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Objective To assess the characteristics of brain glucose metabolism in patients with early Parkinson's disease (PD) accompanied by visuospatial working memory impairment using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET imaging.Methods Between January 2015 and March 2017,early PD patients with visuospatial working memory impairment (14 males,6 females,age:(55.7±6.7) years),early PD patients without visuospatial working memory impairment (13 males,7 females,age:(55.7±8.5) years) and healthy controls (14 males,6 females,age:(54.6±6.4) years) were included.Resting-state 18F-FDG PET was performed to obtain the brain glucose metabolism,Subsequently,statistical parametric mapping (SPM) was used to compare the brain glucose metabolic changes among different groups.Results Compared with the control group,hypermetabolism was observed in putamen,globus pallidus,thalamus,pons,cerebellum and primary motor cortex and hypometabolism was found in part of the occipital and temporal lobe in the groups ofearly PD (Zmax values:3.19-6.86,t values:2.11-9.96,all P＜0.001).The PD group with visuospatial working memory impairment had hypometabolism regions in bilateral lateral prefrontal cortex and posterior parietal cortex compared with the group without visuospatial working memory impairment.Conclusion Abnormal metabolism of glucose in visual processing channels of brain in early PD patients may be one of the causes of visuospatial working memory impairment.
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[Objective] The objective of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the 2013 edition of Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) ultrasound lexicon in diagnosing breast categories 3-5 lesions.[Methods] Using our breast ultrasound database from June 2014 to June 2016,we identified 4428 BI-RADS category 3 to 5 lesions with a known pathological diagnosis in 4 428 adult women.The positive predictive value (PPV) of each BI-RADS category was calculated based on the pathological diagnoses and compared with the reference range provided by the American College of Radiology (ACR).[Results] 4 428 lesions from 4428 patients were included in this study.The PPV of each BI-RADS category waswithin the reference range provided by the ACR in 2013.1198 (27.1％) pathological malignant/borderline results were found in the 4 428 lesions,the other 3 230 (72.9％)lesions were diagnosed with benign results.Among the malignant/borderline lesions,the rate of lymph node metastasis gradually increased as the BI-RADS categories were upgraded.Malignant lesions with a diagnosis ofinvasive ductal carcinoma or invasive lobular carcinoma showed an increasing distribution trend from category 3 to 5.[Conclusion] The 2013 editionof BI-RADS ultrasound lexiconhas good diagnostic accuracy and efficiencyin clinical practice.
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Objective To explore the early diagnosis,surgical treatment and clinical effect of acute superior mesenteric artery embolism.Methods Base on the retrospectively study of the clinical data of 10 patients with acute superior mesenteric artery embolism,all the patients were treated with routine blood test,D -dimer,abdominal ultrasound,abdominal CT examination.At the same time,partial selective superior mesenteric artery angiography was performed.Patients with definite or highly suspected of mesenteric artery embolism,such as no absolute surgical procedure, were treated by immediate surgical fixation.Superior mesenteric artery embolism was confirmed in the surgery.Then Operation was decided according to intestinal necrosis.Fogaty catheter removal was applied to the main trunk of the superior mesenteric artery.At the same time,such as the discovery of branches of vascular embolism,the therapy using direct injection of urokinase in local embolism was performed because of difficulty in embolectomy for narrow vessels. Then anticoagulation therapy was performed after surgery.Results Among them,1 case gave up treatment from the hospital,2 cases died of multiple organ failure after operation,and 7 cases recovered well after operation.Conclusion Early diagnosis of acute superior mesenteric artery embolization combined with early surgical treatment is the key to the treatment of acute superior mesenteric artery embolism.The cure rate can be significantly improved and the mortality rate can be reduced.Fogaty catheter was applied to treat acute superior mesenteric artery embolism with the therapy using direct injection of urokinase in local embolism has the characteristics of quick effect and curative effect.
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Objective To explore the effect of ω-3 fish oil on nutrition improvement and inflammatory reaction of patients with gastrointestinal tumor after operation.Methods 60 cases with gastrointestinal tumor were divided into control group(30 cases) and study group (30 cases),both groups were provided with parenteral nutrition treatment[ 104.6 kJ · kg-1 · d-1 ].Fish-oil fatty emulsion was given to the study group.The postoperative for the first day received half of the total energy and the total energy The remaining four days.Blood samples were gained on the morning of day 1,on the morning of day 3 and day 6 after operation respectively to measure albumin ( ALB),prealbumin (PA),total protein(TP),transferrin(TRF),the neutrophilic granulocyte count,lymphocyte count (TLC),serum C-reactive protein(CRP).Results Both groups of patients was comparable(all P ＜ 0.05 ).Both groups of patients was treated after five days of postoperative and ALB,TP,TRF were not significantly different.PA in both groups on day 6 was significantly increased,and the study group was higher than control group.there were statistical differences between them ( all P ＜ 0.05 ).The neutrophilic granulocyte count and CRP of both groups were significant reduced,and the study group was lower than control group.There were statistical differences between them( all P ＜0.05 ).Conclusion ω-3 fish oil on nutrition could improve nutritional quality and modulate inflammatory reaction of patients with gastrointestinal tumor after operation.
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Objective To investigate the safety and feasibility of robot-assisted laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for colonic cancer. Methods These 5 patients with ascending colonic cancer received robot-assisted laparoscopic right hemicolectomy. Results All operations were performed successfully. There was no postoperative complications. Da Vinci surgical system was found to be associated with fewer hemorrhage, rapid postoperative intestinal recovery, and therefore a shorter hospital stay. Conclusions Robot-assisted laparoscopic right hemicolectomy can be applied safely and with feasibility for colonic cancer.
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Objective To increase the sensitivity of quantitative PCR using DNA polymerase in combination with aptamer 6-10.Methods The quantitative PCR was performed using DNA polymerase mixed with aptamer 6-10 or specific antibody.The low detection limit of each modified method was compared with that of the conventional method.Results The quantitative PCR using aptamer 6-10(200 nmol/L) or specific antibody increased the low detection limit of human death receptor 5(DR5) plasmid from 105 copies/?l to 103 copies/?l.Melting curves showed that each method had minimal nonspecific amplification when the concentration of DR5 plasmid was 105 copies/?l;however,when the concentration of DR5 plasmid was 103 copies/?l,the conventional method had nonspecific amplification,whereas the method using aptamer 6-10 had minimal nonspecific amplification.Conclusions Aptamer 6-10 of DNA polymerase can increase the sensitivity of quantitative PCR.
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Objective:To investigate the effect of blocking BRCAA1 gene expression with siRNA on the proliferation of tumor cell line MCF-7 and Rb gene expression.Methods:RNAi was employed to specifically knock down BRCAA1 expression.MCF-7 cells were transfected with complexes constructed with lipids and chemically synthesized Pre-designed anti-BRCAA1 siRNAs.The total RNA was isolated and reversely transcribed after 48 h.The expressions of BRCAA1 and Rb mRNA were determined by Real-Time PCR.Results:Compared with negative control,transfected MCF-7 cells had a 42.3% decrease in expression of BRCAA1 mRNA and an 11.1% increase in Rb mRNA expression.The inhibitory rate of MCF-7 cells proliferation was(81.6?6.1)%.Conclusion:There may be some antagonistic effect between BRCAA1 gene and Rb gene in proliferation of tumor cells,which provides a potential target for anti-tumor gene therapy.