Objective To understand the effects of environmental pollution on blood lead levels of children.Methods The blood lead levels of605children aged2-7in6urban districts of Harbin and307children aged2-7in Jixi were deter-mined by graphite furnace atom absorption spectrophotometry during the period from April to June in1999.Results The data on blood lead levels of children in two cities showed both positive skewness distribution.The geometric means of blood lead lev-els of children were0.354?mol/L in Harbin and0.441?mol/L in Jixi,the medians were0.369?mol/L in Harbin and0.440?mol/L in Jixi,the values of P 95 were1.575?mol/L in Harbin and1.304?mol/L in Jixi.The children with blood lead levels of≥0.483?mol/L accounted for44.5%of total observed in Harbin and44.9%in Jixi.Conclusion Environmental lead pollution had coused potential adverse effects on preschool children health.

Objective To understand the influential factors for blood lead level of children in Harbin.Methods The lead level in the air,dust,vegetables and the blood of 605 children aged 2-7 years were determineded and family fitment,fuel combustion,the food consumption were investigated.Results The lead contents of air,dust in pollutant areas [(2.037?0.455)?g/m3,(84.000?0.015)mg/kg] were higher compared with the control areas[(1.017?0.595)?g/m3,(72.000?0.025)mg/kg],the differences were significant(P

AIM: To establish the method of determining cinobufagin and resibufogenin in Xinkening Capsules(Venenum Bufonis,etc.). METHODS: HPLC was applied to determining cinobufagin and resibufogenin.The determination was carried out using an ODS column with a solvent system: methanol-water(50∶40).The flow rate was 1.0 mL/min,detection wavelength was at 296 nm. RESULTS: The linear ranges of cinobufagin and resibufogenin were 3.5 ?g-0.28 ?g and 3.75 ?g-0.30 ?g,respectively.The average recoveries of cinobufagin and resibufogenin were 99.86%(RSD=1.8%,n=5),and 99.84%(RSD=1.2%,n=5),respectively. CONCLUSION: This method is simple,accurate with strong specificity and can be used to control the quality of Xinkening Capsules.

Objective To study the changes of transforming growth factor-β1(TGF-β1) in pulmonary fibrosis induced by paraquat (PQ) with immunohistochemistry method. MethodsA total of 58 C57BL/6J male mice were randomly (random number) divided into the experimental group and control group. Pulmonary fibrosis was induced by intra-peritoneal injection of PQ in dose of 10 mg/kg into the mice of experimental group (n = 48), while physiological saline was used instead in mice of control group (n = 10). The mice of experimental group were sacrificed 2, 5, 7 and 14 days after PQ poisoning and the mice of control group were sacrificed on the 7th day after saline administration. Lungs of mice were taken and histological changes in lungs were evaluated by haematoxylin-eosin stain, and TGF-β1 was determined with immunohistochemistry method. The integrated optical density (iOD) value of TGF-β1 was measured and analyzed. ResultsThe TGF-β1 was markedly increased in macrophages during the genesis of pulmonary fibrosis induced by PQ. As the course of fibrosis progressed, the positive staining of TGF-B1 was mainly seen in macrophages and neutrophil's cytoplasm. On the 14th day after PQ poisoning, TGF-β1-positive cells were also detected in the fibroblast and myo-fibroblast inside the fibroblastic foci. Compared with the control group, the iOD value of TGF-β1 increased in experimental group (P ＜ 0. 01 ) and it gradually upgraded during the course of fibrosis. Conclusions The TGF-β1 significantly increased during the course of pulmonary fibrosis induced by PQ and played an important role in the pathogenesis of the disease.

Objective To provide therapeutic strategy by investigating the anxiety and depression status as well as the correlated impact factors in patients with chronic prostatitis. Methods The self-rating anxiety scale (SAS)and self-rating depression scale (SDS)were employed to evaluate psychological response of 360 patients with chronic prostatitis. Results Both the average scores of SAS and SDS in patients with chronic prostatitis were higher than normal levels of Chinese population. The impact factors for anxiety included income status, educational level and disease course. Conclusions The mental health status of chronic prostatitis patients is poor and certain factors affect the occurrence of anxiety and depression. Therefore, it is necessary to treat the patients with supportive psychotherapeutic intervention and with combined approaches.

