Intracranial hypertension as the primary symptom of malignant melanoma: A case report.

Background: The etiological diagnosis of intracranial hypertension is quite complicated but important in clinical practice. Some common causes are craniocerebral injury, intracranial space-occupying lesion, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and hydrocephalus. When a patient presents with intracranial hypertension, the common causes are to be considered first so that other causes would be dismissed.

[Clinical significance of hypersensitive C-reactive protein, fribrinogen and D-dimmer in connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung disease].

Objective: To investigate the clinical significance of plasma levels of hypersensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), fibriogen and D-dimmer (D-DI) in patients with connective tissue disease (CTD)-related interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD).

Methods: Sixty-nine patients with interstitial lung disease admitted in Zhujiang Hospital between January, 2010 and April, 2016, including 29 with CTD-ILD and 40 with non-CTD-ILD were analyzed for plasma levels of hs-CRP, fibriogen and D-DI, with 25 healthy subjects as the control group.

Results: The plasma level of hs-CRP, fibriogen and D-DI in patients with CTD-ILD and non-CTD-ILD were all significantly higher than those in the control group.

[Fluid resuscitation strategy in septic shock following urinary infection with severe pulmonary capillary leakage].

Objective: To characterize septic shock following urinary infection with severe pulmonary capillary leakage, and to evaluate the fluid therapy on treatment of hypovolemic shock and the role of transpulmonary thermodilution technique with pulse induced continuous cardiac output (PiCCO) monitoring.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted. Eight patients surviving septic shock following urinary infection with severe pulmonary capillary leakage were enrolled, and all of them underwent PiCCO monitoring in the intensive care unit (ICU) when the diagnosis was established.

[Multi-slice spiral computed tomography angiography for preoperative evaluation of laparoscopic right hemicolectomy].

Objective: To explore the application value of multi-slice spiral CT angiography (MSCTA) for the preoperative evaluation of laparoscopic right hemicolectomy.

Methods: Abdominal CT slice images of 160 patients(group A) were collected for 3-dimensional reconstruction using volume rendering technique. Interpretation and anatomical classification of the major branches and course of the superior mesenteric artery(SMA) in the reconstructed images of the arterial phase were carried out.