Objective To explore the effect of peer-education on self-efficacy of hemodialysis(HD) patients. Methods Totally 90 HD patients were divided into two groups equally. The intervention group received peer-education for 3 months and the control group received routine nursing. The two groups were compared in terms of score on self-efficacy. Results There was no statistically significant difference in the score on self-efficacy and every item between the two groups before intervention (P>0.05). The score on self-efficacy and the items ofcontrol of depressive mood, the confidence in taking self-care measures, the confidence in doing other thingswere statistically significantly different between the two groups after intervention (P<0.05). Conclusion Peer-education can improve HD patient′s self-efficacy.

BACKGROUND:As one of common oral diseases, periodontitis is the leading cause of tooth loss in adults.
OBJECTIVE:To review the research progress on periodontitis treatment.
METHODS:A computer-based search was performed on the PubMed database and CNKI database for articles addressing periodontitis treatment. The key words were“periodontitis, treatment, tissue engineering, gene engineering”in English and Chinese, respectively. Final y, a total of 57 articles were included to review.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Currently, the majority of scholars are stil focus to improve periodontal tissue, promote the regeneration and repair of periodonttal tissue. With the development of tissue engineering and gene technology in recent years, periodontitis has been treated from multiple perspectives and multiple aspects, to solve the problems of patients with periodontitis. However, some treatment methods are stil in their early stage and need in-depth research.

Environmental endocrine disruptors have garnered considerable attention in recent years be-cause of their endocrine disruption on sex development disorders. Kisspeptin system might be a novel target for endocrine disruption at the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonad axis. Environmental endocrine disruptors′estrogenic properties make them capable of interacting with the kisspeptin system,and then confer lifelong consequences in-cluding altered pubertal timing, infertility, and metabolic disorders. To date, three compounds have been well studied for their capacity to interfere with kisspeptin signaling pathways:BPA,PCB mixtures,and the phytoestro-gen GEN.

Objective:To investigate the significance of periodontal treatment on the levels of MMP-3 and IFN-γin the serum of patients with oral lichen planus(OLP) and chronic periodontitis(CP) before and after treatment.Methods:60 patients with erosion OLP and CP were divided into 2 groups randomly (n =30).The patients in experimental group received basic periodontal treatment combined with drug therapy,those in control group received drug therapy only.Before and after treatment the periodontal indexes of PD,AL,BI and PLI were measured in the experimental group,the levels of MMP-3 and IFN-γ in serum were tested by ELISA in the 2 groups,the differences of the data between 2 groups were statistically analysed.Results:After treatment the periodontol indexes were decreased in the experimental group(P ＜ 0.05),the serum MMP-3 and IFN-γ levels were lower than those before treatment in 2 groups(P＜0.05),and the decline of MMP-3 and IFN-γ in experimental group was more obvious than those in the control group (P＜0.05).Conclusion:Periodontal initial therapy has positive influence on the treatment of OLP and can reduce the level of inflammation.

Most neonatal diabetes mellitus (NDM) is caused by genetic abnormality. Sulfonylurea (SU) has been successfully applied in NDM patients;The pathogenesis of NDM and mechanism of sulfonylurea on molecular level have been illuminated, and recent studies revealed that glycated albumin is a useful glycemic indicator. In this review, the research progress of NDM is summarized.

Objective To discuss the clinical application of internal stent in tracheal stenosis.Methods 101 cases of large airway stenosis were treated with the self-expanding Ni-Ti alloy stents through oral cavity(41 cases)or nasal cavity(60 cases) under X-ray guided.Results The placement of Ni-Ti stents in all cases was successful one time.Of 64 cases,tracheal stents were introduced,bronchial stents,tracheal and bronchial stents were set up in 64,20 and 17 cases respectively.Shortness of breath was relieved obviously after process.Conclusion The placement of Ni-Ti stent is an effective and safe method for the treatment of large airway stenosis.

Objective To analyze the clinical characteristic s of an infant with congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia (CLAH),and to sequence the acute regulatory protein (steroid acute regulatory,StAR) gene of the infant patient and her pedigree.Methods Physical examination,laboratory tests,and imaging examination of the 11-month-old patient with CLAH were collected.DNA was extracted from blood samples of the patient and her parents.The 7 exons of StAR gene were amplified by PCR and then sequenced.Results Dark skin,girl vulva,and one each 1.0 cm×1.0 cm palpable lump in inguinal area bilaterally were observed.The adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) was 253 pg/ml,cortisol was 27.6 nmol/L at 8 am,17-hydroxyprogesterone was 3 nmol/L.Uhrasound showed that sign of testicular ultrasonography existed in bilateral inguinal regions.Karyotype analysis showed 46,XY.Sequencing of PCR amplified fragments showed that there were two heterozygous mutations c.229C ＞ T,p (Gln77X) and C.659A＞G,p (His220Arg) of StAR gene in this patient.By rectifying the disturbance of electrolyte,and treating with hydrocortisone and 9α fludrocortisone,etc,the patient has been stable so far.Conclusion The patient presents typical clinical manifestations.Two heterozygous mutations including c.229C ＞T,p (Gln77X) from maternal and C.659A＞G,p (His220Arg) from paternal of StAR gene were detected.Wherein the c.659A＞G,p.(His220Arg) as a novel point mutation of StAR gene,has not been reported so far.

