Inflammatory anemia-associated parameters are related to 28-day mortality in patients with sepsis admitted to the ICU: a preliminary observational study.

Background: Anemia is one of the most common complications of sepsis. Sepsis-related anemia is associated mainly with inflammation. We aimed to observe the changes in the inflammatory anemia-associated parameters of patients with sepsis in the early stage of intensive care unit (ICU) admission and to evaluate their association with 28-day mortality.

Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia masquerading as lung carcinoma: A case report and review of the literature.

Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) is a rare pulmonary disorder of unknown etiology. COP with hemoptysis as the primary presenting symptom has rarely been reported. The present study reported a case of COP that resembled lung carcinoma with hemoptysis as the only clinical symptom.

[Clinical characteristic analysis of 96 cases of hypersensitivity pneumonitis].

Objective: To improve understanding of the clinical characteristics and diagnosis of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP).

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data, including clinical symptoms, laboratory tests, exposure, pulmonary function tests, chest CT imaging and cytological classification of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) of 96 patients with HP from Jan 2001 to Jun 2011 in Peking Union Medical College Hospital. We divided the patients into 2 groups: a pathologically-confirmed group and a clinically-suspected group.

Protective effects of penehyclidine hydrochloride on liver injury in a rat cardiopulmonary bypass model.

Background And Objective: Hepatic injury after cardiac surgery is considered to be a consequence of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that penehyclidine hydrochloride (PHC) could attenuate hepatic injury using a rat CPB model.

Methods: Male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into six groups (eight per group), including sham-operated control, sham low-dose PHC control (0.

[Clinical analysis of four cases of primary ciliary dyskinesia and literature review].

Objective: To study the clinical characteristics and diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD).

Methods: Four cases diagnosed as PCD by cilia electron microscopy examination from Jan. 2007 to Aug.