Objective To evaluate the radiation impact of a self-developed digital miniature CT on the human body and the environment under simulated scanning conditions, and verify its safety and regulatory compliance. Methods Under typical head scanning conditions with the digital miniature CT (70 kV/10 mA), the equivalent doses received at the body surface sites corresponding to the thyroid, breast, stomach, liver, kidney, and gonads of the phantom were measured without protection and with 0.5 mmPb equivalent protection using LiF (Mg, Cu, P) thermoluminescent dosimeters. The ambient dose equivalent rates at the bed level inside the CT room at different directions and distances from the scanning center were measured using a model AT1121 X/γ dosimeter. The equivalent doses of organs on both sides of the phantom and the ambient equivalent dose rates on the left and right sides of the longitudinal axis of the bed in the CT room were compared. The Mann-Whitney test was used at a significance level of P < 0.05. Results During a single scan of the head with the digital miniature CT, the equivalent doses at the body surface sites corresponding to the thyroid, breast, stomach, liver, kidney, and gonads without protection were 1.04, 0.95, 0.55, 0.57, 0.40, and 0.12 mSv, respectively, which were only 0.84% to 8.24% of the doses inside the irradiation field. With 0.5 mm Pb equivalent protection, the equivalent dose of the thyroid decreased from 8.24 mSv to 3.27 mSv with a reduction of 60.3%, and the doses of the other organs were reduced to 1.5-11.5 μSv with the maximum reduction of 14 times. In the longitudinal axis direction of the CT bed, the ambient dose equivalent rate at a distance of 2 m from the scanning center was reduced to 0.066 mSv/h, which was only 9.6% of the ambient equivalent dose rate at a distance of 50 cm from the scanning center. Conclusion The digital miniature CT has advantages in ensuring patient safety, optimizing imaging quality, and promoting technological development, demonstrating promising application potential. However, the radiation protection of personal and CT room should not be ignored.

Objective:To study the current status and existing problems of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in preterm infants in Chinese literature using bibliometric methods.Methods:Using "preterm infants", "BPD" and "chronic lung disease of prematurity"(Chinese version)as keywords, Wanfang database was searched up to August 27th, 2022. Literature published in high-influencing journals were selected for bibliometrical and social network analysis.Results:A total of 2 172 articles published in 311 journals were included. The number of articles increased rapidly year by year, involving studies on the risk factors and respiratory management of BPD. Dynamic researches focused on the following topics:1,selection of multiple non-invasive ventilation modes combined with minimally invasive surfactant administration; 2,the application of caffeine and glucocorticoids and 3, follow-up after discharge.Conclusions:In the past 40 years, research on BPD in preterm infants in China has mainly focused on risk factors and prevention. However, research on pathogenesis and other aspects needs to be strengthened.

Objective:To explore the correlation between the length of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) through upper and lower extremities of premature infants and their body parameters, and to deduce the formula of the different length of PICC of premature infants, so as to improve the accuracy of the tip of PICC in premature infants.Methods:This study was a retrospective case series study.From January 2016 to September 2021, 758 premature infants with PICC hospitalized in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Shanghai Children's Hospital were selected retrospectively by convenience sampling. We recorded the sex, gestational age, catheterization age, catheterization vessel location, birth length, length on the day of catheterization, birth weight and weight on the day of catheterization of premature infants. Pearson correlation analysis and simple linear regression were used to find the most relevant body parameters, and formula fitting was carried out to derive the optimal length of PICC for premature infants.Results:In 652 premature infants (86.02%, 652/758) , the PICC was placed in the lower limb vein, and the proportion of great saphenous vein was the highest, accounting for 41.42% (314/758) . Simple linear regression showed that the weight and length had the highest correlation with the optimal length of PICC in the superficial veins of the upper and lower extremities. The formula for the length of PICC with the puncture points of median vein, basilic vein, axillary vein, great saphenous vein, small saphenous vein, popliteal vein and femoral vein was derived.Conclusions:The formula derived from the weight and length of premature infants can provide a reference for clinical measurement of PICC length of premature infants.

