1.Comparison of Feeding Tolerance in Very Low Birth Weight Infants with Transpyloric Feeding and Intragastric Feeding
yun, FENG ; jun, CHEN ; xiao-yu, ZHOU
Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2006;0(19):-
0.05).Duodenal perforation did not occur in 2 groups.Conclusions TP may significantly reduce the frequency of apnoea and vomiting and improve feeding tolerance in VLBWI,it can be used in VLBWI with suspected gastroesophageal reflux.
2.Effects of Telomerase Inhibitors Combinated with Radiotherapy on Breast Cancer Xenograft in Mice
Xiao-Feng RUAN ; Yun-Feng ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Cancer 2001;20(3):249-254
Objective:This study was designed to evaluate the treatment value of telomerase inhibitors for animal tumor in vivo and investigate radiosensitive effects of telomerase inhibitors. Methods:With orthogonal experiment design, the telomerase inhibitors(azidothymidine AZT 300 mg· kg -1· d -1, lamivudine 150 mg· kg-1· d -1)and radiotherapy (RT, 10 gray in a week, 2 gray/Fx, 5 Fx/wk) were used to treat breast cancers (MA782)xenograft in BALB/c mice for evaluating their influence on tumor size and telomerase expression. The tumor size was measured with a digital vernier scale. Telomerase activity was examined by a PCR-based telomeric repeat amplification protocol (TRAP) coupled with ELISA. Results:The tumor size of mice increased 2.7268 times in untreated and 2.5130 times in lamivudine-administrated, which indicated lamivudine having no obvious effect on tumor volume (P >0.05); AZT, RT, and AZT combined with RT reduced tumor volume of 20.70% , 47.43% , and 85.19% , respectively, and combined model(AZT+ RT) was more effective than others used alone(P<0.05); The A value of tumor telomerase was untreated,0.817; AZT,0.453; lamivudine,0.760; RT,0.480; AZT 0.340 combined with RT; and AZT plus lamivudine plus RT,0.166 ; which suggested that AZT, RT and lamivudine could decrease the activity of tumor telomerase (P<0.05), and furthermore, AZT combined with RT have an additive effect (P< 0.05). Conclusion: Both AZT and radiotherapy are effective to treat murine breast cancer through decreasing telomerase activity and reducing tumor size. AZT can increase the radiation sensitivity for murine breast cancer MA782. Telomerase is a new target for anticancer treatment.
3.Changes of Serum Levels of N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Children with Congestive Heart Failure Complicated with Different Pathogeny and Its Relationship with Pulmonary Hypertension
hai-ying, ZHOU ; hua-feng, YU ; xiao-wen, ZHOU
Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 1992;0(06):-
0.05).Conclusions Serum NT-proBNP level is sensitive and specific for the diagnosis of pneumonia complicated with CHF and CHD complicated with CHF. There is an increasing tendency of NT-proBNP level companied increasing pulmonary pressure.
4.Application of Flow Cytometry in Viability Detection of Pichia pastoris Cells
An-Feng XIAO ; Xiang-Shan ZHOU ; Li ZHOU ; Yuan-Xing ZHANG ;
Microbiology 1992;0(06):-
Cell viability of Pichia pastoris was detected by flow cytometry (FCM) with two reagents fluorescein diacetate (FDA) and propidium iodide (PI). Compared with FDA/PI double-stained dot plots and PI single-stained dot plots,the latter could divide dead and living cells into two separate zones,and get the correct proportion. Then PI single-stained method was used to detect the change of cell viability in Pichia patoris fermentation. At glycerol batch and fed-batch phase,little dead cells were detected. At methanol fed-batch phase,cell viability decreased when cell weight increased,and was only 73.8% at 88 h.
7.Systematic evaluation on nimodipine combined with cerebrospinal fluid exchange in treating subarachnoid hemorrhage
Xia FENG ; Changqing ZHOU ; Xiao HOU ; Yi ZHANG
Chongqing Medicine 2013;(25):2977-2980
Objective To evaluate the efficacy of nimodipine combined with cerebrospinal fluid exchange in treating subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) .Methods The electronic databases and manual retrieval ,and the meta-analytic method were used to conduct the systematic evaluation on the efficacies of nimodipine combined with cerebrospinal fluid exchange versus routine internal medicine therapy for treating SAH in all the included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) .Results 16 RCTs(n=1 076) were included .The methodological quality of all included trials was poor .Compared with the routine internal medicine therapy ,nimodipine combined with cerebrospinal fluid exchange could reduce the occurrence of cerebral vasospasm (RR 0 .33 ,95% CI 0 .25-0 .43 ,P<0 .01) ,hy-drocephalus(RR 0 .28 ,95% CI 0 .18-0 .44 ,P<0 .01) and mortality after SAH (RR 0 .41 ,95% CI 0 .24-0 .70 ,P=0 .001) ,while no difference was found in the occurrence of re-bleeding between two groups(RR 0 .89 ,95% CI 0 .53-1 .50 ,P=0 .67) .Conclusion The current clinical research evidences demonstrate that the combination of nimodipine and cerebrospinal fluid exchange can re-duce the occurrence of cerebral vasospasm and hydrocephalus ,decrease the mortality after SAH But further well-designed multi-center RCTs with larger sample should be carried out to confirm our findings due to the influence of the poor quality of included tri-als .
