Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of nateglinide,a new antidiabetic agent,in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.Methods 276 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus,in accordance with the table of random number method,were divided into the nateglinide group 138 cases,repaglinide group 138 cases.The nateglinide group was given 30 mg nateglinide,and repaglinide group was given 0.5 mg repaglinide,3 times a day,oral administration 15min before meal.12 weeks for one period of treatment.FBG,2h PBG,HbAlc and security index were detected before and after treatment.Results After treatment,FBG,2h PBG and HbAlc indexes in the two groups were lower than before treatment,the differences were statistically significant(all P ＜ 0.05).The differences were not significant compared between the two groups (all P ＞ 0.05).No serious adverse events occurred in two groups.Conclusion Nateglinide can effectively control fasting and postprandial blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes.It is safe and reliable and worthy clinical promotion.

Objective To compare the efficacy and toxicity of SOX and FOLFOX4 regimen in the treatment of advanced gastric cancer.Methods Total of 32 patients with advanced gastric cancer proved pathologically were randomly divided into 2 groups:16 patients received SOX regimen [oxaliplatin 130 mg/m2 as a 2-hour infusion on day 1,S-1 capsules 80 mg/(m-2·d) twice a day per oral from day 1 to day 14 every 3 weeks],the other 16 patients received FOLFOX4 regimen [oxaliplatin 85 mg/m2 as a 2-hour infusion on day 1 and a 2-hour infusion of LV 200/(m2· d) followed by a 5-Fu bolus 400/(m2· d) and 22-hour infusion 600/(m2· d) for 2 consecutive days every 2 weeks].Efficacy was evaluated at least 2 cycles.Results The response rates of SOX group and FOLFOX4 group were 56.25 ％ (9/16) and 43.57 ％ (7/16),the disease control rates were 81.25 ％ (13/16) and 75.00 ％ (12/16).The median progress free survival times were 7.2 months and 5.6 months,the median overall survival times were 9.4 months and 7.9 months.The main toxicity in the two groups was hematological toxicity,nausea/vomiting,and peripheral neuropathy.The main grade 3 hematologic toxicity was neutropenia,with no significant difference between them [12.50 ％ (2/16) vs 31.25 ％ (5/16),P =0.394].Conclusions Both SOX and FOLFOX4 regimens are effective for patients with advanced gastric cancer.Compared with FOLFOX4 regimen,SOX regimen is better tolerated for advanced gastric cancer with longer progress free survival and overall survival.

BACKGROUND: It has been verified pharmacologically that honokiol (HL) and magnolol (ML) have distinct effects on central inhibition and muscle relaxation, and some reports prove that they can relieve morphine withdrawal symptoms in animals.OBJECTIVE: To explore the effects of HL and ML on β-endorphin (β-EP) in relieving morphine withdrawal symptoms in rats.DESIGN: Randomized controlled study.SETTING: Pharmacological Department, the Medical School of Hubei national College.PARTICIPANTS: The experiment was conducted from 13 to 29 April,2003. Among 100 adult male SD rats, 30 rats as control group were randomly divided into three subgroups: saline group, HL group and ML group with 10 in each group. The other 70 rats as morphine-dependent group were divided into normal saline group, 5, 40 and 80 mg/kg HL and ML groups with 10 in each group.METHODS: 0.2 mL normal saline, 80 mg/kg HL and 80 mg/kg ML were injected intraperitoneally into rats in control group. The dose of morphine subcutaneously injected was increased in the rats in morphine-dependent group for 6 days to establish the model of acute morphine dependence and model of natural morphine withdrawal symptoms. The last injection was performed at 9:00 on the morning of day 6, and the intraperitoneal injection was performed at 10:30 on the same morning. 0.2 mL normal saline was injected into the rats of saline group. 5, 40 and 80 mg/kg HL and 5,40 and 80 mg/kg ML were given to rats in the other six groups, respectively. Starting from 11:00, half an hour later, all natural morphine withdrawal symptoms were observed in rats within an hour.compared among rats in the 7 morphine-dependent subgroups.control groups than in normal saline group (P ＜ 0.01), and HL group had higher β-EP level than ML group (P ＜ 0.05). β-EP level was obviously lower in morphine-dependent+saline groups than in control+saline groups (P ＜ 0.01).β-EP level in morphine-dependent+5, 40 and 80 mg/kg HL groups and in morphine-dependent+5, 40 and 80 mg/kg ML groups was obviously higher Scores of natural morphine withdrawal symptoms in rats of morphine-dependent group: Scores of wetshakes, penile licking, escape attempts, and weight lost in HL and ML subgroups were obviously lower than those in saline group (P ＜ 0.01).CONCLUSION: HL and ML can markedly restrain morphine withdrawal symptoms and this restraint is related to the increase of β-EP level in the brain. HL and ML have equal inhibitory effects on morphine-dependent rats, but HL is more effective than ML in normal rats.

