Showing papers by "Jilin University published in 1969"
TL;DR: Caudal block provides better anesthesia than periprostatic nerve block plus intrarectal local anesthesia for TRUS guided prostate biopsy without an increase of side effects.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE To compare caudal block with intrarectal local anesthesia plus periprostatic nerve block for transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy. METHODS One hundred and ninety patients scheduled for transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy were randomized equally into Group-A who received caudal block (20 ml 1.2% lidocaine) and Group-B who received intrarectal local anesthesia (0.3% oxybuprocaine cream) plus periprostatic nerve block (10 ml 1% lidocaine plus 0.5% ropivacaine) before biopsy. During and after the procedure, the patients rated the level of pain/discomfort at various time points. Complications during the whole study period and the patient overall satisfaction were also evaluated. RESULTS More pain and discomfort was detected during periprostatic nerve block than during caudal block. Pain and discomfort was significantly lower during prostate biopsy and during the manipulation of the probe in the rectum in Group-A than in Group-B. No significant differences were detected in the pain intensity after biopsy and side effects between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS Caudal block provides better anesthesia than periprostatic nerve block plus intrarectal local anesthesia for TRUS guided prostate biopsy without an increase of side effects.
15 citations
TL;DR: A location algorithm based on Distributed Range-Free Localization (DRFL) is proposed, which had a little loss in sensor localization accuracy, but had an effect on reducing the account of anchor nodes in the system.
Abstract: The efficiency of sensor localization is a key issue in the Internet of things. There are possibilities for improvements in existing sensor localization systems, such as design complexity, cost. To address these issues, a location algorithm based on Distributed Range-Free Localization (DRFL) is proposed. In our positioning system can be composed by some single species node which can send and receive radio frequency signal, so it reduces the hardware requirements for the system. With this algorithm, system designed by us computes the anchor node weights with the RSSI values of anchor nodes and unknown nodes. Finally, the system acquires the data of unknown node localization with the weights and data of the anchor nodes. In this paper, a prototype was implemented to evaluate the algorithm. The results of experiments were shown that our system was stable. The algorithm, which had a little loss in sensor localization accuracy, had an effect on reducing the account of anchor nodes in the system
5 citations
TL;DR: Erectile dysfunction is an important factor in the quality of life of male kidney transplant recipients and the ED group exhibited a lower score than the non-ED group in general health, vitality, social functioning (SF), role emotional (RE) and mental health (MH).
Abstract: UNLABELLED Objective : To assess how erectile dysfunction (ED) affects the quality of life in male kidney transplant recipients. METHODS We randomly selected 150 cases of married male kidney transplant recipients. Using the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5) Questionnaire, we divided our research subjects into ED group (n=63) and non-ED group (n = 87). The Short-Form health survey (SF-36) was used to evaluate the quality of life of the recipients. Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale was used to compare the mental health status of the two groups. RESULTS No significant differences (P > 0.05) were observed between the ED and non-ED groups in physical functioning (PF), role-physical (RP), or bodily pain (BP). However, the ED group exhibited a lower score (P < 0.05) than the non-ED group in general health (GH), vitality, social functioning (SF), role emotional (RE) and mental health (MH). There were 13 cases in the ED group with anxiety disorders (20.6%), which was clearly more than in the non-ED group (3.4%, P < 0.05). CONCLUSION Erectile dysfunction is an important factor in the quality of life of male kidney transplant recipients.
3 citations
TL;DR: It is demonstrated thoracoscopy could be a first-line therapeutic option even for highest upper mediastinum brochogenic cysts, as well as demonstrating complete thoracoscopic extirpation of a bronchogenic cyst has been reported before.
Abstract: Bronchogenic cysts are rare congenital malformation that need surgical removal. To date, bronchogenic cysts located in highest upper mediastinum excised by thoracoscopy have not been reported, though complete thoracoscopic extirpation of a bronchogenic cyst has been reported before. We excised two highest upper bronchogenic cysts by thoracoscopy successfully without any postoperative complication, demonstrating thoracoscopy could be a first-line therapeutic option even for highest upper mediastinum brochogenic cysts.
3 citations
TL;DR: A 26-year-old girl was admitted to the Neurological Department of The First Teaching Hospital of Jilin University with complaints of rapidly deteriorating speech clumsiness for 18 days and it is presumed the encephalopathy was associated with pituitrin therapy.
Abstract: A 26-year-old girl was admitted to the Neurological Department of The First Teaching Hospital of Jilin University with complaints of rapidly deteriorating speech clumsiness for 18 days. Five Days before her attack she had undergone intramuscular pituitrin therapy on account of recurrent haemoptysis. Cranial MRI revealed multiple abnormal signals in bilateral hemisphere and symmetric abnormal signal in bilateral caudate nucleus and putamen. Serum electrolyte analysis revealed mild hyponatremia. The abnormal signals in bilateral hemisphere almost disappeared after 7 days of cerebral circulation ameliorating and serum electrolyte turbulence correcting therapy, whereas the symmetric abnormal signals in bilateral caudate nucleus and putamen still existed. A diagnosis of delayed encephalopathy was made and we presume the encephalopathy was associated with pituitrin therapy.
TL;DR: A 40- year-old Male admitted to the first hospital of Jilin University with the complaint of 4 days of fever and headache and aggravation of weakness in his lower extremities accompanied with dysuria and disturbance of consciousness for one day was diagnosed as critical illness polyneuropathy.
Abstract: A 40- year-old Male was admitted to the first hospital of Jilin University with the complaint of 4 days of fever and headache and aggravation of weakness in his lower extremities accompanied with dysuria and disturbance of consciousness for one day. He had tachycardia, tachypnea and elevated white blood cell counts. General status of the patient got better day by day, while weakness and pain in his lower extremities had developed and gradually quadriplegia arose. When intensive care unit history, weaning difficulty from mechanical ventilator, clinical manifestations in intensive care unit associated with SIRS, symmetrical paresis pronounced in distal lower extremities, absence of deep tendon reflexes, evidence of distal sensory impairment, presence of electrophysiologic results indicating axonal sensorimotor polyneuropathy and muscle and nerve biopsy results were taken into consideration, he was diagnosed as critical illness polyneuropathy.