Mechanism of action of oxidative stress in severe traumatic brain injury and its complications: recent progress / 中华创伤杂志

Severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) is characterized by critical condition, high lethality and poor prognosis. Its development and progression will lead to the damage and death of a large number of nerve cells, eventually causing a series of serious complications. The current treatments of sTBI and its complications are not optimistic due to problems such as unclear mechanism of action, challenges in treatment, and lack of effective prevention strategies. In recent years, more research evidences have shown that oxidative stress plays an important role in the development and progression of sTBI and its related complications. Therefore, it is of great significance to clarify the relationship of oxidative stress with sTBI and its complications and to understand the way of oxidative stress participating in the development and progression of sTBI. However, relevant researches are scattered and there lacks comprehensive and systematic summaries of oxidative stress participating in sTBI and its related complications. To this end, the authors reviewed the progress of the mechanism by which oxidative stress involves in sTBI and its complications, hoping to provide references for the research, treatment and prevention of sTBI.

Bioinformatics analysis of key genes and mechanisms of sepsis secondary to multiple trauma / 中华麻醉学杂志

Objective:To analyze the key genes and mechanisms of sepsis secondary to multiple trauma based on bioinformatics methods.Methods:Data set GSE70311 was downloaded from Gene Expression Omnibus database.After data set pretreatment, differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in peripheral blood of patients with sepsis secondary to multiple injuries were screened using Limma R package.ClusterProfiler R package was used for gene ontology (GO) enrichment analysis and Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes (KEGG) signaling pathway analysis of DEGs.Finally, the protein-protein interaction network was constructed by using the STRING online database and Cytoscape, and the hub genes of sepsis secondary to multiple injuries were identified based on Cytohubba.Results:In the GSE70311 dataset, 328 DEGs were obtained.The results of GO enrichment analysis showed that the biological processes involved in DEGs in sepsis secondary to multiple trauma mainly included T cell differentiation, positive regulation of cytokine production, defense response to bacteria, response to virus and defense response to virus, etc.The results of KEGG pathway enrichment analysis showed that DEGs were significantly enriched in hematopoietic cell lineage, Staphylococcus aureus infection, asthma, Th1 and Th2 cell differentiation, and antigen processing and presentation etc.signaling pathways in sepsis secondary to multiple trauma.Five hub genes were further screened by protein-protein interaction analysis, including STAT1, IFIT3, ISG15, IFIT1 and MX1. Conclusions:STAT1, IFIT3, ISG15, IFIT1 and MX1 are potential hub genes of sepsis secondary to multiple trauma, involved in T cell differentiation, positive regulation of cytokine production and defense response to pathogenic microorganisms, and enriched in Th1 and Th2 cell differentiation and antigen processing and presentation etc.signaling pathways.

Relationship between early postoperative recovery and frailty after digestive endoscopy-assisted minimally invasive surgery under intravenous anesthesia in the elderly / 中华麻醉学杂志

Objective:To evaluate the relationship between early postoperative recovery and frailty after digestive endoscopy-assisted minimally invasive surgery under intravenous anesthesia in the elderly.Methods:This study retrospectively selected hospitalized patients, aged ≥65 yr, scheduled for elective gastrointestinal endoscopic treatment.Early postoperative recovery time was defined as the period from the end of propofol administration to the achievement of a modified Aldrete score of 9.All the patients were divided into 2 groups according to whether the early recovery time after operation was less than 75%: normal early postoperative recovery time group and delayed early postoperative recovery time group.Frailty was assessed using the frailty phenotype (FP score 0-5), and the patient was diagnosed as frail (FP ≥3) or non-frail (FP 0-2). The age, sex, height, weight, smoking history, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Status classification, type of operation, and baseline mean arterial pressure and heart rate were recorded.Logistic regression analysis was used to identify the risk factors for delayed early postoperative recovery time after minimally invasive digestive endoscopy under intravenous anesthesia in elderly patients.Results:A total of 214 patients were enrolled and divided into normal early postoperative recovery time group ( n=169) and delayed early postoperative recovery time group ( n=45). There were significant differences in frailty, age, drinking history of more than 10 yr, preoperative ASA Physical Status classification and propofol administration time between delayed early postoperative recovery time group and normal early postoperative recovery time group ( P<0.05). The results of logistic regression analysis indicated that frailty, age, ASA Physical Status classification Ⅲ, and propofol administration time were independent risk factors for the occurrence of delayed early postoperative recovery ( P<0.05). Conclusions:Frailty, age, ASA Physical Status classification Ⅲ and propofol administration time are independent risk factors for delayed early postoperative recovery time following digestive endoscopy-assisted minimally invasive surgery under intravenous anesthesia in elderly patients.

