[High-fat diet induces pulmonary fibrosis in rats and inhibitory effects of N-acetylcysteine].

Objective: To explore the relation between high-fat diet and pulmonary fibrosis and the inhibition of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) on lung tissue in rats.

Methods: Thirty Sprague Dawley (SD) male rats were randomly divided into control group (n = 10) on a quantitative control Lieber-DeCarli liquid diet, a high-fat diet group (n = 10) on a high fat-diet Lieber-DeCarli liquid diet and NAC group (n = 10) on NAC 300 mg×kg(-1)×d(-1). All rats were sacrificed 8 weeks later.

[Hypereosinophilic syndrome initially presenting pulmonary embolism: a case report and review of the literature].

Objective: To analyze clinical features of hypereosinophilic syndrome with multiple thrombosis and improve the understanding of eosinophilia resulting in thrombotic diseases.

Methods: " Eosinophils increased, thrombocytopenia, deep vein thrombosis", as the Chinese keywords, "hypereosinophilic, thrombocytopenia, deep vein thrombosis", as the English keywords and to retrieve the literature from Wanfang database and Pubmed database January 2002- January 2012, a total of 17 articles, 5 Chinese articles, 4 in English, exclude those 2 articles which do not clearly diagnosis, a total of 7 articles were included, reports 8 cases, including 5 male, 3 female, age ranged from 24 to 75, combine the characteristics of the cases which reported in these literatures and our case, to make a literature review.

Results: A male, 27 years old complains shortness of breath, chest pain and blood in the sputum, pulmonary embolism diagnosed by chest enhanced CT, while deep vein thrombosis was diagnosed, laboratory examinations showed that blood eosinophils and thrombocytopenia.

Effect of low-molecular-weight heparin and urokinase on pulmonary arteries involved in pulmonary embolism.

Background: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common and often fatal disease. Early after pulmonary thromboembolism, inflammation and associated intimal hyperplasia occur within the pulmonary arteries, similar to what is observed with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. This study tested the hypothesis that thrombolytic and anticoagulant agents would have anti-inflammatory effects or inhibit intimal hyperplasia of involved pulmonary arteries.

Idiopathic pulmonary vein thrombosis extending to left atrium: a case report with a literature review .

Pulmonary vein thrombosis is a rare disease and is usually represented as a complication of atrial fibrillation, pulmonary tumors, and lobectomy. Although it is a potentially life threatening condition, the venous disease is easy to misdiagnose because of the non-specific symptoms. In this article, we present a 30-year-old patient who suffered from pulmonary vein thrombosis without any causes.

[Eleven fatal cases with A H1N1 influenza in Tianjin].

Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics of fatal cases with confirmed A H1N1 influenza so as to improve the diagnosis and treatment of this severe disease.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 11 fatal cases with A H1N1 influenza in Tianjin between September 1 and November 4 2009.

Results: There were 6 males and 5 females with a median age of 25 (21 - 36) years old.

[Severe pneumonia caused by Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria: a case report and review of the literature].

Objective: To describe the clinical features of severe pneumonitis with Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria.

Method: Case report and review of the related literatures. The clinical symptoms, laboratory tests, radiographic patterns, diagnosis, and therapeutic management of a case of severe pneumonia caused by A.