OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of Jianpi Qinghua Recipe (JPQHR) on chronic renal failure with syndrome of dampness-heat due to spleen deficiency and its mechanism. METHODS: One hundred and six patients were randomly divided into two groups: control group (53 patients treated with routine therapy) and JPQHR-treated group (53 patients treated with routine therapy and JPQHR). RESULTS: Routine therapy combined with JPQHR could improve symptoms. The serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, triglyceride and low density lipoprotein decreased significantly in the JPQHR-treated group as compared with those in the control group (P<0.05), while the number of erythrocyte rosette-forming cells increased significantly in the JPQHR-treated group as compared with those in the control group (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Routine therapy combined with JPQHR can significantly decrease blood lipid level and strengthen cellular immune system, so it can lower the urine protein in the early and middle stages of chronic renal failure and improve renal function.

Objective To investigate nurses' organizational career management and job satisfaction in the third-grade class-A hospital,and analyze the relationship between them.Methods A total of 576nurses were recruited by two-stage stratified random sampling method from four third-grade class-A hospitals.They were investigated with Nurses' Organizational Career Management Questionnaire and Job Satisfaction Scale.Results The mean score of nurses' organizational career management and job satisfaction was(2.94±0.52)and(3.32±0.46).There were significant differences on the scores of job satisfaction in nurses with different ages,nursing age,shift,posts,professional tifles,departments,monthly income and type of hospitals.Nurses' organizational career management was positively correlated to job satisfaction.After controlling for the demographic variables,the overall state of organizational career management could explain 34.2 percent for the variances of job satisfaction respectively.Conclusions It is suggested to pay close attention to nurses' organizational career management and take effective career management measures to improve nurses' job satisfaction so as to stabilize the nursing team and retain the excellent nurses.

Abdominal Pain ; therapy ; Adult ; Aged ; Electroacupuncture ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Rectal Diseases ; therapy ; Young Adult

Rheumatoid arthritis(RA) is very common in immune rheumatism, with high disease incidence and long course, hard to cure. The medicines and bio-preparation used in treating RA in modern medicine are difficult to spread and for long application owing to their unsatisfactory effect or much toxic or side effects. However, the acupuncture has definite effect without side effects. As the unique therapy in acupuncture field—abdominal acupuncture, can it bear the task of treating RA The article makes analysis and discussion on its availability.

Objective To validate the Partin table 1997,2001 and 2007 for their accuracy in predicting pathologic stage in Chinese prostate cancer patients.Methods From January 1997 to June 2007,109 consecutive patients with clinically localized prostate carcinoma underwent open retropubic or laparoscopic radical prostatectomies and met all inclusion criteria well enrolled.Receiver operating characteristic(ROC)analysis was performed tO test the predictive accuracy of organ confined disease (0CD),extraprostatic extension(EPE),seminal vesicle involvement(SVI)and lymph node involvement(LNI). Results OCD,EPE,SVl and LNl were noted in 70%,17%,13%and 0%of cases respectively.The area under curve(AUC)of ROC for Partin table 1997 was 0.727,0.654 and 0.811for 0CD.EPE and SVl respectively,and was 0.693,0.633 and 0.835 for Partin table 2001 and 0.669.0.611 and 0.778 for Partin table 2007.Conclusions Partin tables 1997,2001 and 2007 are able to accurately predict the pathologic feature of seminal vesicle involvement.However,only Partin table 1997 can more accurately predict organ confined disease in this external validation for Chinese patients.

AIM: To investigate the interference of valsartan on blood pressure and plasma angiotensin Ⅱ (ang Ⅱ), aldosterone (ALD) in salt sensitive essential hypertensive patients. METHODS: Eighty-four adult hypertensive patients were enrolled in study, and the salt sensitivity was determined by acute intravenous salt water loading according to Sullvan's criteria. The change of blood pressure and plasma ang Ⅱ, and ALD were compared before and after the treatment. RESULTS: At the end of 2, 4, 6, and 8 weeks, patients with salt sensitive essential hypertensive (group ss) and no salt sensitive essential hypertensive (group nss) were measured. The results showed that sitting systolic blood pressure (SiSBP) was decreased by 17.5 ? 4.3 and 11.0 ? 1.4 mmHg, and sitting diastolis blood pressure (SiDSP) was decreased by 17.0 ? 3.7 and 7.3 ? 1.1 mmHg after the treatment. It was found that patients showed significantly higher plasma ang Ⅱ and lower plasma ALD in group ss and group nss. CONCLUSION: Valsartan can significantly control SiSBP and SiDBP for both groups, interfered plasma angiotensin Ⅱ and I aldosterone, and be more effective for patients with salt sensitive essential hypertensive.