Predictive value of biphasic CT air trapping sign and semi-quantitative score in predicting abnormal blood gas index and progression to severe disease in COVID-19 patients / 中华放射学杂志

Objective:To explore the predictive value of low-dose biphasic (inspiratory and expiratory) CT air trapping sign and semi-quantitative score in predicting abnormal blood gas parameters and progression to severe disease in COVID-19 patients.Methods:Patients with non-severe COVID-19 who were diagnosed by nucleic acid testing and hospitalized in designated hospitals in Wuxi City from January 23 to February 29, 2020 were prospectively and consecutively recruited. All patients received low-dose biphasic CT examination on admission and repeated CT examination at regular intervals during the course. On the inspiratory phase admission of the bipolar CT, the scope of the lesion was evaluated by semi-quantitative score, and the air trapping sign on bipolar CT was assessed. The differences of semi-quantitative score, the presence of the air trapping sign and other clinical factors were compared between the patients with abnormal and the normal blood gas index, as well as between the cases progressed to severe disease and cases without disease progression using the independent sample t-test or χ 2 test. The area under the curve (AUC) of receiver operating characteristic (ROC) and the comprehensive discriminant improvement index (IDI) were used to evaluate the predictive effectiveness of the semi-quantitative scores, air trapping sign, and combination of two factors in differentiating cases with abnormal and normal blood gas indexes, as well as in differentiating cases with and without disease progression to severe COVID-19 cases. Results:In total 51 non-severe COVID-19 cases were included, with 16 cases showed air trapping sign during the first biphasic CT examination on admission. During the course of the disease, there were 13 patients with abnormal blood gas index, and 9 cases displaying air trapping sign (9/13). All 7 cases with progression to severe cases showed air trapping sign (7/7). Patients with advanced age, air trapping sign and higher semi-quantitative score were found more likely to have abnormal blood gas index ( t=3.10, χ 2=9.38, t=3.34, P<0.05); patients with advanced age, underlying diseases, air trapping sign and higher semi-quantitative score were more likely to develop into severe disease ( t=2.68, χ 2=6.65, χ 2=4.25, t=4.33, P<0.05). The AUC of semi-quantitative score, air trapping sign and combination of two factors in distinguishing abnormal blood gas index from normal blood gas index was 0.803, 0.754 and 0.794 respectively. The AUC of semi-quantitative score, air trapping sign and combination of two factors in distinguishing cases with progression to severe cases from non-progression was 0.881, 0.898 and 0.932, respectively. Air trapping sign combined with semi-quantitative score significantly improved the prediction effectiveness of disease progression, compared with semi-quantitative score or air trapping sign (IDI=0.271, 0.117). Conclusion:Air trapping sign and semi-quantitative score might be used as effective indicators to predict the progression of COVID-19 cases, and the combination of these two factors might be more helpful to predict the disease progression.

Effect of D-dimer abnormality on the prognosis of patients with frontal lobe injury / 中华急诊医学杂志

Objective:To investigate the effect of abnormal D-dimer level on the prognosis of patients with frontal lobe injury, and to provide a new idea for clinical diagnosis, treatment and prognosis evaluation of frontal lobe injury.Methods:A retrospective analysis was performed on 71 patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) who were admitted to the Surgical Care Unit of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine from November 1, 2020 to February 1, 2021. According to whether TBI involved in the frontal lobe, the patients were divided into the experimental group ( n = 44) and the control group ( n = 27). Clinical data including sex, age, body mass index (BMI), length of hospital stay, ISS trauma score, GCS coma score, qSOFA score, GOS prognostic score and coagulation index test results within 24 h of admission of the two groups were recorded, and the difference of each index between the two groups was compared. Results:① D-dimer levels were significantly higher in the experimental group than in the control group ( P<0.01); ② The incidence of complications in the experimental group was 40.9%, of which the incidence of lower limb vein thrombosis was 18.2%, and the incidence of complications in the control group was 18.5%, of which the incidence of lower limb vein thrombosis was 3.7%; there were statistical differences between the two groups ( P<0.05); ③ The average hospital stay of patients was 10.96 days in the control group, and 15.50 days in the experimental group with a statistically significant difference between the two groups ( P<0.05); ④ The 28-day mortality rate of patients in the experimental group was 18.2% and 7.4% in the control group. There was no significant difference in 28-day mortality between the two groups ( P>0.05); ⑤ The level of D-dimer was negatively correlated with GOS prognostic score in patients with frontal lobe injury ( r=-0.501, P<0.01). Conclusions:Patients with frontal lobe injury have increased D-dimer levels, increased incidence of complications, and longer hospital stay. There is a significant negative correlation between D-dimer level and prognosis in patients with frontal lobe injury. D-dimer can be used as a sensitive indicator to evaluate the prognosis of patients with frontal lobe injury. The higher the D-dimer level, the worse the prognosis of patients.

