1.Association of Angiotensin I-converting enzyme Gene Polymorphisms with the Carotid Intima-media Thickness in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Yuhua LIU ; Zhiguang ZHOU ; Xiaoyan CHEN
Journal of Chinese Physician 2001;0(10):-
Objective To investigate the relationship between angiotensin I-converting enzyme(ACE)inserting/defaulting(I/D) gene polymorphisms and the femoral artery intima-media thickness(FA-IMT) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM).Methods The polymorphisms of ACE(I/D) was determined by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism(PCR-RFLP) method and the FA-IMT was assessed using non-invasive high resolution B-mode ultrasonography in 303 patients with T2DM in Hunan province.Results The frequency of I allele of ACE gene polymorphisms was higher in T2DM than that in healthy controls,but frequency of D allele was lower in T2DM than that in healthy controls(P
2.The effect of extracorporeal shock wave therapy on rabbits with avascular femoral head necrosis
Yuhua HAN ; Ning ZHOU ; Bin SHAO
Chinese Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2008;30(10):664-667
Objective To study the effects of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) on avascular nec-rosis of the femoral head. Methods Thirty-two rabbits were used to make the avascular necrosis of the femoral headmodel by use of freezing method. Two rabbits were chosen to check the result of the model. Thirty rabbits were ran-domly divided into 2 groups : a treatment group and a control group. Each group was observed 2, 4 and 8 weeks aftertreatment. Morphological and pathological changes of the femoral head were observed. An immunohistochemicalmethod was used to examine the distribution of vessel endothelium growth factor (VEGF) and fibroblast growth factor(bFGF) immunoreactive-positive cells in the bone tissues. Results Morphologically, the femoral heads of treat-ment group were smoother and glossier than those of the control group. The empty lacunae ratio, the number of theosteoblast was significantly different between the treatment and the control group. The expression of VEGF and hFGFin the bone tissues of treatment group increased significantly when compared with control group. Conclusion ES-WT can promote healing of avascular necrosis of femoral head.
3.Observation of the effect of stripping corpus luteum in the conservative laparoscopic surgery for fallopian pregnancy on prevention of persistent ectopic pregnancy
Honggui ZHOU ; Yuhua ZENG ; Jiaping LI
Clinical Medicine of China 2010;26(1):95-97
Objective To understand the clinical effect of conservative lapamscopic surgery with stripping corpus luteum for fallopian pregnancy to prevent persistent ectopic pregnancy.Methods From January 2005 to Augnst 2008.82 cases of fallopian pregnancy (6 cases for the second time) were performed conservative operatio through laparoscopic surgery with stripping corpus luteum.Seventy one cases underwent salpingostomy to remove the embryo, and other 11 cases were performed with extrusion of embryo sac at ampulla.The level of serum progesterone,β-HCG were measured before and after the therapy.All patients were followed up for one year.Results All patients'surgery had been successfully done through laparoscopie surgery.The duration of stripping corpus luteum was 5 to 10 minutes.The serum β-HCG(Mean±SD:(1213.51±118.84)U/L)and progesterone(Mean±SD:(3.25±2.44)nmol/L)arer operation were significantly lower than before the therapy(Mean±SD:(4267.86±983-56)U/L.(13.71±6.24)nmol/L,respectively)(P<0.01).The decrease of β-HCG value wag significantly correlated with the decreasing of progesterone(r=0.697,P<0.05).Only one patient had a persistent ectopic pregnancy.Fallopian examination through hysterosalpingography after 3 months was unobstructed in 71.1%(32/45 cases)and oh-strueted in 7 cases(15.6%).After one year ofthetherapytwo patients hadectopic pregnancy atthe same fallopian tube.Conclusions For females who have reproductive requirements with experience of fallopian pregnancy,conservative operation through laparoscopic surgery with stripping corpus luteum is safe and effective,and might have an important clinical effect to prevent postoperative persistent ectopic pregnancy.