Objective:To investigate the relationship of urinary 8-oxoguanosine(8-oxoGsn)with muscle mass, muscle strength, advanced glycation end products(AGEs), trace elements, heavy metals and other health-related indictors in different age groups of the Beijing area.Methods:A cross-sectional research was conducted.Healthy adults aged 25 to 93 years who sought health examination in the Health Examination Center of Beijing Hospital were recruited.Participants were divided into the young and middle-aged group and the elderly group with age 60 as the cutoff.Urinary 8-oxoGsn levels were detected by mass spectrometry and adjusted using urine creatinine values.Body composition was measured by multifrequency bioelectrical impedance analysis(BIA). Grip strength, 6-meter walking speed and 5-times sit to stand test were conducted by experienced team members.Skin autofluorescence was used to detect skin AGEs.A portable optical scanner was used to detect heavy metals and trace elements using reference points of the palm.Levels of fasting blood glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin, high-density lipoprotein and other common blood biochemical indicators were measured.Results:A total of 106 subjects were enrolled, including 68 in the young and middle-aged group and 38 in the elderly group.The proportion of patients with hypertension(14 ases or 36.8% vs.7 ases or 10.3%), systolic blood pressure[130(120, 140) vs.120(110, 126)mmHg], fasting blood glucose[5.7(5.2, 5.9)mmol/L vs.5.2(4.9, 5.5)mmol/L], glycosylated hemoglobin[6.0(5.7, 6.2)% vs.5.7(5.4, 5.9)%], 8-oxoGsn/Cre[1.9(1.4, 2.6) vs.1.3(1.0, 1.6)], AGEs(2.44±0.46 vs.2.01±0.29), 5-times sit to stand test scores[7.8(6.9, 9.8)s vs.6.0(5.0, 6.8)s], magnesium(31.4±7.2 vs.27.7±6.4), mercury(0.013±0.003 vs.0.008±0.003)and silver[0.011(0.010, 0.012) vs.0.010(0.009, 0.011)]were higher in the elderly group than in the young and middle-aged group, while grip strength[28.0(22.0, 35.1)kg vs.36.6(28.5, 49.1)kg], fat-free mass[44.9(37.5, 51.1)kg vs.53.3(42.4, 58.5)kg], trunk muscle mass[21.0(17.5, 23.9)kg vs.25(19.8, 27.4)kg], appendicular skeletal muscle mass[20.9(17.6, 23.9)kg vs.24.9(19.8, 27.3)kg], calcium[273.3(219.1, 480.0) vs.457.8(428.5, 489.1)], cobalt[0.029(0.027, 0.031) vs.0.031(0.028, 0.034)], selenium[1.44(0.93, 1.71) vs.1.61(1.53, 1.68)]and nickel[3.5(3.3, 4.0)*10 -3vs.3.8(3.6, 4.1)*10 -3]were lower in the elderly group than in the young and middle-aged group( P<0.05). Urinary 8-oxoGsn/Cre levels were positively correlated with age, time of 5-times sit to stand test, AGEs, fasting blood glucose, mercury and aluminum( rs=0.443, 0.292, 0.357, 0.205, 0.316 and 0.214, P<0.05), and negatively correlated with trunk muscle mass, appendicular skeletal muscle mass, fat-free mass, grip strength, silicon and manganese( rs=-0.334, -0.333, -0.332, -0.366, -0.246 and -0.234, P<0.05), with statistical significance. Conclusions:Increased urinary 8-oxoGsn/Cre levels are correlated with decreased muscle mass, poor physical function, accumulation of AGEs, decreased trace element levels and increased heavy metal levels.Therefore, 8-oxoGsn has the potential to be a broadly representative and sensitive indicator for health assessment.

