Objective To study the curative effect and adverse reactions in patients with chronic nephritis by two treatment methods.Methods 1 00 cases with chronic nephritis were randomly divided into alone western medicine group(control group)50 cases and traditional Chinese combination western medicine group(treatment group)50cases,The index of efficacy,urinary protein of 24h,serum albumin(Alb),serum creatinine(Scr),blood urea nitrogen (BUN)were observed.Results The total effective rate 78.0%in treatment group was significantly higher than 52.0%in control group(x2=3.841,P＜0.05);Three sub-types showed no significant efficacy difference(x2=1.841,P＞0.05);The contents of urine protein,BUN,Scr levels after treatment were lower than before treatment in two groups(t=2.231,2.245,2.311,all P＜0.05).The content of Alb after treatment was higher than before treatment(t=2.241,P＜0.05);The contents of urinary protein,BUN,Scr,Alb after treatment were significantly different in two groups(t=2.241,2.285,2.301,2.295,all P＜0.05);The adverse reactions in 2 cases(2.4%)in treatment group were significantly lower than 8 patients(16.0%)in control group(x2=6.941,P＜0.01).Conclusion Traditional Chinese and western medicine could delay progression and obtain better clinical results in patients with chronic nephritis.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Child ; Female ; Foreign Bodies ; diagnostic imaging ; Head ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neck ; Tomography, Spiral Computed ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Young Adult

Objective:To investigate the correlation between ultrasonic elasticity score ,elasticity coefficient and autoimmune thyroid function in patients with HT ( hashimoto thyroiditis ) .Methods: Used GE LOGIQ3 type Color Doppler Ultrasound Diagnostic System to acquire satisfactory elastosonography from 216 patients with HT,and evaluated the elasticity score and elasticity coefficient;to detecte the thyroid function and the titer of Thyroid peroxidase antibody ( TPOAb ) , Thyroid globulin antibody ( TgAb ) by chemiluminescence ,respectively investigated the correlation between ultrasonic elasticity score , elasticity coefficient and autoimmune thyroid function.Results:Serum Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH),TGA and TPO in 216 patients with HT increased significantly , TgAb and elastic coefficient were positively correlated , r=0.54 , P<0.01;TgAb and elasticity score were positively correlated , r=0.496 ,P<0.01;TPOAb and elastic coefficient were positively correlated ,r=0.77 ,P<0.01 ,TPOAb and elasticity score were positively correlated,r=0.73,P<0.01.Conclusion: Real-time ultrasound elastography in combination with measurement of autoimmune thyroid function was helpful to diagnosis of HT .

Objective To investigate incidence,risk factors and the prevention strategy of local recurrence 6 months after surgery for metastatic bone tumors.Methods Data of 797 patients who had undergone operations for metastatic bone tumors from March 1997 to March 2012 were retrospectively analyzed.Sixty-three patients (7.9％) who had local recurrence 6 months after operation were enrolled in the recurrence group,including 40 males and 23 females,and the average age at the time of operation was 55.21 years.Seven hundred thirty-four patients were enrolled in the non-recurrence group,including 432 males and 302 females,with an average age of 56.49 years.The risk factors for local recurrence 6 months after operation for metastatic bone tumors were statistically analyzed.Results The statistical analysis showed the risk factors for local tumor recurrence 6 months after surgery for metastatic bone tumors included preoperative general condition (10.9％ vs 6.2％),the rate of progress of the primary tumor (10.1％ vs 6.1％),site of bone metastasis (9.1％ vs 3.9％),surgical method (11.4％ vs 6.4％),whether local radiotherapy was performed preoperatively (28.0％ vs 6.6％),whether local radiotherapy was performed postoperatively (8.7％ vs 2.8％),whether sensitive systemic therapy was performed preoperatively (12.2％ vs 6.1％),whether sensitive systemic therapy was performed postoperatively (10.3％ vs 5.6％) and whether local therapy was performed in primary tumor site (10.1％ vs 5.8％).Multivariate analysis showed the independent risk factors included preoperative general condition (OR=0.534),rate of progress of the primary tumor (OR=2.164),site of bone metastasis (OR=2.906),whether local radiotherapy was performed preoperatively (OR=3.184),whether sensitive systemic therapy was performed preoperatively (OR=2.344) and whether sensitive systemic therapy was performed postoperatively (OR =0.468).Conclusion When the patients has following conditions:poor preoperative general condition,fast progressive primary tumor,metastatic tumor in the axial skeleton,application of local radiotherapy preoperatively,and application of sensitive systemic therapy,the surgical treatment should be chosen cautiously.

Object To investigate clinical features,surgical strategy and prognostic factors of bone metastasis from thyroid cancer.Methods A total of 46 patients with bone metastasis from thyroid cancer,who had undergone surgical treatment from January 1999 to July 2011 and had complete follow-up data,were enrolled in this retrospective study.There were 20 males and 26 females,aged from 40 to 87 years (average,56.87 years).Forty two (91.3％) cases of metastatic lesion located in axial skeleton,while 4 (8.7％) in limbs.The tumor histology type was well-differentiated in 35 patients and poorly differentiated in 11 cases.Nineteen patients (41.3％) had an isolated metastatic bone lesion,while other 27 patients (58.7％) had multiple lesions.Kaplan-Meier survival curve and Cox regression model were performed to identify prognostic factors among 19 factors including gender,age,tumor subtype,number of bone metastasis,site of bone metastasis,visceral metastasis,skeletal-related events,timing of metastasis,whether metastatic lesion was detected when thyroid cancer was diagnosed,whether thyroid surgery was performed,whether 131Ⅰ therapy was performed,whether chemotherapy or radiotherapy were performed,preoperative general condition (good or poor),surgical type (excisional surgery or palliative surgery),characteristics of metastatic lesion (osteolytic or mixed),intraoperative blood loss,whether measures were applied to prevent intraoperative bleeding,perioperative complications and long-term complications.Results Excisional surgery was performed in 36 patients (78.3％),while palliative surgery in other 10 patients (21.7％).The average amount of blood loss was 2603.26ml.The postoperative 5-year survival rate and 10-year survival rate were 37.3％ and 12.4％,respectively.Univariate analysis showed the significant prognostic factors include tumor subtype,number of bone metastasis,whether 131Ⅰ therapy was performed,and preoperative general condition (good or poor).Multivariate analysis showed the independent prognostic factors were number of bone metastasis (solitary or multiple) and whether 131Ⅰ therapy was performed.Conclusion For patients with bone metastasis from thyroid cancer,the prognostic factors are useful for determining indications for operation and improving treatment outcome.

