Objective To explore the effect and its clinical significance of different dose of glucocorticoids on inflammation mediators in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases.Methods 45 patients admitted to our hospitals from March 2007 to March 2011 were randomly divided into 3 groups:methylprednisolone 40 mg group (methylprednisolone 40mg,iv,qd),methylprednisolone 80 mg group (methylprednisolone 80mg,iv,bid),and control group (without any glucocorticoids).The changes of dyspnea scores,arterial blood gas analysis,clinical symptom scores and serum IL-6,IL-8 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) levels were detected in patients of each group before and at the 7th day after treatment.The related adverse drug reactions were recorded.Results The improvements in clinical symptom scores,Borg scores,PaCO2,PaO2 after treatment were higher in methylprednisolone 40 mg group and methylprednisolone 80 mg group than in control group (F=3.6747.162 and 42.88,respectively,P＜0.01 or 0.001),and the above improvements was better in methylprednisolone 80 mg group than in methylprednisolone 40 mg group (all P＜0.05).The decreases in levels of serum IL-8,TNF-α,IL-6,C-RP after the treatment were more significant in methylprednisolone 40 mg group and methylprednisolone 80 mg group than in control group (F=12.65,16.17,30.99,respectively,all P＜0.001),and the decrements were more significant in methylprednisolone 80 mg group than in methylprednisolone 40 mg group(all P＜0.05).NO serious adverse drug reactions happened during the course of treatment in the three groups.Conelusions Short-term and moderate dose of glucocorticoid treatment is effective and safe in treating the patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases.Methylprednisolone 80 mg injection daily can more obviously improve AECOPD symptoms,and reduce the levels of inflammatory factors better.

Objective To compare the obesity-related laboratory results between single abdominal obesity and symmetric obesity in adolescents. Methods A total of 11 460 young students in two provinces were surveyed.Among them 31 students with symmetric obesity (SO group) and 39 students with single abdominal obesity (SAOgroup) were enrolled into the analysis. The age, gender, and body weight were matched between two groups.Blood pressure (Bp), lipids, leptin (LP), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), fasting insulin (FINS), insulin sensi-tivity index (ISI), and serum uric acid (UA) were measured. Liver ultrasonic imaging was performed. The differ-ences of the laboratory results were compared. Results Compared with the SO group, in the SAO group, the inci- dence of fatty liver ( P = 0. 04 ), triglyceride ( P < 0. 001 ), apelipoprotein B ( P < 0. 005 ) as well as FINS, LP,and UA (all P <0. 001 ) were significantly higher, while apolipoprotein A was significantly lower (P <0. 005). LP were positively correlated with FINS (P <0. 001 ) and negatively correlated with ISI (P <0. 001 ). FINS were posi-tively correlated with UA ( P < 0. 001 ) and negatively with ISI ( P < 0. O01 ). Conclusion Adolescents with ab-dominal obesity have higher risks of endocrine and cardiovascular diseases than those with ymmetrical obesity.

Objective Exploration of TSH, FT3, FT4 changes in critical condition prior to death.Methods 84 patients that were anti-tumor therapy acceptable and not associated with the treatment of thyroid disease in patients with terminal tumors. Age from 24 to 85-year-old, male 56, female 28. The use of SELDI technology (surface-enhanced laser description / ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry protein chip technology) checks to M/Z for the 11 100 + H～11 900 + H peak of the cluster, divided into the positive group for critically ill patients with early warning protein (LGT) and the negative group for it. All patients were given TSH, FT3, FT4 inspection. The results were statistically analyzed. Results TSH, FT3, FT4 in the LGT positive group was significantly lower than in the negative LGT group. There was no correlation between TSH,FT3 and FT4 in the LGT positive group;In the negative LGT group FT3 and FT4 had a positive correlation,and FT3 and TSH no relevance. Conclusion Thyroid function is normal in the stage of cancer patients stable condition. Possible pituitary-hypothyroidism may occur as the disease advances to the end or before death.This may be an important factor causing the acceleration to the death of the patients. However, the cause and effect between this phenomenon and the early warning of protein fingerprint group(LGT) is still not clear. In critical condition checking thyroid function and render supplementary amount of thyroid hormone in accordance with the checking results may be beneficial.

