Adult ; Angina Pectoris ; etiology ; Aortic Valve Insufficiency ; complications ; Bradycardia ; etiology ; Female ; Heart Valve Prosthesis ; Humans ; Prosthesis Failure

The system construction and work flow of automatic oral drug dispensing system(AODDS) in our hospital are introduced,its' advantages and disadvantages of the application are analyzed.After applying AODDS,drug dispensing speed and accuracy are significantly increased.AODDS is conducive to promote hospital pharmaceutical care and pharmacy quality administration.The application of AODDS in our hospital may be referred for other hospitals to select AODDS.

OBJECTIVE:To investigate the utilization of antineoplastic drugs and adjuvant drugs in our hospital. METHODS: By a retrospective review, the consumption quantity, consumption sum, and constituent ratio of antineoplastic drugs and adjuvant drugs used in our hospital from 2005 to 2008 were analyzed statistically. RESULTS: The consumption of antineoplastic drugs and assistant drugs had dominated the front places from 2005 to 2008, representing 25.91%, 28.16%, 31.16% and 33.00%, respectively of the total western drugs in terms of consumption sum, assuming a year-on-year increase tendency over the 4 years. Injections took a higher proportion, making up for 75.40%, 79.80%, 80.50% and 78.12%, respectively over the 4 years. The application of antineoplastic drugs and assistant drugs from domestic manufacturers assumed a predominant place. CONCLUSION: It is still necessary to standardize the use of antineoplastic drugs and assistant drugs in our hospital so as to ensure their safety, effectiveness and economy in clinical medication.

Objective To investigate the effects of community smoking cessation supervision on lung function; acute exacerbation frequency and quality of life in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods Forty-five COPD patients were divided into the intervention group(23 cases) and the control group(22 cases).The control group was given routine drug treatment.While the intervention group was given community smoking cessation supervision based upon routine treatment.The variation of lung function, quality of life (SGRQ inventory) and acute exacerbation times during the year were compared. Results The variation of lung function and quality of life improved greatly after in-tervention group compared with those before intervention, P<0.05. Conclusions Community smoking cessation supervision was a feasible measure to improve lung function and quality of life and reduce acute exacerbation in COPD patients.

Objective To explore the development of the cross sign of olivepontocerebellar atrophy(OPCA) and its diagnostic value.Methods The clinical and imaging data of 8 patients with OPCA were analyzed retrospec-tively.MRI imaging used SE sequence,plain T1 WI,T2 WI,axial,coronal,sagittal imaging.Results All patients were hide onset.The major clinical presentation was cerebellar atsxia and autonomic nerve dysfunction.Positive radiographic findings were consistent with clinical presentation,mainly for the brain stem atrophy,8 patients of the group had this performance,followed by cerebellar atrophy,6 patients had symmetrical atrophy and 2 patients had asymmetric atro-phy.6 patients after onset of 1.5 -3 years showed a typical cross.Conclusion The cross sign gradually appears at a certain stage of development,and it has high specificity.So the combination of clinical and MRI is valuable for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of OPCA.

Lung distension belongs to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in modern medicine.In recent years,its disease incidence and mortality have increased year by year.Supported by the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) standardization of the State Administration of TCM project-TCM preventive treatment practice guidelines-prevention of lung distension recrudescence,the first draft of the TCM Preventive Treatment Practice Guideline on Prevention of Lung Distension Recrudescence was formulated on the basis of preventive treatment theory,evidences from both ancient and modern literatures,and through the Delphi method as well as expert consensus conference.And then,peer review comments were collected,which laid the foundation for the further improvement of this guideline.This guideline was aimed to achieve the industry consensus,to improve the quality of life (QoL) in patients of the stable period,to reduce the economic burden of patients,as well as to improve both the theoretical connotation and practical value of preventive treatment in TCM.

The proportion and changes of CD4+CD25high regulatory T cells (Trs) in peripheral blood of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients were analyzed and their clinical significance explored. The peripheral blood was collected from 61 patients with NSCLC and 15 healthy controls. By using monoclonal antibodies, the blood samples were evaluated with the flow cytometry for lymphocyte subsets (CD3+, CD4+ and CD8+) and CD4+CD25high Tr cells. The results showed that the proportion of CD4+CD25high Tr cells in NSCLC group was significantly higher than in control group [(4.36 +/-2.07) % vs (2.04+/-1.03) %, P<0.01]. The proportion of CD4+CD25 high Tr cells in late stage was higher than that in early stage [stages I +II (2.26+/-0.6) %; stage III (3.28+/-1.38) %; stage IV (6.06 +/-4.08) %] (P<0.05). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis revealed that the prognosis of the patients who had higher proportion of CD4+CD25high Tr cells in peripheral blood was worse (P=0.0026). In conclusion, the relative increase in CD4+CD25high Tr cells in peripheral blood may be related to immunosuppression and tumor progression in patients with NSCLC. This finding suggests that CD4+CD25+high Tr cells in peripheral blood of NSCLC may be positive for prognosis analysis. The use of depletion of the CD4+CD25high Tr cell therapy to treat NSCLC patients may be an effective strategy.

