Combined Modality Therapy ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Genetic Therapy ; Hepatitis B ; complications ; drug therapy ; Humans ; Liver Cirrhosis ; drug therapy ; etiology ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Phytotherapy

Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of long-term nebulized corticosteroids and inhaled bronchodilators therapy on asthma in long term poor controlled elderly patients.Methods Prospective,randomized control study was conducted.63 elderly asthma patients,who received inhaled corticosteroids or combined with other long-term medication treatment for asthma control for more than 3 months but were still in moderate to severe persistent asthma state,were randomly divided into nebulizer treatment group (n=31) and dry powder inhalation group (n=32),and they were treated correspondingly with Budesonide inhalation suspension 1 mg and Salbutamol 2.5 mg BidorBudesonide/Formoterol powder 320/9 μg inhalation Bid.Patients in the two groups were evaluated for the differences in lung function,acute exacerbations of asthma,asthma control test (ACT) and adverse effects after 12-week treatment.Results The improvement in morning peak expiratory flow (PEF) and ACT score were better in the test group than in the control group [(29.2 ±14.4) ml vs.(15.8±13.5)ml,(4.8±2.2) vs.(3.0±2.7),t=3.715 and 2.897,P=0.000 and 0.005],but there were no statistical differences in average daily use of relievers and severe acute exacerbations between the test and control groups (t=1.512,P=0.136;x2=2.238,P=0.135).The local adverse effects caused by inhaled corticosteroids had no significant difference between the two groups.Conclusions Compared with the powder inhalation,the nebulizer inhalation administration of corticosteroids and bronchodilators could improve the asthma symptoms and lung function better in elderly patients with serious asthma condition and shows a good safety in tbe12 weeks of continuous treatment.

Objective To evaluate the hematologic effects of linezolid in advanced aged patients with hospital onset of infection.Methods The clinical characteristics and complete blood routine examination results of 45 elderly patients aged(92.9±5.2)years treated with linezolid over 600 mg of lowest dose everyday for more than 72 hours were retrospectively analyzed.Results Among the 45patients,20 patients(44.4％)had substantially lower platelet,6 patients(13.3％)lower haemoglobin,1 patient(2.2％)lower absolute neutrophil,and the linezolid treatment in 19 patients were discontinued due to hematological system adverse reactions.The significant drop in platelet occurred at(10.2±3.3)days after treatment.The significant drop in hemoglobin occurred at(9.8±3.0)d after treatment.The lowest count of platelet and hemoglobin took place at(13.1±3.9)d and (10.5±3.5)d after treatment,respectively.The drops in platelet and hemoglobin of some patients took place after cease of treatment.Stepwise logistic regression analysis revealed that treatment duration(OR =1.407,P＜0.05)and creatinine clearance rate(OR=0.732,P＜0.05)were the risk factors for thrombocytopenia.Conclusions The elderly patients using linezolid more likely suffer from adverse reactions of hematological system,particularly thrombocytopeniawhich is significantly more common in patients with renal insufficiency and prolongation of treatment time.The blood routine examination should be monitored closely when elderly patients are treated with linezolid.

Objective To study the feasibility and surgical techniques of C57BL/6 mice intracarotid injected Lewis lung cancer cell line 3LL to establish a kind lung cancer brain metastasis animal model .Methods Green fluorescent protein(GFP) positive 3LL cells were intracarotid injected into C57BL/6 mice to establish lung cancer brain metastases animal models ,then tumor growth and survival time were analyzed .Results The intracarotid injection animal model could establish brain metastases animal model success-fully .Conclusion The intracarotid injection is an effective method to establish cancer brain metastatic animal model .

Objective To study the inhibitory effects of stachyose on the hyperacute rejection in pig-to-human heart xenotransplantation.Methods A pig-to-human xenogeneic heart transplantation model was established based on an in vitro free heart blood perfusion system.The pig hearts were di- vided into two groups:group A(pig hearts treated with human blood perfusion as control)and group B(pig hearts treated with human blood plus stachyose perfusion).After perfusion for 1h,the heart xenografts were examined for deposit of lgG and IgM by immunohistochemistry and pathological analy sis.Results The mean survival time of perfusion hearts in groups A and B was(9.5?2.5)min and (46.8?8.1)min respectively(P

Objective To evaluate the effect of single CVVH and HDF on endothelial system. Methods Group CVVH:20 patients with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome ( MODS) underwent CVVH for 12h.Vascular access was through two-lumen catheter in femoral vein;Group HDF:Twenty patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) on maintenance hemodialysis underwent HDF for 4h.Vascular access was through internal arteriovenous fistula.Group control:Healthy people were examined at our hospital.The se-rum levels of sVCAM-1, sICAM-1, vWF and MMP-9 were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ( ELISA) after centrifugation in treatment group before and after treatment.Four cytokines were also meas-ured in fasting healthy subjects in the morning.Results The levels of serum sVCAM-1, sICAM-1, vWF, MMP-9 were significantly higher in Group CVVH and HDF than control group before and after treatment( P<0.05).Group CVVH:The serum levels of sICAM-1 and sVCAM-1 were significantly lower in post-treat-ment than pre-treatment, But the serum levels of vWF and MMP-9 showed no obvious changes after CVVH;Group HDF:the levels of four cytokines showed no obvious changes after single HDF.Conclusions Endo-thelium becomes impaired in MODS and ESRD patients, Endothelium may be protected by CVVH through the partial removal of cytokines harmful to endothelium in MODS patients.Single HDF therapy does not pro-tect endothelial function obviously in MHD patients.