Legal clinic education originating in the United States, aims at educating students on legal practical skills, and plays an positive role in cultivating students' ability of integrating theory with practice and training their various practical vocational skills. The present Chinese training mode of health law specialty does not perform very well in training students' practical ability, while legal clinic education can better make up for some deficiencies. Therefore, this paper learns from the experience of American universities in their legal clinic education, such as the particular division of specialties, the development of outside-school clinics, taking pre-training seriously, and the unique evaluation mechanism. Correspondingly, we explore to construct a set of reasonable legal clinic education system in health law specialty, including the orientation of legal clinics, the double training system inside and outside school, the construction of teaching staff and the establishment of evaluation mechanism.

Objective:To analyze and summarize the commonalities and patterns in acupoint selection for moxibustion treatment of asthma. Methods: Data retrieval was conducted using ‘moxibustion’ and ‘asthma’ as the keywords through China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Academic Journal Full-text Database (Wanfang) and Chongqing VIP Database (CQVIP). Excel 2010 was used to establish the major acupoint database for moxibustion prescriptions in treatment of asthma; data mining methods including association patterns and clustering were adopted to analyze the characteristics and patterns in acupoint selection for moxibustion treatment of asthma. Results: A total of 161 moxibustion prescriptions were recruited. The most commonly used acupoint was Feishu (BL 13), the most commonly used meridian was the Bladder Meridian of Foot Taiyang, and the most commonly treated region was the back. The association rule analysis showed that Feishu (BL 13)-Dazhui (GV 14)-Fengmen (BL 12) had the most significant correlation, and the clustering analysis discovered 5 effective acupoint clusters. Conclusion: In moxibustion treatment of asthma, topical acupoints Feishu (BL 13), Dazhui (GV 14) and Fengmen (BL 12) can be selected, along with the acupoints from the Bladder Meridian of Foot Taiyang and the back.

Biomarkers, Tumor ; Early Detection of Cancer ; Facial Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; Head and Neck Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; Humans ; Mouth Neoplasms ; diagnosis

Host genes involved in lipid metabolism are differentially affected during the early stages of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.Here we demonstrate that artificial up-regulation of fatty acid biosynthesis has a positive effect on the replication of the HCV full-length replicon when cells were treated with nystatin.Conversely,the HCV RNA replication was decreased when fatty acid biosynthesis was inhibited with 25-hydroxycholesterol and PDMP(D-threo-1-phenyl-2-decanoylamino-3- morpholino-1-propanol).In agreement with these results,the expression level of GlcT-1(ceramide glucosyltransferase),a host glucosyltransferase in the first step of GSL (glycosphingolipid) biosynthesis,was found to be closely associated with the expression and replication of HCV RNA.On the other hand,the viral RNA can also activate GlcT-1 in the early stage of viral RNA transfection in vitro.To identify viral factors that are responsible for GlcT-1 activation,we constructed ten stable Vero cell lines that express individual HCV proteins.Based on the analyses of these cell lines and transient transfection assay of the GlcT-1 promoter regions,we conclude that HCV proteins,especially NS5A and NS5B,have positive effects on the expression of GlcT-1.It is possible that NS5A and NS5B stimulate transcription factor(s) to activate the expression of GlcT-1 by increasing its transcription level.

Objective To carry out the quality control testing and evaluation for three digital mammography systems.Methods The performance of three digital mammography systems was assessed by applying methods recommended in the European guidelines for quality assurance in breast cancer screening and diagnosis and Chinese specification for testing of quality control in X-ray mammography.The performance of X-ray generator of three digital mammography systems were tested and evaluated.CDMAM 3.4 phantom with four different thickness(30,40,50,60 mm) were exposured in DR,PCM,and CR system,respectively.The average glandular dose (AGD) value was measured and image quality figure (IQF) analysis was performed in each thickness.Results The X-ray machine performance of DR and CR was in accordance with existing standard,however the standard was inappropriate to evaluate part of X-ray machine performance of PCM system.The AGDs for system DR were 1.20,1.42,1.75 and 2.20 mGy for 30,40,50 and 60 mm PMMA thickness,respectively.The respective AGDs for system PCM and CR were 0.82,1.19,1.33,1.70 mGy and 0.59,0.88,1.47,2.19 mGy.For the same phantom thickness sequence,the IQFs were 21.36,21.57,27.25 and 30.58 for system DR,28.02,29.10,35.90,and 41.24 for system PCM,whereas they were 39.78,39.30,43.85 and 48.08 for system CR.Conclusions The AGDs of all three systems were in accordance with the values recommended in European guideline.The AGD and IQF could provide an effective way for performance assessment and constancy checks for digital mammography systems.