Clinical features and prediction of 152 patients of acute pancreatitis complicated with portal vein system thrombosis / 中华消化杂志

Objective:To explore the clinical features of acute pancreatitis (AP) complicated with portal vein system thrombosis (PVST) and the clinical prediction of symptomatic PVST.Methods:From January 2014 to December 2019, at First Affiliated Hospital and Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, 152 hospitalized patients who met the diagnostic criteria of AP complicated with PVST and had complete clinical data were retrospectively analyzed, and the clinical characteristics of them were analyzed. According to whether there were clinical manifestations caused by PVST (esophago-gastric variceal bleeding, persistent ascites, intestinal ischemia), AP patients complicated with PVST were divided into symptomatic group ( n=48) and asymptomatic group ( n=104). The differences in general information, laboratory test indicators, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅱ (APACHE Ⅱ), Balthazar computed tomography (CT) score, local and systemic complications were compared between symptomatic group and asymptomatic group. Two independent sample t test, two sample rank sum test, and chi-square test were used for statistical analysis. The binary logistic regression was used for multivariate analysis. Results:The severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) complicated with PVST was common, accounted for 73.0% (111/152), and the hospital mortality rate was 14.5% (22/152). The splenic vein (46.1%, 70/152) was the most common single vessel involved. The hospital stay of the symptomatic group was longer than that of the asymptomatic group, the hospitalization costs and hospital mortality of the symptomatic group were both higher than those of the asymptomatic group ((26.31±19.38) d vs. (15.11±9.31) d, (103 463.68±15 312.74) yuan vs. (37 199.38±4 647.17) yuan, 25.0%, 12/48 vs. 9.6%, 10/104, respectively), and the differences were statistically significant ( t=-3.809 and -4.141, χ2=6.280; all P<0.05). The lactic acid dehydrogenase, C-reactive protein, and prothrombin time of the symptomatic group were all higher than those of the asymptomatic group (4.78 μmol·s -1·L -1, 2.96 μmol·s -1·L -1 to 7.82 μmol·s -1·L -1 vs. 4.42 μmol·s -1·L -1, 3.29 μmol·s -1·L -1 to 9.30 μmol·s -1·L -1; 69.53 mg/L, 29.49 mg/L to 147.14 mg/L vs. 40.90 mg/L, 8.88 mg/L to 104.89 mg/L; (16.88±8.23) s vs. (14.12±1.59) s), however the hematocrit and blood calcium in the symptomatic group were both lower than those of the asymptomatic group ((34.97±8.96)% vs. (39.18±7.17)%, (2.01±0.32) mmol/L vs. (2.17±0.19) mmol/L), and the differences were all statistically significant ( Z=-2.067 and -1.977, t=-2.281, 3.072 and 3.083; all P<0.05). The scores of APACHE Ⅱand Balthazar CT, the rate of local complications of pancreatic necrosis, and systemic complications including abdominal hemorrhage, septic shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome, lung infection and pleural effusion of the symptomatic group were higher than those of the asymptomatic group (7.21±3.84 vs. 5.27±2.31, 7.10±1.57 vs. 4.83±1.87, 87.5%, 42/48 vs. 28.8%, 30/104; 10.4%, 5/48 vs. 1.9%, 2/104; 18.8%, 9/48 vs. 1.9%, 2/104; 25.0%, 12/48 vs. 3.8%, 4/104; 91.7%, 44/48 vs. 60.6%, 63/104; 85.4%, 41/48 vs. 49.0%, 51/104; respectively), and the differences were statistically significant ( t=-3.241 and -7.331, χ2=45.320, 5.393, 13.852, 15.604, 15.323 and 18.191; all P<0.05). The results of binary logistic regression showed that Balthazar CT score was an independent risk factor for symptomatic PVST ( P<0.01), and odds ratio (95% confidence interval) was 1.79 (1.41 to 2.29). Conclusions:Balthazar CT score is an influencing factor of symptomatic PVST in AP patients, and patients with high scores should be treated early to improve the prognosis.

