Objective To compare the clinical efficacy between single span video-assisted thoracoscope (VATS) surgery and traditional VATS surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax in elderly patients.Methods A total of 88 elderly patients diagnosed as spontaneous pneumothorax by chest X-ray and CT were selected and randomly divided into single span VATS group and traditional VATS group (n=44,each).The bleeding volume,duration of operation,hospitalization time,time of postoperative analgesic use,chest tube indwelling time,postoperative complications and adverse reactions were observed.All patients were follow-up for 1-2 years to record the recurrence rate and death rate.Results All patients were received VATS surgery successfully.Their clinical symptoms disappeared and X-ray showed that pneumothorax disappeared.There were significant differences in bleeding volume,time of postoperative analgesic use,hospitalization time between single span VATS group and traditional VATS group [(46.7±18.8)ml vs.(46.7±18.8)ml,(1.7±0.9)d vs.(2.4± 1.7)d,(6.3±1.7)d vs.(9.1±2.1)d,t=3.04,2.18,5.59,respectively,all P＜0.05].The duration of operation and chest tube indwelling were shorter in single span VATS group than in traditional VATS group (both P＜0.05).Patients with chest pain and incision numb after operation were less in single span VATS group than in traditional VATS group (11 cases vs.26 cases,7 cases vs.21 cases,t=10.50,10.26,both P＜0.05).There were no significant differences in recurrence rate and death rate between the two groups.Conclusions Single span VATS surgery is an safe and effective treatment for spontaneous pneumothorax in elderly patients,which has a better postoperative recovery and fewer adverse reactions.

Objective To evaluate the clinical value of computed tomography (CT) examination in the etiologic diagnosis of small bowel obstruction.Methods From January 2010 to September 2013,a total of 237 patients with small bowel obstruction confirmed by operation were enrolled.The clinical data of all patients were collected.The diagnostic value of color Doppler ultrasound and abdominal CT examination were compared in estimating site of obstruction,etiology of obstruction and strangulation obstruction.Chi square test was performed for count data comparison.Results Among 237 patients with small bowel obstruction,there were 121 patients with data of both color Doppler ultrasound and abdominal CT examination.After operation,it was comfirmed that the accurate diagnosis rates of abdominal CT scan in the site of obstruction,the etiology of obstruction and strangulation obstruction were 75.2 ％ (91/121),66.1％ (80/121) and 87.2％ (41/47),respectively,and which were higher than those of abdominal color ultrasound (44.6％,54/121; 30.6％,37/121 and 42.6％,20/47).The differences were statistically significant (x2 =23.555,30.595 and 20.593,all P＜0.01).Conclusion The accurate diagnosis rates of abdominal CT scan in estimating the site of obstruction,the etiology of obstruction and strangulation obstruction were higher than those of color Doppler ultrasound,especially with obvious advantage in judging the etiology of obstruction.

Objective To investigate the effects of acupuncture on gene expression profile of neurotrophin and its receptors in cerebral cortex of neonatal rats after cerebral hypoxic-isehemic injury,and to explore the molecu- lar mechanism of acupuncture in treatment of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.Methods The model of cerebral hypoxic-ischemic injury was established with 10 neonatal Sprague-Dawley(SD)rats,who were subjected to acupuncture once daily for 14 days.The animals were sacrificed on the next day of the last acupuncture and their brain cortex was sampled for examination of gene expression,using GEArray Q series neurotrophin and receptors gene array.Results After 14 days of acupuncture,it was found that 48 genes(50% of total genes on the microarray) were expressed differently between the two groups,of which 40 genes(83.3% of differently expressed genes),such as those of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor(BDNF),ciliary neurotrophic factor(CNTF),ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor(CNTFR),basic fibroblast growth factor(bFGF)and fibroblast growth factor receptor type 1 (FGFR1)were up-regulated,and 8 genes(16.7% of differently expressed genes),such as genes of neuregulin-1 (Nrg1),neuregulin-4(Nrg4)and tyrosine kinase C(TrkC)were down-regulated.Conclusion Acupuncture can regulate the expression of various genes of neurotrophin and receptors in cerebral cortex of neonatal rats after cerebral hypoxic-ischemic injury,which might be the mechanism of acupuncture facilitating the recovery of the rats from hy- poxic-ischemic encephalopathy.

