Objective: To examine the characteristics of the pulse manifestation in the hepatocarcinoma patients, and to study the value of pulse manifestation in typing according to diagnosis of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Methods: The patients' pulse manifestation was examined by the pulse instrument, and was typed according to the symptom, sign, and tongue appearance. The pulse indices and photography were analyzed among syndromes of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Results: Ninety percent of patients had string like pulse, slippery pulse, and string like and slippery pulse in 147 hepatocarcinoma cases. H 1 was significantly higher in stagnation of liver qi and deficiency of spleen patients type than that in dampness and heat in liver and gallbladder patients type and in Yin deficiency of liver and the kidney patients type. H 3/H 1 significantly decreased in of stagnation of liver qi and deficiency of spleen patients type than that in dampness and heat in liver and gallbladder patients type. H 4/H 1 was significantly lower in dampness and heat in liver and gallbladder patients type than that in other 3 types of patients. Conclusion: Pulse indices and photography detected by the pulse instrument are associated with types according to diagnosis of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is valuable to pulse detection by the pulse instrument. [

To establish the talent training mode of the combination of college education and master-apprentice education,strengthen basic education,consolidate practical ability,inspire innovative spirit and promote individual development.The main features of training program are emphasizing military,highlighting master-apprentice and practice,and giving attention to the academic character of TCM and practical technology of western medicine.

Objective To investigate the related risk factors for stroke among residents aged over 26 years old in communities in Chongqing,to set up a quantitative criteria for determining risk for stroke,and to evaluate and predict the risk of the stroke for individuals.Methods 1 034 cases with 1:2 matched controls were chosen from five communities in Chongqing,which were interviewed with a uniform questionnaire.The risk factors of stroke were analyzed with Logistic regression,collected the odds ratios of risk factors for stroke,and different levels of risk exposure factors be converted into a risk scores by using statistical models.The related risk scores were added to obtain a combined risk score to predict the individual's risk of stoke in the future.Results An individual health risk appraisal model of stroke applicable to individuals of different sex,age,health behavior,disease and family history was established.For men,11 risk factors,including hypertension(5.728),coronary heart disease(5.404),family history of stroke(4.599),and so on,were entered the main effect model;for women,hypertension(5.270),family history of stroke(4.866),hyperlipidemia(4.346),and other eight risk factors entered the main effect model.Conclusion Personal diseases,including hypertension,CHD and hyperlipidemia,etc.,are very important risk factors for stoke.The stroke prevalence can be effectively reduced by changing the unhealthy lifestyle and curing the related individual diseases.The evaluation model of the risk score for stroke based on the main risk factors could be useful in the future health education and community health service on stroke prevention.

Objective To determine the relative factors of the onset of repeated ectopic pregnancy. Methods The clinical data of the first time ectopic pregnancy of 28 cases with repeated ectopic pregnancy were analysed, and compared with those of 56 cases of non-repeated ectopic pregnancy onsetting at the same period. The factors measured included: age at onset of disease, age at first coitus, gravidity, parity, methods of contraception, duration of amenorrhea,duration of vaginal bleeding, serum ?-human chorionic gonadotropin level, volume of intraperitoneal bleeding, types of ectopic pregnancy, methods of therapy and inflammation evidence of fallopian tube. Logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the relative factors for onset of repeated pregnancy. Results The risk factors and its odds ratio (OR) from the multivariate analysis were as follow: anastomosis of the tube(62.74, P=0.043), positive evidence of inflammation of the tube (54.85, P=0.000), no contraception (11.29, P=0.002), contraception by condom occasionally (4.75, P=0.046); the protective factors and its OR were as follow: therapy being salpingectomy and sterilization of the opposite tube(0.06, P=0.049), oral contraception (0.10, P=0.050) and pharmacotherapy (0.33, P=0.002). Conclusions The risk factors of onset of repeated ectopic pregnancy include: anastomosis of the tube, positive evidence of inflammation of the tube, no contraception and contraception by condom occasionally; the protective factors include: therapy being salpingectomy and sterilization of the opposite tube, oral contraception and pharmacotherapy.

