简介:ObjectiveToreportuseoftheVibrantSoundbridge(VSB)inpatientswithcongenitaldeformationofthemiddleandouterearsandinvestigateitsutilityinthispatientpopulation.MethodFourpatientswithcongenitaldeformationofmiddleandouterearsunderwentVSBimplantation.Allweremale(aged3-18years,average13.5years)andoperatedontheleftside.Malformationwasbilateralin3patientsandunilateralin1patient.Surgicaltechniquesweremodifiedtoaccommodateeachpatient’suniqueconditionsandneeds.Theimplantsitewasapproachedviathefacialrecessin3patientsandthrougharetro-facialnerveroutein1patient.TheVSBimplantwasconnectedtoeitherthestapes(2cases)ortheroundwindow(2cases).PuretoneandspeechaudiometryresultsanddailycommunicationcapabilitiesbeforeandafterVSBactivationwerecompared.ResultsTheoperationsweresuccessfulinallpatients,withnocomplications.ThepatientcommunicationlevelimprovedsignificantlyafterVSBactivation.Averageairconductionpuretonethresholdorconditionedreflexaudiometrythresholdimprovedby35dBinthe0.25-4kHzrange,from69dBHLbeforeVSBactivationto34dBHLafter.Thesentencerecognitionrateinquietat65dBSPLwentupto86%from0%withoutVSBforpatientswithbilateraldeformationandremainedat100%forthepatientwithunilateraldeformity.However,forthelatterpatient,therateimprovedto20%from0%withoutVSBinnoise(-8dBSNR).ConclusionVSBisanexcellentsolutionforimprovinghearinginpatientswithcongenitaldeformationofmiddleandouterears.Operationcanbecompletedandgoodresultscanbeachievedeveninpatientswithuniqueconditionsandneeds.
简介:BackgroundArrhythmogenicrightventricularcardiomyopathy(ARVC)isamajorcauseforsuddencardiacdeathduetoventriculartachycardia.Litterisknownaboutitslong-termoutcomesinChineseARVCpatients.Thepurposeofthisstudywastoevaluatethelong-termclinicaloutcomesinpatientswithARVCandtoclarifytheriskfactorsofcardiacevents.MethodsFortysubjectsfulfillingmodifiedTaskForcecriteriawereincludedinthisstudy.Informationonclinicalpresentation,electrocardiographicandcardiacimagingfindings,andlong-termoutcomeofcaseswereinvestigated.ResultsAveragefollow-upperiodfromonsetwas57.5±42.6months.Themeanageatonsetofsymptoms(32.2±12.7years)andmalepredominance(85.0%)weresimilartothatreportedinotherstudies.Palpitationswerethemostfrequentsymptom(82.5%).T-waveinversionwasthemostcommonpresentingabnormalityonresting12-leadECG(75%).Ventriculartachycardiawithleftbundlebranchblockmorphologywassubsequentlydocumentedinatotalof28(70%)subjectsduringastudyperiod.Thecumulativemortalityratewas7.5%.ConclusionClinicalpresentationinChineseARVCpatientswassimilartothatreportedinotherstudies.ARVCisassociatedwithearlymortalitythatisdifferenttoothercountrypopulation.
简介:<正>Background:Centralsensitizationhasbeenassociatedwithchronicpaininwhiplashpatients.Methods:Consecutivewhiplashpatientswereassessedat3monthspost-whiplashinjurywiththebrachialplexusprovocationtest(BPPT)asasignofcentralsensitization.Self-reportedrecoverywasassessedbytheresponsetothequestion’Doyoufeelyouhaverecoveredfullyfromyouraccidentinjuries?’Results:Sixty-ninesubjects(32males,37females,age37.5±13.0years(mean±SD),range18—71)wereincluded.Ofthese,34reportedalackofrecovery,and35reportedrecoveryat3monthspost-injury.ThemeanBPPTelbowextension(from180°)was41.5±23.0°,andthemeanVASscorefortheBPPTwas2.2±1.2(outof10).ThosewhoreportedrecoveryhadameanBPPTelbowextensionangleof25.1±15.8whilethosewhodidnotreportrecoveryhadameanBPPTangleof58.4±15.9(P<0.05).Thevisualanaloguescale(VAS)scoreforrecoveredsubjectswas1.8±1.1and2.7±1.1(P<0.05)fornon-recovered.Therewasamoderatecorrelationbetweenself-reportedrecoveryandBPPTelbowextensionangle(—0.44)andalowercorrelationbetweenself-reportedrecoveryandVASscore(-0.30).Conclusion:Self-reportedrecoverycorrelateswellwithalowerlikelihoodofsignsofcentralsensitization.
