Bacterial bioburden of duodenoscope elevator mechanism in different reprocessing stages.

Over the past decade, infections linked to duodenoscopes have become a significant concern, primarily due to the intricate design of the elevator mechanism. Currently, there is limited evidence regarding the bacterial contamination level of the elevator mechanism after clinical use and throughout its various reprocessing stages. This study utilized the swab culture technique to examine the bacterial contamination on the duodenoscope elevator mechanism after clinical use and after 3 reprocessing stages at a Center of tertiary hospital. Our findings revealed severe bacterial contamination after clinical usage, emphasizing that the effectiveness of manual cleaning greatly influences the subsequent high-level disinfection quality.

Serological analysis of anti-K and anti-Wra detected in patient treated with daratumumab: a case report / 中国输血杂志

【Objective】 To investigate the reasonable serological detection method by analyzing the characteristics of anti-K and anti-Wra from a patient who received treatment with daratumumab. 【Methods】 Unexpected antibody screening and identification were performed by saline method, polybrene, cardioagglutinin, dithiothreitol (DTT) treatment, trypsin treatment and papain treatment in the patient's plasma and acid elution solution. Heat elution test was detected after absorbing patient serum with K antigen negative red blood cells. The characteristics of antibodies were analyzed and their titer was continuously detected. Cross matching was performed after excluding interference of daratumumab. 【Results】 Anti-K and anti-Wra were detected in saline and polybrene in the patient's plasma. The patient's elution solution contained daratumumab. DTT or trypsin treatment excluded interference of daratumumab but papain treatment did not. DTT treatment destroyed K antigen and missed the detection of IgG antibodies in the Kell system. Trypsin treatment did not affect K antigen and can detect IgG antibodies of Kell system(anti-k)in the serum of the patient treated with daratumumab. Anti K was IgM and the titer was 4 by saline method and it decreased to no agglutination in room temperature after 39 days. Anti-Wra was IgG and the titer by polybrene method was 4, and it decreased to 1 after 39 days. After 76 days, neither anti-K nor anti-Wra could be detected. Transfusions of K and Wra antigen negative red blood cells were safe and effective. 【Conclusion】 DTT treatment can exclude interference of daratumumab, but attention should be paid to missed detection of anti-K. To avoid interference of daratumumab and identify unexpected antibody, multiple methods such as DTT treatment, polybrene and trypsin treatment in combination are recommended.

Effect of electroacupuncture at different time points on postoperative urination function in patients with mixed hemorrhoids surgery / 中国针灸

OBJECTIVE@#To observe the effect of preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative electroacupuncture (EA) intervention on postoperative urination function in patients with mixed hemorrhoid surgery.@*METHODS@#A total of 240 patients with mixed hemorrhoid surgery under lumbar anesthesia were randomly divided into an EA preconditioning group (group A, 60 cases, 9 cases dropped off), an intraoperative EA group (group B, 60 cases, 4 cases dropped off), a postoperative EA group (group C, 60 cases, 6 cases dropped off), and a non-acupuncture group (group D, 60 cases, 3 cases dropped off). In the groups A, B and C, EA was exerted at Zhongliao (BL 33) and Huiyang (BL 35) , with disperse-dense wave, 4 Hz/20 Hz in frequency, and lasting 30 min, at 30 min before lumbar anesthesia, immediately after lumbar anesthesia and 6 h after surgery, respectively. No EA intervention was performed in the group D. The postoperative urination smoothness score in each group was observed 24 h after surgery. The first urination time, first urination volume, urine residual volume after first urination were recorded, and incidence of indwelling catheterization, postoperative visual analogue scale (VAS) score, number of remedial analgesia, and the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting were observed in each group.@*RESULTS@#In the groups A, B and C, the postoperative urination smoothness scores were superior to the group D (P<0.05), and the time of first urination was earlier than the group D (P<0.05). In the group C, the time of first urination was earlier than the group A and the group B (P<0.05), the first urination volume was higher than the group D (P<0.05), and the urine residual volume after first urination was lower than the group D (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the incidence of indwelling catheterization and postoperative nausea and vomiting among the 4 groups (P>0.05). The VAS scores of the group A, B and C were lower than that in the group D (P<0.05), and the number of remedial analgesia cases was lower than that in the group D (P<0.05).@*CONCLUSION@#EA intervention could promote the recovery of urination function and relieve postoperative pain in patients with mixed hemorrhoids surgery. Early postoperative EA intervention is more conducive to the recovery of urination function.

