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Objective@#To compare the relative renal function (RRF) evaluated by 99Tcm-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) and 99Tcm-diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA) imaging in children with acute urinary tract infection (UTI).@*Methods@#A total of 69 children (29 males, 40 females, age: (45±38) months; duration of disease: <6 months) with acute UTI diagnosed clinically in Wuxi People′s Hospital from January 2017 to June 2019 were enrolled retrospectively. All children underwent 99Tcm-DMSA renal static imaging and 99Tcm-DTPA renal dynamic imaging, and the regions of interest (ROI) were drawn manually to calculate the RRF of the right and left kidneys. The consistency of RRF evaluated by the two imaging methods was analyzed by Bland-Altman analysis, the correlation was analyzed by Pearson correlation analysis, and the difference was compared by the independent-sample t test.@*Results@#The values of RRF measured with 99Tcm-DMSA and 99Tcm-DTPA were (52.27±14.53)% and (52.22±14.14)% for the left kidney (t=0.913, P>0.05), those for the right kidney were (47.73±14.53)% and (47.78±14.14)% (t=0.913, P>0.05), respectively. A significant positive correlation was found between the RRF measured with the two imaging methods both for left and right kidneys (r values: 0.959, 0.959; both P<0.01). Bland-Altman analysis showed that the average difference of RRF measured with the two imaging methods for left kidney was 0.1% and the 95% limits of agreement (LoA) was from -8.0% to 8.1%, those for right kidney were -0.1% and from -8.1% to 8.0%.@*Conclusions@#There is a good correlation between RRF measured with 99Tcm-DMSA renal static imaging and that measured with 99Tcm-DTPA renal dynamic imaging in children with acute UTI. Both imaging methods can be used to evaluate the RRF in children with acute UTI.
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Objective To compare the relative renal function (RRF) evaluated by 99 Tcm-dimer-captosuccinic acid (DMSA) and 99 Tcm-diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA) imaging in children with acute urinary tract infection (UTI). Methods A total of 69 children (29 males, 40 females, age:(45±38) months; duration of disease: <6 months) with acute UTI diagnosed clinically in Wuxi People's Hospital from January 2017 to June 2019 were enrolled retrospectively. All children underwent 99 Tcm-DMSA renal static imaging and 99 Tcm-DTPA renal dynamic imaging, and the regions of interest (ROI) were drawn manually to calculate the RRF of the right and left kidneys. The consistency of RRF evaluated by the two im-aging methods was analyzed by Bland-Altman analysis, the correlation was analyzed by Pearson correlation analysis, and the difference was compared by the independent-sample t test. Results The values of RRF measured with 99 Tcm-DMSA and 99 Tcm-DTPA were (52.27±14.53)％ and (52.22±14.14)％ for the left kidney (t= 0.913, P>0.05), those for the right kidney were (47.73±14.53)％ and (47.78±14.14)％ (t=0.913, P>0.05), respectively. A significant positive correlation was found between the RRF measured with the two imaging methods both for left and right kidneys (r values: 0.959, 0.959; both P<0.01). Bland-Altman analysis showed that the average difference of RRF measured with the two imaging methods for left kidney was 0.1％ and the 95％ limits of agreement (LoA) was from -8.0％ to 8.1％, those for right kidney were -0.1％and from -8.1％ to 8.0％. Conclusions There is a good correlation between RRF measured with 99Tcm-DMSA renal static imaging and that measured with 99 Tcm-DTPA renal dynamic imaging in children with acute UTI. Both imaging methods can be used to evaluate the RRF in children with acute UTI.
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Objective To establish a novel TRFIA for the measurement of heparanase (HPA) in serum samples,and investigate its clinical application.Methods The micro-pore plate wells were first coated with partially recombinant murine anti-human HPA monoclonal antibody.Biotin-labeled recombinant HPA protein was then used to compete with HPA in serum samples,and the prepared europium (III)-labeled streptavidin (Eu3+-SA) was used as signal readout for establishing the BSA-TRFIA assay.Using this assay,the serum HPA levels in healthy subjects (n=32) and tumor patients (n=54) were measured.The results of BSA-TRFIA were compared with those of ELISA.Two-sample t test (or t' test),and linear correlation analysis were used to analyze the data.Results The sensitivity of BSA-TRFIA for measuring HPA was 0.33 ug/L.The CV values for intra-batch and inter-batch were 5.29% and 7.54%,respectively.The average recovery rate was 105.5%.The standard curve range was 0-1 000 ug/L.The serum HPA level measured by the BSA-TRFIA method in healthy subjects was (2.03_+ 1.47) Iug/L.In tumor patients,the HPA level was significantly higher:(22.13_+7.38) ug/L (t'=19.388,P
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Objective To evaluate the value of 99Tcm-MDP uptake by left femoral neck for diagnosing osteopomsis.Methods A total of 58 cases (23 males,35 females,mean age:(66.15±8.45) years) with spondyloarthmpathies from May to December of 2012 were selected.Serum concentrations of type Ⅰ collagen telopeptide (sCTX-1) and bone ALP (BALP) were determined.All patients underwent dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) to detect bone mineral density (BMD).According to the T scores,patients were divided into 2 groups:normal group (NG) (T＞-1.0) and osteoporosis group (OG) (T≤-2.5).99TcmMDP bone scan was further performed.The average radioactive ratio of the left femoral neck to the medial soft tissue of left femur (T/N) was measured.Data differences between the 2 groups were compared by twosample t test and Pearson correlation analysis.Results According to BMD,13 patients (7 males,6 females) were included in NG and 28 patients (10 males,18 females) were included in OG.The mean ages of OG and NG were significantly different ((68.82± 10.41) years vs (62.46± 11.77) years; t =3.560,P＜0.05).The BMD of left femoral neck in OG was significantly lower than that in NG ((0.67±0.08) g/cm2 vs (0.91±0.10) g/cm2 ; t=9.917,P＜0.01).Although BALP level of OG was significantly higher than that of NG ((35.92±11.58) U/L vs (22.38±6.34) U/L; t=-3.397,P＜0.05),no significant difference was observed on sCTX-1 between the 2 groups (t=-0.463,P＞0.05).T/N ratio of OG (11.63±6.22) was higher than that of NG (9.74±4.44) (t =-3.027,P＜ 0.05).There were significant correlations between the T/N ratio of the left femoral neck and the sCTX-1 and BALP concentrations (r=0.376,0.483,both P＜0.01).No correlations between the T/N ratio of the left femoral neck and age,BMI and BMD were observed (r=-2.031,-0.017,0.134,all P＞0.05).Conclusion The uptake ratio of the left femoral neck in 99Tcm-MDP bone scan could evaluate the metabolism of bone,and it is useful for the early diagnosis of osteoporosis.