Objective To investigate the basic status of healthcare-associated infection(HAI)in a hospital,and provide evidence for strengthening HAI management.Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted to investi-gate the prevalence rates of HAI in all hospitalized patients at 0 ∶00 -24∶00 of May 7,2014.Results A total of 2 262 patients were supposed to be investigated,while 2 253 (99.60%)patients were actually investigated,586 of whom (26.01%)came from pulmonary hospital(specialized in tuberculosis)affiliated to the general hospital.53 patients devel-oped 58 times of HAI,prevalence rate and case prevalence rate was 2.35% and 2.57% respectively;1 073 patients devel-oped 1 265 times of community-acquired infection (CAI),prevalence rate and case prevalence rate was 47.63% and 56.15% respectively.Rates of HAI and CAI were high in intensive care unit(ICU,21.28%)and pulmonary hospital (99.49%)respectively;the main infection site was lower respiratory tract,which accounting for 46.55%(n =27)and 69.72%(n=882)respectively.The major pathogens causing HAI were gram-negative bacteria(n = 19),and the major pathogens causing CAI were Mycobacteria(n=141)and fungi (n=89).The rate of antimicrobial usage and etiological ex-amination was 34.80%(n=784 )and 81.48%(n=550 )respectively.Conclusion In order to prevent cross infection of tuberculosis and reduce the incidence of HAI,lower respiratory tract and ICU should be one of the key infection sites and departments of HAI surveillance,treatment and management of patients with tuberculosis should be stand-ardized,professional precaution of health care workers should be enhanced.

Objective To understand the capability of parasitic disease diagnosis among professionals from the clinic labora?tory of Class A tertiary hospitals in Jiangxi Province. Methods The teams that took part in the competition were formed from 20 Class A tertiary hospitals,with 2 contestants per team. The competition contents included written examination and skill opera?tion. The written examination involved the life cycle of parasites,immunological basis,detecting techniques,etiological diagno?sis etc.,and the skill operation involved making and dying thin and thick blood smears,making Kato?Katz’s fecal thick smears, as well as microscopic examinations of smears. Results A total of 40 participants took part in the competition. Their total aver?age score was 97.3±22.4 with the pass rate of 15.0%,in which the mean score of theoretical knowledge was 56.6±12.8 with the pass rate of 52.5%,and the mean score of skill operation was 40.8±12.4 with the pass rate of 5.0%. In the written examination, the scoring rate of the life cycle of soil?transmitted helminths was the highest(90.0%),and the rate of the basic knowledge of food?borne parasites was the lowest(31.5%). Both the pass rates of blood smear making and examination were higher than those of Kato?Katz’s thick smears,and the differences were statistically significant( both P<0.05). The detection rates of Plasmodi?um vivax,Plasmodium falciparum,Plasmodium ovale and negative slides of the contestants were 38.8%,45.0%,35.0%and 25.0% respectively. As to the microscopic examination of helminth eggs,the detection rate of Trichuris trichiura egg was the highest(87.5%),and the rate of the Sparganum mansoni egg was the lowest(2.5%). The scores of Kato?Katz’s thick smear making and examination of the contestants from the provincial level hospitals were higher than those from the city level hospitals (both P<0.05),and the score of those from teaching hospitals in Kato?Katz’s thick smear making was higher than that of those from non?teaching hospitals(P < 0.05). Conclusions The technique level of professionals from the clinic laboratory of the Class A tertiary hospitals cannot meet the needs of the diagnosis of parasitic diseases in Jiangxi Province ,which should arouse the attention of the health authorities and hospitals.

Aim To determine the protective effect of NADPH oxidase against focal cerebral ischemia/reper-fusion ( I/R) injury in rats. Method A thread occlu-sion method was used to make a middle cerebral artery occlusion ( MCAO ) model. Apocynin ( 2. 5 mg · kg-1 ) was injected by tail vein 15 min before ischemi-a. Then, the neurological behavior, cerebral infarction volume, pathological morphological changes and the expression of Cx36, PKC, Bax, Bcl-2 of rats were de-tected after ischemia for 2 h, followed by reperfusion for 24 h. Results Compared with cerebral I/R group, administration of apocynin significantly reduced the neurological behavior scores and the cerebral in-farction volume percentage, alleviated the pathological morphological damage, increased the protein expres-sion of Cx36 and PKC, and reduced the Bax/Bcl-2 ra-tio of rats with focal cerebral I/R injury. Compared with apocynin group , apocynin combined with PKC inhibitor significantly reduced above protective effects. Conclusion Inhibition of NADPH oxidase could alle-viate cerebral I/R injury, increase the levels of Cx36, PKC proteins and reduce the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio.

Objective To observe the effect of Bingdouting capsule(BC)on rabbit model of sick sinus syndrome.Methods Rabbit models of sick sinus syndrome were established by external application of 20 % methanal on the region of sinoatrial node.The effect of BC on heart rate and electrophysicological parameters of sinoatrial node was observed.Results BC markedly increased the heart rate,shortened the sinoatrial conduction time(SACT)and corrected sinoatrial node recovery time(CSNRT).Conclusion BC has an obvious effect for the treatment of sick sinus syndrome in rabbits.