Aged ; Drug Resistance, Bacterial ; Humans ; Intensive Care Units ; Male ; Microbial Sensitivity Tests ; Pneumoconiosis ; microbiology ; Sputum ; microbiology

AIM: To study the quality standard of Compound Shencha Granuls (Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae, Radix Rehmanniae, etc.). METHODS: Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae and Rhizoma et Radix Polygoni Cuspidati in Compound Shencha Granule were distinguished by TLC. Ursolic acid was determinated by TLCS. RESULTS: The methods of TLC to distinguish Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae and Rhizoma Polygoni Cuspidati were feasible without negative inference. Ursolic acid content in three groups of samples was 1.24 - 1.58 mg?g -1 . CONCLUSION: The method is accurate and reproducible. It can be used for the quality control of Compound Shencha Granule.

In order to investigate whether Arg110Gln polymorphism in the coding region of the IL-13 gene is associated with asthma and total plasma IgE level in Han nationality in Hubei Chinese population, the allele frequency of 4257(g/a) site and Arg110Gln genotype of IL-13 was detected by using restriction fragment length polymorphism in Han nationality in Hubei Chinese population including 43 asthmatic children, 45 asthmatic adults, 31 control children and 46 control adults. Total plasma IgE was measured by Chemiluminescence assay. The results showed that the frequency of allele A at 4257 bp of IL-13 in children and adults was 0.39 and 0.32, respectively. The GlnGln form of Arg110Gln polymorphism of IL-13 gene was associated with susceptibility of asthma and elevated total plasma IgE in children (P=0.030 and 0.0009, respectively), but not with them in adults (P=0.219 and 0.174, respectively). Our results suggest that the Arg110Gln polymorphism of IL-13 gene is associated with susceptibility of asthma and elevated total plasma IgE in Chinese children of Han nationality in Hubei, but not with them in adults.
Asthma/*genetics ; China/ethnology ; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5/genetics ; Gene Frequency ; Genetic Predisposition to Disease/*genetics ; Immunoglobulin E/blood ; Interleukin-13/*genetics ; Polymorphism, Genetic/*genetics

AIM: To determine whether interleukin 4 and interleukin 4 receptor ? chain are associated with allergic asthma in children and to study the impact of such polymorphism upon plasma IgE.METHODS: Two polymorphism sites of IL-4 and IL-4R were studied by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP).RESULTS: (1)The results showed that the IL-4 promoter-589 was not associated with children allergic asthma, however, the IL-4R ? chain 576RR genotype and R allele were significantly increased in the subjects with asthma in children compared with age-matched control subjects (?2=11.84, P

Objective:To explore the preoperative diagnostic value of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) for intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN).Methods:Data of 62 patients with IPMN confirmed by pathology who underwent EUS before surgery from 2008 to 2018 in Peking Union Medical College Hospital were analyzed. Characteristics that could distinguish low-grade dysplasia (LGD), high-grade dysplasia (HGD) and invasive carcinoma (IC) were explored. A scoring system based on EUS findings was established to determine the preoperative pathology of IPMN by using logistic model.Results:Of the 62 patients, 15 (24.2%) were diagnosed as having LGD, 20 (32.3%) HGD and 27 (43.5%) IC. Univariate analysis showed that the size of mural nodules and width of main pancreatic duct (MPD) were predictive factors for IPMN pathology. The possibility of higher pathological grading would increase 8% for every 1 mm increment in mural nodules. Multivariate analysis showed that only mural nodules≥5 mm ( OR=7.31, 95% CI : 2.49-21.40, P<0.001) was an independent risk factor to distinguish LGD, HGD and IC. Mural nodules≥5 mm, main pancreatic duct (MPD)≥10 mm and mural nodules <5 mm were assigned 2 points, 1 point and 1 point, respectively. The sensitivity, specificity, and area under receiver operator characteristic curve (AUC) of the EUS scoring system to distinguish benign and malignant IPMN were 0.830, 0.867, and 0.867, respectively. Conclusion:Preoperative EUS helps to distinguish LGD, HGD and IC. The size of mural nodules and the width of MPD are vital risk factors to distinguish benign and malignant IPMN.

IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) has been proved to be associated with malignancy.The incidence and risk factors of malignancy development in IgG4-RD were not clear.Nine IgG4-RD patients with malignancies and 27 IgG4-RD control cases were analyzed for risk factors and clinical features.The incidence of malignancy in IgG4-RD was 3.3％,higher than age-controlled general population.Smoking history was significantly more common in patients with malignancies than in the control group (9/9 vs 16/27,P ＜ 0.05).A total of 6/9 malignancies occurred within the first year after the diagnosis of IgG4-RD.Colorectal,biliary and thyroid cancers were the leading types.Smoking history is a risk factor for IgG4-RD associated malignancy.Careful vigilance to monitor malignancy needs to be paid during follow-up.

