Objective To evaluate the prevalence of low back pain in Chinese nurses.Methods We searched PubMed,Springer,OVID,CNKI,Wanfang,and VIP databases for relevant studies.Pooled estimates were summarized by meta-analysis.Results The pooled low back pain prevalence for all studies was 72％(65％～79％).We also obtained the estimates according to different study characteristics,such as working department,seniority,study published year and study quality.Conclusions The incidence of low back pain of Chinese nurses is high.The problem is more serious among nurses working in ICU,the longer the working years,the higher incidence of low back pain.

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of occupation-safety education for prevention of sharp object injury among Chinese student nurses.Methods We searched PubMed,Springer,OVID,CNKI,Wanfang,and VIP databases for studies comparing the effect of education versus non-education for nursing students to prevent sharp object injury.Results 13 eligible studies were included in this metaanalysis.The pooled data revealed that sharp object injury was statistically significantly reduced in the education group.Furthermore,a significant more proportion of students in the education group dealt with the injury correctly.Conclusions Occupation-safety education is effective for student nurses to prevent sharp object injury.

ObjectiveTo investigate the endoscopic and clinical characteristics of gastrointestinal Behcet's disease (BD). MethodsWe analyzed the clinical and follow-up data of 27 patients with gastrointestinal BD retrospectively.Results Most common locations involved were esophagus and ileocecum,74. 1％ (20/27) and 59. 3％ (16/27), respectively. The most common parenteral symptoms were oral ulcers (85.2％), genital ulcers (25.9％), ophthalmitis (7. 4％ ) and skin damage (7. 4％ ). The most common gastrointestinal symptom was chest pain (48. 1％, 13/27). Ulcer was the basic endoscopic feature,most of which were with uneven bottom and peripheral inflammatory response. There was no difference in endoscopic features between typical BD and atypical BD. Pathology showed typical small vasculitis (44. 4％,12/27). ConclusionClinical manifestations of intestinal BD vary. Symptoms are not necessarily consistent with the involved locations. A small number of patients with BD present with gastrointestinal symptoms as the first and only symptom, with serious complications in some patients. Physicians need to be fully aware of the disease.

Objective To investigate the relationship between the clinical onset of cerebral infarction in anterior cycle and properties of carotid atheromatous plaque.Methods A retrospective analysis was carried out on clinical data of 624 cases of cerebral infarction in anterior cycle from December 2010 to December 2013 in our hospital.The carotid artery plaque Crouse score,index,and intima-media thickness (IMT) were used to evaluate carotid atherosclerosis and plaque lesions.The National Institute of Health stroke scale (NIHSS) questionnaire was used to evaluate neural function defect.Results Compared to the non-lesion side,the lesion side carotid artery plaque Crouse score was decreased and IMT was increased (P ＜ 0.05) ; the lesion carotid artery plaque Crouse was lower,the higher NIHSS scores (r =-0.546,P =0.004) ; IMT score was higher,higher NIHSS score; carotid artery atheromatous plaque Crouse was negatively related to NIHSS score; IMT score was positively related to NIHSS score (r =0.672,P =0.003).Conclusions The clinical onset of cerebral infarction in anterior cycle was correlated with the carotid sclerosis degree.The Crouse score and IMT of the lesion have certain significance in predicting prognosis of cerebral infarction in anterior cycle.

24.34, the sensitivity and specificity were 95.0% and 75.8%, respectively. Conclusion: The autofluorescence spectrum of dilute gastric juice may become an effective means in the diagnosis and screening of gastric carcinoma.

