Objective To observe the effect of self mading Tongfengxiao decoction in treatment of acute gouty arthritis. Methods 69 patients were randomly divided into two groups. In the control group,33 patients were given diclofenac sodium sustained-release capsules and allopurinol treatment;In treatment group ,36 patients were given to the self mading Tongfengxiao decoction in addition to the western medicine received by the control group. The two groups were all treated for 14 days. Results The total effective rate was 94.4% for treatment group and 87.8% for control group respectively. Therefore, the difference of treatment effect between twp groups was significant ( P ＜0. 05 ) ;Also, the treatment group performed better than control group in term of reducing serum uric acid( P ＜ 0. 05).Conclusion The treatment of Tongfengxiao decoction combined western medicine for acute gouty arthritis had a good synergistic effect, and could reduce serum uric acid and improve clinical symptoms.

Objective To evaluate the surgical characteristics and clinical effect of percutaneous reduction with kirachner wire assisted by a small lateral incision approach for poking reduction and allngraft bone transplantation in treating compressive intra-articular calcaneal fractures. Methods A retrospective analysis was performed among 17 patients with compressive intra-articular calcaneal fractures (Sanders Ⅱ to Ⅲ ) treated by percutaneous reduction with kirachner wire assisted by a small lateral incision approach for poking reduction and allograft bone transplanta-tion. Results All the patients were followed-up for an average time of 13.5 months. The wound of 15 feet achieved primary healing, the acute rejection was found in 2 patients. The Bohler's angle was (9.58±5.25)° and Gissane an-gle was (101.15±13.83)° preoperation and was (33.55±4.17)° and (113.25±12.17)° immediate postopera-tion, showing statistically significant differences pre-and postoperation(P < 0.05). By the lately follow-up, the Bohler angle was (31.65±7.72)° and Gissane angle was (111.15±8.68)°, also showing statistically significant differ-ences when compared to preoperation (P < 0.05), there was no statistically significant differences (P > 0.05) when compared with normal X-ray. Conclusion That percutaneous reduction with kirschner wire assisted by a small lateral incision approach for poking reduction and allograft bone transplantation in treating the compressive intra-articular cal-caneal fractures (Sanders Ⅱ to Ⅲ) is minimally invasive, less complication, and it enables satisfactory recoastruc-tion of bone defects and allows metanatomic reduction and functional recovery, also maintaining restoration of calcane-al height and anatomic reduction of the posterior facet.

Objective:To test the role of tumor necrosis factor-?(TNF-?)in acute lung injury and study new treatment.Method:The rabbit acid aspiration models were induced with 0.1N hydrochloric acid (HCI). Twenty rabbits were divided randomly into HCl group,verapamil and vitamin C groups.The plasma levels of TNF-? and malondialdehyde (MDA) were measured,and polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN)were counted in lung tissue of all animals. Result:There were increases in TNF-?,MDA and PMN after acid aspiration,which can be inhibited by verapamil and vitamin C. Conclusion:PMN can be induced by TNF-?.Vitamin C and verapamil provide a obvious protection on pulmonary tissue after acid aspiration.

Objective To summarize the nursing experience of a child with serious skin problems at the puncturing site of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) for methotrexate (MTX) infusion.MethodsA pediatric patient from the Hematology Ward of Beijing University People''s Hospital was found to be with serious skin problems at the puncturing site of PICC for MTX infusion.Local irradiation with ultraviolet, disinfection of local skin with iodine volts and 0.9％ sodium chloride injection, coverage of the broken skin with alginate dressing, and fixation of PICC with sterile gauzes were applied.Results After 22 days of nursing, the pain and itching at the broken skin around PICC disappeared.The skin returned normal, without exudates and prolapse of catheter.Conclusions After MTX use via PICC, the children can easily become irritable due to local symptoms and their own feelings after skin allergy.Meanwhile, prolonged treatment and nursing may make the child cry and increase the stress of parents.Caregivers needs to explain the related factors of allergy to the children and their families, and give the correct nursing intervention, so as to improve local allergy and facilitate the retention of PICC.

