1.Reduced prefrontal activation during tower of London (TOL) in first-episode schizophrenia: a multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopy study
Xuan LIU ; Ye ZHU ; Huiling WANG ; Li DAI ; Tianzi JIANG ; Yue FANG ; Hanbin HU ; Gaohua WANG ; Xiaoping WANG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2010;19(11):980-982
Objective To investigate the executive function of the patients with first-episode schizophrenia,and their relationships with the positive and negative symptoms. And to evaluate the activation characteristics of prefrontal cortex(PFC) in the schizophrenia. Methods Near-infrared spectroscopy(NIRS) was used to assess the activation of the bilateral PFCs during the computerized version of Tower of London(TOL) tasks in schizophrenia and controls. The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale(PANSS) was used to assess the psychiatric symptoms of the schizophrenia. 40 schizophrenic patients and 40 age- and gender-matched healthy subjects participated in this study. Results ( 1 ) The number of correct TOL responses in patients ( one-move ( 7.35 ± 1. 94 ), two-move ( 7.30 ± 2.53 ), three-move ( 6.58 ± 2.53 ), four-move ( 2.90 ± 1.89 ) ) was significantly less than the healthy controls( one-move (8.82 ± 1.48 ), two-move ( 8.38 ± 1.59 ), three-move ( 7.68 ± 1.47 ), four-move ( 3.73 ±1.71 ); P<0. 05 ). ( 2 ) There was a significant negative correlation between the patients' task performance and the negative symptom scores(P < 0.05 ). (3) The majority of the prefrontal area was activated in health subjects.Patients were characterized by significant decreased activation in the left PFC during the TOL task compared to healthy subjects. Conclusion Schizophrenic patients have executive function disorder at the initial stage of the disease.The results support that schizophrenia patients have hypofrontality ,and executive function is significantly negatively correlated with negative symptoms. NIRS my be a useful tool for research and clinical assessment for major psychoses.
2.Pharmacoeconomic evaluation on three different anti-hypertensive treatments
Journal of Pharmaceutical Practice 2018;36(2):189-191
Objective To compare three different anti-hypertension therapeutic projects by pharmacoeconomic evaluation and to find out the best therapeutic project.Methods Retrospective study was used.120 patients with hypertension were ran-domly assigned to group A(fosinopril sodium),group B(valsartan),group C(amlodipine besylate tablet),the therapeutic effects were observed and were evaluated by cost minimization analysis.Results The total efficiency of A,B,C group were 90·7%, 92·3%,92.1%(P>0.05)respectively.The incidence of adverse reaction were 16.7%,7.7%,13.2%(P>0.05)respective-ly.The costs were 287.3 yuan,378.7 yuan and 320.4 yuan respectively.Conclution The effectiveness of the three groups was similar.In terms of pharmacoeconomics,group A was the best therapeutic project.
3.The value of computed tomography multi-planner reconstruction in the treatment of lung cancer with percutaneous argon-helium cryoablation
Yunsong ZHANG ; Yingjiu CAI ; Tianzi CHEN ; Jianlin DONG ; Xiaojun GAO ; Yanwei ZHANG ; Fang BAI
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2018;45(4):185-190
Objective: To evaluate the value of computed tomography (CT) multi-planner reconstruction (MPR)in the treatment of lung cancer with percutaneous argon-helium cryoablation.Method:A total of 66 patients with stage T2 or T3 non-small cell lung can-cer who had complete follow-up data were treated with percutaneous argon-helium cryoablation with conventional axial CT(conven-tional group)or MPR guidance(MPR group)between January 2013 and 2016.There were 31 patients in the conventional group and 35 in the MPR group.The total number of punctures,the total time of operation,and the incidence of complications,tumor residual rates,and local control rates were compared between the two groups.Results:When the number of needles was the same,the aver-age number of punctures and puncture errors in the two groups were significantly lower in the MPR group than in the conventional group(P<0.05).Comparing the average operation time,there was no statistical difference between the MPR group and the conven-tional scan group(P>0.05).The incidence of postoperative complications was significantly lower in the MPR group than in the conven-tional scan group.Among them,the incidence of puncture combined hemorrhage was 1.52% vs.13.64%,and pneumothorax second-ary to puncture was 3.03% vs.19.70%(P<0.05).During the follow-up period to 12 months after surgery,the therapeutic benefit indica-tors such as local residual rate and total effective rate in the MPR group were also significantly better than those in the conventional group,which were 1.52% vs.10.61 and 51.52% vs.36.36%(P<0.05),respectively.Conclusions:Using MPR technology to guide percuta-neous argon-helium cryoablation treatment for lung cancer confers a small puncture error,low incidence of complications,and signifi-cant treatment benefits.This method is worthy of clinical promotion.