BACKGROUND: Frenulum of prepuce of penis contained many nerve terminals is an extremely sensitive region. If the frenulum is injured in circumcision or other operations, the complication, such as postoperative spontaneous pain of penis, sexual disturbance and so on, will occur. But there still is no define explanation for this up to now.OBJECTIVE: To observe the distribution of immunoreactive nerve terminal of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in prepuce of penis and frenulum of prepuce of adult SD rats, and look for the source of CGRP immunoreactive nerve terminal in frenulum of prepuce.DESIGN: A single sample trial.SETTING:Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University.MATERIALS: The experiment was performed at Department of Anatomy,School of Medicine. Zhejiang University from September 2004 to May 2005. A total of 20 adult male SD rats were selected, and were raised in warm, quiet, photophygous environment for 1 week before the trial so as to make the rats fit for the environment and maintain their basal state.METHODS: The rats were assigned randomly into 2 groups. Ten rats in the first group were treated with the immunohistochemical method to observe the distribution of CGRP immunoreactive nerve terminal in prepuce of penis and frenulum of prepuce of adult rats. Ten rats in the second group were treated with fluorogold (FG) retrograde labeled combined with CGRP immunofluorescence labeled method to look for the source of CGRP immunoreactive nerve terminal in frenulum of prepuce of penis. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: ①The morphology and distribution of CGRP immunoreactive nerve terminal in prepuee of penis and frenulum of prepuce of adult SD rats were observed under light microscope. ②The distributive density and difference of CGRP immunoreactive nerve terminal in prepuce of penis and frenulum of prepuce were detected and compared (represented by A). ③Morphology and distribution of FG retrograde labeled -positive, CGRP single-labeled positive and FG/CGRP double-labeled positive neurons in dorsal root ganglion were observe under fluorescence microscope. ④Mean quantity of FG retrograde labeled positive, CGRP single abeled positive and FG/CGRP double-labeled positive neurons in dorsal root ganglion was counted.RESULTS: Totally 20 rats were involved in the analysis of results. ① Amber-coloured CGRP immunoreactive nerve terminal appeared in prepuce of penis and frenulum of prepuce of adult rats. These nerve terminal mainly occurred in basal layer of epidermis and papillary layer of dermis, distributed as twig shape or intestiniform; mostly of them were bundled, different in length, and some of them showed enlarged nodosity. ②The distributive density of CGRP immunoreactive nerve terminal in frenulum of prepuce of penis was significantly larger than that in prepuce of penis (2.15±0.32, 1.02±0.22,t =-2.03,P＜0.01). ③Combined with the FG retrograde labeled method it was found that these nerve terminal was derived from neurons of dorsal root ganglion opposed to the sixth lumbar spinal cord and the neurons of dorsal root ganglion opposed to the first acral spinal cord. FG retrograde labeled positive neurons differed in length. The cell body showed round or orbicular-ovate, without obvious prominence. Bright inaurate fine particle appeared in cytoplasm, no label in nucleus. Most cells arranged in line along nerve tract or diffusedly distributed. Most CGRP single-labeled positive neurons were middle or small cells found by CGRP immunofluorescence labeling. Dyeing was too dark.Reaction product distributed evenly in cytoplasm, which showed bright dark green (FITC labeled color). The same positive section was observed comparatively under different excitation light. It was found that FG/CGRP double-labeled positive cells were middle or small, and its amount accounted for a half of the total number of FG retrograde positive cells.CONCLUSION: CGRP may participate the transmission of sensory information in prepuce of penis and frenulum of prepuce of rats. The CGRP immunoreactive nerve terminal in frenulum of prepuce of penis of rats is sourced from neurons of dorsal root ganglion opposed to the sixth lumbar spinal cord and the neurons of dorsal root ganglion opposed to the first sacral spinal cord.

Objective To evaluate the performance of an improved skin prick test in the screening for allergens.Methods A total of 475 patients with chronic urticaria who aged from 3 to 81 years were enrolled in this study,and classified into the control group (n =235) and research group (n =240).Traditional and improved skin prick test were conducted in the control and research group respectively.The allergen detection rate was compared between the two test methods.Results The allergen detection rate was 65.4％ and 67.2％ respectively for the improved and traditional skin prick test,respectively (P ＞ 0.05).House dust mites were the most common sensitizing agent.Conclusion The improved skin prick test can offer reliable evidence for chnical diagnosis with a relatively convenient and safe procedure.

