Objective: This paper focuses on the most commonly used Guiding Catheter and conduct study on material selection, push force, torque and twist controllability. Methods:In contrast to the method used in our clinical surgery three foreign manufacturers of medical guidelines for catheter materials, testing foreign manufacturers’ products. Conclusions analyzing t foreign products their own characteristics, provide the technical basis for better medical research and clinical guidelines for catheter performance. Results: Three foreign guiding catheter manufacturers selected the same materials, after testing, the guiding catheter has the best maximum pushing force, can quickly reach the site of disease. Conclusion: The guiding catheter has the best torque control, can better use in distorted vessel;the guiding catheter has the best twist controllability, can deal with complex vascular anatomy.

Rational applicatioa of inorganic nitrogen to cultivated Ginseng can improve its quality and output. It was found that the optimum ratio of nitrogen to phosphate fertilizers for the cultivation of Ginseng showed be 1:1.6.

BACKGROUND: During plasty of breast, innervation in nipple and areola of breast should be comprehended particularly in order to avoid sensory and motor disorder induced by nerve injury. OBJECTIVE: To observe the courser and distribution of nerve in nipple and areola of breast and provide anatomic data for plasty of breast. DESIGN: Single sampling study. SETTING: Department of Human Anatomy, Medical College of Qingdao University; Department of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Qingdao University. PARTICIPANTS: The experiment was carried out in the Department of Human Anatomy, Medical College of Qingdao University and Department of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Qingdao University from September 1999 to April 2001. Sixteen breasts of 8 adult female corpses aged 20-40 years and 10 breasts (5 right and 5 left) of 10 adult females with cancer of the breast aged 43-58 years were selected in this study. All patients or relations were consent. METHODS: ① Breast samples of 16 adult female corpses were scanned layers by layers with stereo anatomic micro scope to chase courser and distribution of nerve in subcutaneous fascia of mammary cancer. ② Ten fresh breast sam pies were frozen, cut into sections and stained with haematine-eosin. The typical transects were selected to observe dis tributed density of nerve fiber in 4 quadrants at various layers with stereology. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: ① Innervation in nipple and areola of breast,, ② numbers of nerve fiber of the same sample in various transects. RESULTS: ① Nerve which was distributed in nipple and areola of breast was derived from the lateral cutaneous branch and anterior cutaneous branch of the 3rd, 4th and 5th intercostal nerves and deep branch of mammary cancer. ② The lat eral cutaneous branch of the 4th intercostal nerves went into nipple and areola of breast with the directions like 4 o'clock in the left and 8 o'clock in the right, and nerves dominated nipple were derived from the lateral cutaneous branch of the 4th intercostal nerves. ③ Numbers of nerve fiber in extra-inferior quadrant of nipple and areola of breast were more than those in intra-superior, intra-inferior and extra-superior quadrants (8.06±0.18, 4.63±0.14, 4.43±0.16, 2.13±0.11, P ＜ 0.01). ④ Density of innervation in nipple and areola of breast was decreased centripetally. CONCLUSION: Operation of chest, especially plasty of breast, had better not damage lateral cutaneous branch and ante rior cutaneous branch of the 3rd, 4th and 5th intercostal nerves. Extraordinarily, the lateral cutaneous branch of the 4th inter costal nerves and nerve in extra-inferior quadrant of nipple and areola of breast should be protected carefully in order to avoid sensory disorder.

AIM:To study the method of determing camphor, menthol, synthetic bornel and the wintergreen oil contents in Shexiang Zhunggu Plaster. METHODS: Gas phase chromatogram was used to determine contents of camphor, menthol, synthetic bornel and the wintergreen oil in Shexiang Zhuanggu Plaster. The chromatogram condition consisted of the capillary vessel column(PEG-20M, 30 m?0.32 mm?0.25 ?m). The temperature programing rose from 100 ?C to 130 ?C by 5 ?C /minute, then 30 ?C /minute to 200 ?C , lasting 2 minutes in the end. The temperature of the entrance of the capillary vessel column: at 220 ?C , temperature of the detector was 240 ?C ; N_2: 5 mL/minute, H_2: 45 mL/minute, Air: 450 mL/minute; sample quantity was 0.2 ?L. RESULTS: Under certain chromatogram condition, there was linear relation among the camphor, menthol, synthetic bornel and the wintergreen oil and the peak area in the scope of 0.027 38 mg/mL-0.438 08 mg/mL, 0.041 15 mg/mL-0.658 4 mg/mL, 0.033 38 mg/mL-0.534 1 mg/mL, 0.042 15 mg/mL-0.674 4 mg/mL, respectively. The average recoveries were 98.37%, 99.76%, 98.80% and 97.61%, respectively. RSD were 1.7%, 1.8%, 0.96% and 1.5%, respectively. CONCLUSION: This experiment provides an accurate and reliable method to control the quality of Shexiang Zhuanggu Plaster.

