OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for the research and formulation of public health policies for children in the ru-ral area. METHODS:Questionnaire survey was designed to investigate the drug use of children in the township area of Fujian prov-ince using parents of children as subjects. RESULTS:Totally 986 questionnaires were sent out,and 969 were effectively received with effective rate of 98.28%.The education level of the respondents was low,that junior school education or below accounted for 54.49%;the respondents having trouble or difficulty in giving child drugs accounted for 97.85%;the frequency of choice for chil-dren who didn't cooperate with medication due to the taste or dosage was 17.91%;17.91% thought thatthere was not enough child-specific medication or varieties;17.71%didn't know the accurate dosage;when children suffer from common diseases,the majority of respondents would choose town clinics,accounting for 42.83%. Before giving the child drugs for the first time, 50.26% of respondents would read the instruction;16.49% of respondents couldn't understand the instruction;37.67% of respon-dentswould take the initiative to understand children's medication knowledge,22.19%wanted to know but did not have the channel,and 36.12%would read when had opportunity. 28.48%knew the difference of age and body mass in children's medi-cation,but 52.73%only had some understanding. 39.64% wanted to get the medication education from doctors,while 33.77%from pharmacist. Higher education held higher proportion on attention of children's medicine information,the extent of understand-ing children medication difference and the habit of reading drug instructions(P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS:Respondents in the town-ship have much trouble or difficulty in giving children drugs,children medication information is inadequate and inaccurate in pack-age inserts,there are many shortcomings in pharmaceutical care ability of township medical institutions,education and propaganda of rational drug use in children.

Objective To summarize the experiences in treating 30 cases of skin soft tissue defects in head and neck by applying repeated expansion, and to explore an effective and satisfactory method of massive defect repair in head and neck. Methods Skin soft tissues were repeatedly expanded for 1 to 3 times after the first expansion. Massive skin defects in head and neck were repaired several times by useing repeated expansion of flap. The size of the skin defects ranged from 29cm?24cm to 10cm?8cm. The indications, complications and experiences in the treatment were discussed. Results A total of 30 cases were treated. Complication incidences of every expansive procedure were 27%, 15%, 14% and 0% respectively . After 6～12 months postoperative follow-up, the appearance and functional restoration was satisfactory. Conclusion Repeated expansion is an excellent method of repairing massive defects in head and neck.

OBJECTIVETo study the safety of Hydrophilic polyacrylamide gel (HPAG) through an animal experiment.

METHODSAfter HPAG was injected underneath the skin of SD rats, tissue specimens were taken for general and histological examinations. The cytotoxicity was evaluated by agar coverage and MTT method.

RESULTSIt was determined that the cytotoxicity was over level-two. The toxicity to kidney was obvious. The local histological reaction was slight and a thin fibrous membrane was formed around HPAG, which became stiff gradually. The shape and location of the injected HPAG was not stable. The HPAG could not be drawn out completely.

CONCLUSIONHPAG has obvious cytotoxicity and is not a suitable material as soft tissue implant for the bad shape and texture.

Acrylic Resins ; toxicity ; Animals ; Cell Survival ; drug effects ; Kidney ; drug effects ; pathology ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley

OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for guaranteeing safety and rationality of pediatric medication. METHODS:Questionnaire survey was designed to investigate and analyze the cognition,attitude and behavior of parents on pediatric medication safety in urban area of Fujian province. RESULTS:Totally 1 405 questionnaires were sent out,and 1 326 were effectively received with effective rate of 94.38%. The education level of the respondents was high,and the respondents with college degree or above accounted for 57.92%. The total monthly income was also high,the respondents with monthly income of 4 000 yuan or above accounted for 61.61%. The correct answer rates of the respondents about pediatric medication safety was above 55%,but the lowest correct rate of 3 questions was only 13.73%,14.25% and 23.83%,respectively. The average score of cognition was (13.92 ± 2.80). The scores of low educational background,low monthly income and farmers were relatively low (P＜0.01). 97.06% of the respondents had trouble or difficulty in giving children drugs;the frequency of choice for children who didn’t cooperate with medication due to the taste or dosage was 29.83%;14.58% of the respondents didn’t know the accurate dosage;12.13% lacked of pediatric medication guide. 11.37%of the respondents thought that there was no drug for child specific use or not enough child-specific varieties;when children suffered from common diseases,the majority of respondents would choose municipal level or above hospitals and community health service,accounting for 49.55% and 15.46%. 85.22% of respondents had the experience of giving drug to their children by themselves. As to medication information,10.94% of respondents hold that"wanted to know but did not have the channel"and 47.66%"would read when had opportunity". 40.05% of the respondents sometimes took the initiative to consult doctor or pharmacist about pediatric medication attention,but 19.60% of respondents took little or no initiative to that. For main sources of the respondents accessing to pediatric medication guidance,the frequency of choosing doctors was 65.53%,and that of choosing pharmacists was 20.31%. 61.09% of respondents wanted to get the medication education from doctors,while 19.76% from pharmacist. Information on pediatric medication information when the respondents visited doctors and purchased drugs were also relatively simple,and were mainly about the usage and dosage. CONCLUSIONS:At present,it is common for parents to give drug to children by themselves in Fujian province. But the cognition,attitude and behavior on medication safety of children still remain to be improved. There are shortcomings in the publicity and education of knowledge and information,and the pediatric pharmaceutical care functions of pharmacists have not been fully embodied. At the same time,the development and production of children specific drugs need to be strengthened,and the information about pediatric medication in drug instructions should be standardized and improved.

Objective To investigate the relationship between red blood cell distribution width (RDW) and prognosis in patients with multiple myeloma (MM).Methods The population that studied consisted of 27 patients with multiple myeloma and 30 healthy controls.The RDW was calculated according to the results of blood routine examination and compared between patients and healthy controls.Then,compared the difference between the two groups of RDW.MM patients were treated with international standard staging (ISS),and the differences of RDW in different stages were analyzed.ISS staging was used to draw the receiver operating curve (receiver operating characteristic curve,ROC curve),then take RDW14.65 ％ as the best cut-off point,the MM patients were divided into low RDW group (RDW=14.65 ％) and high RDW group (RDW ＞14.65％).Overall survival (OS) condition were compared between the above two groups.The impacts of RDW on OS were analyzed by Kaplan-Meier and Log-rank test.Results The average RDW value in experimental and controlled were 15.60 ％ ± 2.35 ％ vs 12.72 ％ ±0.61 ％ separately (t=6.201,P＜0.001),with statistical differences.The average RDW value in low ISS(Ⅰ + Ⅱ stage) and high ISS (Ⅲ stage) were 13.99 ％ ± 1.08％ vs 16.55 ％±2.39％ separately (t=3.800,P=0.001).The median survival time of low RDW and high RDW group was 13 months and 8 months respectively,and the difference was statistically significant (x2=6.481,P =0.011).Conclusion RDW increased in patients with MM,the risk stratification higher prognosis is worse.

Objective To investigate a new method which could not only avoid the extrusion of the silicon implant, but also be benefit for the reconstruction of nasal tip and alar during nasal augmen-tation procedure. Methods Folded lower lateral cartilage flap combined with silicon implant was ap-plied for nasal dorsal augmentation and reconstruction of nasal tip and alar with its unique character at the same time. Results 12 cases were all primary healing, without infection, extrusion of implant and other complications. One month after operation, the projection of nasal tip was increased, which had better delicate and definite shape, natural appearing tip adding contour and height to nasal tip, pleas-ant definition. Conclusions Folded lower lateral cartilage flap combined with silicon implant is an ef-fective method to decrease the incidence of extrusion, when we want to have a little over-projected na-sal tip with prosthesis. It is also helpful for reconstructing the nasal tip and alar with its unique char-acter.

