Objective: To explore the therapeutic efficacy and mechanism of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) for menopausal insomnia. Methods: A total of 80 patients with menopausal insomnia were randomly divided into a control group and an observation group, with 40 cases in each group. The patients in the control group received conventional Western medication treatment, and the patients in the observation group received TEAS on the basis of conventional Western medication treatment. The treatment for both groups lasted for 4 weeks. Before and after treatment, Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) and modified Kupperman scale were evaluated, and the serum levels of estradiol (E2) and follicular stimulating hormone (FSH) were measured. The therapeutic efficacy was evaluated after treatment. Results: After treatment, the total effective rate of the observation group was significantly higher than that of the control group (P<0.05); in the control group, the improvement of PSQI score was significant (P<0.05), while the change of modified Kupperman score was insignificant (P>0.05); the PSQI and Kupperman scores in the observation group were significantly improved after treatment (both P<0.05), and there were significant differences between the observation group and the control group in PSQI and Kupperman scores (both P<0.05). After treatment, the serum E2 and FSH levels in the control group were not statistically different from those before treatment (both P>0.05); the serum E2 level was significantly increased (P<0.05), and the FSH level was decreased (P<0.05) in the observation group after treatment, and the between- group differences in serum levels of E2 and FSH were significant (both P<0.05).Conclusion: TEAS plus conventional Western medication in treating menopausal insomnia is effective, and can significantly improve the symptoms of insomnia and menopause, which may be related to the regulation of serum E2 and FSH levels.

Animals ; Animals, Newborn ; Disease Models, Animal ; Enterocolitis, Necrotizing ; chemically induced ; Female ; Male ; Platelet Activating Factor ; toxicity ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Sulfalene ; toxicity ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ; toxicity

Objective To investigate the perinatal outcome for pregnancies complicated with chronic renal diseases,and the risk factors for the adverse outcome.Methods Retrospectively analyze the clinical data of 48 patients with chronic renal diseases complicating pregnancy admitted in Peking University People's Hospital between January 1998 and August 2010,record the pregnancy outcome and explore the risk factors for the poor outcome using multivariate regression analysis.Results Thirty-eight patients had known chronic renal disease before conception,and ten were diagnosed during pregnancy.Seven patients (15％,7/48 ) presented with obvious renal impairment [ serum creatinine (sCr) ≥ 125 μmol/L] prepregnancy,and nine (19％,9/48 ) were recorded with chronic hypertension.Thirty-three patients received regular prenatal care.Twenty-one cases ( 44％,21/48 ) developed preeclampsia.During the gestation,normal renal function (defined as sCr ＜71 μmol/L) was seen in nineteen cases (40％,19/48),mild dysfunction (sCr ranged 71 - 132 μmol/L) in twenty (42％,20/48) and moderate to severe dysfunction ( sCr ≥ 132 μmol/L) in nine cases ( 19％,9/48 ).Twenty patients had negative or mild proteinuria (24 hour urine protein ＜2000 mg),19 had moderate (24 hour urine protein ranged 2000 -5000 mg) and nine had severe proteinuria (24 hour urine protein ≥ 5000 mg).The gestational age at delivery ranged from 24 to 41 weeks and the neonatal birth weight ranged from 890 to 4150 g.A total of twenty patients (42％,20/48 ) suffered adverse perinatal outcome,including one case with late spontaneous abortion,fifteen with preterm delivery,eleven with small for gestational age,two with neonatal respiratory distress syndrome and four with perinatal death.Declined maternal renal function was seen in eight patients,and two patients progressed toward the end-stage renal failure ( the stage of uremia).Multivariate regression analysis identified that preeclampsia (OR =24.72, P =0.002 ) and the degree of proteinuria ( OR =4.24,P =0.032) were the independent risk factors for the adverse perinatal outcome. Conclusions Pregnancies complicated with chronic renal diseases have significantly high incidence of preeclampsia and adverse perinatal outcome.Preeclampsia and the degree of proteinuria are perhaps the independent risk factors for the adverse outcome.

Purpose To investigate the diagnostic and therapeutic value of vascular interventional technology dealing with acute massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Materials and methods 59 patients with acute massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage underwent the arteriography of mesenteric arteries and abdominal arteries. When positive signs of bleeding appeared, super-selective catheterization and embolization with micro-coil and gelfoam was applied immediately. Results Positive signs of bleeding were detected in 28 of 59 patients, among which 25 patients underwent embolization, and successful hemostasis was achieved in 21 cases with an achievement ratio of 84%. And there were 10 cases eventually turning to surgery.Conclusion Vascular interventional technology such as arteriography and embolization played an important role in diagnosis and treatment of acute massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage.