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the rational use of antimicrobials in 160 cases undergoing orthopaedic operations.MET_HODS:To analyse and evaluate the use of antimicrobials in 160 cases undergoing orthopaedic operations in 1999 in respect to the cost of antimicrobials related cost ratio,usage,clinical efficacy,and adverse drug reactions.RESULTS:The cost of antimicrobials per person()was 1 676.55 yuans and average day of treatment()was (7.3?3.4)d.151 patients healed by first intension.9 patients recovered in delayed healing.The ratio of the total cost,cost of drugs and cost of antimicrobials was 1∶0.38∶0.14.CONCLUSION:The use of the antimicrobials in 160 cases undergoing orthopaedic operations was reasonable.

ObjectiveTo explore the value of intraoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in distinguishing gliomas,peritumorous cerebral edema and peripheral normal cerebral tissues,and grading cerebral gliomas.MethodsIntraoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasonic imaging in 80 patients diagnosed cerebral gliomas were studied retrospectively.The blood perfusion patterns of gliomas,peritumorous cerebral edema and peripheral normal cerebral tissues were observed closely after contrast and parameters were recorded.ResultsAfter contrast-enhanced ultrasound,peripheral normal cerebral tissues showed homogeneous enhancement,the tumor tissues and peritumorous cerebral edema of high-grade gliomas (HGG) showed high enhancement,but peritumorous cerebral edema of low-grade gliomas (LGG) showed nearly homogeneous enhancement.Absolute peak intensity(API) of the tumor tissues were higher than those of peripheral normal cerebral tissues and peritumorous cerebral edema ( P ＜0.05).Time to peak (TTP) of the tumor tissues in HGG were shorter than those of peripheral normal cerebral tissues and peritumorous cerebral edema ( P ＜ 0.05).TTP of the tumor tissues in LGG compared with those of peripheral normal cerebral tissues and peritumorous cerebral edema,two groups had no statistical significance ( P ＞ 0.05).ConclusionsIntraoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasonography can reflect the boundary of the brain edema,which is useful to guide surgical resection effectively and helpful to grade cerebral gliomas.

Animals ; Carbon Tetrachloride ; Collagen Type IV ; blood ; Disease Models, Animal ; Hyaluronic Acid ; blood ; Inflammation ; drug therapy ; etiology ; Interferon-alpha ; therapeutic use ; Laminin ; blood ; Liver Cirrhosis ; blood ; chemically induced ; complications ; drug therapy ; pathology ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Transforming Growth Factor beta ; blood

Objective:To explore the expectations of different groups, including the vice president in charge of hospital infection, hospital infection management professionals, nursing managers, and department directors, on the core competence of head nurses in hospital infection prevention and control.Methods:Using the phenomenological research method, purposive sampling method was used to conduct in-depth semi-structured interviews with 25 interviewees from 5 tertiary general hospitals in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, including vice presidents in charge of hospital infection, hospital infection management professionals, nursing managers, department directors, clinical staff and logistics supervisors. A total of 25 interviewers conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews, and the collected data were analyzed by Colaizzi′s 7-step analysis method.Results:Four themes were extracted, including the expectation of the head nurse′s infection control target management ability, the expectation of the head nurse′s infection control professional knowledge ability, the expectation of the head nurse′s infection control clinical practice ability, and the expectation of the head nurse′s infection control influence.Conclusions:In the sensory control management of the department, head nurses should have strong infection control target management ability, continue to learn and update the infection control knowledge and concepts, improve the clinical infection control practice ability, properly authorize, reasonably motivate and improve the infection control management. Team execution ability, create a good atmosphere of department sense control, and promote the development of infection control work.