BACKGROUND: Both epidermal growth factor (EGF) and insulin transfer their signals into cells by two primary signal transduction pathways,including phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway and mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPK) pathway.But they have different physiological functions.OBJECTIVE: To comparatively assay the dynamic behaviors of phosphoproteomes between EGF and insulin signal transductions in mouse hepatocytes and find key signal proteins.DESIGN,TIME AND SETTING: Randomized grouping controlled observation experiment was performed in the laboratory of Molecular Biology,Luzhou Medical College between July 2005 and April 2006.MATERIALS: Hepatocytes were from Kunming mice of closed population.METHODS: The primarily cultured mouse hepatocytes were labeled with 32p isotope and then randomly divided into three groups: control,EGF-stimulated (received 10 μg/L EGF),and insulin-stimulated (received 100 nmol/L insulin) groups.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: After mouse hepatocytes were treated with EGF and insulin for 0,5,20,60 and 120 minutes,the dynamic behaviors of phosphoproteomes(I.e,phosphorylated level) between EGF and insulin signal transductions were comparatively analyzed by two-dimensional electrophoresis method.RESULTS: The categories of all phosphorylated proteins between EGF and insulin-stimulated phosphoproteomes had no apparent difference.The dynamic behaviors of phosphoproteomes of most proteins during EGF signal transduction are parallel with those during insulin stimulation,except the dynamic behaviors of 4 proteins are different significantly.CONCLUSION: Aforementioned 4 phosphorylated proteins were most probably the key members that could distinguish between two signal transduction pathways ornetworks,and determined their major physiological functions respectively.

Objective The change of thyroid hormones affects male sexual function, but the underlying physiological mechanism is not yet clear.The aim of this study was to explore the association of thyroid hormones with abnormal penile neuro-electrophysiology in patients with premature ejaculation (PE).Methods This retrospective study included 52 acquired PE (APE) patients aged 35.36 ± 8.39 years and 24 healthy males aged 32.87±7.45 years.We measured the levels of thyroid hormones in all the subjects and, based on the latency time of penile sympathetic skin responses (PSSR), classified the APE patients into a normal (n=31) and an abnormal PSSR type (n=31).Results The concentration of total tetraiodothyronine (TT4) in the serum was significantly higher in the APE patients than in the normal control ([102.81±18.37] vs [92.68±11.56] nmol/L, P=0.018).The levels of serum TT4 and free tetraiodothyronine (FT4) were both markedly increased in the APE patients of the abnormal PSSR type as compared with those of the normal PSSR type ([113.28±20.89] vs [95.72±12.42] nmol/L, P<0.001 and [12.02±0.88] vs [10.81±1.63] nmol/L, P=0.003).The FT4 concentration was correlated negatively with the latency time of PSSR (r=-0.363, P=0.008) and positively with the Premature Ejaculation Diagnostic Tool (PEDT) scores (r=0.455, P=0.001).Conclusion Abnormal PSSR may be associated with elevated levels of thyroid hormones in APE patients, and regulation of thyroid hormone levels may help improve the symptoms of PE with abnormal PSSR.

Objective To investigate the effect of polyphenol of salvia miltiorrhiza polyphenols combined with collagen sponge in the treatment of diabetic foot.Methods A total of 115 patients with type 2 diabetic foot were randomly divided into treatment group (55 cases) and control group (60 cases).Salvia miltiorrhiza polyphenols and collagen sponge treatment group were treated with conventional treatment plus type 2 diabetes treatment of salvia miltiorrhiza polyphenol combined with collagen sponge;4 weeks as a treatment course, observation of 8 weeks, ulcer and other adverse reactions were recorded and compared.Results After 4 weeks of treatment, 17 cases (30.91%) with 30% or more reduction in foot ulcer area in treatment group,33 cases (60.00%) after 6 weeks treatment and the number of cases with 30% or more reduction in foot ulcer area,49 cases (89.09%) after 8 weeks of treatment, and the number of cases and the proportion of cases with 30% or more decrease of ulcer area in the control group after 4, 6 and 8 weeks were 12(20.00%), 22 (36.67%) and 39 (65.00%).There was no statistical difference between the two groups for the healing time of foot ulcer at three time points.After 8 weeks of treatment, the cure rate was 38.18% in salvia miltiorrhiza polyphenol combined with collagen sponge group. The effective rate was 50.91% and 45.00% for the two groups, the difference was not statistically significant; while the total effective rate was also significantly higher(89.09% vs.65.00%,P<0.01).Conclusion Salvia miltiorrhiza polyphenol combined with collagen sponge has a good effect on diabetic foot treatment, especially it can improve the cure rate, which is superior to the routine therapy.