Community rehabilitation of cardiovascular disease is of great significance. Exercise therapy of cardiovascular disease in communities is necessary and feasible. At present, the main problems China faced to carry out community exercise therapy of cardiovascular disease include: cardiovascular patients with a weak sense of community exercise therapy, lack of professional rehabilitation personnel, inadequate community-based exercise therapy practice and lack of community rehabilitation funding. To solve above problems, we should strengthen the community exercise therapy practice of cardiovascular disease, and promote the cooperation between community rehabilitation and hospital rehabilitation. In all, comprehensive efforts should be made in order to solve the problems.

Objective To construct eukaryotic expression plasmid pIRESneo3-pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) and detect its transient expression in SP2/0 cells. Methods Specific primers were designed based on the mature peptide sequence of human PEDF cDNA in the GenBank. Human PEDF gene was cloned into the eukaryotic expression vector pIRESneo3. The PEDF DNA was transfected into SP2/0 with LipofectamineTM 2000. The recombinant human PEDF protein expressed in SP2/0 cell culture supernatant was identified by Western blot and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The biological activity of the recombinant human PEDF was measured by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-z-y1)-2,5-diphenytetrazolium bromide(MTT) method. Results PCR amplification, restriction enzyme digestion and DNA sequencing confirmed that the mature peptide sequence of human PEDF cDNA was successfully cloned into the eukaryotic expression vector pIRESneo3. And the plasmid was transfected into SP2/0 cells, which could secret PEDF. Western blot analysis showed that there was only one obvious band at the position of relative molecular weight of 50 000, and it is equivalent to the expected value. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay suggested that the content of PEDF began to rise after transfection, and peaked at 36 h [(0.92±0.04) μg/ml]. The proliferation of human umbilical vein endothelial cell line was significantly inhibited by supernatant after transfection of 36 h (P<0.05). Conclusions The eukaryotic expression plasmid pIRESneo3-PEDF had been successfully constructed and active human PEDF was transiently secreted, which made a foundation for further study of stable expression and purification of PEDF. This protein could be a potential medication for preventing and managing retinopathy of prematurity.

Contents in orthopaedic are independent relatively and finding out the internal relations during them is helpful to improving the effect of orthopaedic teaching.Transfer theory is important tools for clinical teaching practice,and finding out the common characteristics between the orthopaedic chapters is primary for the theory.This research focuses on the following fields:fractures,nerve injury,infection,tumor and deformity.After the common characteristics between these chapters were analyzed and discussed,we concluded that the transfer theory is helpful in orthopaedic teaching practice,especially for students' comprehension and memory,but still we should avoid some negative effects in teaching process.

Objective To investigate the importance of elements of teaching aesthetic(appearance aesthetics; language aesthetics; emotion aesthetics; PPT aesthetics; blackboard-writing aesthetics and model aesthetics) in clinical orthopaedic teaching,and to analyze the reasons and significance of them.Methods Totally 137 medical students(2005 and 2006 grade) were investigated by the questionnaire in resent 2 years.They were asked to choose the first two important elements of teaching anesthetic from six elements displayed by four teachers.Results The percentage of appearance aesthetics,language aesthetics,emotion aesthetics,PPT aesthetics,blackboard-writing aesthetics and model aesthetics were showed as 97.4％,88.7％,67.1％,58.9％,13.6％ and 1.2％ respectively.Conclusion Teaching aesthetics is an indispensible part of teaching aesthetically and it is helpful to promote the teaching.We should be focus on PPT aesthetics and appearance aesthetics,which show high percentage in our research.

Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy of heat-sensitive moxibustion for vascular dementia and explore its mechanism. Methods: A total of 70 patients with vascular dementia were randomized into an observation group and a control group, with 35 cases in each group. The control group was treated with piracetam, and the observation group was treated with heat-sensitive moxibustion on the basis of the treatment of the control group. The treatment lasted for 8 weeks. Before and after the treatment, the mini-mental state examination (MMSE), activity of daily living (ADL) and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) symptom scores were assessed, and the levels of acetyl choline (Ach) and homocysteine (Hcy) were measured. The efficacy was evaluated after treatment. Results: The total effective rate of the observation group was significantly higher than that of the control group (P<0.05). After treatment, the MMSE and ADL scores in the observation group decreased significantly, and were lower than those in the control group (all P<0.05); the TCM symptom score of the observation group decreased significantly (P<0.05), while that of the control group had no significant change (P>0.05); the plasma Ach level in the observation group increased significantly (P<0.05), and the Hcy level decreased significantly (P<0.05), which were statistically different from those in the control group (both P<0.05). Conclusion: Heat-sensitive moxibustion plus piracetam is effective in treating vascular dementia. It can significantly improve dementia symptoms and ADL, which may be related to the correction of plasma Ach and Hcy levels.

Air Pollutants, Occupational ; analysis ; Chromatography, Gas ; methods ; Fluorocarbon Polymers ; analysis ; Workplace