Key genes affecting outcome of sepsis: identification using weighted gene co-expression network analysis / 中华麻醉学杂志

Objective:To identify the key genes affecting the outcome of sepsis using weighted gene co-expression network analysis.Methods:The peripheral blood gene chip data GSE54514 from septic patients and healthy volunteers were obtained from the gene expression database of the American Center for Biotechnology Information.An R package for weighted gene co-expression network analysis was used to construct a co-expression network of differentially expressed genes between sepsis patients and healthy volunteers to identify key modules associated with the outcome of sepsis.Then gene functional enrichment analysis was performed to figure out the possible behavior of genes in the most significant modulerelated tooutcomes of sepsis.Hub genes were selected from the most significant module according to module membership and degree of protein-protein interaction network.Results:A total of 622 differentially expressed genes identified from the microarray data of GSE36895 in septic patients and healthy volunteers were used to construct a co-expression network, and the module with the most significant correlation with the outcome of sepsis was identified.GO enrichment analysis showed that the genes in this module were related to activation of myeloid cells and neutrophils, however, the KEGG pathway enrichment analysis showed that these genes played an important role in virus infection processes.Fifteen hub genes were finally selected from the module with the most significant correlation with the outcome of sepsis by constructing a protein-protein interaction network.Conclusion:Fifteen key genes related to the outcome of sepsis are identified via bioinformatics methods, and the mechanism is related to regulating the immune response to infection.

Correlation between single nucleotide polymorphism of TET2 gene and susceptibility and prognosis of sepsis / 中华急诊医学杂志

Objective@#To investigate the association of SNPs in TET2 gene with the susceptibility and prognosis of sepsis.@*Methods@#Ninety-nine patients diagnosed with sepsis and 107 controls were enrolled in the study. The septic patients were further divided into survivors (56 cases) and non-survivors (43 cases) according to the outcome of 28-day hospitalization. Patients without sepsis after major surgery were enrolled as the controls. The genotypes of the five loci (rs6839705, rs7670522, rs7679673, rs7698522 and rs10010325) with high minor allele frequency in the TET2 were screened according to the existing research reports and the SNP database of the NCBI website. The five loci were detected by TaqMan probe based allelic discrimination assays using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The data were calculated for genetic association study through χ2 test and Fisher’s exact probability method.@*Results@#There was no significant difference in genotype frequencies of the five tested SNPs in TET2 gene between septic patients and controls or between survivors and non-survivors in septic patients (P > 0.05). Furthermore, the allelic frequencies of the five SNPs between septic patients and controls or between survivors and non-survivors in septic patients also had no significant difference (P > 0.05).@*Conclusions@#This study showed that the five SNPs in TET2 gene (rs6839705, rs7670522, rs7679673, rs7698522, and rs10010325) were not associated with the susceptibility and prognosis of sepsis, which needs to be further confirmed by large-sample studies.

Investigation and analysis of clinical teaching satisfaction degree in residents standardized training in Zhejiang University / 中华医学教育探索杂志

