Objective To investigate the clinical effect of low frequency electrical pulse therapy combined with α-lipoic acid on diabetic gastroparesis in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes.Methods A total of 65 patients diagnosed as diabetic gastroparesis were selected from our hospital and divided into three groups according to random number table:the control group(n =23,the α-lipoic acid treatment),the conventional treatment group (n =16),and the experimental group (n =26,treating with α-lipoic acid combined with low-frequency electrical pulse therapy).All patients received the conventional diabetic therapy.Clinical effects,gastric emptying rate and serum gastrin(GAS) and fasting blood glucose levels were compared before versus after treatment among the three groups.Results The cure and total effective rates were higher in the experimental group than in the control group [46.15％ (12 cases) vs.30.43％ (7 cases),80.76％ (20 cases) vs.65.21％ (15 cases),x2 =0.867,P＜0.05].There were significant differences in gastric emptying rate,serum gastrin and fasting plasma glucose levels among the 3 treatment groups before versus after treatment.And the gastric emptying rate and serum gastrin level were better improved in the experimental groups compared with the conventional treatment and control groups.Conclusions The low-frequency electrical pulse therapy combined with α-lipoic acid has a significant clinical efficacy,which can improve clinical effects,promote gastric emptying,decrease fasting plasma glucose levels in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes.

Objective To study the effect of aloe gel on the wound healing rate and the expression of epidermal growth factor(EGF) and basic fibroblast growth factor(bFGF) of radiative dermatitis erythematase in rats.Methods The rat models of radiative dermatitis erythematase(vesicular reaction) were established.With the normal healing group as the control group,aloe gel was used on the radiative dermatitis erythematase of rats in the experimental group.At the 2,6,10,18 and 24d postinjury,the protein of EGF and bFGF were stained immunohistochemically and analysed;the wound healing rate was also measured.Results ① The wound healing rate: the wound healing rate of experiment groups was significantly higher than that of the control group at 10th day and 18th day(P

The antioxidative capability and Na+-K+-ATPase α1-subunit mRNA expression in myocardium of hypothyroid rats induced by low-iodine diet were observed. The results showed that the antioxidative capability of myocardium decreased, resulting in lipid peroxidative damage, atrophy of myocardial cells and chondrification of tunica intima, along with decreased expression of sodium pump α1 subunit mRNA in hypothyroid rats.

Objective To explore the impact of levels of serum IL-17,Leukotriene B4 and IgE on pathogenesis of childhood asthma.Methods Totally 60 children with asthma acute exacerbation ( 29 children with mild asthma,31 children with moderate-severe asthma) were selected as study group,24 healthy children were selected as control group.Serum IL-17 and LTB4 were measured with euryzemLinked immunosorbent assay,serum IgE was determined with enzyme-linked fluoroimmuneassay by pharmacia CAP Sytem,PMN was determined with automatic blood analyser,pulmonary function was measured in the study group.Results ( 1 ) The level of serum IL-17 ( 1.15 ± 0.10 μg/L,2.80 ± 2.30 μg/L,0.83 ± 0.10 μg/L),LTB4 (2.22 ± 1.01 μg/L,8.79 ± 9.36 μg/L,1.94 ± 1.13 μg/L) and IgE( 123.70 ±86.94 μg/L,322.27 ±332.28 μg/L,24.27 ±7.64 μg/L) were significantly different among mild asthma group,moderate-severe asthma group and control group( P ＜ 0.001 ).( 2 )The N％ of mild asthma group,moderate-severe asthma group and study group were( 55.06 ± 1 1.15 ) ％,( 64.44± 11.87)％,(47.96 ± 13.52)％,L％ were(42.20 ± 11.04)％,(33.93 ± 10.02)％,(49.65 ± 13.02)％,and there were significant differences in N％ and L％ between study group and control group( P ＜ 0.05 ).( 3 ) There were significant positive correlations between the serum IL-17 levels and IgE,LTB4 and IgE,IL-17 and LTB4 in asthmatic children( P ＜0.05).(4) There were significant negative correlcations between the level of serum IL-17,LTB4 and FEVI,PEF( P ＜0.001 ).There were significant positive correlations between serum IL-17,LTB4 and N％ (P ＜0.001 ).(5)There were not correlations between the level of serum IgE and FEV1,PEF and N％in asthmatic children( P ＞0.05 ).Conclusion The levels of serum IL-17,LTB4 and IgE participated in pathogenesis on asthmatic children patients.

