A simple and rapid method was described for determining nitrogen content of a Kjeldahl digest by pulse polarography. The amount of sample needed was as small as 200mg. The digest was diluted and pipetted into a solution of formaldehyde in an acetate buffer. The hexamethylenetetramine produced by reaction between ammonia and formaldehyde was determined electrochemically at -0.9v.This method proved itself a better reproducibility. The recovery rate of nitrogen was 94.5% to 103.1%. Calibration curve of nitrogen in the range of 20 to 120 ?g/ml showed linear relation.Human milk and eleven different food-stuffs were analysed. There was no significant difference between the results by this method and Kjeldahl method.

Simultaneous determination of zinc, cadmium, tin, lead and copper was studied in 0.2-0.3M hydrochloric acid-methanol by 1.5 grade differential anodic stripping voltammetry. A stick silver base mercurial film electrode was used as a working electrode. The peak potential of Zn, Cd, Sn, Pb and Cu was distinctly separated each other being -1.05V, -0.74V -0.55V, -0.44V and -0.25V vs SCE, respectivly, in the above solvent electrolyte.Calibration curves of Cd, Sn, Pb and Cu in range of 20 to 600 ng/ml and Zn in range of 0.2 to 4 ug/ml showed linear relation. Canned foods could be analyzed, by dilution with the supporting electrolyte after digestion of the samples with mixed acid. The juice samples could be analyzed directly without digestion, by simple 5-2000 times dilution with the supporting electrolyte. Coefficient of variation and recovey was 6.7-8.0% and 91.2-107% respectively.

Objective To investigate the effect of isoflurane at different concentration on the quantitative electroencephalogram(SEF and BIS) , intracranial pressure(ICP) and hemodynamics during neurosurgery Methods Thirty ASA grade Ⅰ Ⅱ patients with saddle tumor ,scheduled for selective operation, were randomly divided into three groups after induction with fentanyl propofol vecuronium and intubation Anesthesia was maintained with inhalation of 0 5,1 0 or 1 5 MAC of isoflurane in each group respectively MAP,HR,ICP,SEF and BIS were recorded before induction,reaching the designed MAC, at incision ,sawing bones and opening dura Results SEF and BIS decreased significantly with increases in concentration of isoflurane MAP decreased markedly at1 5 MAC compared with that at 0 5 MAC (P

Objective To observe the influence of acupuncture treatment on parturition process.Methods 545 pregnant women delivered in our hospital were selected,excluding those with cesarean section indication.On voluntary principle and randomized principle,primipara aged from 22 to 30 who agreed with natural labor were divided into two groups:observation group and control group.Pregnant women in observation group were received acupuncture treatment during latent phase.The following indexes of the two groups were recorded and compared:labor time of the first stage and the second stage,the case for inertia of uterus,cesarean sections,postpartum hemorrhage amount and Apgar score of new-born.Results The labor time of the first stage and the second stage of the control group were (178.55 ± 56.87) min and (130.70 ± 77.22) min,and which of the observation group were (53.87 ±22.33) min and (33.25 ± 15.55) min,there was significant differenec between the two groups(t =3.97,4.11,all P ＜0.05).The differences in the pilot failed to cesarean section rate(14.2％ and 13.6％),postpartum hemorrhage and the perinatal outcome were not significant between the two groups.Conclusion Acupuncture and moxibustion can accelerate labor.

BACKGROUND: As indicated by transplantation experiments in recent years, correlative neural active substances could be synthesized in the transplanted retina(TP); however, the growth and development situation of neural active substance positive neurons in TP is unclear.OBJECTIVE: To observe the differentiation and development of the neuron,and the biosynthesis of neural active substance in TP and its relationship with environment and visual center to explore the rule of development of nerve tissue and its regeneration and plasticity.DESIGN: An observatory comparative study based on animals.SETTING: Department of histology and embryology of two universities.MATERIALS: The study was conducted in the Experimental Animal Center of Guangzhou Medical College between August 2002 and March 2003. Totally 96 healthy SD rats in either gender were selected.INTERVENTIONS: Embryonal 14-day SD retina was transplantedin-between the epithalamus and hypothalamus of the midbrain in P1 rat and the right eye of the P1 rat was removed simultaneously. The development time of TP on the 9th day after operation was corresponding to the normal retina on the 1st day after born, which was then recorded as TP1, and so on. The development and differentiation was shown by histochemical method.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Development and morphological observation of TP and neurons in TP.RESULTS: TP had the same structure of each layer as normal retina and its similar growth and development rule, which also could synthesize relative neural active substance. Nitricoxide synthase(NOS) -positive neuron in TP started at TP4 and reached its peak at TP12, but the number of positive neurons was kept on a relative low level after TP22.CONCLUSION: Embryonal retina could survive and remain its original growth and development rule after intracerebral transplantation, which has same structural characters as normal retina.