BACKGROUND:There are many postmenopausal women taking hormone, which leads to much loss of bone mass, further inducing fragility fractures. The studies on the hormone exposure combined with ovariectomy-induced osteoporotic model are still immature, and the related molecular mechanism remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: To establish the rat osteoporotic model induced by ovariectomy combined with glucocorticoid exposure and to explore the underlying molecular mechanism. METHODS: Thirty 3-month-old female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into blank control, sham and model groups (n=10 per group). The rats in the blank control group received no intervention; rats in the sham group were clipped off a little of coeliac adipose tissue; the model rats received bilateral ovariectomy and 4-week administration of glucocorticoid. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:At 4 weeks after modeling, compared with blank control and sham groups, the model group showed significantly lower bone mineral density of the femur, number of bone trabeculae and bone volume/total volume, and significantly wider bone trabecular spacing. Additionally, the model group revealed the damaged bone trabecular structure and thiner cortical bone. The expression level of Runx2 was downregulated whereas both collagen type 1α1 and peroxisome proliferators activated receptor γ mRNA were upregulated in the model group. These findings suggest that ovariectomized rats exposed to glucocorticoid rapidly develop femur osteoporosis, maybe by downregulating the expression of Runx2, as well as upregualting collagen type 1α1 and peroxisome proliferators activatedreceptor γ mRNA.

Background/Aims: Previous studies have shown that diet and physical activity can influence constipation. However, the combined effect of diet and physical activity on constipation remains unclear. Methods: Constipation was defined based on stool consistency and frequency, while overall diet quality was assessed using Healthy Eating Index (HEI)-2015 scores. Participants were categorized into low (metabolic equivalent [MET]-min/wk < 500) and high physical activitygroups (MET-min/wk ≥ 500). The association between diet and constipation across physical activity groups was analyzed using surveylogistic regression and restricted cubic splines. Results: Higher HEI-2015 scores were associated with reduced constipation risk in the high physical activity group when constipation was defined by stool consistency (odds ratio [OR], 0.98; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.97-0.99). However, in the low physical activity group, increased HEI-2015 scores did not significantly affect constipation risk (OR, 1.01; 95% CI, 0.97-1.05). Similar results were found when constipation was defined based on stool frequency. In the high physical activity group, increased HEI-2015 scores were significantly associated with a reduced constipation risk (OR, 0.96; 95% CI, 0.94-0.98). Conversely, in the low physical activity group, increased HEI-2015 scores did not affect the risk of constipation (OR, 0.96; 95% CI, 0.90-1.03). Conclusions Our findings suggest that a higher HEI-2015 score is negatively associated with constipation among individuals with high physical activity levels but not among those with low physical activity levels. This association was consistent when different definitions of constipation were used. These results highlight the importance of combining healthy diet with regular physical activity to alleviate constipation.

