Quantitative measurement of cartilage volume with automatic cartilage segmentation in knee osteoarthritis

Clinical Rheumatology - To determine the reproducibility of the automatic cartilage segmentation method using a prototype KneeCaP software (version 1.3; Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany) and...     

慢性难治性原发性免疫性血小板减少症治疗进展

原发性免疫性血小板减少症(Primary immune thrombocytopenia,ITP)原称特发性血小板减少性紫癜(Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura,ITP),是一种自身免疫性疾病,是由于机体免疫系统功能紊乱引起血小板破坏增多致其数目减少引起的出血性疾病,临床表现为皮肤黏膜瘀点、瘀斑,尿血,严重者可引起内脏和颅内出血危及生命,骨髓象表现为巨核细胞发育、成熟障碍。儿童急性ITP大多预后良好,75%~82%急性ITP 6个月内可获得缓解,持续6个月以上的ITP中超过1/4在     

Neutrophil extracellular traps and thrombosis in COVID-19

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis - Studies of patients with COVID-19 have demonstrated markedly dysregulated coagulation and a high risk of morbid arterial and venous thrombotic events....     

喜炎平联合β-内酰胺类抗生素治疗儿童化脓性扁桃体炎观察

探讨喜炎平联合β-内酰胺类抗生素治疗儿童急性化脓性扁桃体炎的临床疗效。将126例儿童急性化脓性扁桃体炎患者随机分为观察组65例与对照组61例。对照组采用β-内酰胺类抗生素治疗,观察组在此基础上加用喜炎平治疗,疗程7～10 d,比较2组的临床疗效。观察组临床症状、体征改善时间明显短于对照组（P＜0.05）,观察组总有效率高于对照组（P＜0.05）;2组患者不良反应发生率无显著性差异（P＞0.05）。喜炎平联合β-内酰胺类抗生素治疗儿童急性化脓性扁桃体炎,可显著缩短病程,提高治疗有效率,使用安全,值得临床推广。     

重症急性呼吸综合征患者中重症者早期预警指标研究

目的　探讨重症急性呼吸综合征 (SARS)患者中与重症发生相关的危险因素 ,寻找发生重症的早期预警指标。方法　对北京市SARS临床诊断病例数据库中转院资料完整 ,且在 2周内发生重症的 35 5例和始终未发生重症的 84 1例SARS患者进行单因素和多因素分析。结果　高龄、有基础病的患者发生重症的危险性明显增加。重症患者发生重症前表现出以下特点 :体温下降缓慢、脉搏加快、淋巴细胞计数持续 <0 9× 10 9/L、中性粒细胞高于 7 1× 10 9/L(80 % )、X线胸片异常进展较快等。采用Cox多元逐步回归发现 ,具有统计学显著性的早期预警重症发生的独立因素包括 :年龄偏大、有基础疾病、住院 2d后体温仍不能降至正常、住院 3d后中性粒细胞比值持续在 80 %以上、住院 4d后淋巴细胞计数仍持续 <0 9× 10 9/L和病程中出现脉搏持续加快达到 10 0次 /min。结论　根据SARS患者的年龄和基础病情况 ,结合临床对体温、脉搏、淋巴细胞绝对值以及中性粒细胞绝对值 (百分比 )的密切观察能够对重症SARS的发生进行早期预警。     

A fatal case of accidental oral formaldehyde poisoning and its pathomorphological characteristics

International Journal of Legal Medicine - Formaldehyde is a colourless irritating gas at room temperature, which, therefore, is usually stored in liquid form. This compound is often used as an...     

Survival rate,causes of death,and risk factors in systemic sclerosis: a large cohort study

