The study on the etiology of Kashin-Beck disease showed that organic residues in the large volume of water samples were concentrated onto XAD resin columns. The extracts were partioned and analyzed by GC/MS. The water samples from the endemic area of Kashin-Beck disease were collected from the Tian Tang river, deep well and cellar well which arc located in Tian Tang village, Linyou County, Shaanxi province. The control water sample was collected from a deep well on the campus of Xi'an Medical University which is the source of the University tap water. Forty, thirty one, nineteen and ten kinds of organic compounds, which were respectively found to embody twenty five, nineteen, eight and four kinds of aromatic compounds, were respectively discovered in the Tian Tang river, deep well, cellar well and control water. Alkenes, ketens, ketones, naphthalenes and thazoles were found only in the river, deep well and cellar well water. Indenes were merely found only in the river and deep well water. The results suggest that above six compounds may be important etiological factors of Kashin-Beck disease, which have never been reported. However, its real etiologcal and epidemiological signicance needs further study.

Monitoring of cisplatin concentration in blood was done in 15 cases with inoperable lung cancer during bronchial artery infusion.The curve of time drug concentration in blood in target organ and peripheral tissue were analysed.Results showed that the drug concentration in target was evident higher than that in peripheral tissue,and the drug concentration in target organ was much higher than the effective drug concentration,therefore. a reliable theory was given for treatment of lung cancer by bronchial artery infusion.

BACKGROUND: The repair of soft tissue defect is disturbing plastic surgeons for a long period of time. Each strategy has its own limitation. Adipe authoritative journals were included. Repetitive articles and Meta analysis articles were excluded. Finally 34 articles werose tissue engineering technique provides a novel resolving approach. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the research status of adipose tissue engineering and their defects, and to prospect the possible application in clinic. RETRIEVAL STRATEGY: A computer-based online search of Medline was undertaken to identify articles about adipose tissue construction published in English from January 1991 to July 2007 with the keywords "fat, tissue engineering". Meanwhile, we searched Chinese Journal Full-text Database for the Chinese articles dated from January 1991 to July 2007 with the same keywords in Chinese. 241 English and 101 Chinese articles were collected. The titles and abstracts were firstly read to select the articles about the construction of tissue-engineered adipose tissue, and 276 repetitive studies were excluded. LITERATURE EVALUATION: Sixty-six Chinese and English articles were selected for further analysis, and finally 30 articles were included. DATA SYNTHESIS: Cell types, scaffold, blood supply and microenvironment are factors for constructing tissue-engineered fat. Adipose tissue defect and insufficiency are two obstacles for the plastic surgeons for a long time. Autologous free fat transplantation is a common therapy, but its resorption limits the further application. Tissue engineering is a possible technique to resolve this problem. At present, the tissue-engineered construction of adipose tissue has become a study focus due to the great demand of plastic surgery. CONCLUSION: Graft remaining normal appearance and function for a long period of time can realize the application of tissue-engineered adipose tissue in clinic. Tissue-engineered adipose tissue is promising to resolve the problems like soft tissue defects in clinic.

Acupuncture is an important method to cure diseases in TCM.which has been extensively accepted.Acupuncture manipulation is a key point for good clinical curative effect because different manipulations can bring out different organic reactions.The author summarized clinical experience on acupuncture manipulations for acupuncturists to improve medical effects.

