Objective To assess the quality of iodized salt and investigate the urinary iodine level of pupils and women after implementation of universal salt iodization in Shijiazhuang city. Methods Between 2004 and 2008, nine salt samples were randomly collected from wholesale enterprises of 5 different directions of east,south, west, north and center in Shijiazhuang city every month. Meanwhile, eight salt samples, four urine samples of women, were randomly collected in each of the 8 households of 210 villages selected from 23 counties. Between 2004 and 2008, twenty urine samples of 8 - 10 year old pupils were collected in each of 160 schools from the 23 counties. Direct titration method was used for salt iodine determination, iodine concentration in urine was detected by the method of ammonium persulfate digestion-As3+-Ce4 + catalytic spectrophotometry. Results At wholesale level, the qualified rate of iodized salt was above 99%. At household level, the consuming rate of iodized salt was above 95%, and the rate of consuming non-iodized salt was less than 5%. The rate of qualified iodized salt was above 90% in every year except 2004(87.10%), and the rate of consuming qualified iodized salt was above 90% in those years except 2004(83.08%). Urinary median iodine level of both the pupils and the women was higher than 100 μg/L, and the rate of urinary iodine level that less than 50 μg/L was below 10%. Conclusions The quality assessment of iodized salt from wholesale companies and related indices of urinary iodine level of pupils, women and household iodized salt have already reached the national standard for eliminating iodine deficiency disorders.

Objective To evaluate the application of a puncture guidance supporter in CT guided biopsy and interventional therapy. Methods Totally 468 patients underwent CT interventional biopsy (n=110) or treatment (n=358) using a puncture guidance supporter. The size of lesions was 2-15 cm. CT scanning was performed to determine the entry point, data of bi-directional needle angle α, θ and depth d before operation. After local anesthesia, the needle was punctured into skin through the puncture guidance supporter, the needle overlap CT positioning laser line in tilt angle (α) was adjusted and the puncture direction at angle θ. After CT scanning confirmed the needle aiming at target lesion, punctures were performed with the needle into the depth to hit the target. Results The total puncture hit rate was 100%, and one step hit rate was 96.79%. The average time from location scanning to hit the target was 8.4 min. The incidence of pneumothorax occurred in thorax management was 1.56%. Conclusion The application of puncture guidance supporter in CT interventional diagnosis and treatment makes operation more accurate, safe and convenient.

Objective To investigate prevention and treatment of parastomal hernia. Methods Clinical data of parastomal hernia of 44 cases were analyzed respectively with special respect to clinical features and repair methods. Result Simple sutures were used in 23 cases, mesh repair in 16 cases, stoma relocation plus mesh repair in 5 cases. Postoperative recovery was satisfactory in 39 cases. Incisional infection occurred in 5 cases, and hernia recurrence developed in 3 cases (6.8%) during a follow-up of 6 to 108 months (average 49 months) in 41 patients. Conclusion The causes of parastomal hernia are miscellaneous especially incisional infection; Perioperative malnutrition must be corrected companying diseases properly controlled, and operative technique improved to prevent the incidence of parastomal hernia; Surgery is the only cure for parastomal hernia. Mesh repair and/or stoma relocation is sometimes necessary.

Teaching ability is the comprehensive embodiment of expertise and personal cultivation,and it is closely related to teaching results.The teaching ability of teachers in the field of traumatology and orthopedics of TCM is developed in their practice of clinical work and teaching practice,which reflects the efficiency and quality of their classroom teaching and clinical teaching.The elements of teaching ability in the field of traumatology and orthopedics of TCM should be strengthened by approaches such as professionalism,the ability of teaching design,the expertise of modem educational technology and professional dedication.

ObjectiveTo study the clinical features, arterial involvement, therapeutic strategies and outcomes of Takayasu arteritis (TA). MethodsThe clinical symptoms, arterial images, inflammatory parameters and follow-up information of 173 patients with TA were retrospectively studied. Comparisons between groups were performed by t-test. ResultsThere were 136 female and 37 male patients in this study. The mean age at onset was(26±11 ) years. Hypertension, pulse deficit or asymmetrical pulse, and fever were present in 46.6％, 41.1％, 28.7％ of patients, respectively. The distribution of arterial involvement were 64.7％in aorta, 9.8％ in pulmonary artery, 19.1％ in innominate artery, 65.9％ in common carotid arteries, 65.3％in the subclavian artery, 36.2％ in the renal artery, 12.1％ in the vertebral artery, and 5.8％ in coeliac axis.Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate(ESR) was found in 61.0％ patients. Active tuberculosis or history of tuberculosis was implicated in 45 patients(26.0％). Ten patients(5.8％) were hepatitis B virus carriers.Among 105 followed-up patients, 98 patients(94.2％) achieved persistent remission, 17 patients relapsed when corticosteroids were tapered. ConclusionCorticosteroids combined with or steroid alone, supplemented with endovascular intervention procedures or surgical bypass procedures when necessary, can effectively control the clinical symptoms and inflammatory parameters and improve the quality of life of patients.

