Preliminary observation of galvanic vestibular stimulation-vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in healthy young people / 中华耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

Objective@#To introduce the method of galvanic vestibular stimulation-vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (GVS-VEMP) as well as to observe and analyze the parameters and elicited rate of GVS-cVEMP and GVS-oVEMP in healthy young people in China.@*Methods@#Twenty six normal young subjects were recruited for conventional examinations of GVS-VEMP. The subjects were 21-37 years old, average age was (25.8±3.7) years old, including 13 males and 13 females. The galvanic stimulation intensity of 3 mA/1 ms was used to evoke cVEMP and oVEMP on the sternocleidomastoid and inferior extraocular muscles respectively, and the intensity of stimulus was decreased until the response disappeared, the threshold, latency, amplitude, interval phase and interaural amplitude ratio(IAR) were calculated. SPSS18.0 software was used for statistical analysis.@*Results@#All subjects were elicited normal GVS-cVEMP and GVS-oVEMP under 3 mA/1 ms, the elicited rate was 100%. The threshold of GVS-cVEMP was (1.18±0.47) mA, p1 latency was (10.43±1.54) ms, n1 latency was (17.91±1.20) ms, the amplitude was (102.47±56.77) uV and IAR was (0.26±0.20). The threshold of GVS-oVEMP was (1.12±0.50) mA, n1 latency was (8.46±1.05) ms, p1 latency was (11.83±1.27) ms, the amplitude was (9.12±6.82) uV and IAR was (0.25±0.20). In terms of gender and lateral comparison, only the GVS-oVEMP amplitude was higher for male than for female, which had significant statistical difference (P<0.05), and there was no statistical difference in the other parameters between GVS-cVEMP and GVS-oVEMP.@*Conclusion@#GVS-cVEMP and GVS-oVEMP could be elicited in healthy youth population, and the parameters could provide reference for subsequent vestibular function evaluation.

Establishment of experimental method for bone-conducted vibration elicited vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials in healthy guinea pigs / 中华耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

Objective@#To estabilsh animal methods of bone-conducted vibration elicited cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (BCV-cVEMP) and ocular vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (BCV-oVEMP) in healthy guinea pigs.@*Methods@#Eleven healthy (250-350 g) and awake guinea pigs were selected and undertake conventional BCV-cVEMP and BCV-oVEMP examination in prone position. Parameters of waveforms were cauculated.@*Results@#The BCV-cVEMP and BCV-oVEMP both could be elicited in 100% (22/22) in guinea pigs respectively, threshold was (85.5±10.8)dB SPL and (90.7±10.6)dB SPL for cVEMP and oVEMP; n1 latency was (4.5±1.3)ms and (4.3±1.5)ms for cVEMP and oVEMP; p1 latency was (5.8±1.4)ms and (5.6±1.7)ms respectively; n1-p1 interwave latency was (1.2±0.4)ms for cVEMP and (1.4±0.6)ms for oVEMP, amplitude was (21.5±17.3)μV and (24.0±16.3)μV respectively.@*Conclusion@#Both BCV-cVEMP and BCV-oVEMP can be successfully elicited in healthy guinea pigs.

Suppression head impulse paradigm in healthy adult population: the values and features of the parameters / 中华耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

Objective@#To observe the parameters of the results of suppression head impulse paradigm (SHIMP) in healthy adults, and to provide reference for evaluating vestibular oculomotor reflex function in patients with peripheral vertigo.@*Methods@#Fifty healthy adults, 22 males and 28 females, aged from 23-65 years, with an average age of (38.5±11.6) years, were recruited from January to March 2018. Parameters provided by the video head pulse software included the gains, the latency and the peak velocity of saccades, and comparison was made with head impulse paradigm (HIMP).@*Results@#All subjects were elicited anti-compensatory saccades in SHIMP. The normal values of left and right gains were 1.02 and 1.10 in HIMP, and 0.93 and 1.01 in SHIMP respectively. The left and right saccades latency were (201.1± 50.8)ms and (187.0± 42.9)ms, and the peak saccadic velocity were (302.7±58.5)°/s and (291.5±46.5)°/s in SHIMP; there were small but significant difference between two sides about gains in HIMP and SHIMP, as well as latency in SHIMP(P<0.05); there were small but significant difference between HIMP and SHIMP about gains in ipsilateral(P<0.01); there were no significant difference between two sides about peak saccadic velocity in SHIMP(P>0.05).@*Conclusions@#SHIMP can be used for the examination of vestibular oculomotor reflex function in adult population. It is easy to be operated and is convenient for clinical application. Combined with head pulse test, the function of the semicircular canal can be evaluated together.

The effect of hypertonic sodium chloride in the treatment of patients with traumatic hemorrhagic shock and the effects of NO and neutrophil surface CD 18 in serum / 国际检验医学杂志

Objective To study the effect of hypertonic sodium chloride in the treatment of patients with traumatic hemorrhagic shock and the effects of NO and neutrophil surface CD 18 on the serum.Methods 120 patients with traumatic hemorrhagic shock were admitted to the hospital from December 2013 to December 2016,and randomly divided into the observation group and the control group.The control group was given nal-oxone injection,while the observation group was given hypertonic Sodium Chloride Solution.The two groups were compared before and after treatment,hemoglobin concentration,total infusion,24 h mortality,recovery time and adverse reactions,and the patients′hemodynamic and NO and CD18 levels were measured on the ser-um.Results After 24 h treatment,the observation group total infusion was(1 203.13 ± 117.82)mL,the re-covery time was(60.73 ± 5.63)min,24 h mortality rate of 5.00% was significantly lower than the control group total infusion(1 672.38 ± 123.64)mL,the recovery time(71.82 ± 6.19)min,24 h death rate 16.67%, hemoglobin concentration(91.24 ± 5.71)g/L higher than that of the control group(79.45 ± 6.18)g/L,the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).Before treatment,there was no difference in the contents of NO and CD18 between the two groups.After treatment,two groups of patients with serum NO,CD18 content significantly decreased,but the observation group NO(20.27 ± 6.65)mol/L,CD18(41.67 ± 13.24)ng/mL were significantly lower than the control group NO(29.12 ± 8.23)mol/L,CD18(52.64 ± 13.51)ng/mL,the difference were statistically significant(P<0.05).Before treatment,two groups of patients with hemodynam-ic indexes of arterial and venous pressure,no difference in heart rate(P> 0.05);after treatment,the two groups of patients with arterial and venous pressure and heart rate were improved,but the change index of the observation group than in the control group was stable,the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). The complication rate of the observation group was 10%(6/60),which was significantly lower than that of the control group(15/60),and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).Conclusion The infiltra-tion of sodium chloride intravenous infusion could significantly decreased CD 18 and NO levels in the serum of the patients,the patients with stable hemodynamics,reduced the incidence of complications,worthy of clinical reference.

ENHANCING ADHESION OF TETRAHEDRAL AMORPHOUS CARBON FILMS / 药物分析学报

Objective The high energy ion bombardment technique is applied to enhancing the adhesion of the tetrahedral amorphous carbon (TAC) films deposited by the filtered cathode vacuum arc (FCVA). Methods The abrasion method, scratch method, heating and shaking method as well as boiling salt solution method is used to test the adhesion of the TAC films on various material substrates. Results The test results show that the adhesion is increased as the ion bombardment energy increases. However, if the bombardment energy were over the corresponding optimum value, the adhesion would be enhanced very slowly for the harder material substrates and drops quickly, for the softer ones. Conclusion The optimum values of the ion bombardment energy are larger for the harder materials than that for the softer ones.