OBJECTIVE:To optimize the formulation and technology of poly(lactide-co-glycolide)(PLGA)microspheres con-taining total alkaloids of Panzeria alaschanica,and to prepare microspheres and conduct quality investigation. METHODS:PLGA microspheres containing total alkaloids of P. alaschanica (PTPM) was prepared by double emulsion-solvent evaporation method. The formulation of microspheres was optimized by L9(34) orthogonal design using mass concentration of PLGA,PVA concentra-tion,ratio of water phase to oil phase as factor,drug-loading amount,encapsulation efficiency,yield as index. The morphology, particle size and drug release of microspheres were all investigated. RESULTS:The optimal formulation was as follows as the mass concentration of PLGA 200 mg/ml,the concentration of PVA 2%,and the water phase-oil phase ratio 1:5. In validation test,aver-age encapsulation efficiency was(83.2±2.4)%,average drug-loading amount(4.16±0.17)%,average yield(86.7±3.6)%,and comprehensive score (95.7 ± 4.4)%;all RSDs were lower than 5.0%(n=3). Prepared microspheres were spherical with smooth surface and uniform particle size. The average particle size was(22.3±2.4)μm and accumulative release rate of 24 h was(82.3± 3.5)%,which conformed to first-order release model(r=0.972 4). CONCLUSIONS:Optimized technology is stable. Prepared mi-crospheres show good sustained-release property,and fit to quality requirements.

OBJECTIVE:To establish a fingerprint analysis method of Pinellia ternata from the west of Hubei province.METHODS:The samples of Pinellia ternata from different areas harvested at different time and processed by different methods were analyzed by GC method to establish their fingerprint data.RESULTS: The fingerprints of Pinellia ternata have been established using GC data of the chromatographic peaks of five phytosterols from various samples,and these samples had a similarity of between 0.877 and 0.999.CONCLUSION: The fingerprints of phytosterols of Pinellia ternata are stable thus can be used as a new method for the quality control of Pinellia ternata.

Objective To investigate the factors associated with hospital infection in old inpatients with Alzheimer's disease. Methods 368 old inpatients with Alzheimer's disease were reviewed and analyzed with Logistic regression. Results There were 95 cases (25.81%) suffered in hospital infection to 116 case-times. As multivariate regression analysis, activities of daily living (OR=8.398, 95% CI: 5.343~12.098), invasive intervention (OR=2.842, 95%CI: 1.445~3.365), no insight (OR=4.457, 95%CI: 2.789~8.853), long-term use of antibiotics (OR=3.348, 95%CI: 1.693~6.336), chronic in bed (OR=3.258, 95%CI: 1.583~6.154), and antipsychotic drug (OR=2.243, 95%CI: 1.427~5.583) increased the risk of hospital infection independently, and ventilated timely (OR=0.546, 95%CI: 0.334~0.867) reduced the risk. Conclusion Good performance of basic and living nursing, less invasive intervention, reasonable use of antibiotics, antipsychotic monitoring,and intensive sterilization may reduce the incidence of hospital infection in inpatients with Alzheimer's disease.

Objective: To develop a scale to measure attitudes toward homosexuals in Chinese university students.Methods:Based on surveys and literatures, we conducted the pre-test and test for accessing the construct validity of the scale by EFA ( exploratory factor analysis) and CFA (confirmatory factor analysis) in 1010 Chinese university students.Results: There were three components that could explain 63.84% of the total variance with loading between 0.501 and 0.851 in the scale.The three components could explain 46.67%,10.27% and 6.90% of the variance separately.They were named cognitive tolerance, emotional tolerance and behavior tolerance.The scale had NFI 0.979,NNFI 0.981,CFI 0.985,RMSEA 0.073 by CFA.The Cronbach'?coefficient was 0.931 and the test-retest reliability was 0.839 (with P

Objective To explore the quality of life (QOL) for the patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). And the intervention effect of anti-viral therapy on QOL in patients with CHB was investigated. Methods A cross-sectional study based on 212 patients with CHB was carried out in the department of infectious diseases, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, using SF-36 questionnaire, special hepatitis questionnaire and medical coping modes questionnaire (MCMQ) during 2003 to 2004. Results Compared with healthy controls, patients with CHB had lower QOL on all scales of the SF-36(P0.05). The reduction in QOL was directly associated with age, the scores of special hepatitis questionnaire, confrontation and resignation in MCMQ (P