8.Simultaneous surgery in patients suffering from tumor combined with coronary artery disease
Yang YANG ; Feng XIAO ; Jin WANG ; Jian LI ; Liqun ZHOU
Journal of Peking University(Health Sciences) 2003;0(04):-
Objective:To investigate the possibility and feasibility of the simultaneous coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with tumor excision in patients suffering from tumor combined with coronary artery disease(CAD). Methods:From August 2000 to July 2006, ten patients who were suspected of tumor (four patients suffered from urinary system tumor, two digestive system tumor, and four pulmonary tumor) with coronary artery disease were successfully treated by simultaneous surgeries. Surgical incisions were chose by the different tumor position. All carried on the CABG before tumor excision except one case. The two cases had cardiopulmonary bypass CABG, the rest eight had off-pump CABG. Follow-up was conducted after operation. Results:The combined operations were satisfied. There was no in-hospital mortality, no postoperative hemorrhage, no myocardial ischemia or infarction, with few complications. Postoperative in-hospital stay was 10-34 days, average 22.4 days. All discharged in cure. One patient lost the follow-up. Nine patients were followed up from six months to seven years three months. Two patients died from metastasis, and the others survived with satisfied follow-up without cardiovascular events. Conclusion:The simultaneous coronary artery bypass grafting with tumor excision for patients who suffer from either CAD with benign or malignant tumor is safe and feasible with satisfied short-and long-term survival.
9.Clinical Observation on Yangyin Shengxue Mixture in Prevention and Treatment of Radiation Injury of Oral Mucosa in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients:A Report of 30 Cases
Yuezhen WANG ; Wei FENG ; Zhun WANG ; Xia ZHOU ; Xiao ZHENG
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 1993;0(01):-
Objective To observe the preventive and therapeutic effect of Yangyin Shengxue Mixture (Herbal decoction for nourishing yin and blood) on radiation-induced oral mucosal injury.Methods Sixty nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients were randomized into two groups: treatment group (30 cases) receiving Yangyin Shengxue Mixture three days before till one week after radiotherapy, and control group (30 patients) using conventional Tinidazole Gargle for prevention of oral-mucositis. Before and after treatment, the body weight, hemoglobin and state of infection of patients were examined. The time of occurrence of symptoms, degree of acute radiation mucositis and degree of pain were observed to evaluate the damage of oral mucosa according to RTOG standard for radiation injury of oral mucosa and Numeric Rating Scales (NRS). Results There were different degrees of radiation mucositis in both groups during radiotherapy, but the time of occurrence in the treatment group was significantly later than that of the control group (P
10.Case-control Study on Risk Factors for Asthma in Children in Qingdao
Rong-Jun LIN ; Yong-Feng YU ; Xiao-Bin ZHOU ;
Chinese Journal of Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases 2006;0(05):-
Objective To explore the risk factors for asthma in children.Methods A 1:1 matched and hospital-based case-control study was conducted to analyses risk factors for asthma in 300 pairs of children by logistic regression analysis. Results The result of univariate Logistic regression analysis showed that there were 17 related factors for children asthma, including disease history of parents in respiratory system,family income,atopie character,history of acute respiratory infections, eating habit,the amount of sea foods intakes,foam plastics,family decoration,the way of exhaust fume in kitchen,the exhaust effectiveness,raising pet in house,family history of asthma,family history of allergic rhinitis,family history of food allergy,dust allergy of parents,systemic therapy after the first attack.With multivariate Logistic regression analysis,7 factors were entered the model,6 risk factors including father's history of respiratory diseases(OR 3.771,95%CI 1.533~9.278),low family income(OR 1.503, 95%CI 1.258~1.795),atopy(OR 3.788,95%CI 2.368~6.058),meat-eating habit(OR 2.042,95%CI 1.481~2.815),asthma history of family members(OR 1.710,95%CI 0.988~2.958),the family history of allergic rhinitis(OR 1.991,95%CI 1.234~3.211), and 1 protective factor of raising pet in house(OR 0.443,95%CI 0.265~0.739).The coefficients of these factors in multivariate logistic regression model were 1.327、0.407、1.322、0.714、0.536、0.689、and-0.814 respectively.Conclusion Children asthma was a multi-factorial complex disease,and the interaction of environmental and genetic risk factors played an important role in the onset of this disease.