简介:BackgroundMyocardialdamageoftenoccursafterburns.Previously,cardiacenzymeprofilewasoftenmeasuredtodeterminemyocardialinjury,butwashardlyspecific.Inthisstudy,weinvestigatedearlychangesofplasmaN-terminalpro-brainnatriureticpeptide(NT-proBNP)overtimeanditsdiagnosticvalueinburnedpatients.Methods39patientswithheatburnedwereassignedtoheartfailuregroup(n=9),controlgroup(n=30).PlasmaNT-ProBNPandtroponinI(cTnT)weremeasuredat1st,3rd,5thdaysand7thday,andpatientsweresubdividedinto2groupsaccordingtotheircardiacfunction.ResultsNinepatientshadheartfailure(27.7%)andtheirNT-proBNPwas1676.03±2190.41pg/L.Significantdifferencewasfoundbetweentheheartfailuregroupandcontrolgroup(P<0.01).ConclusionNT-proBNPisrelatedtotheseverityofburningandcanwellreflectthestatusofmyocardialinjuryinpatientswithsevereburn,andcanbeusedasanidealmarkerformyocardialinjuryinburnedpatients.
简介:Levofloxacin是通常被用来对待长期的细菌的前列腺炎的合成fluoroquinolone。我们在中国病人为长期的细菌的前列腺炎的治疗与ciprofloxacin相比调查了levofloxacin的安全和功效。这是multicenter,开标签的、使随机化的控制非低劣试用。有临床的症状/症状的471个病人被注册进学习,并且408个病人是微生物学地证实的长期的细菌的前列腺炎,被使随机化到也口头的levofloxacin(500 ;mgq.d)或ciprofloxacin(500 ;mgb.i.d)为4个星期。细菌的清理率,临床的症状/症状,不利反应和疾病复发被估计。临床的症状和症状和在与levofloxacin对待的209个病人和与ciprofloxacin对待的199个病人的细菌文化(包括的尿痛,会阴的不快或疼痛)是类似的。最普通的细菌是Escherichiacoli和葡萄球菌aureus。在4星期治疗的结束以后的一~四个星期,细菌的清理率(86.06%;对60.03%;P<;0.05)并且临床的功效(包括临床的痊愈和临床的改进(93.30%;对71.86%;P<;0.05))比在对待ciprofloxacin的组在对待levofloxacin的组是显著地更高的。microbiological复发率比在对待ciprofloxacin的组在对待levofloxacin的组是显著地更低的(4.00%;对19.25%;P<;0.05)。不利事件和处理相关的不利事件的率比在对待ciprofloxacin的组在对待levofloxacin的组是稍微更低的。Levofloxacin以临床的功效和疾病复发在ciprofloxacin上显示出一些优点,与不利事件的低率,为在中国病人的长期的细菌的前列腺炎的治疗。
简介:Thisstudyinvestigatedtheeffectofcatheter-basedrenalsympatheticdenervation(RD)onleftventricularhypertrophy(LVH)andsystolicanddiastolicfunctioninpatientswithresistanthypertension.LVHanddiastolicdysfunctionareassociatedwithelevatedsympatheticactivityandincreasedmorbidityandmortality.TheeffectofRDonLVHandLVfunctionisunclear.MethodsandResultsForty-sixpatientsunderwentbilateralRD,and18patientsservedascontrols.Transthoracicechocardiographywasperformedatbaseline,andafter1monthand6months.Besidesreductionofsystolicanddiastolicbloodpressure(-22.5/-7.2mmHgat1monthand-27.8/-8.8mmHgat6months,P<0.001ateachtimepoint),RDsignificantlyreducedmeaninterventricularseptumthicknessfrom14.1±1.9mmto13.4±2.1mmand12.5±1.4mm(P=0.007),andLVmassindexfrom53.9±15.6g/m(2.7)(112.4±33.9g/m(2))to47.0±14.2g/m(2.7)(103.6±30.5g/m(2))and44.7±14.9g/m(2.7)(94.9±29.8g/m(2))(P<0.001)at1monthand6months,respectively.ThemitralvalvelateralE/E'decreasedafterRDfrom9.9±4.0to7.9±2.2at1monthand7.4±2.7at6months(P<0.001),indicatingreductionofLVfillingpressures.Isovolumicrelaxationtimeshortened(baseline109.1±21.7msvs.85.6±24.4msat6months,P=0.006),whereasejectionfractionsignificantlyincreasedafterRD(baseline:63.1±8.1%vs.70.1±11.5%at6months,P<0.001).Nosignificantchangeswereobtainedincontrolpatients.ConslusionsBesidestheknowneffectonbloodpressure,ourstudyshowedforthefirsttimethatRDsignificantlyreducesLVmassandimprovesdiastolicfunction,whichmighthaveimportantprognosticimplicationsinpatientswithresistanthypertensionathighcardiovascularrisk.
简介:讨论屏蔽2002的营养的风险(NRS2002)是否为营养的风险在造血的干细胞移植(HSCT)前后为白血病病人屏蔽是适当的,并且是否在其它有风险差别的目的调节,例如年龄,性和匹配的度;发现营养的风险在HSCT前后为这些病人屏蔽的方法和指示物,处理以便给及时干预保证全部移植的成功的结束。99个白血病病人的方法营养的风险在HSCT前后与NRS2002被屏蔽。,2测试被使用比较象年龄,性和匹配的度那样的组之间的风险差别另外的枚举数据的差别,例如最近(13个月)重量损失,在一个星期和BMI以内的减少的食物吸入,被连续性修正比较。99个白血病病人,结果22个盒子(22.2%)在HSCT前有营养的风险,当所有病人在HSCT以后有营养的风险时;有在在男性和女性之间的营养的风险的没有重要差别,和不到30岁的病人,不完整匹配,最近(13个月)重量损失,在一个星期或BMI以内的减少的食物吸入<18.5是更可能的有营养的风险;并且77个盒子(77.8%)有重量损失,49个病人(63.6%)在一个月以内在之中有超过5%重量损失。这研究显示出的结论白血病病人竟然收到在HSCT,和NRS2002前后通常屏蔽的营养的风险,这为营养的风险在HSCT前屏蔽仅仅是适当的。更多的注意应该对病人被给予不到30岁或不完整匹配。重量变化是为在HSCT以后的病人的重要营养的指示物之一。
简介:客观刺猬(HH)的激活小径包括hepatocellular癌(HCC)在人的恶意的发展被含有。然而,在HCC病人的HH激活的临床的影响仍然是不清楚的。这研究被进行证实HH小径部件的表示是否与HCC前进和临床的结果被联系。这研究是的方法一膨胀样品、延长列在后面在上面我们的以前的研究之一。它包括了从2002~2005经历了外科的治疗的46个HCC病人。声音的HH(嘘)的表示,patched-1(PTCH1),smoothened(SMOH)和在肿瘤和邻近的正常纸巾的基因从病人提取了的联系glioma的oncogene-1(GLI1)被反向的transcriptionpolymerase链反应(RT-PCR)检验探索在这些基因和HCC的临床的预后之间的关系。表示在HCC纸巾嘘,PTCH1,SMOH和GLI1铺平的结果分别地是60.87%,50.00%,32.61%和54.35%。嘘相关的分子的表示层次在癌症织物是相对强烈的,但是不足道与肿瘤的任何clinicopathological因素相关。Transcriptional因素GLI1是在HCC病人之中与差的预后联系的唯一的分子。在肿瘤纸巾的GLI1基因的表示显著地与没有疾病的幸存(DFS)(P=0.042)和全面幸存(OS)(P=0.030)被联系。在肿瘤和邻近的正常的肝纸巾的GLI1的同时的表示与DFS相关(P<0.029)并且OS(P<0.025)。结论HH发信号激活是在人的HCC的发展的一个重要事件。在嘘小径的GLI1的表示可能涉及HCC前进,它可以是HCC的有用预示的指示物。
简介:比较在主要debulking外科(PDS)和neoadjuvant化疗之间的幸存和perioperative病态的目的在与先进上皮的卵巢的癌症(EOC)对待病人由间隔debulking外科(NAC/IDS)列在后面。我们回顾地与阶段IIIC或IVEOC考察了67个病人的方法从2006年1月在北京大学癌症医院对待到2009年6月。在那里,37和30个病人分别地经历了PDS和NAC/标志。结果在全面幸存(OS)或没有前进的幸存(PFS)的差别都没在NAC/IDS组和PDS组之间被观察(OS:41.2对39.1个月,P=0.23;PFS:27.1对24.3个月,P=0.37)。最佳的debulking率在NAC/IDS组是60%,它在PDS组(32.4%)(P=0.024)比那显著地高。NAC/IDS组显著地有比PDS的肠的功能的估计的血损失和输送,更低的nasogastricintubation率,和更早的移动和恢复组织的更少的intraoperative(P<0.05)。结论NAC/IDS不比PDS侵略,并且关于最佳的cytoreduction率,intraoperative血损失,和手术后的恢复提供优点,没有显著地损害与在对待有阶段IIIC或IVEOC的病人的PDS相比的幸存。因此,NAC/IDS可以是为EOC病人的一种珍贵治疗选择。