Objective:To screen for the differentially expressed genes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells(PBMCs) from type 2 diabetes patients with distal symmetric polyneuropathy(DSPN) by gene microarray.Methods: A 5 075 gene cDNA microarray was used to examine gene expression in PBMCs of 2 type 2 diabetes patients with DSPN(group 1),2 type 2 diabetes patients without DSPN(group 2),and 2 age-and sex-matched controls(control group).The differentially expressed genes were identified and subjected to real-time RT-PCR analysis.Results: Twenty-two genes were found to be differentially expressed,including cell metabolism and signal transduction genes,oncogenes and anti-oncogenes,DNA synthesis and repair genes,ion channel and transport protein genes,DNA-binding,transcription and transcription factor genes,and cytoskeleton genes.There were 4 genes up-regulated and 18 down-regulated.Real-time RT-PCR results of AK1 and FBXO7 were consistent with that of microarray analysis.Conclusion: Microarray expression profile of PBMC in type 2 diabetes patients with DSPN is differential.DSPN may be involved in cell metabolism,signal transduction,DNA synthesis,etc.

Objective To investigate the relationship between Alloiococcus otitidis (A. otitidis) and Secretory Otitis Media (SOM) in adults.Methods The study included 39 adult patients suffering from SOM and 42 samples (middle ear effusion, MEE)were collected. We detected the four organisms(A. otitidis ,S. pneumoniae, H.influenzae and M. catarrhalis) by mutiplex PCR, for comparing the bacterial findings in the patients with or without cold history, with or without antibiotic treatment, with effusion of different characters and durations by chi-square test. Results The DNA of A. otitidis was detected from 5 MEEs(11.9%).To acute SOM, only 1 sample was PCR-positive for A. otitidis; and to chronic SOM,4 samples were positive. There was a significant difference between them. There were 3 serous MEEs and 2 mucous MEEs, which were PCR-positive for A. otitidis, and there was a significant difference between them. Antibiotic therapy didn't contribute to PCR-positive for A.otitidis. Conclusion There is A. otitidis in the MEEs of adult SOM and it may be a pathogenic factor in SOM. A. otitidis may play an important role in chronic SOM.

AIM: The aim of the present study was to clar ify the mechanism of intracellular signal transduction in Ang II-induced prolife ration of vascular smooth muscular cells (VSMC) by observing the effect of c-Src on Ang II-mediated mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation and c-Fos protein expression in cultured VSMC of rats. METHODS: Cultured aortic VSMCs from SD rats were transfected wit h anti-sense c-Src oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) wrapt with lipofectin to inhibit c-Src activity and protein production. Untransfected VSMCs were used as control . We observed the role of Ang II stimulation in MAPK activation and c-Fos protei n expression. c-Src kinase activity was measured by protein immunoprecipitation and kinase autophosphorylation. The phosphorylation rate of the substrate myeli n basic protein (MBP) was employed to assess MAPK activity. Western immunoblot w as used to detect protein expression of c-Src and c-Fos. RESULTS: c-Src protein expression in VSMC transfected with diffe rent concentrations of anti-sense ODNs significantly decreased in a negative dos e-effect manner. c-Src kinase activity was also markedly inhibited . Following t he stimulation of Ang II on transfected VSMCs with anti-sense ODNs, the increase rate of c-Src activity was 8.7% of that in control, the activity of MAPK was 1 .6% compared with control and c-Fos protein expression was as 30.0% as that of control. CONCLUSION: Ang II induces c-Src activation. MAPK activation and c-Fos protein expression by Ang II is dependent on c-Src activation. These find ings indicate that c-Src is an important signal factor in Ang II -induced VSMC proliferati on.

As China witnesses constant development of its market economy and gradual deepening of reform in its medical and health cause,the ability of domestic hospitals to adjust their operational management strategies in due course is crucially related to their survival and development amidst market competition.Hospital managers,while stressing quality and economic control,should attach special importance to the brand effect of their hospital and step up hospital brand building,the focus of which lies in patient satisfaction and loyalty and hospital popularity and reputation.Only in this way can they constantly create advantages,enhance core competitiveness and put their hospital in an invincible position amidst market competition.

The Eleventh Five-year Program period will be a very important period in the historical development of China;it will also be a key period for domestic hospitals to deepen reform and achieve steady growth.Doing a good job of the five years' work will be of great significance to promoting reform of the medical and health system,strengthening and developing the hard-won good situation,speeding up hospital construction and growth,and solving such problems facing the common citizens as "it is difficult and expensive to see a doctor".The authors offer suggestions and hope to arouse discussions as to how hospitals ought to formulate a Eleventh Five-year Program that will meet their own growth needs with the guidance of a scientific approach to development.

Objective To evaluate the risk factors of pediatric indirect inguinal hernia. Methods A hospital-based case-control study was performed. One hundred and three indirect inguinal hernia cases with two -fold controls (206 cases) were enrolled. Parents were interviewed for their charateristics before and during conception. Unconditional logistic regression model was used for single factor and multivariate analysis to estimate odds ratios and their 95% confidence intervals by SAS 6.12 computer software. Results There were more males than females in the overall identified indirect inguinal hernia(Ratio=93.20%, P