Objective To evaluate the role of spinal nicotinamide-adenine dinucletide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase in the development and maintenance of neuropathic pain (NP) in rats.Methods Twenty-four pathogen-free healthy male Sprague-Dawley rats,aged 200-250 g,were divided into 3 groups (n =8 each) using a random number table:sham operation group (S group),NP group and NADPH oxidase inhibitor group (NI group).The left sciatic nerve was exposed but not ligated in group S.The left sciatic nerve was exposed and 4 loose ligatures were placed on the sciatic nerve at 1 mm intervals with 4-0 silk thread to establish the NP model in group NP.In group NI,the NP model was established at 3 days after intrathecal catheterization,and NADPH oxidase inhibitor 5 μg/10 μ1 was injected intrathecally once a day for 7 consecutive days starting from 30 min before operation.The mechanical paw withdraw threshold (MWT) was measured at 1 day before operation and 1,3,5 and 7 days after operation.The rats were sacrificed at 8 days after operation,and the spinal cord was removed for determination of NeuN positive cells (by immuno-histochemistry) and expression of NADPH oxidase (by Western blot).Results Compared with group S,the MWT at each time point after operation and ratio of NeuN positive cells at 8 days after operation were significantly decreased in NP and NI groups,the expression of NADPH oxidase was upregulated in group NP,and the expression of NADPH oxidase was down-regulated in group NI (P＜0.05).Compared with group NP,the MWT at each time point after operation and ratio of NeuN positive cells at 8 days after operation were significantly increased,and the expression of NADPH oxidase was down-regulated in group NI (P＜0.05).Conclusion Up-regulated expression of spinal NADPH oxidase is involved in the development and maintenance of NP in rats.

Objective To explore the effect of GAS MAN assisted instruction on theory learning of volatile anesthetics in anesthesiology residency training.Methods A total of 32 residents in the first stage of anesthesiology training were enrolled and randomly assigned to either study(S) or control (C) group.Theory-test l(Test-1) was conducted for all residents after the lecture-based learning (LBL).Next,reference book self-reading strategy was used in both groups while computer-based simulation(CBS) using GAS MAN was only developed in S group.Then,theory-test 2(Test-2)was conducted for residents in both groups and residents in S group completed the questionnaire smvey.In addition,thirty-four resident teachers observed the CBS courses and completed the questionnaire smvey.Results The mean scores of Test-1 did not differ significantly between the two groups(P=0.64).However,the mean Test-2 score of S group(81.3 ± 13.6) was significantly higher than that of C group(61.3 ± 15.4) (P=0.001).100％(16/16) residents believed that CBS was beneficial to the theoretical study of volatile anesthetics,93.8％(15/16) residents considered GAS MAN could help understand the concepts and improve efficiency during self-learning.97.1％ (33/34) and 91.2％ (31/34)resident teachers agreed that CBS was helpful for analyzing complex concepts and improving study effectiveness,respectively.Conclusions CBS using GAS MAN improves theory knowledge and study effectiveness for anesthesia residents.Both residents and resident teachers find GAS MAN highly ac ceptable.Therefore,GAS MAN has the potential to be the assistant teaching tool for LBL in anesthesiology residency-training program.