简介:BackgroundAnomalousoriginoftheleftcoronaryarteryfromthepulmonaryartery(ALCAPA)isararecongenitalanomaly.Itdemonstratedthecombinedeffectsoftheabsenceofanormalcoronaryflowwithacoronarystealandtheprofoundischemiathatcanproduceleftventriculardysfunctionandmitralregurgitation.Wehereintroducethepostoperativemanagementofpatientswithrepairofanomalousoriginoftheleftcoronaryarteryfromthepulmonaryartery,withanemphasisonitsoutcome.MethodsRecordsof31patientswithanomalousoriginoftheleftcoronaryarteryfromthepulmonaryarteryreceivingsurgeryfrom1998to2010werereviewedretrospectively,10ofwhichweretreatedwiththemitralvalvesurgicallyatthesametime.Theageofpatientswas4monthsto16years(median,1year)andweightofthosewas5to53kilograms(median,7.8kilograms),allofwhichwerediagnosedofanomalousoriginoftheleftcoronaryarteryfromthepulmonarybyechocardiographyandcardiaccatheterization.Aftersurgery,electrocardiogram,echocardiography,arterialbloodpressure,transcutaneousoxygensaturationandcentralvenouspressureweremonitored.Commonpostoperativecomplicationsinourgroupwereanalysed.Andpreoperativeandpostoperativedataincludingareaofmitralregurgitation,leftventricularsystolicdiameterandleftventriculardistolicdiameterwereobtained.Cardiopulmonarybypasstimeandmechanicalventilationtimeofpostoperativepatientswithnopneumoniawerecomparedwiththosewithpneumonia.Binarylogisticregressionwasappliedfortheanalysisoftheriskfactorsofpostoperativepneumonia.ResultsOf31patients,30survivedaftersurgerywithearlymortalityof3.23%.Onepatientdiedofseverelowcardiacoutputsyndrome.Mechanicalventilationtimewas4hoursto168hourshours(mean,39.68±50.52hours;median,18hours).ICUstaywas16hoursto425hours(mean,111.65±127.03hours;median,44hours).Inourgroup,commonpostoperativecomplicationsweremyocardialischemia(n=12,36.4%),infection(n=
简介:BackgroundTheCHA2DS2-VAScschemahasrecentlybeenintroducedtocomplementtheCHADS2scoreandimprovetheidentificationofatrialfibrillation(AF)patientsat'trulylowrisk'forthromboembolism.WetestedthepredictiveabilityoftheCHA2DS2-VASc,CHADS2andvanWalravenriskstratificationschemesinacohortof'lone'AFpatientswitha12-yearfollow-up.MethodsandResultsWeconductedaregistry-based,observationalcohortstudyof345patientsinitiallydiagnosedwith'lone'AFbetween1992and2007.Atbaseline,allpatientshadtheCHADS2andvanWalravenscoresof0,and262(75.9%)hadaCHA2DS2VAScscore=0.Duringfollow-up(orwithinayearpriortostroke),228(66.1%),234(67.8%)and150patients(43.5%)retainedtheCHADS2,vanWalravenandCHA2DS2VAScscoresof0,respectively.Theoverallrateofischemicstrokewas0.19(95%CI:0.18-0.20)per100patient-years.Inthemultivariableanalysis,onlytheCHA2DS2-VAScscoreof0wassignificantlyrelatedtotheabsenceofstroke(OR5.1,95%CI:1.5-16.8,P=0.008).OnlytheCHA2DS2-VAScscorehadasignificantpredictionability(c-statistic0.72[0.61-0.84],P=0.031).ConclusionsTheCHA2DS2-VAScscorereliablyidentifiedthe'lone'AFpatientswhowereat'trulylowrisk'forthromboembolism,andwastheonlytestedriskstratificationschemewithasignificantpredictiveabilityforthromboembolismamongstloneAFpatients.
