BACKGROUND Gallbladder cancer(GC)is a common malignant tumor and one of the leading causes of cancer-related death worldwide.It is typically highly invasive,difficult to detect in the early stages,and has poor treatme...BACKGROUND Gallbladder cancer(GC)is a common malignant tumor and one of the leading causes of cancer-related death worldwide.It is typically highly invasive,difficult to detect in the early stages,and has poor treatment outcomes,resulting in high mortality rates.The available treatment options for GC are relatively limited.One emerging treatment modality is hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy(HIPEC).HIPEC involves delivering heated chemotherapy directly into the abdominal cavity.It combines the strategies of surgical tumor resection and localized chemotherapy administration under hyperthermic conditions,aiming to enhance the concentration and effectiveness of drugs within the local tumor site while minimizing systemic toxicity.AIM To determine the effects of cytoreductive surgery(CRS)combined with HIPEC on the short-term prognosis of patients with advanced GC.METHODS Data from 80 patients treated at the Punan Branch of Renji Hospital,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine between January 2018 and January 2020 were retrospectively analyzed.The control group comprised 44 patients treated with CRS,and the research group comprised 36 patients treated with CRS combined RESULTS The baseline data of the research and control groups were similar(P>0.05).Six days after surgery,the alanine aminotransferase,aspartate aminotransferase,total bilirubin,and direct bilirubin levels significantly decreased compared to the preoperative levels in both groups(P<0.05).However,the values did not differ between the two groups six days postoperatively(P>0.05).Similarly,the postoperative creatinine and blood urea nitrogen levels were significantly lower than the preoperative levels in both groups(P<0.05),but they did not differ between the groups six days postoperatively(P>0.05).Furthermore,the research group had fewer postoperative adverse reactions than the control group(P=0.027).Finally,a multivariate Cox analysis identified the tumor stage,distant metastasis,and the treatment plan as independent factors affecting prognosis(P<0.05).The three-year survival rate in the study group was higher than that in the control group(P=0.002).CONCLUSION CRS combined with HIPEC lowers the incidence of adverse reactions and improves survival in patients with advanced GC.展开更多
Introduction: During the pharmacological stress test with dipyridamole, a normal hemodynamic response is slightly reduced blood pressure and raised heart rate (HR). However, sometimes the HR response is reduced. This ...Introduction: During the pharmacological stress test with dipyridamole, a normal hemodynamic response is slightly reduced blood pressure and raised heart rate (HR). However, sometimes the HR response is reduced. This study investigated the relationship between the HR response during the dipyridamole stress test and the severity of the perfusion defects using Thallium 201 myocardial perfusion imaging. Methods: We enrolled 50 patients undergoing dipyridamole stress at the nuclear cardiology Lab, Main University Hospital of Alexandria. Standard dipyridamole protocol (infusion over 4 min) and standard thallium 201 protocol (2 min after dipyridamole infusion) were followed. If the heart rate (HR) ratio (peak HR/rest HR) was 1.20 or less, it was considered a reduced response. Total perfusion defect (TPD), summed stress score (SSS), summed rest score (SRS), and summed difference score (SDS) for myocardial perfusion<span style="white-space:normal;font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:;" "="">were calculated. Patients with reduced HR response and normal HR responses were compared and independent predictors of reduced HR response were determined. Results: About 56% of patients had reduced HR response;which included a high number of patients with a history of dyslipidemia and diabetes mellitus. The reduced HR response group showed lower SSS, SRS. The analysis showed that the independent predictors of reduced HR response were rest HR, SSS, and diabetes mellitus. Conclusions: Reduction in the HR response during the dipyridamole-induced stress test is related to the severity of perfusion defect, diabetes mellitus, and Dyslipidemia.</span>展开更多
