Animals ; Humans ; Signal Transduction ; Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase ; metabolism

The academic thoughts of Lingnan acupuncture and moxibustion have been an essential part of Lingnan medicine. By exploration and arrangement of Lingnan medicine and books, journals and literatures regarding acupuncture and moxibustion, the ancient and modern acupuncturists and their academic contributions in Lingnan area were reviewed. As a result, the number of Lingnan acupuncturists and their works was low before Qing Dynasty, while from the Republic of China era to People's Republic of China, a considerable amount of acupuncturists emerged with quite a lot of works. By exploration and arrangement of Lingnan acupuncturists and their works and academic opinion, the acupuncture-moxibustion school characterized by Lingnan could be formed and developed.
Acupuncture ; education ; history ; manpower ; Acupuncture Therapy ; history ; China ; History, 17th Century ; History, 18th Century ; History, 19th Century ; History, 20th Century ; Humans ; Moxibustion ; history ; Physicians ; history

Objective To investigate the mechanisms and clinical characteristics of fatal asthma attack induced by amiodarone in the elderly,and to discuss its serious potent risks.Methods We reported two cases of fatal asthma attack in the elderly with fast atrial fibrillation induced by amiodarone,and discussed the clinical manifestation and emergency treatment,with literatures review.Results The two patients presented with respiratory arrest.After targeted therapies,including artificial ventilation and hormone injection,the patients were capable of spontaneously breathing,while still in severe asthma attack.And further anti-asthma treatment led to a complete remission.Conclusions Amiodarone may cause extremely severe asthma attack in elder patients with tachyarrhythmia complicated with bronchial hyper-responsiveness diseases such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases.Clinicians should pay great attention to this situation and be prepared to cope with serious adverse reactions.

Objective: To study the effect of palate repair operation on middle ear function. Methods: Cleft palate was repaired with double-opposing Z-plasty(DOZ) in 20 cases and with routin method (RM ) in 23 cases. Secretory otitismedia (SOM), high negative pressure (HNP), stapedial reflex(SR) and low acoustic compliance (LAC) were determined 3d before and 6 months after operation respectively. Results: Of the total 86 ears, before operation the persentages of SOM, HNP, SR and LAC were 61. 63, 75. 58, 29. 07 and 65. 15; after operation those were 31.39, 43.02, 66.28 and 33.72, respectively. Of the 40 ears of the cases treated with DOZ the persentages of those were 20.00, 27.50, 72.50 and 25.00) while of the 46 ears of the cases treated with RM those were 41.30, 56.52, 60.87 and 41.30 respectivellly. Conclusion: Middle ear function can be improved by palate repairs surgery, better results may be achieved with double opposing Z-plasty technique.

B ased on Chinese medicine pharmacological literature data , the property , flavor , toxicity , meridian tropism, efficacy, and clinical application of Chinese herbal medicine were used as a set of attributes. The sup-port vector machine ( SVM ) was used in the establishment of predictive models of 187 pharmacological effects of Chinese herbal medicine respectively. And the cross-validation method was used to determine the accuracy of predictive models . After that , the predictive models with the predictive accuracy rate greater than 90% were used to predicate pharmacological effects of 624 herbals recorded in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia(2010 edition). It was found that the accuracy rate of 108 models was greater than 90%, and the accuracy rate of antibacterial effect predictive model was 99.76%. The highest predictive value of Chinese herbal medicine was the anti-oxi-dation effect of Menispermi Rhizoma.

OBJECTIVETo explore the effects of sacral canal injection on nerve root local inflammatory factors in rat model with lumbar disc herniation, in order to identify its mechanism of treatment.

METHODSForty-eight male SD rats were randomly divided into sham operation group(group A), model group (group B), Chinese medicine group(group C) and western medicine group(group D). There were 12 rats in each group. The model of lumbar disc herniation was established using compression and inflammatory stimulation in group B, C, D. All rats were given epidural catheterization and group A and B with physiological saline (1 ml/kg), group C with mixed liquor of 2% lidocaine and compound Danshen injections and physiological saline (2:2: 16) and group D with mixed liquor of 2% lidocaine and triamcinolone acetonide injection and physiological saline (2:2:16), once a week for a total of three treatments. Four rats were killed every 1 week after injection for once, and the inflammatory factors of tumor necrosis factor (TNF-alpha), prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), interleukin-l (IL-1) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were detected by ELISA method.

RESULTSThe levels of TNF-alpha, PGE2, IL-1 and IL-6 in compressed nerve tissues in group B were increased than those of group A (P < 0.01). The levels of PGE2, IL-1 and IL-6 in group C and D were decreased than those of group B, and group D was much less(P<0.05). There was no significant difference in level of TNF-alpha among group B, C, D (P > 0.05).

CONCLUSIONCompound compression with inflammatory stimulation can lead to massive release of inflammatory mediators, such as TNF-alpha, PGE2, IL-1 and IL-6. Both injection with compound Danshen injections and triamcinolone acetonide injections by sacral canal can reduce the levels of part inflammatory mediators (PGE2, IL-1 and IL-6), and the effect of Glucocorticoid is better than Danshen (P < 0.05).

