1.Relationship between bronchoalveolar lavage fluid Mycoplasma load and clinical characteristics in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia
Weimin CHEN ; Xihui ZHOU ; Xingyu LUO ; Huiru YI
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2014;37(33):12-15
Objective To explore the relationship between bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) Mycoplasma load and clinical characteristics in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) pneumonia.Methods MP DNA was quantitatively detected by fluorescent real-time PCR in BALF from 67 children with MP pneumonia.They were classified into three groups:low MP load group (< 103/ml,21 cases),moderate MP load group (103-106/ml,22 cases) and high MP load group (> 106/ml,24 cases).Clinical symptom,main laboratory and imaging results of children among three groups were compared.Results When compared with low MP load group and moderate MP load group,high MP load group had longer fever duration [(7.4 ± 2.6),(10.0 ± 2.4) d vs.(12.4 ± 2.7) d],longer time to normalization of temperature with macrolide administration [(4.2 ± 1.0),(8.5 ± 2.4) d vs.(10.8 ± 4.4) d],more patients with high fever,there was significant difference (P < 0.05).Statistically significant difference existed in C-reactive protein among three groups [(3.0 ± 1.4),(11.5 ±7.6),(34.0 ± 10.1) mg/L] (P =0.004).Large field of consolidation or atelectasis were found in 58.3% (14/24) of high MP load group,much higher than 22.7% (5/22) in moderate MP load group and 14.3% (3/21) in low MP load group.Bilateral or massive pleural effusion was not found in low MP load group,while in moderate MP load and high MP load group,they were 13.6 % (3/22) and 25.0% (6/24)(P =0.033).Conclusions There is a close relationship between MP load in BALF and clinical characteristics in children with MP pneumonia.Those with high MP load have a more severe process.
2.Role of adhesion molecule CD44 in respiratory syncytial virus infection induced bronchiolitis
Huiru YI ; Xingyu LUO ; Li YIN ; Weimin CHEN
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2014;37(27):23-25
Objective To investigate the role ot adhesion molecule CD44 in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection induced bronchiolitis.Methods Thirty-six children with RSV infection induced bronchiolitis (infection A group),34 children with only RSV infection (infection B group) and 40 healthy children (control group) were selected.The proportion of peripheral blood CD44+ cell was determined by flow cytometry.The levels of peripheral blood interferon (IFN)-γ,interleukin (IL)-4,IL-10 and IL-12 were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.Results The expression of CD44 and the level of IL-4 in peripheral blood in infection A group were significantly higher than those in infection B group and control group,there were statistical differences (P < 0.05).The level of IFN-γ in peripheral blood in infection A group was significantly lower than that in infection B group and control group,there were statistical differences (P <0.05).The levels of IL-12 in peripheral blood in infection A group and infection B group were significantly lower than that in control group,there were statistical differences (P < 0.05).There were no statistical differences in the level of IL-10 in peripheral blood among the 3 groups (P > 0.05).In the children with RSV infection,the expression of CD44 in peripheral blood was positively correlated with the level of IL-4 (r =0.798,P < 0.05),the level of IL-12 was negatively correlated with the level of IL-4 (r =-0.186,P <0.05).Conclusion The expression of adhesion molecule CD44 may play a role in the RSV infection induced bronchiolitis,and the high expression of CD44 in children with RSV infection may increase the susceptibility to bronchiolitis.
3.Survey of Employment Trends Among the Students of School of Economy and Management in Our University
Ying YI ; Ling LI ; Huiru CAI ; Bin ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2003;0(03):-
With a survey through questionnaire among the students of the School of Economy and Management in Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in terms of students' attitude towards their majors,students' employment expectation,student's employment psychology as well as the employment channels,the essay analyzes the different employment trends among the students of the three majors in the school and offers some useful suggestions to enhance its work in employment guidance.
4.Chemotherapy in conjunction with traditional Chinese medicine for survival of elderly patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: protocol for a randomized double-blind controlled trial.
Zhiyi ZHOU ; Ling XU ; Hegen LI ; Jianhui TIAN ; Lijing JIAO ; Shengfu YOU ; Zhifen HAN ; Yi JIANG ; Huiru GUO ; Hui LIU
Journal of Integrative Medicine 2014;12(3):175-81
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is considered an important complementary therapy with beneficial effects for cancer patients. Elderly patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are a complex patient group with increasing co-morbidity and shrinking physiological reserve, and may derive substantial benefit from the supportive aspects of TCM. Researchers from Shanghai Longhua Hospital found that qi and yin deficiency is a common syndrome in patients with stage III or IV lung cancer. This project was designed to study the combination of single-agent chemotherapy with TCM methods of benefiting qi and yin in elderly patients with advanced NSCLC.