Objective To investigate the effect of zinc oxide oil care on perianal skin ulceration in elderly patients.Methods A total of 90 elderly fecal incontinence patients with perianal skin ulceration were randomized into the observation group(n=48)and the control group(n=42):The former received zinc oxide oil treatment and the latter were treated with mupirocin ointment.Perianal skin injury was evaluated in all the patients and the treatment effect between two groups were statistically analyzed after one week.Result The total effective rate in the observation group(93.8%)was significantly higher than that in the control group(71.4%)(χ2=8.036,P<0.01).Conclusions Management of perianal skin ulceration in bedridden elderly patients with zinc oxide oil may produce better effect.

Objective To observe the health-related quality of life of children with recurrent respiratory tract infection (RRTI) simultaneously inoculated by pneumococcal vaccine combined with influenza vaccine.Methods A total of 454 cases with RRTI were randomly divided into four groups,the control group (n =135) was used with placebo only,and the combined inoculation group (n =143) was simultaneously inoculated with pneumococcal vaccine combined with influenza vaccine,the pneumococcus vaccine group (n =95),influenza vaccine group (n =81).The PedsQLTM 4.0 score and clinical indicators were observed in each group before the inoculation and 14 months after the inoculation.Results There were no significant differences in the number of cases,gender,age,duration and socioeconomic status score in the four groups (P ＞ 0.05).The incidence of upper and lower respiratory tract infection,respiratory diseases caused by the frequency of fever,the number of days of antibiotic use and total cost of treatment in the vaccine group were significantly less than those of the control group (P ＜ 0.05).And the combined inoculation group was significantly better than the pneumococcus vaccine group and influenza vaccine group(P ＜ 0.0l).The PedsQLTM 4.0 score showed no significant differences among four groups (P ＞ 0.05) before the inoculation.Each dimension of the quality of life of the vaccine group significantly increased (P ＜ 0.05) while those of control group showed no significant difference (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion Combination of inoculation of pneumococcal vaccine and influenza vaccine can effectively improve the health-related quality of life of RRTI children as well as the PedsQLTM 4.0 score,and it should be highly recommended clinically.

Objective To explore the role of extracellular signal-regulated kinase(ERK)in the apoptosis of hepatic stellate cells(HSC) induced by Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser (RGDS) tetrapeptide. Methods The cultrued HSC cells were divided into six groups including untreated control, fibronertin (FN), FN+RGDS (25 mg/L), FN+RGDS (50 mg/L), FN+RGDS(100 mg/L) and FN+Arg-Gly-Glu-Ser(RGES, 100 mg/L) groups. 3H-thymidine incorporation, transmission electron microscopy and TUNEL were employed to estimate the influence of RGDS on proliferation and apoptosis of HSC. The HSC adhesion rates were observed by toluidine blue colorimetric assay. The expressions of ERK mRNA and ERK protein in HSC were detected by RT-PCR and Western blotting. Results Compared with control and fibronectin groups, RGDS tetrapeptide at concentrations of 25 mg/L, 50 mg/L and 100 mg/L inhibited the proliferation of HSC(P

Oceanic carbon monoxide(CO) has been of biogeochemical interest due to its significant role in global carbon cycle and the greenhouse effect. A headspace method coupled with ta3000 trace gas analyzer system for the determination of CO in seawater was developed. The effects of temperature, equilibrium time and water/gas volume ratio on the sensitivity of headspace analysis were studied in detail. The results showed that CO concentrations in seawater were measured successfully by the 50-mL glass-only syringes with a water/gas volume ratio of 44∶ 6 and an equilibrium time of 5 min at 20 ℃ room temperature. Under the optimized conditions, the linear range of concentrations of CO was 0-2.7×10~(-6), r=0.999,p<0.0001. The relative standard deviation of the analysis method was <4.4%, with a detection limit of 0.02 nmol/L. The average recovery of CO was 90.5%. The concentrations of CO in surface waters of the North Yellow Sea were measured using this method and ranged from 0.20 nmol/L to 3.13 nmol/L, indicating that this method can be successfully applied to the detection of the in situ CO concentrations in seawater.

