Kinetic changes in virology, specific antibody response and imaging during the clinical course of COVID-19: a descriptive study.

Background: To explore the kinetic changes in virology, specific antibody response and imaging during the clinical course of COVID-19.

Methods: This observational study enrolled 20 patients with COVID-19, who were hospitalized between January 20-April 6, 2020, in the two COVID-19 designated hospitals of Zhoushan, Zhejiang and Rushan, Shandong, China, The laboratory findings, imaging, serum response to viral infection, and viral RNA level in the throat and stool samples were assessed from onset to recovery phase in patients with COVID-19.

Results: SARS-COV-2 RNA was positive as early as day four.

Risk factors analysis of mirror aneurysms: A multi-center retrospective study based on clinical and demographic profile of patients.

As a special subgroup of multiple intracranial aneurysms, mirror aneurysms are located bilaterally on the corresponding intracranial arteries. The current study sought to compare the clinical and demographic features of patients harboring mirror aneurysm, and to elucidate the corresponding risk factors. We performed a retrospective cohort study of 2641 intracranial aneurysms patients, who were admitted to our hospitals between January 2005 and June 2014.

Synergistic bactericidal activity of chlorhexidine-loaded, silver-decorated mesoporous silica nanoparticles.

Combination of chlorhexidine (CHX) and silver ions could engender synergistic bactericidal effect and improve the bactericidal efficacy. It is highly desired to develop an efficient carrier for the antiseptics codelivery targeting infection foci with acidic microenvironment. In this work, monodisperse mesoporous silica nanoparticle (MSN) nanospheres were successfully developed as an ideal carrier for CHX and nanosilver codelivery through a facile and environmentally friendly method.

Multidisciplinary Care of Unruptured Brain Arteriovenous Malformations to Improve Symptomatic Headache and the Onset, Progression, and Outcomes of Unruptured Brain Arteriovenous Malformations.

Background: Symptomatic headaches attributed to unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations (ubAVMs) are very common and affect patients' quality life, but multidisciplinary care of ubAVMs to improve symptomatic headache remains unclear.

Objective: The objective is to identify the features of symptomatic headaches, and to obtain headache outcomes following multidisciplinary care of ubAVMs, as well as provide background on the natural history of ubAVMs.

Study Design: The features of symptomatic headaches and headache outcomes were analyzed in a large cohort of cases after multidisciplinary care of ubAVMs.

[Evolution of maize climate productivity and its response to climate change in Heilongjiang Province, China.].

Under the background of climate change, revealing the change trend and spatial diffe-rence of maize climate productivity in-depth and understanding the regularity of maize climatic resources utilization can provide scientific basis for the macro-decision of agricultural production in Heilongjiang Province. Based on the 1981-2014 meteorological data of 72 weather stations and the corresponding maize yield data in Heilongjiang Province, by the methods of step by step revisal, spatial interpolation and linear trend analysis, this paper studied the photosynthetic productivity (PP), light-temperature productivity (LTP), and climatic productivity (CP) of spring maize, and their temporal and spatial variation characteristics, main influencing factors and light energy utilization efficiency, and evaluated the maize climate productivities under different climate scenarios in the future. The results showed that during the study period, the mean PP, LTP and CP in Heilongjiang Province were 26558, 19953, 18742 kg·hm, respectively.

Posterior fossa brain arteriovenous malformations : Clinical features and outcomes of endovascular embolization, adjuvant microsurgery and radiosurgery.

Background: Posterior fossa brain arteriovenous malformations (PFbAVM) are relatively rare brain disorders but have a high risk of hemorrhage. Endovascular embolization to reduce the lesion size before treatment may improve the outcome of PFbAVM. The purposes of this study were to identify risk factors associated with hemorrhage in PFbAVM and to assess clinical outcomes in patients receiving initial endovascular embolization.

Fistula and Infratentorial Location, Characteristics That Contribute to Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations, Lead to the Formation of Associated Aneurysms in Patients.

Objective: Because the formation of associated aneurysms (AAs) related to the characteristics of cerebral artriovenous malformations (cAVMs) is poorly recognized, the purpose of this study was to identify the responsible characteristics of cAVMs related to the formation of AAs and to identify patients with responsible characteristics related to the formation of AAs through the analysis of the outcomes of these patients after treatment.

Methods: This study was performed to analyze the baseline characteristics of patients with cAVMs and AAs. The recurrent AA and residual size of cAVMs were used to evaluate the outcomes of patients after treatment.

Comparison between Solitaire™ AB and Enterprise stent-assisted coiling for intracranial aneurysms.

