Awake nasotracheal fiberoptic intubation and self-positioning followed by anesthesia induction in prone patients: A pilot observational study.

Anesthesia followed by placement in the prone position takes time and may result in complications. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of awake nasotracheal fiberoptic intubation and self-positioning followed by anesthesia induction in prone-positioned patients under general anesthesia.Sixty-two patients (ASA physical status I-II) scheduled for awake nasotracheal fiberoptic intubation and prone self-positioning before surgery under general anesthesia were selected.

[Etiologic analysis of 487 cases of ophthalmoplegia].

Objective: To study the etiology of ophthalmoplegia cases.

Methods: A retrospective case series study. We summarized and analyzed etiological diagnosis of 487 ophthalmoplegia patients from January 2005 to September 2010 in Beijing Tongren Hospital of Capital Medical University and Beijing Tongren Eye Center.

[Preparation and identification of monoclonal antibody against hMOF].

Objective: To prepare and identify the monoclonal antibody (mAb) against hMOF.

Methods: BALB/C mice were immunized with protein from the spleen cells isolated and fused with SP2/0 cells. After several rounds of screening and cloning, the hybridoma cell strain secreting anti-hMOF mAb was obtained.

[Childhood-onset myasthenia gravis: the analysis of influencing factors of therapeutic effect and prognosis].

Objective: Though myasthenia gravis (MG) is a typical autoimmune disorder, there was some controversy on the treatment of the childhood-onset MG. By observing the efficacy of different therapies, the authors analyzed the affecting factors of prognosis in childhood-onset MG.

Method: The retrospective data of 155 patients with childhood-onset MG (age of MG onset was less than 15 years) were collected from Department of Neurology, Beijing Tongren Hospital (January 2000 - February 2010).

[Analysis of characteristics of ocular manifestations of benign intracranial hypertension].

Objective: To investigate the ocular manifestation of benign intracranial hypertension (BIH).

Methods: It was a retrospective case series study. Clinical data of BIH patients were investigated retrospectively, including symptom, fundus findings, visual acuity and visual field.