In recent years, many versions of international standard terminologies on TCM have been established and enacted by different authoritative organizations worldwide. However, infantile tuina acupoints have never been included in them. The article illustrated the necessity of including infantile tuina acupoints in the international standard terminologies on TCM from the aspects of history, present state and specificity of these points. It also pointed out some problems of infantile tuina acupoints, such as different records of acupoints numbers, applications in the clinic and strategies applied in their English translation, and suggestions were provided accordingly, hoping that the infantile tuina acupoints can be included in the further revised versions of international standard terminologies on TCM.

After more than 30 years of development, noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) has become one of the main treatments of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in the world. It is the wide application of this technology that makes breakthrough in SDB treatment, and has given rise to a new interdisciplinary area sleep medicine. In China, sleep medicine started in late of 1980's, in recent years, with the development of economy and the improvement of recognization, the application of NPPV in Chinese market has become one of the fastest growing in the world. NPPV technology also extends gradually to the treatments of patients with respiratory failure due to different causes, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome and COPD.
China ; Humans ; Positive-Pressure Respiration ; Respiratory Insufficiency ; Sleep Apnea Syndromes ; therapy ; Sleep Medicine Specialty ; trends

Objective: To compare normal rat and rat with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) with CMG and EUS after intravesical capsaicin or given s.c to determine the role of capsaicin-sensitive bladder afferents in micturition. Methods: Male Sprague-Dawley rats, normal or with spinal cord transection at the level of T 9-10 . CMG and EUS-EMG tests were carried out before and after administration of capsaicin intravesically or s.c 8 weeks after SCI. Results: Capsaicin given subcutaneously induced the nonvoiding bladder contractions in normal rats. After administration rats had large voiding volume(VV) and residual volme (RV) ,voiding efficiency(VE) was decreased ,but micturing press(MP) was not affected. Intravesical capsaicin also decreased VE with the MP non affected. In SCI rats the nonvoiding bladder contractions induced by infusion of saline before voiding can be eliminated by capsaicin (125 mg/kg s.c) .But intravesical capsaicin can inhibit the reflex bladder contraction in SCI rats. Conclusion: The data indicated the capsaicin sensitive bladder afferents take part in the initiation of reflex micturition in both normal and SCI rats .In normal rats activity in the capsaicin sensitive fibers initiated by bladder filling keep the compliance of bladder .In SCI rats these afferents do contribute to hyperactivity of the bladder during the filling phase of the CMG.

Child ; Female ; Humans ; Hydroa Vacciniforme ; Hypersensitivity ; Insect Bites and Stings

Animals ; Centrifugation, Density Gradient ; methods ; Chickens ; Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System ; analysis ; Microsomes, Liver ; chemistry ; ultrastructure ; Sucrose

Objective To analyze the predictive value of N-terminal B-type natriuretic peptide precursor(NT-proBNP) on auricular thrombosis in patients of coronary heart disease (CHD) combined with atrial fibrillation (AF).Methods The clinical data of 124 patients of CHD combined with AF were analyzed retrospectively.All patients were divided into research group (60 cases,compliance with auricular thrombosis) and control group (64 cases,non-compliance with auricular thrombosis),according to the occurrence of auricular thrombosis.The values of NT-proBNP,fasting plasma glucose (FPG),postprandial plasma glucose(2 h PG),total cholesterol (TC),high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C),oxidized low density lipoprotein (ox-LDL),high sensitivity C reactive protein (hs-CRP) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF),left ventricular end diastolic diameter (LVEDd) and left atrial diameter (LAD) were detected and compared between two groups.The relative factors to the occurrence of auricular thrombosis were confirmed by multivariate Logistic analysis.The best cutoff point of NT-proBNP was confirmed by the areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC).Results The values of NT-proBNP,ox-LDL,hs-CRP,LVEDd and LAD in research group were higher than those in control group [(4 312.6 ± 209.1) pmol/L vs.(3 421.6 ± 156.8) pmol/L,(4.0 ± 0.9) mmol/L vs.(3.4 ± 0.8) mmol/L,(7.4 ± 1.3)mg/L vs.(5.8 ± 1.0) mg/L,(74.3 ± 6.8) mm vs.(58.1 ± 5.5) mm,(39.6 ± 4.3) mm vs.(32.5 ± 3.8) mm],LVEF and HDL-C were lower than those in control group [(48.2 ± 3.1)％ vs.(57.3 ± 3.8)％,(0.72 ± 0.16)mmol/L vs.(1.08 ±0.27) mmol/L],and there were significant differences (P ＜0.05).There were no significant differences in the values of FPG,2 h PG and TC between two groups (P ＞ 0.05).Multivariate Logistic analysis showed that NT-proBNP and LAD were independent factors to the occurrence of auricular thrombosis (P =0.009,0.028).There was significant difference in the occurrence of auricular thrombosis between patients with NT-proBNP ＞ 4 250 pmol/L and patients with NT-proBNP≤4 250 pmol/L (P =0.028).Conclusion NT-proBNP is an independent predictor for the occurrence of auricular thrombosis to patients of CHD combined with AF.

