Objective To explore the effect of hyperbaric oxygen combined with progressively controlled decompression on the prognosis of patients with emergency craniocerebral trauma.Methods Ninety-six patients with emergency craniocerebral trauma were selected as study subjects,and they were divided into observation group (n =50) and control group(n =46) according to the random number table.The observation group was treated by progressively controlled decompression combined with hyperbaric oxygen,while the control group was treated by standard large trauma craniotomy combined with hyperbaric oxygen.The incidence of perioperative complications,prognosis (evaluated by GOS) and activities of daily living(evaluated by ADL) were compared between the two groups.Results In the observation group,the incidence rates of perioperative acute encephalocele,delayed hematoma and postoperative cerebral infarction were 6.0％,10.0％,6.0％,respectively,which were lower than 19.6％,26.1％,21.7％ of the control group(x2 =4.031,4.255,5.069,all P ＜ 0.05).The good prognosis rate in the observation group was 62.0％,which was significantly higher than 39.1％ in the control group (x2 =5.014,P ＜ 0.05).There was no significant difference in ADL score between the two groups before treatment (t =0.347,P ＞ 0.05).After treatment,the ADL scores of the two groups were increased (t =5.673,8.223,all P ＜ 0.05).Meanwhile,the ADL score of the observation group was higher than that of the control group (t =2.920,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The application of progressively controlled decompression combined with hyperbaric oxygen in patients with emergency craniocerebral trauma is conductive to reduce acute encephalocele,bone window brain tissue incarceration,delayed hematoma,postoperative cerebral infarction and other complications.Besides,it can repair the damaged nerve cells,and eventually improve activities of daily living of patients and reduce morbidity and mortality,and the prognosis is better.

OBJECTIVE:To discuss the management tactics and developmental prospects of fair-price drug stores in China.METHODS:To analyze the advantages and disadvantages of fair-price drug stores and countermeasure.RESULTS&CONCLUSION:Development of fair-price drug stores need not only support of governments but also the improvement of drug and service quality by strengthening physical distributions,renewing management methods and bringing up specialists.

Objective To study the echocardiographic characteristics and its diagnosis value on congenital supravalvular aortic stenosis (SVAS) in children. Methods Thirty-one patients with SVAS diagnosed by multiplane echocardiography were enrolled in the study. Their echocardiographic characteristics were compared with cardiac catheterization, operation, and gene detection results. Echocardiographic changes were mainly observed in aortic valve, supravalve, descending aortic arch, pulmonary artery valve, main pulmonary artery and its branches,and coronary artery. Results Of the 31 patients,26 had hourglass type SVAS,4 hypoplastic type,and 1 membranous type; 2 patients had extremely mild stenosis (defined as a Doppler gradient <25 mm Hg) ,20 mild (25～49 mm Hg) ,5 moderate (50～75 mm Hg) ,and 4 severe C>75 mm Hg) ones. Nineteen patients were diagnosed with Williams syndrome by gene detection. Three patients were associated with aortic valve stenosis including one missed at the initial diagnosis; 10(32.26%) patients with pulmonary stenosis, including pulmonary valve stenosis in 6, left and right pulmonary artery stenosis in 3 ,and branch stenosis in 1:6 patients with coronary stenosis. Conclusions The sternal border and five chamber apical views are the best to detect SVAS. Williams syndrome patients are prone to SVAS.Pulmonary stenosis echocardiography forms a great proportion of the SVAS patients. Routine examination is necessary for coronary stenosis in cases of SVAS.

