Objective To compare the efficacy of cilostazol and aspirin in the treatment of vascular dementia with white matter lesions.Methods 50 patients with vascular dementia with white matter lesions were randomly divided into control group (aspirin and nimodipine group)and observation group (cilostazol and nimodipine group). The control group was orally given aspirin enteric -coated tablets and nimodipine tablets,the observation group was treated with cilostazol tablets and nimodipine tablets.Then,the patients were followed up,compared the cognitive function and adverse events of the two groups after treatment 6 months and 1 2 months.Results 6 months and 1 2 months after treatment,MMSE score and MoCA score of the control group were significantly improved[the MMSE score and MoCA score before treatment were (20.1 2 ±4.25)points,(1 4.25 ±4.25)points,6 months after treatment were (21 .22 ±4.68)points,(1 6.45 ±3.25)points,1 2 months after treatment were (22.38 ±5.64),(1 6.95 ± 4.68);6 months after treatment,t =0.87,2.06;1 2 months after treatment,t =1 .96,2.1 4,all P <0.05].6 months and 1 2 months after treatment,MMSE score and MoCA score of the observation group were significantly improved than before treatment [before treatment the MMSE score and MoCA score were (1 9.85 ±5.1 4)points,(1 3.98 ± 6.28)points,6 months after treatment were (23.76 ±4.1 5)points,(1 8.75 ±4.28)points,1 2 months after treatment were (25.26 ±3.72)points,(23.95 ±5.43 )points,6 months after treatment t =2.96,3.1 4;1 2 months after treatment,t =4.26,6.00,all P <0.05].6,1 2 months after treatment,the MMSE score between the two groups had significant difference (t =2.03,2.1 3,all P <0.05),MoCA score between two groups had significant difference(t =2.1 4,4.88,all P <0.05).The incidence rates of cerebral hemorrhage in the observation group and control group were 0.00%,1 2.00%,the difference was significant (χ2 =3.1 9,P <0.05).Conclusion Cilostazol and nimodipine in the treatment of vascular dementia with white matter lesions,can significantly improve cognitive function of patients, and has less cerebral hemorrhage,significantly clinical effect,good security.

BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that Maca can enhance immune cel function, improve mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes, and play a role in anti-oxidation and anti-aging.
OBJECTIVE: To observe Maca effects on kidney mitochondrial respiratory function and anti-aging capabilities in elderly rats after exhausted exercise.
METHODS: 10-month-old elderly rats were intragastrical y administrated Maca powder 5 g/kg, once a day, and did treadmil exercise, 5 days in a week. Rats were randomly divided into control group, Maca group and training group and Maca+training group. At 6 weeks after training, rats in each group did exhausted exercise (35 m/min), and immediately received intraperitoneal injection of 2% sodium pentobarbital. The kidney was obtained, and mitochondria were extracted by differential centrifugation. A spectrophotometer was used to measure mitochondrial respiratory chain activity.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) Mitochondrial respiratory chain enzyme and antioxidant enzyme activity: mitochondrial respiratory chain enzyme I-III, superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase activities were higher in the Maca+training group than in the control group, Maca group and training group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01), but malondialdehyde content was lower (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). (2) Results suggested that the combination of supplement Maca and incremental exercise can improve mitochondrial respiratory function and delay aging in the kidney of aged rats after exhausted exercise. Moreover, supplemented Maca and incremental exercise have a synergistic effect.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the therapeutic effect of treatment based on syndrome differentiation and its influence on the serum levels of testosterone and insulin in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). METHODS: Forty-three women, diagnosed with PCOS as well as syndrome of kidney yin deficiency or syndrome of spleen qi deficiency, were enrolled in the study. Twenty-five PCOS women with syndrome of kidney yin deficiency were treated with traditional Chinese herbs for nourishing yin to reduce fire (nourishing yin group), and 18 PCOS women with syndrome of spleen qi deficiency were treated with herbs for invigorating spleen and replenishing qi (replenishing qi group). Body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist circumference (WC), and the serum levels of insulin and testosterone before and after treatment were detected. RESULTS: Among the 43 cases, 20 cases had high serum testosterone level, in which 13 cases with syndrome of kidney yin deficiency, 7 cases with syndrome of spleen qi deficiency, but the difference had no statistic significance; 17 cases had high serum insulin level, in which 11 cases with syndrome of spleen qi deficiency, 6 cases with syndrome of kidney yin deficiency, the difference had statistic significance (P<0.05). In nourishing yin group, the serum levels of insulin and testosterone declined after treatment (P<0.05), and BMI, WHR and WC showed no significant changes. In replenishing qi group, the serum level of insulin declined after treatment (P<0.01), and BMI, WHR, WC and the serum level of testosterone showed no significant changes. CONCLUSION: Traditional Chinese herbs for nourishing yin to reduce fire can significantly reduce the serum levels of testosterone and insulin in PCOS women with syndrome of kidney yin deficiency, and herbs for invigorating spleen and replenishing qi can significantly reduce the serum level of insulin in PCOS women with syndrome of spleen qi deficiency.

