Acupuncture Therapy ; history ; instrumentation ; methods ; China ; History, Ancient ; Humans ; Medicine in Literature ; Needles ; history

Objective To observe the function improvement of deep venous valve after superficial vein surgery of lower extremity by ultrasound.Methods Sixty patients(70 lower limbs)with primary deep venous insufficiency were enrolled tO accept surgical management of vein systems.All Datients were detected with color Doppler ultrasonography,their deep venous hemodynamics indices were measured and recorded before operation and 6 months after operation. Results The total improvement rate of the deep venous hemodynamics after superficial vein surgery was 65.7%.The valve function of suPerficial femoral vein and popliteal vein were improved after operation,and there was no significant difference between the two veins in effectiveness.The improvement for deep venous reflux had no significant difference between two surgical methods. Conclusions The superficial vein surgery of lower extremity can improve deep vein valve function in some extent.

Objective To quantify the right ventricular (RV) function in patients with left heart disease (LHD) related pulmonary hypertension (PH) by two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging (2D-STI),and explore its potential value in diagnosis of reactive PH.Methods Forty healthy volunteers and 65 patients with LHD related PH were enrolled.PH patients were further divided into two subgroups according to pulmonary vascular resistance(PVR):passive PH group and reactive PH group.A complete 2D-STI derived longitudinal strain of RV free wall was performed,and the basal,middle,apical longitudinal peak systolic strain (LS) and RV free wall global LS (RVLSbas,RVLSmid,RVLSapi and RVLSfw) were measured.Results Compared to control group,RVLSbas and RVLSfw in reactive PH group decreased significantly (all P ＜0.05).Compared to passive PH group,RVLSbas and RVLSfw in patients with reactive PH decreased significantly (all P ＜0.05).The differences of RVLSbas and RVLSfw between control group and passive PH group had no statistical significance (all P ＞0.05).No significant differences in etiology and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) were observed between PH subgroups (all P ＞0.05).The area under the ROC curve of RVLSbas in predicting reactive PH was 0.93,the cut-off value was-21.86,and the sensitivity and specificity were 83 ％ and 89 ％,respectively.The area under the ROC curve of RVLSfw was 0.79,the cut-off value was-13.84,and the sensitivity and specificity were 59％ and 89％,respectively.Conclusions 2D-STI can realize quantitative assessment of RV function in patients with LHD related PH.RVLSbas and RVLSfw may have important clinical value in diagnosing patients with reactive PH,and differential diagnosis value between patients with passive PH and patients with reactive PH.

Fluorescent staining method is a sensitive cytochemical staining method, it can reflect minimal changes of biochemical components of cells. The 7690-Xu fluorescent staining solution prepared with thioflavine can show the heterogeneo- us fluorescence of cells in different stages of differentiation. The younger cells with low degree of differentiation show blue fluorescence, the lower the degree the deeper the color. Along with the differentiation of cells, the blue color of fluorescence deflects to the red color of spectrum gradually, the blue color of fluorescence of cytoplasm changes gradually to bluish, bluish-green, and finally yellow color. The blue color of fluorescence of nucleus changes through greyish- blue to orangeyellow or orange-red.The cytoplasm of cells in various organs with high degree of differentiation appears yellow, and the nucleus orange-yellow or orange-red in color.

Objective To investigate the effect of salmeterol/fluticasone (SM/FP) on serum inflammatory factors in the treatment of bronchial asthma in children.Methods 80 children with bronchial asthma from January 2015 to October 2015 in department of pediatrics of first affiliated hospital of Zhejiang Chinese medicine university were selected and randomly divided into two groups.The control group were given routine clinical treatment, the experimental group were treated on the basis of the control group with salmeterol/fluticasone (SM/FP), for 4 weeks.The serum IL-2, IL-4, IFN-α, T-lymphocyte subsets and clinical efficacy between the two groups were compared.Results Compared with control group, the serum levels of IL-2 and IFN-γin experimental group were higher, IL-4 in experimental group was lower ( P <0.05 ); the serum CD3 +T, CD4 +T and CD4 +T /CD8 +T levels in experimental group were higher, the serum CD8 +T was lower than those in control group (P<0.05); the total efficiency of the experimental group (92.5%) was significantly higher than that of control group (75.0%) (P<0.05).Conclusion The salmeterol/fluticasone (SM/FP) has the good efficacy in the treatment of bronchial asthma in children, which could effectively regulate T lymphocyte subsets proportion and the level of cytokines.