Analysis of individual dose monitoring results of occupational external exposure in medical institutions in Yangpu District from 2018 to 2020 / 中国辐射卫生

Objective To ascertain the levels and distributions of individual dose of radiologic workers arising from external exposure in medical institutions in Yangpu District during 2018—2020, so as to provide basic data for the prevention of occupational radiation diseases. Methods Based on the individual dose monitoring specifications for occupational external exposure, the individual dose of radiologic workers was monitored by the thermoluminescence dosimetry systems, and the data were collected and analyzed. Results A total of 2082 people were monitored from 2018 to 2020, and the average annual effective dose per capital was 0.20 mSv·a−1. The average annual effective dose per capital in 2020 was lower than that in 2018 and 2019, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The average annual effective dose of 4 radiologic workers exceeded 5 mSv·a−1 per capital. The average annual effective dose of diagnostic radiology was 0.20 mSv·a−1, which was higher than that of dental radiology and other medical applications, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The average annual effective dose per capital of nuclear medicine was 0.34 mSv·a−1, which was higher than that of other medical categories, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The average annual effective dose per capital in unrated hospitals was 0.14 mSv·a−1, which was lower than that in tertiary hospitals and secondary hospitals, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion The average annual effective dose per capital of radiologic workers in medical institutions in Yangpu District is generally kept at a low level. The radiation protection of radiologic workers in nuclear medicine, secondary and tertiary hospitals should be strengthened to reduce the occupational external exposure doses to the lowest level as possible.

Research advances in continuous blood purification in treatment of severe acute pancreatitis / 临床肝胆病杂志

Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) is a disease with dangerous course and poor prognosis, and although medical technology keeps improving over the years, the mortality rate of SAP remains high. As the latest achievement in the field of blood purification over the past 30 years, continuous blood purification has made great achievements in the treatment of SAP; however, there are still many controversies, and further studies are needed to explore therapeutic effect and mechanism. This article reviews the studies on continuous blood purification in the treatment of SAP in recent years and elaborates on its therapeutic mechanism, treatment mode, and treatment effect.

Role of exosomes in the metastasis of pancreatic cancer / 临床肝胆病杂志

Although great achievements have been made in the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer in the past several decades, the 5-year survival rate of this disease is still below 10% due to high degree of malignancy, rapid progression, and strong invasion and metastasis. Exosomes are a class of nanoscale membranous vesicles that can be secreted by a variety of cells, and they carry various substances including proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids and participate in various physiological and pathological processes, such as intercellular material transport, information transmission, and development, progression, and metastasis of tumor. Studies have shown that exosomes play an important role in the metastasis of pancreatic cancer and can regulate the metastasis of pancreatic cancer by promoting epithelial-mesenchymal transition and angiogenesis to act on tumor microenvironment, affecting the formation of premetastatic microenvironment, and participating in the formation of immunosuppression microenvironment. This article reviews the research advances in exosomes in the metastasis of pancreatic cancer.

Application practice of case surveillance system for healthcare-associated infections / 中华医院管理杂志

The healthcare-associated infections (HAI) cases monitoring system, automatic access to the medical record homepage and HAI early warning application of untreated early warning information interception and other means of information are introduced into the hospital. These means ensure the accuracy and integrity of the medical record homepage diagnostic and statistical data base information, and HAI consistency as well. Closed loop management of HAI cases provides accurate information for the hospital business intelligence platform, serving hospital administration and clinical management with accurate data. Hence precise decision-making basis can be provided for the improvement of medical quality of the hospital.

The Effects of 4-Hydroxybenzoic Acid Identified from Bamboo (Dendrocalamus asper) Shoots on Kv1.4 Channel

Background: Bamboo shoot has been used as a treatment for epilepsy in traditional Chinese medicine for generations to treat neuronal disorders such as convulsive, dizziness and headaches. 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (4-hba) is a non-flavonoid phenol found abundantly in Dendrocalamus asper shoots (bamboo), fruits (strawberries and apples) and flowers. Kv1.4 is a rapidly inactivating Shaker-related member of the voltage-gated potassium channels with two inactivation mechanisms; the fast N-type and slow C-type. It plays vital roles in repolarisation, hyperpolarisation and signaling the restoration of resting membrane potential through the regulation of the movement of K+ across the cellular membrane. Methods: Chemical compounds from Dendrocalamus asper bamboo shoots were purified and identified as major palmitic acids mixed with other minor fatty acids, palmitic acid, 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde, lauric acid, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid and cholest-4-ene-3-one. The response of synthetic 4-hydroxybenzoic acid was tested on Kv1.4 potassium channel which was injected into viable oocytes that was extracted from Xenopus laevis. The current were detected by the two-microelectrode voltage clamp, holding potential starting from −80 mV with 20 mV stepup until +80 mV. Readings of treatments with 0.1% DMSO, 4-hba concentrations and K channel blockers were taken at +60 mV. The ratio of tail/peak amplitude is the index of the activity of the Kv1.4 channels with n ≥ 6 (number of oocytes tested). The decreases of the ratios of five different concentrations (1 μM, 10 μM, 100 μM, 1 mM and 2.5 mM) were compared with 0.1% DMSO as the control. Results: All concentration showed statistically significant results with P < 0.05 except for 100 μM. The normalised current of the 4-hba concentrations were compared with potassium channel blockers (TEA and 4-AP) and all groups showed statistically significant results. This study also showed that time taken for each concentration to affect Kv1.4 does not play any significant roles. Conclusion: 4-hydroxybenzoic acid was found to be able to enhance the inactivation of Kv1.4 by lowering the membrane potential so that the abnormal neuronal firing can be inhibited. With IC50 slightly higher than 10 μM, increasing concentrations (100 μM, 1 mM and 2.5 mM) had shown to exhibit toxicity effects. The best concentration from this study is 10 μM with Hill slope of 0.1799.