Animals ; Dinoprostone ; analysis ; Disease Models, Animal ; Injections ; Interleukin-1 ; analysis ; Interleukin-6 ; analysis ; Intervertebral Disc Displacement ; drug therapy ; immunology ; Lumbar Vertebrae ; Male ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Salvia miltiorrhiza ; Spinal Nerve Roots ; immunology ; Triamcinolone Acetonide ; administration & dosage ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ; analysis

Objective To investigate the characteristics of family environment in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in clinics, and analyse the risk factors for ADHD. Methods Two thousand two hundred and ninety-six children with inattention, hyperactivity or unfavourable school performance were subjected to diagnosis with DSM-Ⅳ criteria in clinics. The characteristics of family environment were investigated by self-prepared questionnaires. The risk factors for ADHD were explored by univariate analysis and noneonditioned multivariate Logistic regression analysis. Results Seven hundred and twenty children were diagnosed with ADHD. There were significant differences in family environment between children with ADHD and those without(P<0.05 or P<0.01). The risk factors for ADHD included discord between parents, parental smoking and maternal depression during pregnancy and after delivery, while older age, female, paternal higher educational background were protective factors for ADHD. Conclusion Unfavourable family environment may be associated with the prevalence of ADHD, and special attention should be paid to the family environment in the treatment of ADHD.

Background Fibrin glue has been utilized to adhere the graft during the pterygium excision with conjunctival autografts.Several relevant clinical randomized controlled trial(RCT) and retrospective studies have been published abroad,but the samples for its effectiveness and safety issue of fibrin glue and suture are still underinvestigation.Objective Current study was to quantificationally assess the efficacy and safety of fibrin glue versus sutures in the application of pterygium excision with conjunctival autografts.Methods Based on established search strategy,a computerized literature search was conducted to identify all citations concerning the RCT for effectiveness and safety evaluation of fibrin glue and suture for the graft fixation during the pterygium excision with conjunctival autografts from MEDLINE ( from 2000 to October,2010 ),EMbase ( from 2000 to October,2010 ),Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials ( Issue 4,2010 ),CBMdisc ( 2000 to October 2010 ),CNKI ( 2000 to October 2010 ),and the relevant conference proceedings and references searched by hand was performed as supplement.The included literature was scored with Jadad table.The Cochrane Collaboration' s RevMan 5.0 software was used for the test of heterogeneity or test for overall effect.The effective indexes,such as operative duration,recurrence rate and complication,were evaluated by Meta analysis.Results Six RCTs involving 401 eyes of 377 participants were identified.These literatures were published with English in 2004-2010 from China,New Zealand,Sweden,Israel,Turkey and Malasia and the Jadad scores were 4-5.The quantitatively analysis revealed that fibrin glue appeared to short the operative time compared with suturing method (MD =14.23 ;95％ CI:- 16.18- 12.29;P=0.00) and drop the rate of recurrence ( RR =0.49,95％ CI:0.26 -0.95 ; P =0.03 ).No significant differences were found in the rate of postoperative graft dehiscence or absence (RR =3.41,95 ％ CI:0.85-13.68;P =0.08 ).Conclusions Fibrin glue shows the good effectiveness and easy application during the pterygium excision with conjunctival autografts.Long-term follow-up of multi-central RCTs with a larger number of cases are still needed to support this conclusion.

Aged ; CDX2 Transcription Factor ; Cysts ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Homeodomain Proteins ; metabolism ; Humans ; Keratin-20 ; metabolism ; Mucous Membrane ; pathology ; Peritoneal Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Pseudomyxoma Peritonei ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Rupture ; Splenic Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the economics of somatostatin,ulinastatin,octreotide and gabexate preventing hyperamy-lasemia and pancreatitis after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). METHODS:Medical records of 316 cho-ledocholithiasis patients underwent ERCP were selected from our hospital during Jul. 2008-Apr. 2016,and then divided into blank control group(58 cases),somatostatin group(64 cases),ulinastatin group(65 cases),octreotide group(68 cases)and gabexate group (61 cases) according to the use of protease inhibitor. Before ERCP,blank control group received routine treatment as fast-ing,parenteral nutrition support,acid suppression,etc. Based on it,other 4 drug groups received prophylactic drug use according to package inserts 6 h before ERCP. The incidence of hyperamylasemia and pancreatitis after ERCP,VAS scores 3,24,48 h after surgery and the occurrence of ADR were compared among 5 groups. The cost-effectiveness analysis was used to evaluate the eco-nomics of therapy plans in each group. RESULTS:Compared with blank control group,hospitalization time of somatostatin group, ulinastatin group,octreotide group and gabexate group were shortened significantly;the incidence of hyperamylasemia and pancre-atitis were significantly decreased;VAS score 3,24,48 h after surgery were significantly decreased,with statistical significance (P<0.05). Compared among 4 groups,above indexes had no significant difference,and the incidence of ADR was in low level and had no statistical significance(P>0.05). The cost-effectiveness ratio of somatostatin group was the lowest and has cost-effec-tiveness advantage. The results were supported by incremental cost-effectiveness and sensitivity analysis. CONCLUSIONS:Soma-tostatin,ulinastatin,octreotide and gabexate can significantly prevent the occurrence of hyperamylasemia and pancreatitis after ER-CP,and relieve pain with good safety. Somatostatin can achieve the best therapeutic efficacy at the lowest cost,so it is the best plan for hyperamylasemia and pancreatitis after ERCP.