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【Objective】 To explore the predictive value of preoperative liver function for massive blood transfusion (MBT) in patients undergoing ascending aorta surgery. 【Methods】 Data from 238 patients undergoing ascending aorta surgery in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at The Affiliated Lihuili Hospital of Ningbo University were collected. Preoperative liver function tests were performed for all patients. Based on the perioperative transfusion volumes of red blood cell suspension, patients were divided into the MBT group, non-MBT group, and no blood transfusion (NBT) group. Clinical data during the perioperative period were compared among different groups. Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC curve) analysis was used to assess the predictive value of liver function indicators for MBT and determine cut-off values. 【Results】 Compared with the non-MBT group and NBT group, the MBT group showed statistically significant differences in preoperative levels of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), direct bilirubin (DBIL), and serum albumin (SA) (P28.50 U/L, ALT >40.00 U/L, SA ≤34.55 g/L, and DBIL >4.25 μmol/L, there was a significant increase in the transfusion volume of various blood components and the incidence of MBT. 【Conclusion】 Preoperative liver function indicators (AST, ALT, SA, DBIL) have a moderate predictive value for MBT in patients undergoing ascending aorta surgery.
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Objective To detect sHLA-G expression in plasma exosomes in patients with colorectal cancer and evaluate its clinical significance.Methods Retrospective study.Plasma was collected from 52 primary CRC patients,20 colorectal polyps patients,20 inflammatory bowel disease patients and 25 healthy donors in the Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province from May 2017 to August 2018.The exosomes were extracted by exoEasyMaxikit and identified by nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) and Western blot.Exosomal sHLA-G was detected by flow cytometry (FCM) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).The diagnostic values of exosomal sHLA-G detected by FCM and ELISA were assessed,and their diagnostic performances were compared with carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and carbohydrate antigen CA19-9 by ROC curve and Youden index.Results The peak size of exosomes extracted from plasma in CRC patients was 101.1 nm and Western blot showed these exosomes expressed marker CD63,CDS1,and TSG101.Exosomal sHLA-G of CRC patients [28.0(21.5-35.1)U/ml] was significantly higher than that in healthy controls[19.6(16.8-21.3) U/ml,U=143.0,P＜0.001],colorectal polyps patients[19.7(16.2-22.5)U/ml,U=180.0,P＜0.001] as well as inflammatory bowel disease patients[19.9(16.7-25.2)U/ml,U=197,P＜0.001].The postoperative sHLA-G level[19.6(17.8-26.3)U / ml,U=325.5,P=0.015] was significantly lower than that in pre-operation.Exosomal sHLA-G was significantly different in different tumor status(U=64.0,P=0.006),lymph node metastasis (U=81.0,P=0.003) and TNM stage (U=105.0,P=0.015) in patients with CRC.ROC curve showed the area under the curve (AUC) of exosomal sHLA-G detected by FCM and ELISA,CEA and CA19-9 was 0.962±0.019,0.899±0.038,0.786±0.058,0.680±0.068,respectively.The difference of AUC was operated by Z test,and it showed that the exosomal sHLA-G detected by FCM was superior to CEA(Z=2.884,P=0.004)and CA19-9(Z=3.994,P＜0.001),and the exosomal sHLA-G detected by ELISA was superior to CA19-9(Z=2.811,P=0.005).Conclusion Plasma exosomal sHLA-G was associated with the progression of CRC and its diagnostic value was superior to the traditional tumor markers CEA and CA 19-9.
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Objective To explore the association between the C46T polymorphism of coagulation factor Ⅻ (FⅫ) gene and the involvement of FⅫ activity (FⅫ:C) in patients with unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion (URSA), and to elucidate its role in the pathogenesis of URSA. Methods This study included 203 patients with URSA (URSA group) and 171 healthy women with at least one child and no history of infertility or miscarriage (control group) in the southern area of Zhejiang Province. The C 46T polymorphism of the FⅫ gene was analyzed with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight-mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) in all subjects. The values of prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), fibrinogen, FⅫ:C and other coagulant parameters were determined. The frequency distribution of the wild-type (CC), heterozygote (CT), homozygote (TT) genotypes and C and T alleles were compared between the patients and controls. A comprehensive analysis of association was conducted between C46T genotypes and the FⅫ:C levels in URSA patients. Results The CC, CT, TT genotypes of the FⅫgene were observed in 7 (3.4%, 7/203), 83 (40.9%, 83/203) and 113 (55.7%, 113/203) patients with URSA versus 7 (4.1%, 7/171), 46 (26.9%, 46/171) and 118 (69.0%, 118/171) controls. The frequency of CT in the patients with URSA was significantly higher than that in controls, but the frequency of TT in the patients was lower than that in controls (χ2=7.939, OR=1.884, 95%CI:1.210-2.935, P<0.05). The frequencies of allele C and allele T were observed in 97 (23.9%, 97/406) and 309 (76.1%, 309/406) patients with URSA versus 60 (17.5%, 60/342) and 282 (82.5%, 282/342) controls. The distribution frequency of allele T in URSA group was lower than that in control group (χ2=4.510, OR=1.475, 95%CI:1.029-2.115, P<0.05). The FⅫ:C levels in the patients were (102±13)%in CC genotype, (78±11)%in CT genotype and (59± 9)%in TT genotype, respectively. The differences of the FⅫ:C levels between the CC and CT, CT and TT, CC and TT genotypes in the patients were significant (all P<0.05). Conclusions The low level of FⅫ:C maybe result from the T allele of the FⅫgene in URSA patients. The CT genotype might be relative to the pathogenesis of URSA in a Chinese Han female population from the southern area of Zhejiang province.