1.Study of the Indoor Air Pollutants and Their Health Effects
Journal of Environment and Health 1992;0(02):-
As the people's life quality improved, more and more attention has been paid to indoor air pollution. The SBS (sick building syndrome) resulting from indoor air pollution has become an unavoidable problem in the modern life. Indoor air pollution has been listed as one of the five most dangerous environmental factors to human health. The present paper mainly analysed the prominent indoor air pollutants such as formaldehyde, radon, ammonia, nitrogen oxides and VOCs, which affect indoor air quality, and also pointed out the research direction and the high lights in this field in future.
2.Research on the Equity of Secondary Allocation for Hospital Performance Based on Gini Coefficient
Xiaochuan SHI ; Yuhong ZHU ; Wei NIU
Chinese Health Economics 2017;36(4):85-87
Objective:To evaluate the equity of the secondary performance allocation in target hospital.Methods:Through the comparison on the Gini coefficient calculation,the calculation method of Gini coefficient developed by Jianhua Zhang was applied to estimate the secondary allocation result of performance salary in the target hospital from 2014 to 2015.Results:From 2014 to 2015,the Gini coefficient remained at 0.22 or so,the overall allocation was average.Conclusion:Estimating the Gini coefficient was beneficial for the hospital managers control the structure and level of the second performance distribution and modulate the program of the sencond performance distribution in time,so that the distribution of performance salary would be accordant to the designed program and acts as the direction of motivation.
3.Effective guidance for clinical type postgraduates in department of neurosurgery
Wei DAN ; Gang HUO ; Weiming XIONG ; Xiaochuan SUN
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2012;11(9):884-886
This article shared opinions on how to effective educate clinical type postgraduates in department of neurosurgery based on the teaching models in the first affiliated hospital of Chongqing medical university. In the proposed training program,medical ethics education and comprehensive training including clinical thinking and practical skills training should be emphasized.Scientific inquisitiveness of the neurological research and the writing and oral communication in English should also be promoted.This training program will be fully committed to produce highly qualified,ethical and caring neurosurgeons for future needs of the society.
4.Correlation between polymorphism of apolipoprotein E gone and electroencephalogram after mild/moderate traumatic brain injury
Xuzhi HE ; Xiaochuan SUN ; Wei DAN ; Fuying LIU ; Yong JIANG ; Jian RUAN
Chinese Journal of Trauma 2008;24(8):619-623
Objective To determine the relationship between polymorphism of apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) and electroencephlogram in patients with mild/moderate traumatic brain injury. Methods (1) Venous blood for 2 ml was collected from 81 patients with mild/moderate traumatic brain injury on admission. APOE genotype was identified by PCR restriction fragment length polymorphism ( PCRRFLP). (2) All the patients were monitored by electroencephalogram for 2-3 times within a week after injury. X2 test and logistic regression analysis via SAS version 8.2 were performed to analyze the results of genotype and electroencephalogram and clinical data. Results The distributions of genetypes and alleles among 81 patients matched with Haldy-Weinberg Law. The findings of electroencephalogram were significantly different between patients with and without APOEε4 (P<0.05). Ten (63%) out of 16 patients with APOEε4 showed an aggravated electroencephalogram,while only 16 (25%) out of 65 patients without APOEε4 showed the same results of electroencephalogram. Logistic regression analyses showed that APOEε4 was a risk factor for electroencephalogram aggravation after traumatic brain injury. Conclusion APOEε4 is a risk factor for electroencephalogram aggravation during acute stage after mild/moderate traumatic brain injury.
