Objective To analyse the economies of scale in public hospitals in Zhejiang Province. Methods One hundred and twenty-five public hospitals in Zhejiang Province with qualification no less than class two level two were selected as sample hospitals. Douglas production function was employed to analyse the relationship between investment and output in sample hospitals between 2004 to 2006, with two types of production models established by medical service and incomes in hospitals as dependent variables. Results From 2004 to 2006, the medical service and incomes of sample hospitals were in line with economies of scale. The production increase rate was higher than investment increase rate. The medical service, incomes, total assets and number of staff in class three hospitals were higher than those in class two hospitals (P =0.000). Conclusion Economies of scale is the ultimate incentive to continuous outstretch for hospitals. Hospitals should rationally control the scale so as to avoid problems in medical service caused by overstretch.

RNA interference which focuses on siRNA becomes a studying focus in malignant tumor of gene therapy due to its high efficiency and effect, the sequence of specific characteristics and action fast. In recent years many research shows that constructing and transfecting malignancy related gene targeting specific siRNA, can effectively suppress tumor growth and invasion. Combination with other conventional treatments can improve the curative effect. It's a promising new method of gene therapy in head and neck neoplasms.

This article summarized literatures in the recent ten years on the mechanisms of Ci-xue therapy from such aspects as hemorheology, vascular biology, blood constituents and blood coagulating system.

The treatments of multiple myeloma (MM) have been made remarkable progress in recent years,and especially in 2015,FDA approved a number of new drugs for treatment of relapsed and refractory MM.At the 21th European Hematology Association Annual Meeting,the issue of MM has received a lot of attention.The recent progress of MM in this conference will be briefly introduced in this review.

Qinghouliyan Chongji can markedly inhibit the swelling of ear induced by xylene in mice and the edema ofhind paw induced by egg white in rats. It can also decrease the weight of cotton pellet granuloma in rats.Numbers of writhing responses induced by acetic acid was reduced and pain threshold was elevated in mice bythis preparation,beside its bacteriostatic effects.

Objective: To explore the characteristics of control response and sustained attention in children with chronic tic disorders (CTD). Methods: 38 children fulfilled DSM-Ⅳ diagnosis of CTD and 38 normal children are involved in the study. All participants were assessed with the integrated visual and auditory continuous performance test (IVA-CPT). The differences of sustained attention and control response were compared. Results: Most of the values of IVA-CPT were lower in children with CTD compared with normal children. There was no significant difference between the visual and auditory sustained attention and control response in children with CTD. Conclusion: The present study suggests that control response and sustained attention are both impaired in children with CTD.

Objective To study the rule of breaking Ferula fukanensis seed dormancy under low-temperature and content changes of endo-hormone.Methods The seeds were treated with stratification under 4 ℃ and germinated under 20 ℃.The content of endo-hormone,such as Z,GA_3,IAA,and ABA,was mensurated by HPLC.Results The seed germination rate achieved as high as 14% in 20 d and more than 60% in 40 d.Among breaking the seed dormancy,the content of endo-hormone was decreased gradually,while the rate of GA_3 and ABA was increased quickly in 10—20 d under 4 ℃ stratification.ConclusionThe stratification under 4 ℃ could break the seed dormancy.The rate of GA_3 and ABA is a pivotal factor of the seed dormancy.The endo-hormones IAA and Z have the significant effect on seed germination.

Objective To evaluate the clinical effect of controllable blood pressure depression in combination with acute hypervolmic hemodilutien (AHH) during operation. Methods 40 patients with esophageal or cardiac carcinomas were randomly divided into controllable blood pressure depression in combination with AHH group(group I)and control group (group Ⅱ), each group containing 20 patients. MAP, CVP and HR were monitored during operation. And Hb,Hct and Plt were aslo monitored before operation, 1h after AHH and 24h after operation. The volume of solution infusion,blood loss and blood transfusion were recorded during operation. Results MAP after operation in group I was significantly lower than that before operation in groups I and Ⅱ(P

In recent years, immunotherapy has become an indispensable part in treatment of cancer, and the immune checkpoint inhibitors are the focus of attention. In the 58th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, the application of immune checkpoint inhibitors in hematologic malignancies had been widely concerned. The recent progress of immune checkpoint inhibitors in hematologic malignancies in this annual meeting will be briefly introduced.

The 13th International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma (ICMC) was held in Lugano, Switzerland from June 17 to 20, 2015.There was the enormous progress in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in the past years, especially in 2014, 4 new agents for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia were approved in USA and Europe, which caused great attention on the issue of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.The latest progress of chronic lymphocytic leukemia reported at the conference was briefly introduced in this paper.