Objective To compare treatment and efficacy of thoracolumbar fractures by using three different screw fixations:traditional approach,the vertebral side clearance into the road and percutaneous pedicle. Methods A total of 82 single segmental thoracic lumbar fractures cases hospitalized from March 2011 to March 2014 ,with male 67 cases ,female 15 cases ,and average age(33.7+/-12.5)years old. Patients were randomly divided into three groups:traditional approach group (n = 23),operation through paraspinal muscle gap group (n = 30),percutaneous group(n = 29). These following indicators will be compared in three groups:duration of operation ,intraoperative blood loss ,intraoperative fluoroscopy time ,postoperative flow ,VAS scores before and after operation and Oswestry disability index , difference of spinal sagittal position Cobb′s Angle. Results Compared with the traditional approach group ,operation through paraspinal muscle gap group and percu-taneous group have obvious advantages in duration of operation,intraoperative blood loss,postoperative flow,VAS scores before and after operation ,the Oswestry disability index. Additionally ,above mentioned three surgical methods could recover kyphosis deformity ,and there was no statistically significant difference among three groups (P > 0.05). Conclusion In the treatment of monosegmental thoracolumbar fractures ,compared with traditional approach ,operation through paraspinal muscle gap and percutaneous pedicle screw internal fixation have more advantages which includes fewer trauma,less bleeding,faster recovery and lower incidence of postoperative low back pain.

Aiming at the cultivation goal and requirements as well as the current status of learning and applying medical statistics for medical doctoral students, a new idea of medical statistics teaching for medical doctoral students that combined theory with practice, science research and paper writing was proposed, with respect to improving the teaching content, teaching with clinical cases, enhancing the teaching material development, paying attention to the computer practice, and providing the writing standard for research papers.

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the clinical effectiveness of Yiqi Huoxue Tongyang Xiezhuo Recipe (YHTXR, capable of supplementing qi, activating blood, warming yang, and discharge turbidity) in treating coronary atherosclerotic heart disease (CAHD). and chronic heart failure (CHF) with carotid plaque patients, and to explore new ways of Chinese medicine (CM).

METHODSTotally 69 CAHD-CHF patients of qi deficiency phlegm stasis syndrome (QDPSS) with carotid plaque were recruited in this study using parallel cohort method. They were assigned to the treatment group (35 cases) and the control group (34 cases). Patients in the control group received routine treatment of Western medicine, while those in the treatment group were additionally treated with YHTXR (twice daily). The therapeutic course for all was three months. Cardiac function levels, echocardiography, carotid plaque, blood lipids and safety indicators were observed before and after treatment.

RESULTSAfter treatment the improvement of cardiac function levels was better in the treatment group than in the control group (P < 0.05). Decreased LDL-C levels were higher in the treatment group than in the control group (P < 0.01). There was statistical difference in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), LDL-C, TC, TG in the treatment group between before and after treatment (P < 0.05). LDL-C and TG also decreased in the control group after treatment (P <0.05). There was no significant difference in the left ventricular ejection fraction, carotid IMT, or TC in the control group between before and after treatment (P > 0.05). There was no significant difference in stroke volume, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, the area of carotid artery plaque, or HDL-C in the two groups between before and after treatment (P > 0.05).

CONCLUSIONSYHTXR could effectively improve cardiac functions of CAHD-CHF patients of QDPSS with carotid plaque, reduce blood lipids and IMT. It had no significant adverse reactions for elderly patients in short term.

Carotid Intima-Media Thickness ; Coronary Disease ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; therapeutic use ; Heart ; Heart Failure ; drug therapy ; Humans ; Lipids ; Plaque, Atherosclerotic ; drug therapy ; Qi ; Ventricular Function, Left

Objective To research the effects of short-term intensive insulin treatment on regaining the sensitivity of sulfonylureas in diabetes patients. Methods Thirty patients from outpatient and emergency department,including 12 male and 18 female,who took regular-dose sulfonylureas but was high blood glucose level,were selected to suspend the sulfonylureas treatment and were given the BIAsp30 to control the blood glucose level for three months,then they were stopped the BIAsp30 and took the same sulfonylureas used before.Results The average fasting blood glucose(FBG) was(9.4?7.5)mmol/L and the average postprandial 2 h blood glucose(PG2h)(or random blood glucose) was(14.2?7.2)mmol/L in 3 months before stopping the sulfonylureas.The average FBG was(5.7?0.7)mmol/L and PG2h was(7.2?1.4)mmol/L at the beginning of the insulin getting the blood glucose under control.The average FBG was(6.0?0.8)mmol/L and PG2h was (7.8?1.2)mmol/L during the insulin treatment.The average FBG was(6.1?0.6)mmol/L and PG2 h was(7.7?1.3)mmol/L at the end of the insulin treatment.The average FBG was(6.5?0.5)mmol/L and PG2h was(8.1?(0.8))mmol/L when continuing the sulfonylureas treatment in one months.It increased significantly to compare the blood glucose before the treatment of insulin to that after the treatment of insulin(P

