Objective To study the impact of changes in the pharynx on the vocal functions and resonance functions to evaluate the effects of UPPP on voice and in order to provide a reference for the selection of UPPP sur‐gery population .Methods The 30 male adult patients who underwent UPPP surgery were recorded pre-surgery ,1-week post-surgery and 3-month post-surgery speech .Then the multi-dimensional voice program (MDVP) , linear prediction coding (LPC) ,the Nasometer Ⅱ(model 6450) were used to evaluate the vocal functions ,the oral resonance functions and the nasal resonance function .Results F0 ,jitter ,shimmer ,and NHR were unchanged from the pre-surgery to the post-surgery condition .One week after the surgery ,F1 ,F2 of /a/,/i/and /u/were un‐changed (P>0 .05) .Three months after surgery ,F1 ,F2 of the vowel /a/and F1 of the vowel /u/were remained essentially unchanged (P>0 .05);while the frequency of F1 ,F2 of the vowel /a/and of F2 of the vowel /u/were significantly higher compared to pre-surgery values (P<0 .05) .One week after the surgery ,the nasalance scores of the oral sentence ,the oranasal sentence ,and the nasal sentence were unchanged (P>0 .05) .Three months after surgery ,the nasalance scores of the oral sentence and the oranasal sentence were unchanged (P>0 .05);while the nasalance scores of the nasal sentence were significantly higher compared to pre-surgery values (P<0 .05) .Conclu‐sion UPPP doses not affect the vocal function .But it might have a certain effect on resonance function ,demonstra‐ted by the change of several formant frequency and nasalance .UPPP in all professional voice users should be cau‐tious .Such patients who want to undergo UPPP must be informed of this potential modification of the voice after sursery .

ObjectiveTo investigate the mechanism for the curative effect of douching with nasal sinuses perfusate in treating chronic sinusitis after endoscopic sinus surgery.MethodsSeventy-six chronic sinusitis patients after endoscopic sinus surgery were divided into treatment group and control group by random digits table with 38 cases each.Every group was given postoperatively sinus flush,treatment group was flushed with nasal sinuses perfusate,while contro group was flushed with 0.9％ sodium chloride.Therapeutic effect was evaluated after two months.The therapeutic effects of the two groups were compared and the inflammation factor levels and changes of sinus mucosa were observed before and after treatment.ResultsIn treatment group,there were 21 cases to be cured,13 cases to be improved,4 cases to be useless,the total effective rate was 89.5％(34/38),while in control group,there were 12 cases to be cured,15 cases to be improved,11 cases to be useless,the total effective rate was 71.1％(27/38),the total effective rates between two groups were statistically significant(P ＜0.05).The levels of interferon (IFN)-γ,interleukin(IL)-2,IL-4,IL-5 after treatment in treatment group were respectively ( 13.21 ± 1.38),( 14.59 ±1.43 ),(34.83 ± 5.31 ),( 39.93 ± 7.98 ) pg/L,which were significantly decreased compared with those before treatment [ (23.87 ± 1.76),( 16.13 ± 1.71 ),(67.37 ± 7.36),(81.82 ± 7.69) pg/L,P ＜ 0.05 ].The levels of IFN- γ,IL-2,IL-4,IL-5 after treatment in control group were respectively (20.13 ± 2.73 ),( 14.82 ± 2.26),(48.92 ±7.62),(43.87 ±8.25) pg/L,which were significantly decreased compared with those before treatment [ (24.06 ± 1.82 ),( 15.96 ± 1.74),(66.81 ± 8.24),(82.16 ± 7.34) pg/L,P ＜ 0.05 ].And the levels of IFN- γ,IL-4,IL-5 after treatment in treatment group were significantly lower than those in control group,the differences were statistically significant(P ＜ 0.05).ConclusionsThat nasal flush with nasal sinuses perfusate for postoperative patients with chronic sinusitis after endoscopic sinus surgery may improve the therapeutic effect and nasal sinuses perfusate formula is superior to 0.9％ sodium chloride alone,and the mechanism may be related to inhibition of inflammation factor release of sinus mucosa.