Efficacy of ultra photon intense pulsed light combined with hydroquinone cream for treatment of chloasma / 中华医学美学美容杂志

Objective:To observe the efficacy and safety of ultra photon intense pulsed light combined with hydroquinone cream for the treatment of chloasma.Methods:From January 2020 to October 2022, a total of 30 patients with chloasma treated in the Department of Dermatology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, ranged from 28 to 54 years old with an average age of 39 years, were randomly divided into three groups with 10 patients in each group: combined treatment group was treated with ultra photon intense pulsed light combined with hydroquinone cream; ultra photon intense pulsed light group was treated with ultra photon intense pulsed light alone; hydroquinone group was treated with hydroquinone cream alone. The efficacy and safety of the three groups were compared after four months of treatment.Results:After the treatment, 10 cases were effective in the combined treatment group, 5 cases were effective in the ultra photon intense pulsed light group and 2 cases were effective in the hydroquinone group. The total effective rate of the combined treatment group was significantly better than that of the ultra photon intense pulsed light group and the hydroquinone group, with statistical significance ( P<0.05). The average melasma area severity index score of the three groups after treatment was significantly decreased compared with that before treatment respectively ( P<0.05), and the average melasma area severity index score of the combined treatment group after treatment was significantly lower than that of hydroquinone group, with statistical significance ( P<0.05). No serious adverse reactions were observed in all the patients. Conclusions:Ultra photon intense pulsed light and hydroquinone cream can improve chloasma alone, but ultra photon intense pulsed light combined with hydroquinone cream has better therapeutic effect.

Clinical efficacy and safety of neuro-endoscopic evacuation and microsurgery via keyhole approach in early spontaneous supertentorial intracerebral hemorrhage: a prospective multi-center randomized controlled trial / 中华神经医学杂志

Objective:To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of neuro-endoscopic evacuation and microsurgery via keyhole approach in early spontaneous supertentorial intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Methods:A prospective multi-center randomized controlled trial was performed; 114 patients with spontaneous supertentorial ICH (time from onset to surgery<6 h) admitted to Departments of Neurosurgery, Shunde Hospital of Southern Medical University, Jiangmen Central Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine of Yanbian University from January 2019 to December 2021 and met the surgical indications were selected. They were divided into endoscopic group (evacuation of intracerebral hematoma under neuroendoscope, n=71) and microscopic group (microsurgery of intracerebral hematoma via keyhole approach, n=43) according to different surgical methods. After 1:1 propensity score matching of the general data, surgical time, hematoma clearance rate, early postoperative re-bleeding rate, Glasgow coma scale (GCS) scores 7 d after surgery, activity of daily living (ADL) scores 6 months after surgery, mortality, and surgery-related complications of 66 patients (33 from each group after matching) were compared. Results:The difference of surgical time between endoscopic group and microscopic group was statistically significant (125[102, 157] mins vs. 175[125, 260] mins, P<0.05). However, hematoma clearance rate (93.00%[80.88%, 96.52%] vs. 93.31%[88.15%, 96.03%]), early postoperative re-bleeding rate (15.2% vs. 9.1%), GCS scores 7 d after surgery (13[10, 15] vs. 12[8, 14]), ADL scores 6 months after surgery (65[45, 85] vs. 55[0, 85]), mortality rate (18.2% vs. 21.2%) and incidences of postoperative intracranial infection and acquired pulmonary infection were not statistically significant between the two groups ( P>0.05). Conclusion:Comparing with microsurgery via keyhole approach, neuro-endoscopy could shorten the surgical time, but not improve the prognosis or safety in early spontaneous supertentorial ICH patients.