Objective To investigate and analyze the clinical teaching of residents standardized training in Zhejiang University, so as to provide references to improve the quality of residents standardized training. Methods Questionnaires were designed and electronic surveys via WJX software were conducted among residents from six affiliated hospitals of Zhejiang University School of Medicine on management, clinical teaching and assessment of residents. SPSS 19.0 was used to perform the χ2 test of relevant data. Results A total of 799 residents, including 312 males and 487 females, took part in this survey. In terms of satisfaction degree, trained residents had a relatively high satisfaction degree on training base (73.46％), satisfaction degrees of residents from Grade one, two and three were 69.05％, 74.72％and 79.30％, respectively. Satisfaction degree of residents with different identities to training base was social men (85.71％) > staff working in units (74.08％) > professional postgraduates (56.7％). In terms of teaching, 64.45％ residents thought that clinical teachers spent 20％ more time on the clinical teaching than on the daily routine work, 39.42％ residents thought that clinical teachers spent 30％ more and 18.52％ residents thought clinical teachers spent 40％more. In addition, 70.47％residents responded that their teachers revised and instructed the medical history writing more than twice a week; 78.84％ trained residents admitted that all teachers made full preparations for clinical teaching rounds. Besides, the process evaluation of training base was well implemented. Implementation rate of after-department examination and annual examination were 99.37％and 98.50％, respectively. Conclusion Residents of Zhejiang University have a high satisfaction degree on training management and clinical teaching . Homogenized management of training base should be strengthened, and evaluation and feedback should be stressed.

Construction and clinical preliminary validation of an automaticbone age assessment model based on deep learning / 中华放射学杂志

Objective@#To build an automatic bone age assessment system based on China 05 Bone Age Standard and the latest deep learning technology, and preliminary clinical verification was carried out.@*Methods@#The left-hand radiographs of 5 000 children with suspected metabolic disorders were acquired from Wuxi Children′s Hospital. Among these cases, 2 351 patients were randomly chosen as training set, and 101 patients were randomly used as validation set. Four professional pediatric radiologists annotated the development stage according to the China 05 RUS-CHN standard with double-blind method. The mean value of the bone age assessed by experts was the reference standard which was used to train and validate the deep learning mothods based artificial intelligence (AI) model. Accuracy, mean absolute error (MAE), root mean squared error (RMSE) and time efficiency of bone age assessment were compared by using Chi-square test and t test and F test between resident doctors and AI model in the validation set.@*Results@#The MAE and RMSE was (0.37±0.35) years and 0.50 years between AI model and reference standard, respeactively. When the error range was within ±1.0, ±0.7 and ±0.5 years, the accuracy of model on the validation set was 94.1% (95/101), 89.1% (90/101), 74.3% (75/101) respectively. The accuracy between two resident doctors and AI prediction wasn′t statistical significant (P>0.05).@*Conclusion@#The AI model of bone age assessment based on deep learning is feasible and has the characteristics of high accuracy and efficiency.

Investigation and analysis of clinical teaching satisfaction degree in residents standardized training in Zhejiang University / 中华医学教育探索杂志

Objective@#To investigate and analyze the clinical teaching of residents standardized training in Zhejiang University, so as to provide references to improve the quality of residents standardized training.@*Methods@#Questionnaires were designed and electronic surveys via WJX software were conducted among residents from six affiliated hospitals of Zhejiang University School of Medicine on management, clinical teaching and assessment of residents. SPSS 19.0 was used to perform the χ2 test of relevant data.@*Results@#A total of 799 residents, including 312 males and 487 females, took part in this survey. In terms of satisfaction degree, trained residents had a relatively high satisfaction degree on training base (73.46%), satisfaction degrees of residents from Grade one, two and three were 69.05%, 74.72% and 79.30%, respectively. Satisfaction degree of residents with different identities to training base was social men (85.71%) > staff working in units (74.08%) > professional postgraduates (56.7%). In terms of teaching, 64.45% residents thought that clinical teachers spent 20% more time on the clinical teaching than on the daily routine work, 39.42% residents thought that clinical teachers spent 30% more and 18.52% residents thought clinical teachers spent 40% more. In addition, 70.47% residents responded that their teachers revised and instructed the medical history writing more than twice a week; 78.84% trained residents admitted that all teachers made full preparations for clinical teaching rounds. Besides, the process evaluation of training base was well implemented. Implementation rate of after-department examination and annual examination were 99.37% and 98.50%, respectively.@*Conclusion@#Residents of Zhejiang University have a high satisfaction degree on training management and clinical teaching. Homogenized management of training base should be strengthened, and evaluation and feedback should be stressed.