4.Survey of quality of life and its influenced factors in Tibetan patients with generalized tonic clonic epilepsy
Yuhua ZHAO ; Qin ZHANG ; Dong ZHOU
Journal of Clinical Neurology 1992;0(01):-
Objective To investigale the quality of life (QOL) and its influenced factors in Tibetan patients with generalized tonic clonic epilepsy.Methods QOL of 126 definit diagnosed Tibetan patients with generalized tonic clonic epilepsy were measured with the QOL in Epilepsy Inventory-31 (QOLIE-31). The influenced factors of QOL were analysed. Results The total score of QOLIE-31 was 48.58?17.29; the lowest subcomponent score was 32.92?22.97 for Seizure Worry ; the highest was 77.11?20.98 for Medication Effects. Single factor analysis results were indicated that the scores of QOL between the different gender, occupation, marital status age,education were remarkable difference(all P
5.Up-dated information on the virulence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aurues
Yuhua ZHOU ; Qingtian LI ; Xiaokui GUO
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2006;0(06):-
Since the emergence in 1980s,community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aurues (CA-MRSA) has caught great attention of the researchers and clinical practitioners all over the world. In recent scientific papers,people found that CA-MRSA's capability to adapt itself to the hostile environment and to colonize is a kind of important virulence factor. A newly unveiled gene,designated arginine catabolic mobile element (ACME),in USA300 stains contributes much to this sort of ability. The arginine deiminase encoded by ACME plays an important role in colonization.
6.Clinical Observation of Low-molecular-weight-heparin-sodium Combined with Dydrogesterone in the Treat-ment of Threatened Abortion
Hui LI ; Xiaomei WU ; Yuhua ZHOU
China Pharmacy 2017;28(18):2499-2502
OBJECTIVE:To observe therapeutic efficacy and safety of low-molecular-weight-heparin-sodium combined with dy-drogesterone in the treatment of threatened abortion. METHODS:Medical information of 72 patients with threatened abortion were analyzed retrospectively and divided into control group(36 cases)and observation group(36 cases). Control group was given Dy-drogesterone tablet with initial dose of 40 mg,one day later every 12 h 10 mg/time. Observation group was additionally given ab-dominal subcutaneous injection of Low-molecular-weight-heparin-sodium injection 5000 U,once a day,on the basis of control group. Both groups were treated for a week. Clinical efficacies of 2 groups were observed,and lumbar acid,vaginal bleeding,ab-dominal pain time,total treatment time,neonatal birth weight were also observed. The levels of hs-CRP,fibrinogen,D-dimer and platelet,the occurrence of ADR were observed before and after treatment. RESULTS:The total response rate of observation group was significantly higher than that of control group(91.7%vs. 80.6%),the backache,vaginal bleeding,abdominal pain time and to-tal treatment time of observation group were significantly shorter than those of control group,the neonatal birth weight and gesta-tional age of observation group were significantly more than those of control group,with statistical significance(P<0.05). Before treatment,there was no statistical significance in the levels of hs-CRP,fibrinogen,D-dimer and platelet between 2 group(P>0.05);after treatment,the levels of hs-CRP,fibrinogen,D-dimer and platelet in 2 groups were significantly lower than before,and the observation group was significantly lower than the control group,with statistical significance (P<0.05). There was no statistical significance in the incidence of ADR between 2 groups (P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS:Based on routine treatment,low-molecu-lar-weight-heparin-sodium combined with dydrogesterone shows good therapeutic efficacy and safety for threatened abortion.
7.Observing on relationship in changes of OPN,IL-18 levels with hepatic function in patients with chronic hepatic disease infected by HBV
Liulan PAN ; Xiaoqi ZHOU ; Yuhua ZHOU ; Yueli TIAN ; Dongfu LI
Chinese Journal of Immunology 1999;0(12):-
Objective:To observe clinical significance between changes of OPN,IL-18 levels and relation ship with hepatic function in patients with chronic hepatic disease infected by HBV.Methods:The levels of OPN,IL-18 in peripheral blood of 102 patients with chronic hepatitis B,34 patients with hepatitis B-related cirrhosis,95 HBV carriers and 20 healthy people as the control group were respectively detected with ELISA.Results:The levels of OPN and IL-18 in chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis B-related cirrhosis groups were significantly increased compared with that of health control group(P
8.Anti-oxidation of Tanshinone ⅡA and Prohibitin on Cardiomyocytes
Ping YANG ; Yuhua JIA ; Jie LI ; Fenghua ZHOU ; Lijun LI
Chinese Herbal Medicines 2010;02(3):204-210
Objective To investigate the anti-apoptotic mechanism of tanshinone ⅡA and the function of prohibitin(PHB)onmyocardial cells apoptosis induced by hydrogen peroxide(H2O2).Methods Myocardial cells were primary culturedneonate rat were cultured in medium with 200 μmol/L H2O2,and the medium was supplemented with tanshinone ⅡA(1 × 10-4 mol/L)in advance for 24 h.PHB in myocardial cells was knocked down by RNA interference,and theexpression level of PHB was determined by Western blotting analysis.Flow cytometric analysis was used to detectapoptosis rate,intracellular calcium concentration([Ca2+]i),and mitochondrial membrane potential(MMP).ResultsH2O2-mediated cell apoptosis resulted in activation of PHB,increasing of[Ca2+]i,and decreasing of MMP.TanshinoneⅡA profoundly inhibited myocardial cell apoptosis induced by H2O2,decreased[Ca2+]i,and increased MMP.Specificsilence of PHB by siRNA down-regulated the expression level of PHB,increased apoptosis rate and[Ca2+]i,and decreasedMMP.Conclusion The results demonstrate that tanshinone ⅡA could attenuate apoptosis induced by H2O2,and theactivation of PHB induced by H2O2 is the major regulatory pathway of cyto-protective gene expression against oxidativestress.
