Objective To assess quantitatively the association between smoking and the risk of disease and death from pulmonary tuberculosis(TB) by a meta-analysis. Methods Both Chinese and English literatures published from Jan. 1999 to Jun. 2010 about the case-control study of the association between smoking and pulmonary TB were retrieved by searching the electronic resource databases. A meta-analysis was then performed on the comparison and synthesis of findings from included studies. Pooled odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated using a software RevMan 4.2. Finally,possible publication bias was tested and a sensitivity analysis was conducted. Results The meta-analysis for total 22 high-quality case-control studies found a pooled OR of 2.56 (95% CI 1. 80 ～3.64) with a random-effects model. Sensitivity analysis showed that pooled OR was 2.56 (95% 1.76 ～3.71 ) by removing two papers of nested case-control study. The OR were 2.13 (95% CI1.76～2.58) and 4.60 (95% CI 1.81～11.69) for disease and death from TB,respectively. After confounding factors,including age and gender,had been controlled the OR was 2.53 (95% CI 1.27 ～5.03 ) whereas 1. 99(95% CI 1.54 ～ 2.56 ) without control of them. Conclusion Smoking can increase the risk of incidence and death of TB. TB control programs and treatment of patients might benefit from interventions aimed at reducing tobacco exposure.

After the necessity of research on bio-entities was pointed out, the advances and status quo in research on the relation between bio-entities were analyzed with concrete ideas and project put forward for the research on bio-entities using scientometric methods according to thecitationrelation in bio-entities similar to that in litera-ture.This kind of research will promote and perfect the research on scientometric theory and practice, and open a new visual angle for the research on knowledge management .

Objective:To observe the effect of nape acupuncture on vertebral-artery type cervical spondylosis.Methods:Eighty patients with vertebral-artery type cervical spondylosis were randomly divided into nape acupuncture group and Jiaji acupuncture group,with 40 cases in each group.The patients in the nape acupuncture group were treated with the nape acupuncture plus Jiaji acupuncture,while the patients in the Jiaji group were treated with Jiaji acupuncture only,to observe the functional scale before and after treatment.Results:The total effective rate in the nape acupuncture group was 95.0%,while the total effective rate in the Jiaji acupuncture group was 82.5%.By Ridit analysis,u=5.186,P＜0.01.It indicated that the therapeutic effect in the nape acupuncture group was better than that in the Jiaji acupuncture group.Compared with Jiaji acupuncture group,the difference value of pre- and post-treatment about functional scale of vertebral-artery type cervical spondylosis and the post-treatment score have statistic differences (P＜0.01).It indicated that the therapeutic effect of nape acupuncture group was more obvious in treating vertigo than that in the Jiaji acupuncture group.Conclusion:The treatment of vertebral-artery type cervical spondylosis by Jiaji acupuncture plus the nape acupuncture may enhance the therapeutic effect significantly.

OBJECTIVE To analyze the changes in clinical behaviors in the recent 10 years among patients with diabetes combined infection,including incidence of diabetic′s concurrent infections, the infective sites,the pathogen spectrum,the danger of infections and so on,we could do better in preventing and curing the diabetic′s concurrent infections.METHODS Using retrospective methods,the diabetic patients with concurrent infection were divided into two groups,712 patients in 1995-1999 as the first group,986 patients in 2000-2005 as the second group,were respectively calculated and compared their average age,sex distribution,the average course of diseases,the fasting blood sugar,glycosylated hemoglobin,the incidence of infection,and the distribution in body systems.RESULTS The diabetic patients′ average course in the second group(10.82?9.83 years) prolonged a little than the first(P

Objective To investigate the role of induced sputum in monitoring airway inflammation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods Induced sputum was taken from 26 patients with stable COPD. IL-8 level in the sputum was detected, and the lung function of the patients was determined. 15 healthy volunteers served as control group. Results The total cell count and the number of AM and PMN in sputum were significantly higher in the patients than those in the control group (P

OBJECTIVE:To determine the content of epirubicin in human plasma by RP-HPLC.METHODS:The chromatographic separation was performed on YWG C18 column.The mobile phase consisted of water-acetonitrile(12∶7,with pH adjusted to 3.90?0.05 using 85% phosophoric acid)at a flow rate of 1.0 mL?min-1.The detective wavelength was set at 254 nm.RESULTS:The linear range of epirubicin was 0.12～4.80 mg?L-1(r=0.998 4)with the lowest detective range of 0.01 mg?L-1.The intraday RSD was less than 4.40% and the inter-day RSD was less than 5.60%,and the average recovery rate was 99.40%(RSD=4.02%).The sample solution was stable within 12 h under room temperature.CONCLUSION:The method is easy,precise and reproducible to operate and the result of the determination is accurate.

With the increasing trade of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM),the issue of excessive levels of toxic heavy metals metals in TCM has raised worldwide concerns. Some countries and re?gions have set strict limits on the heavy in TCM. There are currently no uniform limits on heavy metals, partly for lack of a good understanding of heavy metals in TCM. The toxicity of heavy metals varies with their chemical forms so that it is not rational to evaluate safety in terms of total contents. Cinnabar and realgar are widely used TCM containing heavy metals in clinical practice. Because of the potential toxicity of heavy metals such as mercury or arsenic,and the related adverse reactions reported occa?sionally,the safety of cinnabar,realgar and their preparations has also attracted public attention. In the present paper,the progress in toxicological studies on cinnabar,realgar as well as commonly used preparations was reviewed while priorities of future research were proposed.