Correlation between single nucleotide polymorphism of TET2 gene and susceptibility and prognosis of sepsis / 中华急诊医学杂志

Objective To investigate the association of SNPs in TET2 gene with the susceptibility and prognosis of sepsis.Methods Ninety-nine patients diagnosed with sepsis and 107 controls were enrolled in the study.The septic patients were further divided into survivors (56 cases) and non-survivors (43 cases) according to the outcome of 28-day hospitalization.Patients without sepsis after major surgery were enrolled as the controls.The genotypes of the five loci (rs6839705,rs7670522,rs7679673,rs7698522 and rs10010325) with high minor allele frequency in the TET2 were screened according to the existing research reports and the SNP database of the NCBI website.The five loci were detected by TaqMan probe based allelic discrimination assays using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR).The data were calculated for genetic association study through x2 test and Fisher's exact probability method.Results There was no significant difference in genotype frequencies of the five tested SNPs in TET2 gene between septic patients and controls or between survivors and non-survivors in septic patients (P ＞ 0.05).Furthermore,the allelic frequencies of the five SNPs between septic patients and controls or between survivors and non-survivors in septic patients also had no significant difference (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions This study showed that the five SNPs in TET2 gene (rs6839705,rs7670522,rs7679673,rs7698522,and rs10010325) were not associated with the susceptibility and prognosis of sepsis,which needs to be further confirmed by large-sample studies.

Effect of ultrasound-guided stellate ganglion block on perioperative inflammatory responses and postoperative recovery of gastrointestinal function in patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery / 中华麻醉学杂志

Objective To investigate the effect of ultrasound-guided stellate ganglion block ( SGB) on perioperative inflammatory responses and postoperative recovery of gastrointestinal function in patients un-dergoing gastrointestinal surgery. Methods Fifty-five American Society of Anesthesiologists physical classⅠ-Ⅲpatients of both sexes, aged 18-64 yr, weighing 50-75 kg, undergoing elective gastrointestinal sur-gery, were divided into SGB group ( n=18) and control group ( C group, n=37) using a random number table method. Ultrasound-guided SGB was conducted with 0. 5％ ropivocaine 7 ml at the left C6 level in SGB group. The equal volume of normal saline was given under ultrasound guidance at the same site in C group. Peripheral venous blood samples were collected at 5 min before SGB and 2, 4 and 24 h after SGB for deter-mination of plasma tumor necrosis factor-α ( TNF-α) , interleukin ( IL)-1β and IL-6 concentrations by en-zyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The increased level of leukocyte count ( leukocyte count at 24 h after SGB-leukocyte count at 24 h before SGB) was recorded. The recovery time of bowel sounds and anal or sto-ma exhaust time were also recorded. Results Compared with C group, the concentrations of TNF-αat 2 h after SGB and IL-1βat 2, 4 and 24 h after SGB were significantly decreased, the increased level of leuko-cyte count was decreased, and the recovery time of bowel sounds and anal or stoma exhaust time were short-ened in SGB group ( P<0. 05) . Conclusion Ultrasound-guided SGB can reduce perioperative inflammato-ry responses and promote the recovery of postoperative gastrointestinal function in the patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery.

S1PR3 agonist RY-15 promotes bacterial clearance / 中华急诊医学杂志

Objective RY-15, a specific agonist of Sphingosine 1-phosphate Receptor 3, was synthesized for investigating the function and mechanism of S1PR3 in bacterial clearance. Methods Measure the ability of RY-15 with FITC to enter the THP-1 cell after coculture for 5 min, 10 min, 20 min, 30 min through confocal microscopy. The function of GY-5 and RY-15 in bacterial clearance was observed by gentamicin protection test. The phosphorylation level of ERK and p-ERK in THP-1 cell was detected by Western Blot after GY-5 and RY-15 stimulation for different times. Results According to confocal microscopy, RY-15 started to enter the THP-1 cell after stimulating for 10 min and the effect of entering cell was very obvious after stimulating for 30 min. Compared to GY-5 group, live bacteria in the macrophage were largely decreased in the RY-15 group( P<0.05). Conmpared to GY-5 group, the p-ERK level raised largely at different poins. Conclusions RY-15, a specific agonist of Sphingosine 1-phosphate Receptor 3, can promote bacterial clearance through entering cell and the phosphorylation level of ERK is a possible mechanism.

