AIM: To compare the therapeutic effects and adverse reactions of nicardipine and labetalol injection in treating acute and severe hypertensions. 　METHODS: Sixty-seven patients in nicardipine group (M 46, F 21; age 52 a± s 11 a) were given nicardipine 2 mg in 0.9 % sodium chloride or 5 % glucose injection 10 mL within 2 min iv, first, and then given 30 mg nicardipine in 0.9 % sodium chlocide or 5 % glucose injection 250 mL by continual intravenous infusion for 6 h. Sixty-one patients in labetalol group (M 41, F 20; age 53 a±9 a) received 50 mg labetalol in 5 % glucose injection 20 mL by intravenous once. The treatment could be repeated every 15 min, in case it was less effective, but the total dose should be no more than 200 mg.　RESULTS: The treatment for the nicardipine group and the labetalol group, reached the marked effect within 5 min. The total marked effective rate was all 100 % (P>0.05). Severe adverse reactions occured in the two patients (one occured significantly lowering of blood pressure, and the other aggravated asthma) in the labetalol group. 　CONCLUSION: Intravenous nicardipine and labetalol are fast and smooth in reducing the blood pressure of the patients with acute and severe hypertension, but the safety of nicardipine is superior to that of labetalol

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the effect of different subgingival root exposure methods, namely, crown lengthening or forced eruption, and different ferrule lengths on fracture resistance of a residual root restored with a carbon fiber post-and-core system.

METHODSFifty-six extracted endodontically-treated mandibular first premolars were sectioned 1.0 mm coronal to the buccal cementoenamel junction. All the models were divided randomly into seven groups that each consist of eight roots. Group A was given non-ferrule as control. Simulated crown lengthening was performed for the dentin ferrule design in the cervical tooth structure for Groups B, C, and D with a ferrule length of 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 mm, respectively. Simulated forced eruption was performed with a ferrule length of 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 mm in the cervical tooth structure for Groups E, F, and G, respectively. After restoration with prefabricated carbon fiber post-and-core system, each specimen was embedded in a self-cured acrylic resin block from 2.0 mm apical to the margins of a cast Ni-Cr alloy crown, then loaded at 150 degrees from the long axis in a universal testing machine at a crosshead speed of 1.0 mm min(-1) until fracture. Data of failure loads and fracture mode were recorded and analyzed.

RESULTSMean failure loads for Groups A to G were (1.13 +/- 0.15), (1.27 +/- 0.18), (1.02 +/- 0.11), (1.05 +/- 0.12), (1.63 +/- 0.14), (1.92 +/- 0.19), and (1.93 +/- 0.15) kN, respectively. The effects of root exposure method and ferrule design differed significantly, and two factors exhibited significant interaction (F=33.396, P<0.0001). When the ferrule lengths were the same, fracture loads in the simulated forced eruption groups were significantly higher than those of the simulated crown lengthening groups (P<0.001). No statistical differences in fracture mode were observed among all groups (P=1.00).

CONCLUSIONMore than 1.0 mm ferrule placement on the apical crown margin by using forced eruption significantly increases fracture resistance.

?-Synuclein (?-SYN ) .previously identified as a breast cancer specific gene, has a wildly tumor expression profile mainly in advanced stage. As a special chaperone,?- SYN stimulates the proliferation and metastasis of tumor cells through interacting with estrogen receptor and (or) BubR1. Meanwhile, it is also detectable in the serum or urine from tumor patients, which indicates that?- SYN could be potential as a tumor marker for diagnosis and prognosis.

