The antitumor activity of hyperthermia combined with mitomycin(MMC),5-fluorouracil(5-Fu)was observed in human gastric carinoma cell line MGC-803.The study was aimed at understanding the percentage of living carcinoma cell,plating efficiency and survival fraction.The results showed that hyperthermia combinedwith MMC had a synergistic antitumor activity which was enhanced with temperature increasing,but it was not the same as hyperthermia combined with 5-Fu.In comparison with simple hyperthermia,the antitumor activity of hyperthermia combined with 5-Fu was enhanced at lower temperture.This results raises a basis of clinical practice.
Objective To analyze the dynamic efficiency of township hospitals. Methods Based on the DEA-Malmquist index, this research analyzed the change of the total factor productivity indices and the decomposition items of 281 township hospitals in Hunan province with panel data from 2000 to 2008. Results Among 281 township hospitals, less than half increased their scale efficiency, while more than half increased their total factor productivity, technology, whole efficiency and technical efficiency. Increasing technology and whole efficiency was the best way to improve total factor productivity. Besides, increasing technical efficiency and scale efficiency was the best way to improve whole efficiency. Conclusions The improvement of scale efficiency is key to developing the central township hospitals, while the improvement of technology is the key to developing general township hospitals.
ObjectiveTo explore the effect of continuous improvement of quality control system on the emergency treatment efficiency for patients with acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) after the establishment of Chest Pain Center. MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed the differences of theory examination scores acquired by the Chest Pain Center staff one month before and after they got the system training. Moreover, we designated the STEMI patients treated between May and August 2015 after the establishment of Chest Pain Center but before optimization of process to group A (n=70), and patients treated from September to December 2015 after optimization of process to group B (n=55). Then we analyzed the differences between these two groups in terms of the time from patients' arriving to registration, the time from arriving to first order, the length of stay in Emergency Department, and even the time from door to balloon (D2B). ResultsThe scores acquired by Chest Pain Center staff before and after system training were 69.89±6.34 and 87.09±4.39 respectively, with a significant difference (P＜0.05). All the time indicators of both group A and group B were shown as median and quartile. The time from patients' arriving to registration of group A and group B was 6.0 (0.0, 11.0) minutes and 1.0 (0.0, 3.0) minutes (P＜0.05); the time from arriving to first order was 12.8 (9.0, 18.0) minutes and 5.0 (3.0, 9.0) minutes (P＜0.05); the length of stay in Emergency Department was 54.0 (44.0,77.0) minutes and 33.0 (20.0, 61.0) minutes (P＜0.05); and the time of D2B was 107.5 (89.0, 130.0) minutes and 79.0 (63.0, 108.0) minutes (P＜0.05). ConclusionAfter taking measures such as drawing lessons from the past, training staff and optimizing process continuously, we have significantly shortened the acute STEMI patients' length of stay in the Emergency Department, which has saved more time for the following rescue of STEMI patients.
Image interpolation is often required during medical image processing and analysis. Although interpolation method based on Gaussian radial basis function (GRBF) has high precision, the long calculation time still limits its application in field of image interpolation. To overcome this problem, a method of two-dimensional and three-dimensional medical image GRBF interpolation based on computing unified device architecture (CUDA) is proposed in this paper. According to single instruction multiple threads (SIMT) executive model of CUDA, various optimizing measures such as coalesced access and shared memory are adopted in this study. To eliminate the edge distortion of image interpolation, natural suture algorithm is utilized in overlapping regions while adopting data space strategy of separating 2D images into blocks or dividing 3D images into sub-volumes. Keeping a high interpolation precision, the 2D and 3D medical image GRBF interpolation achieved great acceleration in each basic computing step. The experiments showed that the operative efficiency of image GRBF interpolation based on CUDA platform was obviously improved compared with CPU calculation. The present method is of a considerable reference value in the application field of image interpolation.
In the present study, packaging system composed of pAAV-CMV-GFP, pAAV-RC and pHelper were transfected into human embryonic kidney 293 cells (HEK293 cells) mediated by polyethyleneimine (PEI) to explore an optimal transfection condition. Different total plasmid DNA dosages (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6μg) and different PEI/Plasmid ratios (1:1, 3:1, 5:1, 7:1) were tested with detection of green fluorescence protein (GFP) with ImagePro Plus6.0 Software. Then transfection efficiency of the optimized transfection system was further observed for different time periods(12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 h). The results showed that total plasmid dosage of 4μg/well with PEI/plasmid ratio of 3:1~5:1 was an efficient transfection condition. Transfection efficiency-time curve was an S-shaped curve. Transfection efficiency reached a plateau at 60 h after transfection. The optimized conditions for PEI-mediated transfection at the optimal time result in enhanced transfection efficiency of triple plasmid into HEK293 cells.
Microfluidic chips can be used to realize continuous cryoprotectants (CPA) loading/unloading for oocytes, reducing osmotic damage and chemical toxicity of CPA. In this study, five different Y-shape microfluidic chips were fabricated to realize the continuous CPA loading/unloading. The effects of flow rate, entrance angle, aspect ratio and turning radius of microchannels on the mixing efficiency of microfluidic chips were analyzed quantitatively. The experimental results showed that with the decrease of flow rates, the increase of aspect ratios and the decrease of turning raradius of microchannel, the mixing length decreased and the mixing velocity was promoted, while the entrance angle had little effect on the mixing efficiency. However, the operating conditions and structural parameters of the chips in practical application should be determined based on an overall consideration of CPA loading/unloading time and machining accuracy. These results would provide a reference to the application of microfluidic chip in CPA mixing.