Closed-loop of workflow-based hospital infection control network / 中华医院管理杂志

Routine supervision on hospital infection control was normally fed back on paper-based media,plagued by low efficiency and poor traceability.A feedback process developed with Workflow technology,can loop the entire process ranging from routine supervision to identifying loopholes,to hospital infection and joint development of correctional measures clinically,all the way to implementation of infection control practice and sustained improvement.The closed-loop PDCA cycle management features greater efficiency and traceability in hospital management of its infection control,and builds a quality improvement model featuring close communication between infection control department and clinical departments.

Characteristics of healthcare-associated infection in elderly hospitalized patients / 中国感染控制杂志

Objective To investigate the characteristics of healthcare-associated infection(HAI) in elderly hospitalized patients,and analyze the risk factors for HAL Methods Incidences of HAI in elderly(elderly group) and non-elderly hospitalized patients (control) in a tertiary first-class hospital were investigated,the underlying diseases,infection sites,department distribution and so on between two groups of patients were compared.Results The incidence of HAI in elderly group was higher than that in control group(3.38 ％ vs 1.45 ％,P＜0.05);the proportions of hypertension and diabetes mellitus in elderly group was higher than control group,while cerebrovascular disease was lower than control group.The proportion of lower respiratory tract infection,urinary system infection and antimicrobial-associated diarrheal in the elderly were higher than control group(41.62％ vs 28.00％,15.44％ vs 12.02％,6.03％ vs 3.15％,respectively).The incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infection in the elderly group was higher than that in control group(6.85‰ vs 3.95‰,RR95％CI =1.209-2.485,P＜0.05).The proportion of HAI in the elderly group in internal medicine departments was higher than that in control group (52.71％ vs 40.03％),while in intensive care unit was lower than control group (33.52％ vs 41.19％).Conclusion The characteristics of HAI in elderly patients are closely related to their demographic characteristics,early prevention of HAI in key sites should be carried out according to its characteristics.

Mind mapping joint microstandard teaching method in the application of wear to take off the pro-tective equipment skills training / 中华医学教育探索杂志

Objective To improve the accuracy of medical students to put on and off the protective equipment with mind map joint microteaching approach teaching method. Method 90 medical students in clinical practice were randomly selected for teaching objects and divided into two groups, each group having 45 people. The control group used the traditional teaching while the experimental group was trained by mind map joint microteaching approach teaching method. And then, the examination table was conducted to each group and the assessment accuracy of the skills assessment results and excellent rates of the two groups were compared. Statistical analysis was performed by χ2 test. Results The average score of students of the experiment group in the whole set of putting on and off protective equipment and skills points assessment were higher than the control group, and the difference was statistically significant [(91.40±6.61) vs. (80.09± 6.28), P=0.001; (12.13±2.26) vs. (8.78±2.45), P=0.001]. The excellent rate of students of the experiment group in putting on and off protective equipment assessment and skills points examination was higher than the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (80%vs. 35%, P=0.001;71%vs. 13%, P=0.001). Conclusion Using innovative mind map joint microteaching approach teaching method can im-prove the medical students' operating skills and excellent rate s in putting on and off the protective equip-ment, and at the same time enhance their learning interest and professional protection level.