5.Cytotoxicity of elastomer biological material thermoplastics starch
Xiaochuan XU ; Dafu CHEN ; Rui SHI ; Liqun ZHANG ; Yuan YAO ; Wei TIAN ; Runying YUAN ; Hailan FENG
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2008;12(10):1973-1976
BACKGROUND: The strength and elasticity of general starch can be enhanced dramatically after plastic blends. The major characters of this material are magnitude molecular weight, many enwinded points, extreme containment of small molecules,and great gelation ability. It can be used as a biodegradable replacement of alginate. Furthermore, by adding osteoinductive factors, thermoplastics starch (TP) can be used as an organic engineering material, which can provide dual functions:anti-bleeding and bone formation. TP can also be used as intraoral tissue formation membrane and burn dressings.OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the bio-safety of TP through a cytotoxicity test.DESIGN: A controlled observation.SETTING: Beijing Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics; Beijing Jishuitan Hospital; Beijing University of Chemical Technology; Peking Univesity School of Stomatology.MATERIALS: The experiment was conducted at the laboratory of Beijing Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics from April to October in 2006. TP sample was obtained by plasticization of corn starch (12 wt % water content) with glycerol in a Haake Rhenmix at 110℃ and with 80 rounds per minute for 25 minutes, elongation at break from 115.3% to 245.3%. It was prepared by Beijing Key Laboratory for Preparation and Processing of Novel Polymeric Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology. Mouse fibroblast L-929 cell strain was provided by the cell bank of Peking University Health Science Center.METHODS: 1 × 107 L-1 cell aqueous suspension was cultured into leaching liquor ( 50% ), serving for TP group, and routine culture medium served for negative control group. Effect of TP on relative growth rate of L-929 cell strain was quantitatively measured by MTI" assay. The cytotoxicity of TP was evaluated according to GB/T16175-1996. Morphological changes and proliferation of cells were observed after2, 4, and 7 days of culture in the medium through an inverted phase contrast microscope.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Cytotoxicity, morphological changes and proliferation of cells, and cell relative growth rate.RESULTS: Cytotoxicity: After 2 and 4 days of incubation, the absorbance (A) value was lower in the TP group than in the negative control group. After 7 days of incubation, the A value was significantly higher compared to negative control group (P<0.01). It indicated that after 2 and 4 days of incubation, the cytotoxicity in the TP group was larger than in the negative control group, while after 7 days of incubation, it was on the opposite. All the test time, TP's cytotoxicity grade ranged from 0 to 1. Morphological change and proliferation of cells: After 2 days of incubation, both groups of cells were not extended to the outside of the scope, with a majority shape of being round, triangle, and quadrangle in the TP group or fusiform cells in the negative control respectively. Four days later, there were gaps among cells in the TP group, while in the negative control group, there were hardly any distance between cells and some cells piled up. Seven days later, cells in starch medium suddenly grew up to such a degree that all the cells lapped over and presented with more bloom than the negative control. Cell relative growth rate: After 2, 4, and 7 days of incubation, relative growth rate increased with time, being 85.63%,82.22%, and 113.05%, respectively.CONCLUSION: TP has no evidence of cytotoxicity and has good bio-safety.
6.Association between PM2.5 concentrations and the daily number of outpatient visits for urticaria in Beijing city
Qiaowei WANG ; Xuying WANG ; Yonghe LI ; Hongmei LYU ; Xiaochuan PAN ; Wei LIU
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2017;50(1):22-25
Objective To investigate the association between concentrations of environmental air pollutants and the daily number of outpatient visits for urticaria in Beijing. Methods Time series analysis in combination with distributed lag non?linear model(DLNM)and Spearman′s rank correlation test was used to analyze the association between PM2.5 concentrations and the daily number of outpatient visits for urticaria. All effect estimates were expressed as a risk ratio(RR)for the daily number of outpatient visits with an interquartile range(IQR)increase of 82.8 μg/m3 in PM2.5. Results From January 1st 2013 to June 30th 2014, the daily average PM2.5 concentration, temperature, relative humidity and number of visits for urticaria were 89.3 μg/m3, 12.7 ℃, 51.9% and 27.3 respectively. Spearman′s rank correlation test showed that the daily average PM2.5 concentration and number of visits for urticaria were correlated with daily mean temperature(rs =-0.21, 0.36, respectively, P < 0.05)and relative humidity(rs = 0.49, 0.31, respectively, P < 0.05), but no correlation was observed between daily average PM2.5 concentrations and daily number of visits for urticaria(rs=0.01, P>0.05). There was no significant correlation between daily number of outpatient visits for urticaria and daily PM2.5 concentration lagged by 0-14 days(RR=1, 95%CI:0.89, 1.13). After potential confounding factors were adjusted, an 82.8μg/m3 increase in daily PM2.5 concentration at lag 0-20 days was significantly associated with a 22%(95%CI:3%, 46%)increase in daily number of outpatient visits for urticaria, suggesting that the lagged effect of PM2.5 was obviously increased. Conclusion The association between PM2.5 concentrations and the number of visits for urticaria is easily affected by meteorological factors and biological confounding factors, and relative humidity and mean temperature are both positively correlated with the number of visits for urticaria.
