Objective To evaluate the therapeutic effect of antituberculosis therapy in elderly patients with smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis by low-dose computed tomography (CT).Methods Forty-seven elderly patients diagnosed as smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis were rechecked with low-dose chest CT scan (120 kV, 20 mAs) after 1-12 months of antituberculous therapy respectively. These images were compared with common CT before treatment (120 kV, 200-280 mAs). Results In the elderly patients with smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis, the most common CT signs before treatment were acinus consolidation (100%) and lobar or segmental consolidation (77%), but the cavity was seen less. After effective antituberculous therapy, tree-inbud was improved after one to three months, the acinus consolidation and lobular or segmental consolidations were improved after four to nine months, and the cavitations were slowly improved after six months. Conclusions Low-dose CT can provide sufficient information for the therapeutic effects of antituberculous therapy of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in the elderly and could be used for rechecking.

Objective To detect the plasma plasminogen activator inhibitor-1(PAI-1)and urokinase-type plasminogen activator(uPA)levels in PCOS and control of different BMI.Methods This experiment is divided into PCOS group and control group,PCOS group also divided into obesity and without obesity.To assay plasma PAI-1 and serum uPA of PCOS with or without obesity by enzyme-linked immunosurbent assay(ELISA),and to meassure body mass index(BMI),waist hip ratio(WHR),blood glucose,fasting insulin and IRT.To evaluate insulin resistance with Homa Model and to measure insulin area under curve(AUC).Results LH/FSH,T,blood glucose,HOMA-IR,AUC and the plasma level of PAI-1 were significantly increased in PCOS as compared with normal control,and HOMA-IR,AUC and the plasma level of PAI-1 were also increased in obesity as compared with non-obesity of PCOS(P

Objective To study the effect of propofol intravenous anesthesia on T helper cells of patients with primary liver cancer during perioperative period.Methods A total of 86 patients with primary liver cancer in our hospital from November 2014 to October 2015 were selected,who were divided into observation group and control group according to the method of random numbers,43 cases in each group.The observation group were taken propofol intravenous anesthesia,and the control group were treated with sevoflurane inhalation anesthesia.The Th1 cells percentage,Th2 cells percentage and the ratio changes of the Th1/Th2 cells of two groups before anesthesia and postoperative 1 day were compared.The plasma cortisol levels of two groups before anesthesia,after anesthesia,intraoperative and 1 day after operation were observed.Results The percentage of Th2 cells in observation group and control group 1 day after surgery had no significant difference (P ＞ 0.05).The percentage of Th1 cells and Th1/Th2 cells ratio of the observation group were higher than those of the control group [(16.32 ± 1.76) ％ vs.(14.16 ± 1.03),(8.48 ± 0.92) vs.(7.11 ± 0.72)],the differences were significant (P ＜ 0.05).The plasma cortisol levels of observation group during operation and 1 day after operation were lower than those of the control group[(12.34 ± 1.02) μg/dL vs.(16.13 ± 1.26) μg/dL,(12.01 ± 0.94) μg/dL vs.(15.25 ± 1.08) μg/dL],the differences were significant(P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The propofol intravenous anesthesia can encourage more Th to differentiate into Th1 cells,which plays a protective role in the patient's immune function.

OBJECTIVE:to provide reference for the continuous improvement of surgical site infection (SSI). METHODS:There were totally 7 472 patients with typeⅠand typeⅡincision surgeries in a hospital after the targeted monitoring and special recti-fication(Jul. 2012 to Jun. 2013,monitoring group)and 5 958 patients with surgeries during the same period before special rectifi-cation(Jul. 2010 to Jun. 2011,control group). The clinic data of typeⅠand typeⅡincision surgical was compared,including infec-tion,the perioperative antibiotics use and hospitalization time after surgery,etc. RESULTS:The infection rate of typeⅠand typeⅡstandardized incision in monitoring group was respectively 0.35% and 0.43% and control group was respectively 0.60% and 1.36%(P<0.05). The rate of typeⅠincision perioperative antibiotics use in monitoring group was 10.72% and control group was 86.88%(P<0.05). The post-operative non-medication rate of patients was increased from the 6.98%(control group)to 49.20%(monitor-ing group)(P<0.05),the discontinuance rate within 48 h was increased from the 32.09%(control group)to 44.11%(monitoring group),and the ratio of patients who took antibiotics after the surgery for more than 3 d was decreased from the 42.82%(control group)to 3.05%(monitoring group)(P<0.05). The inguinal hernia repair time in monitoring group was 3.90 d,shorter than con-trol group(4.22 d)(P=0.018). The patient with gallbladder surgery in monitoring group was 6.47 d,compared with control group (6.38 d),there was no significant difference (P=0.619). CONCLUSIONS:The special rectification can obviously promote the standardized of perioperative antibiotics use,reduce the incidence of SSI and shorten the hospitalization time after operation.

