It is widely believed that infection of pancreatic necrosis is a late event in the natural course of acute pancreatitis. This paper discusses the available data on the timing of pancreatic infection. It appears that i...It is widely believed that infection of pancreatic necrosis is a late event in the natural course of acute pancreatitis. This paper discusses the available data on the timing of pancreatic infection. It appears that infected pancreatic necrosis occurs early in almost a quarter of patients. This has practical implications for the type, timing and duration of preventive strategies used in these patients. There are also implications for the classification of severity in patients with acute pancreatitis. Given that the main determinants of severity are both local and systemic complications and that they can occur both early and late in the course of acute pancreatitis, the classification of severity should be based on their presence or absence rather than on when they occur. To do otherwise, and in particular overlook early infected pancreatic necrosis, may lead to a misclassification error and fallacies of clinical studies in patients with acute pancreatitis.展开更多
Three dimensional (3D) printing technology was utilized to fabricate a new type of drug implant with complicated architectures, employing levofloxacin (LVFX) and rifampicine (RFP) as model drugs. The prepared dr...Three dimensional (3D) printing technology was utilized to fabricate a new type of drug implant with complicated architectures, employing levofloxacin (LVFX) and rifampicine (RFP) as model drugs. The prepared drug implant prototype consists of a doublelayer structure, of which the upper region is a reservoir system containing RFP and the lower region is a matrix one containing LVFX. The release test in vivo revealed that LVFX was released in the early stage; no RFP was detected until 8th day; both of them continuously released more than 6 weeks. Therefore, 3D printing technology provides a precise and feasible method to fabricate a controlled-releasing drug implant with complicated architectures and this drug implant may present a new strategy for the prophylaxis and treatment of bone diseases such as combined bone infections and bone tuberculosis in the near future.展开更多
AIM: To investigate the clinicopathological factors underlying the ethnic differences of Helicobacter pylori gastritis and cancer.METHODS: We analyzed clinicopathological parameters of gastric biopsies having H pylori...AIM: To investigate the clinicopathological factors underlying the ethnic differences of Helicobacter pylori gastritis and cancer.METHODS: We analyzed clinicopathological parameters of gastric biopsies having H pylori infection that were randomly selected from different ethnic populations including 147 Americans, 149 Japanese, and 181 Koreans.RESULTS: Males were predominant in Japanese and Korean populations (77.9 and 67.4% respectively) in comparison with Americans (48.3%) (P<0.001). H pylori gastritis in Koreans and Japanese was characterized by the predominant antral involvement. In the antrum,neutrophilic infiltration into the proliferative zone of pit, i,e.acute foveolitis, was more frequent in Koreans (82%) than in Japanese (71%) (P<0.05) and Americans (61%) (P<0.001).Interstitial neutrophilic infiltration, intestinal metaplasia and atrophy were also frequent in Koreans and Japanese. In the body, the prevalence of acute foveolitis was not significantly different among the populations while chronic interstitial inflammation and lymphoid follicles were more pronounced in the body of Americans than in the body of others (P<0.01).CONCLUSION: The male-, and antrum-predominant Hpylori gastritis in Koreans and Japanese is compatible with the pattern of sex and topographical distribution of gastric cancer incidence. Our data suggest that persistent acute foveolitis at the proliferative zone is a crucial step in the gastric carcinogenesis.展开更多
目的:探讨溃疡性结肠炎(ulcerative colitis,U C)经糖皮质激素治疗后并发感染的临床护理方法及效果.方法:选取青海省中医院2011-04/2013-04期间UC经糖皮质激素治疗后70例感染患者为研究对象,将其依据双盲法分为常规组与研究组,常规组28...目的:探讨溃疡性结肠炎(ulcerative colitis,U C)经糖皮质激素治疗后并发感染的临床护理方法及效果.方法:选取青海省中医院2011-04/2013-04期间UC经糖皮质激素治疗后70例感染患者为研究对象,将其依据双盲法分为常规组与研究组,常规组28例实施常规的护理,研究组42例实施新型护理,观察两组的护理情况.结果:研究组总有效率为90.5%vs常规组的50.0%(P<0.05);护理后研究组vs常规组临床护理满意度评分和焦虑自评量表(self-rating anxiety scale,SAS)评分以及抑郁自评量表(self-rating depression scale,SDS)评分(92.4±3.5 vs 70.5±3.8,27.3±3.4 vs 33.1±3.5,28.1±3.2 vs 33.7±3.1),差异有统计学意义(P<0.05).结论:临床上在UC经糖皮质激素治疗后并发感染的临床护理过程中实施新型护理是可行的,可较好地控制感染,并且有助于提高患者的临床护理满意度,改善不良情绪.展开更多