Analysis of the effect of gene mutations on the efficacy of ruxolitinib in patients with myelofibrosis based on second-generation sequencing technology / 中华血液学杂志

Objective: To assess the effect of gene mutations on the efficacy of ruxolitinib for treating myelofibrosis (MF) . Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 56 patients with MF treated with ruxolitinib from July 2017 to December 2020 and applied second-generation sequencing (NGS) technology to detect 127 hematologic tumor-related gene mutations. Additionally, we analyzed the relationship between mutated genes and the efficacy of ruxolitinib. Results: ①Among the 56 patients, there were 36 cases of primary bone marrow fibrosis (PMF) , 9 cases of bone marrow fibrosis (ppv-mf) after polycythemia vera, and 11 cases of bone marrow fibrosis (PET-MF) after primary thrombocytosis (ET) . ②Fifty-six patients with MF taking ruxolitinib underwent NGS, among whom, 50 (89.29%) carried driver mutations, 22 (39.29%) carried ≥3 mutations, and 29 (51.79%) carried high-risk mutations (HMR) . ③ For patients with MF carrying ≥ 3 mutations, ruxolitinib still had a better effect of improving somatic symptoms and shrinking the spleen (P=0.001, P<0.001) , but TTF and PFS were significantly shorter in patients carrying ≥ 3 mutations (P=0.007, P=0.042) . ④For patients carrying ≥ 2 HMR mutations, ruxolitinib was less effective in shrinking the spleen than in those who did not carry HMR (t= 10.471, P=0.034) , and the TTF and PFS were significantly shorter in patients carrying ≥2 HMR mutations (P<0.001, P=0.001) . ⑤Ruxolitinib had poorer effects on spleen reduction, symptom improvement, and stabilization of myelofibrosis in patients carrying additional mutations in ASXL1, EZH2, and SRSF2. Moreover, patients carrying ASXL1 and EZH2 mutations had significantly shorter TTF [ASXL1: 360 (55-1270) d vs 440 (55-1268) d, z=-3.115, P=0.002; EZH2: 327 (55-975) d vs 404 (50-1270) d, z=-3.219, P=0.001], and significantly shorter PFS compared to non-carriers [ASXL1: 457 (50-1331) d vs 574 (55-1437) d, z=-3.219, P=0.001) ; 428 (55-1331) d vs 505 (55-1437) d, z=-2.576, P=0.008]. Conclusion: The type and number of mutations carried by patients with myelofibrosis and HMR impact the efficacy of ruxolitinib.

Molecular analysis of 23 cases of B subgroup / 中华医学遗传学杂志

OBJECTIVE@#To explore the molecular reasons of weak expression of B antigen on the red cell.@*METHODS@#Serological test for blood group was carried out, including red cell and plasma grouping, and anti-A1 and anti-H testing, and confirming weak A or B antigens by adsorption and elution. Exons 1-7 were sequenced directly, and one of them was cloned and sequenced.@*RESULTS@#All of the 23 samples showed the weak B antigen by serological method. The alleles of the subgroups were identified by DNA sequencing, including 2 Bel subgroup, 4 B3 subgroup, 14 Bw subgroup, 2 CisAB subgroup and a novel allele. The novel allele showed a nucleotide substitution 662G>A in the exon 7, and the sequence was submitted to Blood Group Antigen Gene Mutation Database, and the novel allele was named Bel10.@*CONCLUSION@#Nucleotide substitution in exon results in blood subgroup, which showed that the antigens were weakened, and Bw phenotype was the most frequently subgroup.

Efficacy and Safety of Cladribine-based Intensified Conditioning Regimen in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients with High-Risk Acute Myeloid Leukemia / 中国实验血液学杂志

OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the efficacy, safety and the risk factors affecting prognosis of high-risk acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients treated by cladribine-based intensified conditioning regimen.@*METHODS@#The clinical data of 28 patients with high-risk AML treated by cladribine in combination with busulfan plus cyclophosphamide (BuCy) intensified conditioning regimen before allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) in Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University from October 2016 to June 2020 were analyzed retrospectively. The overall survival (OS) rate, cumulative progression-free survival (PFS) rate, relapse rate, non-relapse mortality (NRM), regimen related toxicity (RRT) and risk factors affecting prognosis of the patients were analyzed.@*RESULTS@#The 1-year OS and PFS of the patients after implantation was (78.8±8.6)% and (79.8±8.1)%, while the 1-year cumulative relapse rate and NRM of the patients was 9.3% and 22.0%, respectively. The 1-year expected OS of MRD- high-risk patients before HSCT was 100%. The 1-year expected OS and PFS of the patients in pre-transplant relapse group was (46.9±18.7)% and (50.0±17.7)%, respectively. The incidence of I/II grade RRT was 39.3%. NO III/IV grade RRT were found in 28 patients. Multivariate analysis showed that pre-transplant relapse was the independent risk factor affecting OS and PFS of the patients.@*CONCLUSION@#The intensified conditioning regimen of cladribine in combination with BuCy can reduce the relapse rate of high-risk AML transplantation, and its RRT is mild, exhibiting good safety. MRD- high-risk patients before HSCT can achieve better transplant benefits, but the prognosis of patients with relapse before transplantation is not significantly improved. Therefore, for non-relapsed high-risk AML patients, this intensified conditioning regimen deserves to be considered.