To investigate the clinical pattern, survival rate, causes of death and risk factors in a large cohort of Chinese Han patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Inpatients treated from 2002 to 2014 were included in this study. Patients were classified into diffuse cutaneous SSc (dcSSc), limited cutaneous SSc (lcSSc), and SSc-overlap syndrome groups. Data were analyzed using Chi-squared tests, Kaplan–Meier curves, log-rank tests, and Cox proportional hazards modeling. Among a total of 201 patients, dcSSc (50.2%) was the major subtype, followed by lcSSc (30.3%) and SSc-overlap (19.4%). Interstitial lung disease (ILD, 148/201, 74%) was the most frequent organ involvement. The overall survival rates were 98% and 95% at 5 and 10 years, respectively. The overall standard mortality ratio (SMR) was 2.22. The most common cause of death was ILD combined with infection (8/16, 50%), followed by kidney failure (2/16, 12.5%). On crude analysis, pulmonary hypertension, ILD, cardiac involvements, renal involvements, and digital ischemia were associated with poor prognosis. On multivariate analysis, pericardial effusion (p?=?0.000) and digital ischemia (p?=?0.016) were independent prognostic factors of death. The mortality rate of patients with SSc is mildly increased in comparison with the general population. ILD is the most common systemic involvement and the principal cause of death in SSc. Pericardial effusion and digital ischemia are independent factors associated with death.     

苦瓜蛋白对柯萨奇B3病毒性心肌炎小鼠半胱天冬酶3活性及凋亡的抑制作用

为研究苦瓜蛋白对凋亡的关键酶半胱天冬酶 3及凋亡的调节作用 ,用已经建立起来的方法从苦瓜果肉中提取苦瓜蛋白。将BALB/C小鼠分为 4组 :病毒对照组、正常对照组、药物对照组和药物治疗组 ,分别在第 0天、第 3天、第 7天和第 14天各处死 5只小鼠 ,第 2 1天全部处死动物 ,心肌组织半胱天冬酶 3活性测定按照CAL BIOCHEM公司的试剂说明书进行 ,并稍加改正 ,凋亡鉴定按照Oncogene公司的TdT DNA裂解片断末端原位标记试剂说明书进行。结果发现 ,①病毒对照组第 7天开始出现半胱天冬酶 3活性 (0 .6 3± 0 .2 1pmol/min ,n =5 ) ,第 14天的活性 (10 .9± 1.5pmol/min ,n =5 )显著高于第 7天 ,第 2 1天的活性 (12 .6± 1.3pmol/min ,n =5 )又高于第 14天。②药物治疗组 ,只有一个第 2 1天的标本有半胱天冬酶 3活性 (0 .4 1pmol/min) ,其它两组均未检测到此酶的活性。③DNA裂解片断末端原位标记法发现 ,病毒对照组在第 7天心肌中有少数细胞凋亡 ,第 14天、第 2 1天凋亡细胞明显增多 ,在非病变区域可发现单个凋亡的心肌细胞。治疗组未发现凋亡细胞 ,其它两组也未发现凋亡细胞。结果提示 ,CVB3病毒性心肌炎中发现有明显的凋亡现象 ,凋亡和半胱天冬酶 3发现于第 7天 ,且随着时间增加而逐渐加重(增强 ) ;苦瓜蛋白可显     

Barrett＇s esophagus and its correlation with gastroesophageal reflux in Chinese

AIM- To study the prevalence of Barrett‘s esophagus in Chinese and its correlation with gastroesophageal reflux. METHODS: This study was carded out in a large prospective series of 391 patients who had undergone upper endoscopy. The patients were divided into 3 groups according to the position of squamocolumnar junction (SC3). Reflux esophagitis (RE) and its degree were recorded. Intestinal metaplasia (IM) in biopsy specimen was typed according to histochemistry and HE and alcian blue (pH2.5) staining separately. Results correlating with clinical, endoscopic, and pathological data were analysed. RESULTS: The prevalence of IM endoscopically appearing Long-segment Barrett‘s Esophagus (LSBE) was 26.53%, Short-segment Barrett‘s Esophagus (SSBE) was 33.85% and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) was 34.00%. IM increased with age of above 40 years old and no difference was found between male and female. Twelve were diagnosed as dysplasia (7 low -grade, 5 high-grade), 16 were diagnosed as cardiac adenocarcinoma and 1 as esophageal adenocarcinoma. The more far away the SCJ moved upward above GEJ, the higher the prevalence and the more severe the RE were. CONCLUSION: There was no difference of the prevalence of IM in different places of SCJ, and IM increased with age of above 40 years old. It is important to pay attention to dysplasia in the distal esophagus and gastro-esophageal junction, and adenocarcinoma is more common in cardia than in esophagus. BE is a consequence of gastroesophageal reflux disease.