Objective To systematically evaluate the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine/herbal decoction combined with ursodeoxy-cholic acid (UDCA)in the treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC),and to provide a reference for clinical medication.Methods Lit-erature published before July 31,2014 was searched in databases as follows:Cochrane Library,PubMed,China National Knowledge Infra-structure (CNKI),Chinese Scientific Journals Full-text Database (VIP),Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM),and Wanfang Data.The randomized controlled trials (RCTs)comparing the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine/herbal decoction combined with UD-CA versus UDCA alone in PBC patients were included in the analysis.The methodological quality of included trials was assessed and the data were extracted,followed by meta-analysis using RevMan 5.0 software.Results A total of 12 RCTs were included,involving 681 patients with 346 in the test group and 335 in the control group.The results of meta-analysis showed that,after 6 months of treatment,the overall response rate,improvement rate,and biochemical indices of liver function (ALT,ALP,GGT,and TBil)and hepatic fibrosis in the test group were significantly improved compared with those in the control group (all P<0.05).There were no significant differences between the two groups in the immunological indices such as IgA,IgG,anti-mitochondrial antibody (AMA),and AMA M2 subtype (all P>0.05 ). Conclusion Traditional Chinese medicine/herbal decoction combined with UDCA markedly improves the indices of hepatocellular necrosis and cholestasis,degree of hepatic fibrosis,and clinical symptoms in PBC patients after 6 months of treatment,but leads to no significant im-provement in immunological indices.Due to the limited number of included RCTs and patients through systematic evaluation,and the pres-ence of selection bias and publication bias,more double-blind randomized controlled trials with large sample size,multicenter involvement, and high quality are required to provide convincing evidence.

OBJECTIVE To give a general introduction to the infection in the hospital,and supervision to key departments in order to prevent nosocomial infection occurrence. METHODS A vertical analysis was made on the basis of the survey involving the following three periods: the first period covered the second half of the year 2000(from Jul to Dec 2000),the second period covered the second half of the year 2002(from Jul to Dec 2002),and the third period covered the second half of the year 2004(from Jul to Dec 2004). RESULTS The periodical supervision and the vertical analysis in the same period showed the following: the rates of the infected patients in the departments showing a tend to go on rising from 2000 to 2002,and showing a tend to decline from 2002 to 2004. CONCLUSIONS The control of using antibiotics must be emphasized and they should be applied in a scientific and reasonable way.The key points include the management of purchasing drugs,clinical indications and usages,supervise and news feedback,etc.All of these measures could prevent the occurrence of nosocomial infection effectively.

Small animal PET is a quantitative imaging technique that can noninvasive and dynamically image the distribution of positron-labeled radiopharmaceuticals in vivo,therefore representing a new means of providing information for drug development and evaluation.This article reviews the fundamental basis of PET imaging and their application in preclinical drug discovery and development.

Objective:To establish the HPLC fingerprints of Atractylodes lancea in northwest of Hubei province to provide the basis for the quality control and variety identification of Atractylodes lancea. Methods:The fingerprints were detected by HPLC. The separa-tion was achieved on a Diamonsil 2# C18(250 mm ×4.6 mm,5 μm)chromatographic column at 30℃ using acetonitrile-water (gradient elution) as the mobile phase at a flow rate of 1. 0 ml·min-1 . The detection wavelength was 340nm. Results: There were 13 common peaks in the HPLC fingerprints of 14 batches of Atractylodes lancea with promising separation. According to the results of clustering a-nalysis,Atractylodes lancea in northwest of Hubei province was clustered into two categories. Conclusion:A simple, feasible and relia-ble method is provided for the quality control of Atractylodes lancea.