Feasibility of developing HAP risk warning model in critically ill patients based on genomic copy number polymorphisms of DEFA1/DEFA3 / 中华麻醉学杂志

Objective To evaluate the feasibility of developing hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP) risk warning model in critically ill patients based on genomic copy number polymorphisms (CNPs) of the genes encoding human neutrophil peptides 1-3 (DEFA1/DEFA3).Methods Seventy-seven HAP patients (group HAP) and 109 non-HAP patients of matched age and sex in intensive care unit (ICU) (group NHAP) were enrolled in the study.The genomic CNPs of DEFA1/DEFA3 was determined by realtime quantitative polymerase chain reaction after extracting DNA from peripheral blood samples.The source of patients,condition of endotracheal intubation within 24 h after admission to ICU,Acute Physiology Score,Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation Ⅱ score,Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score,mechanical ventilation time,length of hospital and ICU stay and outcomes were obtained.The predictive model was developed using logistic regression through combining DEFA1/DEFA3 copy numbers and clinical characteristics (Acute Physiology Score and source of emergency) within 24 h after admission to ICU.The receiver operating characteristic curve was used to evaluate the predictive efficacy of the model.Results The copy numbers of DEFA1/DEFA3 were significantly lower in HAP group than in NHAP group (P ＜0.05).The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of the predictive model developed through combining the DEFA1/DEFA3 copy numbers with clinical characteristics was 0.789 (95％ CI 0.724-0.854) when the model was used for predicting HAP.Conclusion CNPs of DEFA1/DEFA3 can be used to develop the HAP risk warning model in critically ill patients.

Clinical value of MRI texture analysis for preoperative grading of meningiomas based on conventional MRI images / 中华放射学杂志

Objective To explore the efficacy and clinical value of texture analysis of conventional MRI image for the preoperative classification of meningiomas. Methods The MR images of 101 meningioma cases were retrospectively analyzed, all of them underwent routine MRI before operation, and confirmed by surgery and pathology,of whom 81 cases in WHO Ⅰ,19 cases in Ⅱand 1 case in Ⅲ.The maximum diameter of the tumor in MRI images was outlined as ROI by the Image J software.The histograms and grey-level co-occurrence matrix(GLCM)were used to measure the texture parameters,such as maximum value,minimum value,standard deviation(SD),skewness,kurtosis,angular second moment,contrast,inverse different moment, entropy, correlation and so on, and compared with postoperative pathological grading results.The independent sample t test or the Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare the difference of the histogram and the gray level co-occurrence matrix parameter of the MRI images between low-grade and high-grade meningiomas. ROC curves for statistically significant parameters were used to confirm their efficacy in predicting the preoperative grade of meningiomas.Results (1)In histogram parameters,the SDs of T2WI,FLAIR,ADC(SDT2WI,SDFLAIR,SDADC)of low grade meningioma were 14.764(10.928,17.932),9.753 (7.385,13.618) and 12.171 (9.138,19.691), the high grade meningiomas were 19.252 (13.580,25.715), 13.568 (8.936,17.108) and 16.636 (13.166,21.498), respectively. The difference between the two groups was statistically significant(Z values were-2.863,-2.250,-2.247,P respectively 0.004,0.024,0.025).The skewness values (SkeADC, SkeFLAIR) of ADC sequence and FLAIR sequence of low-grade meningiomas were 1.377 ± 1.172 and-1.327 ± 0.930, respectively, and the high-grade meningiomas were 2.503 ± 1.613 and-0.827±0.834,respectively.The differences between the two groups were statistically significant (t values were-2.196,-3.129, P values were 0.002,0.030, respectively). (2) In the GLCM parameters, entropy (EntT1WI, EntT2WI, EntFLAIR, EntADC) of the enhanced T1WI, T2WI, FLAIR and ADC sequences of low grade meningiomas were 6.881(6.174,7.305),6.534±0.598,6.019±0.588,6.040±0.588,high-grade meningiomas were 7.079 (6.742,7.739), 7.014 ± 0.514,6.370 ± 0.703,6.576 ± 0.450, respectively. And the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (Z=-2.007, t values were-3.294,-2.327,-3.245, P values were 0.045,0.001,0.022,0.002,respectively).(3)The ROC curves of EntADCand SkeADCwere plotted, and the area under the curve(AUC)was 0.768 and 0.710,respectively.Combined EntADC,SkeADCand EntT2WI were the best for the classification of meningiomas,and AUC was 0.799.Conclusion Texture analysis can provide more quantification information, which can be more accurately distinguishing high grade meningiomas and low grade meningiomas before surgery.