Objective To explore the influence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients with coronary lesions to the ST segment resolution (STR) and clinical prognosis after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).Methods 380 patients with AMI were detected twice each hour for the situation of STR,before and after coronary angiography and PCI.According to the STR,the patients were divided into STR (≥ 50％) group and no STR (＜ 50％) group.The relationship between STR and clinical prognosis of hospitalization or follow up were analyzed.Results The STR rate of patients with coronary multivessel disease or proximal lesions after PCI was lower than the rate of patients with coronary single vessel disease or distal lesions (P ＜ 0.05).The incidence rate of major cardiac events and LVEDd during hospitalization in patients with proximal coronary lesions was obviously higher than patients with distal lesions,while LVEF was lower than distal lesions(P ＜0.01).It had no significant differences in LVEF,LVEDd between coronary multivessl disease and single vessel disease during follow up (P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion It has significant relationship between coronary multivessel disease,proximal coronary,STR resolution in patients with AMI after PCI and the prognosis during hospitalization and follow up.

Objective To investigate the detection of early cervical cancer patient's peripheral blood CK19 mRNA and its clinical significance. Methods 30 early (ⅠA2~ⅡA) cervical cancer patients from the department of gynecological tumors in the third affiliated hospital of Kunming Medical University were selected as experimental group, 15 patients with uterine myoma and 15 healthy volunteers as negative control group,15 advanced (ⅡB~ⅢB) cervical cancer patients as positive control group. Peripheral blood samples before receiving radical resection of experimental group,and the same samples before treatment of control groups were collected. The change of relative expression level and positive rate of peripheral blood CK19 was analyzed using qRT-PCR technique, and its correlation with clinicopathological parameters and prognosis was further analyzed. Results There was significant difference in relative expression level of CK19 mRNA in the peripheral blood between experimental group and control groups ( <0.001) . And the positive rate of CK19 in the peripheral blood from 30 patients with early cervical cancer before operation in the experimental group was 30% (9/30) . Furthermore, CK19 mRNA positive rate before surgery was correlated with lymph node metastasis, muscularis invasion and pathologic risk factors for postoperative ( <0.05) . There were no significant correlation between CK19 mRNA positive rate and other clinical and pathological features such as age,clinical stage (FIGO),tumor cell differentiation,tumor size,pathological type and etc ( > 0.05) . Conclusions CK-19 mRNA is a specific and suitable molecular marker for the detection of circulating tumor cells in early cervical cancer. Detection of peripheral blood CK19 mRNA expression before receiving radical hysterectomy in patients with early cervical cancer can also make up for the disadvantage of other methods such as the imaging, tumor marker detection. Most important of all, it can provide the basis for choosing a proper adjuvant therapy post-operation and estimating the relapse and prognosis.

Objective Detect the change of relative expression level and positive rate of peripheral blood CK19 and SCCAg mRNA in early cervical cancer patients before receiving radical hysterectomy by qRT-PCR technique, then study the value of combined detection of peripheral blood CK19 and SCCAg mRNA expression in diagnosis of early cervical cancer micrometastasis. Methods Thirty patients with early (ⅠA2 ~ⅡA) cervical cancer from the department of gynecological tumors in the third affiliated hospital of Kunming Medical University were selected as experimental group, 15 patients with uterine myoma and 15 healthy volunteers as negative control group, and 15 advanced (ⅡB~ⅢB) cervical cancer patients as positive control group. Peripheral blood samples before receiving radical resection of experimental group and the same samples before treatment of control groups were collected. The changes of relative expression level and positive rate of peripheral blood CK19 and SCCAg mRNA were analyzed using qRT-PCR technique. Results There was significant difference in relative expression level of CK19 and SCCAg mRNA in the peripheral blood between experimental group and control groups ( <0.01) . And the positive rate of CK19 and SCCAg mRNA in the peripheral blood from 30 patients with early cervical cancer before operation in the experimental group was 30%(9/30) and 20% (6/30), respectively. Furthermore, combined detection of the expression of the two markers can improve the positive rate to 43.3%, much higher than single marker. There was also significant difference in the positive rate by combined detection of the two markers between the experimental group and control groups ( <0.05) . Conclusion CK19 and SCCAg mRNA could be used as the specific and suitable molecular markers for the detection of early cervical cancer micrometastasis. The combined detection of relative expression level and positive rate of peripheral blood CK19 and SCCAg mRNA by qRT-PCR array could significantly enhance the sensitivity and specificity for cancer cell detection.