Objective To study the prevalence of hyperuricemia and its risk factors in elderly people of Yiyang District,Hunan Province,China.Methods A total of 1363 elderly people undergoing physical examination in our hospital were divided into hyperuricemia group (n=245) and control group (n=1118).Their general clinical data were recorded and compared.The risk factors for hyperuricemia were analyzed.Results The age was significantly older,number of males was significantly larger,the serum TG,LDL-C,urea,UA levels and body height,BMI,SBP were significantly higher while the serum TC and HDL-C levels and Cr clearance rate were significantly lower in hyperuricemia group than in control group (P＜0.05,P＜0.01).Pearson correlation analysis showed that serum UA level was positively related with age,serum TG and urea level,BMI,SBP and DBP,but negatively related with Cr clearance rate and serum TC,LDL-C,HDL-C levels (P＜ 0.01).Binary logistic regression analysis showed that age,male gender,hyperlipidemia,and obesity were the independent risk factors for hyperuricemia after adjustment of age (OR=1.857,95 ％ CI:1.302-2.649,P=0.001;OR=1.866,95％CI:1.363-2.555,P=0.000;OR=2.214,95％ CI:1.716-2.856,P=0.000).However,serum HDL-C level and Cr clearance rate were the protective factors for hyperuricemia (OR =0.388,95 ％ CI:0.242-0.623,P =0.000;OR =0.948,95％CI:0.937-0.959,P=0.000).Conclusion The prevalence of hyperuricemia is rather high in elderly people of Yiyang Distric,Hunan Province,China,suggesting that the lifestyle of elderly people should be improved and hyperuricemia should be treated with appropriate drugs.

Objective:To detect the expression of tumor necrosis factor alpha in (TNF alpha) breast cacner and its relationship with imaging features.Methods:Using immunofluorescence and flow cytometry to detect the expression of TNF-α in MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7.Collect 82 patients with mammary gland disease,which was confirmed by pathological tissue,its pathological data,imaging data,and by immunohistochemistry to detect the expression of TNF-α in breast tissues,and analyze and the relationship between its expression and the pathological features and imaging characteristics.Results:TNF-α high expression in MDA-MB-231,the expression of TNF-oα in malignant breast tumor tissue significantly higher than that in benign tumor,the expression quantity associated with lymph node metastasis,TNM stages,strengthen uniform in MRI,the boundary and the shape of the X-ray Mammography (P=0.01),and color flow signal strength in ultrasound (P＜0.05).Conclusions:TNF alpha in breast tumor tissue was unusually high expression,and is closely related to some of the imaging features of breast tumor.

Objective To compare the conjoint effect of enteral nutrition (EN) and parenteral nutrition (PN) with single EN or PN on immune function, nutritional status, complications and clinical outcomes of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (STBI). Methods A prospective randomized control trial was carried out from January 2009 to May 2012 in Neurological Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Patients of STBI who met the enrolment criteria (Glasgow Coma Scale score 6~8; Nutritional Risk Screening ≥3) were randomly divided into 3 groups and were admi- nistrated EN, PN or EN+PN treatments respectively. The indexes of nutritional status, immune function, complications and clinical outcomes were examined and compared statistically. Results There were 120 patients enrolled in the study, with 40 pationts in each group. In EN+PN group, T lymthocyte subsets CD3+%, CD4+%, ratio of CD3+/CD25+, ratio of CD4+/CD8+, the plasma levels of IgA, IgM, and IgG at 20 days after nutritional treatment were significantly increased compared to the baseline(t=4.32-30.00, P<0.01), and they were significantly higher than those of PN group (t=2.44-14.70; P<0.05,or P<0.01) with exception of CD4+/CD8+, higher than those of EN group (t=2.49-13.31, P<0.05, or P<0.01) with exceptions of CD3+/CD25+, CD4+/CD8+, IgG and IgM. For the nutritional status, the serum total protein, albumin, prealbumin and hemoglobin were significantly higher in the EN (t=5.87-11.91; P<0.01) and EN+PN groups (t=6.12-13.12; P<0.01) than those in PN group after nutrition treatment. The serum prealbumin was higher in EN+PN group than that in EN group (t=2.08; P<0.05). Compared to the PN group, the complication occurrence rates of EN+PN group were significantly lower in stress ulcer (22.5% vs. 47.5%; χ= 8.24, P<0.01), intracranial infection (12.5% vs 32.5%;χ= 6.88, P<0.01) and pyemia (25.0% vs. 47.5%; χ= 6.57, P<0.05). Compared to the EN group, the complication occurrence rates of EN+PN group were significantly lower in aspirated pneumonia (27.5% vs. 50.0%; χ= 6.39, P<0.05), hypoproteinemia (17.5% vs. 55.0%; χ= 18.26, P<0.01) and diarrhea (20.0% vs. 60.0%; χ= 20.00, P<0.01). The EN+PN group also had significant less length of stay in NICU (t=2.51, 4.82; P<0.05, P<0.01), number of patients receiving assisted mechanical ventilation (χ= 6.08, 12.88; P<0.05, P<0.01) and its durations (t=3.41, 9.08; P<0.05, P<0.01), and the death rate (χ=7.50, 16.37; P<0.05, P<0.01) than those of EN or PN group. Conclusion Early EN+PN treatment could promote the recovery of the immune function, enhance nutritional status, decrease complications and improve the clinical outcomes in patients with severe traumatic brain injury.
Adult ; Brain Injuries, Traumatic ; immunology ; metabolism ; therapy ; Enteral Nutrition ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nutritional Status ; Parenteral Nutrition ; Treatment Outcome

