OBJECTIVE: To prepare pentoxifylline(PTX) modified release capsule and to investigate its in vitro drug release characteristics. METHODS: The orthogonal design was adopted to optimize the formula and the preparation technics; and the contents of PTX were determined by UV - spectrophotometry. RESULTS: The optimized formula and preparation technics were as follows: PTX 200mg, hydroxy propyl methylcellulose 90mg, stearic acid 60mg, octadecyl alcohol 50mg, flu-idization for 25min at 80℃;PTX assumed linear relationship with absorbability at the range of 1.0-10.0?g /ml(r = 0.9 995), the average recovery was 101.24% , RSD = 1.27% (n = 6) . CONCLUSION: The optimized technics is simple and easy to handle; PTX modified release capsules prepared in the technics were of good stability and which have an obvious in vitro slow release property.

BACKGROUND: It has been shown that patients managed with hemodialysis experience decrease of quality of life. But there are a few reports about the relationship between the self-management behavior such as dietary behavior, taking medicine, management behavior of physical sign etc and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in hemodialysis patients.OBJECTIVE: To study the relationship between self-management behavior and HRQOL in Chinese hemodialysis patients,especially potential association of self-management behavior variables with indicators of HRQOL in order to improve their quality of life (QOL).DESIGN: Sampling investigation based on hemodialysis patients.SETTING: Nursing department and dialysis center in a university hospital. PARTICIPANTS: This research was completed in the Nursing Department of First Hospital Affiliated to China Medical University. Totally 120hemodialysis patients,63 males and 57 females,aged 19 -79 years old with the mean age of(52 ± 12),were selected from the First and Second Hospital Affiliated to China Medical University,the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University,the Central and the Second Hospital of Shenyang Medical College,from July to September 2003. Inclusion criteria: Patients above 18years old,dialysis history more than 3 months with twice or three times every week,understanding the questionnaires and being volunteers. Exclusion criteria: Patients with acute disease and mental disorder.METHODS: Self-administered questionnaire was used to measure self-management behavior and short-form 36 health survey(SF-36) was used to measure HRQOL of patients with hemodialysis. Correlation and multivariate regression analysis were used to test the relationship between self-management behavior and HRQOL.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Self-management behavior and HRQOL.RESULTS: Totally 107 questionnaires were available. Multivariate regression analysis indicated that management of physical,psychosocial activity was the significant factor of.physical component summary(regression coefficient = 2.709,R2 =0. 150,P<0.01),and management of physical sign,psychosocial behavior was the significant factor of mental component summary(regressioncoefficient=1.126,R2=0.041,P<0.05).CONCLUSION: Improving hemodialysis patients' management of physical,psychosocial activity and management of physical sign could help hemodialysis patients to raise their HRQOL.

The procedure to delineate the maximal forced inspiratory flow volume curve(MIFVC)was described and the curve was determined in 56 normal subjects to serve as the control and 62 patients with various chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases(COPD).It was found that MIFVC was significantly lower in patients with various COPD than in the control(P

OBJECTIVE:To compare the anesthetic effect and safety of dexmedetomidine hydrochloride and propofol in pain-less colonoscopy. METHODS:80 patients who underwent painless colonoscopy was retrospectively analyzed and divided into group A and group B. Group A was given loading dose of 1 mg/kg propofol within 30 s and maintained with 6 mg/(kg·h);group B was given loading dose of 0.3 μg/kg Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride injection by micropump for slow pumping 5 min and maintained with 0.2-0.3 μg/(kg·h). Mean arterial pressure(MAP),heart rate(HR),oxygen saturation(SpO2)and respiratory rate(RR)be-fore examination (T0),before microscopic examination (T1),1 min (T2) and 10 min(T3) after microscopic examination,1 min (T4)and 5 min(T5)after colonoscopy withdrawal,onset time of anesthesia,entry time,examination time and discharge time,pa-tients with adjunctive use of fentanyl and incidence of adverse reactions in 2 groups were observed. RESULTS:MAP in group A at T1 was significantly lower than T0,HR in 2 groups at T1-T3 was significantly lower than T0,the differences were statistically signifi-cant(P<0.05),however,there were no significant differences in the SpO2 and RR between 2 groups(P>0.05). Onset time of an-esthesia,patients with adjunctive use of fentanyl and incidence of adverse reactions in group B were significantly lower than group B,the differences were statistically significant(P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS:Both dexmedetomidine hydrochloride and propofol has good anesthetic effect in painless colonoscopy,but dexmedetomidine has better safety.

Objective To explore the bronchial obstruction reversibility in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and to conduct a comparison with that in patients with asthma. Methods The pulmonary ventilation function of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD) and with asthma before and after inhaling salbutamol inhaler was separately determined with 6200 Autobox DL, and all corresponding parameters of in two groups were compared. Results No difference of the corresponding parameters of baseline ventilation function in two groups was found. The pulmonary function of patients in two groups was obviously improved after inhalation of drug( P

Objective To determine wherher acarbose could decrease the risk of recurrent stroke in impaired glucose tolerance(IGT)patients with ischemic stroke.Methods Four hundred and sixteen patients with transient ischemic attack(TIA)or minor ischemic stroke were selected into this trial and participated 75g oral glucose tolerance test(OGTT)1 month after their diagnosis and recovery of the disease.One hundred and nineteen IGT patients were randomly divided into two groups.Patients in pharmaceutical intervention group were treated with acarhose while those in the observation group were not.Seventy patients were selected randomly in those patients without IGT(control group).All patients of the three groups were administered low dose aspirin.Results During 3 years follow-up,8 patients (13.33%)experienced a stroke in pharmaceutical intervention group.The risk of recurrent stroke was decreased significantly compared with that in observation group(P＜0.05),and there Was no significant difference between pharmaceutical intervention group and control group (P＞0.05). Conclusion Acarbose can degrade the risk of recurrent stroke in IGT patients with ischemic stroke.