Conventional randomized controlled trial is considered as the gold standard of clinical trials in evalua ting pharmacologic effectiveness. Whereas, it still has some faults in the non-pharmacy interventions, such as surgery, acupuncture, massage, etc. Expertise-based randomized controlled trial makes up for some deficiencies of conventional randomized controlled trial, which has made better developments in the field of surgery, however, there is no any relevant retrieval literature found in the acupuncture field. It is feasible and practical of the expertise-based randomized controlled trial to be applied and promoted in the acupuncture-moxibustion clinical research for a further degree. Expertise-based randomized controlled trials might become the trend of acupuncture-moxibustion clinical stu dies in the future.
Acupuncture Therapy ; standards ; Humans ; Moxibustion ; methods ; standards ; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic ; methods ; standards

Adolescent ; Bile Reflux ; etiology ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Gastritis ; etiology ; Gastroscopy ; Helicobacter Infections ; complications ; diagnosis ; Helicobacter pylori ; Humans ; Male

To evaluate the cohort study in Chinese medicine research, especially in acupuncture study field. This paper introduced the concepts, methods and applications of cohort study; furthermore, it introduced the applications and progress of cohort study in clinical Chinese medicine research at present. In China, cohort study has been mainly used in Chinese medicine research focusing on tumors, any researches using cohort study in acupuncture were not retrieved. Contrarily, the cohort study has been used earlier and advocated to apply in abroad acupuncture research. As one of methods in classic epidemiological observational studies, cohort study is fit to evaluate clinical researches of Chinese medicine and acu-moxibustion, so it is worthy of being promoted in applications.
Acupuncture Therapy ; China ; Clinical Trials as Topic ; Cohort Studies ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Research Design

AIMTo determine whether bombesin prevents IFN-alpha-induced fever and it's possible mechanism.

METHODSEffects of BN on changes in body temperature and arginine vasopressin(AVP) content in the ventral septal area(VSA) and hypothalamus were measured in the rats following intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of IFN-alpha.

RESULTS(1) IFN-alpha produced a dose-dependent rise in colonic temperature simultaneously with increase in AVP content in the VSA in the rats. (2) BN produced a dose-dependent hypothermia and significantly elevated AVP content in the VSA in rats. (3) BN injected intracerebroventricularly at 30 min after IFN-alpha prevented the increase in colonic temperature which recovered to the control level as well as AVP content in the VSA in rats at 150 min.

CONCLUSIONAVP in the VSA may play a role in IFN-alpha-induced fever. AVP in the VSA may play a partial role in the BN antipyretic action and hypothermic action.

Animals ; Arginine Vasopressin ; metabolism ; Body Temperature Regulation ; drug effects ; Bombesin ; pharmacology ; Brain ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Fever ; chemically induced ; physiopathology ; Interferon-alpha ; adverse effects ; Male ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar

To explore the effect of cerebral function imaging in research on the acupoints specificity. Relevant literatures are retrieved and their results are compared. The results reveals as the follows: (1) Acupuncture can ameliorate cerebral blood flow hypoperfusion in patients with cerebrovascular disease, which maybe one of the mechanisms of acupuncture effect; (2) Acupuncture treatment has selectivity regulation role, which is related to the state of body and brain; (3) Cerebral function imaging can draw a clear distinction between therapeutic effect and placebo effect of acupuncture; (4) The points have specificity on the brain activation, but the outcomes are not exactly the same under different experimental conditions. Cerebral function imaging can be used to exploring acupoints specificity. Due to many interference factors which influence the accuracy of experiment, the subsequent experimental design have to be improved in the days ahead so as to make the results more cogent and rigorous.
Acupuncture Points ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Brain ; blood supply ; diagnostic imaging ; physiopathology ; Brain Mapping ; Cerebrovascular Circulation ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Positron-Emission Tomography ; Radiography