Ballistocardiogram (BCG) signal is a physiological signal, reflecting heart mechanical status. It can be measured without any electrodes touching subject's body surface and can realize physiological monitoring ubiquitously. However, BCG signal is so weak that it would often be interferred by superimposed noises. For measuring BCG signal effectively, we proposed an approach using joint time-frequency distribution and empirical mode decomposition (EMD) for BCG signal denoising. We set up an adaptive optimal kernel for BCG signal and extracted BCG signals components using it. Then we de-noised the BCG signal by combing empirical mode decomposition with it. Simulation results showed that the proposed method overcome the shortcomings of empirical mode decomposition for the signals with identical frequency content at different times, realized the filtering for BCG signal and also reconstructed the characteristics of BCG.
Algorithms ; Ballistocardiography ; methods ; Humans ; Monitoring, Physiologic

Objective To investigate the effect of mucolytic agents during endoscopic sinus surgery.Methods 84 patients of chronic rhinosinusitis were employed in the study,which were randomly divided into the control group(41 subjects) and study group(43 subjects) according to the digital table.The patients in the control group adopted regular therapies,and study group were received regular therapies as well as mucolytic agents(eucalyptol-limonene-pinene soft capsule,300 mg,three times a day) application for 8 weeks.Followed visiting lasted for 6 months.The VAS scores,Lund-Mackay scores and efficient rate were compared.Results The VAS scores and Lund -Mackay scores in the control group after treatment were (3.63 ± 1.71)points and (8.34 ±4.68) points,and which in study group were (2.03 ± 1.67) points and (6.48 ± 3.59) points,and the difference was statistic significant (t =4.338 and t =2.049,P ＜ 0.05).According to CPOS-2012,in the control group,19 cases were controlled,14 cases were partly controlled,and 8 cases were uncontrolled,the whole efficient rate was 80.5％.in the study group,24 cases were controlled,17 cases were partly controlled,and 2 cases were uncontrolled,the whole efficient rate was 95.3％.Compared to the control group,the efficient rate of the study group was higher,the result showed statistical significance (x2 =4.420,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Using mucolytic agent after surgery can improve the controlled rate and affect the success of treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis.

Sepsis should be defined as life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dys-regulated host response to infection. Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is one of the methods for the clinical treatment of sepsis. For patients undergoing CRRT, rational antimicrobial therapy is very important for the control of patient's infection. However, during CRRT, there is no clear guideline for the dose adjustment of antibiotics. In this paper, we analyzed the effect of CRRT combined with antibiotics on sepsis treatment in China and abroad, and discussed its effect on antibiotic clearance, and provided reference for clinical work.

Objective To explore the clinical curative effect of recombinant human endostatin injection combined with chemotherapy in the treatment of patients with advanced gastric cancer and malignant ascites,and its influence on the quality of life.Methods 62 patients with advanced gastric cancer from July 2012 to July 2015,were randomly divided into observation group (31 cases)and control group (31 cases).The control group was treated with FOLFOX6 chemotherapy,the observation group was given recombinant human endostatin injection on the basis of the treatment of the control group.The two groups were treated for 3 weeks.The curative effect,QOL score,Karnofsky score,the change of serum CEA and CA19 -9 levels and drug adverse reaction incidence before and after treatment were compared in the two groups.Results The RR of the observation group was higher than that of the control group (54.84 vs 29.03%,χ2 =4.239 3,P <0.05).The QOL score and Karnofsky score in the two groups were increased after treatment (P <0.05).The QOL score and Karnofsky score after treatment in the observation group were higher than the control group(t =6.512 7,5.669 0,all P <0.05).The serum CEA and CA19 -9 levels of the two groups decreased significantly after treatment (P <0.05).The serum CEA and CA19 -9 levels of the observation group were lower than the control group after treatment (t =5.276 0,6.310 8,all P <0.05).The leukopenia,thrombocytopenia, peripheral neurotoxicity,decreased hemoglobin,diarrhea,nausea and vomiting adverse reaction rate of the two groups had no significant differences (P >0.05).Conclusion The clinical efficacy of recombinant human endostatin injec-tion combined with malignant ascites in the treatment of patients with advanced gastric carcinoma is significant,and can significantly improve the quality of life of patients,has the important research value.