Objective:To research the rule of melatonin nasal absorption.Methods: The stability of melatonin in rat nasal wash was studied, after that the in situ rat nasal recirculation methods were used as experimental animal model to study the rule of melatonin nasal absorption.Results:Melatonin was stable in rat nasal wash, its absorption in nasal cavity accorded with first order kinetic equation. The absorption rate constants did not vary with melatonin concentrations.Conclusion:The mechanism of melatonin nasal absorption is passive diffusion, the average absorption rate constant is 1.054?10 -2 min -1 .

Objective To investigate the effect and the possible mechanism of osthole on proliferation and apopotosis of human cervical carcinoma Hela cells and its passible mechanism.Methods After cervical carcinoma Hela cells were incubated with different concentrations osthole,the cell proliferation activity was examined by MTT assay.The apoptosis rate and cellular ROS level were measured by flow cytometry.The Bcl-2 and Bax mRNA expression was determined by semi-quantitative RT-PCR.Results In comparison with the control group,osthole with different concentrations could obviously inhibit the Hela cells proliferation and accelerated the cellular apoptosis,lowered the expression rate of Bcl-2/Bax,raise the cellular ROS level in a osthole dose-dependent manner.Conclusion Osthole may inhibit Hela cell proliferation and accelerates the cells apoptosis,which might be associated with the increasing the cellular ROS level,promoting Bax expression and inhibiting Bcl-2 expression.

OBJECTIVE:To study the effect and mechanism of tandospirone citrate (TC) on blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). METHODS:SHR were divided into model group,positive control group (Levamlodipine besylate tab-lets,2.5 mg/kg),TC high-dose,medium-dose,low-dose groups(TC capsules,40,20,10 mg/kg),8 in each group. Other 8 nor-mal rats were chosen as normal control group. The rats were intragastrically administrated medicines,once a day,for 28 d. Systolic blood pressure(SBP)before first administration and after 0.5,1,1.5,2,3,4 h of administration in each group were measured, and SBP after 1 h of administration were measured once every 7 d. After last administration,nitric oxide(NO)content in serum, endothelin,renin,angiotensin Ⅱ(Ang Ⅱ) and norepinephrine (NE) contents in plasma were detected. RESULTS:In single ad-ministration,compared with model group,SBP in 0.5,1 h in positive control group and TC groups after first administration were obviously decreased (P<0.05 or P<0.01),then SBP were obviously decreased only in positive control group and TC high-dose group (P<0.05 or P<0.01). In multiple administration,compared with model group,SBP in 7th,14th,28th day of administra-tion in positive control group and TC high-dose,medium-dose groups were obviously decreased(P<0.05 or P<0.01). Compared with model group,NO content in serum in positive control group,TC high-dose group were obviously increased;endothelin,re-nin,Ang Ⅱ and NE contents in plasma were obviously decreased (P<0.05 or P<0.01). Compared with positive control group, NO content in serum in TC groups was obviously decreased;endothelin,renin,Ang Ⅱ and NE contents in plasma were obviously increased in TC medium-dose group (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS:TC can obviously decrease the blood pressure of SHR. The mechanism may be associated with adjusting the balance of NO and endothelin,and decreasing renin,AngⅡand NE contents.