Objective To investigate the Chinese version of Self-perceived Burden Scale(SPBS) for cancer patients.Methods Established the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of SPBS,a convenience sample of 220 patients were recruited for evaluation.Results The Chinese version of SPBS comprised 8 items.Exploratory analysis showed that the most interpretable solution consisted of 2 factors.The accumulative variance contribution which explained 61.004％ of variance of the total scale.Meanwhile,the Cronbach's α coefficient was 0.874.Conclusions It suggests that the 8-item Chinese version of the SPBS has good reliability and validity,which could be used as a tool for measuring cancer patients' burden.

Objective To study the protein levels of fibronectin (Fn) in the sinoatrial node tissues of hearts caused by electric shock death ,and to provide a new theoretical basis for the diagnosis of electric shock death and the identification of death time.MethodsUsing immunohistochemical technique(S-P method) to detect protein levels of 15 cases of human sinoatrial node following electrocution(human experimental group),15 cases of human sinoatrial node with severe traumatic cerebral injury(human control group),35 cases of rabbit sinoatrial node following electrocution(rabbit experimental group ,divided into7 groups according to different sampling time: 0 h ,1 h ,3 h ,6 h ,12 h,24 h.48 h),and 35 cases of rabbit sinoatrial node with broken neck executed(rabbit control group ,divided int0 7 groups according to different sampling time :0 h,1 h.3 h,6 h.12 h.24 h,48 h).ResultsFn positive expression rate in human experimental group was 100% while it was 6.67% in the human control group,and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.01 ).The Fn expression can be seen after electric shock immediately in the rabbit experimental group,and there was statistical difference compared with the rabbit control group (P < 0.05).Distribution of Fn expression became more and more widely after 3 hours t0 12 hours in the rabbit experimental group ,and there was significant difference compared with the rabbit control group(P < 0.01).The Fn expression began to decrease 24 hours after electrocution,ancl it still had statistical significance 48 hours after electrocution compared with the rabbit control group (P < 0.05).Conclusion Electric shocks significantly enhanced the expression of Fn protein levels in the sinoatrial node tissues , and optical density of Fn positive expression has a regularity change along with the extended time of death.These results could provide a theoretical reference basis for forensic diagnosis of electrocution and identification of death time.

ObjectiveTo explore the effects of health belief mode1 system nursing education on lymphedema risk-reduction behavior,incidence and quality of life in post-operation breast cancer patients.MethodsA total of 225 patients who were underwent surgery by inclusion criteria and then were randomly divided into the intervention group ( n =109 ) and the control group ( n =106 ).The control group was given routine education,while the intervention group was given health belief model system education in addition routine education.Patients were followed up for at least 12 months,and the implementation of lymphedema risk-reduction behavior,quality of life,and the incidence of lymphedema of two groups were compared.ResultsThe implementation of lymphedema risk-reduction behavior were higher in intervention group than that in control group with statistically significantly difference(P ＜ 0.05 ).The incidence of lymphedema was 16.5％ in intervention group,37.7％ in control group,the difference was significantly in two groups.Scores for general quality of life (107.81 ± 10.10),emotional well-being ( 19.72 ± 3.74 ),functional well-being( 18.58 ± 3.34 ),social/family well-being( 21.85 ± 3.69 ),concerns specific to breast cancer patients(24.47 ± 3.59) were higher in intervention group than those in control group( ( 101.07 ±10.54),(18.48 ± 3.63),(14.79 ± 3.22),(20.39 ± 4.82),(23.10 ± 4.78)) (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Health belief model system nursing intervention can improve the implementation of lymphedema risk-reduction behavior,decrease the incidence of lymphedema and increase long-term quality of life of the breast cancer patients.

