Apoptosis ; Brain ; growth & development ; metabolism ; pathology ; Fetal Growth Retardation ; Humans ; Organ Size

Adenosine Triphosphate ; Mouth ; metabolism ; Receptors, Purinergic P2X ; metabolism

Objective To analyze the transformation of the function of research management department in medical institutions based on the knowledge management.Methods The value chain is introduced to portray the functions of research management department, and a survey is employed to collect existing problems in research management.Results Lack of knowledge management is main reason that limits the research development in medical institutions.Conclusions It is very important to re define the strategy for conducting the research in the medical institutions and to improve the knowledge management in those medical institutions.

Objective To discuss the influence of H1N1 influenza on maternal and fetal outcomes and obstetric management. Methods Totally, data were collected on 19 women, affected by H1N1 influenza and admitted to Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University from November 7, 2009 to December 15,2009, and retrospective analysis was performed on the maternal and fetal outcomes. Results Among the 19 cases, three were( 15. 8%, 3/19) in puerperium, who were all mild cases and recovered. Sixteen (84.2%, 16/19)women were diagnosed as H1N1 influenza during pregnancy, among which two in early pregnancy (12. 5%), seven (43. 8%) in mid-term pregnancy and seven (43. 8%) in late pregnancy. According to the severity of H1N1 influenza, six were mild cases (37. 5% ,6/16), two (12. 5% ,2/16)were severe cases and eight (50. 0% ,8/16)were critical. For these 16 pregnant women, thc two cases in early pregnancy (mild cases) were terminated after recovery from H1N1 influenza. Among the seven mid-term cases, four mild and one of the three severe and critical cases delivered till term, and two of the three severe and critical cases were delivered abdominally because of fetal death intrauterine or maternal severe complications at 27 or 23 weeks of gestation. All of the seven late pregnant cases underwent emergent cesarean section due to maternal or fetal reasons, and two fetuses died in the uterus at late pregnancy and five survived including four preterm babies and one full term baby. Altogether, nine cases (56. 3%, 9/16)underwent emergent cesarean section, and six babies born alive and five survived without any symptom of influenza, two women died (10. 5%,2/19) after the operation. Conclusions Pregnant women during late pregnancy infected by H1N1 influenza are susceptible to develop into severe and critical conditions. Termination of the pregnancy in time is effective in both life-saving of the mothers and babies and prevent neonatal infection against H1N1.

OBJECTIVE:To keep abreast of the consumer demand about using drugs and to provide information for the production and marketing business of the pharmaceutics METHODS:To give an account of the present situations of the perceptual consumption and relevant marketing tactics in China and to analyze them RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:We have pointed out the situations of awareness of the perceptual consumption and the marketing tactics in China,which fits in with the perceptual consumption at present

The technical structure of a low-cost thermal imaging system (TIM) lunched on a mobile phone was investigated, which consists of a thermal infrared module and mobile phone and application software. The designing strategies and technical factors toward realizing various TIM array performances are interpreted, including sensor cost and Noise Equivalent Temperature Difference (NETD). In the software algorithm, a mechanism for scene-change detection was implemented to optimize the efficiency of non-uniformity correction (NUC). The performance experiments and analysis indicate that the NETD of the system can be smaller than 150 mK when the integration time is larger than 16 frames. Furthermore, a practical application for human temperature monitoring during physical exercise is proposed and interpreted. The measurement results support the feasibility and facility of the system in the medical application.
Algorithms ; Body Temperature ; Cell Phone ; Humans ; Infrared Rays ; Mobile Applications

Acquired Hyperostosis Syndrome ; therapy ; Combined Modality Therapy ; Humans ; Integrative Medicine ; Male ; Middle Aged