Objective To investigate the relationship between serum 1 ,25‐hydroxy vitamin D3 concentration level and children with bronchial asthma .Methods 222 children with bronchial asthma treated in paediatrics of Zhongshan Boai hospital from 2012 Jan 2014 Dec were chosen as asthma group(A) ,while 223 cases of healthy children were selected as control group(C) .Electro‐chemical luminescence method was used to detect the serum level ,and its effect on asthma was disscussed .Results The concen‐tration of serum 1 ,25‐hydroxy vitamin D3 of asthma group (86 .30 ± 27 .70 nmol/L) was low than the control group ( 93 .39 ± 27 . 15nmol/)L .Serum levels of asthma group in different age groups (A1 ,A2 and A3) were 106 .87 ± 28 .28 nmol/L ,88 .98 ± 20 .65 nmol/L ,68 .38 ± 19 .23 nmol/L respectively ,While those of control groups were (110 .00 ± 22 .30) nmol/L ,(87 .36 ± 24 .42) nmol/L ,(21 .23 ± 16 .42) nmol/L respectively .Male and female serum level in asthma group were (88 .26 ± 27 .73)nmol/L and (81 .94 ± 26 .91)nmol/L respectively .While those of control group were(91 .91 ± 26 .57)nmol/L and (85 .69 ± 28 .04) nmol/L re‐spectively .Conclusion There is significant correlation between serum 1 ,25‐hydroxy vitamin D3 level and children with bronchial asthma .,yet no correlation between serum level and gender .1 ,25‐hydroxy vitamin D3 duficiency is one of the risk factors of chil‐dren asthma .

Objective To investigate the application value of procalcitonin (PCT ) ,C-reactive protein (CRP) ,prealbumi (PA ) and white blood cell count (WBC))in children with hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) .Methods A total of 209 children with HFMD were classified into ordinary group (171 patients) and severe group (38 patients) according to the condition of disease ,an-other 30 healthy children were selected as the control group .The levels of PCT ,CRP ,PA and WBC in the three groups were meas-ured and compared .Results The levels of PCT ,CRP ,PA and WBC of ordinary group were 0 .16(0 .08 - 0 .34)μg/L ,11 .7(5 .0 -19 .0)mg/L ,(142 .6 ± 38 .4)mg /L and (11 .3 ± 4 .6) × 129 /L respectively ,and those of severe group were 0 .26(0 .14 - 0 .92)μg /L , 18 .4(5 .3 - 41 .4) mg /L ,(125 .5 ± 32 .9)mg/L and (13 .0 ± 5 .6) × 129 /L respectively .The PCT ,CRP ,PA and WBC in ordinary group and severe group were significantly different with those in the control group (P < 0 .05) .The PCT ,CRP and PA in severe group had statistical differences compared with those in the ordinary group (P< 0 .05) .Conclusion PCT ,CRP ,PA and WBC could be used as reference indexes of inflammation in HFMD ,and could be used in the diagnosis of HFMD in children ,PCT and PA could be used to evaluate the severity of disease .

This study aimed at optimizing the extraction process of Bi Xie Fen Qing (BXFQ) drink using ultrasound-microwave cooperation with central composite design-response surface method in comparison with the traditional decoction process.Taking microwave frequency,amount of water,extraction time as the main detection factors,diosgenin,glycyrrhizic acid and the extract yield were tested as the evaluation indexes;and taking an integrated score as response value for response surface and contour,predictive analysis was carried out and the optimum extraction conditions were achieved.It was found that the optimum extraction process of BXFQ drink was identified:the microwave frequency was 434 W,water addition was 18.4 times,extraction time was 9.3 mins and the ultrasonic frequency was fixed at 50 W.Under the optimum process,the diosgenin extraction yield rate was 23.17％ (mg· g-1),extraction yield rate of glycyrrhizic acid was 0.64％ (g·g-1),and the extraction yield rate of extractum was 34.12％ (g·g-1).All the indexes were superior to those of the traditional method.It is concluded that the composite design-response surface method is suitable for the extraction optimization of BXFQ drink with favorable predictability of the mathematical model.The optimized ultrasoundmicrowave cooperation was easy to operate with high extraction efficiency.It is suitable for industrialized production with the provision of a scientific reference for the modern formulation development of BXFQ drink.