9.Influence of carbodiimide-ethanol solution surface treatment on dentin microtensile bond strength
Yi ZHANG ; Yuhua LIU ; Yongsheng ZHOU ; Kwokhung CHUNG
Journal of Peking University(Health Sciences) 2015;(5):825-828
Objective:To evaluate the microtensile bond strength changes and patterns of fractures of the bonding interface after dentine surface treatment with carbodiimide-ethanol solution .Methods:1-eth-yl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide (EDC) dissolved in ethanol was diluted into different con-centrations of 2, 1, 0.3, 0.1 and 0.01 mol/L EDC-ethanol solutions.Twenty-eight caries-free extracted human third molars were ground metallurgically to prepare flat occlusal mid-coronal dentin surfaces and etched with 35%( mass fraction) phosphoric acid gel .Then they were treated with EDC-ethanol solution for 60 s before the bonding procedure and randomly divided into five experimental groups corresponding to the tested EDC-ethanol concentrations .The ethanol treated and no pre-treated surfaces were used as con-trols.Single Bond 2 adhesive was applied and resin composite disk was stacked on the treated dentine surface .The teeth with resin composite disks were stored in water at room temperature for 24 h and then sectioned longitudinally to produce stick specimens for microtensile bond strength test .Fracture patterns were observed with a stereomicroscope .Results:The dentin surfaces pre-treated with 2 mol/L [ (22.17 ± 13.31) MPa] and 1 mol/L [(45.31 ±17.80) MPa] EDC-ethanol solutions resulted in statistically sig-nificant lower bond strength value ( P<0 .05 ) .Increasing numbers of fracture pattern at the resin-dentin interface were also found in this two groups with percentages of 81 .2%and 41 .3%respectively .No sig-nificant difference was observed in the groups with 0.3, 0.1, 0.01 mol/L EDC surface treatment ( P>0.05).Conclusion:No significant difference of immediate bond strengths was found in the 0.3, 0.1, 0 .01 mol/L groups compared with the control group .EDC-ethanol solution surface treatment with con-centrations of 2 mol/L and 1 mol/L resulted in decreasing of the bonding strength .
10.Countermeasure Analysis about Common Complaint Reasons of the TCM Hospital Outpatients
Yuhua ZHANG ; Bing ZHAO ; Xinyao ZHOU ; Yue ZHANG ; Shuyun HUANG
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine 2014;(9):10-12
ObjectiveTo analyze the complaints of outpatient of Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciencse, discuss the countermeasures to alleviate the contradiction and promote the normalization of the relationship between doctors and patients.Methods Based on analysis of outpatient complaints from Jan. 2008 to Dec. 2012 in our hospital, statistics and classification data were obtained from the aspects of service attitude, medical errors, process and communication.ResultsOutpatient amount of our hospital form Jan. 2008 to Dec. 2012 was 10.55 million. There were 1426 outpatient complaints (service attitudes 24.2%, medical errors 11.5%, process 40.3%, and communication 24%), etc. Complaints rate was 0.135‰ and satisfaction degree of dealing with complaints was 99.3%.Conclusion Through active service, the complaints of outpatients has been reduced, and diagnostic and treatment quality and satisfactory degree have been increased of our hospital.