Objective To further understand factors that influence health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC),especially the role of perceived stress and coping modes in Chinese patients with UC.Methods This study was a cross-sectional study.Patients with UC were recruited from July 2013 to September 2014 in Peking Union Medical College Hospital.HRQOL was measured using the inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire (IBDQ).Perceived stress was measured by Perceived Stress Scale (PSS).Coping strategy was evaluated using Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire (MCMQ).Demographic data,course of the disease,clinical disease activity,and disease phenotype according to Montreal classification were also collected.Univariate analyses were conducted to determine which variables were associated with HRQOL,and those were statistically significant were entered into a multivariate regression model.Results We recruited 214 patients (response rate 92.2％),whose median age was 37.5 (29.0,49.3) years old and median course of UC was 4 (2,9) years.Through univariate analyses,better HRQOL was significantly associated with regular medical visits,lower number of previous relapses and hospitalizations,no steroid use,Montreal E1,lower Mayo scores,clinical remission,less perceived stress and less acceptance strategy use.However,multivariate analyses revealed that perceived stress (OR =1.112,95％ CI 1.058-1.169),acceptance (OR =0.310,95％ CI 0.141-0.685),number of hospitalizations (OR =2.924,95 ％ CI 1.328-6.437) and clinical activity (OR =5.058,95 ％ CI 2.312-11.066) were most strongly related to HRQOL.Conclusions HRQOL of UC patients are not only associated with clinical activity of the disease,but also associated with coping strategy and perceivedstress.Further research needs to focus on whether or not relieving stress and guiding patients to cope with ulcerative colitis would improve HRQOL.

Professional postgraduates in geriatric medicine are one of the most important re-courses of geriatric specialists. However, training model for geriatric postgraduates is still unclear in China. In general, geriatric medicine has no independent training plan, and is included in internal medicine training. Such model cannot represent the feature of geriatric medicine. The present paper aimed to discuss the ability construction for geriatric postgraduates based on the geriatric medicine specialist training experience both at home and abroad, including diagnosis and treatment of multi-system diseases, ability of geriatric assessment, management of geriatric syndromes, consultation for geriatric rehabilitation and ability for continuity health service in order to cultivate the compound tal-ents suitable for the aging society requirement for geriatric medicine in China.

With citric acid as carbon source and different amino acids as nitrogen source,the nitrogen-doped carbon was synthesized by one-step hydrothermal method under the condition of no catalyst.The pre-experiments show that arginine-doped carbon dots(CDs-Arg) with relatively high fluorescence quantum yield (33.25％) were picked out for further study.Furthermore,we studied the physical and chemical properties of CDs-Arg through a series of spectral,electric potential,particle size,X ray and elemental analysis experiments.At the same time,the stabilities of the nanoparticles towards different pH,temperatures,excitation lasers or redox conditions were studied.And the MTr and in vivo distribution experiments were also conducted for the toxicity and metabolism studies.The experimental results showed that the arginine doped carbon dots has high fluorescence efficiency,good stability,and extremely low toxicity.And the water-soluble small particles of CDs-Arg nanoparticles showed that the nanoparticles can be excreted through the glomerulus.These results show that the CDs-Arg Nanoparticles are biocompatible nanoparticles and have potential applications in biological imaging and can serve as a monitor of drug metabolism.

Objective To evaluate the effects of inhalation sevoflurane in the early ischemia and reperfusion on pulmonary inflammatory response in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with extracorporeal circulation (ECC). Methods Forty patients with rheumatic heart disease scheduled for elective valve replacement were randomly assigned into 2 groups (20 patients in each group): control group and sevoflurane group. In sevoflurane group, 2% sevoflurane was inhaled for 15 min before and after the ascending aorta was blocked, and also before and after the ascending aorta was opened. Paitents in control group didn′t inhale sevoflurane. Time was defined as the followings: after anesthesia and before skin incision (T0), immediately before ECC (T1), immediately after ECC (T2), 2 h after ECC (T3), 6 h after ECC (T4) and 24 h after ECC (T5). At T0, T2, T3, T5, the radial artery blood was obtained to detect the levels of plasma tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α), interleukin-8(IL-8) and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1(sICAM-1). At T1, T2, the pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein blood was obtained to detect the neutrophil count and calculate the differences between the vein and artery. At T0, T2, T3, T4, T5, the arterial blood gas was detected and differences of alveoli-arterial oxygen pres [P(A- a)O2], oxygenation index (OI), static compliance (Cst) were calculated. Results The levels of plasma TNF-α, IL-8 and sICAM-1 were higher at T2, T3, T5 than those at T0 in two groups (P<0.05). The levels of plasma TNF-α, IL-8 and sICAM-1 were decreased in sevoflurane group at T2 and T3, compared with those in control group (P<0.05). The neutrophil counts of pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein and the differences between the vein and artery were higher at T2 than those at T0 in two groups (P<0.05). The neutrophil counts of pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein and the differences between the vein and artery were decreased in sevoflurane group at T2 compared with those of control group (P<0.05). The level of P(A- a)O2 was higher at T2, T3, T4 and T5 than that at T0 in two groups (P<0.05). The level of OI was decreased at T2, T3, T4 and T5 compared with that at T0 in two groups (P<0.05). The level of Cst was decreased at T2, T3 and T4 compared with that at T0 in two groups (P<0.05). The level of P(A-a)O2 was decreased in sevoflurane group at T2, T3 and T4 compared with that in control group (P<0.05). The levels of OI and Cst were higher in sevoflurane group at T2, T3 and T4 compared with those in control group (P<0.05). Conclusions Severe pulmonary inflammation often occurs during cardiac surgery with ECC, and it can be relieved by inhalation of sevoflurane in the early ischemia and reperfusion.

