Fifty-two cases of acute leukemia were treated with chemotherapy, and forty-one cases in combination vrith Spirulina platensis. After the therapy, the patient's bone marrow was inhibited. The inhibition period of bone marrow was shortened and the recovery period was advanced in the combined Spirylina platensis therapy, the level of peripheral blood cells was raised. The results suggest that the combined spirulina platensis therapy in chemotherapy could accelerate the recovery of the normal hematopoiesis and increase the amounts of blood cells.

Using chemotherapy (DA or HA and ATRA) to treat 22 cases of acute promyelocytic leukemia following to give PSS (100mg/d X 7d) ,the patients complicated with DIC were treated then were given the chemotherapy,combined with PSS to end. The results showed that the complete remission rate of the therapy of APL with PSS was increased to

Opioid-induced constipation (OIC) is the most common side effect of opioid. OIC influences the quality of life of pa-tients suffering from cancer pain. However, given that the drug is often overlooked and underappreciated, most of the time, the patients would avoid or abandon using opioid and, as a result, they continuously suffer from cancer pain. Therefore, OIC prevention and man-agement must be made before opioid use. The consensus on the diagnosis of OIC has only been reached recently. Thus, a unified defini-tion of OIC must be developed to exchange therapeutic option among departments in hospitals and compare treatment outcome. The di-agnosis of OIC is discussed, and the management of OIC, including medicinal and non-medicinal treatment, is summarized. Mean-while, the initial program for prevention and treatment of OIC is established to make OIC management more convenient for clinical physicians. Much work is still needed to establish a consensus on OIC diagnosis and a suitable program for prevention and treatment of OIC.

Objective To observe the clinical effect of brachial plexus anesthesia shoulder manipulation solution combined with individualized treatment in treatment of periarthritis of shoulder.Methods 80 patients with periarthritis of shoulder were randomly divided into control group and observation group,40 cases in each group.The control group was given brachial plexus anesthesia shoulder manipulation solution,and the observation group was given brachial plexus anesthesia shoulder manipulation solution combined with individualized treatment.Joint function score and cure rate were compared before and after treatment in the two groups.Results The joint function score [(93.68 ±3.74)] and cure rate (62.50%) of the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group[(79.35 ±3.21),35.00%] after 2 months treatment (t =1.57,3.86,χ2 =6.05,all P <0.05). Conclusion Brachial plexus anesthesia shoulder manipulation solution with individualized treatment has obvious effect in treatment of periarthritis of shoulder,and can effectively restore joint function in patients.

BACKGROUND:It has been known that there exists a close relationship between leptin and obesity.Then,how are serum leptin and insulin related to obesity-related hypertension(ORH)? OBJECTIVE:To study the changes of serum leptin and insulin in elderly men with ORH,and investigate the relationship between leptin resistance and ORH in elderly men. DESIGN: Retrospective controlled study based on diagnosis. SETTINGS:The Department of Neurology and the Department of Nuclear Medicine,Affiliated Union Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. PARTICIPANTS: Altogether 62 elderly male inpatients or outpatients aged from 60 to 82 years in the Affiliated Union Hospital of Tongji Medical College from October 2001 to June 2002 were selected.The diagnosis of hypertension was based on the diagnostic criteria established by the WHO in 1999:systolic blood pressure(SBP) ≥ 140 mm Hg(1 mm Hg=0.133 kPa) and(or) diastolic blood pressure(DBP) ≥ 90 mm Hg. INTERVENTIONS:The content of serum leptin and insulin in 41 hypertensive and 21 normotensive elderly men was determined by the method of radioimmunoassay. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Blood pressure,body mass index (BMI),serum leptin and insulin level. RESULTS:The content of serum leptin and insulin in the hypertensive obese men were increased significantly by 1.8 μ g/L and 2.7 mIU/L,respectively,as compared with that in the normotensives (t=2.212,2.395,P< 0.01). The level of serum leptin and insulin in the ORH patients was increased by 2.7 μ g/L and 4.7 mIU/L,respectively,as compared with that of the normotensives with significant differences (t=3.348,5.113,all P< 0.001). The level of serum leptin in the hypertensive patients older than 70 years was significantly increased by 1.7 μ g/L compared with that of those aged 60 to 70 years(t=2.767,P< 0.05). CONCLUSION:Resistance to leptin and insulin exists in obesity-related hypertension of elderly men and leptin is closely associated with obesity-related hypertension.