Objective: To examine the associations of sleep with overweight/obesity and central obesity in adults, so as to provide insights into improving sleep quality and preventing obesity in adults. Methods: Demographics, height, body weight, waist circumstance and sleep status were collected from the Hubei Provincial Surveillance Program for Adult Chronic Diseases and Their Risk Factors in 2020. Subjects' sleep condiction, overweight/obesity and central obesity were descriptively analyzed. The associations of sleep with overweight/obesity and central obesity were examined using a multivariable logistic regression model. Results: A total of 17 789 participants were recruited, with an average age of (56.21±13.05) years, 61.50% women, and mean duration of (7.18±1.56) h/d. There were 7 019 participants with snoring/asphyxia/suffocation (39.46%), 6 108 participants with sleep difficulty (34.34%), 8 064 participants with night waking at least twice (45.33%), 268 participants taking hypnotics (1.51%), and 6 267 participants with early morning awakening and difficulty in sleep again (35.23%), and there were 8 960 participants with overweight/obesity (50.37%) and 6 148 participants with central obesity (34.56%). Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that sleep duration of <7 h/d (OR=1.081, 95%CI: 1.007-1.159), snoring/asphyxia/suffocation (OR=2.367, 95%CI: 2.222-2.521), and night waking at least twice (OR=1.106, 95%CI: 1.028-1.191) significantly correlated with overweight/obesity, and sleep duration of >8 h/d (OR=0.834, 95%CI: 0.761-0.913), snoring/asphyxia/suffocation (OR=2.153, 95%CI: 2.019-2.297), and night waking at least twice (OR=1.193, 95%CI: 1.105-1.288) were statistically associated with central obesity. Conclusion Sleep duration, snoring/asphyxia/suffocation and night waking are associated with overweight/obesity and central obesity.

Objective To analyze clinical results of newborn hearing concurrent genetic screening and to ex-plore the significance of genetic test and potential correlations between the genotype and clinical phenotype.Methods Newborns in Foshan born during May,2012 and September,2013 were recruited.Two-step hearing screening was carried out by using AABR (automated auditory brainstem response).Blood samples were collected with a standard protocol for testing hot-spot mutations of common deafness-susceptibility genes.ResuIts A total of 10 238 newborns,including 9 295 rooming-in infants and 943 NICU infants,received hearing screening and 99.16%of passed the initial screening.The passing rates of rooming-in and NICU infants were significantly different (χ2 =99.1,P<0.001),but the difference was not significant in the secondary screening (χ2 =0.26,P=0.61).Three hundred and fifteen out of 10 238 (3.08%)newborns who underwent genetic testing were found to have one or two allele mutations of deafness-susceptibility genes,and the positive rate of genetic screening was significantly higher than the referring rate of initial hearing screening (χ2 =123.9,P<0.001).Newborns with gene mutations had high-er referring rate of hearing screening than the general population (χ2 =72.4,P<0.001).GJB2 c.235delC heterozygous mutation frequency was 1.61% (165/10 238),while the homozygous mutation frequency was 0.04% (4/10 238);c.299 300delAT heterozygous mutation frequency was 0.20% (20/10 238);c.176 191del16 heterozygous mutation frequency was 0.06% (6/10 238);no c.35delG mutation was detected.SLC26A4 c.919-2A>G heterozygous mu-tation frequency was 0.80% (82/10 238)and the homozygous mutation frequency was 0.03% (3/10 238);c.2168A>G heterozygous mutation frequency was 0.12% (12/10 238).MTRNR1 1555A>G heteroplasmic mutation fre-quency was 0.04% (4/10 238)while the homoplasmic mutation frequency was 0.18% (18/10 238).1494C>T ho-moplasmic mutation frequency was 0.01% (1/10 238).GJB2 c.235delC and SLC26A4 c.919 -2A>G mutations were found to be the most recurrent mutations in participants,and finally eight infants aged 6 days to 25 months di-agnosed with moderate to very severe sensorineural hearing loss were correlated with these two mutations.ConcIu-sion Genetic screening is a potent strategy to complement the conventional hearing screening since it is helpful for determining high risk individuals and early discovering possible late-onset hearing loss.