369 patients with hypertension living in Xietu community were randomized into 2 groups:intervention group receiving the group-interference-management and control group receiving routine hypertension management services.We found that patients in the intervention group had better self-management behaviors,self-efficacy and health status in comparison with the control group (P＜0.05).The systolic and diastolic blood pressure in the intervention group decreased more remarkably than that in the control group (P＜0.05).Our result suggested that the community-based hypertension group-interference-management model is more effective to control hypertension than the routine hypertension management services.

Objective Electric stimulation functional observation statistics (FES) were collected for elderly patients with cerebral apoplexy in search of any curative effect. Methods A total of 40 patients with cerebral apoplexy were divided randomly into a FES group of 20 cases and a control group of 20 cases. Both groups received the same routine rehabilitation training and basic drugs. The FES group was also treated using FES therapeutic apparatus for 30 min daily over 3 weeks (15 sessions). The control group received no electrical stimulation. Upper limb motor function, lower limb motor function, balanceand Barthel's index were evaluated. Results In the FES group, upper limb motor function was significantly improved after treatment, and significantly better compared with the control group. Lower limb motor function showed the same significant differences. Balance was also significantly better after treatment and significantly better than in the control group. Similar significant improvements were seen in terms of Barthel's index. Conclusions FES can improve the functional capacity of elderly patients with cerebral apoplexy hemiplegia and improve their ability in daily activities.

Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of deep venous thrombosis(DVT)on lowerlimb venous ultrasonography combined with right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) on transthoracic echocardiography(TTE) in patients with acute pulmonary thrombo embolism(PTE). Methods This prospective multicenter control trial included 520 patients with confirmed acute PTE from 41 hospitals between June 2002 and February 2005.Results The incidence of RVD and DVT was associated with the severity of PTE.There were 57.0%(207/363)patients with RVD,49.6%(1 80/363)patients with DVT,265(73.0%)patients with RVD and/or DVT,and 121(33.3%)patients with combined sign of DVT plus RVD in the whole population.As to major PTE population,206(99.5%)patients had RVD and 121 (58.5%)patients had DVT.In addition,the rate of RVD was much greater in proximal PTE than in lobar PTE and segmental PTE(78.7%,51.4%and 21.7%,respectively,P＜0.001).DVT occurred more frequently in proximal PTE than in lobar PTE and segmental PTE(61.7%,46.8%and 37.0%,respectively,P＜O.001).The incidence of the combined sign was 51.1%,24.3%and 8.7%,respenctively (P＜0.001).Conclusions The incidence of the combined sign of RVD plus DVT was associated with the severity of PTE and the localization of emboli.The combined sign of RVD plus DVT help diagnose major PTE especially in emergency department.

Objective To investigate the influence of Wnt-3a signaling on aggregative growth of dermal papilla cells.Methods Recombinant adenovirus pAdEasy-1/Wnt-3a was constructed at first,and used to transfect cultured dermal papilla cells(DPCs).Then,the growth pattem of DPCs was observed by inverse microscopy;laser confocal microscopy and Western blot were utilized to detect the expressions of Wnt-3a,β-catenin and versican in low-passage DPCs,high-passage DPCs and transfected high-passage DPCs.Results The over-expression of Wnt-3a protein could effectively induce the aggregative growth of DPCs.Laser confocal microscopy showed that the fluorescence intensity of β-catenin and versican increased from 34.16±9.62 and 18.81±9.59 in high-passage DPCs to 87.35±17.28 and 92.18±18.39 in transfected high-passage DPCs(t=11.98,17.88,both P＜0.0 1),respectively.Also,Western blot proved a significant increase of expression intensity of β-catenin(15.27±2.17 vs 60.09±7.24,t=10.10,P＜0.01)and versican(19.32±2.46 vs 58.46±2.78,t=20.63,P＜0.01)in transfected high-passage DPCs compared with untransfected high-passage DPCS.ConclusionsWnt-3a signaling plays an important role in modulating aggregative growth of DPCs,which is mainly through the classical pathway with β-catenin as the key protein.As an important downstream gene of Wnt signaling,vesican is an indispensable part for the modulation of aggregative growth of DPCs.