The research for the function evaluation of facial nerve and the mechanisms of rehabilitation training.

BACKGROUND: Peripheral facial paralysis (PFP) is a common peripheral neural disease. Acupuncture treatment combined with PFP rehabilitation exercises is a routine method of PFP treatment. This article is to provide a new visual and objective evaluation method for exploring the mechanism and efficacy of acupuncture treatment on PFP, and develop an interactive augmented facial nerve function rehabilitation training system with multiple training models. METHODS: This prospective and observational trial will recruit 200 eligible participants for the following study. In the trial, the laser speckle contrast analysis (LASCA) technology will be applied to monitor the microcirculation of facial blood flow during acupuncture, and real-time monitoring algorithms, data sampling, and digital imaging methods will be conducted by machine learning and image segmentation. Then, a database of patient facial expressions will be built, the correlation between surface blood flow perfusion volume and facial structure symmetry will be analyzed, combined with scale assessment and electrophysiological detection. In addition, we will also explore the objectivity and effectiveness of LASCA in the evaluation of facial paralysis (FP), and the changes in blood flow microcirculation before and after acupuncture treatment will be analyzed. RESULTS: The standard image of the facial target area with facial nerve injury will be manually segmented by the convolutional neural network method. The blood flow images of the eyelid, cheek, and mandible of the patients' affected and healthy side will be compared and evaluated. Laser speckle blood flow symmetry Pr and its changes in FP condition evolution and prognosis outcome will be measured, and relevant characteristic signals values will be extracted. Finally, COX regression analysis method is conducted to establish a higher accuracy prediction model of FP with cross-validation based on laser speckle blood flow imaging technology. CONCLUSIONS: We use modern interdisciplinary high-tech technologies to explore the mechanism of acupuncture rehabilitation training in PFP. And we will provide evidence for the feasibility of using the LASCA technique as a typing diagnosis of FP in the acupuncture rehabilitation treatment of PFP. REGISTRATION NUMBER: ChiCTR1800019463.

Mild and moderate postpartum depression treated with acupuncture of / 中国针灸

OBJECTIVE@#To observe the clinical therapeutic effect on mild and moderate postpartum depression treated with acupuncture of @*METHODS@#A total of 116 patients with mild and moderate postpartum depression were divided into an acupuncture group (103 cases) and a non-acupuncture group (13 cases) according to treatment regimen provided. In the acupuncture group, acupuncture of @*RESULTS@#The total effective rate of the acupuncture A group was 100.0% (31/31), better than 76.9% (10/13) in the non-acupuncture group and 58.1% in the acupuncture B group (18/31) (@*CONCLUSION@#Acupuncture of

Clinical Effect of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in the Treatment of P230 Chronic Myeloid Leukemia / 中国实验血液学杂志

OBJECTIVE@#To observe the curative efficacy of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in the treatment of e19a2 transcript (P230) CML chronic phase (CML-CP) patients.@*METHODS@#The clinical data of 11 P230 CML-CP patients were collected from July 2008 to December 2019. Blood routine examination, bone marrow cytology, chromosome, and BCR-ABL qualitative and quantitative tests were performed at initial diagnosis. After TKIs treatment, BCR-ABL (P230)/ABL in peripheral blood was regularly detected to evaluate molecular response by real-time quantitative PCR.@*RESULTS@#There were 11 patients (7 males and 4 females) in chronic phase from 6 domestic hospitals enrolled, their median age was 46 years old (range from 19 to 56 years old). Among 4 patients treated with imatinib (400 mg, qd) firstly, 3 cases switched to nilotinib (400 mg, bid) and 1 case switched to dasatinib (100 mg, qd) due to failure to achieve best molecular response at the landmark time or mutation of ABL kinase. Then major molecular response (MMR) was obtained within 1 year. In addition, 5 patients were treated with nilotinib (300 mg, bid) and 2 patients with dasatinib (100 mg, qd) as first-line treatment, all of them got MMR within 6 months.@*CONCLUSION@#For intolerance or resistance to imatinib, second-generation TKIs can enable P230 CML patients to achieve deeper molecular response, and MMR in a short time.