Acute Disease ; Adult ; Ethylene Dichlorides ; poisoning ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Neurotoxicity Syndromes ; therapy

To establish a convenient and rapid method for identification of Pseudostellariae Radix by molecular identification, the rDNA-ITS sequences of Pseudostella riaheterophylla and its adulterants had been aligned to find out specific fragment. The specific primers against the fragment were designed and the PCR amplification conditions were optimized. The fluorescence reaction of the PCR products colored by 100 x SYBR Green I was observed under UV. The concentration of reaction buffer included 5.5 μL DNA Taq polymerase premix, 10 pmol Tzs-2F and 10 pmol Tzs-2R, 20-80 ng template DNA, and plus double sterile distilled water to 25 μL. The PCR thermal profile was as follows: predenaturation at 95 degrees C for 1 min, followed by 30 cycles of denaturation at 95 degrees C for 5 seconds, primer annealing and extension at 56 degrees C for 15 seconds, then it was extension at 72 degrees C for 30 seconds. The fluorescence reaction of Pseudostellariae Radix showed green fluorescence, while adulterants had not. Extraction, amplification DNA and all steps of molecular identification could be completed successfully in 40 minutes. The approach could amplify DNA template of Pseudostellariae Radix specificity, and its product with 1 μL 100 x SYBR Green I could engender green fluorescence under UV. The method was simple and accurate, so it could be used for identification of Chinese traditional medicine.
Caryophyllaceae ; classification ; genetics ; DNA Primers ; genetics ; Drug Contamination ; prevention & control ; Plant Roots ; classification ; genetics ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; methods

Objective To evaluate the therapeutic effect of low-dose,ultra-low-dose and standard dose chemotherapy for elderly acute myeloid leukemia.Methods A retrospective analysis was performed on 77 elderly AML patients aged 60 years or older.The short-term and long-term effects were compared among low-dose,uhtra-low-dose and standard-dose chemotherapy.Results Although patients receiving low-dose or ultra-low-dose chemotherapy were older,with higher PS scores and lower WBC count,there were no significant differences in CR rate,ORR,EFS or OS between patients who received low-dose/ultra-low-dose chemotherapy and standard-dose chemotherapy.By dividing the total samples into subgroups according to age or PS scores,we found out that patients younger than 70 or with a PS score less than 2 showed a much better prognosis,no matter short-term or long-term,in low-dose／ultra-low-dose group rather than in the standard dose group.While in those patients older than 70 or with a PS score more than 2,the differences between those two groups were not significant.Further analysis showed that low-dose chemotherapy did not reduce treatment related mortality,neither did it increase the risk of long-term relapse.Conclusion Low-dose and ultra-low-dose chemotherapy can improve the prognosis of elder AML patients compared with standard-dose chemotherapy,especially for elderly patients who have a better general state.

Objective To analyze the present situation of the dental instrument cleaning and disinfection in Hainan province and to explore the management mode of dental instrument cleaning and disinfection which is suitable for the provincial situation .Meth-ods By adopting the stratified random sampling method according to the hospital grades ,24 hospitals in Hainan province were per-formed the questionnaire survey on the cleaning mode of oral instruments ,layout of cleaning and disinfection room ,cleaning method and facilities ,protection measures and training of cleaning staff .Results 14 hospitals (58 .33% ) had the sterilization and supply center for conducting the centralized processing on the dental instruments .The tertiary hospitals and the second-grade hospitals had the independent cleaning and disinfection rooms with the rational layout and professional cleaning staff ;the safeguard facilities had the application in place ,the training of the related cleaning and disinfection work and the cleaning process conformed the require-ment of the standards .Among 10 first-grade and below hospitals ,only 1 hospital(10 .00% ) had the rational layout of cleaning and disinfection rooms ;3 hospitals(30 .00% ) had the professional cleaning staff ;the related training of the cleaning staff was not basi-cally carried out and the safeguard was not in place ,most of the cleaning and disinfection instruments and the cleaning process were not in accordance with the requirements .The qualification rates of instruments cleaning and disinfection in different grades of hospi-tals by the ATP bioluminescence assay were 100 .00% ,90 .00% and 80 .00% .Conclusion The existing problems are general and prominent in the hospitals of the first-grade and below .It is suggested that the regionalized disinfection and supply management mode is implemented for maximally realizing the optimized resource configuration in the disinfection and supply center .