Low birth weight is associated with newborn mortality and adult chronic diseases.Some studies found that naternal caffeine consunption during pregnancy was closely related with low birth weight.Resent research evidence indicates that caffeine may induce low birth weight by blocking adenosine receptors,inhibiting phosphodiesterase(PDE) and enhancing angiotensin Ⅱ (AT2) receptor gene expression to lower the placenta blood flow.We recommend that women should reduce caffeine intake during pregnancy.

Objective To quantitatively evaluate relative contribution of medical history,physical examination and laboratory investigation to diagnoses for medical outpatients.Methods In total,145 medical visitors to the outpatient department of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) during October 10 to 16,2008 were recruited and followed-up for 12 months.Results Nineteen of 145 visitors (13.1%) were lost during the period of follow-up and diagnoses were established for 86 of them (68.3%)finally with medical history and for 20 (15.9%) with physical examination or laboratory investigation,respectively.Confidence index of internists in their correct diagnosis increased to 7.3 with medical history and to 7.9 and 8.7 with physical examination and laboratory investigation in average,respectively.Conclusions Most visitors to internal medicine department could be diagnosed correctly with medical history only.On the basis of physical diagnosis,selection of adequate laboratory investigation for them is critical to improvement of clinical diagnosis.

Objective To investigate the effect of ultrasound- guided percutaneous injection of lauromacrogol in treating hepatic hemangiomas. Methods During the period from June 2010 to Jan. 2013 at authors’ hospital, a total of 32 patients with hepatic hemangiomas were treated with ultrasound-guided percutaneous injection of lauromacrogol. The largest lesion was 6.0 cm × 5.6 cm in size, and the smallest lesion was 3.0 cm × 2.6 cm in size. Before and after the treatment ultrasonography, hepatic functions and measurement of tumor size were performed, and the results were evaluated. Results A total of 54 times of puncturing were carried out for the 32 patients. Three times of puncturing were made in 2 cases , two times of puncturing in 18 cases, and single time of puncturing in 12 cases. Complete cure was achieved in 25 cases (78.1%) and effective result was obtained in 7 cases, with an effective rate of 100%. After the treatment, all patients complained of different degrees of pain at hepatic region, which were relieved spontaneously. Two patients developed fever (37.5 - 38.5℃), and after physical cooling the body temperature fell to normal within two days. One patient developed mild nausea and vomiting, which disappeared after symptomatic treatment. No severe complications occurred. Conclusion Ultrasound- guided percutaneous injection of lauromacrogol is a simple, safe and effective treatment for hepatic hemangiomas. Besides, this technique has no serious complications.

Objective To evaluate diagnostic accuracy based on patient history and physical examinations in medical outpatients.Methods Totally, 145 consecutive patients visiting general internal medicine clinic at a university-affiliated teaching hospital during October 10 to 17, 2008 were recruited into the study and followed-up for 12 months.Results Eighteen of 145 patients ( 12.4% ) were lost to followup.Diagnosis was confirmed by follow-up for 45 ( 35.4% ) of those with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS).Sensitivity of physical diagnosis for those with MUS was 82.2 percent, with specificity of 95.1 percent, likelihood ratios of positive and negative results of 16.9 percent and 0.19 percent, its positive and negative prediction values of 90.2 percent and 90.7 percent, and overall accuracy of 90.6 percent,respectively.Conclusions MUS was common in medical clinical practice.Preliminary diagnosis for MUS based on patient history and physical examinations has been proved remarkably reliable.Carefully selected auxiliary laboratory evaluation combined with physical diagnosis is important for management of MUS.

Chinese Society of Medical Science Research Administration Association has been established for 28 years.In order to make Chinese Society of Medical Science Research Administration Association better play the role,strengthen communication and guidance,the author made an investigation and analysis on Local Medical Association Medical Research Management special committee of current situation.With the increasing research investment from government,efficient research outputs need science research personnel and higher comprehensive quality of research and management personnel.Establish and improve local medical science research management special committee by means of positive organizational building and rich academic exchange and professional training to promote medical research management team construction.

Research collaboration and interdisciplinary integration is anecessary trend of the development of science and technology,and is especially true in biomedical field.This paper describes the interdisciplinary practice of the projects at Peking University Health Science Center in recent years.Problems and the efficiency of the management is also analysed.

Objective To investigate the prevalence of gout and its associated factors in populations in Beijing. Methods A cross-sectional study of gout was carried out in state-employees who had yearly health examination at Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Beijing,China from September to December 2005. The prevalence of gout was calculated in the population. Data were further analyzed by multivariate logistic regression models to find associated factors of gout. Results The prevalence of gout in the population was 1.0%,and were 1.5% and 0.3% for men and women respectively. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis found that male gender (OR 15.07,95%CI 1.79～127.19),hard liquor (OR 4.93,95%CI 1.41～17.31 for ≥7 beverages per week),diuretics (OR 6.72,95%CI 2.34～19.34),waist obesity (OR 4.38,95%CI 1.33～14.43),and hypercholesterolemia (OR 3.63,95%CI 1.23～10.67 for serum cholesterol 5.17～6.21mmol/L) were associated with increased prevalence of gout,whereas products of bean curd (OR 0.21,95%CI 0.07～0.59) were associated with reduced prevalence of gout. Conclusion Male gender,hard liquor,diuretics,waist obesity and hyperchol-esterolemia may be associated with the increased risk of gout,whereas products of bean curd may be associated with the reduced risk of gout.

Objective To investigate the expression alteration and significance of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA)by GWAS(Genome-wide association study)between Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC)and its adjacent normal esophageal tissues. Methods lncRNA and mRNA differential expression in 6 pairs of ESCC and matched non-cancerous tissues were screened by microarray assay. The target genes were predicted. Finally , GO(Gene Ontology)and Pathway analysis was used for the further research of lncRNA. Results A total of 680 lncRNA and 1472mRNA were differentially expressed at more than two-fold change(P ≤ 0.05,with 161lncRNA and 653mRNA up-regulated,519lncRNA and 819mRNA down-regulated between ESCC and its adjacent normal esophageal tissues. Gene ontology and pathway analysis results suggested that the differentially expressed genes were involved in 11 pathways.Theyare potentially associated with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma ,including post-translational protein modification ,mucin type O-Glycan biosynthesis and sphingolipid metabolism pathways , which mainly related to the changes of molecular function ,cellular components and biological processes. Through cis and trans analysis,a total of 15 differentially expressed lncRNA had cis-and/or trans-regulated target genes in the database,with 13 lncRNA had cis-regulated target genes,3 lncRNA had trans-regulated target genes,and 1 lncRNA had both cis- and trans-regulated target genes. Conclusion Compared with adjacent normal tissues ,a large number of lncRNA were expressed differentially in ESCC in Xinjiang Han people.Aberrantly expressed lncRNA may play important roles in ESCC development and progression through some signaling pathways ,which are of great significance for further search of new targets for the diagnosis and treatment of ESCC.