Objective:To investigate clinical therapeutic effect of Qidan Granule on pulmonary interstitial fibrosis(PIF).Methods:The treatment group(105 cases)were treated by Qidan Granule,3 times a day,and the control group(60 cases)were treated by prednisone,0.5mg/kg,for 3～6 months.The patients were followed up once every 1～3 months.Changes of symptoms,signs and high-resolution computed tomogram(HRCT)and pulmonary function were investigated after treatment.Results:After treatment of 6 months,the improvement rate of symptoms and signs in the treatment group was superior to that in the control group(P

OBJECTIVE To compare and analyze the drug resistance of Chryseobacterium meningosepticum which producing metallo-?-lactamase(MBL) and extended-spectrum-?-lactamases(ESBLs) from ICU patients′ and non ICU patients′ specimens of sputa so as to guide the rational application of antibiotics.METHODS Identified the strains with VITEK 32,MBL and ESBLs were also screened by double disk synergy;the antimicrobial sensitivity of clinical isolates was tested by VITEK GNS143 and the antimicrobial sensitivity was added and tested by K-B method.RESULTS As a result the rate of producing MBL of C.meningosepticum was 49.0% from ICU patients′ specimens of sputa which was higher than the rate of 13.8% from non ICU patients′;the rate of producing ESBLs of C.meningosepticum was 37.2% from ICU patients′ specimens of sputa which was higher than the rate of 30.6% from non ICU patients′;the rate of drug resistance to AMP/SUB,TZP,CEP,CIP,and LEV from ICU patients′ was higher than that from non ICU patients.CONCLUSIONS Why the high resistance rate of C.mengingosepticum in ICU patients′ specimens of sputa might be due to the high producing ?-lactamases(MBL and ESBLs).

BACKGROUND: Spleen is correlated with mitochondrion. The "spleen governs movement and transformation of food and liquids" in traditional Chinese medicine refers to not only the digestion and absorption of food in gastrointestinal tract, but also the process of biological oxidation and energy production of mitochondrion.OBJECTIVE: To analyze the effects of Si-Jun-Zi decoction (SJZD), a typical prescription for invigorating spleen and replenishing qi, on repairing the mitochondrial damage of cells of liver, myocardium, gastric mucosa and skeletal muscle in rats with spleen asthenia.DESIGN: A randomized controlled observation.SETTINGS: Second Department of Internal Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine;Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.MATERIALS: The experiments were carried out in the internal medicine laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the testing center of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from June to December in 2004. Forty SD rats were provided by the animal center of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Xiao Cheng-Qi decoction consisted of officinal magnolia bark, immature bitter orange and rhubarb according to the ratio of 3:3:2; SJZD consisted of radix codonopsitis pilosulae, largehead atractylodes rhizome, India bread and liquorice root according to the ratio of 2:2:2:1, and it was provided by the Department of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,and made into 100% decoction.METHODS: After raised for 1 week, the SD rats were divided randomlyinto 4 groups: normal control group, spleen asthenia group, natural convalescence group and SJZD-treated group, and the rats in the latter three groups were made into models of long-term spleen asthenia. Rats in the normal control group were fed with normal chow, intragastric administered with saline (3 mL), once every other day for 34 weeks. Rats in the spleen asthenia group were intragastricly administered with Xiao Cheng-Qi decoction (3 mL) and fed every other day for 34 weeks, the rats in the natural convalescence group were fed with normal chow for 8 weeks after being treated as those in the spleen asthenia group for 26 weeks, and those in the SJZD-treated group were treated as those in the spleen asthenia group for 26 weeks, and then intragastricly administered with SJZD (4 mL, once a day) and fed with normal chow for 8 weeks. At the end of the 34th week,the rats were decapitated under anesthesia, and the skeletal muscle, liver,gastric mucosa and myocardium were taken out rapidly. The protein amounts in mitochondrial suspension were detected with the biuret method,the content of mitochondria in I g tissue was calculated according to the tissue mass, and the mitochondrial ultrastructures were observed under transmission electron microscope.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The contents and ultrastructures of mitochondria in skeletal muscle, liver, gastric mucosa and myocardium were observed.RESULTS: All the 40 rats were involved in the analysis of results without deletion. ① At the end of the 34th week, the mitochondrial contents of skeletal muscle, liver, myocardium and gastric mucosa were all significantly lower in the spleen asthenia group than in the normal control group (P＜ 0.01), and markedly higher in the natural convalescence group than in the spleen asthenia group (P ＜ 0.05-0.01). The mitochondrial contents of the tissues were the highest in the SJZD-treated group, which were significantly higher than those in the spleen asthenia group and natural convalescence group (P ＜ 0.05-0.01), as well as the normal control group (P＜ 0.01). ② Comparison of mitochondrial ultrastructures in skeletal muscle,liver, gastric mucosa and myocardium at the end of the 34th week: In the spleen asthenia group, the mitochondria of myocardial cells were seriously swollen, the compact substance of hepatocellular mitochondria were decreased or disappeared and the crest disrupted; the mitochondria of skeletal muscle were shrunk and decreased, mitochondrial membranes were disorganized and crest disappeared, mitochondrial membranes were disorganized and crest disappeared; For gastric parietal cell of spleen asthenia,the amount of mitochondria reduced, inner structure confused, mitochondrial crestae of gastric chief cell was broken. In the natural convalescence group, the changes of the mitochondrial morphology were slight. The mitochondrial morphology in the SJZD group was close to those in the normal control group.CONCLUSION: SJZD has the effects of increasing the contents of mitochondria in skeletal muscle, liver, myocardium and gastric mucosa and repairing the damaged structure of mitochondria because of spleen asthenia.

