The ultraviolet spectrophotometric method for determination of vitamin A in breast milk was simplified. The milk sample was extracted directly with ammonia water, ethyl alcohol and ether, the saponification procedure be- ing omitted. The optimal height of the aluminum oxide adsorption column and the optimal rate of flow for elution were developed. The observation was made whether the elution for vitamen A was complete by identifying the fluorescence of vitamin A directly under ultraviolet light in the eluat-es collected instead of SbCl3-Vitamin A blue color reaction. The simultaneous estimation of Vitamin A in breast milk and in the standard solution of Vitamin A with this method showed E300nm/E325nm less than 73%, agreeable with the British Pharmacopoeia. The recovery was 100.8%. This procedure has advantages of high sensitivity, simplicity, time saving and economy.

Objective To observe the difference in therapeutic efficacy between acupuncture with distant acupoints selection and proximal acupoints selection in treating acute headache.Method Sixty patients with acute headache were randomized into group A and group B, 30 cases in each group. Group A was intervened by acupuncture with distant acupoints selection, while group B was by acupoints with topical acupoints selection. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Present Pain Intensity (PPI) from McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) were observed before and after intervention, and the clinical efficacies were compared between the two groups. Result After treatment, the VAS and PPI scores were significantly different from that before treatment in both groups (P<0.01). The changes of VAS and PPI scores in group A after intervention were significantly different from that in group B (P<0.01). The total effective rate was 90.0% in group A versus 73.3% in group B, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.01). Conclusion Acupuncture with distant acupoints selection can produce a better therapeutic efficacy than acupuncture with topical acupoints selection.

Objective To determine the prevalence of vulvovaginal candidiasis(VVC) in pregnant women,to test its antifungal susceptibility to miconazole,clotrimazole,fluconazole, itrocona- zole,and nystatin and to treat VVC with miconazole in pregnancy. Methods Vaginal swabs were collected from unselected pregnant women in prenatal clinic. The antifungal susceptibility of 131 strains of Candidas to miconazole,clotrimazole,fluconazole,itroconazole,and nystatin were detected by Neo-Sensitabs susceptibility testing. 66 cases of VVC were treated with 6 day-course of miconazole(400 mg/d). Results The prevalence of VVC in pregnant women was 12.7%(127/1000). 37.4%(374/1000) had previous VVC. 0.6%(6/1000)of women were recurrent VVC(RVVC),which occupied 4.7%(6/127) of VVC. C. albicans was the most frequently(87.1%) isolated pathogen followed by C. glabrata (9.9%) ,C. tropicalis(1.5%),and C. krsei(1.5%). The resistant rate of C. albicans to miconazole,clotrimazole,fluconazole,itroconazole,and nystatin was 10.5%、2.6%、 6.1%、 7.9%,and 0. All 13 strains of C. glabrata was susceptible to miconazole,nystatin and susceptible or susceptible-dependent-upon-dose (SDD) to clotrimazole,fluconazole,and itroconazole. The mycological cure rate of miconazole on day 7～14 and day 28～42 was 84.8%(56/66 cases) and 80.3% (53/66 cases). Conclusions VVC is very common in pregnancy. C. albicans is the predominant Candida species in VVC and has some resistance to miconazole,clotrimazole,fluconazole,itroconazole,and nystatin. Miconazole therapy is effective on VVC treatment in pregnant women. Non-effective treatment might be associated with Candidas resistance.

Twenty-four novel benzothiazole derivatives containing arylpiperazine were designed and synthesized by bioisosterism principle. Anti-proliferative effect of these synthesized compounds against four cancer cell and two normal cell lines were evaluated in vitro by the standard MTT assay. Pharmacological test showed that most of the compounds exhibited potent antitumor activity. Some of the compounds (II2, II3, II6, II7) showed strong anti-proliferation activities against HepG2 and HeLa229 cell lines with the IC 50 values of 1.6-4.5 micromol x L(-1) and 2.5-5.3 micromol x L(-1), respectively, and compounds having cyan in p-substituted benzene ring (I4, I8, I12, II4, II8 and II12) were found to have better antitumor activities against AsPC-1 cell lines with the IC50 values of 5.2-11.3 micromol x L(-1). The structure-activity relationship of benzothiazole derivatives containing arylpiperazine was also discussed preliminarily.

Objective:To investigate the clinical value of total parenteral nutrition for patients with tetanus. Methods:TPN was used in 13 tetanus patients. The nutrition parameters were recorded in these patients and compared with those in 25 tetanus patients without TPN. Results:Compared with the control, body weight, albumin, Hb, peripheral lymphocyte count in TPN group were higher and the complication and mortality were less. Conclusions:Total parenteral nutrition can improve nutrition parameters and prognosis of tetanus patients.