Objective To study the clinical significance of hypersensitive C‐reactive protein(hs‐CRP) in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) .Methods 45 patients with ACS were selected as the ACS group ,including 26 cases of acute myocardial infarction (AMI group) and 19 cases of unstable angina pectoris (UAP group) ;30 patients with stable angina pectoris(SAP) were selected as the SAP group and 30 health people with healthy physical examination in the outpatient department as the control group .The latex‐en‐hanced immunoturbidimetry was adopted to detect the serum hs‐CRP levels in all selected subjects and the detection results were compared .Results The serum hs‐CRP level of ACS and SAP groups were significantly higher than that of the control group with statistical difference (P< 0 .01) .The hs‐CRP level of AMI and UAP groups was higher than that of the SAP group with statistical difference (P< 0 .05) .Conclusion hs‐CRP is an independent risk factor for ACS and one of the most powerful predictors ,able to quickly and accurately conduct early diagnosis ,risk stratification ,condition monitoring and prognosis judgment in the patients with ACS .

Objective To investigate the incidence of nosocomial infection of placing peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) and venous port acess(VPA) in children with leukemia. Methods 60 cases with leukemia were treated in our hospital from January 2005 to September 2009.35 cases were mail, 25 cases were femail.Their ages ranged from 2.0 to 16.5 years old.42 cases fell to the PICC group, hospital-ization for 202 times, 18 cases belonged to the VPA group, hospitalization for 109 times. The incidence of infection in hospital, infection site, common pathogens and prognosis of two groups were analyzed retro-spectively.Results The incidence of fever and increasing of C-reactive protein of the PICC group were significantly lower than those of the VPA group. There was no difference of the incidence of white blood cells decreasing between two groups. The incidence of infection in hospital in the PICC group was 38.61%, higher than 28.44% of the VPA group. Their difference was significant. There was significant difference of the distribution of infection between two groups. There was no significant difference of the major pathogens of sputum culture and blood culture between two groups. Conclusions Using venous port acess(VPA) could reduce the incidence of infection in hospital compared using peripherally insertied central catheters in children with leukemia, so venous port acess( VPA ) may be safer.

Objective To understand the content of discharge guidance for lung cancer patients ,and to provide evidence for improving the quality of lung cancer .Methods Using convenient sampling method ,a sample of 212 patients with lung cancer in the Department of Thoracic Oncology ,a third‐class hospital in Sichuan province was surveyed by general data questionnaire and dis‐charge guidance quality questionnaire .Results The total discharge guidance quality was (195 .93 ± 39 .98) points and was at a high level .The score of discharge guidance requirement(48 .69 ± 11 .51) was higher than that of discharge instruction (47 .35 ± 11 .34) , the difference was statistically significant(P<0 .05) .There was significant difference in the scores of different age ,educational lev‐el ,living style and the patients with central venous catheter (PICC/CVC) ,the difference was statistically significant (P<0 .05) . Conclusion Patients with lung cancer were discharged from the hospital with a higher level of guidance ,and the content of dis‐charge guidance from patients with lung cancer was far from meeting the requirements .It should be based on the age ,education and living style of patients with lung cancer ,especially for strengthening the guidance of discharged patients with PICC/CVC ,improving the quality of discharge guidance and promoting the rehabilitation of lung cancer patients .

Antitussive Agents ; poisoning ; Child, Preschool ; Dextromethorphan ; poisoning ; Humans ; Male

It is nonlinear relationship between breath sounds and respiratory flow rate, thus breath sounds might be a new solution for respiratory monitoring. The envelope of the breath sounds was created firstly. And the linear relationship between the logarithm of envelope and the respiratory flow rate was proved. Then model parameters were derived from every subject using regression analysis. Finally, using these parameters estimated respiratory flow rate was achieved by the logarithm of envelope with 14.9% error. Therefore, respiratory flow rate estimation and respiration monitoring based on breath sounds are feasible.
Humans ; Monitoring, Physiologic ; Respiratory Sounds

Objective To understand the situation of nosocomial infections, the distribution of important pathogens of affected patients and the uses of antibacterial drugs.Methods The cross-sectional survey was ap-plied.Before the survey, the investigators were trained by the professionals of the department of hospital infection management.Medical records were reviewed one by one, checked with bedside physical examination.Results In this survey, 283 inpatients were investigated, with an actual check rate of 100%.Two inpatients were affected with nosocomial infection with the prevalence rate of 0.71%.There were two cases of infections (0.71%).Conclusion Investigation of the prevalence rate of nosocomial infection was an important means to monitor the hospital infection, which can monitor specifically, minimize the incidence of nosocomial infection and ensure medical safety by obtaining the information of the departments with high-risk nosocomial infection, the main infectious sites and pathogens.