BACKGROUND: It is discovered by administrating different emetics to vomiting animals, like cats, that there are a large amount of Fos positive neuronal expressions in the arc region from nucleus of solitary tract, lateral tegmentum to ventrolateral area. And it has been viewed that the arc region from area postrema, nucleus of solitary tract to ventrolateral reticular structure is the main emetic region. Whether do the non-vomiting animals reflect in response or not after emetic injection?OBJECTIVE: To observe the distribution of Fos positive neurons in relevant emetic regions of brain and spinal cord in rats after abdominal injection of emetic, cisplatin.DESIGN: Randomized controlled experiment based on animals.SETTING: Neural Physiological Research Room of Life Science College in Hebei Normal University and Physiological Room of Basic Medicine Institute in Hebei Medical University.MATERIALS: The experiment was performed in Neural Physiological Research Room of Life Science College in Hebei Normal University and Physiological Room of Basic Medicine Institute in Hebei Medical University from March to August 2003. Twelve SD male rats were employed, body weighted varied from 220 to 250 g, of clean-grade. They were randomized into experimental group of 6 rats and the control of 6 rats.INTERVENTIONS: In experimental group, the emetic, cisplatin, was injected abdominally 10 mg/kg. In the control, the physiological saline of same dose was injected. Afterwards, the activity changes in rats were observed at room temperature, quiet and light-avoided environment. Six hours later, the brain tissue was collected for frozen continuous sectioning. Immunohistochemical staining method was used to observe the distribution of Fos positive neurons in brainstem and forebrain nuclei and to count positive cell.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: ① Behavior observation in rats after emetic injection. ② Counts of Fos positive cell in relevant regions of brain in rats.RESULTS: Twelve rats all entered result analysis. ① In 20 minutes after injection, the rats in both groups were in tranquilizing state, lying prone with body curled, almost without any movement. In 60 minutes after injection, the rats in the control were recovered to normal, free of eating or drinking. The rats in experimental group were in prone-lying state with body curled. They rose up or shook the heads occasionally, and they breathed fast and uneven.In 2 hours after injection, in experimental group, the rats were still in abdominal prone tightly in the cage, with heads lowed and irregular shaking of noses. In 5 hours, the rats in experimental group began standing up and moving, with normal breathing, but they still did not eat or drink. ② Fos positive neurons in solitary tract, area postrema and lateral parabrachial nucleus and paraventricular nucleus, supraoptic nucleus and arc nucleus in hypothalamus (64.3 ±9.6, 83.4 ±15.0, 148.8 ±19.9, 80. 2 ± 11.8, 20.7 ±3.8, 86. 6 ± 10.8) were remarkably higher than those in the control(56. 2 ±6.3,73.5±9.9,136.9±17.8,66. 1±10.3,17.3±3.4,78.8±10.5).CONCLUSION: Emetics induce discomforts in internal organs of rats, due to which, there probably exist emetic regions similar to vomiting animals in central neural system. But it is probably lack of vomiting-related adjusting mechanism. Emetics irritate the increase of Fos positive neurons in relevant regions in the brain of rat, which suggests that there exist relevant neural chemical pathways similar to nausea in the brain of non-vomiting rats.

Since Hosobuchi first found that spinal cord stimulation had the effect of significantly increasing cerebral blood flow (CBF) more than two decades ago, spinal cord stimulation had attracted wide attention in the field of treating cerebral ischemia. A large number of animal and clinical studies have been performed in this field, which make it another research focus following thrombolysis and interventional therapy. This article reviews the research history, mechanisms, and current status of clinical applications of spinal cord stimulation in cerebral ischemia protection.

Objective:To investigate the training needs of nursing students during their practice in the emergency department, and to provide evidence for further improvement and development of the training.Methods:A total of 279 nursing students from 24 hospitals in Guangdong Province and 4 undergraduate universities running nursing specialty were investigated by convenience sampling. The contents of the questionnaire included general information and emergency training needs, including teaching contents and teaching methods.Results:Among the surveyed nursing students, 97.13% (271 students) believed it was very necessary to learn first aid knowledge and skills, and 85.66% (239 students) were very interested in learning first aid knowledge and skills. The score of "acute and critical skills" in the emergency training needs was the highest (88.91 points), and the score of "department rules and regulations" was the lowest (76.08 points). Univariate analysis showed that there were significant differences in gender, willingness to engage in nursing work in the future, interest in learning first aid knowledge and willingness to learn first aid knowledge independently by network ( P < 0.05). The three teaching methods ranked the highest in the survey of emergency teaching methods were situational teaching, problem-based learning and action teaching method. Conclusion:Nursing students have a strong demand for training during the emergency internship. Clinical nursing administrators and educators should combine the internship demand of nursing students and the teaching outline of medical colleges to carry out the training arrangement during the emergency practice, so as to meet the learning needs of nursing students during the emergency practice.