Objective To generate high purity and maturity DC from human peripheral blood monocytes in vitro.Methods PBMC were isolated directly from whole blood by density gradient centrifugation and purified by collecting the attached cell,DC were then generated by induction and culturing PBMC for five days with RPMI1640 medium containing rhGM-CSF and rhIL-4 in vitro,and under the condition of 37 ℃,5% CO2.On the fifth day,rhTNF-α was added into DCs cultures,which were then incubated for three additional days.The morphology was monitored by light microscopy,and the phenotypes were determined by FCM.Results After eight days of culture,the cells developed typical and significant dendritic morphology and plenty of cells expressed CD1a, CD80 and CD83,features of DC.Including(78.07±9.43)%CD1a,(60.11±20.50)% CD80 and(46.82±14.15)% CD83 were expressed.About (3.12±1.30)x106 DC cells were derived from 40ml human peripheral blood.Conclusion The way to generate DCs is simple and easy.The DCs produced by this method acquired high purity and maturity antigenic characteristics of DCs.

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of preoperative and postoperative intravesical instillation of pirarubicin for the prevention of postoperative recurrence of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). Methods From September 2012 to March 2014, 120 patients who were diagnosed as NMIBC and accepted trans-urethral resection of bladder tumor (TUR-Bt) were collected and randomly divided into two groups, including treatment group (60 cases) and control group (60 cases). 30 minutes before the operation, instillation of pirarubicin (40 mg) was performed in the treatment group, then pirarubicin perfusion was given within 24 h after operation, once a week for 8 weeks, and once a month for 10 months after operation. In control group, instillation of pirarubicin (40 mg) was given within 24 h after operation, and other treatments were the same as the treatment group. The differences of lesion detection probability, the 2-year recurrent rate and the adverse reaction rate were compared between the two groups. Results The lesion detection rates were 42.70 % (38/89) and 1.85 % (2/108) in the treatment group and control group, respectively (χ2=50.303, P<0.05). 119 patients were follow-up for 24 months. The 2-year recurrence rates were 8.47%(5/59), 21.67% (13/60) in treatment group and control group respectively (χ2= 4.033, P< 0.05). The adverse reactions mainly included hematuria (3 cases in treatment group, 3 cases in control group), urinary tract irritation (3 cases in treatment group, 2 cases in control group) and urethral stricture (1 case in treatment group, 1 case in control group). The difference of the adverse reaction incidence between the two groups was not significant statistically [11.86 % (7/59) vs. 10.00 (6/60), χ 2 = 0.106, P > 0.05]. Conclusions The preoperational intravesical instillation of pirarubicin can fix and diagnose malignant lesions in the bladder without adverse reactions, which will improve the rate of tumor resection and prevent postoperative recurrence of tumors.

Objective To investigate the safety and feasibility of barbed absorbable suture line in retroperitoneoscopic partial nephrectomy. Methods 45 patients who were suitable for retroperitoneoscopic partial nephrectomy from February 2013 to February 2014 were collected and randomly divided into V-Loc group and the control group. 23 cases of V-Loc barbed absorbable suture line were chosen by suture kidney in V-Loc group.There were 22 cases of coated vicryl plus antibacterial suture and Hem-o-lok clip in the control group. The differences of operative time, blood loss, warm ischemia time, suture time, hospital stay and suture material costs were compared respectively between the two groups. Results All 45 cases of retroperitoneoscopic partial nephrectomy were successfully performed, without conversion to open surgery and important intraoperative complications. Postoperative pathology report showed that there were 37 cases with renal clear cell carcinoma, 3 cases with papillary renal cell carcinoma, 2 cases with chromophobe renal cell carcinoma with negative surgical margin, 3 cases with renal angiomyolipomas. In the V-Loc group and the control group, the average operative time were (90.8±9.6) and (96.9±9.1) min (P>0.05), the mean blood loss were (80.4±24.2) and (99.5±24.8) ml (P>0.05), the mean warm ischemia time were (21.5±3.4) and (25.3±1.9) min (P<0.05), suture time were (10.8±1.7) and (16.8±3.1) min (P<0.05), respectively, postoperative hospital stay were (5.7±1.7) and (7.1±1.9) d (P>0.05), the average cost of renal parenchymal suture material were (1 215.5±101.4) and (2 073.5±301.8) yuan (P<0.05). The warm ischemia time,suture time and suture material costs in the V-Loc group were significantly lower than those in the control group (all P<0.05). Conclusion The application of barbed absorbable suture line in retroperitoneoscopic partial nephrectomy can shorten warm ischemia time and suture time, and save hospitalization costs, with favorable safety and feasibility.