Background Angle Kappa is the angle between the pupillary axis and visual axis,and it is a major consideration in corneal refractive surgery and strabismic surgery.Researches showed that age and refractive status affect angle Kappa value,and additionally,the measuring results of angle Kappa are associated with instruments.Objective This study was to investigate and weight the influences of axial length,anterior chamber depth and corneal curvature to angle Kappa.Methods A cross-sectional study was designed.Fifty health volunteers were included from Dec 2009 to Aug 2010,with the age of 18-38 years and average diopter of-1.0 D and best corrected visual acuity of 1.0.The horizontal and vertical angle Kappa was binocular measured with a testing machine designed by laboratory of School of Optometry & Ophthalmology Wenzhou Medical University.IOLMaster was employed to measure the ocular axial length,anterior chamber depth and corneal curvature radius.A multiple linear regression model was established to analyze the influences of axial length,anterior chamber depth and corneal curvature radius to angle Kappa.Results An efficacious regression equation was established as Y =15.554-0.587X1+0.724X2+ 0.232X3 with the independent variables as axial length(X1),anterior chamber depth (X2),corneal curvature (X3) and dependent variable as horizontal angle Kappa (Y) (R =0.788,R2 =0.621,P =0.000).Horizontal angle Kappa showed a negative correlation with axial length (b1 =-0.587,β1 =-1.002,P =0.000) and a positive correlation with anterior chamber depth (b2 =0.724,β32 =0.296,P =0.030).No significant correlation was found between corneal curvature radius and horizontal angle Kappa (b3 =-0.232,β3 =-0.068,P=0.338).A new regression equation was Y =14.235-0.622X1 + 0.824X2 after removed the corneal curvature variable (R =0.786,R2=0.618,P =0.000),with a negative correlation between horizontal angle Kappa and axial length (b1 =-0.622,β1 =-1.062,P＜0.05) or positive correlation between horizontal angle Kappa and the anterior chamber depth (b2 =0.824,β2 =0.337,P＜0.05).In addition,a multiple linear regression equation among 3 independent variables and dependent variable of vertical angle Kappa was Y =0.492-0.020X1 +0.038X2 +0.089X3 (R =0.436,R2 =0.191,P =0.000).However,no significant correlations were seen between vertical angle Kappa and axial length,anterior chamber depth or corneal curvature radius (all at P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions Ocular axial length and anterior chamber depth have an obvious influence to horizontal but not vertical angle Kappa.Axial length appears to have more influence to horizontal angle Kappa than anterior chamber depth.

Objective To investigate the effect of concurrent exercise intervention in metabolic endotoxemia induced by high-fat diet in rats,and further understand the damage of liver mitochondrial ultramicrostructure.Methods Eighteen SD rats with the weight of 100g were randomly divided into 3 groups:group A (standard diet group),group B(high-fat diet group) and group C (treadmill-trained group with high-fat diet).Training (1 hour/d) initiated at the same time as the HF diet was fed.After being raised for 6 weeks,the rats was euthanized and weighed up.Blood samples were taken and the levels of serum lipid were detected.The levels of serum endotoxin were detected by enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assay.The membrane potentials of isolated mitochondrion were detected by flow cytometry instrument and the morphologic changes in mitochondria in liver were observed by electronic microscopy.Results In group B,the levels of endotoxin increased significantly(2.916 ± 0.761 rs 5.454 ± 1.254,t =-4.236,P ＜ 0.05),and the liver mitochondrial density and membrane potential also increased significantly compared with group A after 6 weeks (4.330 ±0.501 vs 3.507 ±0.532,t =2.759,P ＜0.05;l.660 ±0.202 vs 0.473 ±0.064,t =13.712,P ＜0.05).But there was no markedly different in serum endotoxin between group B and group C (4.972 ± 1.757 vs 5.454 ± 1.254,t =-0.547,P ＞ 0.05).Compared with group B,the liver mitochondrial density of group C decreased significantly (4.330±0.501 vs 3.581 ±0.188,t =3.426,P ＜ 0.05).The mitochondrial ultrastructurctural changes in each group were not obvious.Conclusions The rats fed with high-fat diet for 6 weeks can reach the state of metabolic endotoxemia.The increasing levels of the liver mitochondrial membrane potential caused by metabolic endotoxin may affect the happening and development of other diseases in the future.Concurrent exercise can not decrease the level of endotoxin.It also shows that metabolic disease caused by high-fat diet should be prevented by moderation in eating and drinking.

Objective: To provide some experience and help for the pharmaceutical care for drug-induced acute kidney injury through analysis and pharmaceutical care performed by clinical pharmacist for two cases of drug-induced acute kidney injury. Meth-ods:Clinical pharmacist analyzed the mechanism of drug-induced acute kidney injury, provided some suggestions for the medication, helped doctors select hormone drugs reasonably and performed medical education in the patients. Results:The kidney function of the two patients was recovered during the hospitalization after the reasonable treatment and care by doctors and pharmacists. Conclusion:The drug-induced acute kidney injury should be paid high attention, and the medical education should be strengthened in the patients.

Objective:To investigate the entry point of clinic pharmaceutical care performed by clinical pharmacists in diabetic ne-phropathy patients with chronic renal insufficiency. Methods: Clinical pharmacists played an important role in the service of clinical pharmacy by doing pharmaceutical care in main treatment agents such as hypoglycemic agents, hypotensive drugs and symptomatic treatment agents including diuretics, lipid-lowering drugs and microcirculation improving drugs, and in the healthy diet education for the patients. Results:Clinical pharmacists improved the compliance of the patients and the trust in clinical pharmacists, which en-sured the safety and efficacy of clinical drugs. Conclusion:Clinical pharmacists can guarantee the safety of medication and delay the development of diabetic nephropathy with chronic renal insufficiency.