Objective To investigate the therapeutic effect of CTLA4Ig gene on experimental autoimmune thyroiditis (EAT) by the use of portable synthetic costimulatory molecules of cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) antagonist (CTLA4Ig) eukaryotic expression vector.Methods Thirty C57BL/6J female mice were divided into three groups,named EAT model group (EAT,n =10),CTLA4Ig-treatment group (CTLA4Ig-EAT,n =10) and control group(n =10).At 28 day after first immunization,plasmids mixture with pCI or pCI/CTLA4Ig were injected into thyroid tissues of EAT and CTLA4Ig-EAT by surgery,respectively.Serum,thyroid tissues and spleens were collected as samples.Thyroid autoantibody and expression of interleukin (Th)1,Th2 related cytokinesby were measured by real-time quantitative PCR and ELISA.Results Compared with EAT group,the expression of CTLA-4 in thyroid of CTLA4Ig-EAT group was elevated double folds (P =0.038),and the expression of Th1 cytokine interferon γ and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 decreased significantly (P =0.016,0.042).Meanwhile,Th2 cytokine IL-4 was increased after CTLA4Ig treatment (P =0.044).The same changes were seen in spleen tissues and serum.There was no significant difference in terms of TPOAb between EAT and treated group.Conclusion Local thyroid injection of CTLA4Ig gene shows the therapeutic effect to same degree on EAT through adjusting the underlying Th1/Th2 imbalance.

Objective To explore the characteristics of cognitive impairments in euthymic patients with early-on?set or late-onset bipolar I disorder (BD-I). Methods Ninety-four with onset age less than 21 (early onset group), 41 eu?thymic patients with onset age above 35 (late onset group) and 135 normal controls with matched education and age were enrolled. Seven classical neuropsychological tests were used to assess attention, processing speed, working memory and executive functions. Results The early-onset group was significantly worse than its corresponding normal controls in 14 indexes of all tests, including digital symbol, digital span, visual graphic reproduction (c1 and c2), time of TMT-A and TMT-B, verbal fluency, number of sorting, error and preserved error in WCST, as well as total score, completed missions, planning time and executing time in TOH (P<0.05). Moreover the effect size of difference were more than 0.4 in verbal fluency, time of TMT-A and TMT-B, and executing time in TOH. Compared with its matched control group, the late-on?set group was significantly impaired in 9 indexes, including digital span, visual graphic reproduction (c1,c2 and total), time of TMT-A, number of error and preserved error in WCST, as well as total score and completed missions in TOH (P<0.05), merely two indexes of TOH with effect size more than 0.4, while the late-onset group was no significantly impaired in digital symbol, TMT-B and verbal fluency. Conclusions There are significant cognitive impairments in euthymic BD-I patients with no matter early-onset or late-onset. But it seems that the cognitive impairments in early-onset bipo?lar disorder are more extensive and serious.

Chinese traditional patent medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis(PBCRBS) originated from traditional Chinese medicine theory and had approved efficacy and safety standards. However, its compatibility regularity and anti-thrombotic mechanism is not clear. To analyze the compatibility regularity and anti-thrombotic mechanism of Chinese traditional patent medicine for PBCRBS, a statistical and bioinformatics analysis was carried out using traditional Chinese medicine inheritance support system (TICMISS, V2.0) and ingenuity pathway analysis (IPA). The compatibility regularity analysis shows that the most commonly used herb combinations are Danshen (Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge.), Chuanxiong (Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort.) and Honghua (Carthamustinctorius L.). The anti-thrombotic mechanism analysis reveals that 25 ingredients have an effect on 29 thrombosis related molecules which 23 molecules are related to inflammation response. Furthermore, there are 5 inflammation molecules (NOS2, PTGS2, IL6, TNF, IL1β) served as major targets. At the same time, Danshen, Chuangxiong and Honghua mainly used as sovereign herb or minister herb in the application of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Therefore, Chinese traditional patent medicine for PBCRBS probably has an effect on anti-thrombotic activity through inhibiting the inflammatory response. In summary, the most commonly used herb combinations of Chinese traditional patent medicine for PBCRBS are Danshen, Chuanxiong and Honghua. Inhibiting inflammatory response, especially inflammation related molecules (NOS2, PTGS2, IL6, TNF and IL1β), is probably a new starting point to clarify the anti-thrombotic mechanism of Chinese patent medicine for PBCRBS.
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