Adolescent ; Adult ; Carcinoma, Small Cell ; pathology ; therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Ovarian Neoplasms ; pathology ; therapy

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ; blood ; diagnosis ; Female ; Humans ; Lactic Acid ; blood ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Prognosis ; Young Adult

Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Granuloma ; drug therapy ; Humans ; Laryngeal Diseases ; drug therapy ; Male ; Middle Aged

Animals ; Apoptosis ; physiology ; Cell Proliferation ; Epithelial Cells ; transplantation ; Female ; Ki-67 Antigen ; analysis ; Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute ; pathology ; Male ; Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation ; ethics ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley

Gastrectomy ; methods ; Humans ; Laparoscopy ; methods ; Stomach Neoplasms ; epidemiology ; surgery

Objective To compare the quadriceps strength and short-term outcome in patients who had undergone primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) with minimally invasive (MIS) or conventional surgical technique.Methods Sixty-eight knees undergoing TKA were evaluated and they were randomly divided into two groups.One group included 34 knees which were undergone conventional approach,and the other group included 34 knees undergone MIS approach.The age,BMI,quadriceps strength,extension lag,American Knee Society Score (KSS),Western Ontario and McMaster Universities (WOMAC) osteoarthritis index and visual analogue scale (VAS) of pain of all patients were evaluated at the day before surgery and the 1st,2nd,3rd,6th,and 12th months after surgery.Results At the 1st,2nd,3rd,6th,and 12th months after surgery,the quadriceps strength in MIS group was 0.59±0.12,0.74±0.18,0.86±0.16,1.02±0.17,1.05±0.04 N·m/kg respectively,while in conventional group was 0.46± 0.56,0.56±0.12,0.70±0.16,0.94±0.19,1.04±0.03 N· m/kg respectively.The extension lag in MIS group was 13.11°±6.56°,8.53°± 5.12°,4.79°±3.62°,1.53°±2.64°,1.62°±1.76° respectively,while in conventional group was 22.47°±8.41°,16.23°±6.26°,10.58°± 4.4°,2.58°±2.85°,1.62°±1.76° respectively.There were significantly differences in the two groups.Meanwhile,compared with conventional patients,MIS patients demonstrated significantly higher KSS scores at the 1st and 2nd months postoperatively.WOMAC scores were significantly lower in MIS group than in conventional group at the 1st month after surgery.During the first postoperative week,MIS technique significantly decreased VAS scores,showing significance.On the other hand,no significant difference was observed with respect to deep infection incidence and radiological outcome between two groups.Conclusion MIS TKA offers a significant improvement in extensor muscle strength over conventional surgery.These results suggest that the MIS approach results in better outcomes with regard to maintaining extensor strength than the conventional surgical approach.

Objective To examine among preschool children the validity, reliability and sensitivity of a new assessment tool of Mandarin sentence recognition in babble noise, consisting of twenty-seven equivalent lists, as well as to investigate the effect of age and gender on children's speech recognition. Methods Fifty-four normalhearing children aged 4 to 6 years were recruited from Beijing and were divided into three age groups (4～, 4.5～,and 5.0～6.0 years) containing 18 children each, half boys and half girls. According to randomized split-plot design, we examined their speech recognition ability with 27 sentence-in-babble-noise lists in a sound-treated booth in a kindergarten (ambient noise ＜40 dB). The sentences were presented at fixed intensity of 65 dB SPL, paired with competing babble noise at three different signal to noise ratios (SNR= +1, -2, -5 dB) by the same loudspeaker with 0° azimuth. Speech recognition score were calculated based on the children's repetition of keySNR functions exhibited that the threshold was -1.96±0. 19 dB SNR and the slope was 15.8%±1.1%/dB for of variance and Post- Hoc Scheffe test indicated that significant differences in performance were most pronounced between the 4～ year group and the other two groups (P＜0.001), while there was no significant difference between 4.5～ year group and 5.0～6. 0 year group (P=0. 90). The girls' performance was also significantly better than boys' (P＜0. 001). Conclusion The 27 lists of Mandarin speech recognition in babble noise were equivalent among children, and the sensitivity of performance versus SNR was 15.8%/dB. Both of them were below the adult averchildren aged 4.5～ up years. Even though the performance differed between boys and girls, the difference was relatively small compared to 24.6%, the critical difference as the reliability indicator.

【Objective】 The characteristics of syndrome patterns of osteoporosis(OP) in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) were investigated by cluster analysis,thus to supply evidences for the prevention and treatment of OP.【Methods】The data of 246 OP patients collected by four diagnostic methods were classified into items by cluster analysis.Thenthe principal component analysis was usedtosummarizethe TCMsyndrome patters of OPbyanalyzing the representativeness of eachitem.【Results】Forty-sevenitems were obtained after cluster analysis,andtheitems of short of breath withreluctancetotalk,lassitude and weakness,soreness of thelower back,white coating,vertigo,pale and enlargedtongue had a higher incidences.Whenthe items of OP were classified into four patterns of deficiency of liver and kidney yin,deficiency of spleen and kidney yang,deficiency of Qi and blood,and Qi stagnation and blood stasis,the patterns distribution was clear and had a good representiveness.The patterns of deficiency of liver and kidney yin,and deficiency of spleen and kidney yang had higher incidences of 34.7 %and 30.1 %respectively.【Conclusion】OP classifiedintofour patterns of deficiency of liver and kidney yin,deficiency of spleen and kidney yang,deficiency of Qi and blood,and Qi stagnation and blood stasis is practical in clinic,and most of OPpatients have the manifestations of kidney deficiency.

Objective To make sure the psychological condition of patients with liver transplantation,and then make out certain effective nursing methods. Methods Investigated 94 patients with liver transplantation by MSSNS,analyzed the datum. Results The average score of the patients with liver transplantation was higher than the in-patients expected those in the department of psychology,P