Objective To discuss the nursing experience of percutaneous vertebroplasty in the treatment of vertebral body compression fracture (VCF). Methods 58 patients with VCF received percutaneous vertebroplasty under the guidance of c-arm X-ray. Before the operation, mental nursing as well as body position guidance were administered in each case, vital symptom monitoring and in-time intraoperative communication between patients and medical staff were performed. Results 58 patients all lived through the operation without any complications. All patients were satisfied with their clinical outcome. Conclusions Preoperative mental nursing and preparation plus intra-operative vital symptom monitoring can guarantee a successful operation.

Objective To investigate the relationship between amniotic fluid glucose concentration, amniotic fluid volume and neonatal birth weight in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Methods Two hundred and fifty-five singleton, normal term pregnant women were divided into three groups: GDM, gestational impaired glucose tolerance (GIGT) and normal pregnancy according to the results of a 50 g, 1 hour glucose challenge test (GCT) or of a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). There were 85 study subjects in each group. All women had GCT at 24-28 gestational weeks. When they had a positive GCT, in which glucose level was ≥7.8 mmol/L,and 0.05), but was significantly higher than that in normal group, (12.7?3.2)cm (P0.05). (4) Among women with GDM, AFG was significantly correlated with AFI (r=0.330, P=0.002), NBW (r=0.347, P=0.001), MFG (r=0.589, P

Objective To investigate the mechanism of renal interstitial fibrosis after unilateral ureteral obstruction and renal protctive effect of angiotensin coverting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI),benazepril on rat kidney.Methods Twenty-four rats were randomly assigned to shame operation group (normal group),operation group, benazepril(10mg?kg -1 ?d -1 ) treatment group after unilateral ureteral obstruction. Renal tissues were examined by light and electronmicroscopy at the 2nd week after operation. Immunohistochemistry was applied to measure the expression of collagen Ⅲ,transforming growth factor ? 1 (TGF-? 1 ) and nuclear factor-kB(NF-kB) in the renal interstitium.Results In comparison with shame operation group, the expression of collagen Ⅲ , TGF-? 1 and NF-kB in the interstitium of operation group markedly increased (P

Objective To investigate the effect of nursing ward rounds with doctors on cognition disease of primary caretakers of asthmatic children . Methods According to the admission sequence, 82 asthmatic patients and their primary caretakers were set as the control group, 76 asthmatic patients and their primary caretakers were set as the observation group. The control group adopted the traditional method of separating ward rounds between doctors and nurses. The observation group used the method of nursing ward rounds with doctors. Then their differences were compared in terms of cognition of disease and medical compliance of these two groups′primary caretakers. Result The observation group was significantly better than the control group in terms of the cognition of disease and medical compliance (P<0.01). Conclusions The method of nursing ward rounds with doctors can improve the cognition of disease and medical compliance of the asthmatic patients′ primary caretakers. It can effectively monitor and manage the asthmatic patients and control the disease recurrence. As effective ward rounds, it is worth in clinical application.

Objective To explore the factors influencing the sitting early away from bed after operation in elderly patients having hip fractures.Method Forty-six elderly patients with hip fractures who were taking postoperative functional exercises of sitting away from bed and 32 nurses were investigated on the influential factors by a questionnaire.Results More than 52.1%of the patients believed the factors influencing their sitting early away from bed including lack of family support,worry about insufficient physical strength and fear of pains.65.6%of the nurses thought the factor was their inadequate assessment.Conclusion Such measures as enhancing family support,nutritional support,relief of pains from sitting from bed and improving nurse’s ability in rehabilitative training instruction are important for the patients to sit early away from bed after operation on hip fractures.

Objective To investigate the compliance of evidence-based nursing on post-operative elders with hip fracture sitting at early stage. Methods A total of 108 post-operative elders with hip fracture were divided into the observation group and the control group with 54 cases in each group with random digit table. The patients in the control group sit from bed based on their state of vital signs and mental status on the 2nd or 3rd postoperative day. And those in the observation group employ evidence-based nursing on the basis of the control group. The degree of anxiety, postoperative fatigue and compliance of patients were compared. Results Two weeks after the operation, the degree of anxiety scored 40.96±5.13, postoperative fatigue scored 1.89±0.65 in the observation group, which were lower than those of the control group, 56.40±4.28, 4.55±0.71, the difference was significant (t=288.41, 412.35, both P<0.01). The rate of compliance in the observation group was 94.44% (51/54), and the rate of the control group was 77.77%(42/54). The rate of compliance in the observation group was higher than that of the control group(χ2=8.57, P<0.05). Conclusions Using evidence-based nursing on post-operative elders with hip fracture sitting at early stage is able to improve the compliance of patients. It is good for reducing the postoperative complications, improving activities of daily life and mental state, promoting rehabilitation in patients as well.