BACKGROUND: Numerous studies have shown that nuclear factor-KB (NF-kB) was positively correlated with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the cerebral hypoxia region. Thus, we assumed whether NF-kB in the pathway of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 α (HIF-1α) upregulating VEGF and plays a bridge effect.OBJECTIVE: To study the effects of NF-kB in HIF-1α pathway of increasing expression of VEGF using HIF-1α-modified neural stem cells (NSCs) as vectors.DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING: In vitro observation of cytology was conducted at the Neuroscience Institute, Jiamusi University from March to December 2008.MATERIALS: Wistar rats aged less than 24 hours of both genders were used.METHODS: NSCs were transfected after amplification of adenovirus vector HIF-1α (AdHIF-ia)-green fluorescent protein (GFP).Fluorescence detection was used to determine HIF-1α-GFP and blank vector Ad-GFP expression in NSCs. Protein was extracted from transfected NSCs, blank vector NSCs and normal NSCs, separately. Subsequently, NF-kB specific inhibitor pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC) (50,150, 300 μmol/L) was added in HIF-1α-modified NSCs. Western blot analysis was used to determine changes in VEGF expression.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The following parameters were measured: expression of HIF-1α, VEGF and NF-kB in NSCs in each group; VEGF expression in NSCs following treatment of NF-kB specific inhibitor.RESULTS: Gene expression was associated with MOI and transfected time following AdHIF-1α-GFP transfected with NSCs. After transfected AdHIF-1α-GFP in NSCs, HIF-1α, VEGF and NF-kB expression was positively correlated. Expression of VEGF was reduced in AdHIF-1α-GFP-modified NSCs following treatment of NF-kB inhibitor PDTC in a concentration-dependent fashion.There were significant differences in VEGF expression between each concentration group (P < 0.05-0.01).CONCLUSION: NF-kB in signaling pathway of HIF-1α-upregulated VEGF expression and played a bridging effect.

Objective To study the risk factors for ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) in ICU and pathogens antimicrobial resistance.Methods 220 patients were selected and divided into observation group (88 patients) and control group(132 patients) depending on whetherhe has VAP or not.The clinical data were reviewed to explore the risk factors.And the secretions of respiratory tract were investigated by the routine bacterial culture and drag-resistance methods to analysis the distribution of pathogens.Results The risk factors associated with VAP were COPD,mechanical ventilation,the extensive use of antibiotics,age ＞ 60 years,APACHEII score ＞ 30(P ＜ 0.01).157 bacterial were cultured,68.9％ of pathogens was Gram-negative bacteria in which Pseudomonas aeruginosa was rated as the top one,and 26.1％ of pathogens was Gram-positive bacteria in which MRSA was the majority.The results of the antibiotic resistance monitoring indicated that all Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria showed high drugresistance to common antibiotics.Conclusion We should control these risk factors which are closely related to VAP,and select suitable antibiotics on the basis of etiological analysis and drug-resistance.

Objective To explore the value of echocardiography in the diagnosis of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) in children.Methods The echocardiographic images of 14 patients with ALCAPA confirmed by operation and 18 patients with endocardial fibroelastosis (EFE) diagnosed by clinical were compared and analyzed.Results Both ALCAPA and EFE exhibited obvious dilated left ventricle,decreased left ventricular systolic function,thick endocardium and mitral regurgitation of different degree.The former additionally showed dilated right coronary artery(RCA) with normal origin,left coronary artery(LCA) emerging from the root or wall of the pulmonary artery(PA),the retrograde flow into PA in LCA and abundant collateral vessels in myocardium.However the later exhibited normal diameter of LCA and RCA and no collateral vessels.Conclusions Color Doppler echocardiography not only demonstrates left ventricular systolic function,endocardium,mitrial regurgitation and collateral vessels in myocardium,but also shows the origination and courses of LCA clearly,which provide exact informations to diagnose ALCAPA.The echocardiography can be used as a powerful tool of ALCAPA diagnosis and preoperative assessment.

Objective To explore the clinical curative effect of recombinant human endostatin injection combined with chemotherapy in the treatment of patients with advanced gastric cancer and malignant ascites,and its influence on the quality of life.Methods 62 patients with advanced gastric cancer from July 2012 to July 2015,were randomly divided into observation group (31 cases)and control group (31 cases).The control group was treated with FOLFOX6 chemotherapy,the observation group was given recombinant human endostatin injection on the basis of the treatment of the control group.The two groups were treated for 3 weeks.The curative effect,QOL score,Karnofsky score,the change of serum CEA and CA19 -9 levels and drug adverse reaction incidence before and after treatment were compared in the two groups.Results The RR of the observation group was higher than that of the control group (54.84 vs 29.03%,χ2 =4.239 3,P <0.05).The QOL score and Karnofsky score in the two groups were increased after treatment (P <0.05).The QOL score and Karnofsky score after treatment in the observation group were higher than the control group(t =6.512 7,5.669 0,all P <0.05).The serum CEA and CA19 -9 levels of the two groups decreased significantly after treatment (P <0.05).The serum CEA and CA19 -9 levels of the observation group were lower than the control group after treatment (t =5.276 0,6.310 8,all P <0.05).The leukopenia,thrombocytopenia, peripheral neurotoxicity,decreased hemoglobin,diarrhea,nausea and vomiting adverse reaction rate of the two groups had no significant differences (P >0.05).Conclusion The clinical efficacy of recombinant human endostatin injec-tion combined with malignant ascites in the treatment of patients with advanced gastric carcinoma is significant,and can significantly improve the quality of life of patients,has the important research value.