Endometrial blood flow is directly related to endometrial receptivity thereby affecting in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) outcomes. In recent years a growing number of studies have shown that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) can play a role to improve endometrial blood flow and embryo transfer. Studies have confirmed that formulas based on reinforcing kidney and activating blood can promote the formation of uterine endometrial blood vessels by adjusting expressions of a variety of vessel growth factors, and regulating nitric oxide level for inhibition of vascular smooth muscle contraction of the uterus. Treatments based on differentiation of syndromes are key to the theory of TCM. Differentiation of syndromes should be combined with biomedical disease diagnosis. It is also necessary to further clarify other endometrial blood flow disorders using TCM diagnostic methods. In these cases, drugs for reinforcing kidney and activating blood are relevant, but other medicines for smoothing liver qi and nourishing blood, as well as tonifying the spleen and generating blood may also be effective. Future clinical studies should focus on the observation of different types of TCM syndromes and the research on compatibility ratio and dose-dependent relationship of Chinese medicines. Acupuncture has been used during IVF-ET for more than 10 years. Electro-acupuncture can control the expansion of the uterine arteries by inhibiting the sympathetic nerves. However, acupuncture has not been proved to regulate endometrial arteries. To sum up, TCM can be applied to improve endometrial blood flow so as to increase birth rates in IVF-ET. The combination of Chinese and Western medicines and acupuncture application will increase their combined effect, thereby obtaining greater clinical benefits.

Objective:To investigate the efficacy of Xiaoer Jinqiao granule combined with interferon α-2b on acute herpangina in children and its effect on immune function and myocardial enzyme. Methods:A total of 102 children with acute herpangina who received treatment in Hangzhou Ninth People's Hospital from January 2019 to January 2020 were randomly assigned to receive treatment with either interferon α-2b (control group, n = 51) or Xiaoer Jinqiao granule combined with interferon α-2b (observation group, n = 51) for 5 d. The time to disappearance of main symptoms, changes in humoral immune function, changes in cellular immune function and myocardial enzyme level after treatment relative to before treatment as well as curative effect were compared between the control and observation groups. Results:The time to disappearance of pharyngeal herpes [(3.05 ± 0.74) d], salivation [(2.31 ± 0.68) d], and fever [(1.36 ± 0.39) d] in the observation group were significantly shorter than those in the control group [(4.38 ± 0.98) d, (3.83 ± 1.07) d, (2.54 ± 0.71) d, t = 7.773, 8.562, 10.403, all P < 0.05]. After treatment, serum IgA [(1.49 ± 0.16) g/L], IgG [(10.29 ± 0.89) g/L] and IgM [(1.26 ± 0.14) g/L] levels in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group [(1.13 ± 0.12) g/L, (9.35 ± 0.72) g/L and (0.98 ± 0.13) g/L, t = 12.855, 5.864 and 10.466, all P < 0.05]. After treatment, CD 3+ [(74.29 ± 2.15)%], CD 4+ [(40.85 ± 1.65)%] and CD 4+/CD 8+ expression [(1.87 ± 0.23)] in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group [(67.96 ± 2.43)%, (38.02 ± 1.20)% and (1.49 ± 0.14), t = 13.933, 9.906 and 10.079, all P < 0.05]. After treatment, serum creatine kinase [(147.86 ± 15.42) U/L] and lactate dehydrogenase [(128.64 ± 14.25) U/L] in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group [(176.95 ± 13.15) U/L and (184.32 ± 18.98) U/L, t = 10.251, 16.754, both P < 0.05]. Total effective rate in the observation group was significantly higher than that in the control group [92.16% (47/51) vs. 74.51% (38/51), χ 2 = 5.718, P < 0.05]. Conclusion:Xiaoer Jinqiao granule combined with interferon α-2b has obvious curative effect on acute herpangina in children because it can improve the humoral and cellular immune function and reduce myocardial damage.