Objective To investigate the relationship between the level of serum brain natriuretic peptide(BNP) and the severity of coronary artery disease in elderly patients with coronary heart disease(CHD).Methods We recruited 498 elderly CHD patients undergoing coronary angiography(CAG) from our hospital.Based on CAG results,patients were divided into two groups:406 patients with lesion of vessel(s)and ≥50％ vessel stenosis as the CHD group,and the other 92 patients with ＜ 50％ vessel stenosis as the negative control group.Their clinical data such as left ventricular ejection fraction(LVEF) and serum BNP was recorded.The patients was further divided into 177 single-,129 double-,100 triple-,and 92 negative vessel disease groups according to the number of vessels with significant stenosis.The patients with CHD were divided into three different age groups:(1) A group:60-69 years old,254 patients ;(2) B group:70-79 years old,112patients;(3)C group:equal or greater than 80 years old,40 patients.Serum levels of BNP were measured before CAG.The relationship between BNP and the severity of coronary disease was analyzed.Results The level of BNP was significantly elevated in the CHD group[(387.5±132.3)ng/L]than the negative control group [(58.6±22.1) ng/L](t =23.83,P ＜ 0.01).The level of BNP was significantly enhanced(F =87.42,P ＜0.01) along with the increasing number of coronary artery Stenosis,with single vessel disease group(202.2±116.6)ng/L,double vessel disease group(487.5±152.3)ng/L and triple vessel disease group(768.7±264.3) ng/L; the level of BNP significantly increased(F =57.33,P ＜ 0.01) along with increasing age,with A group(182.6±93.1)ng/L,B group(352.2±121.2)ng/L and C group(491.2±158.7) ng/L.The level ofLVEF did not change in the procedure(P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion The levels of BNP were closely associated with the severity of coronary artery disease and were a strong clinical predictor for myocardial ischemia.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, which affects more than 35 million people worldwide with increasing tendency. AD brings stupendous economic burden for both the society and family. It has become a major global public health issue. Electro-acupuncture (EA) therapy has been widely used in AD treatment with satisfactory results. Based on the basic research, this paper explored the therapeutic effect of EA in AD treatment from the learning ability and morphological changes in AD animal models. From the cholinergic neuronal apoptosis theory, inflammatory response theory, oxidative stress theory and other aspects, the action mechanism of EA in the treatment of AD animal models were reviewed. At last, limitations of EA in AD treatment were analyzed. It proposed the outlook of a new type of EA-music EA in AD treatment. It provided a new idea and method for AD clinical treatment.

OBJECTIVE:To investigate the cause and characteristics of ADR cases induced by antibiotics in our hospital.METHODS:347 ADR cases induced by antibiotics collected from our hospital from 2005 to 2009 were analyzed statistically.RESULTS:Of total 347 ADR cases,9 kinds of antibiotics were involved.Most of ADR cases were induced by quinolones and cephalosporins,accounting for 36.60%(127 cases) and 22.77%(79 cases).Among them,levofloxacin and ceftriaxone took up the biggest proportion,accounting for 14.70% and 12.39%.Main clinical manifestations were lesion of skin and its appendants(158 cases,42.36%).175 ADR cases were caused by unreasonable use of drugs(50.43%),in which the primary cause was false selection of dosage,followed by medication for no infectious characteristics,inappropriate drug selection,unseasonable drug combination and false selection of solvent.Of 175 ADR cases caused by unreasonable use of drugs,cephalosporins antibiotics took the largest portion(46.29%).CONCLUSION:Antibiotics-induced ADR are related with many kinds of factors.It is very important to pay more attention to rational use antibiotics in case unreasonable use of antibiotics results in serious ADR.Furthermore,ADRs will be reduced greatly through reasonable and normal use of antibiotics.