Risk assessment and prediction of severe or critical illness of COVID-19 in the elderly

(1) BackgroundThis study aims to investigate the clinical characteristics and risk prediction of severe or critical events of COVID-19 in the elderly patients in China. (2) MethodsThe clinical data of COVID-19 in the elderly patients admitted to the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center during the period of January 20, 2020 to March 16, 2020 were collected. A retrospective cohort study design was conducted to screen out independent factors through Cox univariable regression analysis and multivariable regression analysis, and the efficacy of risk prediction of severe or critical illness was examined through the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. (3) ResultsA total of 110 elderly patients with COVID-19 were enrolled. 52 (47.3%) were males and 21 (19.1%) had severe or critical illness. Multivariable regression analysis showed that CD4 cells and D-dimer were independent risk factors. D-dimer, CD4 cells, and D-dimer/CD cells ratios with cut off values of 0.65 (mg/L), 268 (cell/ul) and 431 were in the prediction of severe or critical illness of the elderly COVID-19. The AUC value of D-dimer, CD4 cells, CD4 cells/D-dimer ratio, the tandem group and the parallel group were 0.703, 0.804, 0.794, 0.812 and 0.694, respectively. (4) ConclusionsD-dimer, CD4 cells and their combination have risk assessment value in predicting severe or critical illness of COVID-19 in the elderly.

Practical experience of virtual acupuncture and moxibustion teaching system in the operation teaching course of / 中国针灸

Started from the needs of clinical teaching and practice of acupuncture and moxibustion, based on the acupuncture education and assessment model, the virtual acupuncture teaching system was developed with the help of virtual reality (VR) technology, and applied to the course teaching of meridian and acupoint and needling and moxibustion method of . Compared with conventional teaching, this system can effectively improve practical operation test scores of students, meanwhile, it has higher interest, interactivity and helpfulness for knowledge learning, and improve independent learning ability, learning effect and memory depth, so student's satisfaction is higher.

Efficacy and Prognosis of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Acute Monocytic Leukemia Patients / 中国实验血液学杂志

OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the efficacy of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) in the treatment of acute monocytic leukemia (AML-M5) and the related factors that affecting the prognosis of the patients.@*METHODS@#The clinical data of 71 patients with AML-M5 treated with allo-HSCT in Zhujiang Hospital Affiliated to Southern Medical University from April 2009 to October 2019 were collected and retrospectively analyzed. The incidence of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), cumulative overall survival (OS) rate, cumulative progression-free survival (PFS) rate, transplantation-related mortality (TRM), relapse rate and the risk factors affecting prognosis in the patients were analyzed.@*RESULTS@#66 patients obtained hematopoietic reconstruction after transplantation, the median time of granulocyte implantation was 12 (9-26) d, and the median time of megakaryocytic implantation was 13 (8-72) d. The incidence of acute GVHD and chronic GVHD was 33.8% (24/71) and 36.6% (26/71), respectively. The median follow-up time was 13.81 (0.16 to 112.54) months; the median OS and PFS was 31.27 and 26.07 months, respectively. The cumulative OS of the patients in 1 and 3 years after transplantation was 64.9% and 48.6%, respectively, and the cumulative PFS of the patients in 1 and 3 years was 55.0% and 39.5%, respectively. The cumulative relapse rate of the patients in 1 and 3 years was 24% and 40%, respectively. Multivariate analysis showed that pre-transplantation relapse was the independent risk factor affecting OS (HR=2.32, 95%CI:1.17-4.62, P=0.02) and PFS (HR=3.08, 95%CI:1.61-5.90, P=0.001) of the patients; invasive fungal disease after transplantation was the independent risk factor affecting OS (HR=2.71, 95% CI:1.32-5.56, P=0.007) and PFS (HR=2.87, 95%CI=1.40-5.86, P=0.004) of the patients; FLT3 mutation was the independent risk factor affecting PFS (HR=2.13, 95%CI=1.07-4.24, P=0.03) of the patients.@*CONCLUSION@#AML-M5 is the intermediate or high-risk leukemia, and allo-HSCT can improve the survival prognosis of the patients. Pre-transplantation relapse and invasive fungal disease after transplantation are the important factors affecting the efficacy of allo-HSCT in patients with AML-M5.