Objective To summarize the experience in nursing locally preserved skin of female patients for neurosurgical cranioctomy. Method The nursing key points were given to 66 female patients undergoing local preparation of skin for cranioctomy as follous preoperative preparation, observation over incision and head nursing. Results The time for skin preparation ranged between 3 to 6 minutes. Postoperatively, no drain tube was placed. No intracranial infections occurred. The incisions in all patients were healed at the first class. Conclusion The nursing measures of good preoperative preparation, close observation of incisions and care to the head for female patients undergoing local preparation of skin for cranioctomy can enhance their satisfaction and propel development of standardized nursing.

This study was aimed to analyze the current prescription combination rules on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in gastric cancer treatment, in order to explore reasonable application of data mining technology in the study of prescription combination rules. Modern literatures were searched in CNKI and WanFang database. Frequency analysis, association analysis and composition network were used comprehensively. Rules such as herb application frequency and combination rules of the target prescription set were analyzed. The results showed that after screening and standardization, 116 prescriptions were included in the set which including 1 269 herbs and involving 17 types of 212 herbs. It was concluded that TCM paid attention to strengthen body resistance in gastric cancer treatment. It can also be combined with drugs for invigorating blood circulation and stasis, heat-clearing and detoxification, dispersing phlegm and stasis, as well as regulatingqi stagnation depending on the syndrome.

OBJECTIVETo explore the impact of interleukin-18 (IL-18) single nucleotide polymorphisms on outcomes of hematologic malignancies with HLA-matched sibling donor hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT).

METHODSSingle- nucleotide polymorphisms in IL-18 promoter was detected by PCR-sequence-specific primer analysis (PCR-SSP) in 93 recipients and their HLA matched sibling donors. Hematopoietic reconstitution, incidences of graft versus host disease (GVHD) and infections, transplant related mortality (TRM), and disease free survival (DFS) were analyzed.

RESULTSIn comparison with -137 G/C+C/C donor genotype, patients with -137 G/G donor genotype had shorter duration of neutrophil recovery [15(11-23) days vs 17(11-24) days, P=0.01], higher incidence of extensive chronic GVHD (20.6% vs 3.3%, P=0.029), but no difference in the interval of platelet recovery [20(11-46) days vs 20(7-38) days, P=0.844]. The incidence of extensive chronic GVHD in -607 C/C donor genotype (31.6%) was significantly higher than that (10.8%) in C/A + A/A donor genotype (P=0.024). Recipients with -607 C/C genotype also had higher incidence (33.3%) of extensive chronic GVHD than those with C/A+A/A genotype (10.7%, P=0.016). There were no differences in acute GVHD, TRM, and DFS between different genotypes.

CONCLUSIONIL-18 -137 G homozygous genotype in donor facilitated neutrophil reconstitution, but increased the risk of extensive chronic GVHD in patients with allo-HSCT.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Disease-Free Survival ; Female ; Genotype ; Graft vs Host Disease ; epidemiology ; Hematologic Neoplasms ; genetics ; therapy ; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation ; adverse effects ; methods ; Humans ; Incidence ; Interleukin-18 ; genetics ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ; Siblings ; Tissue Donors ; Transplantation, Homologous ; Young Adult

BACKGROUND: Neural stem cells are always derived from animals, and unsuitable for human transplantation treatment. OBJECTIVE: To explore the in vitro culture methods of human embryonic striatum-derived neural stem cells, and to observe the biological characteristics. METHODS: The human embryonic striatum were separated from the embryo at a gestational age of 8-16 weeks that received induction of labor with water bag, and then the embryonic striatum was in vitro cultured in the serum-free Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium. The cells were passaged after neurospheres formation, and then the cells were induced to differentiation with the Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium/F12 containing 10% fetal bovine serum. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The in vitro cultured human embryonic striatum-derived neural stem cells grew rapidly and could express nestin. Colony formation assay showed the cel clone formation rate was 6.0%-7.0%. 5-Bromodeoxyuridine incorporation assay showed the cel proliferation rate was 37.9%. Immunofluorescence staining showed that the cells after induction and differentiation could express Tuj-1, glial fibril ary acidic protein and nestin, but not express myelin basic protein. The results indicate that human embryonic striatum-derived neural stem cells cultured in the serum-free medium can maintain their biological characteristics and have self-renewal capacity, and the cells can differentiate into the neurons and astrocytes induced by the fetal bovine serum.