ObjectiveTo analyze the association between the outcome of exophthalmos and the curative effect of hyperthyroidism in Graves disease after 131I therapy.Methods Five hundred and thirty-eight cases of Graves disease accompanied with exophthalmos and hyperthyroidism who received 131I therapy from January 2001 to January 2010 were reviewed retrospectively,and the association between the outcome of exophthalmos and the curative effect of hyperthyroidism was analyzed.ResultsThe effective rate of hyperthyroidism after 131I therapy was 94.8％ (510/538).The effective rate of exophthalmos after 131I therapy was 73.2％(394/538).And the effective rate of hyperthyroidism with exophthalmos was 71.6％ (385/538).The incidence of improvement,inefficiency,exacerbation was 75.5％ (385/510),21.0％ (107/510),3.5％( 18/510) in hyperthyroidism effective patients ( 510 cases ) and 32.1％ ( 9/28 ),50.0％ ( 14/28 ),17.9％ ( 5/28 )in hyperthyroidism ineffective and recrudescence patients(28 cases),there was significant difference between the two patients (P ＜ 0.05 ).The incidences of improvement,inefficiency,exacerbation were 78.1％(281/360),18.9％(68/360),3.1％(11/360) in hyperthyroidism cured patients(360 cases),78.2％(36/46),17.4％ (8/46),4.3％ (2/46) in hypothyroidism patients(46 cases),there was no significant difference between the two (P ＞ 0.05 ).The incidence of improvement,inefficiency,exacerbation was 86.4％ ( 229/265 ),9.8％(26/265 ),3.8％( 10/265 ) in mild exophthalmos after 131I therapy(265 cases),59.9％(106/177),35.6％(63/177),4.5％(8/177) in moderate and severe inactive exophthalmos after 131I therapy( 177 cases),there were significant differences in the inciclence of improvement and inefficiency between the two patients (P＜0.05).For patients with moderate and severe active exophthalmos,glucocorticoids therapy could obtain satisfactory effect.Conclusion131I therapy is an effective method for Graves disease with exophthalmos,and there is a significant association between the outcome of exophthalmos and the curative effect of hyperthyroidism.

Objective To discuss the therapy modalities and their efficacy for Cobb's syndrome Methods Data from 14 cases of Cobb's syndrome were retrospectively reviewed of which diagnosis, management and follow-up were discussend. Results Follow-up period of the 14 cases was 4 months to 3 years, of them, no complete cure occurred, 12 cases improved, 2 cases deteriorated. Conclusions Early diagnosis and early treatment using in terventional and surgical method are the key point for this kind of in curable diseases.

Objective To improve the efficiency,repeatability,expansibility and maintainability and reduce the construction and maintenance cost of the PACS.Methods Struts and Hibernate frame works based on MVC and Object-Oriented Analysis(OOA) were used to build PACS.Results It saved more time for developers,and promoted the development efficiency.Conclusion It is rapid and efficient to use Struts and Hibernate frame in building PACS.[Chinese Medical Equipment Journal,2008,29(2):55-57]

0.05). The concentrations of MMP-2 and MMP-9 were significantly increased on days 1, 10, and 30 after percutaneous coronary intervention, and those on day 10 were higher than on day 1 (P

Objective To discuss the efficacy and relative factors that affect the sequential therapy of invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation in treating severe respiratory failure.Methods We analyzed the clinical data of the patient who was hospitalized in Respiratory Department of the Sixth Hospital of Luohe on 3th February 2008.Results The patient received invasive mechanical ventilation for 4 days,then changed to mask non-invasive positive pressure ventilation for 10 days,while receiving comprehensive treatment of anti-infection and bronchial expansion,etc.Then the patient was recovered.Conclusion The sequential therapy of invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation in treating severe respiratory failure is effective.The efficacy depends on the optimum converting time between invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation,the choice of ventilator and the patient′s compliance.

ADAMs is a family of transmembrane proteins with multi domains and multiple functions,which play important roles in many(patho-)physiological processes.They are upregulated in a variety of tumors and possess protein shedding and adhesive activities,which showed that they could be useful as tumor biomarkers and promising targets for designing new anti-tumor drugs.This review focuses on the roles ADAMs play in the process of tumor development and the potential application in cancer therapy.

85%).From the in vitro release experiment,the rhBMP-2 was controlled to release from the chitosan microsphere over 30 days.[Conclusion]The rhBMP-2 loaded chitosan microsphere prepared by emulsion cross-linking method shows a good controlled release property.Such a novel type of controlled release system has the potential of being applied for controlled cytokine delivery and the bone tissue engineering.