Study of the activating effects of myristoyl-glycine modified peptide which derived from S1PR3 / 中华急诊医学杂志

Objective To study the effects of the myristoyl-glycine modified peptide which derived from the second intracellular loop of sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 3 (S1PR3) on activation of mitogenactivated protein kinases (MAPKs) pathway.Methods The phosphorylation levels of JNK and ERK in THP-1 cells were detected by western blot after GPS-725.017 stimulation.Statistical data analysis was conducted by multivariate analysis of variance.Results Western blot showed that 10 min after 30 μmol/L or 50 μmol/L GPS-725.017 stimulated,phosphorylation of ERK significantly increased in comparison with the solvent-treated group [30 μmol/L group:(3.10 ± 0.27) vs.(7.98 ± 0.45),P ＜ 0.01;50 μmol/L group:(4.78 ±0.44) vs.(25.98 ±2.32),P ＜0.01];after 50 μmol/L GPS-725.017 stimulated THP-1 cells for 5 min,10 min,20 min or 30 min,p-ERK or p-JNK level raised at different time points (P ＜0.01vs.solvent group).Conclusions GPS-725.017,a kind of myristoyl-glycine modified peptide derived from S1 PR3,could traverse cytomembrane and activate MAPKs pathway.This study provides an implication of targeting S1PR3 for clinical therapy on inflammatory diseases or sepsis.

Clinical value of prenatal MRI in the diagnosis of fetal simple expansion of lateral ventricle and follow-up after birth / 中华妇产科杂志

Objective To explore the value of prenatal MRI in the diagnosis of fetal simple expansion of lateral ventricle(ventriculomegaly), and follow up the nervous system development status after birth. Methods Simple expansion of the lateral ventricle fetus by prenatal MRI examination were collected in Huzhou Maternal and Child Care Hospital from May 2013 to June 2015, 126 cases of live births in expansion group, 50 normal cases were recruited in the same period as the control group. In expansion group, fetal subgroup analysis was done:(1) unilateral or bilateral lateral ventricle expasion:one group was 98 cases was lateral ventricle expansion (77.8%, 98/126), expansion of bilateral ventricle group was 28 cases (22.2%, 28/126). (2) Prenatal MRI in the diagnosis of the lateral ventricle of expansion: expansion of the lateral ventricle width was greater than 10.0 mm, if both sides were expanding, the expand width was the heavier one side, divided into 3 subgroups: ①Expansion in group A (lateral ventricle width 10.0-12.0 mm) were 88 cases (69.8%, 88/126).②Expansion in group B (lateral ventricle width 12.1-15.0 mm) were 29 cases (23.0%, 29/126). ③Expansion of group C (lateral ventricle width> 15.0 mm) were 9 cases (7.12%, 9/126). All 176 cases were followed up after birth at the 3rd, 6th, 12th, 18th month (corrected age was used for premature babies), and Gesell developmental schedules (GDS) were used to evaluate the neurobehavioral development. Results (1) The MRI results after birth:21 cases were followed up by MRI after birth. In group A, 11 cases had MRI and 9 were normal (the ventricular width0.05). (3) The GDS results among the subgroups:in each evaluation after birth, there were no statistically significant differences between group A and the control group (all P>0.05). The GDS results of group B at the 3rd and 6th month were lower than those of the control group (P0.05). And for group C, statistically significant differences were found compared to the control group at each follow-up time (all P0.05). But when the result at the 3rd month was compared to the results of the 12th or 18th month, the differences were statistically significant (P0.05). There was no statistically significant difference between the results at the 12th and 18th month (P>0.05). (5) The GDS results in unilateral and bilateral ventricle expansion:at the 18th month, among the 98 unilateral cases, 86 (87.8%, 86/98) had normal GDS results(>85 scores);8 (8.2%, 8/98) had borderline results (75-85 scores);4 (4.1%, 4/98) had delayed results (0.05). Conclusions Among the simple expansion of lateral ventricle, those whose ventricular width are≤12.0 mm may not need clinical treatment. If the width is between 12.1 to 15.0 mm, closely follow-up and targeted rehabilitation training after birth are recommended. When the width is more than 15.0 mm, the risk of the central nervous system function delay is significantly increased, and early intervention might improve the prognosis.