OBJECTIVE:To observe clinical efficacy and safety of Compound xiongshao capsules in the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN).METHODS:A total of 97 DPN patients selected from our hospital during Jun.2015-Apr.2016 were divided into group A (compound xiongshao treatment group,46 cases) and control group (51 cases) according to random number table.The latter was divided into group B (epalrestat+beraprost sodium group,12 cases),group C (fursultiamine+mecobalamin group,12 cases) and group D (epalrestat group,27 cases) according to clinical symptoms and economic situation of patients.Four groups were given antidiabetic drugs for blood glucose control.Based on it,group A was additionally given Compound xiongshao capsules 0.9 g,tid;group B was additionally given Epalrestat tablets 50 mg,tid+Beraprost sodium tablets 40 μg,tid;group C was additionally given Fursultiamine tablets 50 mg,tid+Mecobalamin tablets 0.5 mg,rid;group D was additionally given Epalrestat tablets 50 mg,tid.All groups were treated for 6 months.Clinical efficacies were observed.TCSS scores,motor nerve conduction velocity (MCV),sensory nerve conduction velocity (SCV),incubation period and amplitude of median nerve and common peroneal nerve,the levels of hemorheology indexes,blood glucose,glycosylated hemoglobin,blood lipid,serum creatinine were compared before and after treatment.The occurrence of ADR was recorded.RESULTS:Total response rates of group A and B (82.61％,83.33％)were significantly higher than those of group C and D (33.33％,66.67％),total response rate of group D was significantly higher than that of group C,with statistical significance (P＜0.05).Before treatment,there was no statistical significance in TCSS scores,MCV,SCV,incubation period and amplitude of median nerve,MCV and amplitude of common peroneal never,SCV,incubation period and amplitude of common peroneal never or whole blood high-shear viscosity among 4 groups (P＞0.05).After treatment,TCSS scores of group A,B and D were decreased significantly compared to before treatment,and those of group A and B were lower than those of group C and D,with statistical significance (P＜0.05).MCV,incubation period and amplitude of median nerve in group A and B,amplitude of median nerve in group C,MCV and amplitude of median nerve in group D were significantly better than before treatment;MCV,incubation period and amplitude of median nerve in group A and B were significantly better than group C and D,with statistical significance (P＜0.05).MCV,incubation period and amplitude of common peroneal never in group A,B,C were significantly better than before treatment,MCV and amplitude of common peroneal never in group A,B were significantly better than group C,D;the improvement of incubation period of common peroneal never in group A,B,D were significantly better than group C,with statistical significance (P＜0.05).SCV,incubation period and amplitude of median nerve,SCV and amplitude of common peroneal nerve in group A,B and D were significantly better than before treatment;SCV,incubation period and amplitude of median nerve,SCV and amplitude of common peroneal nerve in group A,SCV,incubation period and amplitude of median nerve and amplitude of common peroneal nerve in group B were significantly better than group C and D;SCV of median nerve in group D was significantly better than group C,with statistical significance (P＜0.05).Whole blood high-shear viscosity of group A was decreased significantly compared to before treatment,and significantly lower than those of group B,C and D,with statistical significance (P＜0.05).There was no statistical significance in total response rate and TCSS score between group A and B,and in the levels of blood glucose,glycosylated hemoglobin,blood lipid or serum creatinine among 4 groups (P＞0.05).No obvious ADR was found in 4 groups.CONCLUSIONS:Compound xiongshao capsules shows significant therapeutic efficacy for DPN,and improves nerve conduction velocity,incubation period and amplitude of median nerve and common peroneal nerve,whole blood high-shear viscosity.Its effect is similar to that of epalrestat combined with beraprost sodium,and better than those of fursultiamine combined with mecobalamin,epalrestat alone.It does not affect the blood glucose,blood lipid and serum creatinine levels with good safety.

Ulcerative colitis（UC）is a disease characterized by chronic persistent inflammation of the colorectal mucosa. Its complex pathological mechanism is related to immune inflammation and enhanced apoptotic activity. The Janus kinase（JAK）/signal transducer and activator of transcription（STAT）is an important regulatory pathway in the body's physiological function, which can regulate the release of intestinal pro-inflammatory factors and induce apoptosis, resulting in colon tissue damage. In the condition of UC, the biological activities and expression levels of JAK and STAT increased, and the tissue inflammatory response and apoptosis rate increased, which led to the destruction of intestinal mucosal tissues. At present, in the treatment of UC, glucocorticoids and immunosuppressants are mainly employed to reduce intestinal inflammation. Although they can block the progress of UC to some extent, the adverse reactions are severe. A large number of studies have shown that traditional Chinese medicine（TCM） has significant advantages in the prevention and treatment of UC and can significantly reduce the recurrence rate of this disease. In recent years, plenty of studies have been carried out to explore the role of TCM in the treatment of UC by regulating the JAK/STAT pathway. The results have shown that the JAK/STAT pathway is the key target pathway of TCM in the treatment of UC. Based on the etiology and pathogenesis of deficiency and excess, TCM regulates the JAK/STAT pathway by clearing heat, drying dampness, cooling and activating blood, invigorating the spleen, warming the kidney, and performing both tonification and elimination to maintain the balance between pro-inflammatory factors and anti-inflammatory factors, weaken colonic inflammatory response, inhibit apoptosis, and play a role in the treatment of UC. The present study analyzed the mechanism and effect of TCM in intervening in UC by targeting the JAK/STAT signaling pathway and summarized the molecular mechanisms of different cytokines such as interleukin-6（IL-6）, IL-10, IL-23, microRNA（miRNA）-146a, and suppressors of cytokine signaling 2/3（SOCS2/3） on many family subtypes of the JAK/STAT signaling pathway to facilitate the comprehensive understanding of researchers on the mechanism of TCM on the JAK/STAT pathway in UC, which is expected to provide a theoretical basis for the treatment of UC and further drug development.