The revelation of thermal energy exchange mechanism of human body is challenging yet worthwhile,because it can clearly explain the changes in human symptoms and health status.Understanding,the heat transfer of the ski...The revelation of thermal energy exchange mechanism of human body is challenging yet worthwhile,because it can clearly explain the changes in human symptoms and health status.Understanding,the heat transfer of the skin is significant because the skin is the foremost organ for the energy exchange between the human body and the environment.In order to diagnose the physiological conditions of human skin without causing any damage,it is necessary to use a non-invasive measurement technique by means of a conformal flexible sensor.The harmonic method can minimize the thermal-induced injury to the skin due to its low heat generating properties.A novel type of computational theory assessing skin thermal conductivity,blood perfusion rate of capillaries in the dermis,and superficial subcutaneous tissues was formed by combining the multi-medium thermal diffusion model and the bio-thermal model(Pennes equation).The skins of the hand back of six healthy subjects were measured.It was found that the results revealed no consistent changes in thermal conductivity were observed across genders and ages.The measured blood perfusion rates were within the range of human capillary flow.It was found that female subjects had a higher perfusion rate range(0.0058-0.0061 s^(-1))than male subjects(0.0032-0.0049 s^(-1)),which is consistent with invasive medical studies about the gender difference in blood flow rates and stimulated effects in relaxation situations.展开更多
AIM:To investigate the effect of local intestinal perfusion with hypertonic saline(HTS) on intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury(IRI) in bothex vivo andin vivo rat models.METHODS:All experiments were performed on mal...AIM:To investigate the effect of local intestinal perfusion with hypertonic saline(HTS) on intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury(IRI) in bothex vivo andin vivo rat models.METHODS:All experiments were performed on male Wistar rats anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium given intraperitoneally at a dose of 60 mg/kg.Ex vivo vascularly perfused rat intestine was subjected to 60-min ischemia and either 30-min reperfusion with isotonic buffer(controls),or 5 min with HTS of 365 or 415 mOsm/L osmolarity(HTS 365mOsm or HTS 415mOsm,respectively) followed by 25-min reperfusion with isotonic buffer.The vascular intestinal perfusate flow(IPF) rate was determined by collection of the effluent from the portal vein in a calibrated tube.Spontaneous intestinal contraction rate was monitored throughout.Irreversible intestinal injury or area of necrosis(AN) was evaluated histochemically using 2.3.5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining.In vivo,30-min ischemia was followed by either 30-min blood perfusion or 5-min reperfusion with HTS 365mOsm through the superior mesenteric artery(SMA) followed by 25-min blood perfusion.Arterial blood pressure(BP) was measured in the common carotid artery using a miniature pressure transducer.Histological injury was evaluated in both preparations using the Chui score.RESULTS:Ex vivo,intestinal IRI resulted in a reduction in the IPF rate during reperfusion(P < 0.05 vs sham).The postischemic recovery of the IPF rate did not differ between the controls and the HTS 365mOsm group.In the HTS 415mOsm group,postischemic IPF rates were lower than in the controls and the HTS 365mOsm group(P < 0.05).The intestinal contraction rate was similar at baseline in all groups.An increase in this parameter was observed during the first 10 min of reperfusion in the control group as compared to the sham-treated group,but no such increase was seen in the HTS 365mOsm group.In controls,AN averaged 14.8% ± 5.07% of the total tissue volume.Administration of HTS 365mOsm for 5 min after 60-min ischemia resulted in decrease in AN(5.1% ± 1.20% vs controls,P < 0.01).However,perfusion of the intestine with the HTS of greater osmolarity(HTS 415mOsm) failed to protect the intestine from irreversible injury.The Chiu score was lower in the HTS 365mOsm group in comparison with controls(2.4 ± 0.54 vs 3.2 ± 0.44,P = 0.042),while intestinal perfusion with HTS 415mOsm failed to improve the Chiu score.Intestinal reperfusion with HTS 365mOsm in the in vivo series secured rapid recovery of BP after its transient fall,whereas in the controls no recovery was seen.The Chiu score was lower in the HTS 365mOsm group vs controls(3.1 ± 0.26 and 3.8 ± 0.22,P = 0.0079 respectively,),although the magnitude of the effect was lower than in the ex vivo series.CONCLUSION:Brief intestinal postischemic perfusion with HTS 365mOsm through the SMA followed by blood flow restoration is a protective procedure that could be used for the prevention of intestinal IRI.展开更多