Objective To investigate the relationship between the expression of p53 protein and Ki-67 antigen in order to detect its clinical characters and the significance of them in them occurrence and development of appendiceal mucinous neoplasms.Methods 42 tissues of appendiceal mucinous neoplasms were selected by pathological diagnosis in the department of pathology of the PLA general hospital from May 1993 to October 2007.The 10 samples of control group were obtained from simple appendicitis after surgery.Applied PV6000 immunohistochemical method,the expressions of p53 protein and Ki-67 antigen were detected.Results The expression of p53 protein in appendiceal mucinous neoplasms was higher than that in appendicitis tissue [31.0 ％ (13/42) vs 0 (0/10),x2 =4.127,P =0.042).The positive rate of p53 protein in appendiceal mucinous adenocarcinoma was higher than that in low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm tissue (40.0 ％ vs 8.3 ％,x2 =4.0218,P =0.044).The positive rate of p53 protein in appendiceal mucinous neoplasms tissue with pseudomyxoma peritonei was higher than that in tissue without PMP (45.5 ％ vs 15.0 ％,x2 =4.5464,P =0.033).The expression of Ki-67 antigen in appendiceal mucinous neoplasms was higher than that in appendicitis tissue (45.2 ％ vs 10.0 ％,x2 =4.2374,P =0.039).Considering the different factors (such as gender,age,pathological type and PMP),Ki-67 antigen expressions were still not significantly different (P ＞ 0.05).In appendiceal mucinous neoplasms,the difference of positive rates of Ki-67 between the p53 positive expression group and the p53 negative group was statistically significant (x2 =7.6299,P =0.0057).Conclusion The expression of p53 protein was correlated with the expression of Ki-67 antigen.It's valuable that both p53 protein and Ki-67 antigen are used to evaluate the biological behavior of appendiceal mucinous neoplasms and predict the malignant degree.

Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of a schedule of 2 cycles' high-dose dexamethasone (HD-DXM) as an initial therapy in adults immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), and compare with conventional dose prednisone therapy. Method A total of 59 newly diagnosed ITP patients were divided into 2 groups randomly. In 30 patients ( Dexamethasone group), oral HD-DXM was administered at 40 mg/d for 4 consecutive days, repeated one week later, and then failed to maintain. In the remaining 29and then gradually tapered. Results For short-term efficacy, after 1 and 2 weeks of treatment, the response rate in Dexamethasone group was significantly higher than that in Prednisone group (50. 0% vs 24. 1%, P ＜0. 01; 73.3% vs 55.2%, P ＜0. 05 ), while 3 weeks later, there was no remarkable difference between the two groups(83.3% vs 68.9%, P ＞ 0. 05 ), though the response rate in Dexamethasone group remained higher. For long-term effect, at the end of the 2nd and 3rd months of follow-up, the relapse rate in Dexamethasone group was significantly lower than that in Prednisone group(24. 0% vs 40. 0%, P ＜ 0. 05;32.0% vs 65. 0%, P ＜ 0. 01 ), while at the end of the 1st month of follow-up, there was no significant difference( 16. 0% vs 20. 0%, P ＞0.05 ). In addition, it's well tolerated and no complications such as severe infection or Cushing syndrome were complained in Dexamethasone group. Conclusion HD-DXM possesses an advantage over conventional dose prednisone therapy in efficacy and safety.

Elaboration on the importance of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) in promoting the teachers' professional development was conducted based on the concept of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) and from the aspects of the external environment,promotion of teachers' independent development as well as changes in teaching philosophy and the teachers' development value.Corresponding measures were proposed according to the reality of higher education of Chinese medicine.

Center for faculty development (CFD) in Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine is one of the earliest agencies of the university targeted for professional development of the teachers.In recent years,CFD took learning community as one of the main way to promote teacher professional development and made in-depth researches.This paper discussed on organization and form of community as well as teachers' training and assessment.

Objective To investigate the curative effect of the Idarubicin(IDA) in combination with Am-Cand VP16 (IAE) regimen for treatment on refractory acute myelecytic leukemia. Methods Idarubiein 7 mg/m2 iv gtt for 3 days, Ara-C 100 mg/m2 and VP16 100 mg/d iv gtt for 5 days continuously were used as one course.Results Among 17 refractory leukemia patients complete remission was achieved in 9 patients and partial remission in 4 patients, but no remission in 3 patients and one patient died of cerebral hemorrhage after one-two courses of the treatment. Conclusion The IAE regimen for treatment of refractory acute myelocytic leukemia is an effective therapy. The major toxic side effects encountered were marrow suppression,neutropenia and thrombocytopenia. The toxic side effects in heart, liver and kidney were not found.