Objective:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of micronised fenofibrate on lipid and uric acid metabolism in patients with hyperlipidemia.Methods: A total of 116 patients with hypertriglyceridemia and hyperuricemia received 200 mg micronised fenofibrate for 4 weeks.Physical and laboratory investigations of lipid profiles,serum uric acid,and 24 h urine uric acid,for adverse effects were assessed.Results:(1) Serum triglyceride(TG) was significantly reduced by 51%,whilst high density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL-C) increased 24% after 4-week fenofibrate treatment.Moreover,serum total cholesterol(TC) and low density lipoprotein cholesterol(LDL-C) were reduced by 10% and 12%,respectively.(2) Serum uric acid levels were significantly reduced by 28.3% [from(462.8?73.5) ?mol/L to(320.1?83.0) ?mol/L] after fenofibrate treatment,independent of baseline uric acid le-vels.There was no difference in serum uric acid changes between male gender and female gender(29.8% and 25.1%,respectively).(3) Urine uric acid levels were increased by 36.0% [from(2 874.2?503.4) ?mol/L to(3 604.2?769.7) ?mol/L].The urine uric acid changes were 41.1% in male gender group and 33.4% in female gender group.The uric acid clearance/creatinin clearance ratio was increased in all cases after treatment.Conclusion: Micronised fenofibrate treatment could significantly improve lipid and uric acid metabolism in patients with hypertriglyceridemia and hyperuricemia,and is ge-nerally safe and well tolerated.The anti-hyperuricemic effect of fenofibrate is a result of increasing the urinary excertion of uric acid,independent of baseline level and gender.

Background and purpose:With the recognition of prognostic factors and application of surgical- pathological staging,the treatment strategy of endometrial cancer has greatly changed.In this study,we investigated the treatment strategy,survival rate and prognostic factors of endometrial cancer.Methods:Five hundred and fifty-nine patients of endometrial cancer underwent primary surgical treatment from January 1996 to December 2006 in Cancer Hospital,Fudan University.The clinicopathologic parameters and prognosis were analyzed retrospectively.Results: Patients were followed up with the median period 36 months,25 cases experienced local relapse,24 cases were found to have distant metastases.The 3-year overall survival(OS)was 88.7%,3-year and 5-year disease free survival(DFS) was 82.7% and 80.9%.The 3-year overall survival(OS)were 95.5% in stageⅠ,95.3% in stageⅡ,75.9% in stageⅢand 32.4% in stageⅣrespectively(P

The modern literatures on the diseases treated with acupuncture at Shenmen (HT 7) were collected. Using literature statistical analysis in bibliometrics, the common compatibility of Shenmen (HT 7) and the disease spectrum were analyzed so as to provide the references of the diseases that can be treated with acupuncture at Shenmen (HT 7). It was found that 39 kinds of diseases and symptoms, mainly nerve system disedses, could be treated with acupuncture at Shenmen (HT 7), including insomnia, depression, anxiety and dementia. Shenmen (HT 7) was seldom used alone. Instead, it was commonly used along with Baihui (GV 20), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Neiguan (PC 6), Sishencong (EX-HN 1) and Taicong (LR 3).
Acupuncture Points ; Acupuncture Therapy ; statistics & numerical data ; Bibliometrics ; Humans

The data mining technique is adopted to analyze characteristics and rules of acupoint and meridian selection of acupuncture-moxibustion for treatment of vertigo at different time periods in the ancient. The data is collected from literature regarding acupuncture-moxibustion from the pre-Qin period to the end of Qing Dynasty, so as to establish a clinical literature database of ancient acupuncture-moxibustion for treatment of vertigo. Data mining method is applied to analyze the commonly used meridians, acupoints and special acupoints in different dynasties, also possible rules are explored. Totally 82 pieces of prescription of acupuncture-moxibustion for treatment of vertigo are included. In the history the leading selection of acupoitns are Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4), Shangxing (GV 23) and Jiexi (ST 41) while that of meridians are mainly three yang meridians of foot and the Governor Vessel, especially the acupoints on the Bladder Meridian of foot yangming had the highest utilization rate, accounting for 23.04%. The acupoint selection is characterized by special acupoint, accounting for 80.6%, among which the crossing points are the most common choice. Distal-proximal acupoints combination is the most frequent method. The results indicate that the ancient acupuncture-moxibustion for treatment of vertigo focused on acupoints in the yang meridians, and the specific acupoints play an essential role in prescription; also the principle of syndrome differentiation and selecting acupoints along the meridians could be seen.
Acupuncture Points ; Acupuncture Therapy ; history ; Data Mining ; History, 18th Century ; History, 19th Century ; History, 20th Century ; Humans ; Medicine in Literature ; Moxibustion ; history ; Vertigo ; history ; therapy

OBJECTIVETo analyze the rules for acupoint selection of acupuncture and moxibustion in domestic clinical treatment of perimenopausal syndrome based on data mining technology in modern times.

METHODSThe relevant literature were retrieved from Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and Wanfang database on this disease treated with clinical acupuncture and moxibustion in China from 1978 to 2013. The database of acupuncture-moxibustion prescription was set up. The relevant regulations of data mining technology were used to analyze the rules for acupoint selection.

RESULTSTotally, 211 papers, 254 acupuncture-moxibustion prescriptions and 130 acupoints were included. The total frequency of acupoints application was 2193 times, with 14 meridians involved. The utilization of the acupoints in the lower limbs and on the back were 33.0% (723/2193) and 23.8% (521/2193) and those of yin and yang meridians were 51.8% (1136/2193) and 44.0% (965/2193), respectively. The utilization of the specific acupoints accounted for 88.7% (1946/2193).

CONCLUSIONIn clinical treatment of perimenopausal syndrome with acupuncture and moxibustion in modern times, the acupoint selection from involved meridians is the basis, associated with multiple methods of acupoint combination; yin and yang meridians are equally important and the specific acupoints are considered particularly critical in application.