Animals ; Animals, Newborn ; Cells, Cultured ; Fibroblasts ; cytology ; metabolism ; Matrix Metalloproteinase 1 ; metabolism ; Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 ; metabolism ; Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 ; metabolism ; Myocardium ; cytology ; metabolism ; Oligopeptides ; physiology ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Transforming Growth Factor beta ; pharmacology

The bacterial strain CSS-4-2 isolated from the spleen of Carassius auratus of penze(♀) ? Cyprinus acutidorsalis (♂) with septicemia was proved to b e a pathogen by artificial infection. This bacteria has short rod-shaped cells , Gram negative and motile, with single polar flagellum, and with not capsule. No spore was formed , and it was resistant to 0/129. It could utilize glucose, mal t ose ,mannite, sucrose and inositol, but could not utilize malonate, lactose, xyl ose, raffinose, sorbin and adonitol. Oxidase and arginine dihydrolase was posit ive.While urease, lysine decarboxylase and ornthine decarboxylase was negative .Bacteriological identification by VITEK-AMS-60 showed the strain CSS-4-2 w as Aeromonas caviae. Drug sensitivity assay showed that this strain was sen sitive to s treptomycin, tobramycin, chloromycetin, rifampicin, norfloxacin and nitrofuranto in, but resistant to penicillin G.

The growth property of pathogenic bacterium Aeromonas caviae strain CSS-4-2 which was isolated from the spleen of Carassius auratus of penze(♀) ? Cyprinus acutidorsalis (♂) that diseased septicemia was studied.The growth curve of CSS-4-2:lag phase was in 0～3h,log phase was in 3～30h, stationary phase was in 33～36h,decline phase was after 36h when CSS-4-2 was cultured shaking in tryptone liquid medium. It's optimum growth temperature ranges from 25℃ to 30℃, optimum growth pH ranges from 5 to 10, and optimum salinity ranges from 0% to 1% Nacl concentration .

Objective To investigate the effect of propofol on hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction(HPV)and assess the underlying mechanism in rats.Methods Twenty male SD rats weighing 300-400 g were.anesthetizedwith intraperitoneal phenobarbital.Heart and lungs were removed after thoracotomy.Pulmonary.arterial rings 4 mmin length and 1.0-1.4 mm in diameter were prepared and suspended in Earl solution maintained at 37℃ with a pHof 7.40 and aerated with 20% O_2-5% CO_2-25% N_2.The rings were stimulated with phenylephrine(PE)10~(-6)mol?L~(-1) with different preloads(300,500,700,900,1 100 mg).The isometric tension of the arterial rings wasmeasured.The optimal preload was determined to be 900 mg which allowed best contractility.Hypoxia was inducedby aerating the solution with 95% N_2-5% CO_2 and the flow rate was adjusted to maintain PO_2 of the solution at40-20 mm Hg and pH at 7.40.HPV of the rings were recorded.Then propofol was added to achieve a finalconcentration of 1,3,10,30,100 ?mol?L~(-1) and HPV was again induced and the changes in HPV wererecorded.In addition the effects of propofol(10,30 ?mol?L~(-1))on vasoconstriction produced by KCI and PE werealso measured.Results The lower doses of propofol(10 ?mol?L~(-1))significantly inhibited HPV(P