AIM: TO establish the prevalence of He/icobacterpy/on (H. pylori) infection in patients with a bleeding peptic ulcer after consumption of non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).METHODS: A very early upper...AIM: TO establish the prevalence of He/icobacterpy/on (H. pylori) infection in patients with a bleeding peptic ulcer after consumption of non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).METHODS: A very early upper endoscopy was performed to find the source of upper gastrointestinal bleeding and to take biopsy specimens for analysis of H. pylori infection by the rapid urease (CLO) test, his- tological examination, and bacterial culture. TgG anti- CagA were also sought. The gold standard for identifying H. pylori infection was positive culture of biopsy specimens or contemporary positivity of the CLO test and the presence of H. pylori on tissue sections.RESULTS: Eighty patients, 61 males (76.3%), mean age 61.2 ~ 15.9 years, were consecutively enrolled. Forty-seven (58.8%) patients occasionally consumed NSAIDs, while 33 (41.3%) were on chronic treatment with low-dose aspirin (LD ASA). Forty-four (55.0%) patients were considered infected by H. pylori. The infection rate was not different between patients who occasionally or chronically consumed NSAIDs. The culture of biopsy specimens had a sensitivity of 86.4% and a specificity of 100%; corresponding figures for histological analysis were 65.9% and 77.8%, for the CLO test were 68.2% and 75%, for the combined use of histology and the CLO test were 56.8% and 100%, and for IgG anti-CagA were 90% and 98%. The high- est accuracy (92.5%) was obtained with the culture of biopsy specimens.CONCLUSION: Patients with a bleeding peptic ulcer after NSAID/LD ASA consumption frequently have H. pylori infection. Biopsy specimen culture after an early upper gastrointestinal tract endoscopy seems the most efficient test to detect this infection.展开更多
文摘It is widely believed that infection of pancreatic necrosis is a late event in the natural course of acute pancreatitis. This paper discusses the available data on the timing of pancreatic infection. It appears that infected pancreatic necrosis occurs early in almost a quarter of patients. This has practical implications for the type, timing and duration of preventive strategies used in these patients. There are also implications for the classification of severity in patients with acute pancreatitis. Given that the main determinants of severity are both local and systemic complications and that they can occur both early and late in the course of acute pancreatitis, the classification of severity should be based on their presence or absence rather than on when they occur. To do otherwise, and in particular overlook early infected pancreatic necrosis, may lead to a misclassification error and fallacies of clinical studies in patients with acute pancreatitis.
基金Funded by the Graduate Innovation Fund of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, the "863" Key Project of the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (No.2006AA02A124)the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University from the Ministry of Education of China( NCET-05-0647)
文摘Three dimensional (3D) printing technology was utilized to fabricate a new type of drug implant with complicated architectures, employing levofloxacin (LVFX) and rifampicine (RFP) as model drugs. The prepared drug implant prototype consists of a doublelayer structure, of which the upper region is a reservoir system containing RFP and the lower region is a matrix one containing LVFX. The release test in vivo revealed that LVFX was released in the early stage; no RFP was detected until 8th day; both of them continuously released more than 6 weeks. Therefore, 3D printing technology provides a precise and feasible method to fabricate a controlled-releasing drug implant with complicated architectures and this drug implant may present a new strategy for the prophylaxis and treatment of bone diseases such as combined bone infections and bone tuberculosis in the near future.
