OBJECTIVES: Safe and effective anticoagulation is essential for hemodialysis patients who are at high risk of bleeding. The purpose of this trial is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of two-stage regional citrate anticoagulation (RCA) combined with sequential anticoagulation and standard calcium-containing dialysate in intermittent hemodialysis (IHD) treatment. METHODS: Patients at high risk of bleeding who underwent IHD from September 2019 to May 2021 were prospectively enrolled in 13 blood purification centers of nephrology departments, and were randomly divided into RCA group and saline flushing group. In the RCA group, 0.04 g/mL sodium citrate was infused from the start of the dialysis line during blood draining and at the venous expansion chamber. The sodium citrate was stopped after 3 h of dialysis, which was changed to sequential dialysis without anticoagulant. The hazard ratios for coagulation were according to baseline. RESULTS: A total of 159 patients and 208 sessions were enrolled, including RCA group (80 patients, 110 sessions) and saline flushing group (79 patients, 98 sessions). The incidence of severe coagulation events of extracorporeal circulation in the RCA group was significantly lower than that in the saline flushing group (3.64% vs. 20.41%, P<0.001). The survival time of the filter pipeline in the RCA group was significantly longer than that in the saline flushing group ((238.34±9.33) min vs. (221.73±34.10) min, P<0.001). The urea clearance index (Kt/V) in the RCA group was similar to that in the saline flushing group with no statistically significant difference (1.12±0.34 vs. 1.08±0.34, P=0.41). CONCLUSIONS Compared with saline flushing, the two-stage RCA combined with a sequential anticoagulation strategy significantly reduced extracorporeal circulation clotting events and prolonged the dialysis time without serious adverse events.
Humans ; Citric Acid/adverse effects* ; Prospective Studies ; Sodium Citrate ; Hemorrhage/chemically induced* ; Citrates/adverse effects* ; Anticoagulants/adverse effects* ; Renal Dialysis/adverse effects*

Objective:To analyze the clinicopathological features and prognostic factors of alpha‐fetoprotein‐producing gastric carcinoma (AFPGC).Methods:A retrospective analysis was made on 2 671 GC patients admitted from Jan 1998 to Dec 2018 , AFPGC patients and matching AFP negative GC cases were enrolled and their clinicopathological features and prognostic factors were analyzed. The survival curve was drawn by Kaplan-Meier method. Log-rank test was used to test the significance, Univariate analysis was performed by using COX proportional hazard model.Results:There were 98 AFPGC in this study accounting for 4.5% of all GC of the corresponding time period. The proportion of male to female was 2.16∶1, the average age was (65±12) years. The serum AFP levels significantly decreased after operation in most patients (median: 52 ng/ml vs. 5 ng/ml, Ｚ=-2.736, P=0.001). Serum AFP and CEA levels in patients with AFPGC before treatment were significantly higher than that in patients with AFP negative GC (both P<0.05) . Vascular invasion(62.71% vs. 40.68%) and liver metastasis (31.63% vs .6.12%) were more likely to occur in AFPGC groups (both P<0.05). However, there was no significant difference between the two groups in tumor size, location, differentiation and lymph node metastasis (all P>0.05). The prognosis of AFPGC was significant pooer than that in AFP negative GC ( P<0.05). Prognosis of AFPGC patients was significantly correlated with preoperative serum AFP level, TNM stage, lymph node metastasis, simultaneous liver metastasis and vascular invasion (all P<0.05) . COX multivariate survival analysis found that preoperative serum AFP level was independent risk factors of patients with AFPGC ( P<0.05). Conclusion:AFPGC is a special GC charactering poor prognosis .

Objective:To study the relation ship between the branch patterns of inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) and imaging pelvic measurement parameters for anastomotic leakage (AL) after anterior resection (AR) of rectal cancer.Methods:Five hundred thirty-four patient were enrolled from Jan 2008 to Dec 2018 at the General Surgery Department of Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital. The AL related imaging risk factors were analyzed by chi-square test or Fisher's exact test.Results:AL was found in 36 (6.7%) patients. AL related mortality rate was 11.1% (4/36) compared to 0.4% (2/498) in those without the complications of no AL cases ( P<0.001). Seven pelvic imaging measurement results were attained in 412 patients including anteroposterior diameter of the inlet of the pelvis, anteroposterior diameter of the outlet of the pelvis, upper edge of the symphysis pubis to the tip of the coccyx, sacrococcygeal distance angle from the lower edge of the pubis to the upper edge of the pubis to the sacral promontory, distance between the ischial spines and that of ischial tuberosity. Univariate analysis showed that there was no significant relationship between the above 7 pelvic measurement parameters and the occurrence of AL (all P>0.05). There was no significant relationship between branch patterns of IMA and AL after rectal cancer surgery ( P=0.712). Conclusion:AL as a severe postoperative complication in rectal cancer patients undergoing AR procedure were caused by multiple factors. Neither IMA branch patters nor pelvic imaging measurement seem to be related to the occurrence of AL after AR for rectal cancer.

Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of CT thin-section target reconstruction technique in patients with pulmonary small size groud glass nodules (sGGN).Methods A total of 109 patients with pulmonary sGGN certified post-operation and/or follow up were analyzed retrospectively,and the clinical and CT images of all patients were completely collected.There were 23 cases of benign group,21 cases of adenocarcinoma in situ group,29 cases of minimally invasive adenocarcinoma group and 36 cases of invasive adenocarcinoma group,respectively.The differential diagnostic value using CT thin-section target reconstruction technique was analyzed between the benign and malignant pulmonary sGGN groups,and the CT feature detection rates were compared between CT thin section target and common reconstruction techniques.Results The CT thin-section target reconstruction technique had improved the diagnostic efficiency of pulmonary sGGN.The diagnostic accuracy,area under curve(AUC),sensitivity and specificity were 85.32 ％,0.679,90.80 ％,63.64 ％ in malignant group and 77.06％,0.764,83.72％,52.17％ in benign pulmonary sGGN group,respectively.The CT features as solid component in whole nodule,"halo sign",speculation sign,pleural retraction sign,lobulation sign were more detected by using the thin-section target reconstruction technique than that by using the common reconstruction among adenocarcinoma in situ group,minimally invasive adenocarcinoma group and invasive adenocarcinoma group (P＜0.05) but not speculation sign in the invasive adenocarcinoma group(P=0.126).Conclusion The CT thin section target reconstruction technique can improve the diagnostic value of pulmonary sGGN.

Objective To evaluate the consistency of fetal brain ultrasound screening and neurosonogram (NSG) with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),and the clinical values of ultrasound and NSG in the diagnosis of fetal nervous system abnormalities,and the values of NSG in the diagnosis of fetal brain malformations.Methods A retrospective study was conducted on 221 gravidas who were diagnosed with fetal brain development abnormality by ultrasound screening or NSG in Peking University First Hospital between January 2012 and July 2015 and received fetal brain MRI within one week after ultrasound examination.According to the saved images,the 221 cases were divided into two groups:fetal brain ultrasound basic screening group (111 cases) which had three basic transverse planes and NSG group (110 cases) which had ten basic transverse planes.There were four conditions according to the diagnostic results of ultrasonography and MRI:ultrasonography and MRI suggesting the same diseases (A);ultrasonography and MRI suggesting the same diseases,but MRI providing more information for diagnosis (B);ultrasonography and MRI suggesting different diseases (C);ultrasonography suggesting abnormal,but MRI suggesting normal (D).Diagnostic results of ultrasonography and MRI were respectively comparatively analyzed in the two groups.T-test and Chi-test were used for statistical analysis.Results The diagnostic results for NSG group and fetal brain ultrasound basic screening group were listed as follows:A:70.9％(78/110) and 44.1％(49/111);B:7.3％ (8/110) and 8.1％ (9/111);C:3.6％ (4/110) and 21.6％ (24/111);D:18.2％ (20/110) and 26.1％ (29/111).The consistency with MRI results was higher in NSG group than that of fetal brain ultrasound basic screening group (x2=18.985,P＜0.001).Conclusions Compared with fetal brain ultrasound basic screening,NSG provides more consistent results with MRI,suggesting its great clinical value in the diagnosis of fetal nervous system malformations.

Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of combined scoring of contrast enhanced ultrasound(CEUS) and ultrasonic elastography(UE) for thyroid imaging reporting and date system(TI RADS) 4 type nodules.Methods The CEUS and UE features of 520 TI RADS 4 type nodules were analyzed retrospectively.The scores of each nodule were evaluated and compared with pathological results and fine-needle aspiration cytology(FNAC).ROC curve was used to compare the diagnostic value of CEUS combined with UE or alone in the differential diagnosis of TI-RADS 4 nodules.Results The sensitivity,specificity,accuracy and area under the curve(AUC) of UE were 82.34％,82.25％,82.31％ and 0.841,respectively,when the cut off value of UE score was 4.The sensitivity,specificity,accuracy and AUC of CEUS were 78.63％,65.68％,74.42％ and 0.750,respectively,when the cut-off value of CEUS score was 4.The sensitivity,specificity,accuracy and AUC of CEUS combined with UE were 92.31 ％,75.74％,86.92％ and 0.885,respectively,when the cut-off value of combined score was 6.The sensitivity and accuracy of combined score were higher than those of two other methods,the difference was statistically significant (all P ＜ 0.05),the AUC of combined score was the biggest,it had the highest diagnostic efficacy.Conclusions Combined scoring of CEUS and UE can improve the accuracy in the differential diagnosis of TI-RADS 4 type nodules.

