Natural products were the material basis of drug discovery and drug screening, and high-performance techniques were the important prerequisite of earning hits. In this paper, we reviewed the current situation and future prospects of drug screening, including the pharmaceutical environment, the challenges facing drug discovery, the screening tools and the methods of generating analogs.

Objective To summarize the experience in the management of incarcerated umbilical hernia in cirrhotic patients with aseites. Methods The operative methods, perioperative management and fellow-up data of 15 patients diagnosed incarcerated umbilical hernia in the setting of cirrhosis and ascites were studied retrospectively. All the patients underwent emergency operation to remove necrotic umbilical skin and hernial content, including incarcerated greater omentum (6 cases) and strangulated segment of small bowel (5 cases). After debriding the operating field thoroughly, the umbilical hernia was repaired with polypropylene mesh, among those Sublay repair was used in 11 cases with the longest diameter of hernial ring more than 3 cm and Onlay repair in 4 cases with the longest diameter of hernial ring less than 3 cm. During the perioperative period, albumin and fresh frozen plasma transfusion, as well as diuresis and ascites paracentesis, was adopted to treat eirrhosis and ascites. Results All the patients underwent operation successfully. The operative time was 90～185 min, averaging at 122 min. Seroma formation in 2 cases and incision infection in one were cured with conservative therapy. One patient died of multiple organ dysfunction after the operation. During the fellow-up of 1～5 years, 1 patient died of liver function failure and there was no hernia recurrence. Conclusion With appropriate perioperative management and correct operative method, polypropylene mesh could be adopted in the emergency repair operation of incarerated umbilical hernia in the setting of cirrhosis and ascites.

Objective To investigate and summarize preliminarily the clinical experiences of laparoscopic incisional hernia repair with intraperitoneal patch placement for the patients over 70 years old.Methods From July 2005 to July 2008,laparoscopic incisional hernia repair with intraperitoneal onlay meshes were applied in 8 patients,and whose clinical data were studied retrospectively.Results The procedures were performed successfully in all patients except one converted to open because of severe adhesion.The mean operative time was 105 min(ranged from 50 min to 180 min).One postoperative hypercapnia was resolved through mechanic ventilation for 24 h.One seroma and 1 prolonged postoperative pain over 1 month occurred,which were cured with conservative therapy.Mean postoperative hospital stay was 9.5 d(ranged from 7 d to 14 d).There was no recurrence or local discomfort during 12-36 months(average 26.5 months)follow-up.Conclusions Laparoscopic incisional hernia repair with intraperitoneal onlay mesh for the patients over 70 years old is safe and feasible,which has some advantages such as less trauma and rapid recovery.The perioperative management and operative technique are very important for the success of operation.

Vaccination in children suffering neurological diseases is a troublesome issue that people es-pecially pediatricians are reluctant to mention. Due to worrying about the emergence of adverse reactions and concerning on the heat induced seizure,doctors and parents tend to cancel or do not recommend these children to be vaccinated. Additionally,the heat sensitive seizures,such as febrile seizure( FS) ,generalized epilepsy with fe-brile seizure plus(GEFS+),Dravet syndrome account for the largest proportion of the seizure related disease and epilepsy syndrome. Their pathogenesis has been proved relating to the mutation of SCN gene of the sodium channel. For children with FS,GEFS+,and Dravet syndrome,vaccination may lead to fever,which even may bring about convulsions,but it will not result in worse prognosis.

OBJECTIVE:To compare the therapeutic effect,adversere reactions and cost-effectiveness between granisetron and ondansetron in preventing nausea and vomiting caused by cancer chemotherapy.METHODS:Using pharmacoeconomic co_st-effectiveness analysis,the relevant therapeutic indices were evaluated.RESULTS:The effective rates of granisetron in preventing nausea and vomiting were 83.6% and 86.8% with an average cost of 210.48 yuans in a therapeutic couse,the cost-ef_fective ratio being 251.77 and 242.37,and those of ondansetron were 72.9% and 83.7% with an average cost of 381.35 yuans,the cost-effective ratio being 523.11 and 456.62.CONCLUSION:Granisetron can effectively prevent nausea and vomiting caused by cancer chemotherapy,and its cost-effective ratio is superior to that of ondansetron.

