1.On New Medical Achievement and Medical Ethical Issues
Xiaoxu WANG ; Benjian FU ; Yuan LUO
Chinese Medical Ethics 1995;0(03):-
Modern medicine makes it possible to turn those former impossible ideas into reality.Meanwhile,more and more social and ethical issues are also drawing public attention arising from the development of modern medicine.This paper explores reasonable and feasible countermeasures to cope with the ethical issues brought by modern medical development from a cultural perspective.
2.Effects of traditional Chinese medicine Panax notoginoside(血塞通) and Tetramethylpyrazine(川芎嗪)on cytochrome P450 subtype enzymes
Jie SHI ; Anjin CHEN ; Fang ZHANG ; Benjian WANG
Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine in Intensive and Critical Care 2006;0(06):-
Objective To study the effects of traditional Chinese medicine Panax notoginoside(PNS,血塞通) and Tetramethylpyrazine(TMPz,川芎嗪) on different subtypes of cytochrome P450(CYP450),based on that,to forecast the inter-reaction between these two drugs and between each one of them and another drug,and also to estimate the safety assessment of them.Methods The metabolic changes of caffeine and dapsone which are the specific probe drugs for subtypes of CYP450,CYP1A2 and CYP3A4,were studied in vitro to estimate the inhibition or induction effects of PNS and TMPz.Results The concentrations of caffeine and dapsone,the probe drugs in liver cytochrome P450,in control group,PNS group and TMPz group were all declined with time prolongation,and there were no significant differences among the three groups.The half life time(t1/2) of caffeine in PNS group was obviously shorter than that in control group((19.24?2.37) minutes vs.(25.15?2.02) minutes, P0.05).It was suggested that TMPz have no effect on both CYP1A2 and CYP3A4.Conclusion Different drugs have different effects on different CYP450 subtype enzymes.When PNS is used in combination with other drugs which are related to the metabolism of CYP1A2 enzyme,its induction effect on CYP1A2 should be considered fully to avoid toxic effect or the potential adverse reactions.
3. Diagnostic value of narrow-band imaging in detection of recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Jinyuan SI ; Jingjin WENG ; Benjian ZHANG ; Guiping LAN ; Yong YANG ; Bo HUANG ; Yongli WANG ; Ying QIN ; Bing LI ; Xing HAN ; Weiming XIONG ; Yongfeng SI
Chinese Journal of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2017;52(12):895-899
Objective:
To evaluate the diagnostic value and feasibility of narrow-band imaging in detection of recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).
Methods:
One thousand three hundred and sixty-four NPC patients who had completed NPC treatment were enrolled. All patients were followed-up with imaging, serological examination of EB virus and nasopharyngeal endoscopy(WL and NBI mode), in which (1) both white light (WL) and NBI modes were done; (2) positive endoscopic patients were given nasopharyngeal biopsy; (3) using histologic finding as criterion standard, the sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and Yonden′s index of two modes were compared. Kappa index was used to evaluate the consistency between the two modes and pathological results respectively; (4) the positive rates of WL and NBI in patients with early recurrent (stage Ⅰ+ Ⅱ) were compared.
Results:
A total of 265 cases were suspected as having recurrent lesions by endoscopy in WL mode and 68 cases of them were pathologically diagnosed as having NPC; and 82 cases were suspected as having recurrent lesions by endoscopy in NBI mode and 74 cases of them were pathologically diagnosed as having NPC. The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and Yonden′s index of WL mode were 91.89%, 0, 25.09% and -0.0811, respectively, with a kappa of -0.045; the sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and Yonden′s index of NBI mode were 100.00%, 95.94%, 97.05% and 0.9594, respectively.
Conclusion
NBI has higher sensitivity, specificity, early diagnosis rate and Yonden′s index than WL.