Magnetic particle imaging(MPI)technology can generate a real-time magnetic nanoparticle(MNP)distribution image for biological tissues,and its use can overcome the limitations imposed in magnetic hyperthermia treatment...Magnetic particle imaging(MPI)technology can generate a real-time magnetic nanoparticle(MNP)distribution image for biological tissues,and its use can overcome the limitations imposed in magnetic hyperthermia treatments by the unpredictable MNP distribution after the intratumoral injection of nanofluid.However,the MNP concentration distribution is generally difficult to be extracted from MPI images.This study proposes an approach to extract the corresponding concentration value of each pixel from an MPI image by a least squares method(LSM),which is then translated as MNP concentration distribution by an interpolation function.The resulting MPI-based concentration distribution is used to evaluate the treatment effect and the results are compared with the ones of two baseline cases under the same dose:uniform distribution and MPI-based distribution considering diffusion.Additionally,the treatment effect for all these cases is affected by the blood perfusion rate,which is also investigated deeply in this study.The results demonstrate that the proposed method can be used to effectively reconstruct the concentration distribution from MPI images,and that the weighted LSM considering a quartic polynomial for interpolation provides the best results with respect to other cases considered.Furthermore,the results show that the uniformity of MNP distribution has a positive correlation with both therapeutic temperature distribution and thermal damage degree for the same dose and a critical power dissipation value in the MNPs.The MNPs uniformity inside biological tissue can be improved by the diffusion behavior after the nanofluid injection,which can ultimately reflect as an improvement of treatment effect.In addition,the blood perfusion rate considering local temperature can have a positive effect on the treatment compared to the case which considers a constant value during magnetic hyperthermia.展开更多
基金Shanghai Pudong New Area Health Commission’s Excellent Young Medical Talent Training Plan,No.PWRq2020-68Shanghai Pudong New Area Health Commission Discipline Leader Training Project,No.PWRd2020-16Shanghai Pudong New Area Science and Technology Development Fund,No.PKJ2020-Y36.
文摘BACKGROUND Gallbladder cancer(GC)is a common malignant tumor and one of the leading causes of cancer-related death worldwide.It is typically highly invasive,difficult to detect in the early stages,and has poor treatment outcomes,resulting in high mortality rates.The available treatment options for GC are relatively limited.One emerging treatment modality is hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy(HIPEC).HIPEC involves delivering heated chemotherapy directly into the abdominal cavity.It combines the strategies of surgical tumor resection and localized chemotherapy administration under hyperthermic conditions,aiming to enhance the concentration and effectiveness of drugs within the local tumor site while minimizing systemic toxicity.AIM To determine the effects of cytoreductive surgery(CRS)combined with HIPEC on the short-term prognosis of patients with advanced GC.METHODS Data from 80 patients treated at the Punan Branch of Renji Hospital,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine between January 2018 and January 2020 were retrospectively analyzed.The control group comprised 44 patients treated with CRS,and the research group comprised 36 patients treated with CRS combined RESULTS The baseline data of the research and control groups were similar(P>0.05).Six days after surgery,the alanine aminotransferase,aspartate aminotransferase,total bilirubin,and direct bilirubin levels significantly decreased compared to the preoperative levels in both groups(P<0.05).However,the values did not differ between the two groups six days postoperatively(P>0.05).Similarly,the postoperative creatinine and blood urea nitrogen levels were significantly lower than the preoperative levels in both groups(P<0.05),but they did not differ between the groups six days postoperatively(P>0.05).Furthermore,the research group had fewer postoperative adverse reactions than the control group(P=0.027).Finally,a multivariate Cox analysis identified the tumor stage,distant metastasis,and the treatment plan as independent factors affecting prognosis(P<0.05).The three-year survival rate in the study group was higher than that in the control group(P=0.002).CONCLUSION CRS combined with HIPEC lowers the incidence of adverse reactions and improves survival in patients with advanced GC.