Objective:To construct a DNA vaccine co-expressing the HBV compound multi-epitope antigen gene, the hIL-12 and the anti-HBV siRNA genes, and to express this DNA vaccine in HepG2 cells. Methods:The HBV multi-epitope antigen gene was designed and synthesized before it was fused with enhanced green fluorescent protein(EGFP) gene, and cloned into the multi-clone site(MCS) of the eukaryotic expression vector pVAX1. The expressinig units of hIL-12 and siRNA were cloned into the BspH I and Mlu I site of pVAX1 respectively. Then the recombinant plasmid pVAX1-siHBV-HB-EGFP-hIL12 was transiently transfected HepG2 cells. The expression of HBV compound multi-epitope gene was observed through EGFP report gene. The expression of hIL-12 was analyzed by ELISA and the effects of anti-HBV siRNA was confirmed with rtPCR . Results: The analysis of enzyme digestion and sequencing both demonstrated that the trible-expressing HBV DNA vaccine has been constructed successfully. The green fluorescent image was detected in the transfected cells which could confirm the expression of the multi-epitope antigen gene. The amount of hIL-12 secretion was 1289pg/ml in supernatant at 48h after transfection and 1712pg/ml at 72h after transfection. The mRNA amount of HBV S gene, which was the siRNA target, had been obviously knockdown. Conclusion: The DNA vaccine co-expressing the HBV compound multi-epitope antigen gene, the hIL-12 and the siRNA genes was constructed and transiently expressed in HepG2 cells, and siRNA had shown us a good anti-HBV effect. It laid a foundation of further study on anti-HBV effect of the new DNA vaccine.

Objective To study the clinical values and relativity of serum levels of NSE and ProGRP (P31-98) in patients with small-cell lung cancer. Methods Serum levels of NSE and ProGRP (31-98) was measured by ELISA in 159 patients with small cell lung cancer(SCLC), 99 patients with benign lung diseases, and 100 healthy subjects, 141 SCLC patients before and after treatment were also measured. Results The medians of NSE and ProGRP (31-98) was 21.33 μg/L and 323.70 pg/ml in patients with SCLC, 4.24 μg/L and 11.94 pg/ml in patients with benign lung diseases, 5.82 μg/L and 8.54 pg/ml in healthy subjects respectively,significantly increased in patients with SCLC as compared to that of the other two groups (P ＜0.01).Given the cut-off levels of 10.35 pg/L for NSE and 47.98 pg/ml for ProGRP(31-98), the sensitivity of diagnosis in SCLC was 71.1% and 88.7 %, respectively.The combination sensitivity and specificity of NSE and ProGRP(31-98)was 95.6 % and 96.8 %. The medians of NSE in SCLC patients with extensive and limited disease was 14.75 μg/L and 34.10 μg/L, the sensitivity was 51.14 % and 93.44 %, respectively; ProGRP (31-98) in the two groups was 143.14 pg/ml and 1061.14 pg/ml, 80.61% and 98.61%, respectively.In SCLC patients with remission after treatment the levels of NSE and ProGRP31-98 was significantly lower than that before treatment, but the levels without remission had no significantly change. There was significant relationship between NSE and ProGRP(31-98) in serum levels of patients with SCLC (r =0.379, P ＜0.01).Conclusion The serum levels of NSE and ProGRP (31-98) in patients are both increased, there are a significant relationship.But ProGRP(31-98) is a more specific and sensitive marker than NSE for the diagnosis of SCLC.The combination of the two markers can improve positive rate and validity.

Objective To explore the therapeutic effect and safety of high-frequency diathermic therapy combined with oral S-1 and intraperitoneal perfusion chemotherapy on malignant seroperitoneum of advanced gastric carcinoma.Methods Fifty-two advanced gastric carcinoma patients with malignant seroperitoneum were divided into observation group and control group.Twenty-five patients in observation group were received DDP 60 mg/m2 combined with 5-Fu 600 mg/m2 and IL-2 3 000 000 U intraperitoneal perfusion chemotherapy,as well as oral S-1 of 40mg bid on day 1-14 of every 21 days for a total of two or three cycles.High-frequency diathermic therapy was administered thirty minutes after intraperitoneal perfusion chemotherapy,twice a week for 3 weeks.Twenty-seven patients in control group were treated with S-1 and intraperitoneal perfusion chemotherapy only.Results In observation group,4 patients were CR,15 patients were PR,5 patients were SD,1 patient was PD,and the response rate (CR+PR) was 76 ％.In control group,3 patients were CR,14 patients were PR,7 patients were SD,3 patients were PD,and the response rate (CR+ PR) was 63 ％ (P ＞ 0.05).Median survial time for observation group was 10.0 months,8.0 months for control group (P ＞ 0.05).Karnofsky scores after treatment in observation group was higher than that in control group,patients' clinical benefit rate were 80.0 ％ (20/25) and 51.9 ％ (14/27).The difference in life quality between the two groups was statistically significant (P ＜ 0.05).There was no significant difference in adverse reactions between the two groups (x2 =4.544,P =0.033).Conclusion High-frequency diathermic therapy combined with oral S-1 and intraperitoneal perfusion chemotherapy for advanced gastric carcinoma with malignant seroperitoneum has good short-term curative effects and security,and this method should be further studied.