Teaching research of improving hand hygiene skills among medical students / 中华医学教育探索杂志

Objective On the background of the clinical skills competition for national medi-cal students in the higher medical colleges and universities, to investigate medical students' mastery of hand hygiene knowledge and skills, explore the effective methods of teaching, and improve the medical students' hand hygiene compliance and accuracy in clinical practice. Methods 90 medical students at a tertiary-level teaching hospital clinical practice stage were randomly selected for the study, and performed hand hygiene theoretical knowledge and practical skills training in special education. Special teaching investigation was made before and after training, to investigate the students' hand hygiene compliance rate in clinical practice. And the correct rate of hand hygiene were examined and medical students' hand hygiene compliance rate and correct rate were compared before and after the special teaching and training. Statistical analysis was made by using chi square test 2. Results After theory teaching and additional special skills training the students' hand hygiene compliance and accuracy were improved significantly (79.00%vs. 35.50%, P=0.000). The correct rate of hand hygiene was also significantly higher than before training (92.22% vs. 61.11%, P=0.000). Conclusion Hand hygiene knowledge and skills training can significantly improve the medical students' hand hygiene compliance and accuracy in the clinical practice, and is conducive to the prevention of the spread of infection in hospitals, and then reduce the incidence of hospital infection.

Study of exogenous carbon monoxide-releasing molecules 2 on endotoxin/lipopolysaccharide-induced abnormal activation of platelets of healthy human donors / 中华烧伤杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the effects of exogenous carbon monoxide-releasing molecules 2 (CORM-2) on LPS-induced abnormal activation of platelets in peripheral blood of healthy human donors and its possible molecular mechanism.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Venous blood samples were collected from a healthy volunteer, and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) from the blood were isolated by differential centrifugation. The PRP was subpackaged into siliconized test tubes and then divided into control group, LPS group, inactive CORM-2 (iCORM-2) group, 10 µmol/L CORM-2 group, and 50 µmol/L CORM-2 group according to the random number table, with 3 tubes in each group. The PRP in control group did not receive any treatment. The PRP in LPS group received LPS (20 mL, 10 µg/mL) stimulation, and the PRP in iCORM-2 group, 10 µmol/L CORM-2 group, and 50 µmol/L CORM-2 group underwent the same LPS stimulation and treatment of 50 µmol/L iCORM-2, 10 µmol/L CORM-2, and 50 µmol/L CORM-2, respectively, with the dosage of 20 mL. After being cultured for 30 min, the platelet adhesion rate was determined by glass bottle method, the number of platelet spreading on fibrinogen was determined with immunofluorescent method, and the platelet aggregation rate was measured by turbidimetric method. The platelet poor plasma (PPP) was prepared from PRP, the levels of ATP in PPP and platelets were determined by chemical fluorescein method. The expressions of platelet glycoprotein I bα (GPIbα) and GPVI were analyzed by flow cytometer. The expressions of glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK-3β) and phosphorylated GSK-3β were determined by Western blotting and immunoprecipitation, respectively. Measurement of the above indices was repeated for 3 times. Data were processed with one-way analysis of variance and SNK test.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Compared with those in control group, the platelet adhesion rates, numbers of platelets spreading on fibrinogen, platelet aggregation rates, expressions of GPIbα and GPVI in PRP, levels of ATP in PPP in LPS and iCORM-2 groups were significantly increased, while levels of ATP in platelets were significantly decreased (with P values below 0.05). Compared with those in LPS group, the former 7 indices in iCORM-2 group showed no significant differences (with P values above 0.05), while the levels of ATP in platelets in the 10 µmol/L CORM-2 and 50 µmol/L CORM-2 groups were significantly increased, and the other 6 indices in 10 µmol/L CORM-2 and 50 µmol/L CORM-2 groups were significantly decreased (with P values below 0.05). The expression levels of GSK-3β of the platelets in PRP in control, LPS, iCORM-2, 10 µmol/L CORM-2, and 50 µmol/L CORM-2 groups were 0.550 ± 0.060, 1.437 ± 0.214, 1.210 ± 0.108, 0.720 ± 0.010, and 0.670 ± 0.010, respectively, and the expression levels of the phosphorylated GSK-3β of the platelets in PRP in the above 5 groups were 0.950 ± 0.070, 1.607 ± 0.121, 1.420 ± 0.040, 1.167 ± 0.015, and 0.513 ± 0.122, respectively. Compared with those in control group, both the expression levels of GSK-3β and phosphorylated GSK-3β of the platelets in PRP in LPS and iCORM-2 groups were significantly increased (with P values below 0.05). The expression levels of GSK-3β and phosphorylated GSK-3β of the platelets in PRP between LPS group and iCORM-2 group were similar (with P values above 0.05). The expression levels of GSK-3β and phosphorylated GSK-3β of the platelets in PRP in 10 µmol/L CORM-2 and 50 µmol/L CORM-2 groups were significantly decreased compared with those in LPS group (with P values below 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>LPS stimulation can abnormally activate the platelets in peripheral blood of healthy human, but the abnormal activation can be inhibited by CORM-2 intervention, and the mechanism of the latter may involve the phosphorylation of GSK-3β mediated by GP.</p>

