Spasticity is a common complication of stroke.It may cause the function and ability of patients to be restricted significantly and affect the quality of life of both patients and their caregivers.The estimated prevalence of poststroke spasticity (PSS) is 19％ to 42.6％.PSS can be usually assessed by the Modified Ashworth Scale,Modified Tardieu Scale,and electromyography.Therapeutic methods of PSS include physical therapy and drug treatment.The treatment options should be individualized.

[Objective]To investigate the expression of protein destrin in cytoskeleton protein in traumatic arterial aneurysm(TAA) vessel wall tissue and its relationship with clinical representations and pathological characteristics.[Method]Western-blot analysis and RT-PCR were used to detect the quantitative expression of destrin protein in 13 patients with TAA and in the femoral arterial tissues of 8 normal subjects.The difference of protein expression was compared,and the results with clinical data were analyzed statistically.The correlation of unbalanced expression of destrin protein with the clinical presentations was studied.[Result] The expression of destrin in TAA tissue was lower than that in the femoral artery of normal subjects(P

Chuan Ya Wai Bian (External Therapies of Folk Medicine), compiled by ZHAO Xue-min, a medical expert in Qing Dynasty, is abundant in folk external therapies including acupuncture, moxibustion, acupoint sticking therapies, which all have unique features. Folk acupuncture-moxibustion is an important part of acupuncture- moxibustion therapy, playing a role that can't be replaced by conventional acupuncture-moxibustion. It's worth exploring and needs constant improvements to adapt to the requirement of modern medicine, which is also significant for boosting the development of acupuncture-moxibustion therapy.

The value of dobutamine 99m橳c-MIBI SPECT (DBA-SPECT) for detecting coronary artery disease was assessed in 56 patients with chest pain. Exercise ECG, DBA-ECG and DBA-SPECT were obtained. The hemodynamic changes in DBA infusion are similar to that in exercise test. In 21 patients who had coronary angiogram,the sensitivity,specificity and accuracy were 87. 5% ,76. 9% ,81. 7% ,respectively in DBA-SPECT;75. 0%, 92. 3%, 85. 0%, respectively in DBA-ECG,and 87. 5%,46. 2% ,61.9% ,respectively in exercise ECG test. The results showed that DBA-SPECT is a feasible safe and non-invasive method for detecting coronary artery disease.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Deafness ; diagnosis ; etiology ; psychology ; Diagnostic Errors ; Female ; Hearing Loss, Sudden ; diagnosis ; Humans ; Male

Objective:To investigate the antibacterial effect of different self-etching adhesive systems against Streptococcus mutans (S.mutans).Methods:Six reagents ClearfilTM SE Bond primer (SP), ClearfilTM SE Bond adhesive (SA),ClearfilTM Protect Bond primer (PP),which contained antibacterial monomer methacryloyloxydodecylpyridinium bromide (MDPB),ClearfilTM Protect Bond adhesive (PA), positive control chlorhexidine acetate [CHX,1% (mass fraction )],and negative control phosphate buffer solution (PBS)were selected.They were mixed with S.mutans for 30 s respectively,then colony-forming units (CFU)were counted after incubated for 48 h on brain heart infusion (BHI)agar medium. The 6 reagents were applied to the sterile paper discs,and distributed onto the BHI agar medium with S. mutans and incubated for 24 h,then the inhibition zones were observed.CHX,PBS,PP,and SP were added on the dentin with artificial caries induced by S.mutans and kept for 30 s,then confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM)was used to observe the live and dead bacteria after staining.The ratio of live to dead bacteria was calculated.PP+PA and SP+SA were applied on the dentin according to the manual and light cured.S.mutans were incubated on the samples for 2 h,ultrasonically treated and in-cubated on BHI agar medium for 48 h,then CFU was counted.The data were analyzed by non-parametric analysis and one-way ANOVA.Results:Compared with PBS,the PP,SP,PA,SA and CHX showed the antibacterial effect on free S.mutans (P<0.05 );SP and PP showed stronger antibacterial effect than PA,SA and CHX (P<0.05).CHX,SP and PP presented inhibition zones,while PBS,SA and PA did not.Compared with PBS,the CHX,SP and PP could lower the ratio of the live to dead bacteria significantly (P<0.05).Cured self-etching adhesive systems did not show any antibacterial effect on the free S.mutans.Conclusion:The primer of self-etching adhesives ClearfilTM SE Bond and ClearfilTM Pro-tect Bond showed significant antibacterial effect on free and attached S.mutans.The adhesive only showed antibacterial effect on free S.mutans before light-cured polymerization.After being cured,the self-etching adhesive systems did not show antibacterial effect anymore.