Objective To understand the practical application of drug intervention in elderly patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) for providing evidences and data for a standard treatment. Methods The elderly CHF patients aged at least 60 years who were hospitalized from July 1973 toJuly 2007 in the Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University and from January 1983 to December 2002 in Tianjin First Center Hospital were enrolled. The age, gender, etiology, heart function and drug therapy were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were divided into 4 groups: group 1973-,group 1980-, group 1990- and group 2000-2007. And the data were collected and analyzed by SPSS 13.0 software. Results A total of 4704 cases were enrolled, of which there were 2430 (51.7%)male and 2274 (48. 3%) female. Mean age was (71.3±-7. 1) years. The patients aged 80 years andover accounted for 12.8% (603/4704). The first three ranking causes were pulmonary heart disease,coronary heart disease and rheumatoid heart disease in group 1973- and 1980-. And those were coronary heart disease, pulmonary heart disease and rheumatoid heart disease in group 1990 and 2000-2007. The combined uses of angiotension converting enzyme inhibitors(ACEI) and β-receptor blocker,and of ACEI, β-receptor blocker and aldosterone antagonist were also increasing year by year. Patients with coronary heart disease, rheumatoid heart disease, pulmonary heart disease and dilated cardiomyopathy had a higher proportion of multiple drugs cotreatment. The differences in the frequency of all drugs use among four groups of CHF had a statistical significance (p＜0.05). The usage of ACEI combined with β-receptor blocker and aldosterone antagonist, and ACEI combined withβ-receptor blocker, diuretic and digitalis was increasing along with the heart function becoming serious. The patients with a heart function of New York Heart Association (NYHA) Ⅱ or Ⅲ class received more β-receptor blocker. And ACEI was used at most in patients with NYHA Ⅲ class. The angiotension Ⅱ receptor blockers(ARB) was used at most in NYHA Ⅲ or Ⅳ class. Conclusions Nitrate, diuretic and digitalis are the main therapeutic agents in hospitalized patients with CHF in some regions of Tianjin. ACEI, β-receptor blocker and ARB are used in a rapid increment. There are still some problems such as standardizing the heart failure treatment and prevention in the elderly.

Objective To investigate the effects of clonidine on the visceral pain induced by acute myocardial ischemia. Methods Male SD rats weighing 250-280 g were operated upon under general anesthesia with intraperitoneal methane 1.2 g/kg and local infiltration of the skin incision. After tracheal intubation, the animals were mechanically ventilated (VT = 5-7 ml/kg, RR = 75 bpm). The anterior descending branch of left coronary artery was occluded with a snare through the left 4 th intercostal space. The animals were then fastened to a brain stereotaxic instrument and a burr hole was made in the skull. A glass micro-electrode was inserted into the brain. The discharges of noxious stimulation responding neuron (NSRN) in parafascicular nucleus were recorded. Twenty-four rats detected NSRN showed response to coronary artery occlusion (CAO) were randomly divided into 4 groups (n =6 each): group Ⅰ CAO + normal saline 0.1 ml; group Ⅱ CAO + elonidine 30 μg; group Ⅲ CAO + clanidine 100 μg; group Ⅳ CAO + clonidine 100 μg + yohimbine (an α2-adrenergic receptor antagonist) 200 μg. In group Ⅳ , clonidine was administered intravenously 15 min after CAO, and then yohimbine was injected intravenously 15 min later. The discharges of NSRN were recorded every 5 min for 60 min from the beginning of CAO. Results Clonidine 100 μg significantly inhibited the increased frequency of nociceptive discharge rate of NSRN after CAO. However, this effect could be blocked by the α2-adrenergic receptor antagonist yohimbine.Conclusion Clonidine 100 μg can reduce the visceral pain induced by acute myocardial ischemia through activiting α2-adrenergic receptor.

Objective To establish a method for determination of carbendazim(MBC) in fruits by using novel activated carbon fiber SMPE coupled with GC.Methods Carbendazim(MBC) in the fruits was determined by homemade activated carbon fiber-solid phase microextraction(ACF-SPME) coupled with GC-ECD.The conditions were optimized.Results The linear range was 1-100 ?g/L.The detection limit was 0.002 ?g/L.The recovery rates were 89%-95% with the relative standard deviation(RSD) was 5.6%.This method had successfully been applied to the determination of MBC in the fruits.Conclusion This method reveals a lower detection limit,high accuracy and needs no organic solvent,it is suitable for the determination of MBC in fruit.

0.05) in the negative group. However, there was a significant increase in each parameter except Rc in the positive group (P