Objective To evaluate the clinical significance of intercellular space diameters (ISD)of squamous epithelium by light microscopy (LM) in lower esophagus of erosive reflux esophagitis (ERD),non-erosive reflux disease ( NERD), Barrett esophagus (BE) and healthy controls. Methods A total of 21 ERD and 21 NERD patients with reflux symptoms and confirmed with 24-hour esophageal pH monitoring, 13 BE patients diagnosed by gastroscopy and biopsy, and 20 other healthy controls were enrolled in the study.Samples of ERD, NERD and control group were collected at 2 cm above dentate line, and made HE slides in the conventional way. Images for measurement of ICS were acquired with oil lens ( × 1000). ICS of squamous epithelium was quantitatively measured by computer-assisted morphometry. Ten cells were taken for each sample, 10 consecutive ISD for each cell, i.e. 100 ISD for each subject. Mean ISD was calculated.Results Mean ISDs by LM in control, BE, ERD, and NERD groups were 0. 59, 0. 99, 1.29 and 1.06 μm, respectively. The mean ISDs in BE, ERD, and NERD group were much greater than that in control (P＜0. 05). The mean, maximal and minimal ISDs of group ERD were greater than those of NERD and BE (P = 0. 000). However, the ISDs of NERD and BE are of no significant difference ( P ＞ 0. 05 ). The cut-off value of mean ISD for diagnosis of gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) was 0. 85 μm. Diagnostic sensitivity and specificity for ERD, NERD and BE were 89. 1% and 100. 0%, with reference to clinical symptoms, endoscopy and ISDs above the cut-off value. Conclusion Larger ISDs in lower esophagus by using LM will be found in all subgroups of GERD, including ERD, NERD and BE. Increased ISDs may be one of the markers for diagnosis of ERD, NERD and BE.

AIM: To explore the molecular mechanism of asthenospermia(AST) by preliminary screening of nucleotide sequences from the ND3 and ND4L genes of mitochondrial DNA(mtDNA). METHODS: Samples from 50 AST patients and 42 age-matched normal controls were collected according to the WHO criteria. Density gradient centrifugation was applied to separate spermatozoa with different vigor. The ND3 and ND4L genes of mtDNA were amplified and sequenced directly from the extracted genomic DNA from AST patients and normal controls. The sequences were compared with revised Cambridge Reference Sequence(rCRS) to analyze the variants. RESULTS: A total of 22 nucleotide variations were found in ND3 and ND4L genes of mtDNA in asthenospermia group and control group. G10320A, A10398G and T10609C were missense mutations, while A10157G and A10313C were the reported for the first time in this study. Haplotype N in patients with AST(33/50) was higher than that in control group(14/42, P<0.05), and haplotype R9 in patients with AST(15/50) was also higher than that in control group(4/42, P<0.05) through genetic testing of ND3 gene. Rates of sperm progressive motility of haplotype F1, F2 and R9 were significantly lower than those of haplotype M and M rest. Two haplotype differences, haplotype M and N, were found in the same AST patient's spermatozoas which had different vigor. Haplotype M had stronger vigor, while haplotype N had lower vigor. By sequencing ND3 gene of mtDNA from 50 AST patients, we detected G10310A heteroplasmic mutation in 2 specimens of asthenospermia with poor and moderate motility spermatozoa, respectively. No mutation occurred in good motility spermatozoa. CONCLUSION: Haplotype of mitochondrial may have some correlation with sperm motility. The nt10398G-10400T polymorphisms may have benefit for sperm motility, whereas the mutation in nt10310A may impair sperm motility.

Objective: To investigate the effect of the acid inhibitor-Lansoprazole on the distribution of Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) in stomach. Methods: Biopsy specimens were taken from the duodenal ulcer patients who underwent gastroscopy before and after the treatment of Lansoprazole. The biopsy specimens were taken from the lesser curvature of the antrum and the greater curvature of the corpus respectively. H&E and Warthin-Starry staining were used for detecting the changing of active gastritis and the positive rate of H.pylori. Results: (1)The positive rates of H.pylori before treatment, 4 weeks after treatment and 3 months after treatment, in the lesser curvature of the antrum were 93.02%, 58.14%, and 86.05%, respectively. The positive rate and density of H.pylori 4 weeks after treatment were greatly decreased compared with those before treatment (P