Objective To explore the clinical efficacies of laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy (LDP) with laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) for the treatment of malignant tumors in the body and tail of pancreas.Methods The clinical data of 37 patients with malignant tumors in the body and tail of pancreas who were admitted to the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University from June 2009 to December 2014 were retrospectively analyzed.LDP with LS was performed on all the patients under general anesthesia.The operation time,volume of intraoperative blood loss,postoperative complications,removal time of postoperative drainage tube,duration of hospital stay and results of pathological examinations were recorded.All the patients were followed up via outpatient examination and telephone interview up to May 2015.Results Thirty-seven patients received successful surgery without conversion to open surgery and perioperative death.Of 37 patients,19 received splenectomy due to splenic artery and vein surrounded by masses of pancreatic body and tail,splenic ischemia after clamping or amputating of splenic artery and vein;11 received splenectomy due to splenic hilum invasion,dense adhesions,unclear boundary and difficulty in preserving spleen;7 received splenectomy due to splenic cystic occupying lesion.The operation time,volume of intraoperative blood loss and removal time of drainage tube were (232 ± 42) minutes,(330 ± 160)mL and (5.0 ± 2.0)days,respectively.Four patients were complicated with pancreatic leakage without obvious discomfort and discharged from hospital with a placement of drainage tube,and then drainage tubes were removed after 2 weeks.The mean duration of postoperative hospital stay was 7.5 days (range,5.0-10.0 days).The results of pathological examination showed that resection margin was negative,moderate and low malignant intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) was detected in 12 patients,mucinous cystic carcinoma in 9 patients,moderate and low malignant solid pesudopapillary neoplasm (SPN) in 7 patients,pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in 4 patients,pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer in 3 patients and acinic cell carcinoma in 2 patients.The number of detecting lymph node was (9 ± 3).All the patients were followed up for a mean time of 9 months (range,3-12 months) without recurrence of tumors.The platelet (PLT) of 37 patients was different levels of increasing.Of 21 patients with PLT ＞ 500 × 109/L,PLT was returned to normal range after aspirin and/ or clopidogrel were taken orally.Conclusion LDP with LS is safe and feasible for malignant tumors in the body and tail of pancreas.

Objective To explore three-dimensional ultrasonographic features of common ocular diseases. Methods To acquire the data, the free-hand scanning without positioning system was employed in 3 to 5 seconds. Following or after acquisitions, the data were processed and 3D image was reconstructed. Then three-dimensional ultrasonographic features of ocular diseases were characterized. Results 3D images were rendered successfully on 46 eyes of 48 ones. The reconstruction of 3D ultrasonography provided clear stereo images in which shape, dimension, structure, location of retinal detachment, choroidal detachment, vitreous fibrous membrane, lens dislocation, intraocular foreign body and intraocular trauma could be clearly demonstrated. Conclusions 3D ultrasonography needs much shorter scanning time with good space visualization. In the diagnosis of ocular diseases 3D ultrasonic reconstruction can provide more useful information than traditional 2D ultrasonography.

Color ; Hepatitis, Chronic ; diagnostic imaging ; Humans ; Liver Cirrhosis ; diagnostic imaging ; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color

Objective To assess the value of ultrasound guided percutanuous automatic biopsy of mediastinal tumors.Method Forty-six consecutive biopsies were performed on forty-six patients suffered from mediastinal tumor included 14 thymomas,12 lymphomas,9 metastasis carcinomas,5 mediastinal lung carcinomas,3 teratomas,2 neuroblastomas,1 granulosa cell tumor.Under US guidance,a 18-guage core needle with automatic biopsy device was used.Specimen was fixed with 10% formaldehyde solution.Results The procedure of puncture was successful in all patients.The positive rate histologically was 89%(41/46).No complication (such as hemorrhage,pneumothorax and dyspnoea) was happened.Conclusion We consider that the ultrasound-guided percutaneous needle biopsy is a safe and reliable method for the histological diagnosis of mediastinal tumors.