BACKGROUND:Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia is of poor response to treatment. Glucocorticoids are the first medicine for the treatment, however there is only 30% of the patients who are responded. Traditional Chinese drugs (TCD) have been researched hot point for prevention and treatment of pulmonary fibrosis. Many TCD have been used clinically, and with a certain therapeutic effect. Transforming growth factor-β1 and tumor necrosis factor-α are the considerable cytokines to cause pulmonary fibrosis, inhibition of their expression, therefore, may be effective to pulmonary fibrosis.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the interventional effect of qidan granule on pulmonary fibrosis in rats induced by bleomycin A5 and the influence on the expressions of transforming growth factor-β1 and tumor necrosis factorα, and also to compare with those of hydrocortisone.DESIGN:A randomized and interval grouping design.SETTING:Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong University.MATERIALS:The experiment was conducted from May 2003 to March 2004 at Pathological Laboratory of Shandong Provincial Academy of Medical Science. Totally 105 SD male rats, were at random divided into 4groups: normal control group (n= 15 ), model group, qidan group and hydrocortisone group, with 30 rats in each group. Each group was subdivided as7-day, 14-day and 28-day group, with 5 rats in each normal group, and 10in each other groups.METHODS: [1] Model establishment: A perfusion was intrabronchially performed, of 0.25 mL normal saline for rats in normal control group, and of bleomycin A5 0.25 mL ( 5 mg/kg,4 g/L) for rats in other 3 groups, to set up the models of pulmonary fibrosis. [2]Administration: Next day to the beginning of modeling qidan granule (consisting of Radix Astragali seu Hedysari, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong and so on, 3 125 mg/kg) was intragastrically given per day for rats in qidan group, hydrocortisone (25 mg/kg) was intraperitoneally given per day for rats in hydrocortisone group, and normal saline (2 mL/rat) was intragastrically given per day for rats in normal and model groups.[3] Observation indexes: The rats in each group were on the day 7, day 14 and day 28 put to death under the anesthesia, then the lung tissue was taken, stained with hematoxyline-eosin stain for pathological observation of lung tissue. The expressions of transforming growth factor-β1 and tumor necrosis factor-α were detected by immunohistochemistry.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Pathological observation of lung tissue,and the expressions of transforming growth factor-β1 and tumor necrosis factor-α at different time points of rats in each group.RESULTS:Totally 100 rats entered the final result analysis.[1]Pathological observation of lung tissue: In the normal group the structure was normal, in the model group there were alveolitis on the day 7, deterioration of alveolitis on the day 14, and extensive fibrosis on the day 28; the degrees of alveolitis and fibrosis in the qidan group were slighter than those in the model group, and there was normal structure of alveoli; and in the hydrocortisone group the alveolitis on the day 7 and 14 was slighter than that in the model group, but there was no significant difference of fibrosis compared with the model group.[2] Expression of transforming growth factor-β1:In the model group the expression was highest on the day 28 and obviously higher than that in the normal group (3.6±0.4,1.2±0.4,P ＜ 0.01 ); the expression in the qidan group and hydrocortisone group was obviously lower than that in the model group(1.7±0.5,2.5±0.4,P ＜ 0.01), and the expression in the qidan group was lower than that in the hydrocortisone group (P＜ 0.01 ). [3]Expression of tumor necrosis factor-α: In the model group at different time points the expression was continuously increased, the expression in the qidan group and hydrocortisone group was obviously lower than that in the model group(P ＜ 0.05 or P ＜ 0.01), and the expression in the qidan group was lower than that in the hydrocortisone group ( P ＜ 0.01).CONCLUSION: Qidan granule can obviously reduce the extent of pulmonary fibrosis in rats induced by bleomycin A5, lower the expressions of transforming growth factor-β1 and tumor necrosis factor-α, and the effect was better than that of hydrocortisone.

Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of ulinastatin(UT) conjoined to high flow continuous blood purification( CBP) in the critical patients with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome(MODS). To evaluate the therapeutic potential of UT and CBP in systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) , severe sepsis( SS) , acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Method A total of 122 cases of emergency and critical patients with a score of more than 15 counted up from APACHE H (acute physiology and chronic health evaluation 11 ) were randomly divided into Ulinastatin treatment group (UT group, n = 35) .continuous blood pu-rification(CBP group, n = 31),UT plus CBP (combine group, n = 30) and routine treatment group (control group, n =26). Routine treatment was given to patients of all groups, and patients of UT group had Ulinastatin 0.4 MIU given intravenously every 8 hours for 7 days in addition. Patients of CBP group were managed with continuous blood purification round the clock for 7 days and those of combine group were treated with UT plus CBP for 7 days.The efficacy of the treatment in four groups was assessed,and serum high sensivity reactive protein(hs-CRP) and IL-6 levels were measured on admission and comparison was made between values of biomarkers taken before and 1 d,3 d,and 7 d after treatment in four groups. The changes in WBCs,arterial gas analysis and the oxygena-tion index PaO2/FiO2 were checked, and at the same time, the APACHE II values and the incidence of MODS were compared within four groups. Results (1)One, three and seven days after treatment the plasma hs-CRP and IL-6 levels in UT and CBP groups were reduced significantly more than those in control group ( P < 0. 05), and in combine groups those were more dramatically lowered ( P < 0.05, P < 0.01). Before treatment there was no significance diffience in those values between groups, and there was on diffience in those values between 3 rd day and 7 th day after treatment ( P > 0.05). (2) The 1 st,3 rd and 7 th day after treatment the arterial gas PaO2/FiO2 index in UT and CBP groups was improved more than that in control group ( P < 0.05) , and it in combine group was most significant improved (P < 0.05,P < 0.01). The ALT and creatinine were lower than those in control group ( P < 0.05), and there were no significant differences in ALT and creatinine between groups before treatment (P > 0.05). (3) The 1 st,3 rd and 7th day afer treatment,the APACHE II values in UT and CBP groups were decreased more than those in control group ( P < 0. 05) , and therefore, the incidence of MODS was lower ( P < 0.05). Conclusions Ulinastatin could significantly inhibit the production of inflammatory cytokines and CBP could effectively eliminate inflammatory factors from blood, and the combination of these two approaches produce a more effective therapeutic potential for preventing MODS development.

Background and purpose: Thyroid carcinoma cells spread mainly through lymph node metastasis, and lymphangiogenesis plays an important role during the lymph node metastasis, but it is not very clear to understand the formation mechanism. This study was to investigate the correlative expressions of HPSE, VEGF-C, D2-40 and lymphangiogenesis in thyroid carcinoma. Methods: Immunohistochemistry SP method was used to detect the expressions of HPSE, VEGF-C and D2-40 in 77 patients with thyroid carcinoma including papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC),medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), 32 of them with lymph node metastasis was enrolled into the study, D2-40 stained the lymphatic vessels, and lymphatic vessel density (LVD) was scanned under the light-microscope, and the correlation among the above indexes in different thyroid carcinoma types were analyzed respectively. Results: The expressions of HPSE, VEGF-C and D2-40 were observed to have a different degree in thyroid carcinoma, and the highest expression of the protein could be seen in the patients with papillary carcinoma (P<0.05),The expression ratios of HPSE,VEGF-C and D2-40 in different carcinoma types were 54.9%, 68.6%, 12.8±5.7 for PTC, 37.5%, 50%, 8.6±1.7 for FTC, 20% and 20%, 4.9±0.8 for MTC, respectively. There were significant different expressions of HPSE, VEGF-C and D2-40 between the patients with lymph node-positive group and node-negative group (P=0.014, P=0.048, respectively). In addition, the expressions of them were positively correlated (P<0.001, r=0.616). Conclusion: HPSE, VEGF-C and D2-40 have a close relationship with lymph node metastasis, HPSE and VEGF-C are related to the lymphangiogenesis.

Objective: To investigate the expression of histone deacetyase4 (HDAC4) in human liver carcinoma cell line Bel-7402 and to explore the regulatory effects of HDAC4 on the proliferation and differentiation of Bel-7402. Methods: Carcinoma cells Bel-7402 was treated with different concentrations of sodium phenylbutyrate (SPB), an inhibitor of HDAC4. Expression of HDAC4 mRNA in Bel-7402 cells was analyzed by RT-PCR before and after SPB treatment. Reverse microscope was used to observe the morphological changes of Bel-7402 cells. MTT assay and flow cytometry were adopted to describe the proliferation and cell cycle of Bel-7402 cells. Expression of P27 protein was determined by immunohistochemical method. The statistical analysis was performed using one-way ANOVA and student t test. Results: SPB significantly decreased the expression of HDAC4 in Bel-7402(0.88?0.13) vs (0.12?0.04), P