基金Supported by Joint Korean-Israeli Research Grant by the Korean Ministry of Science and Technology.M6-0025-00-0002-02-A01-00- 002-00
文摘AIM: To investigate the clinicopathological factors underlying the ethnic differences of Helicobacter pylori gastritis and cancer.METHODS: We analyzed clinicopathological parameters of gastric biopsies having H pylori infection that were randomly selected from different ethnic populations including 147 Americans, 149 Japanese, and 181 Koreans.RESULTS: Males were predominant in Japanese and Korean populations (77.9 and 67.4% respectively) in comparison with Americans (48.3%) (P<0.001). H pylori gastritis in Koreans and Japanese was characterized by the predominant antral involvement. In the antrum,neutrophilic infiltration into the proliferative zone of pit, i,e.acute foveolitis, was more frequent in Koreans (82%) than in Japanese (71%) (P<0.05) and Americans (61%) (P<0.001).Interstitial neutrophilic infiltration, intestinal metaplasia and atrophy were also frequent in Koreans and Japanese. In the body, the prevalence of acute foveolitis was not significantly different among the populations while chronic interstitial inflammation and lymphoid follicles were more pronounced in the body of Americans than in the body of others (P<0.01).CONCLUSION: The male-, and antrum-predominant Hpylori gastritis in Koreans and Japanese is compatible with the pattern of sex and topographical distribution of gastric cancer incidence. Our data suggest that persistent acute foveolitis at the proliferative zone is a crucial step in the gastric carcinogenesis.
文摘目的:探讨溃疡性结肠炎(ulcerative colitis,U C)经糖皮质激素治疗后并发感染的临床护理方法及效果.方法:选取青海省中医院2011-04/2013-04期间UC经糖皮质激素治疗后70例感染患者为研究对象,将其依据双盲法分为常规组与研究组,常规组28例实施常规的护理,研究组42例实施新型护理,观察两组的护理情况.结果:研究组总有效率为90.5%vs常规组的50.0%(P<0.05);护理后研究组vs常规组临床护理满意度评分和焦虑自评量表(self-rating anxiety scale,SAS)评分以及抑郁自评量表(self-rating depression scale,SDS)评分(92.4±3.5 vs 70.5±3.8,27.3±3.4 vs 33.1±3.5,28.1±3.2 vs 33.7±3.1),差异有统计学意义(P<0.05).结论:临床上在UC经糖皮质激素治疗后并发感染的临床护理过程中实施新型护理是可行的,可较好地控制感染,并且有助于提高患者的临床护理满意度,改善不良情绪.
文摘AIM: TO establish the prevalence of He/icobacterpy/on (H. pylori) infection in patients with a bleeding peptic ulcer after consumption of non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).METHODS: A very early upper endoscopy was performed to find the source of upper gastrointestinal bleeding and to take biopsy specimens for analysis of H. pylori infection by the rapid urease (CLO) test, his- tological examination, and bacterial culture. TgG anti- CagA were also sought. The gold standard for identifying H. pylori infection was positive culture of biopsy specimens or contemporary positivity of the CLO test and the presence of H. pylori on tissue sections.RESULTS: Eighty patients, 61 males (76.3%), mean age 61.2 ~ 15.9 years, were consecutively enrolled. Forty-seven (58.8%) patients occasionally consumed NSAIDs, while 33 (41.3%) were on chronic treatment with low-dose aspirin (LD ASA). Forty-four (55.0%) patients were considered infected by H. pylori. The infection rate was not different between patients who occasionally or chronically consumed NSAIDs. The culture of biopsy specimens had a sensitivity of 86.4% and a specificity of 100%; corresponding figures for histological analysis were 65.9% and 77.8%, for the CLO test were 68.2% and 75%, for the combined use of histology and the CLO test were 56.8% and 100%, and for IgG anti-CagA were 90% and 98%. The high- est accuracy (92.5%) was obtained with the culture of biopsy specimens.CONCLUSION: Patients with a bleeding peptic ulcer after NSAID/LD ASA consumption frequently have H. pylori infection. Biopsy specimen culture after an early upper gastrointestinal tract endoscopy seems the most efficient test to detect this infection.