1.Preliminary clinical research of cochlear implantation in elderly and pre-elderly patients with profound hearing loss.
Shi-ming YANG ; Jia-nan LI ; Fei JI ; Ai-ting CHEN ; Meng-di HONG ; Pu DAI ; Xin XI ; Dong-yi HAN ; Suo-qiang ZHAI
Chinese Journal of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2010;45(10):812-817
OBJECTIVETo explore the safety and efficacy of cochlear implantation among elderly patients with severe to profound hearing loss.
METHODSEight pre-elderly and elderly patients with an medium age of 58 years who suffered from bilateral severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss received cochlear implantation between November 2008 and November 2009. The patients' tolerance to implant surgery and the occurrence of complications were observed. Three months after switch-on, aided threshold and speech performance were measured.
RESULTSThe surgery was uneventful in all cases with normal intraoperative neural response telemetry elicited. Three months after switch-on, average aided threshold across speech frequencies was 35 - 50 dB HL measured in sound field with warble tone. The results of speech audiometry showed large variation between individuals. Some patients achieved good performance in monosyllable recognition test, disyllables threshold test and sentences recognition test under both bubble noise and quiet conditions.
CONCLUSIONSPre-elderly and elderly patients can endure a state of general anesthesia for cochlear surgery without complications. Cochlear implant can provide reconstruction of speech recognition capabilities for elderly patients suffering from severe to profound hearing loss. Cochlear implantation can improve the quality of life of elderly patients with hearing loss.
Aged ; Cochlear Implantation ; Cochlear Implants ; Female ; Hearing Loss ; rehabilitation ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Treatment Outcome
2.Effect of Wenjing Huayu Zhitong Therapy in Treating Primary Dysmenorrhea and Its Regulatory Mechanisms on T Cell Subsets
Dan-dan WANG ; Dong-mei WANG ; Ping-ping CAI ; Ying-ying MENG ; Feng-ting ZHAI
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2020;26(20):94-99
Objective:To observe the clinical efficacy of Wenjing Huayu Zhitong therapy in treating primary dysmenorrhea (PD) with cold coagulation and blood stasis, and to explore its immune mechanisms on PD. Method:The 108 PD patients with cold coagulation and blood stasis syndrome were collected and randomly divided into traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) group, ibuprofen group and placebo group according to the random number table method, with 36 cases in each group. All patients received corresponding medicines three days before menstruation. The patients in TCM group were treated with TCM and ibuprofen sustained release capsule simulator. The patients in ibuprofen group were treated with ibuprofen sustained-release capsule and TCM simulator. The patients in placebo group were treated with TCM simulator and ibuprofen sustained-release capsule simulator. Treatment lasted for 6 consecutive days for three menstrual cycles, and follow-up was conducted for three menstrual cycles after drug withdrawal. The visual analogue score (VAS), total time of abdominal pain and TCM symptom scores in each menstrual cycle were recorded. The levels of CD3+, CD4+, CD8+ and the ratio of CD4+/CD8+ in peripheral blood before and after treatment were detected by flow cytometry. Result:After treatment for three menstrual cycles, both the TCM group and ibuprofen group were better than placebo group in reducing VAS score and reducing total abdominal pain time (
3.Research Progress on Antitumor Active Components and Mechanism of Xiao Xianxiongtang
Rui DING ; Xiang WANG ; Peng ZHOU ; En-yu WANG ; Tong-juan TANG ; Zhong-qiu LI ; Meng-ting ZHAI ; Rui-rui GE ; Jin-ling HUANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2020;26(22):186-192
Tumor is one of the diseases that seriously endanger human health, and how to treat tumor effectively is still one of the important problems in the field of medicine. At present, most of the radiotherapies and chemical drugs for cancer have serious side effect despite of an obvious efficacy. With a unique syndrome differentiation treatment system and overall concept, traditional Chinese medicine has become the key research and development object of antitumor drugs due to many advantages, such as multiple channels, multiple levels, multiple links, multiple targets and less toxicity, and could can fully mobilize the immune and epidemic prevention mechanism of the body. A large number of studies have shown that Xiao Xianxiongtang and its effective ingredients have obvious antitumor effect. Many doctors have applied Xiao Xianxiongtang and modified formulas in clinical treatment of tumors, and relevant pharmacological studies have also confirmed the effectiveness of this formula, but with a lack of systematic summary of its effective ingredients and its mechanism of action. Now, with alkaloids, ketones, sterols and phenols in Xiao Xianxiongtang as the starting point, this study mainly focuses on inhibition of tumor cell proliferation, invasion and migration, induction of tumor cell apoptosis and autophagy, inhibition of tumor cell cycle, enhancement of tumor cell sensitivity, inhibition of tumor angiogenesis and regulation of immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment from two ways to sort out composition, function and mechanism of drugs. In this paper, effective components, main targets and mechanism of intervention in the tumor development of Xiao Xianxiongtang were reviewed, in order to provide a new idea for subsequent antitumor research and development of this prescription.
4.Screening of active ingredients in Erzhi pill for osteoporosis based on molecular docking technology and verification
Yuan-yuan ZHAI ; Xin LI ; Meng-ting GAO ; Yi-fei WANG ; Li FENG ; Wei-feng YAO ; Bei-hua BAO ; Yu-dan CAO ; Li ZHANG ; An-wei DING
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2020;55(6):1222-1228
In this study, we used molecular docking technology and validation experiments
5.The influence of meteorological factors on SARS-CoV-2 transmission: evidence from laboratory and epidemiological studies.
Yi Ran LYU ; Ya Fei GUO ; Kai Qiang XU ; Meng Ying ZHAI ; Na LI ; Xiao Chen WANG ; Rui Ting HAO ; Cheng DING ; Yu E ZHA ; Lan WEI ; Yue Yun LUO ; Jiao WANG
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine 2022;56(10):1467-1471
SARS-CoV-2 has infected more than 600 million people worldwide and caused more than 6 million deaths. The emerging novel variants have made the epidemic rebound in many places. Meteorological factors can affect the epidemic spread by changing virus activity, transmission dynamic parameters and host susceptibility. This paper systematically analyzed the currently available laboratory and epidemiological studies on the association between the meteorological factors and COVID-19 incidence, in order to provide scientific evidence for future epidemic control and prevention, as well as developing early warning system.
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