The diagnostic value of dual source coronary CT angiography combined with dynamic CT myocardial perfusion imaging in coronary artery disease / 中华放射学杂志

Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of one-stop cardiac CT (stress dynamic CT-MPI combining with CTA) in CAD. Methods Thirty patients underwent CCTA combined with stress dynamic CT-MPI and stress SPECT-MPI including 16 patients underwent ICA were retrospectively enrolled. All procedures were performed within 2 weeks without related treatment. CT-MPI and SPECT-MPI were evaluated visually and MBF was quantified according to dynamic CT-MPI which was compared through paired t test. The diagnostic value of CT-MPI for myocardial ischemia was evaluated with SPECT-MPI as the reference standard. The consistency between the two techniques was determined by Kappa test. With SPECT combined with ICA as the reference standard, we evaluated the value of CT-MPI and its combination with CCTA in the diagnosis of CAD with hemodynamic stenosis. Results On stress CT-MPI, 19 of 30 patients and 52 segments were evaluated with myocardial perfusion defects. There was a significant difference in MBF values between normal[(117.61±29.82)ml·100 ml-1·min-1] and hypoperfused [(80.60±22.15)ml·100 ml - 1 · min - 1] segments (t=15.764,P<0.001). With SPECT as reference standard, the sensitivity, specificity were 94.12% (32/34), 95.80% (456/476) on the vessel basis. The Kappa value of the two examinations was 0.772(P<0.001). As for the 16 patients who also underwent ICA, 15 patients with 22 vessel-areas had hemodynamic stenosis on CT-MPI. Compared with SPECT combined with ICA, the sensitivity, specificity for detecting hemodynamic stenosis were 92.31% (12/13), 71.43% (25/35) for CT-MPI;100%(13/13), 51.43%(18/35) for CTA and 92.31%(12/13), 82.86%(29/35) for CT-MPI combined with CTA, respectively. Moderate correlation was observed between the combination of CT-MPI and CCTA and reference standard (r=0.690,P<0.001). Conclusion Stress dynamic CT-MPI can detect myocardial perfusion defects and hemodynamic changes and improves the diagnostic ability of functional stenosis of CAD combined with CTA, which can finally achieve the one-stop mode of cardiac CT in CAD.

Effect of sevoflurane preconditioning on autophagy in operated lung tissues of patients undergoing one-lung ventilation / 中华麻醉学杂志

Objective To evaluate the effect of sevoflurane preconditioning on autophagy in the operated lung tissues of the patients undergoing one-lung ventilation.Methods Forty patients of both sexes,with American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status Ⅰ-Ⅲ,aged 30-80 yr,weighing 45-84 kg,scheduled for elective radical operation for lung cancer performed via video-assisted thoracoscope under general anesthesia,were divided into control group (C group) and sevoflurane preconditioning group (SP group),with 20 patients in each group.In SP group,sevoflurane was inhaled for 30 min with the final concentration of 2.0％,followed by washout.The normal lung tissues (the distance from the edge of the lump＞2 cm) around the lump were obtained for detection of the expression of microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 Ⅱ by Western blot.Results Compared with C group,the expression of microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 Ⅱ in lung tissues was significantly up-regulated in SP group (P＜0.05).Conclusion Sevoflurane preconditioning can enhance autophagy in the operated lung tissues of the patients undergoing one-lung ventilation,which may be related to the lung protective effect.

Risk factors for blood coagulation abnormality in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting / 中华麻醉学杂志

Objective To screen the risk factors for blood coagulation abnormality in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCABG).Methods A total of 140 patients undergoing elective OPCABG were included in this study,and combined intravenous-inhalational anesthesia was performed during operation.The patients were divided into normal group and abnormal group according to whether or not blood coagulation abnormality developed during operation and within 48 h after operation.The data such as gender,age,body mass index,American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status,the number of operation per year for surgeons,comorbidities (hypertension and diabetes mellitus),preoperative hematocrit (Hct),left ventricular ejection fraction,arterial oxygen pressure,liver function,operation time and requirement for intraoperative continuous cardiac output monitoring,positive end expiratory pressure,tranexamic acid,ulinastatin and hydroxyethyl starch,postoperative acidosis and hypothermia were recorded.Results Blood coagulation abnormality was found in 43 patients,and the incidence was 31％.The results of logistic regression analysis showed that the number of operation per year for surgeons＜ 50,preoperative abnormal liver function,preoperative Hct＜35％,surgery time≥240 min,no use of continuous cardiac output monitoring during operation and postoperative hypothermia were risk factors for blood coagulation abnormality in patients undergoing OPCABG.Conclusion The number of operation per year for surgeons＜50,preoperative abnormal liver function,preoperative Hct ＜ 35％,operation time ≥ 240 min,no use of continuous cardiac output monitoring during operation and postoperative hypothermia are risk factors for blood coagulation abnormality in patients undergoing OPCABG.