Objective To analyze the epidemiological characteristics, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment effect of brucella in=nfection, and to provide practical foundation and valuable experience for clinical treatment and prevention of brucellosis.Methods One hundred and nineteen patients with brucella infection hospitalized at the First Hospital of Lanzhou University from January 1st 2011 to July 30th 2011 were enrolled.Clinical data including gender, age, contact history with bovine and clinical manifestations such as fever, sweating and joint and muscle pain were extracted.Diagnosis and treatment effect of these patients were all recorded.The epidemiological characteristics and clinical manifestations were analyzed.Results The majority of patients were middle-aged male, and the number of male cases were 2.5 times of female cases.The brucella infections were observed all seasons in Lanzhou, while most cases were observed between May and July.A total of 78 cases had clear animal contact history.Among them, 53 cases (44.54%) had contact history with bovine.Main clinical manifestations included fever (n=84, 70.59%), muscle and joint pain (n=93, 78.15%), sweating (n=52, 43.70%), fatigue (n=29, 24.37%), and the most common clinical symptoms was joint and muscle pain.Blood routine test showed neutropenia (n=25, 21.01%), increase in blood sedimentation (n=34, 28.57%) and blood coagulation dysfunction (n=30, 25.21%).Liver function examination showed increase in ALT (n=37, 31.09%) and AST (n=43, 36.13%).Other examination showed that splenomegaly (n=28, 23.52%) was the most common finding, and liver diffuse lesions (n=22, 18.49%) ranked second.The most common drugs were doxycycline (n=79, 66.39%), rifampin (n=60, 50.42%) and cephalosporins (n=50, 42.02%).Among them, 45 cases (37.82%) were treated with combination therapy of rifampin and doxycycline, and 31 cases were treated with combination therapy of doxycycline and rifapentine or cephalosporins.Totally 112 cases (94.12%) recovered.Conclusions The majority of patients with brucellosis are male.The clinical manifestations of brucellosis are varied.Clinicians should pay attention to identify and prevent misdiagnosis.The timely and effective treatment should be provided according to patients' conditions.The relevant departments should also strengthen supervision and education of brucellosis.

Background Local medical treatment of refractory immunologic keratitis is unsuccessful,and systemic steroids and immunosuppressive agents could cause severe side-effects.Tacrolimus is a potent immunosuppressive drug,it has been proved that topical application of tacrolimus could reduce immunologic inflammation.The safety and efficacy of 0.05％ tacrolimus eye drops for refractory immunologic keratitis has not been described.Objective This study was to evaluate efficacy and safety of 0.05％ tacrolimus eye drops for refractory ulcerative keratitis.Methods A retrospective study was performed.Twenty-one eyes of 17 patients with refractory immunologic keratitis,which had uncontrolled inflammation despite initially treatment including topical steroids and 1％ cyclosporine A,were enrolled,including 11 males and 6 females,with the mean ages of 52 years.Infectious ulcer was excluded by laboratory tests.No systemic disease was found in 11 patients,and Wegener's granulomatosis,rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative colitis were seen in 1 patient,4 patients and 1 patient respectively before presentation and they were all in remission under conventional systemic therapy.Four patients got binocularly involved and thirteen patients were monocularly involved.Of the 21 eyes,2 eyes with ulcer were ≥ 3 quarters of the limbus,and 19 eyes with ulcer were ≤ 2 quarters.All patients were treated with 0.05％ tacrolimus eyedrops after discontinuing cyclosporine A.The dosage was adjusted according to the severity of inflammation and was gradually tapered when improvement occurred.The corneal lesions were examined under the slit lamp microscope and Heidelberg HRT3 Rostock Cornea Module regularly,and inflammatory cell infiltrations were analyzed with Cell Count(R) software (Heidelberg Engineering GmbH).The safety variables were monitored regularly,including adverse response of eye,tacrolimus blood concentrations measured by chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay (CMIA) and laboratory examinations of blood routine,blood glucose level,liver and kidney function.Results The patients were treated and followed-up for a mean duration of 18.1 months (range,8-24 months).Corneal ulcer area was obviously reduced 1 month after treatment in 19 eyes,and 2 eyes of 2 cases received anterior lamellar keratoplasty due to progressive corneal destruction despite of tacrolimus therapy.Corneal ulcer was cured 3 months after treatment,and stromal edema and infiltration disappeared 6 months after treatment under the slit lamp microscope.The inflammatory cell densities at lesion zone were (958±329),(858±339),(459±261),(192±124),(98±52),(44±24) and (3±2)/mm2 before treatment and 1 week,1 month as well as 3,6,12,24 months following treatment,respectively,showing a gradually decline as time lapse (F =125.439,P =0.000),and the inflammatory cells were significantly decreased in 1,3,6,12 and 24 months following the administration of 0.05％ tacrolimus eye drops in comparison with that before treatment (all at P =0.000).The therapy duration was 12 months in 9 eyes and 24 months in 12 eyes.Transient irritation sensation occurred in 4 eyes during the treating period.Blood concentrations of tacrolimus were below 1.0 ng/ml in all of the patients.No abnormality was found in laboratory tests.Conclusions The use of 0.05％ tacrolimus eye drops is a safe and effective approach to refractory immunologic keratitis.