Objective To investigate the morphological changes of the head,body and tail of the hippocampus in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD).Methods Totally 30 AD (AD group),30 mild cognition impairment (MCI) patients (MCI group) and 30 normal old persons (normal control group) underwent brain MR scan.Based on the MR images,the head,body and tail of the hippocampus were segmented and the volume was measured.The difference of the volume in total,head,body and tail of hippocampus in AD group,MCI group and normal control group were compared.The correlation between hippocampal volume and the scores of neurological assessment scale was analyzed.Results The left total,head,body and tail volume were greater than those of the right side in 3 groups (all P＜0.05).For the comparison of total volume of left and right sides among the 3 groups,AD group was less than normal control group (both P＜0.01) and MCI group (both P＜0.05),MCI group was less than normal control group (both P＜0.05).Compared with the normal control group,the head,body and tail volume of hippocampus of both sides were decreased in AD group (all P＜0.05) and the volume of left head,body and right head of hippocampus in MCI group were decreased (all P＜0.05).Both sides hippocampus's head and body volume of AD group were less than those of MCI group (both P＜0.05).The scores of minimum mental state examination (MMSE) were positively correlated with the total and the head,body,tail volume of bilateral hippocampus.Except volume of left tail,there were negative correlations between the scores of activities of daily living (ADL),clinical dementia rating (CDR) and the volume of total and head,body,tail of bilateral hippocampus,which were positively correlated with Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA) score.Conclusion The volume of bilateral hippocampus was significantly reduced in AD patients.The head of hippocampal volume was significantly reduced and the body and tail was not obvious.

Objective To investigate the effects of different therapeutic strategies on recurrence of postoperative Crohn's disease (CD) patients.Methods From September 2009 to September 2014,85 CD patients with intestinal resection were enrolled.The clinical features and maintenance therapeutic medication were retrospectively analyzed.The patients were divided into non-treatment group (induding continuously or cumulatively taking medicine less than three months),5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) group and immunosuppressant agents group (including azathioprine,methotrexate and thalidomide).Kaplan-Meier method was performed to compare the recurrence rate in postoperative CD with different therapeutic medication and the risk factors of postoperative recurrence were also analyzed.Results Among 85 CD patients,there were 32,21 and 32 patients in non-treatment group,5-ASA group and immunosuppressive agents group,respectively.After surgery,the one year accumulated clinical recurrence rate of immunosuppressant agents group was 12.5％ (4/32),which was significantly lower than that of non-treatment group (56.3％,18/32) and 5-ASA group (38.1％,8/21),and the differences were statistically significant (x2 =12.250,P＜0.01;x2 =4.102,P =0.043).After surgery,the two years accumulated clinical recurrence rate of immunosuppressant agents group was 12.9 ％ (4/31),which was significantly lower than that of non-treatment group (75.9％,22/29) and 5-ASA group (47.6％,10/21),and the differences were statisitcally significant (x2 =17.840,P＜0.01;x2 =6.597,P=0.010).After operation,the one year accumulated endoscopic recurrences rates of non-treatment group,5-ASA group and immunosuppressant agents group were 39.1％ (9/23),5/16 and 34.6％ (9/26),respectively;while the two year accumulated endoscopic recurrence rates were 59.1％ (13/22),6/16 and 44.0％ (11/25),respectively.However,there was no statistically significant difference among the groups (all P＞0.05).Penetrating lesion was an risk factor of postoperative clinical recurrence in CD patients (x2 =4.963,P=0.026,oddsratio (OR) =2.221,95 ％ confidence interval (CI) 1.121 to 5.775).Conclusions Immunosuppressive agents rather than 5-ASA have remarkable effects in preventing postoperative clinical recurrence in CD patients.Postoperative clinical recurrence is more likely to happen in patients with penetrating lesions.

