Artemisinins ; therapeutic use ; Complementary Therapies ; economics ; Delivery of Health Care ; Humans ; Malaria ; drug therapy ; Practice Patterns, Physicians' ; Treatment Outcome

China ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; Evidence-Based Medicine ; Herb-Drug Interactions ; Humans ; Integrative Medicine

Biomedical Research ; methods ; Combined Modality Therapy ; methods ; trends ; Delivery of Health Care, Integrated ; methods ; Geography ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; methods ; Patient Care Planning ; trends ; Patient-Centered Care ; methods ; trends ; Western World

Acupuncture ; methods ; Acupuncture Therapy ; utilization ; Communication Barriers ; Culture ; Geography ; Global Health ; Humans ; Interdisciplinary Communication ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; methods ; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic

Decision Making ; Evidence-Based Medicine ; Integrative Medicine ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Practice Patterns, Physicians'

Objective This report investigate the intervention effect of the water extract of Alpinia oxyphylla Miq. fruit (AOF)on memory impairment and the mechanism in cerebral ischemia rats. Methods 48 Rats were randomly divided into sham-operated group(n=12), ischemia group(n=12), AOF group Ⅰ( n= 12)and AOF group Ⅱ (n= 12). The model of transient cerebral ischemic/reperfusion was made by bilateral occlusion of common carotid arteries in rats and combination with reducing blood pressure with an abdominal injection of so-dium nitroprusside. Learning-memory ability was observed by step through test. The content of NO and the activi-ties of NOS were measured in hippocampus. Results In step through test,the latency in ischemia group[(143.8±65.2)s]significantly decreased, the number of errors (8.9±4.2 ) significantly increased compared with sham-operated group [latency: (257.2±67.1 ) s; number of errors: (1.7±1.1 ), P<0.01 ]. The latency in AOF group Ⅰ and AOF group Ⅱ[(186.5±46.2) s, (193.4±43.7 ) s ] significantly increased, the number of errors (6.1±2.9,5.2±2.1 ) significantly decreased compared with ischemia group(P<0.05, P<0.01). In hippocampus, the content of NO and the activities of NOS in ischemia group [(56.53±27.42) nmol/mg prot, (17.23±5.64) nmol/mg prot] significantly increased compared with sham-operated group[ (40.02±17.9 ) nmol/mg prot, ( 10.46±6.15)nmol/mg prot], and in AOF group Ⅰ and AOF group Ⅱ [content of NO:group Ⅰ (46.60 ±20. 26)nmol/mg prot,group Ⅱ (42.38±21.23) nmol/mg prot ;activities of NOS:group Ⅰ (13.98±5.13 ) nmol/mg pint,group Ⅱ(13.61±5.27) nmol/mg prot] significantly decreased compared with ischemia group(P<0.05). Conclu-sion AOF could significantly ameliorate the memory impairment in cerebral ischemic rats. Its effects may be in-volved in the decrease of content of NO and activities of NOS in hippocampus.

Objective To study the relationship between tacrolimus blood level/dose and the genotype of CYP3A5 at 6th month after lung transplantation.Method Forty-six cases of lung transplant recipients who received the surgery between January 1st,2011 and January 1st,2013 served as the research subjects,and the genotypes of these patients were measured.These patients were divided into 3 groups (CYP 3A5 * 1 * 1,CYP 3A5 * 1 * 3,CYP 3A5 * 3 * 3) according to their different genotypes.The dose of tacrolimus and daily intake were detected at 6th month after surgery in each group,then the level/dose of tacrolimus was calculated.Result In all 46 recipients,5 of them were CYP 3A5 * 1 * 1 homozygous genotype,20 CYP 3A5 * 1 * 3 heterozygous genotype and 21 CYP 3A5 * 3 * 3 homozygous genotype.Under the condition of holding tacrolimus blood level between therapeutic range,there was significant difference in the dose of tacrolimus between the CYP3A5 * 1/ * 1 and * 1/* 3 versus * 3/* 3 genotypes (P＜0.01),but there was no significant difference between CYP3A5 * 1/* 1 genotype and * 1/* 3 genotype.Conclusion Tacrolimus dosing in lung transplant patients is associated with CYP 3A5 gene polymorphisms.

Adult ; Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone ; blood ; urine ; Diving ; physiology ; Helium ; Humans ; Male ; Oxygen ; beta-Endorphin ; blood ; urine

Objective To discuss the relevance between vitreopapillary traction (VPT) and anterior ischemic optic neu?ropathy (AION). Methods Two patients suffering from AION were underwent routine ophthalmic examination, and visual field (VF), fundus fluorescence angiography (FFA) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) examination. The images were analyzed. Results VPT syndrome was observed by OCT in both cases. In addition, the affected parts of VPT were consis?tent to that of AION. Conclusion Vitreopapillary traction is a possible reason of anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.

Objective To investigate the clinical and pathological characteristics of kidney disease by renal biopsy,thus to provide reference and help for the application of renal biopsy in the diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseases. Methods From January 2015 to June 2017,136 cases with kidney disease in Zhoushan Hospital were slected in the research. All patients received renal biopsy,histochemical staining of renal biopsy samples,immunohistochemical staining,and observed under light microscope, and the pathological changes of the situation, combined with clinical data,the clinical and pathological characteristics of renal biopsy patients were summarized. Results The distribution of pathological type of primary glomerulonephritis,the highest proportion (79. 41％),secondary glomerulonephritis (15. 44％),followed by the rest of the renal tubular and interstitial nephropathy (5. 15％). Of the primary glomerulo-nephritis,membranous nephropathy ( 28. 68％), IgA nephropathy ( 27. 94％) accounted for a relatively high proportion. However,in secondary glomerulonephritis,diabetic nephropathy (5. 88％) was the highest proportion. Of gender,the proportion of the male patients (59. 56％) was higher than that of the female patients (40. 44％,χ2 =9. 941,P<0. 05),primary glomerulonephritis in the male patients(62. 04％) was higher thanthat in the female patients (37. 96％) (χ2 =12. 519,P<0. 05). The age of renal biopsy was focused on the age of 41-50 years,>50-60 years,>60 -70 years old, which was mainly the elderly population. Conclusion Renal biopsy of kidney disease is mainly primary glomerulonephritis,the incidence of people mainly in the elderly male population. Compre-hensive diagnosis is needed for different kidney diseases with renal biopsy and the specific circumstances.