With the development of society and the improvement of people's living standards, the effect of Chinese medicine in treatment and health care is more and more prominent. The herbal decoction pieces are the important part of Chinese medicine,it can be applied directly to clinical treatment and it's also the raw material of Chinese patent medicine. Therefore, the quality of herbal decoction pieces is quite important. The parts of the production of herbal decoction pieces are numerous, and there are possibilities of adverse effects on the quality of the herbal decoction pieces in every part. In this paper, we based on the production chain of herbal decoction pieces, analyzed the main problem that affect the quality of herbal decoction pieces in the part of selection of Chinese herbal medicines, planting, purchasing, processing, packaging, storage and transport, such as the poor quality of seed and seedlings of plant-based Chinese medicines, some plants left their place of origin and have been introduced in the place that is not suitable for this kind of plant, the insufficient growth time and the excessive harmful substances. The purchasers and the accepters lack of professional knowledge and professional ethics. The mechanism of processing is not clear, the standards can not be uniformed, and lack of qualified person in processing, etc. So we suggest: intensify the basic research of key scientific issues. Improve the quality of persons who work in herbal decoction pieces; Establish an "integration" mode of operation in herbal decoction pieces enterprise; Breeding high quality plant resources, establish the large-scale planting basement; Make the packing of herbal decoction pieces standard; Establish the modernization traditional Chinese medicine logistics enterprise.
Chemistry, Pharmaceutical ; economics ; manpower ; standards ; Drug Packaging ; economics ; manpower ; standards ; Drug Storage ; economics ; standards ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; standards ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; economics ; standards ; Quality Control

Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on fetal ventriculomegaly identified through prenatal ultrasonography and the outcomes of these newborns were followed up. Methods From March 2006 to July 2008, MRI was performed on 135 pregnant women whose fetuses diagnosed as fetal ventriculomegaly at an average of 32 gestational weeks in Shengjing Hospital Affiliated to China Medical University. Mild ventriculomegaly was defined when the width of unilateral or bilaeral fetal cerebral ventricle triangle was 10-15 mm, moderate ventriculomegaly 16-20 mm and severe ventriculomegaly >20 mm. We introduced the Denver developmental screening test(DDST) to follow-up the mild ventriculomegaly and normal babies, confirmed by MRI, at 6-12 months after birth and a case-control study was conducted. The intelligence and growth of these infants were analyzed. Results (1) Diagnostic rate of fetal ventriculomegaly through MRI: Among the 135 gravidas, 60 (44.4%) showed isolated ventriculomegaly, 5 (3.7%) complicated with ventricular hemorrhage; 12 (8.9%) complicated with agenesis of corpus callosum (ACC) and 2 (1.5%) complicated with cerebellar hypoplasia, while 56 (41.5%) were normal. Seventy-nine cases had fetal ventriculomegaly on MRI and 15.2% (n=12) of them complicated with ACC. (2) Degree of fetal ventriculomegaly on MRI: Among the 60 isolated ventriculomegaly cases, 55 (91.7%) were mild and 5 (8.3%) moderate ones. Among the 5 cases complicated with ventricular hemorrhage, one was mild ventriculomegaly, and 4 moderate or severe cases. Among the 12 cases with ACC, 8(66.7%) were moderate ventriculomegaly and 4 (33.3%) severe cases. The 2 cases with cerebellar hypoplasia were both moderate ventriculomegaly fetuses. (3) Follow-up at 6-12 months after birth : thirty out (case group) of the 55 isolated ventriculomegaly cases, 38 out of the 56 normal babies and 42 babies with normal MRI results were followed up, and the later 80 cases were taken as control. Four infants (13.3%) in the case group and 10 (12.5%) in the control group showed abnormal or suspected results in DDST (P>0.05), the rest babies were all normal. (4) Clinical outcomes of the 79 ventriculomegaly fetuses diagnosed by MRI: thirty mild ventriculomegaly babies and 5 moderate ones were born at term and showed normal at follow ups. However, 7 gravidas were not compliant, 6 pregnancies were terminated, and 12 were last. Three of the 12 cases with ACC continued the pregnancy, and postnatal MRI of the babies showed the same with the prenatal MRI, 8 pregnancies were induced and one was lost. All of the 5 fetuses with ventricufar hemorrhage were induced and the prenatal diagnosis was confirmed by autopsy. One of the 2 fetuses with cerebellar hypoplasia was term delivered and diagnosed as cerebral palsy at the age of 6 months, and the other one was induced. Conclusions MRI is an indispensable complementary diagnostic method for fetal ventriculomegaly diagnosed through ultrasound. The development of intelligence and growth of babies born with mild isolated ventriculomegaly is the same as normal ones.