[Increased expression of fatty acid binding protein 4 in lungs of preterm rats after hyperoxic lung injury].

Objective: To study the expression of fatty acid binding protein 4 (FABP4) in lungs and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of preterm rats exposed to 60% O2 and to elucidate the relationship between the changes of FABP4 expression and the pathogenesis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD).

Methods: Hyperoxic lung injury was induced by exposing to 60% O2 in Spraque-Dawley rats within 6 hours after birth. Rats exposed to air were used as the control group.

Emergency embolization in the treatment of ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma following transcatheter arterial chemoembolization.

Background/aims: Rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) following transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is a rare and life-threatening complication. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the utility of emergency embolization for treatment of ruptured HCC following TACE.

Methodology: Five patients developed rupture of tumor after TACE in 1005 patients of HCC from October 2007 to February 2010, and were studied retrospectively.

Impact of personality and coping mechanisms on health related quality of life in liver transplantation recipients.

Background: With the great development of liver transplantation in China, long survival and quality of life after liver transplantation have been matters of growing interest. This study was designed to investigate the impact of personality and coping skills on the quality of life after liver transplantation.

Methods: Fifty-five outpatients who had been followed up after liver transplantation at our center were assessed by general quality of life inventory (GQOLI-74), a medical coping modes questionnaire (MCMQ), an eysenck personality questionnaire (EPQ), and a general condition questionnaire(GCQ).