7.Association between air pollution and the number of outpatient visits for dermatitis in a hospital in Beijing city
Yonghe LI ; Xuying WANG ; Qiaowei WANG ; Hongmei LYU ; Wei LIU ; Xiaochuan PAN
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2015;(12):835-839
Objective To investigate the association between air pollution and the daily number of outpatient visits for dermatitis in Beijing city, and to evaluate the sensitivity to air pollution in populations of different gender and age. Methods Time-series data on daily outpatient visits for dermatitis between April 2012 and April 2014 were collected from Air Force General Hospital of PLA. The daily average concentrations of sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide(NO2), and particulate matters(PM2.5, PM10)were obtained from Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Center, and routine meteorological data (including daily mean temperature, relative humidity and wind speed)were collected from the China Meteorological Data Sharing Service System. A generalized additive model was used to analyze the association between daily average concentrations of air pollutants and the number of daily outpatient visits for dermatitis. Results In single-pollutant models, an increase of 10 μg/m3 in daily concentrations of PM2.5, PM10, SO2, and NO2 was associated with the number of outpatient visits for dermatitis with the relative risk being 1.003 1 (95% CI, 1.001 6 - 1.004 5), 1.0025 (95% CI, 1.001 4 - 1.003 7), 1.0057 (95% CI, 1.001 5 - 1.009 9)and 1.009 7 (95% CI, 1.005 6 - 1.013 8)respectively. Similarly, multipollutant models showed that air pollutant concentrations were significantly associated with the daily number of outpatient visits for dermatitis. Distributed lag models showed that the effects of PM2.5, PM10 and NO2 on daily outpatient visits for dermatitis were mainly observed on the day of exposure, while the effect of SO2 increased along with the increment of lag days. Stratification analysis showed that people aged less than 60 years and females were relatively more sensitive to particulate matters (PM2.5, PM10), while NO2 affected all groups of people at the same degree, and SO2 mainly affected people aged 35 - 60 years. Conclusion Air pollutants PM2.5, PM10, SO2 and NO2 may all increase the risk of dermatitis in Beijing area.
8.In-vitro study of glycogen synthase kinase-3β on regulation of migration, invasion and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in pancreatic cancer cells
Wei ZHOU ; Meng ZHANG ; Xiaochuan WANG ; Yongfeng LI ; Heshui WU ; Chunyou WANG ; Tao LIU
Chinese Journal of General Surgery 2014;29(11):853-856
Objective To explore the role of GSK-3β in migration,invasion,metastasis and epithelial-mesenchymal transition of pancreatic cancer in vitro.Methods Lentiviral interference was used to inhibit the expression of GSK-3β in pancreatic cancer cells.Western blotting was used to detect expression of GSK-3β phosphorylation molecules and epithelial-mesenchymal transition and invasion related molecule.Scratch test and transwell test were adopted to detect the effect of GSK-3β inhibition on cell migration and invasion in pancreatic cancer cells.Luciferase reporter gene test was used to detect the effect of GSK-3β inhibition on NF-κB binding activity.Results Inhibition of GSK-3β expression significantly restrain migration,invasion and epithelial-mesenchymal transformation.Migration inhibitory rate was 59.1% ±6.4% in ASPC-1 group and 55.9% ± 7.3% in PANC-1 group.GSK-3β inhibition affected the activity of NF-κB,the binding activity decreased to 24.8% ± 3.1% and 31.5% ±5.4%,respectively (all P < 0.05).Conclusions GSK-3β participates in the regulation of migration,invasion,and epithelialmesenchymal transition of pancreatic cancer.GSK-3β inhibition could surpress proliferation,invasion and epithelial-mesenchymal transformation,and NF-κB might be the key molecule in the regulation of pancreatic malignant behavior.
9.Perioperative management and risk factors affecting the prognosis of hip fracture surgery in elderly patients
Lihui YANG ; Likun AN ; Wei LIU ; Xiaochuan KONG ; Lei ZANG ; Rui WANG
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2014;33(5):507-509
Objective To analyze perioperative management and risk factors for the prognosis of hip fracture surgery in elderly patients.Methods The present study included 112 elderly patients (aged ≥65 years) who received hip fracture surgery from January 2009 to January 2013 in our department,and their clinical data were retrospectively analyzed.Results The percentage of cases with concomitant diseases before operation was 91.0 %,and the postoperative complications rates were 35.7%.One-year mortality after operation was 21.4%.The percentage of survival cases with daily living activities fully restored to pre injury status was 47.6%.Logistic regression analysis revealed that independent risk factors for the one-year mortality included general health before injury (OR=13.36,P =0.047),pulmonary disease (OR =18.33,P =0.007),number of postoperative complications (OR=15.14,P=0.025),and renal failure (OR=11.26,P=0.034).Conclusions Elderly hip fracture patients have many different concomitant diseases.By applying the qualified levels of perioperative management,anesthetic and operative methods,and postoperative rehabilitation measures according to the conditions of the patient,the incidence of perioperative complications and one year mortality can be decreased,and qualified surgical outcomes can be obtained.The independent risk factors for the one-year mortality include general health before injury,pulmonary disease,number of postoperative complications and renal failure.
10.Biological evaluation of thermoplastic starch
Xiaochuan XU ; Yuan YAO ; Wei TIAN ; Rui SHI ; Dafu CHEN ; Xiuli ZHANG
Chongqing Medicine 2013;(22):2626-2628
Objective To evaluate the Biological properties of thermoplastic starch(TPS).Methods According the standard of the government,operate three biological evaluation(acute toxicity,haemocompatibility and short-time toxicity)compound with SPSS analyse.Results The rate of haemocompatibility was 2.06%,no more different weight between trail and control in acute toxicity or short-time toxicity in any key period time.Conclusion TPS is acceptable biology materials.