文摘Introduction: During the pharmacological stress test with dipyridamole, a normal hemodynamic response is slightly reduced blood pressure and raised heart rate (HR). However, sometimes the HR response is reduced. This study investigated the relationship between the HR response during the dipyridamole stress test and the severity of the perfusion defects using Thallium 201 myocardial perfusion imaging. Methods: We enrolled 50 patients undergoing dipyridamole stress at the nuclear cardiology Lab, Main University Hospital of Alexandria. Standard dipyridamole protocol (infusion over 4 min) and standard thallium 201 protocol (2 min after dipyridamole infusion) were followed. If the heart rate (HR) ratio (peak HR/rest HR) was 1.20 or less, it was considered a reduced response. Total perfusion defect (TPD), summed stress score (SSS), summed rest score (SRS), and summed difference score (SDS) for myocardial perfusion<span style="white-space:normal;font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:;" "="">were calculated. Patients with reduced HR response and normal HR responses were compared and independent predictors of reduced HR response were determined. Results: About 56% of patients had reduced HR response;which included a high number of patients with a history of dyslipidemia and diabetes mellitus. The reduced HR response group showed lower SSS, SRS. The analysis showed that the independent predictors of reduced HR response were rest HR, SSS, and diabetes mellitus. Conclusions: Reduction in the HR response during the dipyridamole-induced stress test is related to the severity of perfusion defect, diabetes mellitus, and Dyslipidemia.</span>
基金support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52222602,52201261)Beijing Nova Program(No.20220484170)+1 种基金Ningbo 3315 Innovative Teams Program(No.2019A-14-C)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Nos.FRF-TP-22-001C1,FRF-EYIT-23-05).
文摘The revelation of thermal energy exchange mechanism of human body is challenging yet worthwhile,because it can clearly explain the changes in human symptoms and health status.Understanding,the heat transfer of the skin is significant because the skin is the foremost organ for the energy exchange between the human body and the environment.In order to diagnose the physiological conditions of human skin without causing any damage,it is necessary to use a non-invasive measurement technique by means of a conformal flexible sensor.The harmonic method can minimize the thermal-induced injury to the skin due to its low heat generating properties.A novel type of computational theory assessing skin thermal conductivity,blood perfusion rate of capillaries in the dermis,and superficial subcutaneous tissues was formed by combining the multi-medium thermal diffusion model and the bio-thermal model(Pennes equation).The skins of the hand back of six healthy subjects were measured.It was found that the results revealed no consistent changes in thermal conductivity were observed across genders and ages.The measured blood perfusion rates were within the range of human capillary flow.It was found that female subjects had a higher perfusion rate range(0.0058-0.0061 s^(-1))than male subjects(0.0032-0.0049 s^(-1)),which is consistent with invasive medical studies about the gender difference in blood flow rates and stimulated effects in relaxation situations.
