1.Cephalometric Analysis of the Patients with Bimaxillary Protrusion in South China
West China Journal of Stomatology 2001;19(1):32-34
Objective: The purpose of this article is to characterize the teeth, jaws and soft tissues of the patients with bimaxillary protrusion in south China.Methods: The results of cephalometric analysis of 60 patients with bimaxillary protrusion were compared with the normal occlusions in Beijing. Results: Compared with the normals in Beijing, the mandibles of the subjects were positioned more backward and rotated inferior-posteriorily. The incisors inclined extremely to the labial side and the lower lip was thicker. The mental thickness was less than the normal, and the mental contour was not clear. The middle face was eminent. Conclusion: The results suggest it is of critical importance to manage to adjust the position of jaws, to control the molar anchorage strictly, and to achieve the maximal incisor retraction, so as to benefit the improvement of facial features.
2.Effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on emotional face perception over brain right dorso-lateral prefrontal cortex in college students
Qin SHEN ; Yuanye MA ; Jingyun FU ; Qiao WU ; Mingfang BAO ; Huan WEI
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2019;28(5):437-442
Objective To investigate whether modulating the activation of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex(DLPFC) by transcranial direct current stimulation(tDCS) can influence emotional perception. Meth-ods Seventy-eight undergraduates were randomly divided into four groups by simple random sampling meth-od. TDCS (1. 5 mA) noninvasive technique was used to test group 1 (n=23) for 3 minutes to intervene in DLPFC,group 2 (n=17) for 15 minutes to intervene in DLPFC,group 3 (n=20) for 3 minutes to intervene in primary visual cortex,and group 4 (n=18) for non-emotional picture test. The data were analyzed with re-peated measurement variance analysis. Results (1) The interaction between short-term(3 min) stimula-tion of tDCS and facial expression was statistically significant (F(1,22)=7. 448,P=0. 012). There was signifi- cant difference in positive face perception (before:70. 58%,period:74. 75%,P=0. 036) and no significant difference in negative face perception (before:70. 58%,period:70. 73%,P=0. 569). (2) There was no sig-nificant difference in the correlation between prolonged tDCS stimulation(15 min) and face expression recog-nition ( F (1,16)= 1. 621, P=0. 221). (3) The primary visual cortex was not affected by anodal tDCS (F(1,19)<1,P>0. 05). (4) There was no significant difference in the interaction between tDCS and facial ex-pression (F(1,17)=2. 566,P=0. 128) when visual stimulus was changed to non-expressive faces. Conclu-sions By applying tDCS technique,the present findings suggest that modulating DLPFC can influence emo-tional face perception,and support the valence-specific lateralization of emotional perception.
3. Application of bedside ultrasound monitoring of gastric residual volume in ICU patients complicated with enteral nutrition support via nasogastric tube
Wei ZHENG ; Qin ZHAO ; Shanling XU ; Mingfang XIANG ; Xuan ZHANG ; Qiao HU
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2019;35(15):1173-1175
Objective:
To discuss the application of bedside ultrasound monitoring of gastric residual volume in ICU patients complicated with enteral nutrition support via nasogastric tube.
Methods:
November 2017 to May 2018, 120 patients with enteral nutrition support via nasogastric tube who admitted in ICU of our hospital were randomly divided into the observation group and the control group. The observation group used bedside ultrasound monitoring to determine the gastric residual volume, while the control group was estimated by withdrawn with 50 ml syringe. Reflux, pulmonary aspiration and the time of enteral nutrition were observed in both groups.
Results:
Reflux and pulmonary aspiration were present in 2, 3 in the observation group and 10, 11 in the control group, with significant difference between them (