Objective To assess whether urapidil (anα1 receptor blocker)is more effective than ni-troglycerin in treatment of non-valvular heart failure accompanying hypertension and diabetes mellitus (DM ) in elderly female patients .Methods Fourty-six elderly female patients with non-valvular heart failure accompanying hypertension and DM were randomly divided into urapidil treatment group (n= 24) and nitroglycerin treatment group (n= 22) .Patients in urapidil treat-ment group were treated with urapidil (50 -300 μg/min) and those in nitroglycerin treatment group were treated with nitroglycerin (5 -20 μg/min) for 48 -140 h according to their blood pressure (BP) and cardiac function .Their BP ,HR ,and metabolic activity were observed before and on days 1 ,2 ,3 and 7 after treatment .Results The effect of urapidil was significantly lower than that of nitroglycerin on SBP on day 7 after treatment (P<0 .05) .The serum NT-proBNP level was significantly lower in nitroglycerin treatment group than in control group (P<0 .01) . Conclusion The effect of urapidil is better than that of nitroglycerin on reducing and stabilizing SBP ,attenuating cardiac afterload ,and improving cardiac function in elderly female patients .Ura-pidil can thus be used as one of the first choiced drugs in treatment of elderly female patients with non-valvular heart failure accompanying hypertension and DM .

The rate of bone turnover in postmenopausal women accelerates and the newly formed osteoid is poorly mineralized, resulting in the loss of bone mineral content. Meanwhile, the requirement for calcium increases as more bone matrix needs to be mineralized. On the other hand, the reduction of serum estrogen level impairs the absorption of calcium in intestinal tract and the reabsorption in kidney, resulting in the decreased absorption and increased excretion of calcium. Therefore, sufficient calcium intake is critical for maintaining the bone structure in postmenopausal women. The reference intake of calcium differs greatly among different countries. In 2000, China established the adequate intake of calcium for Chinese women aged 50 years and older as 1000 mg/d. Diets provide the optimal source of calcium to prevent osteoporosis. Although calcium supplements have been demonstrated to be beneficial for the bone mineral density in postmenopausal women, its impact on fracture risk and cardiovascular diseases remains controversial. Available evidences suggest that calcium supplements combined with vitamin D are unlikely to increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

Embolic stroke of undetermined source ( ESUS ) refers to non-lacunar brain infarcts without definite proximal arterialstenosis or major cardioembolic sources.Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation may be the most important cause of ESUS, thus anticoagulation may be more effective than antiplatelet therapy for secondary stroke prevention to this group of patients.This paper reviews the latest progress on the definition, epidemiology, diagnostic approach, relation to atrial fibrillation and management of ESUS.

For adapting the demands of modern society to medical talents,we applied problem-based learning pattern to urology practice teaching.By breaking the limits of subjects,we enable students to acquire more knowledge of science and problem-solving skills and self-learning skills in the limited time available.The role of teacher shifts from imparting knowledge to leaders.

Inflammasomes are multiprotein complexes that can recognize pathogenic microorganisms and stress -asso-ciated endogenous molecules and play an important role in innate immune system .Inflammasomes cause inflamma-tion response by inducing maturation of inflammatory cytokines interleukin ( IL)-1βand IL-18 through activation of caspase-1 ,and involve in the pathogenesis of various diseases such as cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome , is-chemia-reperfusion injury and atherosclerosis .

Objective To explore the relationship betw een injury age and expressions of erythropoietin (EPO ) and its receptor EPO R in the brain tissue of rats after cerebral injury. Methods Seventy-tw o rats w ere random ly divided into control group (36 rats) and cerebral injury group (36 rats). The rats w ere sac-rificed at 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 24 h after cerebral injury (6 rats at each tim e point) and the brain tissues w ere extracted. The expressions of m RNA and protein of EPO and EPO R at different tim e points w ere de-tected by real-tim e fluorescent quantitative PC R and W estern bloting. Results The expressions of EPO and EPO R increased w ithin 24 h after injury. The expressions of m RNA and protein of EPO w ere relat-ed to the injury age, and the correlations w ere 0.875, 0.911, respectively (P<0.05). The expressions of m RNA and protein of EPO R w ere related to the injury age, and the correlation coefficients w ere 0.936, 0.905, respectively (P<0.05). Conclusion The expressions of EPO and EPO R increase gradually in the early stage of the rat’s cerebral injury, w hich are associated w ith the injury age and could be a useful value for estim ating injury age.

[Abstrct] More and more laboratory indicators including serum creatinine , serum cystatin C , urinary microalbumin, N-acetyl-beta-D-Glucosaminidase (NAG), kidney injury molecule 1 (KIM-1), neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), interleukin 18 (IL-18) and L type fatty acid binding protein (L-FABP) are used to diagnose and monitor acute kidney injury (AKI).However, the clinical applicability and limitations of these indicators , as well as the detection effect factors and biological variation on the diagnosis and monitoring of AKI are very important , especially how to combine the detection effect factors and biological variation to interpret test result is attached great importance by the laboratory personnel .

In recent years,the effects of ultrasound combined with microbubble contrast agent in treatment of tumors has been become a new research hot point,which may have great potential in tumor treatment.Low-power ultrasound radiating microbubble embolization angiogenesis therapeutics has been widely used in tumor treatment.Among them the following foundation research aspects can make great breakthrough,such as : target drug delivery,target gene therapy,increasing high-intensity focused ultrosound therapy efficiency etc.

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