The expression of microRNA (miRNA) is closely related to radio-chemosensitivity in glioma stem cells (GSCs).Moreover,the growth of glioma stem cells could be inhibited comprehensively by increasing radio-chemosensitivity and apoptosis,simultaneously with the regulation of a single miRNA,which has been confirmed by some researches.Thereby microRNA is prospective for the adoption as a specific agent in targeted therapy of glioma,so as to increase the radio-chemosensitivity in glioma stem cells.

Objective To investigate the distribution and drug resistance of pathogens isolated from blood culture samples from January 2012 to October 2013 to provide the basis for clinical lection of antibacterial drugs.Methods The blood samples were col-lected from the patients with suspected blood infection and cultured by the BD BACTEC 9120 automatic blood culture instrument. The samples with positive results were performed the bacterial identification and the drug sensitivity test by using the VITEK-2 COMPACT automatic bacterial identification instrument.Results A total of 969 strains of pathogens were isolated from blood cul-ture samples,including 540 strains(55.7%)of Gram-positive bacteria,413 strains(42.6%)of Gram-negative bacteria and 16 strains (1.7%)of fungi.The top 3 isolated pathogenic bacteria were Staphylococcus epidermidis,Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus au-reus.Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus were highly resistant to penicillin,sensitive to vancomycin and linezol-id;Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae were highly sensitive to imipenem and Piperacillin/tazobactam.Conclusion It is nec-essary to understand the blood culture results timely so as to provide the basis for clinical antibacterial therapy and the improvement of the cure rate.

Runx2 is a transcription factor belongs to RUNXX family, and it is one of the important factors involved in expression and participation in regulation of mammary specific genes in the mammary gland. The overexpression is also as-sociated with certain characteristics of breast cancer. This article aims to summarize the recent progress of the role that Runx2 plays in breast cancer.

Objective To investigate the effect of dexmedetomidine on awareness during intraoperative Wake-up tests in patients undergoing spinal surgery under propofol-remifentanil anesthesia .Methods 36 patients ,requiring intraoperative arousal test during posterior spinal surgery were randomly divided into the group D (DEX ,n= 18) and C (NS ,n= 18) .DEX 1 μg/kg followed by 0 .2 μg · kg -1 · h-1 and equal volume NS were infused respectively 10 min before anesthesia induction and maintenance of anesthe-sia in two groups .Hemodynamic parameters were monitored 5 min(T1) before anesthesia induction ,3 min(T2)after anesthesia in-duction ,at the beginning of wake-up test(T3) ,at the end of the test(T4) and 5 min(T5) after deepen anesthesia respectively . Meanwhile the wake-up time ,success rate of arousal ,incidence agitation and the dosage of nitroglycerin during wake-up were also recorded .Results Successive rate of arousal awakening time between two group had no statistically significance (P>0 .05) .less in-cidence of agitation was found in group D compared with group C ,the dosage of nitroglycerin used during wake-up in group D was less than that in group C(P<0 .05) .Conclusion Dexmedetomidine auxiliary propofol remifentanil anesthesia can effectively implement intraoperative wake up ,during the awakening the hemodynamic was more smoothly ,and it has lower incidence of adverse events .