Purpose Chronic nephropathy model was established with New Zealand rabbit, and the development of chronic nephropathy was monitored using virtual touch tissue quantification (VTQ) technique, to provide the experimental basis for chronic renal fibrosis assessment using VTQ technique. Materials and Methods Thirty-eight healthy New Zealand white rabbits were selected, of which 32 were induced into chronic nephropathy model with daily intravenous ear vein injection of cationic bovine serum albumin (C-BSA), with the other 6 rabbits without C-BSA injection as control group. At the end of 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 weeks, VTQ was used to measure the hardness of renal cortex in rabbits, then the rabbits were slaughtered to assess the pathological changes in kidney, correlation analysis between the VTQ parameters and the pathological parameters was performed. Results VTQ value of rabbit kidney cortex at 0 week, 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 weeks and 8 weeks was (1.68±0.25) m/s, (1.70±0.31) m/s, (1.87±0.35) m/s, (2.19±0.31) m/s and (2.46±0.46) m/s respectively, difference of VTQ values between 6 weeks and 4 weeks was statistically signiifcant (P<0.05), and also signiifcant when compared 8 weeks with 4 weeks and 6 weeks (P<0.05). Glomerulosclerosis index of 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks were 0.81±0.40, 1.43±0.46 and 2.15±0.46 respectively, and tubular interstitial collagen deposition score were (14.29±4.62)%, (26.28±11.06)%, (42.37±10.09)%, which were all significantly higher than that in 0 week and 2 weeks, fibrosis increased gradually with the course, the difference was statistically signiifcant (P<0.05). Correlation analysis showed that the VTQ value of renal cortex was positively correlated with glomerulosclerosis index (r=0.663, P<0.05) and tubular interstitial collagen deposition score (r=0.652, P<0.05). Conclusion VTQ technique is able to detect the VTQ change of renal cortex as the disease progressed in rabbits with chronic renal nephropathy, which was in a positive association with fibrosis index, suggesting that virtual touch tissues quantitative technology can be an important method to evaluate renal ifbrosis in chronic renal nephropathy.

ObjectiveTo explore the correlation of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) parameters and the pathologic parameter of renal fibrosis.MethodsThirty-eight healthy New Zealand rabbits were randomly divided into the blank control group and the experimental group. The rabbits model was built by intravenous injection of C-bovine serum albumin (C-BSA) to rabbits of the experimental group. According to the different time points (2, 4, 6 and 8 weeks) after the injection of C-BSA, the rabbits in experimental group were randomly divided into 4 sub groups, 8 in each group. We collected the data of the CEUS parameters in the control group and the experimental group. Moreover, the renal tissues of the rabbits underwent pathologic examinations. Then, correlation analysis of CEUS parameters with parameters of renal fibrosis was performed.ResultsDynamic changes of CEUS parameters: Renal cortical perfusion reduced from 6 weeks after the injection, manifested as the time to peak (TTP) and mean transit time (MTT) of the experimental group were longer than those of control group and the derived peak intensity (DPI) of the experimental group was lower than that of control group (P<0.05 respectively). The DPI and TTP at 8 weeks after the injection of the experimental group was significantly lower than those of the control group [(26.96±2.34) dbvs (35.04±1.62) db,P<0.05; (24.31±1.82) svs (18.64±1.15) s,P<0.01]. Changes of each renal fibrosis parameter: we found that the results of the glomerulosclerosis indexes of the experimental group (4 weeks, 6 weeks and 8 weeks after the injection) were significantly higher than those of the control group (0.81±0.36, 1.43±0.25 and 2.15±0.30vs 0.13±0.07, allP<0.01). The tubular interstitial collagen deposition scores of the experimental group (4 weeks, 6 weeks and 8 weeks after the injection) were significantly higher than those of the control group (14.29%±4.62%, 26.28%±10.09% and 42.37%±10.41%vs 1.21%±0.15%, allP<0.01). As the disease progressed, the results of each parameter increased. Pearson correlation analysis showed that the TTP of renal cortex was positively correlated with the glomerulosclerosis index and tubular interstitial collagen deposition score (r=0.866 and 0.785, bothP<0.01). The DPI of renal cortex was negatively correlated with the glomerulosclerosis index and tubular interstitial collagen deposition score (r=-0.724 and -0.739, bothP<0.01).ConclusionsThe results showed that CEUS could evaluate microcirculation perfusion of renal cortex. There is a positive association between TTP and fibrosis index. There is a negative association between DPI and fibrosis index. Thus, CEUS is an important method to evaluate the renal fibrosis in chronic renal nephropathy.