Objective To perform mutation analysis of survival motor neuron gene 1 (SMN1 in two spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patients and their parents to evaluate the effects of the two SMN1 gene mutations on the transcript levels of the gene and preliminarily predict their effects on the structure and function of SMN protein.Methods Mutation analysis of SMN1 gene was carried out by multiplex ligationdependent probe amplification,reverse transcript-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and cloning sequencing.Transmission of the mutations was confirmed by the mutation analysis in patients' parents.The full-length SMN1 (SMN1-fl) transcript levels of the patients carrying these subtle mutations were detected using quantitative RT-PCR.Results The two patients were diagnosed as SMA Ⅱ and SMA Ⅲ.They carried p.Val19GlyfsX21 and p.Ala2Gly SMN1 mutations in SMN1 gene,respectively.Both of the two mutations were originated from their fathers.Compared with the healthy individuals (23.5 ± 4.9),the two patients had a significant reduction in the level of SMN1-fl transcripts (t =3.322,P =0.011 (p.Ala2Gly) ;t =6.964,P =0.000 (p.Val19GlyfsX21)).However,compared with the healthy carriers (14.1 ±4.5),the patient with p.Ala2Gly mutation had no significant reduction in the level of SMN1-fl transcripts (13.9 ±3.6,t =0.058,P =0.955) ; however,the patient with p.Val19GlyfsX21 mutation had a significant reduction (4.9± 2.4,t =3.725,P =0.004).Conclusions Two SMN1 gene mutations are identified in our study.The mutation p.Val19GlyfsX21 is a novel mutation and p.Ala2Gly is firstly reported in Chinese SMA patients.p.Val19GlyfsX21 may possibly lead to decreased SMN1-fl mRNA by nonsense-mediated messenger RNA decay,however,p.Ala2Gly has no obvious effects on the amount of the SMN1-fl transcripts,indicating that its deleterious effect may be occurring at SMN protein level or the function of SMN protein.

Objective To study the clinical characteristics and prognosis of interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated with polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM). Methods The clinical data of 107 DM related ILD,and its frequency rate was 26.2%. Arthritis as the first symptom had a higher presenting rate in patients with ILD than in patients with non- ILD. Arthritis, dry cough and short of breath occurred more dyspnea presented in patients with DM-ILD, and there was serious myalgia and muscle weakness in patients More DM-ILD patients had high HBDH and AST than those in PM-ILD. High CK and CK-MB were more The 7 of 8 severe cases had DM-ILD in which 5 died of respiratory failure (death rate was 17.9% in PM/elevated ESR and CRP tend to complicate with ILD. The DM patients who have characteristic skin rashes and high AST level are prone to develop ILD. The PM patients who have high CK and CK-MB are susceptible to

Objective To observe the association between homocysteine (Hcy)level and low limb vascular disease(LLVD) in newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients. Methods The study subjects were divided into three groups : control group (NC), newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetes group without peripheral artery disease (T2DM) and peripheral artery disease with newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetes group (T2DM+LLVD).Both Hcy and the ankle-brachial index(ABI) were measured in three groups. Results Compared with NC group, clinical parameters of body mass index,waist-to-hip ratio,systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol(TC),triglycerides(TG),low density lipoprotein-cholesterol(LDL-C),and glycated hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c) increased markedly,and the content of high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) was markedly lower in both T2DM and T2DM+LLVD groups.In T2DM+LLVD group the contents of Hcy,LDL-C and HbA1c were markedly higher than in T2DM group,but the content of HDL-C decreased significantly.Hcy was independently associated with the development of peripheral artery disease in newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients by logisitic regression analysis. Conclusions Increased Hcy is an independent risk factor for peripheral artery disease in newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetes.

Objective:Based on the model of human umbilical vein endothelial cell(HUVEC) treated by tumor necrosis factor-alfa(TNF),We investigate the effects of muscone on polymophonulear leukocytes(PMN)-HUVEC adhesion and its adhesion molecules(CAMs) expression.Methods:Confocal system was used for identifying cultured HUVEC,MTT assay for its activity,Rose Bengal Staining for PMN-HUVEC adhesion,and fluorescent-immunocytochemistry techniques for CAMs expression.Results:After HUVEC treated by TNF,the adhesion between PMN and HUVEC increased dramatically(P

ObjectiveTo study the present human resources of TCM hospitals in China, for decision making of TCM hospitals HR strategy in the future. Methods Collection of statistics released by the Ministry of Health and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine from 2005 to 2009, for analysis of the general structure and trends of hospital staff at large, headcount and makeup of medical personnel, and the structure and trends of TCM professionals in TCM hospitals. Results In 2009, there were 2,728 TCM hospitals, employing 518, 5000 staff, including 427, 900 medical personnel, accounting for 82.52％ of the total; TCM practitioners account for 45. 61％ of clinicians in TCM hospitals;a shortage of nursesisfoundin TCM hospitals as comparedto general hospitals. ConclusionIt is imperative to revise the staff quota standard of TCM hospitals, and to increase the number of TCM practitioners and nursing staff in TCM hospitals.

Objective To explore the effect of various information means in the training of newly recruited nurses and to provide a practical basis for comprehensive and thorough development of the training. Methods Nurses who are enrolled in 2015 were chosen as the test group. Its applications can be in the form of Mobile APP,office software,online software and We Chat public platform. Afterwards,the effect of various information means can be judged by comparing the test results with the nurses who are enrolled in 2013 (the control group). The nurses in the test group were surveyed in the form of questionnaires to evaluate the training effect. Results The scores of theory ex amination and nasal feeding in the test group were higher than those of control group(P<0.01). The 93.8 percent of the nurses in test group believe that training is beneficial to the understanding and consolidation of knowledge as well as to improve the ability of self-learning. Also the training effect is prominent. Conclusion The various information means in the training of newly recruited nurses can improve training efficiency and enhance training effectiveness.