Objective To discuss the distance training for medical staff of children's rehabilitation. Methods 15 lessions were carried out using computer software from April, 2013 to November, 2014 in our centre. 7 cooperative hospitals participated the trainings. The implemen-tation effect was surveyed after training. Results 2693 person-times attended the trainings, including 2109 person-times with living distance training and 584 person-times with video distance training. In the following sampling survey, 92.8%staff thought that the distance training was helpful to their work. 98.6%staff thought that the living distance training was better than the video distance training and 88.6%staff thought their rehabilitation level improved after the distance training. Conclusion The distance training of children's rehabilitation has the advantages of economy, convenience and celerity. It has a wide developmental prospect.

Objective To observe the changes of HNP1-3 and NE content in serum quantitatively during perioperation of cardiac surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass(CPB),and to explore the role of changes of HNP1-3 and NE content in early diagnosis of system inflammatory response syndromes(SIRS)after cardiopulmonary bypass.Methods The contents of HNP1-3 and NE in serum during perioperation of 21 cardiac surgeries under cardiopulmonary bypass were measured quantitatively using ELISA method,and the contents of CK,CK-MB and C-RP in serum were measured at the same time points as that of HNP1-3 and NE.Results The contents of HNP1-3 and NE in serum were 54.55?26.45 ng/ml and 41.09?9.93 ng/ml respectively before CPB,and they were 435.45?500.13 ng/ml and 250.91?97.21 ng/ml respectively 0.5 h after CPB which were significantly higher than that before CPB(P

Objective To evaluate effects of the daily average temperature on the daily number of outpatient visits for eczema in Lanzhou city.Methods Clinical data were obtained from outpatients with eczema in the Department of Dermatology of 2 third-grade class-A hospitals in Lanzhou city from January 1st 2007 to December 31st 2015,and meteorological data during this period were also collected.Controlling for confounding factors like long-term trends and day of the week,a distributed lag non-linear model (DLNM) fitted with quasi-Poisson link function was used to assess the effects of daily average temperature on the daily number of outpatient visits for eczema,and the analysis was stratified by season,age and gender.Results The exposure-response relationship between the daily average temperature and daily number of outpatient visits for eczema could be roughly described by a W-shaped curve.Stratification analysis showed that the effect of the daily average temperature on outpatient visits for eczema was strongest in autumn and winter,followed by summer,and weakest in spring.Low temperature may have lagged,cumulative and persistent effects on the daily number of outpatient visits for eczema,with the maximum relative risk (RR) value (1.12 [95％ CI:1.03-1.22]) observed at-9 ℃ on lag day 14.With a 1 ℃decrease in the temperature,16％ (RR =1.16,95％ CI:1.00-1.03),14％ (RR =1.14,95％ CI:1.02-1.26) and 13％ (RR =1.13,95％ CI:1.02-1.25) increases in the daily number of outpatient visits for eczema were observed in men,teenagers and middle-aged adults respectively (P ＜ 0.05).However,low temperature had no significant effects on outpatient visits for eczema among women or the elderly (P ＞0.05).The effect of high temperature usually occurred following exposure without lag periods,and was gradually weakened over lag time (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions In Lanzhou,the effect of daily average temperature on outpatient visits for eczema was strongest in autumn and winter.Changes of the daily temperature may be one of risk factors for eczema.Low temperature had lagged effects on the daily number of outpatient visits for eczema,and the effects were strongest on lag day 14.

Objective To study the role of serum Hcy level change in predicting the effects of pemetrexed (PEM ) chemotherapy for treating the patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma .Methods Fifty‐seven cases of lung adenocarcinoma treated by the PEM chemotherapy were retrospectively analyzed .The fasting venous blood was collected for detecting serum Hcy level before chemotherapy and at the end of 2‐week chemotherapy .The clinical characteristics ,Hcy level before and after chemotherapy and the relation between the Hcy level with clinical effect were statistically analyzed .Results In the therapeutic effects evaluated by the im‐aging examination during treatment process ,there were no case of complete remission (CR) ,19 cases of partial remission (PR) ,22 cases of stable diseases(SD) and 16 cases of progressed diseases(PD) ,the objective response rate(ORR) was 33 .3% and disease control rate (DCR) was 71 .9% .Different clinical factors had no significant influence on the efficacy of PEM chemotherapy (P>0 .05) .In comparing the influence of Hcy level and Hcy level change on the effect of PEM chemotherapy ,the results showed that serum Hcy level before treatment had no obvious influence on curative effect ,DCR in the patients with normal serum Hcy level after treatment was significant higher than that with abnormal Hcy level ,ORR and DCR in the patients with decreased Hcy level after chemotherapy were significantly higher than those with increased Hcy level (P<0 .05) .Conclusion Monitoring the serum Hcy lev‐el change during the PEM chemotherapeutic process in the patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma may be used in the predic‐tion of the chemotherapeutic effect .