简介:BackgroundTotheeffectofpercutaneouscoronaryintervention(PCI)onplasmalevelofN-terminalpro-Btypenatriureticpeptide(NT-proBNP)inpatientswithcoronaryheartdisease(CHD)andnormalleftventricularfunction.MethodsOnehundredandfivepatientswithCHDandnormalventricularfunctionwereenrolled.BloodsamplesforassessmentofNT-proBNPandcTn-TwerecollectedbeforeandafterPCI.ResultsThemeanleftventricularejectionfractionwas60.3±5.3%.Afterrevascularization,theleveloflgNT-proBNPwassignificantlyreduced(2.40±0.44vs2.23±0.43,P<0.001).SubgroupanalysisshowedthattheleveloflgNT-proBNPwasconsistentlydecreasedindifferentclinicalclassifications(stableangina45,unstableangina31andacutemyocardialinfarction29)andtarget-vesselrevascularization(leftanteriordescendingartery30,leftcircumflexartery26andrightcoronaryartery49),andin99patientswithoutelevationofpost-proceduralcTnT,butitshowedatrendofnon-significantincreasein6patientswithelevatedcTn-T.ConclusionsOurstudydemonstratesthatsuccessfulPCIreducesplasmaNT-proBNPconcentrationinpatientswithCHDandnormalventricularfunction.ThisimplicatesthattheimpactofPCIshouldbeconsideredintheinterpretationofNT-proBNPchangeinclinicalpractice,andfurtherstudiesarenecessarytoinvestigatethedirectand/orindirecteffectofmyocardialischemiaonBNP/NT-proBNP.
简介:BackgroundIntra-aorticballoonpump(IABP)hasbeenwidelyusedatpresent.Wecanuseitatdifferentstagesofperioperativeperiodinoff-pumpcoronaryarterybypassgrafting(CABG).However,whentouseditwasseldomconfirmed.MethodsFromJanuary2008toJune2012,the89coronaryheartdisease(CHD)patientsacceptedimplantationofIABPatdifferentstagesofoff-pumpCABG,preoperativeandpostoperativeventricularsystolicfunction,leftventricularremodelingsituationandthechangesofmyocardialenzymeswereevaluated.ResultsAllthepatientshadleftheartinsufficiencyandmultivesseldisease.TheirpostoperativeleftventricularsystolicfunctionandventricularremodelingweresignificantlyimprovedwhilemyocardialenzymesdecreasedwithpreoperativeinterventionalimplantationofIABP.Theperioperativemortalitywas7.86%(7/89).NopatientshadcomplicationofIABP.ConclusionEarlierIABPimplantationatpreoperationisusefultoimproveheartfunction,improvethetolerabilityofsurgery,reducetheincidenceofpostoperativelowcardiacoutputsyndrome(LCOS)anddecreasethemortality.