Fetomaternal hemorrhage in RhD-negative pregnant women in Tianjin / 国际生物医学工程杂志

Objective To study and monitor the situation of femomaternal hemorrhage (FMH) in RhD-negative pregnant women in Tianjin, obtain the FMH data of such population, and analyze the relationship between FMH and age, blood type, gestational age, hemolytic disease of postpartum neonates, etc. Methods The FMH level was detected by flow cytometry with FITC-anti-HbF monoclonal antibody. The blood type was detected by blood serum method. The irregular antibody was identified by saline method and indirect anti-human ball method. The hemolysis of postpartum neonates was detected by three tests of hemolysis. Results The FMH volume of 86 RhD negative pregnant women was between 0 and 11.48 ml, with an average of 1.82 ml. There were 63.95％of pregnant women showed a volume of FMH<2.0 ml, 23.26％between 2 and 4 ml, 11.63％between 4.0 and 10.0 ml, and 1.16％>10 ml. The proportion of lower FMH in pregnant women≤30 years old was>11.71％higher than that in the pregnant women>30 years old, but the difference was no statistical significant. There was no significant difference in FMH of pregnant women with O, A, B and AB types. The proportion of higher FMH in pregnant women with compatible ABO blood type with her husband was 12.46％ lower than that of the heterozygous cases, but the difference was no statistical significant. The proportion of higher FMH in the pregnant women with 28 to 32 weeks gestational age was 14.55％ higher than that of ≤28 weeks and was 35.32％ higher than that of >32 weeks, and the differences were statistical significant. Three samples in the 86 samples were positive for anti-D antibody, and their three hemolytic test results were strongly positive with the anti-D titer from 1:2 to 1:32 and the FMH volume from 1.50 to 6.93 ml. The proportion of lower FMH in the 10 pregnant women without postpartum hemolysis was 70％ higher than that in 5 pregnant women with postpartum hemolysis, but the differences were not statistical significant. Conclusions The results suggest that monitoring FMH content by flow cytometry can reflect FMH in Rh-negative pregnant women. The studies on the relationship between FMH and age, blood type, pregnant time and hemolytic disease of postpartum neonates can provide basically experimental data for standard use of anti-D immunoglobulin in pregnant women.

Study on relationship between hemoglobin content and blood pressure in pregnant women in Zhoushan islands / 中华疾病控制杂志

Objective To investigate the relationship between hemoglobin and blood pressure of pregnant women in Zhoushan islands, so as to provide scientific evidence for the etiological study of gestational hypertension. Methods A retrospective study was conducted among 1 383 pregnant women who received perinatal care in Zhoushan Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Zhejiang Province from January 2017 to June 2018. Pregnant women were monitored for hemoglobin content and blood pressure in the early, middle and late pregnancy. The multivariate linear regression was used to analyze the relationship between hemoglobin content and blood pressure in different pregnancy. Results The incidence of anemia in early, middle and late pregnancy was 7.74%, 25.45% and 15.76% respectively. The multivariate linear regression showed that hemoglobin levels during pregnancy had effects on systolic blood pressure in early, middle and late pregnancy, and the earlier hemoglobin levels were monitored, the more obvious the effect on systolic blood pressure was.With the increase of hemoglobin level, systolic blood pressure increased, such as the effect of hemoglobin on systolic blood pressure in early pregnancy, mid-pregnancy and late pregnancy. Hemoglobin of first trimster had the greatest effect (β=0.10, P<0.001), Hemoglobin of second trimester had no obvious effect, and that of third trimester had the second effect (β=0.04, P=0.027).Hemoglobin levels and diastolic blood pressure levels were similar to their relationship with systolic blood pressure. Conclusions Hemoglobin levels during pregnancy have significant effects on systolic and diastolic blood pressure in first, second and third trimsters of pregnancy. Regular measurement of hemoglobin levels during pregnancy can improve the health of pregnant women.

