Objective To evaluate percutaneous kyphoplasty in the treatment of fresh osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. Methods Thirty patients,aged 65 -81 years (mean 72 years),were enrolled in this prospective and consecutive Cohort study. All patients suffered from solitary fresh osteoporotic thoracolumbar vertebral compression fracture (T8 -L4) without neurological dysfunction. Percutaneous kyphoplasty with balloon dilatation was performed and a follow-up of 12 months was made. Results Significant improvement in kyphotic angle was obtained after the treatment,which was reduced from 12.5? before the surgery to 6.6? after the surgery. The visual analog scale concerning the back pain was also reduced from 8.2 before the surgery to 1.6 after the surgery. Conclusion For the treatment of fresh osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures,percutaneous kyphoplasty can achieve excellent therapeutic results.

Objective To explore the effects of Baogan Jiedu Granule on lipid peroxidation of free radicals in acute liver injury mice induced by tripterygium glycosides.Methods Totally 60 mice were randomly divided into tripterygium glycosides model group,large-dose,medium-dose and small-dose groups of Baogan Jiedu Granule,Ganlixin group and control group.Each group was respectively perfused with the corresponding drug for 5 days and tripterygium glycosides were perfused once to make the model.The serum levels of ALT,AST,SOD,MDA and GSH-Px were measured.Results The serum levels of SOD and GSH-Px in model group decreased and MDA rose obviously.Compared with model group,Baogan Jiedu Granule of all doses could effectively decrease ALT,AST and MDA level and obviously improve GSH-Px level in each group.In addition,in the large-dose group SOD level was markedly improved(P

Objective To describe characteristics of adult respiratory tract influenza virus A (INFA)infection.Method 804 adult patients with acute respiratory tract infections were enrolled and 156 cases of healthy adults were concomitantly selected. Enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay was used to measure INFA serum specific IgM antibody.Result (1)In the total patients , 17.6% had positive INFA-IgM,significantly higher than the control(P

Objective To develop the formulation of self-microemulsifying drug delivery system for hawthorn leaves flavonoids (HAW-SMEDDS). Methods The optimum formulations of oil phase, surfactant, and assistant surfactant for HAW-SMEDDS were screened by solubility test, compatibility test, and pseudo-ternary phase diagrams, with the time of formulating microemulsion, the consequence of visual examination, and particle size as indexes. The dissolution of HAW-SMEDDS was measured, taking the commercial tablet Yixintong Tablet as reference. Results The optimum self-microemulsifying drug delivery system was composed of Labrasol (35%), Transcutol P (10%). The particle diameter was (39.5?5.4) nm, the time of self-microemulsifying was less than 1 min. The percent of accumulated dissolution of hawthorn leaves flavonoids in SMEDDS in distilled water was up to 70% at 10 min, while that in the Yixintong Tablet was less than 50% at 60 min. Conclusion The formulation of HAW-SMEDDS preparation could meet the request of the design. It could provide the reference for the new dosage form.

The development of muscle strength evaluating system based on Android system was developed in this research. The system consists of a lower unit and an intelligent mobile terminal. The pressure sensor of the lower unit was used to collect muscle strength parameters. And the parameters were sent to the Android device through the wireless Bluetooth serial port. Then the Android device would send the parameters to the doctor monitored platform through the Internet. The system realized analyzing the muscle strength parameters and real-time displaying them. After it ran on the Android mobile phones, it showed an effective result which proved that the system combined with mobile platform could make more convenient for the patients to assess their own muscle strength. It also provided reliable data references for doctors to know the patients' rehabilitation condition and to make the next rehabilitation plan.
Cell Phone ; Humans ; Internet ; Monitoring, Physiologic ; Muscle Strength

Objective To develop a measurement method for determination of optical parameters of a red blood cell ( RBC) suspension based on the measurement of spatial scattered light signals without using an integrating sphere.Methods Multiple independent photoelectric sensors and light intensity modulation were used to obtain the measured values of diffuse reflectance,diffuse transmittance and collimated transmittance.The measured data results were imported into a Monte Carlo simulation based RTE to inversely determine the absorption coefficient, scattering coefficient and anisotropy factor of the measured sample using a new perturbation method.Results The described measurement method was applied to determine the optical parameters of a polystyrene microsphere suspension with a mean diameter of 2.6μm,and the results were essen-tially consistent with the calculated optical parameters by Mie code.Then, the RBC suspension was used for testing optical parameters,and the results were basically consistent with the parameters in the literature.Conclusion The system based on the measurement of spatial scattered light signals without using an integrating sphere will provide a quick and accurate approach for quantitative analysis of free hemoglobins and RBC suspensions.