The aim of this study is to explore the effects of continuous theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation (cTBS) on functional brain network in emotion processing. Before and after the intervention of cTBS over left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) of ten participants who were asked to perform the emotion gender recognition task, we recorded their scalp electroencephalograms (EEG). Then we used the phase synchronization of EEG to measure the connectivity between two nodes. We then calculated the network efficiency to describe the efficiency of information transmission in brain regions. Our research showed that after the intervention of cTBS and the stimulation of the emotion face picture, there was an obvious enhancement in the event-related spectral perturbation after stimuli onset in beta band in 100–300 ms. Under the stimulation of different emotion picture, the values of global phase synchronization for negative and neutral stimuli were enhanced compared to positive ones. And the increased small-worldness was found in emotional processing. In summary, based on the effect of activity change in the left DLPFC on emotion processing brain network, the emotional processing mechanism of brain networks were preliminary explored and it provided the reference for the research of emotion processing brain network in the future.
Objective To evaluate the safety and efficacy of simplified regional citrate anticoagulation in sustained low efficiency dialysis (SLED). Methods We prospectively analyzed the patients with acute kidney injury or end stage renal disease in Department of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University from March 2017 to May 2018. All the patients received SLED treatment by Fresenius 4008s ARrTplus through either femoral or internal jugular venous catheter, with each session of SLED treatment lasting for 8 to 10 hours. We pumped in 4% tri-sodium citrate solution through the arterial line at 300 mL/h and citrate infusion was stopped 15 minutes before ending of treatment. The blood flow was 150 mL/min while the calcium-containing dialysate (Ca 1.25 mmol/L) was delivered at 200 mL/min. We recorded peripheral, post filter ionized calcium level, and systemic citrate concentration at 0, 2 and 6 hours, respectively. Results Sixty-two patients underwent 185 sessions of SLED. Three sessions of two patients were discontinued for filter clotting, while the rest 182 SLED sessions (98.4%) were all successfully completed. The systemic citrate concentrations at 2 and 6 hours after beginning were of no statistical difference [(0.82±0.31) vs. (0.86±0.31) mmol/L, P=0.21]. The 0-, 2-, 6-hour peripheral blood ionized calcium levels were (1.12±0.21), (1.09±0.12), and (1.11±0.09) mmol/L, respectively, with no significant difference (P>0.05), and post filter ionized calcium at 2 and 6 hours after beginning were recorded as (0.35±0.06) and (0.31±0.04) mmol/L. The trans-membrane pressure at 2 and 6 hours after beginning were (106.2±13.8) and (105.3±22.4) mm Hg (1 mm Hg=0.133 kPa), with no significant difference (P=0.42). At 6 hours after beginning, prothrombin time and activated partial thrombin time were identified to be similar to those before SLED. During SLED treatments, in 4 sessions (2.2%), patients suffered mild metabolic alkalosis, but all of them recovered 4 hours later by themselves. No bleeding complication, thrombocytopenia, cardiac arrhythmia, hypernatremia, metabolic alkalosis or hypotension was observed. Conclusion SLED under simplified citrate anticoagulation is safe and effective by using calcium containing dialysate, which achieves satisfying regional anticoagulation effect without interfering systemic clotting function, and provides a new option of anticoagulation for SLED.
Day surgery is one of the key tasks of the national medical reform. It is still in the stage of rapid developing in the country. It is the responsibility of the large general hospitals to explore the effective management mode of the day surgery center to meet the clinical quality and safety. During the establishment and management of day surgery center in general hospital, it is needed to build a strong specialized day surgery team through professional training, and to establish a coordination and incentive mechanism for the cooperation between the day ward and the specialized subjects by introducing lean thinking strategy. According to the characteristics of day surgery, the clinical pathway management and the whole course rehabilitation and the health education system of day surgery are established. The formulate norms for medical records of day surgery will be built. The monitoring system for the efficiency and safety of day surgery is established to improve the medical quality and safety of day surgery. As a result, the model of day surgery that conforms to the medical characteristics of China will be established.
Vena cava filter is a filter device designed to prevent pulmonary embolism caused by thrombus detached from lower limbs and pelvis. A new retrievable vena cava filter was designed in this study. To evaluate hemodynamic performance and thrombus capture efficiency after transplanting vena cava filter, numerical simulation of computational fluid dynamics was used to simulate hemodynamics and compare it with the commercialized Denali and Aegisy filters, and in vitro experimental test was performed to compare the thrombus capture effect. In this paper, the two-phase flow model of computational fluid dynamics software was used to analyze the outlet blood flow velocity, inlet-outlet pressure difference, wall shear stress on the wall of the filter, the area ratio of the high and low wall shear stress area and thrombus capture efficiency when the thrombus diameter was 5 mm, 10 mm, 15 mm and thrombus content was 10%, 20%, 30%, respectively. Meanwhile, the thrombus capture effects of the above three filters were also compared and evaluated by in vitro experimental data. The results showed that the Denali filter has minimal interference to blood flow after implantation, but has the worst capture effect on 5 mm small diameter thrombus; the Aegisy filter has the best effect on the trapping of thrombus with different diameters and concentrations, but the low wall shear stress area ratio is the largest; the new filter designed in this study has a good filtering and capture efficiency on small-diameter thrombus, and the area ratio of low wall shear stress which is prone to thrombosis is small. The low wall shear stress area of the Denali and Aegisy filters is relatively large, and the risk of thrombosis is high. Based on the above results, it is expected that the new vena cava filter designed in this paper can provide a reference for the design and clinical selection of new filters.