Objective To explore and evaluate the effects of participatory teaching approach in the teaching of medical research methods. Methods The students of clinical medicine of Grade 2007 who took the elective course of medical scientific research method were taken as traditional teaching group, taught by teachers only, while the students of clinical medicine of Grade 2008 and 2009 as participatory teaching group, adopting the way of teachers' lectures and students' participation. At the end of the course, the questionnalre survey method combining interviews was used to investigate the teaching effectiveness, using descriptive analysis and chi-square test to compare the effectiveness between the traditional teaching methods and the participatory teaching methods. Results Compared with the traditional 'teachers centered' method, the 'participatory teaching approach' had better teach-ing results. Through the study of this course, 54 students (42.9%) learned how to conduct scientific research topics, 44 students (34.9%) mastered the design of the questionnalre, 59 students (46.8%) enhanced their ability of data analysis. Students' learning motivation and satisfaction were higher, and 117 student's participation (92.8%) were satisfied with the curriculum setting. Conclusion In medical research method teaching, the effect of participatory teaching method teaching is superior to the tradi-tional teaching method, and students' motivation and satisfaction are higher.

Objective To investigate the recognition status and attitudes of general practice medical professional for rural-oriented clinical medical (general practice direction) students, and provide effective basis for teaching reform. Methods Using cluster sampling method, a questionnaire survey was conducted among 305 rural-oriented medical students in Hubei Medical University who belonged to four different grades. The questionnaire effective recovery was 98.07%, SPSS 17.0 software was used to analyze data, pro-portion (%) were used for statistical descriptive, chi-square test and nonparametric test were used for statis-tical inference. Results 16% (49) students believed that it was not necessary for local medical colleges and universities to set up general practice professional, The rates of students who understood this professional training objectives, employment channel, the future work and professional developments were 82.3% (251 students ), 64.5% (197 students ), 69.2% (211 students) and 66.9% (204 students ), respectively. 27.5%(84) of the students still didn't understand this professional curriculum, and lower cognitive learning public health curriculum. Only 31.1%(105) of students were satisfied with the current general medicine education.52.5% (160) students thought that the professional curriculum system had problems, mainly for the course content overlap and course setting time being not reasonable. Different grades of students had different de-gree of satisfaction in the professional knowledge, the general practice of professional learning attitude, teaching arrangement . Conclusion We should strengthen rural-oriented medical students' ! professional education thought and their cognition of general medicine as soon as possible and integrate and optimize the curriculum system, adjust the teaching content and set up reasonable curriculum opening time.

Objective To study the therapeutic effects of omeprazoie in high-dose given by continuous intravenous infusion in the treatment of stress-related mucosal injury of G-I tract in intensive care patients.Method Totally 98 intensive care patients with stress-related mucosal injury(SRMI)were enrolled from August 2006 to October 2008 Department in Intensive Care Unit(ICU)of the Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University.All the patients were randomly divided into high-dose omeprazoie group(group A)and control group(group B).In group A,omeprazoie was administrated in loading dose of 80 mg Ⅰ.Ⅴ.in 5 minutes followed by maintenance dose of 8.0 mg/h intravenous infusion for 72 hours,while in group B,omeprazoie was given in dose of 40mg/8h intravenous infusion for 72 hours.The pH value of gastric juice was determined by German Roche pH test paper every 2 to 8 hours in the patients of both groups.The coffee like or red juice in the gastrointestine decompressor was observed.At the same time,hemoglobin(HB)was detected by Automatic blood cell analyzer Sysmex XE-2100,blood urea nitrogen(BUN)was determined by Automatic Analyzer Au5400,and buffer excess(BE)was checked by GEM Premie arterial blood gas analyzer in all patients.Data were expressed as mean ± standard deviation(x-± s)and the analysis of variance was done with SPSS 12.0 software.Comparison of mean value between two groups was conducted with t-test and the ratio was calculated by using chi-square test(X2 test).The change was considered as statistically significant if P value was less than 0.05.Results Four,eight,and 24 hours after treatment with omeprazole,the pH values in patients of group A were higher than those in patients of group B(four hous:6.63 ±0.62 vs.3.14 ±0.26,P＜0.01;eight hours and 24 hours:P＜0.05 or P＜0.01).At 8 hours and 24 hours after treatment,the HB was higher,BUN and BE were lower in group A than those in group B(P＜0.03 or P＜0.01).The total rate of hemostasis of upper G-I tract bleeding in group A was higher than that in group B(95.35%vs.78.19%,P＜0.05).Conclusions For treating the intensive care patients with SRMI,the continues intravenous infusion of omeprazole inhigh dose is superior to conventional dosage.