Objective To observe the synergetic action of Zhenqi Fuzheng granule in prevention and treatment of critically ill patients with severe infection. Methods A retrospective study was conducted. 154 cases with critical illness were enrolled in the First People's Hospital of Baiyin in Gansu Province from January 2009 to December 2013. The control group consisted of 76 cases and only basic treatments were given;in the treatment group, there were 78 cases,besides the basic treatments,they also taken nasal feeding of Zhenqi Fuzheng granule 5 g twice a day,7 days constituting for 1 therapeutic course,a total of 1-3 courses. The incidences of pulmonary infection, urinary tract infection,deep venous catheter-related infections,rate of using antibiotics,fatality rate,infection relapse rate,disease course,pathogen flora distribution were observed in the two groups. Results Compared with the control group,the rates of lung infection,urethral infection,deep vein catheter-related infection,the rate of using antibiotics, fatality rate,infection relapse rate,the discovery rates of drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii,Pseudomonas aeruginosa,Stenotrophomonas maltophilia,Staphylococcus aureus,and Blastomyces albicans were obviously reduced in treatment group〔lung infection:15.38%(12 cases)vs. 47.37%(36 cases),urethral infection:7.69%(6 cases) vs. 23.68%(18 cases),deep vein catheter infection:5.13%(4 cases)vs. 18.42%(14 cases),antibacterial drug using rate:48.72%(38 cases)vs. 77.63%(59 cases),fatality rate:10.26%(8 cases)vs. 18.42%(14 cases),infection relapse rate:28.21%(22 cases)vs. 48.68%(37 cases),the discovery rate of Acinetobacter baumannii:3.85%(3 cases) vs. 11.84%(9 cases), of Pseudomonas aeruginosa:2.56%(2 cases) vs. 9.21%(7 cases), of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia:5.13%(4 cases)vs. 13.16%(10 cases),of Staphylococcus aureus:5.13%(4 cases) vs. 6.58%(5 cases),of Blastomyces albicans:6.41%(5 cases)vs. 10.52%(8 cases),all P<0.05〕;the therapeutic course was obviously shortened(day:5.79±1.89 vs. 13.65±2.73,P<0.05). Conclusion In critically ill patients with severe infection,treatment of Zhenqi Fuzheng granule can reduce the incidences of severe lung infection, urinary tract infection,deep venous catheter-related infection,the 5-year relapse rate,fatality rate,and shorten the therapeutic course,lower the usage of antibiotics and detection rate of drug-resistant bacteria,therefore,clinically it is effective in such patients.

Objective To explore the correlation between the elder brain atrophy and calcification score at siphon segment of internal carotid artery.Methods The brain CT examination was detected in 327 elders.The brain atrophy occurrence were observed, and the calcification score at siphon segment of internal carotid artery were determined and calculated.Accroding to the calcification score, all the cases were divided into calcification 0 score group, calcification 1-199 score group, calcification 200-399 score group, calcification 400-599 score group and calcification ≥600 score group.The situation of brain atrophy were compared among these groups.And the correlation between the brain atrophy and calcification score were analyzed.Results Accroding to the calcification score, there were 63 cases in calcification 0 score group, 133 cases in calcification 1-199 score group, 72 cases in calcification 200-399 score group, 28 cases in calcification 400-599 score group and 31 cases in calcification ≥600 score group.There were 13 cases ( 20.63%) of brain atrophy in calcification 0 score group, 64 cases (48.12%) in calcification 1 -199 score group, 51 cases (70.83%) in calcification 200 -399 score group, 23 cases (82.14%) in calcification 400-599 score group and 28 cases (90.32%) in calcification≥600 score group;the differences of the brain atrophy rate among these groups were statistical significant ( all P<0.05 ) .The brain atrophy was mainly mild-moderate in calcification 0 score group and calcification 1 -199 score group;which was mainly severe in calcification 200 -399 score group;and mainly moderate-severe in calcification 400 -599 score group and calcification≥600 score group (all P<0.05).Spearman rank correlation analysis showed that the degree of brain atrophy were positive correlated with calcification score at siphon segment of internal carotid artery ( r=0.717, P<0.05) .Conclusions The elder brain atrophy is significantly correlated with calcification score at siphon segment of internal carotid artery.The calcification score higher, the brain atrophy rate higher and the degree more severe.Calcification score can be used as an important indicator of the elder brain atrophy.

The linear foot switch,which is the main control part of cataract ultrasonic emulsification system,has important effect on the overall performance of the system.In this paper,the development of a linear foot switch with optical encoder is introduced in such aspects as mechanical constitution,counting circuit and control software.This linear foot switch has many advantages including digital output,simple configuration,easy operation,sensitive response etc,and shows extensive prospects for clinical applications.