BACKGROUND:Being used in senile intertrochanteric fracture, the third generation of Gamma nail may isolate fracture fragments and it is difficult to be secured in the rotor, so the stability is poor. Varus deformity easily appears, which is difficult to support or satisfactorily reset. OBJECTIVE:To compare the effects and stability of the proximal femoral locking plate and the third generation of the gamma nail in the treatment of stable intertrochanteric fracture. METHODS:(1) A total of 64 patients with intertrochanteric fractures were respectively treated with the third generation of the gamma nail fixation (n=32) and proximal femoral locking plate fixation (n=32). Fracture reduction and healing were assessed using anteroposterior and lateral radiographs. Femoral rotor varus angle and intertrochanteric medial inclination received biomechanical measurement. (2) Eight femoral specimens whose shape and size were approximated were selected to be randomly assigned to Gamma 3 group and proximal femoral locking plate group (n=4), which respectively received Gamma 3 fixation and proximal femoral locking plate fixation. After axial compression test and destruction test, load-displacement curve was drawn. The maximum yield load value was calculated by torsion test. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Operative time and intraoperative blood loss were significantly more in the proximal femoral locking plate group than in the Gamma 3 group (P < 0.05). The fracture quality assessment results were better in the proximal femoral locking plate group than in the Gamma 3 group (P < 0.05). The axial stiffness and corresponding torque of various torsion angles were smaler in the proximal femoral locking plate group than in the Gamma 3 group (P < 0.05). Experimental results indicated that in the course of fixating intertrochanteric fracture merged with greater trochanter fracture, the proximal femur locking plate has obtained more biomechanical stability.

Objective To evaluate the Chinese version of Benefit Finding Scale (BFS) for breast cancer patients.Methods After consent of the author,according to the flow path of scales,we established the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of BUS,a convenience sample of 293 patients were recruited for evaluation.Results The Chinese version of BFS was comprised of 19 items,Cronbach's α coefficient was 0.911,test-retest reliability was 0.812,I-CVI was 0.833～1.000,S-CVI was 0.955.Meanwhile,exploratory analysis showed that the most interpretable solution consisted of 3 factors,the accumulative variance contribution which explained 55.101％ of variance of the total scale.The related validity showed that the correlative coefficient of Chinese version of BUS and Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) was 0.745.Conclusions It suggests that the 19-item Chinese version of the BFS has good reliability and validity,which could be used as a research tool for measuring breast cancer patients' benefit finding.

Objective To investigate the career resilience and its influencing factors among nurse specialists.Methods Totally 288 nurse specialists were investigated by General Information Questionnaire,Career Resilience Scale,Core Self-Evaluations Scale and Simplified Coping Style Scale.Results The score was 37.12±4.78 for career resilience,35.46±4.78 for core self-evaluations,23.57±5.2 1 for positive coping,and 9.39±3.74 for negative coping,respectively.There were statistic difference (P＜0.01) among the total score and 2 dimensions score of career resilience on different level of self-assessment of health among specialist nurses.Specialist nurses,career resilience had a obvious positive correlation with the age,nursing age,core self-evaluations,and positive coping(P＜ 0.01).The results of multivariate linear regression analysis showed that age,self-assessment of health,positive coping and core self-evaluations entered the regression equation of career resilience.Positive coping was a partial intermediate variable of core self-evaluations and career resilience.Conclusion The level of career resilience is medium and it should be enhanced among nurse specialists.The age,self-assessment of health,positive coping and core self-evaluations are possible influencing factors of career resilience.And core self-evaluations can improve career resilience of specialist nurses via the effects of positive coping.

Objective This thesis discusses the present situation of related thesises of childhood asthma.Methods The childhood asthma related thesises in Chinese Scientific Journals Database from 1999 to 2008 were collected as the basic data.Results 2 246 authors from 31 province/city/autonomous region who published 3 121 thesises in 507 periodicals were found.Conclusions The children's hospital of the capital institute of pediatrics is the authority researcher of childhood asthma.