Objective To compare the effect of water-infusion colonoscopy and conventional air-infusion colonoscopy on the bowel cleanliness during withdrawing.Methods A single blind randomized controlled trial was conducted. 222 patients were randomly divided into water-infusion group (group A, 112 cases) and air-infusion group (group B, 110 cases). The cleanliness scores, scores improvement, pain scores, time of reaching cecum, depth of colonoscopy, rate of whole colon examination, adenoma detection rate (ADR), operator’s dififculty and complications were compared between the two groups.Results The cleanliness score during withdrawing was higher in group A [M(8)/IQR(1) vs M(8)/IQR(2),P = 0.000], the improvement was higher in group A [(0.53 ± 0.74) vs (0.23 ± 0.55), P = 0.000], the abdominal pain score was signiifcantly lower in group A [M(2)/IQR(1) vs M(4)/IQR(2),P = 0.000] and the ADR was higher in group A (36.61 % vs 23.64 %,P = 0.041). The operator’s dififculty evaluation score was signiifcantly lower in group A [M(1)/IQR(1) vs M(2)/IQR(1),P = 0.005]. There were no signiifcant differences at the time of reaching cecum, the depth of colonoscopy and the whole colon examination rate between the two groups.Conclusion Water-infusion colonoscopy could signiifcantly improve the bowel cleanliness during withdrawing scope, improve the ADR and reduce abdominal pain of patients, without increasing the time to reach cecum.

Objective To compare the operation effect of esophageal foreign body removal with transparent cap-assisted endoscopic technique and traditional method. Methods Ninety-six patients with foreign body incarcerated in esophageal were randomly divided into two groups, and they were underwent transparent cap-assisted endoscopic esophageal foreign body removal or traditional endoscopic esophageal foreign body removal respectively. The clinical data of the two groups were collected, and the success rate, the operation time, the endoscopic vision clarity and the complication rate of the two groups were all recorded and analyzed. Results The success rate in transparent cap-assisted endoscopic technique group was 100% compared with 95.83% in traditional method group, and two cases of failure were transferred to transparent cap-assisted endoscopic technique and finally succeed. The mean operation time were (8.58±3.21) min in transparent cap-assisted endoscopic technique group, and (10.64 ± 5.45) min in traditional method group, and there was no significant difference in two groups (P > 0.05). Forty-five cases got A level and three got B in transparent cap-assisted endoscopic technique group in endoscopic vision clarity, in contrast to 35 A, 11 B and two C in traditional method group. The difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P = 0.020). There was no case with serious complications such as bleeding, perforation or death in two groups. Conclusions Transparent cap-assisted endoscopic technique for body removal is safety and efficacy, and this technique can provide better endoscopic operation field of vision and help improve the success rate of esophageal foreign body removal.

Objective To identify the susceptibile genes in a rat model for rheumatoid arthritis (RA),to determine whether sex affects disease onset and to define the mechanisms that impacts congenic genes on arthritis. Methods Arthritis-susceptible DA rats were compared with sex/age-matched congenic rats in which alleles were substituted with alleles from arthritis resistant PVG rats. Incomplete Freund's adjuvant (IFA) was injected from the base of the tail. Arthritis was visually scored, the messenger RNA (mRNA) levels of congenic genes and cytokine were determined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. The differences between two groups were analyzed using Mann-Whitney U test. Results In oil-induced arthritis (OIA), male congenic R16 rats deviated profoundly from DA rats by decreased arthritis severity (5.9±3.8 vs 9.3±2.3, P＜0.05 ), and markedly reduced lymph node mRNA levels for calsyntenin-3 (Clstn3) gene (0.7±0.4 vs 2.2±1.6, P＜0.01 ) and interleukin (IL)-17 (1.4±2.2 vs 2.7±2.9, P＜0.05) and IL-1β (1.5±2.1 vs 2.3±2.5,P＜0.05) levels. Conclusion Rat Clstn3 gene regulates the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines of OIA in male rats. The effect of arthritis-susceptible gene Clstn3 is gender-specific.