Objective To observe the influence of ascites in severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) on the function and viability of peritoneal macrophages in order to investigate the role of peritoneal macrophages in pathophysiological alteration and secondary pancreatic infection in SAP. Methods After the ascites of SAP models treated peritoneal macrophages for 1,3,6,12 and 24 hours in vitro, neutral red phagocytosis, cell viability and TNF secretion of peritoneal macrophages were determined respectively. Results The phagocytosis, cell viability and TNF secretion of macrophage all decreased with the treating time prolonged in the tests. Conclusions The ascites of SAP decreased the phagocytosis, viability and TNF secretion of peritoneal macrophages, and was one of the factors to promote secondary pancreatic and peripancreatic infection as well as bacterial translocation of gut.

Different doses of ~(90)Y glass microspheres weres injected into the livers of rabbits under ultrasound guidance to observe the distribution of isotope in the body and the histologic alteration in the liver. The result showed that the isotope microspheres were only limited at the injected areas. The areas o.f bremsstrahlung ranged 4.1～12.55cm~2(mean 8.45cm~2). Whole body scanning revealed that the isotope was not observed outside the liver and no injury of non-target organ was present. When the dose was 35 mci, complete necrosis appeared in the hepatic cells within the bremsstrahlung areas. The study indicales that intrahepatic injection of ~(90)Y glass microspheres is accurmuate in locallization, produces high local iradiation energy and may become a non-surgical way for treating carcinoma of liver.

BACKGROUND:Interbody fusion is widely used in spine surgeries. Failed fusion may cause many complications, so it is very important to evaluate fusion before surgery. Imaging methods are commonly used to evaluate fusion, including X ray, CT and MRI. Above methods have their own specific methods and characteristics, which cause their differences in sensibility and specificity. OBJECTIVE:To review the research progress of imaging methods in interbody fusion. METHODS:The English key words were“lambar fusion, cervical fusion, interbody fusion, evaluation method”in the PubMed database. The literatures with detailed description of interbody fusion were selected for further review, including comparative study on a variety of evaluation methods of imaging means. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:According to the inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria, a total of 40 papers were included. X-ray and CT are the most commonly used methods, while CT is more reliable. MRI, bone scan and other methods cannot correctly and directly evaluate spinal fusion. Overal judgment of symptoms, signs and different kinds of image data are more reasonable fusion evaluation strategies.

Objective To explore a biodegradable drug?loaded composite scaffold and determine its bone regeneration and local long?term drug release ability. Methods In this study, RFP?loaded a novel poly (caprolactone)?b?poly (lactide?co?gly?colide)/β?TCP composite scaffold was produced using particle?leaching/freeze?drying technique. And the obtained composite scaffold was characterized by SEM, TGA, UV spectrophotometer, universal testing machine and so on. New Zealand rabbits were used to prepare bone defects, which was treated by the implantation of active artificial bone loaded with or without RFP. The blank group was untreated. Then the repairing effects of the materials were examined. Results The obtained porous scaf?fold has inter?connected and uniformly distributed pores, and the diameters of pores range from 200 μm to 300 μm. Many mi?cropores (10 μm to 50 μm) can be observed on the wall of macropores. The total porosity of the porous composite scaffold can reach as high as 83.4%; the β?TCP content of the scaffolds is 51.2%. Meanwhile, the addition of β?TCP avoided volume shrinkage compared with b?PLGC scaffold; Additionally, the porous composite scaffold has good compressive strength ( 240 kPa) and compressive modulus (1.0 MPa); And the drug loading of the scaffold was 3.2%,which could smoothly release drug for 63 days after a period of burst release for a week. All defects in the experimental groups were radiographically repaired. There were significant differences between the experimental groups and the control group. Conclusion RFP?loaded poly (cap?rolactone)?b?poly (lactide?co?glycolide)/β?TCP composite scaffold is expected to benefit in drug therapy and bone repair in the treatment of bone tuberculosis.

Objective To understand the body burden and the distribution characters of organochlorine pesticides and residues in non-occupational exposure population. Methods A cross-section study was conducted from Mar. 2004 to Jul. 2004, 107 men and 142 women, who were all healthy community residents, were investigated. Serum DDTs and HCHs level were determined by EC-ECD. The relationship between organochlorine pesticides in serum and age and BMI were analyzed by liner regression. Results Organochlorine pesticides and residues in serum with high detection rate were ?-HCH≥82.2%, p,p'-DDE≥94.4%, p,p'-DDT≥91.6%, and the level of the three organochlorine pesticides in the serum of women was significantly higher than that in men Mann-Whitney Test, P