Ballistocardiogram (BCG) signal is a physiological signal, reflecting heart mechanical status. It can be measured without any electrodes touching subject's body surface and can realize physiological monitoring ubiquitously. However, BCG signal is so weak that it would often be interferred by superimposed noises. For measuring BCG signal effectively, we proposed an approach using joint time-frequency distribution and empirical mode decomposition (EMD) for BCG signal denoising. We set up an adaptive optimal kernel for BCG signal and extracted BCG signals components using it. Then we de-noised the BCG signal by combing empirical mode decomposition with it. Simulation results showed that the proposed method overcome the shortcomings of empirical mode decomposition for the signals with identical frequency content at different times, realized the filtering for BCG signal and also reconstructed the characteristics of BCG.
Algorithms ; Ballistocardiography ; methods ; Humans ; Monitoring, Physiologic

OBJECTIVEBy using questionnaire method to understand the evaluation regarding cost-effectiveness of acupuncture for migraine in both doctors and patients.

METHODSBy using questionnaire method, questionnaires for doctors and patients were made respectively; by using network platform, two sets of questionnaires were publicly released, which were filled in online. The results were real-time background collected and then analyzed.

RESULTSTotally 696 effective questionnaires for patients and 114 questionnaires for doctors were collected. The results indicated that (1)the direct cost (including treatment fee and material fee) for preventive treatment of migraine was 109 yuan per time in regular acupuncture, 152 yuan per time in regular acupuncture + electroacupuncture (EA) and 238 yuan per time in acupoint catgut embedding. The travelling expense was 42 yuan per time within the city and 193 yuan per time between cities. The indirect cost included cost for loss of working time (208 yuan per time), cost for treatment time (acupoint catgut embedding: 10 to 30 min per time, once one to three weeks; the remaining two treatments: 20 to 50 min per time, once to 5 times every week), time cost for arriving and departing hospital (1 to 3 hours per time within the city and 4 hours per time between cities). From the angle of treatment course, acupoint catgut embedding reduced the treatment frequency, leading to a lower total cost. (2)A mong the reasons to select different acupuncture methods to treat migraine, the results of patient questionnaire indicated that the focus in the patients who selected acupoint catgut embedding was different from that in the patients who selected two other treatments. The main advantage of acupoint catgut embedding was superior and lasting efficacy with low cost. The results of doctor questionnaire indicated the main reason to select acupoint catgut embedding was "lasting efficacy after single treatment" (87. 5%) and "lower frequency of treatment" (75. 0%). (3) The main reason to obstruct the popularization of acupoint catgut embedding was this method was not widely known.

CONCLUSIONThe acupoint catgut embedding is one ideal preventive treatment for migraine, which has higher cost-effectiveness, however, currently it is not widely applied. In future advertisement and training program should be strengthened to perform targeted popularization of acupoint catgut embedding for migraine.

Acupuncture Therapy ; economics ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Cost-Benefit Analysis ; Female ; Health Care Costs ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Migraine Disorders ; economics ; psychology ; therapy ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Young Adult

Objective To summarize the main points of nursing the patients during small incision minimally invasive cardiac surgery.Methods Two hundred and seventy-one patients underwent small incision minimally invasive cardiac surgery during April 2010 and December 2010.The cooperative nursing was performed.Results The patients went well with the operations,with the average extracorporeal circulation time of(117.3±47.1)min and aorta blocking time of(82.6±32.1) min.All of the patients were discharged,without postoperative complications.(6.8±2.6)d.Perioperative and after discharge with no deaths.Postoperative recovery and no postoperative complications,were recovered and discharged without any complications.The postoperative hospital length of stay was(6.8±2.6)d.Conclusions The minimally invasive cardiac surgery is effective and safe.The preoperative health education and intraoperative nursing cooperation are critical for the operative success.