Explorations for the evaluation index system of prevention and control of hospital associated infection / 中华医院管理杂志

In accordance with the General Hospital Accreditation Standards Ⅲ (2011) and other HAI-related hospital guidelines,a quantitative assessment index system for infection control of general hospitals has been established.Based on these,departmental performance of the hospital has been regularly checked in their infection control,and the outcomes of assessment included into the performance appraisal system of the hospital.Thanks to this practice,there have been no outbreaks of hospital associated infections in the hospital in recent two years,the incidence of hospital associated infection decreased from 1.25％ in 2012 to 1.05％ in 2013.Proper hand hygiene rates,compliance rates increased from 45.3％ and 26.9 ％ in 2012 to 92.4 ％and 65.5 ％ in 2013.The index system for evaluating prevention and control of hospital associated infection is scientific and effective.

Strategies for automatic extraction of key words from medical news / 中华医学图书情报杂志

The strategies for automatic extraction of key words from medical news were put forward by adding the MeSH terms into the general classification table in combination with the length of MeSH terms and location-weigh-ted MeSH terms.The key words randomly selected from 100 papers reporting medical news on 10 Websites were in-dexed and verified by machine indexing.The extraction accuracy was 0.34 and the recall rate was 0.30, showing that the strategies can be used for automatic extraction of key words from medical news.

Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells are induced in vitro to differentiate into fibroblasts / 中国组织工程研究

BACKGROUND:The umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells possess multipotent differentiation capacity, but less research focus on its differentiation into fibroblasts. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the capacity of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells differentiating into fibroblasts. METHODS:Using adherent method, human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells were isolated, and flow cytometric analysis of the surface antigen was performed. Passage 3 cells were selected for osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation, and cells differentiated into fibroblasts under the induction of basic fibroblast growth factor. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Adherent stem cells were stably isolated from the umbilical cord. Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells lowly expressed CD31, CD45, CD40, HLA-DR, but strongly expressed CD29, CD90, CD44, CD105. Oil red O staining showed red droplets were ful of the cytoplasm after adipogenic induction;alizarin red staining showed red calcium nodules after osteogenic induction. After induced by basic fibroblast growth factor, the type I col agen expression was significantly higher than that in the control group. These findings indicate that the adherent human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells are reliably isolated with high purity;basic fibroblast growth factor can induce differentiation of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells into fibroblasts.

Words frequency statistics-based automatic controlled indexing of medical news / 中华医学图书情报杂志

After the necessity of using medical news information and the advances in its automatic indexing were analyzed, a novel automatic controlled indexing method of medical news text was put forward. The method intro-duced translated MeSH vocabulary as the main indexing words, merging Chinese commonly used word segmentation dictionary, then calculated word frequency for document text which added split token and sorted it, choose top 5 high-frequency words in MeSH vocabulary indexed document after deleting high-frequency words not in MeSH vo-cabulary.

Investigation and control on the epidemic of surgical site infection follow-ing clean wound operation in orthopedics patients / 中国感染控制杂志

Objective To explore the investigation and control method for the epidemic of surgical site infection (SSI)in a hospital.Methods Data of orthopedics patients receiving clean wound orthopedics operation were ana-lyzed retrospectively,and effective measures were taken to control the epidemic of HAI.Results From June to August 2012,a total of 312 patients received clean wound orthopedics operation,7 (2.24%)SSI cases occurred.SSI rates during the same period from 2009 to 2012 were significantly different(P <0.05),and was the highest in 2012. HAI management staff reviewed patients’medical records,communicated with staff in orthopedics department,and put forward advice for SSI control;orthopedics department worked out and implemented detailed infection control measures.The subsequent surveillance showed that the prevalence of SSI in orthopedics ward decreased to 0.38%, infection outbreak was effectively controlled.Conclusion HAI management department played an important role in the finding and control of HAI outbreak.Scientific analysis on monitored data and proper measures adopted by HAI management department and clinical department can effectively control HAI outbreak.