Objective To evaluate MR diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI)and MR perfusion-weighted imaging(PWI) in differentiating benign from malignant soft tissue tumors by comparing the related parameters. Methods Fifty patients with soft tissue tumors verified by pathology( benign 24, malignant 26) underwent DWI and dynamic contrast-enhanced T2 * -weighted PWI. DWI and PWI data of benign and malignant soft tissue tumors were acquired at the workstation and their difference was analyzed with t-test. The diagnostic accordance rate was verified with x2-test. Subjective overall performance of two techniques were evaluated with receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. Results ADC values of benign and malignant tumors were (2. 03±0. 36) × 10-3 mm2/s, ( 1.52±0. 39) × 10-3 mm2/s,respectively. The signal intensity decrease of them during the first-pass perfusion (SIdecrease ) were ( 13.54 ± 3.37 )%, (47. 57 ± 5. 21 ) % ,respectively. The maximum linearity slope rate of TIC ( SSmax ) of them were ( 5.51 ± 2. 54 ) %, (7.94 ± 3. 33) %, respectively. There were significant differences between benign and malignant tumors of ADC value and SIdecrease ( t = 2. 515,2. 938 ;P < 0. 05 ), while there was no significant difference in SSmax (t = 1. 272,P >0. 05). When the threshold of ADC value was 1. 866 × mm2/s, sensitivity and specificity for determining malignant tumors were 84. 6% (22/26)and 83.3% (20/24). When the threshold of SIdecrease was 40. 33% ,sensitivity and specificity for determining malignant tumors were 88. 5% (23/26)and 75.0% (18/24). In type Ⅰa of TIC,the proportion of benign soft tissue tumor was 3/24 and malignant tumor was 20/26. In type Ⅰb , benign tumor was 14/24 and malignant tumor was 3/26. In type Ⅰc, malignant tumor was 3/26. In type Ⅱ ,benign tumor was 7/24. The diagnostic accordance rate of DWI and PWI were 84. 0% (42/50) and 82. 0% (41/50), respectively. There was no significant difference between them ( x2 = 0. 8, P >0. 05). The accuracies of them were 81.7% , 83. 6% respectively by the area under the ROC curve (AUC). The sensitivity of PWI in diagnosing malignant soft tissue tumors was higher. Conclusions ADC value and SIdecrease are Valllable diagnostic parameters in differentiating benign and malignant soft tissue tumors. The threshold of these parameters for diagnosing malignant soft tissue tumors are 1. 866 × 10-3 mm2/s and 40. 33%, respectively. The type of TIC can help to distinguish malignant tumors from benign tumors, while the SSmax can not. The accuracies of DWI and PWI in the diagnosis of malignant soft tissue tumors are moderate. Compared with DWI, PWI should be selected firstly because of its higher sensitivity in diagnosing malignant tumors.

Objective To investigate the reliability of the integrated method for kinetic assay of substrate in the presence of product inhibition using glutathione-S-transferase(GST) as model.Methods Purified GST from pig liver was used to catalyze the conjugation of reduced glutathione(GSH) to 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene(CDNB)(final concentration at 1.0mmol/L),and reaction curve was monitored by product absorbance at 340nm.Maximal product absorbance after the completion of reaction was predicted by the integrated method.Results The optimization of product inhibition constant conferred to resistance to the variation of residual substrate concentration on the estimation of maximal product absorbance.This integrated method for kinetic substrate assay was also resistant to common source of errors.The recovery for extra GSH in rat liver homogenate was above 98% with linear response ranged from 2.0?mol/L to 90 ?mol/L.The concentration of GSH in rat liver was consistent to previous reports.Conclusion The integrated method is valid for kinetic assay of substrate when there is product inhibition,and it exhibits some universality as a kinetic method for enzymatic analysis with obvious advantages.