Objective To evaluate the impact of preoperative renal artery embolization in renal cell carcinoma patients with venous tumor thrombus.Methods A total of 249 RCC patients with venous tumor thrombus underwent radical nephrectomy and thrombectormy in our hospital.Seventy-four patients received preoperative renal artery embolization while other 175 patients did not.The related items were analyzed.The tumor thrombus level was divided into 5 groups with American Mayo clinic classification system.Considering the significant difference in tumor situation and treatment strategies, we took the hepatic vein as a cut-off line, dividing patients into two subgroups, the early and advanced tumor thrombus groups.There were 208 patients in the early tumor thrombus group and 41 patients in the advanced group.The related items were analyzed respectively.Results Patients in the embolization group tended to have larger tumors and higher percentage of advanced tumor thrombus.For all patients, the embolization group had longer operation time [(4.8 ±2.1) h vs.(4.1 ±2.2) h ,P <0.05] and greater median blood loss (900ml vs 500 ml,P <0.05), compared to the non-embolization patients, and RAE did not show benefits on perioperative outcomes seemingly.However, subgroup analysis of patients with advanced tumor thrombus ( above hepatic vein) , in spite of the larger size of tumor, preoperative RAE showed significant benefits on reducing operation time [(7.0 ±1.7)h vs.(8.2 ±1.8)h, P<0.05)] and intraoperative blood loss (2 000 ml vs.3 000 ml, P<0.05) and decreasing blood transfusion (1 525 ml vs.2 050 ml ,P>0.05).Conclusion Preoperative RAE may be more appropriate for patients with advanced tumor thrombus because of its benefits in reducing operation time, intraoperative blood loss and elevating the operative security.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the characteristics of vestibular migraine (VM), in order to understand the auditory and vestibular function. METHOD: One hundred cases of confirmed or suspected VM patients were observed. Routine examination including pure tone test, vestibular dual temperature test and vestibular evoked myogenic potential(VEMP) and video head impulse test(v-HIT) Were conducted. RESULT: The incidence of male and female was about 1.00 : 2. 57. The average age of onset was 47 years, of which the youngest was 19 years old, and the oldest was 74 years old. Ninty-three cases of patients presented with vestibular sensitive performance, including photophobia, phonophobia,or motion sensitive. Fourty-two patients had migraine at the onset of the disease. Thirty-four patients had cochiear symptoms, including tinnitus, ear fullness, or epicophosis. In seventeen cases of fatigue, tension or poor sleep can cause vertigo. Nine patients had low blood pressure, 7 patients presented with hypertension. Two cases of vertigo were closely related to the change of position, and 1 case had visual aura. In the experiment, 94 patients had undergone VEMP test,with 44 cases of abnormal VEMP value. Seventy-nine patients had been examined v-HIT,of whom 2 patients were abnormal (both of which were reduced). Pure tone audiometry was abnormal in 35 cases. Five cases of patients showed abnormal vestibular-double temperature test. CONCLUSION Vestibular migraine is more prone to female, with young middle age, and can be accompanied by cochlear symptoms. Vestibular function tests (low frequency and high frequency) are normal.
Adult ; Aged ; Audiometry, Pure-Tone ; Evoked Potentials ; Female ; Head Impulse Test ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Migraine Disorders ; diagnosis ; Vestibular Function Tests ; Vestibule, Labyrinth ; physiopathology ; Young Adult

Objective:To investigate the clinical characteristics,treatment and prognosis of primary pe-noscrotal extra-mammary Paget’s disease (PSPD).Methods:The clinical and pathological data of 22 cases of primary PSPD were retrospectively reviewed.Survival rate of the overall patients,the invasive patients,and the patients with positive surgical margin or negative surgical margin were analyzed with Ka-plan-Meier survival curve method.Results:Among all the patients with primary PSPD,the median age of onset was 64.5 (39 -84)years,the median time of disease duration was 40 (2 -300)months,and the median long diameter of lesion was 4.75 (1 -10)cm.In the study,12 patients (54.5%)were in pathological stage A1,6 patients (27.3%)were in pathological stage A2,and 4 patients (18.2%) were in pathological stage B.Scrotum and penile of most patients (n =12,54.5%)were involved,5 patients (22.7%)were scrotum only,and 5 patients (22.7%)were penile only.Erythema (n =18, 81.8%),itchiness (n =16,72.7%),ulcerate (n =12,54.5%),exudation (n =11,50.0%),and pain (n =4,18.2%)were the major manifestations.All the patients with primary PSPD were treated with wide surgical excision.The rate of invasive patients was 77.3% (n =17).Of them,6 patients had positive surgical margin.The surgical margins of non-invasive patients were all negative.Twelve patients exhibited local recurrence or/and metastases,and the status of surgical margins (P =0.015)and the depth of invasion (P =0.010)were important risk factors.Inguinal lymph nodes were generally in-volved.The difference of the delay of diagnosis between metastasis and non-metastasis was significant (P =0.040).The 5-year survival rates of the overall and invasive patients were 33.7% and 27.9%, respectively.The patients with positive surgical margin had poor prognosis.Conclusion:Primary PSPD, with the characteristics of long duration,high invasive tendency and high incidence of local recurrence or metastases,generally occurs in the elderly.Surgery should be performed at first.The delay of diagnosis, positive surgical margins and the involvement of inguinal lymph node are important risk factors.Biopsy, frozen section and inguinal lymph node biopsy (ILNB)can standardize diagnosis and treatment.