Acupuncture Therapy ; Adolescent ; Female ; Humans ; Olfaction Disorders ; physiopathology ; therapy ; Smell

Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapy as a bridge between theoretical courses and clinical practice of acupuncture and moxibustion, is important. As the main part ofAcupuncture and Moxibustion Therapy, the training course deals with case analysis, inquiry training and simulation, clinical treatment ability training etc, in order to realize seamless docking classroom and clinical.

OBJECTIVE: To provide reference for the control of drug costs in China. METHODS: Present problems on drug were analyzed. The measures and effect of market mechanisms and policy interventions were analyzed referring to foreign experience on the control of drug expenses. RESULTS & CONCLUSION: Because drugs are a special kind of commodity, the combination and complementarity between market mechanisms and policy interventions can effectively control drug costs.

Objective To observe the clinical effect of treating refractory ascites by intermittent cycle ascites reinfusion.Methods Having 30 refractory ascites patients of both chronic renal failure and maintenance hemodialysis(MHD),treating them 102 times by intermittent close ascites reinfusion and synchronous hemodialysis,having reinfusion ascites 3000～5000ml each time,checking the change of serum creatinine(Scr),blood urea nitrogen(Bun),and serum albumin before and after hemodialysis(HD) by blood-test,and observing their temperature,weight,belly size,blood pressure,and pulse before and after treatment.Results After treatment,all the patients feel well,have good appetite,and have less swollen belly.The average treatment is 3.2 times.The table shows the patients' weight,belly size,serum albumin,serum creatinie and blood urea nitrogen(Bun) before and after treatment.The difference is obviously distinctive(P

Bone Neoplasms ; Chondrosarcoma ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Nasal Cavity ; pathology ; Nasal Septum ; pathology

Biomarkers ; Carcinogens ; Epigenesis, Genetic ; Humans

Objective To assess the accuracy of MRI measurement of hippocampal formation in predicting postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) in elderly patients.Methods Forty-one ASA Ⅱor Ⅲ patients aged≥65 yr undergoing gastrointestinal tract surgery were enrolled in this study.MRI was performed to measure the volume of hippocampal formation before surgery and the results were standardized according to the individual intracranial volume.All patients underwent a battery of neuropsychological tests including sensitive tests on the Wechsler adult memory scale and Wechsler adult intelligence scale,trail making test and the grooved pegboard test.We used the Z score to identify POCD as recommended by Moiler.All patients were then divided into POCD group and non-POCD group according to the results of the neuropsychological tests.The results of the tests were correlated with the volume of hippocampal formation measured by MRI.The value of MPI measurement of hippocampal volume in predicting POCD was analyzed.Results Thirty-six patients completed the whole battery of neuropsychological tests after surgery.Thirteen of the 36 patients were found to have COPD (36%) on the 4th postoperative day.The hippocampal volume was significandy smaller in POCD group (4.75±0.23) than in non-POCD group(5.06±0.31).Hippocampal volume was found to be effective in predicting POCD.The overall accuracy of prediction was 77.8%(28/36 patients) with 92.3% sensitivity (12/13 patients),70.0% specificity (16/23 patients) and 0.623 Youden index.Conclusion The MRI measurement of hippocampal volume is valuable as a predictor of POCD in the elderly.

Catch-up growth,a phenomenon that occurs after a short time growth-inhibiting condition,has been proved to be strongly associated with insulin resistance.But the mechanism of insulin resistance in the process of catch-up growth is not clear.

Aim ToinvestigatetheexpressionofMT1 in the hippocampus and serum melatonin in the asth-matic rats, and explore the mechanism in the develop-mentofasthma.Methods SixtyadultSDratswere randomly divided into two groups: control group ( n=20 ) and asthma group ( n=40 ) . Asthma rat model was established by sensitization and stimulation with ovalbumin ( OVA ) . Immunohistochemistry, Western blot, and reverse transcription PCR ( RT-PCR ) were used to evaluate the expression of MT1 in hippocam-pus. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay ( ELISA ) was used to detect serum melatonin level. Results TheexpressionofMT1inhippocampusatgeneand protein levels were significantly elevated in asthmatic group ( P <0. 05 ) compared with the control group,whereas serum melatonin was obviously reduced ( P<0. 05 ) . Compared with day 5 and day 10 in the asth-matic group, there was a significant increase of MT1 in hippocampus on day 17 ( P<0. 05 ) , while there was no significant difference between day 5 and day 10 ( P>0.05).Conclusions MelatoninandMT1maybe involved in the pathogenesis of asthma. The up-regula-tion of MT1 in hippocampus with time-dependent pat-tern may be a compensatory response to decreased pe-ripheral melatonin levels for augmenting melatoninˊs neuroprotective and neuroimmunomodulatory effects a-gainst inflammatory reaction and stress in asthma.

The urinary continence mechanism in the fetal and neonatal periods is the foundation of the development of continence function in the lower urinary tract (LUT).At present,it is rarely reported what is the fetus and newborns' LUT continence,and the domestic reviews about these knowledge is blank.The authors searched all the research reports about LUT continence and its mechanism in the fetal and neonatal period both in the human and animals,and reviewed the urinary continence of the fetus and newborns at first time at home,to fill the domestic blank of this field.