Compare and Contrast of the Diagnosis of Cerebral Malformation on 2D Ultrasonography, 3D Ultrasonography against MRI / 昆明医科大学学报

Objective to compare and contrast the diagnosis results on 2D and 3D Ultrasonogrpahy against MRI. Method A 2D Ultrasonography was applied during a conventional prenatal sonography checking with a 3D Sonography assessment subsequently conducted to follow up on 49 fetus suspected of brain malformation.Furthermore, a MRI scan was taken within 24 hours after the 3D Sonography checking in our hospital as a final test. Data collections from all three assessments were completed, and an analysis of the comparisons of these three methods were done. Results Among these 49 fetus with confirmed or suspected brain malformation, there were two cases of misdiagnoses of Dandy-Walker Malformation assessed by 2D sonography, with a misdiagnosis rate of 40％, (P ＜ 0.05) indicating a statistically significant result; misdiagnosis rate of Fetal Ventriculomegaly and Isolated Broadening Posterior Fossa were calculated as 26.7％ and 33.3％ respectively (P ＜0.05), a statistically significant result. Overall, there were two cases with Cerebellum Malformation, from in which one case was identified by MRI, and the other one was misdiagnosed, with a misdiagnosis rate of 50.0％.In total, there were 2 cases of Holoprosencephaly, in which one was identified by Prenatal MRI, and the other was misdiagnosed (P ＜ 0.05), a statistically significant result. Conclusions All three assessments of 2D ultrasonography, 3D ultrasonography and MRI have their own advantages and disadvantages. In short, 2D Sonography is suggested to be applied for screening out cases with brain malformation, together with 3D Sonography as a complementary assessment. MRI can also be an effective and significant complement for sonography in completing and readdressing the final ultrasonic results.

Ultrathin gold film modified optical properties of excitons in monolayer MoS2.

Metal nanostructure plays an important role in tailoring the performance of various two-dimensional semiconductors. Herein, we theoretically study the optical properties of A, B and C excitons in monolayer MoS2 coated on ultrathin gold films less than 20 nm in thickness. We show that resonances of these three excitons occur at ∼660, ∼613 and ∼426 nm, respectively and each exciton maximizes absorption intensity at total reflection. However, because of the optical scattering effect induced by the ultrathin gold film, the maximum absorption of each exciton appears at the incident angle θm that is larger than its corresponding surface plasmon resonance angle θSPR. It is possible that due to the gradual approach between θm and θSPR, the maximum absorption intensity of the exciton gradually increases with thickening of the gold film. For external reflection, the C exciton maximizes absorption intensity around its corresponding quasi-Brewster's angle, whereas the incident angle, at which the A or B exciton gives the maximum absorption, gradually deviates from its corresponding quasi-Brewster's angle as the gold film thickness decreases. This discrepancy is explained by the dependencies of extinction coefficients of hybrid films on the excitonic resonance wavelength and gold film thickness.

Establishing the Ion Torrent PGM Sequencing Methods for the Clinical Diagnosis of MPN Patients / 中国实验血液学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the feasibility and relibility of rapidly and accurately acquiring the informations of gene mutations in MPN patients by using self-designed custom MPN mutation-related multipe-PCR primer kit and next generation Ion Torrent PGM sequencing platform.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The bone marrow samples of 10 MPN patients with JAK2V617F and/or CALR, Phconfirmed by sanger sequencing method were collected and were re-detected by using next generation Ion Torrent PGM sequencing method, then the consistence of results of above-mentioned 2 kinds of detection methods was compared.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>In terms of JAK2V617F, MPL and CALR mutations, the results of Ion Torrent PGM sequencing were complete consistent with results of Sanger sequencing, except 52 bp deletion of CALR gene, which conld not be detected by next generation Ion Torrent PGM sequencing method in all bone marrow samples.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The detection of multiple gene mutations in MPN patients by Ion Torrent PGM sequencing platform is feasible and can meet the needs of clinical testing. This method can complete detection of all 23 mutetions within 1-2 days, moreover, possesses advantages of high sensitivity, specificity, rapidity, high throughput and low cost.</p>