A new algorithm to generate the medical record report based on XML and linked list is proposed in this paper. It decomposes and abstracts the content of report. Reporter can search and reuse the resources quickly, when writing or modifying the report. The experiment results prove that the algorithm reduces the reporting time and standardizes the content of report.
Algorithms ; Humans ; Medical Record Linkage ; Medical Records Systems, Computerized ; Programming Languages

Objective To explore the application effect of the multidisciplinary collaborations in control of peritoneal dialysis patients with hypertension. Methods A total of 220 cases of peritoneal dialysis patients divided into experimental group and control group (each group had 110 cases) according to the random number table. In which, the control group received routine capacity control and health education with a total of 105 patients finished the study. The experimental group received of multidisciplinary collaborations on the basis of routine capacity control and health education with a total of 107 patients finished the study. Observe changes with knowledge of drugs, medication compliance, self-management behavior and blood pressure of patients before and after the intervention respectively. Results In experimental group,the scores of drug knowledge, medication compliance and self-management behaviors were (0.93 ± 0.49), 0.00 (0.00, 0.25), (2.69 ± 0.25) points before the intervention, 6 months after the intervention were (1.17 ± 0.54), 0.25 (0.00, 0.50), (2.86 ± 0.15) points, the difference between the groups was statistically significant (t=38.60, Z=4.34, t= 2.45, P < 0.01 or 0.05). In control group,the scores of drug knowledge, medication compliance and self-management behaviors were (0.87 ± 0.45), 0.00 (0.00, 0.25), (2.64 ± 0.27) points before the intervention, 6 months after the intervention were (0.89 ± 0.43), 0.00 (0.00, 0.38), (2.73 ± 0.27) points, there was no significant difference between drug knowledge and medication compliance (t=0.44, Z=1.83, P > 0.05), there were statistically significant differences in self-management behavior (t=6.23, P<0.01);there was no difference between the statistical significance between the 2 groups before intervention (t=1.02, Z=1.46, t=1.32, P > 0.05); there was significant difference between the 2 groups after intervention (t=4.11, Z=4.03, t=4.34, P<0.01). Patients in the experimental group with the systolic and diastolic blood pressure were (147.11 ± 14.31), (90.16 ± 13.02) mmHg (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa) respectively, before the intervention; 6 months after the intervention were (139.39 ± 17.05), (83.76 ± 12.52) mmHg respectively, the difference was statistically significant (t=3.59, 2.92, P<0.01). The control group before intervention were (149.56 ± 18.11), (93.56 ± 15.09) mmHg respectively, 6 months after the intervention were (145.14±20.50), (88.14±10.88) mmHg respectively, the difference was statistically significant (t=2.02, 2.72, P<0.05 or 0.01);there was no significant difference between the two groups before intervention (t=1.09, 1.82, P>0.05);6 months after the intervention there was significant difference between the 2 groups (t=2.22, 2.72, P < 0.05 or 0.01). Conclusions Multidisciplinary collaborations have a significant role in patients with peritoneal dialysis, especially in blood pressure control, medication compliance and self-management behavior.

Objective To investigate the morbidity, relevant factors and diagnostic methods of lower extremity deep venous thrombosis (LEDVT) after gynecological pelvic surgeries. Methods A prospective study was carried out investigating the morbidity, characteristics, risk factors, the coagulation function changes and diagnostic methods of LEDVT post-gynecological pelvic operations in 141 cases. Platelet, prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, fibrinogen, thrombin time, D-dimer, antithrombin-Ⅲ, tissue plasminogen activator, plasminogen activator inhibitor were measured within 1 week before surgeries,48 hours and 5-7 days post-surgeries respectively. Color Doppler flow imaging was performed simultaneously. Results (1)Twenty-two cases were found with LEDVT, the morbidity of LEDVT after gynecological procedures was 15.6%. It occurred 2-7 days post operation.(2)The risk factors were bedfasting, coagulant prescription post-operation, cardiovascular disease, ageing, pelvic lymphadenectomy, general anesthesia, and malignancy. Multivariate regression showed only age and coagulant prescription post-operation were independent factors. (3)The level of D-dimer was (0.9?0.6) mg/L in LEDVT group, significantly higher than that of non-LEDVT group[(0.5?0.4) mg/L, P