Objective To evaluate the clinical value of quantitative myocardial acoustic densitometry in myocardial fibrosis in relative to the alteration in serum procollagen type Ⅲ amino-terminal propeptide(PⅢNP) concentration in hypertensive patients. Methods Seventy-five consecutive hypertensive patients were recruited with 75 normal persons served as healthy controls. The indexes of acoustic densitometry were evaluated by echocardiography and the concentrations of the serum PⅢNP peptide by radioimmunoassay. Results Calibrated acoustic intensity in septal(CAI1) and posterior wall(CAI2) in hypertension group(0.88?0.06, 0.73?0.06) were greater than that in healthy control group (0.66?0.19, 0.54?0.06) (P

Objective: To optimize the extraction conditions of semi-bionic extraction for Gardenia jasminoides Ellis. Methods:The best extraction conditions of the semi-bionic extraction for Gardenia jasminoides Ellis was screened by uniform design with yield of geniposide, total iridoid glycosides and dry extract as the indices. Results:The optimal conditions were as follows:the pH value of wa-ter for the lst, 2nd and 3rd decoction was 2. 0, 6. 5 and 9. 0, respectively, and the extraction time was 2. 0, 1. 0 and 1. 0h according-ly. Conclusion:The optimized extraction conditions by uniform design is scientific and reasonable.

Objective The purpose of this study was to access the efficacy of Venlafaxine and Reboxitine on treatment of depressive patients who had not responded to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for eight weeks. Methods 117 cases depressive patients who had not responded to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for eight weeks were divided into three Venlafaxine group(n =41),Reboxitine group(n =39),Original medicine group(n =37) by randomly and were treated by corresponding drugs for 8 weeks. The therapeutic response and safety were evaluated by scale of HAMD and TESS at before and after treatment the end of 1,2,4,8 week. Results The score of HAMD in Venlafaxine and Reboxitine groups were significantly lower than Original medicine group at the end of 4,8 weeks after treatment and the score of HAMD in Venlafaxine group were significantly lower than Reboxitine group at the end of 8 weeks after treatment. The score of HAMD in Venlafaxine and Original medicine groups were marked descendanter than before treatment from after treatment second weekend(P <0.01),while reboxitine group did not marked descent until the 4th weekend after treatment. The reduce score of factors in cognition,retardition and desperation of Venlafaxine and Reboxitine groups were significantly higher than Original medicine group at the end of treatment. The curative effect of Venlafaxine group were supper than Original medicine group. The side reaction of three groups were not difference. Conclusions There are obviously curative effect using Venlafaxine to treat the depressive patients who had not responded to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. The time of initial effect in Venlafaxine were rapider than Reboxitine group.

Animals ; Humans ; Hydrogen Sulfide ; Hypertension, Pulmonary ; etiology ; pathology ; physiopathology ; Pulmonary Artery ; physiopathology ; Pulmonary Circulation

Objective:To observe clinical and pathological features of pancreatic solid-pseudopapillary tumor ( SPPT) , and to find some useful immunohistochemical methods for its differential diagnosis.Methods: The clinical features of 14 SPPT patients were obtained. Each case underwent microscopic observation and immunohistochemical staining. The primary antibodies were CgA, Syn, E-cadherin, β-catenin and Cyclin Dl. These results were compared with 5 pancreatic well-differentiated tumors and well-differentiated carcinomas ( WET/WEC). Results: SPPT mainly involved young women, and the head of pancreas was the commonest location. Tumors were always in solid and cystic gross appearance.Although the tumor' s borderlines seemed clear, focal infiltrations could often be identified. The histological features of SPPT were similar in some aspects to those of WET/WEC, especially the solid pattern of WET/WEC. Both of them could express CgA and Syn. But all SPPTs lost E-cadherin membranous signals, and even had some nuclear signals (5/14) , while all WET/WECs remained the same staining pattern with normal pancreas cells, β-catenin positive signals in SPPTs were located both in nuclei and plas mas. WET/WECs' positive signals were all in membranes and plasmas, but negative ones in nuclei. Perinuclear dot-like signals could also be seen in the majority cells, which were similar to normal islet cells' staining pattern. SPPTs' nuclear positive rates of Cyclin Dl were usually more than 70% (12/14). WET/WECs' rates were all lower than 30%. Conclusion: Comprehensive analysis of patients'clinical, pathological features and immunohistoehemistry results, including E-cadherin, β-catenin and Cyclin Dl, was helpful to the diagnosis of SPPT and its differential diagnosis of WET/WEC.

Adolescent ; Cardiology ; methods ; trends ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; China ; Cost-Benefit Analysis ; methods ; Diagnostic Tests, Routine ; economics ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Pediatrics ; methods ; trends ; Syncope, Vasovagal ; diagnosis