21 8 patients with acute pulpitis were randomly divided into 2 groups.1 09 cases were treated by Depulpin inactivation agent (group DI)for emergency management,another 1 09 cases were treated by pulp drainage with phenol camphor cotton ball(group CP).The effective analgesia rate of DI and CP group was 95.4% and 69.7% respectively(P<0.001 ).

Objective To investigate the effects and mechanisms of prostaglandin E2 receptor subtype 3 (EP3) on transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1)-induced mouse mesangial cells damage. Methods Primary mouse mesangial cells were separated and cultured. Three siRNAs were synthesized and transfected into mesangial cells for silencing EP3 by LipofectamineTM 2000 and the best one was chosen. MCs were grouped into: (1)control group; (2)TGF-β1 (10 μg/L) group; (3)NC-siRNA plus TGF-β1 (10 μg/L) group; (4) EP3-siRNA group; (5)EP3-siRNA plus TGF-β1 (10 μg/L). Then the proliferation of MCs was evaluated by CCK-8 assay. The expression of PGE2 and cAMP in cell supernatant were detected by ELISA. The mRNA and protein expression of fibronectin (FN), connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX2), membrane-bound prostaglandin E2 synthase 1 (mPGES1) were detected by real - time quantitative PCR and Western blotting. The phosphorylation of p38 MAPK and ERK1/2 was decected by Western blotting. Results Compared with control group, the cell proliferation induced by TGF-β1 was increased (P<0.05), the expression of PGE2 and cAMP were improved, mRNA and protein expression of FN, CTGF, COX2 and mPGES1 were up-regulated (all P<0.05). Compared with TGF-β1 group, the cell proliferation in EP3-siRNA plus TGF-β1 group was reduced, the expression of FN, CTGF, COX2 and mPGES1 mRNA and protein were downregulated (all P<0.05), the phosphorylation of ERK1/2, p38 MAPK were also declined (P<0.05). Conclusion EP3-siRNA may reduce TGF-β1-induced cell damage through upregulating the expression of cAMP, repressing the activity of ERK1/2 and p38 MAPK, inhibiting the expression of COX2 mPGES1 and PGE2 by feedback, then decreased the expression of FN and CTGF.

Objective This study aims to test the hypothesis that low density granulocytes (LDGs) is involved in the pathogenesis of DM associated-Interstitial lung disease (ILD).Methods Forty eight DM patients (28 with ILD) and 19 age-and sex-matched healthy Chinese volunteers were recruited to this study.LDGs percentage in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) was tested by flow cytometry.Neutrophilrelated genes (LL-37,MPO and MMP-8) expressions in PBMCs were tested by quantitative RT-PCR.Myositis disease activity assessment visual analogue scales (MYOACT) was used to assess the disease activity.Percentages of LDGs were compared in patients with ILD and without by using unpaired t test with Welch's correction,the correlations between LDGs and clinical parameters were further analyzed by linear correlation analysis.The expressions of neutrophil-related mRNA and proteins in PBMCs were compared by using MannWhitney U test.Results LDGs percentage in PBMCs was 7.1-fold higher in DM patients than healthy controls [(9.1±11.5)％ vs (1.3±0.7)％,t=4.664,P＜0.01].LDGs percentage in PBMCs was 2.7-fold higher in DM patients with ILD than DM patients without ILD [(12.3±14.1)％ vs (4.5±2.6)％,t=2.835,P=0.008 3].The mRNA expression level of LL-37,MPO and MMP-8 and LL-37 protein levels in the DM group were significantly higher than those in the control group.LDGs percentage positively correlated with MYOACT lung disease activity scores (r=0.439,P=0.010).Conclusion Percentage of LDGs in PBMCs is significantly increased in DM patients with ILD and positively correlated with MYOACT lung disease activity scores,suggesting that abnormall increasing of LDGs is a potential contributor to the pathogenesis of DM-associated ILD.