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Objective We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography (CT)-guided transthoracic core needle biopsy (TCNB) for small (≤20-mm) lung nodules and identified predictive factors for true negatives among benign biopsy results. Methods From March 2010 to June 2015, 222 patients with small lung nodules underwent CT-guided TCNB. We retrospectively analysed data regarding technical success, diagnostic accuracy, and predictors of true negatives. Results The technical success rate was 100%. The TCNB results of the 222 lung nodules included malignancy (n = 136), suspected malignancy (n = 8), specific benign lesion (n = 17), and nonspecific benign lesion (n = 61). The final diagnosis of 222 lung nodules included malignant (n = 160), benign (n = 60), and nondiagnostic lesions (n = 2). The sensitivity, specificity, and overall diagnostic accuracy of CT-guided TCNB for small lung nodules were 90.0%, 100%, and 92.7%, respectively. Pneumothorax and haemoptysis occurred in 23 and 41 patients, respectively. Based on the Cox regression analysis, the significant independent predictive factor for true negatives was a biopsy result of chronic inflammation with fibroplasia. Conclusions CT-guided TCNB offers high diagnostic accuracy for small lung nodules, and a biopsy result of chronic inflammation with fibroplasia can predict a true-negative result.

Objective: To investigate the effect of safflower yellow pigment sodium chloride injection on hemorheology and coagulation function in patients with hip replacement surgery. Methods: A total of 80 cases of hip joint replacement were divided into two groups according to the random number table method, 40 cases in each group. Patients in two groups were conducted with regular hip replacement, postoperative conventional symptomatic treatment. Based on it, patients of the observation group started to get the safflower yellow pigment and sodium chloride injection in the first week after operation, intravenous injection. A total of 3 weeks of treatment. blood rheological index were compared including plasma viscosity, whole blood viscosity at high shear, low shear whole blood viscosity, red blood cell hematocrit and blood coagulation indexes: prothrombin time (PT), activation activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), thrombin time (TT), D-Dimer (D-D), fibrinogen (FIB) between the two groups postoperative 1 week, postoperative 2 weeks and postoperative 4 weeks. Results: The plasma viscosity, high shear viscosity of whole blood, low shear viscosity of whole blood, D-D in control group postoperative 2 week and 4 week were significantly higher than that of preoperative 1 week; while red blood cell volume, PT, APTT, TT, Fib were significantly lower than preoperative 1 week (P0.05). The PT, APTT in observation group postoperative 2 week and 4 week were significantly increased compared with preoperative 1 week, and the TT in observation group postoperative 4 week was significantly increased compared with preoperative 1 week (P