Matrix-producing metaplastic carcinoma: a clinicopathologic and prognostic analysis of 16 cases with review of literature / 中华病理学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the clinicopathologic features, immunophenotype and prognosis of matrix-producing metaplastic carcinoma (MPC).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Sixteen cases of MPC diagnosed between 2002 and 2012 in West China Hospital were identified. The clinicopathologic features were analyzed. Immunohistochemistry for E-cadherin, S-100 protein, CK5/6, HCK, PCK, CK7, CK8, p63, SMA, EMA, CD99, MSA, CK14, EGFR, ER, PR, HER2 and Ki-67 was performed with EnVision method. The clinical outcome was evaluated and compared to matched controls of invasive ductal carcinoma.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>All patients were women and ranged in age from 29 to 69 years (median age 48 years). The median size of primary tumor was 4 cm. Most of the tumors were well-circumscribed with expansile and multinodular appearance. Histology showed invasive carcinoma with a direct transition from carcinoma to cartilaginous/chondromyxoid matrix without an intervening spindle cell component. Tumor distribution was either nodular or diffuse. The matrix component accounted for 10%-80% of the tumor volume. All the tumors were strongly positive for S-100 protein and basal-like cytokeratin with triple negative phenotype (ER, PR and HER2 negative). Alcian blue stain was positive for the cartilaginous/chondromyxoid matrix. Compared with invasive ductal carcinoma, patients with MPC had increased locoregional recurrence (P = 0.010), increased distant recurrence (P = 0.011) and shorter disease-free survival (P = 0.017).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>MPC is a rare variant of mammary metaplastic carcinoma with unique characteristics of morphology and immunohistochemical staining pattern. This subtype seems to have aggressive biologic behavior.</p>

Study of the relationship between Wnt/β-catenin and drug resistance of choriocarcinoma / 中国医师杂志

Objective To investigate the relationship between the expression of β-catenin and drug-resistance mechanism of choriocarcinoma according to the expression of β-catenin in JEG-3 cells (human choriocarcinoma cell line) and drug resistant JEG-3/VP16 cells.Methods The mRNA and protein expressions of β-catenin were analyzed with reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR) and Western blotting.Flow cytometry was used to determine the percentages of β-catenin-positive cells in the two choriocarcinoma cell lines.Results Both drug resistant choriocarcinoma cells and drag sensitive cells were found to express β-catenin; but the expression of β-catenin mRNA (1.43 ±0.24) and protein(1.49 ±0.17)in drug resistant choriocarcinoma cells was found much higher than that in drug sensitive cells(0.65 ±0.14,0.66 ±0.16,P ＜0.01).And according to detect by flow cytometry,we found the number of β-catenin-positive cells in JEG-3/VP16 cells [(40.13 ±5.17) ％] was much more than that in JEG-3 cells [(13.15 ± 1.48) ％,P ＜ 0.01].Conclusions β-catenin was highly expressed in the drug resistant choriocarcinoma cell line (JEG-3/VP16).It indicates β-catenin might be involved in the drug resistance mechanism of choriocareinoma.

Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Score Predicting Nosocomial Infection and Outcome in ICU Patients / 中华医院感染学杂志

OBJECTIVE To study relativity of systemic inflammatory response syndrome(SIRS) score and nosocomial infection(NI) and outcome in ICU patients.METHODS A total of 1897 ICU patients were enrolled in our study.The SIRS within 48 hours after admission was recorded.And the prospective evaluation in NI and prognosis was made.RESULTS The nosocomial infection rate was 10.1%,and the mortality was 9.9%.With SIRS score increasing,NI and mortality rates increased as well and the tendency presented a linear correlation.CONCLUSIONS As a simple system,SIRS score can initially predict the risk of NI and outcome in ICU patients.

Risk Factors of Hospital Acquired Urinary System Infection in Neurology ICU and Emergency ICU / 中华医院感染学杂志

OBJECTIVE To study the risk factors of hospital acquired urinary system infection in neurology ICU(NICU) and emergency ICU(EICU).METHODS The general character,score of APACHE Ⅱ and the time length of urethral catheterization of the 502 NICU and EICU patients were enrolled in our study.Then the relativity of the risk factors and hospital acquired urinary system infection were investigated.RESULTS Urethral catheterization increased the chances of hospital acquired urinary system infection and there were more chances with the long time.CONCLUSIONS In order to decrease the rate of hospital acquired urinary system infection we must strictly grasp the indication of urethral catheterization and pull out the urethral catheter as early as possible.