Fractal, a mathematics concept, is used to describe an image of self-similarity and scale invariance. Some organisms have been discovered with the fractal characteristics, such as cerebral cortex surface, retinal vessel structure, cardiovascular network, and trabecular bone, etc. It has been preliminarily confirmed that the three-dimensional structure of cells cultured in vitro could be significantly enhanced by bionic fractal surface. Moreover, fractal theory in clinical research will help early diagnosis and treatment of diseases, reducing the patient's pain and suffering. The development process of diseases in the human body can be expressed by the fractal theories parameter. It is of considerable significance to retrospectively review the preparation and application of fractal surface and its diagnostic value in medicine. This paper gives an application of fractal and its theories in the medical science, based on the research achievements in our laboratory.
Biomedical Research ; Bionics ; Fractals ; Humans

Objective To observe pain and ADL change in patients with osteoporotic vertebral fracture trea- ted by percutaneous kyphoplasty.Methods Percutaneous kyphoplasty were performed in 14 patients with thoracic and lumbar vertebral compression fracture resulted from osteoporosis.All patients were evaluated with regard to pain index and Barthel index before and after operation.Results All the patients'pain were significantly relieved,their score with Barthel index was markedly improved.Conclusion Percutaneous kyphoplasty is a kind of good tech- nique to treat patient with thoracic and lumbar compression fractures resulted from osteoporosis.

Objective:To investigate the relationship between antibiotics use and antimicrobial resistance of Acinetobacter bauman-nii to provide reference for rational antibiotics use. Methods:The DDDs of antibiotics in the inpatients and the drug resistance rate of A. baumannii were analyzed in our hospital from 2010 to 2014. The relationship between the antibiotics use and the antimicrobial re-sistance of A. baumannii was analyzed by SPSS 19. 0. Results:From 2010 to 2014, the total DDDs of antimicrobials in our hospital were decreased year by year in the first three years, while increased significantly in the last two years. The total DDDs of cephalospo-rins always ranked the first and the DDDs of carbapenem were increased year by year. The resistance rate of Acinetobacter baumannii a-gainst multiple antibacterials was increased in varying degrees in the past five years. In addition to levofloxacin, cefoperazone/sulbac-tam and tigecycline, the resistance rate against the other antibacterials was increased up to 50% in 2014. The resistant rate of A. bau-mannii against ciprofloxacin, gentamycin, cefepime, imipenem and tazobactam/piperacillin presented a positive correlation with the DDDs of cephalosporins and quinolones(P<0. 05). The resistance rate of A. baumannii against cefepime, imipenem tazobactam/pip-eracillin and levofloxacin was also positively correlated with the DDDs of carbapenem(P<0. 05). Conclusion: Antibiotics consump-tion is related to drug resistance of A. baumannii,so it is necessary to strengthen the management of clinical antibiotics use to decrease the multidrug-resistant strains.

DBP. CONCLUSION: The cerebral complication in essential hypertension is correlated to SBP, DBP and PP. However, PP plays the most important role among the different parameters of blood pressure in the pathogenesis of the cerebral complication.

To explore the impact of normal range plasma calcium level changes on fibrinogen and homocysteine (Hcy) in non-diabetic elderly patients. Methods: A total of 1030 non-diabetic patients≥65 years were retrospectively studied. According to adjusted plasma calcium concentration (Cac), the patients were divided into 4 quartiles as Q1 group, Q2 group, Q3 group and Q4 group. The relationship between Cac and plasma levels of fibrinogen and Hcy were compared. Results: ① Plasma levels of fibrinogen and Hcy were increased by Cac elevation accordingly, P=0.010 and P<0.001 respectively. ② Cac was obviously related to the prevalence of high fibrinogen (OR=1.75, P=0.019) and high Hcy (OR=1.82, P=0.026). ③ Cac was positively related to fibrinogen (Standardized β=0.15, P<0.001) and Hcy (Standardized β=0.08, P=0.009). Conclusion: Normal range plasma calcium level changes were related to the elevation of plasma fibrinogen and Hcy in non-diabetic elderly patients.

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is caused by a variety of causes resulting in rapid decline in renal function and manifestingclinical syndrome, whether mild or severe kidney damage it caused, the permanent loss of renal function will exist; the mortality of patients with septic AKI is as high as over 70%. Renal replacement therapy (RRT) can significantly improve the clinical prognosis of patients with AKI and reduce its mortality. However, the selections of RRT treatment mode, dose and timing of start or stop exist a lot of controversies. In this report, as using RRT to treat critically ill patients with AKI is still a hot topic in academic research, the related literatures of RRT guidelines, score evaluation, renal function indexes and biological marker aspects were reviewed and summarized.

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) is an important part of national system for innovation, which provides financial assistance mainly for the basic and applied researches of natural sciences, especially for the researchers who work in the learning institutions and the agencies of scientific research with advanced facilities. This paper summarized the applications and approved projects on traditional Chinese medicine in NFSC in 2005. We initially analyzed the growth, quality, characteristics, tendency and problems of these items.

Animals ; Bufo bufo ; Caspase 3 ; genetics ; metabolism ; Female ; Immunohistochemistry ; Male ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 ; genetics ; metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit ; genetics ; metabolism ; Spinal Cord ; metabolism ; Spinal Cord Injuries ; metabolism ; bcl-2-Associated X Protein ; genetics ; metabolism

ObjectiveTo measure fetal lung volumes in different gestational age (GA) by using 3D ultrasound,and further to obtain the regression formula between fetal lung volume and GA.MethodsTotal 228 fetal lung data had been collected.By using the 3D reconstruction function in Philips Qlab,fetal lung volumes were obtained by subtracting the non lung volumes from the whole thoracic volumes.For each slice of 3D data,thoracic area and non-lung area were manually outlined.The contour stacking technique in Qlab was then used to transform 2D slices into 3D volumes.ResultsThe measurement results of total 228 cases indicate that the fetal lung volumes increase with the GA.The average lung volume at GA of 20 weeks was 8.85 cm3,and 70.5 cm3 at 36 weeks.The fetal lung volume increases about 3- 4 cm3 in each week,and the increasing trend turns to a little lower after 24 weeks.During 33 to 34 week there was a great increasing in fetal volumes.Second-order regression,exponential regression and logarithmic regression were respectively used to characterize the relationship between fetal lung volume and GA.The second-order regression formula was:Volume =39.52 - 4.48 × GA + 0.149 × GA2.The exponential regression formula was:Ln (Volume) =- 8.233 + 1.747 × Ln(GA2 ).The logarithmic regression formula was:Ln(Volume) =- 2.413 + 0.29× GA- 0.003 × GA2.The correlation coefficients of three formulas are equal,with r =0.99,P ＜ 0.001.Conclusions 3D ultrasound fetal lung volume measurement is useful for fetal lung maturity assessment and thus can provide important referential information for prenatal diagnosis.

(P > 0. 05). Conclusions:Metronidazole-containing triple therapy may reduce the CD infection secondary to eradication of Hp infection in pediatric patients,and has no negative impact on efficacy of Hp eradication.