OBJECTIVE:To observe the clinical efficacy and safety of Yinzhihuang oral liquid in the adjuvant treatment of neo-natal breast-feeding faundice. METHODS:112 newborns with faundice were randomly divided into control group and observation group. Control group stopped breast-feeding for 3 d and given artificial feeding,as well as keeping warm,nutritional support, maintaining water and electrolyte and acid-base balance,blue light irradiation and severe patients were given liver protection,en-zyme inducers;observation group was additionally given Yinzhihuang oral liquid 10 ml,twice a day. The treatment course was 7 d. Clinical efficacy,and serum total bilirubin(TBIL)level before and after treatment,and incidence of adverse reactions in 2 groups were observed. RESULTS:The total effective rate in observation group was significantly higher than control group,the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). After treatment,TBIL level in 2 groups was significantly lower than before and gradually de-creased with time,and observation group was lower than control group,the differences were statistically significant(P<0.05). The incidence of adverse reactions of 2 groups was no statistically significant(P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS:Based on the conventional treatment,Yinzhihuang oral liquid can be used in the adjuvant treatment of neonatal breast-feeding faundice,with good efficacy and good safety.

Objective To evaluated the effect of first-line epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI)on advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)patients with different EGFR mutation status (exon 1 9 deletion and exon 21 mutation).Methods Seventy-two advanced NSCLC patients with EGFR mutation confirmed by histopathology were enrolled.All of the patients received first-line EGFR-TKI.The relationships between EGFR mutation status and objective response rate (ORR),disease control rate (DCR),progression free survival (PFS ) and overall survival (OS ) were analyzed.Results Of the 72 patients,37 patients expressed exon 1 9 deletion,35 patients expressed exon 21 mutation,and all of them could be evaluated.The ORR and DCR of patients with exon 1 9 deletion were higher than those of patients with exon 21 mutation (75.7%vs.51 .4%,χ2 =4.583,P=0.032;89.2%vs.68.6%,χ2 =4.636,P=0.031 ).The modified median PFS of patients with exon 1 9 deletion was significantly higher than that of patients with exon 21 mutation (1 3.2 month vs.1 0.8 month,χ2 =4.700,P=0.030).The median OS of patients with exon 1 9 deletion was significantly higher than that of patients with exon 21 mutation (30.2 month vs.25.6 month,χ2 =4.686,P=0.030).The side effects were similar between the two groups.The most common adverse reaction was rash,and the incidence had no significant difference between the two groups (48.7% vs.48.6%,χ2 =0.000,P=0.995 ).Conclusion EGFR mutation status is a predictor for PFS,OS and ORR of first-line EGFR-TKI in patients with advanced NSCLC.NSCLC patients with EGFR exon 1 9 deletion are associated with longer survival time and better response rate compared with those with exon 21 mutation.