The aim of the present study was to analyze the feasibility, rate of procedure-related complications and midterm angiographic follow-up outcomes using the Enterprise (EP) and Solitaire™ AB (ST) stents in the stent-assisted coiling of intracranial aneurysms. In total, 81 patients with 90 aneurysms were included in the study, with the aim to treat 43 aneurysms with the EP stent (47.8%) and 47 aneurysms with the ST stent (52.

Single-centre comparison of procedural complications, clinical outcome, and angiographic follow-up between coiling and stent-assisted coiling for posterior communicating artery aneurysms.

Aneurysm recurrence is a principle limitation of endovascular coiling procedures, especially in posterior communicating artery aneurysms, with reported recurrence rates of >30%. The adjunctive use of self-expandable stents has revolutionised the treatment of intracranial aneurysms, especially for complex morphologies, wide necks, or unfavourable dome-to-neck ratios. However, there are limited data concerning a direct comparison between simple coiling and stent-assisted coiling in posterior communicating artery aneurysms.

Clinical features and endovascular treatment of intracranial arteriovenous malformations in pediatric patients.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to characterize clinical features and evaluate the clinical outcome of endovascular embolization treatment intracranial arteriovenous malformations in pediatric patients.

Methods: A cohort of children (age ≤ 18 years) with arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) from 2000 to 2012 was included. Predictors studied included patient gender, age, and angioarchitectural features, including AVM location, nidus morphology and size, venous drainage, and associated aneurysms.

Chemical stability and degradation mechanisms of ferulic acid (F.A) within various cosmetic formulations.

Ferulic acid (F.A) receives significant interest in the beauty industry with regard to its skin-whitening and anti-oxidant properties. However, its use in cosmetics is limited due to pH- and temperature-related instabilities.

[Expression of TGFbeta1 and its type I receptors ALK1 and ALK5 mRNA in brain arteriovenous malformation].

Objective: To explore the expression of transforming growth factor beta1 (TGFbeta1) and its type I receptors activin-like kinase 1 (ALK1) and ALK5 mRNA in the development of brain arteriovenous malformation (BAVM).

Methods: The mRNA expressions of TGFbeta1, ALK1and ALK5 were detected with semiquantitative RT-PCR in patients with BAVM.

Results: The expressions of TGFbeta1 and ALK5 mRNA increased significantly in BAVM, and their relative expression quantity were 0.

[Digital subtraction angiography and preoperative embolization for meningiomas].

Objective: To investigate the diagnostic value of digital subtraction angiography (DSA) and the clinical efficacy of preoperative embolization for miningiomas.

Methods: Fifty-eight patients with meningioma were examined by DSA, and preoperative embolization was performed in patients whose miningiomas were supplied predominantly by the external carotid artery (ECA).

Results: In 43 patients, the meningiomas was exclusively or predominantly supplied by ECA, and the feeding arteries were embolized with particles of 250-350 microm through catherization of ECA.

[Clinical efficiency of interventional therapy on internal carotid-posterior communicating artery aneurysm].

Objective: To evaluate the effect of endovascular embolization of internal carotid-posterior communicating artery (IC-PC) aneurysm.

Methods: 145 patients with IC-PC aneurysms underwent endovascular embolization through the microcatheter under digital subtraction angiography (DSA). Of the 145 cases, 55 patients with 62 aneurysms were embolized by mechanical detachable spiral (MDS) and 90 patients with 106 aneurysms were embolized by Guglielmi detachable coil (GDC) or electrical detachable coil (EDC).

[Endovascular embolization for traumatic carotid-cavernous fistula].

Objective: To evaluate the choice of approaches, surgical techniques and clinical outcome of endovascular embolization for treating traumatic carotid cavernous fistula (TCCF).

Methods: A retrospective analysis of 119 patients with TCCF was conducted, in whom totally 128 embolizations were performed. In these procedures, the femoral artery approach was adopted in 112 cases, femoral vein approach in 5 cases, and superior ophthalmic vein approach in 2 cases.

[Traumatic basilar-cavernous fistula complicated by basilar artery aneurysm: report of one case].

A 19-years-old boy was admitted after brain trauma with subarachnoid hemorrhage, left oculomotor nerve palsy, elevated pressure in the cavernous sinus and intracranial noise. The diagnosis of traumatic basilar-cavernous fistula complicated with basilar artery aneurysm was established by digital subtraction angiography. After endovascular occlusion of the vessels twice using detachable coils, the patient was cured without relapse during the 2-year follow-up.