site,clinical manifestation and management are different in diverticulitis of colons.Computed tomography(CT)has been the key diagnosic method,and it is able to guide transfixion pins to treat diverticulitis of colon.After medical treatment,most of patients can be relaxed,and only someone need operations.

ObjectiveTo evaluate the effect of different operative methods for treating rebleeding in patients with portal hypertension(PHT). MethodsThe clinical data of 66 patients with postoperative ebleeding out of 373 PHT cases during the last 30 years was retrospectively analyzed. Their first operations were splenectomy, portoazygous devascularization, various non-selective shunt and combined operation(devascularization combined with shunt), of which, the rebleeding rate were 26.67 %, 17.86 %, 14.58 % and 4.35 %, respectively. Among 55 cases receiving re-operation, there were 42 with distal esophago-fundusectomy, 11 mesocaval shunt(MCS)and 2 re-devascularization. The other 11 cases received nonoperative therapy. ResultsThe mortality, mean follow-up time, rebleeding rate and encephalopathy rate were 9.52% (4/42), 11 years,9.52% (4/42)and 14.29% (6/42)in distal esophago-fundusectomy group;0,7.5 years,0 and 9.09% (1/11)in MCS group. All 2 cases in re-devascularization group died within one postoperative month. All 11 cases in non-operative group were with portal hypertension gastropathy(PHG). ConelusionCombined operation may effectively reduce postoperative rebleeding rate in PHT cases and MCS is a relatively ideal method for treating rebleeding.

Under the condition of microgravity, human body will experience a series of cardiovascular deconditioning. The vascular endothelial cells are the most important component of the vessel wall, so the changes of biological characteristics of vascular endothelial cells are directly related to cardiovascular deconditioning. Therefore, it is important to prevent and treat the cardiovascular deconditioning in astronauts by studying the effect of microgravity on biological characteristics of vascular endothelial cells.

Objective To investigate the changes in the expression of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), substance P (SP) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on morphine tolerance in rats with chronic inflammatory pain (CIP) and morphine tolerance. Methods Twenty-five 8-month-old male SD rats weighing 230-250 g in which intrathecal (IT)catheters were successfully implanted without complications were randomly divided into 5 groups ( n = 5 each):groupA CIP + normal saline (NS) 10 μl IT twice a day for 7 consecutive days; group B CIP + morphine 10 μg/kg ( 10 μl) IT twice for the first day only; group C CIP + morphine 10 μg/kg ( 10 μl) IT twice a day for 7 consecutive days; group D CIP + EA (intensity 2 mA, frequency 2 Hz, wave length 0.6 ms) + morphine 10 μ g/kg (10 μl) IT twice a day for7 consecutive days; group E CIP + EA (intensity 2 mA, frequency 15 Hz,wave length 0.4 ms) + morphine 10μg/kg (10 μl) IT twice a day for7 consecutive days. CIP was induced by injecting complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) into the ankle joint of the left hindlimb. IT morphine or NS was started on the 4th day after induction of CIP. EA of Yanglingquan and Zusanli lasting 30 min was performed once a day after first IT administration of morphine for 7 days. Paw withdrawal latency (PWL) to a thermal nociceptive stimulus was measured before induction of CIP, 1 day before (baseline) and at day 1-7 after administration (T0-8) . The animals were sacrificed after the last PWL measurement. The DRGs of the lumbar segment (L4-6) were removed for determination of CGRP, SP and BDNF mRNA expression using RT-PCR. Results PWL was significantly shorter at T1 than at T0 in all groups, and at T3-8 than at T2 in group B-E, while longer at T2 than at T1 in group B-E ( P ＜0.05). PWL was significantly longer in group B-E and CGRP, SP and BDNF mRNA expression higher in group C than in group A ( P ＜ 0.05). PWL was significantly longer in group C-E than in group B ( P ＜ 0.05). PWL was significantly longer and CGRP, SP and BDNF mRNA expression lower in group D and E than in group C ( P ＜0.05). PWL was significantly lower and CGRP, SP and BDNF mRNA expression higher in group E than in group D ( P ＜ 0.05). Conclusion Up-regulation of the expression of CGRP, SP and BDNF mRNA in DRG is involved in the devepopment of morphine tolerance. EA can inhibit the devepopment of morphine tolerance by inhibiting the expression of CGRP2 SP and BDNF mRNA.