AIM: To obtain a McAb that can inhibit the function of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2), we expressed the fibronectin-like domain of MMP-2 (MFD) in vitro and prepared a McAb against MMP-2. METHODS: The purified MFD protein was used to immunize BALB/C mouse three times. Then the spleen of mouse was taken out and hybridized with hybridoma cells SP2/0. The positive cell clones were screened with ELISA method. The subtype and tissue specificity of the McAb were identified and its effect on endothelial cell migration and tube-formation was analyzed. RESULTS: After the spleen cells of the mouse and hybridoma cells SP2/0 were hybridized, a piece of cells that continuously secreted McAb against MMP-2 was obtained and named SZ-117. The titers of this McAb in culture supernatants and ascites were 2?10~-3 and 2?10~-5 , respectively. The heavy chain of the McAb belongs to IgG1 subclass. The McAb identified native MMP-2. MMP-2 existed in the stromal tissue of stomach, cholecystis, spleen, ovarian, prostate, salping and lymph node. It inhibited the invasion behavior of endothelial cells Eahy926 and pancreatic carcinoma cells 1990 and inhibited the tube-formation of Eahy926 cells. CONCLUSION: A useful tool for testing MMP-2 is obtained and it will be helpful to look for a kind of new anti-tumor material.

AIM: To investigate the expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) in human endothelial cells, and their effects on plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 transcription. METHODS: The expression of three types of PPARs in mRNA level were detected in human umbilical vein endothelial cells(HUVECs) by using RT-PCR. Cultured endothelial cells line-ECV304 were transfected with PAI-1 promoter controlling CAT reporter gene and co-transfected with varying doses (250, 500, 1 000 ng) of expression vectors PPAR? or PPAR?.The transcripton activity of PAI-1 promoter were detected with ELISA. RESULTS: There were all three types of PPARs mRNA expression in HUVECs, while the expression of PPAR? was less than that of PPAR?( P

Objective To evaluate the accuracy of remifentanil target-controlled infusion (TCI) system in children.Methods Thirty ASA Ⅰ patients, aged 3-12 yr, weighing 10-40 kg, scheduled for elective ear-nosethroat or urological surgery, were randomly divided into 2 groups with 15 patients in each group:2 ng/ml remifentanil group (group Ⅰ) and 4 ng/ml remifentanil group (group Ⅱ). Anesthesia was induced with iv injection of propofol 2 mg/kg and TCI of remifentanil. Remifentanil was administered with a specific TCI system incorporating the pharmacokinetic parameters of Minto.The target plasma concentrations of remifentanil were set at 2 or 4 ng/ml. Tracheal intubation was facilitated with vecuronium 0.1 mg/kg after the children lost consciousness. The children were mechanically ventilated.Anesthesia was maintained with TCI of remifentanil, iv infusion of propofol and intermittent iv boluses of vecuronium. The target plasma concentration of remifentanil remained unchanged and bispectral index value was maintained at 45-65 or auditory evoked potentials index value ＜ 30 by adusting the infusion rate of propofol.Arterial blood samples were taken at 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 min after TCI remifentanil was stared for determination of blood remifentanil concentrations by high performance liquid chromatography. Median prediction performance error (MDPE),median absolute performance error (MDAPE) and wobble of remifentanil TCI system were calculated. Results The measured concentrations of remifentanil were significantly higher than the target plasma concentrations in both groups (P＜0.05). The MDPE, MDAPE and wobble were 20.0% , 30.0% and 25.0% respectively in group Ⅰ , and 17.5%, 17.5% and 12.5% respectively in group Ⅱ . TheMDAPE and wobble were significantly decreased in group Ⅱ compared with group Ⅰ(P＜0.05).Conclusion When remifentanil is administered using a specific TCI system incorporating the pharmacokinetic parameters of Minto in children of 3-12 years old, the accuracy is not high.