Objective To study the cytochemical changes of hepatocytes in mice exposed to hypoxia. Methods The mice were divided into two groups(n=45, all males, hypoxia group=36, control group=9). The mice of the hypoxia group lived in hypoxia (O 2:10%). Using imaging analytical instrument LEICA-500IW, We observed cytochemical changes of the hepatocytes. The PAS, LDH, cytochrome oxidase, Mg 2+ dependent ATPase activity of hepatocytes was assayed. Results Compared with the controls, the LDH activity of hepatocytes increased dramatically, the longer the hypoxic time, the higher the LDH activity of the hepatocytes; the cytochrome oxidase activity of hepatocytes decreased sharply, the longer the hypoxic time, the lower the cytochrome oxidase activity of the hepotocytes.Conclusion Hypoxia can injury the hepatocytes of the mice and result in sharp changes of the hepatic cytochemistry.;

Objective To explore the key points of the diagnosis and treatment of severe pneumonia following renal transplantation in the elderly. Methods The clinical data of 28 patients with severe pneumonia following renal transplantation were retrospectively analyzed, including 20 cases aged <60 years (<60 years old group) and 8 cases aged ≥60 years (≥60 years old group). Results In <60 years old group, the severe pneumonia occurred during 1-13 months after the renal transplantation. All the patients had fever. 10 cases coughed and 8 cases had expectoration. 6 cases had type I respiratory failure (RF) and 3 cases experienced type 11 RF. 6 cases had lobar pneumonia and 13 cases occurred interstitial pneumonia. One case experienced lung consolidation. The pathogens of 16 cases in <60 years old group were identified, including 4 cases with bacterial pneumonia, 4 cases with cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonia, 2 cases with pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, Ⅰ case with mycoplasma infection, Ⅰ case with tuberculosis infection, and 4 cases with mixed infection (2 cases infected by bacteria plus CMV, 1 case by bacteria plus fungi and 1 case by bacteria plus tuberculosis). Combined drugs (broad-spectrum antibiotic, antivirus and antifungal agent) were administered on the initial stage and sensitive drugs were used later according to the pathogens. Hormone or immunoglobulin was used when other drugs were useless. 17 cases were cured and 3 cases died. In ≥60 years old group, the severe pneumonia occurred during 1-9 months after renal transplantation. All 8 patients had fever, too. 5 cases coughed and 3 cases had expectoration. 3 cases experienced type ⅠRF and 1 case experienced type Ⅱ RF. 3 cases had lobar pneumonia and 5 casesoccurred interstitial pneumonia. The pathogens of 5 eases were identified. Among them, 2 cases were affected by bacterial pneumonia, 1 case by CMV pneumonia and 2 cases by mixed pneumonia (one by bacteria plus CMV, one by bacteria plus fungi). Similar modality was applied, and 5 cases were cured and 3 cases died. Conclusions Most of severe pneumonia occur during 1-9 months after renal transplantation in the elderly. The main pathogens are bacteria and CMV. Medications for all of the most common pathogens and assisted ventilation should be used early. Specific narrow-spectrum antibiotic or antiviral drugs could be used quickly after pathogens were identified, and hormone or immunoglobulin could be administered to patients when the infection is severe or the pathogens are uncertain.

Objective To evaluate the clinical effect of potassium permanganate solution in treating the infected prepuce wound. Method From July 2000 to July 2007,97 patients with infected prepuce wound from Beijing Chaoyang hospital and other hospitals, aged 3 ～ 69 years, averaging 22.6 years, were all washed with 0. 1% potassium permanganate solution for 5～10 minutes 1～3 times a day. The 8 cases with abscess were sutured when exudate disappeared and fresh granulation tissue appeared. Results For the 89 infected patients, the wound surface became clear, dry and less exudate appeared after 3～5 days and then formed scabs. They all healed in 1 to 2 weeks. The 8 cases with abscess were all healed within 1 to 2 weeks after saturation. Conclusion Potassium permanganate solution is a convenient, economic and effective method in treating the infected prepuce wound.

[Abstract ] Forkhead box(Fox) M1, as a member of the Fox transcription factor family, overexpresses in many kinds of canc-ers and is related to a variety of oncogenic signaling pathways.It plays an important role in the occurrence, progression and metastasis of cancer.FoxM1 has been a new target for cancer therapy research.

Objective To understand current situation of surgery grading management in 22 hospitals from Beijing Municipal Administration of Hospitals,and to discuss the problems and to make suggestions for better application and management.Methods Based on general survey,Surgery of Grading Conditions of All Municipal Hospitals was issued to 22 municipal hospitals to make related staff fill related data.Results Except for 3 specialty hospitals,19 hospitals have launched the surgery grading management,while they are in different steps of implementing hierarchical directory,surgeon permission and dynamic management.These hospitals have different reference standards of making hierarchical directory.84.2％ hospitals give surgeons authorities according to levels of operations evaluated by professional title,surgery grade and doctors' technical skills.There are 14 hospitals applying information management on surgery grading.Conclusion Uniform criteria of hierarchical directory,extension of surgeon permission system and implementation of surgery grading information management will contribute to regulation fulfillment.