Objective:To observe the influence of methylprednisolone in the respiratory mechanical parameters in the elderly patients undergoing major surgeries with general anesthesia intubation after mechanical ventilation,and to investigate whether methylprednisolone can improve the respiratory system degenerative diseases and benefit the mechanical ventilation. Methods:Sixty patients undergoing elective line laparotomy were divided into experimental group and conrol group (n=30) according to their wishes.The patients in experimental group receieved intravenous injection of methylprednisolone 1 mL (40 mg) after endotracheal intubation,and the patients in control group receieved 1 mL intravenous saline water injection.The airway peak pressure (Ppeak), airway platform (Pplat), lung compliance (Compl), and airway resistance (Raw) of the patients in two groups were recorded at the time of immediately before administration and 10,20,30,40 min after administration.The arterial blood oxygen partial pressure(PaO2),arterial blood CO2 partial pressure(PaCO2),CO2 partial pressure at the end of breathe out(PetCO2) of the patients were detected at the time of immediately before administration and 20 min after administration.Results:Compared with before administration, the respiratory mechanics parameters of the patients in control group 10,20,30,40 min after administration had no statistically significant differences (P>0.05);the Comple of the patients in experimental group was singnificantly increased (P<0.05), and the Ppeak, Pplat,and Raw were significantly decreased (P<0.05).Compared with control group, the Compl of the patients in experiment group 10,20,30,and 40 min after administration were significantly increased (P<0.05),and the Ppeak, Pplat, and Raw were decreased (P<0.05).Compared with before administration,the PaO2,PaCO2,and PetCO2 of the patients in control group 20 min after administration had no significant differences(P>0.05);the PaCO2 and PetCO2 of the patients in experimental group 20 min after administration were decreased(P<0.05),and the PaO2 was increased(P<0.05).Compared with control group,the PaCO2 and PetCO2 of the patients in experimental group 20 min after administration were decreased(P<0.05),and the PaO2 was increased(P<0.05).Conclusion:Methylprednisolone can obviously reduce PaCO2,Peak, and Pplat and increase PaO2 and Compl;methylprednisolone has possibility in improving the adverse effects of degenerative disease of respiratory system on general anesthesia in the elderly patients.

Objective To investigate the rates of depression and its risk factors in elderly hypertensive patients and healthy residents in Fuzhou.Methods 882 elderly primary hypertensive patients aged 60 years and over and 1230 healthy elderly residents were assessed by the geriatric depression scale (GDS) and a self-made general information questionnaire, and SPSS 16.0 was used to analyze data.Results The average score of depression and the incidence of depression were higher in elderly hypertensive patients than in healthy elderly residents [(12.43±5.01) vs.(11.53±5.13), 64.4％ vs.55.3％, t=-3.849, x2=16.386, P＜0.01].Compared with healthy controls, scores of depression were higher for all age groups in elderly married male patients, with low levels of education (junior middle school or below), a monthly income less than 2000 yuan, and partial or no medical insurance coverage (P＜ 0.05 for all).Scores of depression were higher in elderly hypertensive patients who had smoking or drinking habits, social activity, hobby, or physical exercise than in healthy controls, (P＜0.05 for all).Scores of depression were also higher in elderly hypertensive patients who had family support, barely enough or adequate family expenses or family support than in healthy controls, regardless of living conditions (P＜0.05 for all).Multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that risk factors for depression in elderly hypertensive patients were family support, age, medical insurance coverage, family expenses, living conditions, hobbies, and gender, while risk factors for depression in healthy elderly residents were family support, interests, medical insurance coverage, and age.Conclusions The incidence of depression is higher in elderly hypertensive patients than in health elderly people in communityin Fuzhou.Family support, hobbies, medical insurance coverage and age are the common risk factors for depression in both elderly hypertensive patients and healthy residents.Family expenses, living conditions and gender are important risk factors for depression in elderly hypertensive patients.

Objective: To investigate the effect of puncture-related pain on the quality of life in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis through internal arteriovenous if stula. Methods: A total of 180 hemodialysis patients with the arteriovenous ifstula were surveyed by the kidney disease quality of life short form(KDQOL-SF1.3), demographic data questionnaire, visual analogue scale and pain self-effcacy questionnaire. Results: The median score of puncture-related pain was 5 and the score of pain self-efficacy was (31.42±14.59). The quality of life in the patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis is poor. KDQOL-SF1.3 was (69.45±24.19), SF-36 was (49.82±19.17) and ESRD-targeted was (55.46±18.37). Multivariate analysis demonstrated that the quality of life was positively correlated with the patient gender (β=0.152,P<0.05, OR=1.638, 95% CI 1.241–1.954), working position (β=0.307,P<0.05, OR=2.069, 95% CI 1.206–-3.148), using time of arteriovenous ifstula (β=?0.815, P<0.05, OR=0.223, 95% CI 0.095–0.741), the score of pain (β=-0.017,P<0.05, OR=1.004, 95% CI 0.886–1.431) and pain self-effcacy (β=-0.409,P<0.05, OR=0.803, 95% CI 0.710–0.984). hTere existed negative correlation between the quality of life score and the puncture-related pain score in these patients (r=-0.472,-0.465,-0.381,P<0.01), positive correlation between the quality of life score and the score of pain self-efficacy (r=0.647, 0.203, 0.518,P<0.05), and negative correlation between the puncture-related pain score and the score of pain self-effcacy(r=-0.745,P<0.01). Conclusion: Puncture-related pain is a crucial inlfuential factor on the quality of life in the patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis through internal arteriovenous ifstula.