基金Supported by Grant 2359.2012.7 of the President of the Russian Federation for the Support of Leading Scientific Groups
文摘AIM:To investigate the effect of local intestinal perfusion with hypertonic saline(HTS) on intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury(IRI) in bothex vivo andin vivo rat models.METHODS:All experiments were performed on male Wistar rats anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium given intraperitoneally at a dose of 60 mg/kg.Ex vivo vascularly perfused rat intestine was subjected to 60-min ischemia and either 30-min reperfusion with isotonic buffer(controls),or 5 min with HTS of 365 or 415 mOsm/L osmolarity(HTS 365mOsm or HTS 415mOsm,respectively) followed by 25-min reperfusion with isotonic buffer.The vascular intestinal perfusate flow(IPF) rate was determined by collection of the effluent from the portal vein in a calibrated tube.Spontaneous intestinal contraction rate was monitored throughout.Irreversible intestinal injury or area of necrosis(AN) was evaluated histochemically using 2.3.5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining.In vivo,30-min ischemia was followed by either 30-min blood perfusion or 5-min reperfusion with HTS 365mOsm through the superior mesenteric artery(SMA) followed by 25-min blood perfusion.Arterial blood pressure(BP) was measured in the common carotid artery using a miniature pressure transducer.Histological injury was evaluated in both preparations using the Chui score.RESULTS:Ex vivo,intestinal IRI resulted in a reduction in the IPF rate during reperfusion(P < 0.05 vs sham).The postischemic recovery of the IPF rate did not differ between the controls and the HTS 365mOsm group.In the HTS 415mOsm group,postischemic IPF rates were lower than in the controls and the HTS 365mOsm group(P < 0.05).The intestinal contraction rate was similar at baseline in all groups.An increase in this parameter was observed during the first 10 min of reperfusion in the control group as compared to the sham-treated group,but no such increase was seen in the HTS 365mOsm group.In controls,AN averaged 14.8% ± 5.07% of the total tissue volume.Administration of HTS 365mOsm for 5 min after 60-min ischemia resulted in decrease in AN(5.1% ± 1.20% vs controls,P < 0.01).However,perfusion of the intestine with the HTS of greater osmolarity(HTS 415mOsm) failed to protect the intestine from irreversible injury.The Chiu score was lower in the HTS 365mOsm group in comparison with controls(2.4 ± 0.54 vs 3.2 ± 0.44,P = 0.042),while intestinal perfusion with HTS 415mOsm failed to improve the Chiu score.Intestinal reperfusion with HTS 365mOsm in the in vivo series secured rapid recovery of BP after its transient fall,whereas in the controls no recovery was seen.The Chiu score was lower in the HTS 365mOsm group vs controls(3.1 ± 0.26 and 3.8 ± 0.22,P = 0.0079 respectively,),although the magnitude of the effect was lower than in the ex vivo series.CONCLUSION:Brief intestinal postischemic perfusion with HTS 365mOsm through the SMA followed by blood flow restoration is a protective procedure that could be used for the prevention of intestinal IRI.
文摘Magnetic particle imaging(MPI)technology can generate a real-time magnetic nanoparticle(MNP)distribution image for biological tissues,and its use can overcome the limitations imposed in magnetic hyperthermia treatments by the unpredictable MNP distribution after the intratumoral injection of nanofluid.However,the MNP concentration distribution is generally difficult to be extracted from MPI images.This study proposes an approach to extract the corresponding concentration value of each pixel from an MPI image by a least squares method(LSM),which is then translated as MNP concentration distribution by an interpolation function.The resulting MPI-based concentration distribution is used to evaluate the treatment effect and the results are compared with the ones of two baseline cases under the same dose:uniform distribution and MPI-based distribution considering diffusion.Additionally,the treatment effect for all these cases is affected by the blood perfusion rate,which is also investigated deeply in this study.The results demonstrate that the proposed method can be used to effectively reconstruct the concentration distribution from MPI images,and that the weighted LSM considering a quartic polynomial for interpolation provides the best results with respect to other cases considered.Furthermore,the results show that the uniformity of MNP distribution has a positive correlation with both therapeutic temperature distribution and thermal damage degree for the same dose and a critical power dissipation value in the MNPs.The MNPs uniformity inside biological tissue can be improved by the diffusion behavior after the nanofluid injection,which can ultimately reflect as an improvement of treatment effect.In addition,the blood perfusion rate considering local temperature can have a positive effect on the treatment compared to the case which considers a constant value during magnetic hyperthermia.