Objective:To study the effect of combined acupuncture and rehabilitation training on early-stage Barthel index of ischemic stroke cases.Method:Fifty ischemic stroke cases were randomized into a treatment group of 24 cases and control group of 26 cases.In addition to routine internal treatment methods,rehabilitation training was applied to cases in the control group,and combined acupuncture and rehabilitation training were applied to cases in the treatment group.Warming and reinforcing manipulations were applied to Jianyu (LI 15),Quchi (LI 11),Hegu (LI 4),Yanglingquan (GB 34),Yinlingquan (SP 9),Zusanli (ST 36),and Sanyinjiao (SP 6),20 min of needle retaining for each point in one treatment.Then the scores of clinical neurological impairment and Barthel index of stroke cases were evaluated before the treatment and 3 weeks after respectively.Results:The significant progress and progress cases in the treatment group were 14 and 12 respectively,whereas that in the control group were 6 and 11 respectively,coupled with 7 cases of no progress.The therapeutic effect in the treatment is substantially better than the control group (P＜0.05).There was no significant difference (P＞0.05) in neurological impairment and scores of Barthel index of the two groups before the treatment,whereas significant difference (P＜0.05) after the treatment.The scores of neurological impairment in the treatment group were significantly reduced after the treatment (P＜0.05),and the scores of Barthel index were significantly increased (P＜0.05).Conclusion:Combined acupuncture and rehabilitation training can produce significantly better effect on early neurological impairment and Barthel index of stroke cases than rehabilitation training alone.

Objective To analyze the distribution and epidemiological characteristics of patients in pre-hospital emergency in Hohhot. Methods The data of 28 325 pre-hospital emergency patients in 7 first-aid stations in Hohhot from January 1st to December 31st in 2016 were analyzed retrospectively. The gender, age, call time, disease spectrum of patients served as investigation elements, the data were collected into Excel 2010 form, and statistical analysis was carried out. Results Among 28 325 pre-hospital emergency patients, there were 15 973 male (56.39%) and 12 352 female (43.61%), with the ratio of male to female of 1.29:1. The age of patients were 1 day-108 years, with the majority of patients aged 51-60 years, which accounting for 16.08% (4 554/28 325). The top 6 of diseases were trauma [33.10% (9 376/28 325)], neurological system diseases [16.81% (4 762/28 325)], circulatory system diseases [12.31% (3 486/28 325)], respiratory system diseases [7.62% (2 159/28 325)], digestive system diseases [5.68% (1 609/28 325)], acute poisoning [5.02% (1 422/28 325)]. The peak period of call for help was 09:00-11:00 (12.55%, 3 554/28 325), and 1 small peak occurred at 15:00-17:00 (11.22%, 3 179/28 325). The highest number of patients with pre-hospital care happened in summer (26.22%, 7 428/28 325), followed by autumn (24.94%, 7 065/28 325) and winter (24.83, 7 032/28 325), and the lowest in spring (24.01%, 6 800/28 325). The peak incidence of traumatic patients was in November (11.13%, 1 044/9 376), the most patients with nervous system diseases were found in October (9.97%, 475/4 762), and the most patients with circulatory system diseases were found in July (11.16%, 389/3 486). Conclusions The first aid patients in Hohhot were mainly suffered from diseases of trauma, nervous system and circulatory system, more men than women, most in 51-60 years old patients, and the summer was the peak season. Therefore, the establishment of trauma center in emergency department, strengthening the health education of high-risk groups and the primary prevention of patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, scientific and effective use of medical resources can improve the success rate of pre-hospital rescue.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Alanine Transaminase ; blood ; DNA, Viral ; analysis ; Female ; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens ; blood ; Hepatitis B e Antigens ; blood ; Hepatitis B, Chronic ; blood ; drug therapy ; Humans ; Interferon Type I ; therapeutic use ; Interferon-alpha ; therapeutic use ; Liver Function Tests ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Recombinant Proteins ; Treatment Outcome