Objective EGFR targeted therapy mediated by adeno-associated virus is a promising way to treat pancreatic cancer.This study aimed to assess the feasibility and activity of combining rAAV-anti EGFR,gemcitabine,and radiation in pancreatic cancer cells.Methods Aspc-1 human pancreatic carcinoma cells were divided into several groups,in vitro and in vivo,which were respectively exposed to gemcitabine alone,radiation alone,rAAV-anti EGFR alone,the combination of rAAV-anti EGFR with gemcitabine,the combination of rAAV-anti EGFR with radiation,and the combination of all three agents.The pancreatic cancer tumor growth and apoptotic rate were measured.Results The apoptotic rate was higher in cells treated with a single or combination of agents compared to the negative control (P＜0.05).The combination of rAAV-EGFR,gemcitabine,and radiation produced the highest induction of apoptosis compared to a single agent alone (P ＜ 0.05).Treatment with rAAV-anti EGFR greatly inhibited growth in the tumor xenografts (P＜0.05),and a synergistic effect of rAAV-anti EGFR,gemcitabine,and radiation was found.The number of tissue cancer cells that expressed cleaved caspase-3 after treatment with rAAV EGFR was more than that of the control group (P＜0.05).The combined treatment of rAAV-anti EGFR,gemcitabine,and radiation induced the highest numbers of cells expressing cleaved caspase-3 compared to that with a single agent alone (P＜0.05).Conclusions The rAAV-anti EGFR therapy in combination with chemotherapy and radiation therapy demonstrated a greater efficacy over therapy with a single agent alone.rAAV-anti EGFR increased the efficacy of gemcitabine and radiation in the treatment of pancreatic cancer cells.

Objective To study the risk factors and prognosis of very/extremely low birth weight preterm (VLBW/ELBW) infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) during the first three years of life.Method From January 1st to December 31st,2012,a retrospective study was conducted on the VLBW/ELBW preterm infants with ＞ 28 days of hospitalization in the NICU of our hospital.The infants were assigned into BPD group (FiO2 ＞ 21％) and non-BPD group depending on the oxygen requirement on the 28th day after birth.The incidences of bronchitis,pneumonia,wheezing and re-hospitalization during the first three years of life were analyzed.The pulmonary function tests were performed at one-year-age.Independent-sapmles t test,Kruskal-wallis test and x2 test were used to compare the results between the two groups.Result A total of 72 patients were enrolled into this study.34 patients in the BPD group and 38 in the non-BPD group.The gestational age,birth weight and the use of INSURE technique of BPD group were significantly lower than non-BPD group,while the duration of hospital stays were longer than non-BPD group (P ＜0.05).The ratio of male,neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS),patent ductus arteriosus (PDA),intrauterine infection,mechanical ventilation,nosocomial infection and the inhalation of high concentrations of oxygen were significantly higher in BPD group than non-BPD group (P ＜ 0.05).Incidences of bronchitis and wheezing during 0 ～ 1,1 ～ 2 and 2 ～ 3 years of age in the BPD were significantly higher than non-BPD group,separately.No significant differences existed in the incidences of pneumonia and re-hospitalization between the two groups.Pulmonary function test showed that the respiratory rate (RR) and peak tidal expiratory flow in the BPD group were significantly higher than non-BPD group,while the tidal volume,peak expiratory time and peak expiratory volume were significantly lower in BPD group than non-BPD group (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion BPD often occurs in preterm infants with gestational age less than 32 weeks.It may cause impaired pulmonary function,characterized by obstruction in small airway,and increases the risk of bronchitis and wheezing during the first three year of life.