Time perspective therapy (TPT) which belongs to positive psychology is a new psychological intervention to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).A large number of studies abroad have testified that TPT is very long-term effective,what′s more, TPT has been popularized and improved by foreign scholars but not been applied in China.TPT has been a study issue in mental and psychological fields,but that how to apply TPT rightly in China needs to explore.Therefore, this paper systematically introduced and analyzed TPT theory, the problems of applying TPT and the enlightenment of nursing PTSD,so as to help Chinese scholars apply TPT to solve problems and status of nursing PTSD in China.

Background Oxidative stress is thought to be responsible to diabetes-complicated cataract.Our previous study demonstrated that as an iron chelator,deferiprone can protect lens from oxidative damage.Objective This further study aimed to investigate the role of deferiprone on the formation of diabetic-complicated cataract.Methods Forty 6-week-old Wistar rats were included in the study and randomized into 4 groups.Eight of them were used as the normal control group.Diabetes mellitus animal models were established in 22 rats by the carbonhydratediet and fat diet and the intraperitoneal injection of 40 mg/kg streptozocin (STZ).The deferiprone of 50 mg and 100 mg were intragastrically given in 8 model rats respectively after 3 days once a day for 8 weeks.The opacification of lenses was examined under the slit lamp weekly after treatment.The animals were sacrificed and the lenses were obtained at the eighth week of deferiprone injection.The concentrations of water-soluble protein ( WSP),urine-soluble protein (USP) and alkali-soluble protein (ASP) in rat lens suspension were detected by Bradford method.The super oxide dimutese (SOD),malondialdehyde (MDA) and glutathione (GSH) were determined spectrometically using xanthine oxidase,thiobarbituric acid,dithio bis-nitrobenzoic acid.Results No evidently differences were found in the content of the WSP,USP and ASP among the these groups( F=1.73,0.18,0.09,P＞0.05).The contents of MDA in 50 mg deferiprone group and 100 mg deferiprone group were ( 1.05 ± 0.10 ) mmol/g and ( 1.05 ± 0.22 ) mmol/g respectively,showing a significant decline in comparison with diabetic model group (P＜0.05).The SOD and GSH contents in lens were (321.29±16.57) U/mg,(322.07±22.16) U/mg and (7.83±0.65 ) mg/g,(7.70±0.77 ) mg/g respectively in 50 mg deferiprone group and 100 mg deferiprone group and were considerably elevated in comparison with ( 298.70± 14.69 ) U/mg and ( 5.47 ± 1.01 ) mg/g of diabetic model groups ( P＜0.05 ).No significant differences were found in the indexes mentioned above between 50 mg and 100 mg deferiprone groups(P＞0.05).Conclusions Deferiprone can reduce oxidative stress and improve the energy metabolism of the lens in diabetic rats.

Objective To evaluate the role of gamma curve fitting technique of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in quantitative analysis of microcirculation in renal solid lesions. Methods A total of fifty patients with renal parenchyma solid lesions were performed contrast-enhanced ultrasound. The images were analysed by computer with gamma fitting analysis of contrast-enhanced ultrasonic system. The quantitative parameters were obtained by the time-intensity curves, such as ascending slope (a3), descending slope (a2), arrival time (AT), time to peak intensity (TTP), basic intensity (BI), peak intensity, amplification (AMP), area under the curve (AUC), mean transit time (MTT) and perfusion index (PI). The parameters were compared between renal malignant and benign solid lesions. Results Fast-in and fast-out was the main perfusion mode in renal malignant tumors while slow-in and slow-out was found in renal angiomyolipoma (AML). The perfusion modes in renal malignant tumors and renal AML were fast-in and fast-out in 28 cases and 0 case, fast-in and slow-out in 4 cases and 1 case, slow-in and fast-out in 5 cases and 1 case, and slow-in and slow-out in 1 case and 10 cases, respectively. There were significant differences in the quantitative parameters such as a2, AUC and PI between renal malignant tumors and renal AML obtained by the time-intensity curves (P<0.05). Conclusion Gamma fitting analysis of contrast-enhanced ultrasound system can provide quantitative information of microcirculation of renal tumors, which helps to differentiate benign renal tumors from malignant ones.