Objective To study the effect of using Dexamethasone in different time for treatment and prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), in order to provide the clinical reference as to whether dexamethasone can be used to prevent and treat BPD.Methods A total of 135 very low birth weight infants hospitalized for 1 week who still survived on mechanical ventilation were studied.The total cases were divided into early Dexamethasone group and none Dexamethasone group.Whether early using dexamethasone could prevent BPD or not were observed.The BPD infants were divided into 3 groups, early Dexamethasone group, later Dexamethasone group and none Dexamethasone group.The effect of using Dexamethasone on BPD in different time were observed.Results (1) Among these 135 infants,there were 65 infants developing BPD.The incidence of BPD was 48.15％.There were no significant differences in the prevalence of BPD, the death rate and the disease index of BPD between the early Dexamethasone group and the none Dexamethasone group (all P ＞ 0.05).(2) There were no significant differences in mechanical ventilation time among the 3 BPD groups [(19.81 ± 5.67) d vs (22.32 ± 6.20) d, (21.46 ± 7.02) d, P =0.405].But the average time of inhaling oxygen and hospital stays of later Dexamethasone BPD group were shorter than early Dexamethasone BPD group and none Dexamethasone BPD group.The differences were significant [(37.27 ± 10.14) d vs (45.96 ± 9.91) d,(43.42 ±8.73) d,P=0.012;(64.11 ±8.14) d vs (76.13 ±7.57) d,(68.59 ±8.53) d,P =0.000].(3) The incidence of infection (90.90％, 100.00％ vs 81.90％), hyperglycemia (27.27 ％, 30.43 ％ vs 10.00 ％), hypertension(9.09％ ,13.04％ vs 0) and neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis(22.73％ ,34.78％ vs 15.00％) of all the infants who received Dexamethasone were higher than the infants who did not receive Dexamethasone.But the differences showed no significance(all P ＞ 0.05).(4) There were no significant differences among the 3 BPD groups in growth [weight : (9.16 ± 1.53) kg vs (8.92 ± 1.13) kg, (9.07 ± 1.46) kg;height: (71.26 ± 8.59) cm vs (69.54 ± 9.32) cm, (70.32 ± 9.07) cm] or been in hospital again because of pulmonary infection during one year(75.00％ vs 65.00％ ,72.22％) (all P ＞ 0.05).The differences of abnormal Chinese children development scale scores among the BPD groups (mental development index ＜ 80:20.00％ vs 15.00％, 16.67 ％;physical development index ＜ 80:25.00％ vs 20.00％, 16.67％) showed no significance(all P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions Early use of Dexamethasone has no effect to prevent BPD.Dexamethasone therapy on BPD should be used in the later stages ,and small doses and short protocol are preferred.

Objective To explore the clinical efficacy of Toutongning capsule combined with nimodipine in the treatment of 76 patients with primary vascular headache.Methods 76 patients with primary vascular headache were selected as the research subjects.According to the different surgery,the patients were randomly divided into control group (n =38) and observation group (n =38).The control group was given compound Danshen injection,while the observation group was given Toutongning capsule combined with nimodipine.The efficacy,the peak systolic velocity(Vs) and pulsatility index(PI) of each vessel,the time of stopping pain,recurrence rate and adverse reaction were compared between the two groups.Results The total effective rate of the observation group was 94.74％,which was higher than 84.21％ of the control group,the difference was statistically significant (x2 =4.785,P ＜ 0.05).The MCA,ACA,BA,VA value of Vs and PI,the time of stopping pain and recurrence rate in the observation group were better than those in the control group (t =5.385,6.834,7.407,6.651,4.032,5.716,6.203,5.016,4.785,x2 =5.473,all P ＜ 0.05).There were no significant differences between the two groups in PCA value of Vs and PI and adverse reaction(t =0.283,0.037,x2 =0.314,all P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Toutongning capsule combined with nimodipine in the treatment of primary vascular headache has high application value and significant effect,and it can promote cerebral circulation,blood flow,time of stopping pain and recurrence rate,so it is worthy of clinical popularization and application.

ObjectiveTo study the diagnosis of thyroid cancer concurrent with multiple thyroid nodules.Methods The clinical data of 23 patients of multiple thyroid nodules with thyroid cancer undergoing exploration from May 1988 to December 2000 were analyzed retrospectively.ResultsThe diagnosis of concurrent carcinoma was made preoperatively in 6 cases. 13 out of the 23 patients underwent second operation for the postoperative pathology being malignant. Thyroid cancer was identified concurrent with benign nodules in 20 cases. Conclusion Thyroid cancer when found on the background of multiple thyroid nodules is often coexistant with benign thyroid disease, hence the diagnosis is difficult to make clinically. Second operation is sometimes inevitable when the pathology identified a cancer in preoperatively diagnosed benign nodules.