BACKGROUND:The appropriate choice of orthoses based on hemiplegic patient’s condition can improve motor function recovery in stroke patients.
OBJECTIVE:To review the motor function recovery of stroke patients with hemiplegia wearing different types of orthoses.
METHODS:Application of different types of orthoses in hemiplegic patients was reviewed through access to literature, as wel as effects of a variety of orthoses on the recovery of motor functions in hemiplegic patients.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Orthoses can reduce limb muscle tension and muscle spasms, and improve motor function and overal daily living skil s in stroke patients with hemiplegia, which play a variety of roles, including stable support, fixed protection, correction of deformity and functional compensation. However, the long-term therapeutic effect of orthoses cannot be verified because of fewer cases, shorter time for therapeutic observation, and the lack of long-term fol ow-up. It is necessary to perform long-term fol ow-up for the verification of long-term efficacy of orthoses. Meanwhile, the appropriate timing for removal of orthoses needs further study.

Adult ; Choroid Plexus Neoplasms ; pathology ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Ear Neoplasms ; pathology ; radiotherapy ; surgery ; Endolymphatic Sac ; pathology ; Glomus Jugulare Tumor ; pathology ; Humans ; Immunohistochemistry ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Meningioma ; pathology ; Skull Neoplasms ; pathology ; radiotherapy ; surgery ; Temporal Bone ; pathology ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

There is a regular pattern in the diagnosis and treatment of exogenous high-grade fever, of which the key point is formula syndrome identification. Syndrome differentiation of the six channels is appropriate for not only exogenous cold but also various other conditions. The diagnosis and treatment of high-grade fever can also follow the law of syndrome differentiation of the six channels. The theory of epidemic febrile diseases stems from and elaborates on an understanding of exogenous febrile conditions, so many effective formulas used to treat epidemic febrile diseases also have great value in the treatment of high-grade fever. Deteriorated syndrome, which is central to this condition, is very commonly seen in cases of high-grade fever, the key therapeutic principle of which is established according to syndromes. Allowing analysis that does not rigidly adhere to either established modern diagnosis or traditional Chinese syndromes, prominent achievements could be made in treating high-grade fever by summarizing the regular presenting patterns in terms of the constitution and symptoms.

Objective: To investigate the effect and mechanism of liraglutide on vasodilatation of thoracic aortic ring in experimental rats.
Methods: The thoracic aortic rings were isolated from 32 male SD rats and divided into 2 groups: Without endothelium group and With intact endothelium group, n=16 in each group. The contractile force of vascular ring was detected and the effect of liraglutide (1×10-5 mol/L) on vasodilatation of norepinephrine (NE, 1×10-6 mol/L) pre-contracted ring was observed. The aortic ring in With intact endothelium group was further divided into 2 sub-groups:①the aortic ring was pre-treated by the inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) (L-NAME at 10-4 mol/L),② the aortic ring was pre-treated by non-specific ATP-sensitive-potassium (KATP) channel (Glibenclamide at 10-5 mol/L), n=8 in each group. The impacts of liraglutide on those 2 sub-groups were studied.
Results: Liraglutide had no effect on isolated aortic ring at basic condition. Liraglutide at (10-5 mol/L) had vasodilatation effect in both Without endothelium and With intact endothelium groups, the effect was stronger in With intact endothelium group and the maximum vasodilatation reached 17%, P<0.05. In both pre-treated sub-groups, the effect of liraglutide on vasodilatation in sub-group①reached 4%, P<0.05, and the effect in sub-group②
reached 14%, P>0.05.
Conclusion: Liraglutide had obvious effect of vasodilatation on NE pre-contracted thoracic aortic ring in experimental rats, the mechanism might be related to NOS, while KATP channel could not block the vasodilatation effect of liraglutide.

Objective To observe the effects of neuregulin‐1 (NRG‐1)on calcium transients in mouse ventricular myo‐cytes.Methods Nine C57BL/6 mice of male were randomly dived into 3 groups :the blank control group ,NRG‐1 group ,and iso‐proterenol(ISO)group.Their hearts were removed and immediately cannulated via the aorta and retrogradely perfused with en‐zymatic isolation solution to get single ventricular cell by Langendorff system.Myocytes were loaded with the Ca2+ indicator Fluo‐4 and subjected to electrical field stimulation at 0.5 or 1 Hz by using living cells workstation.The change of fluorescene in‐tensity was recorded simultaneously in each group.Results Compared with the blank control group ,NRG‐1 group had signifi‐cantly increased Ca2+ transient amplitude ΔF/F0 (n=10 ,P<0.05) ,and reduced Ca2+ transient recovery time RT50 (n=10 ,P<0.05).There were no significant differences in Ca2+ transient amplitude ,Ca2+ transient recovery time and the time to peak be‐tween NRG‐1 and ISO groups(n=10 ,P>0.05).Conclusion NRG‐1 can increase Ca2+ transient amplitude and Ca2+ transients and reduce the time interval of Ca2+ transients.

Although the symptom of stable bronchiectasis is not significant, the four pathological factors including qi stagnation, sputum obstruction, blood stasis and lung-spleen qi vacuity still exist inside patients' bodies, making them in the state of both healthy and ill. This article discussed the application of the idea of preventive treatment to intervene and treat, which could prevent the emergence of new diseases and the changing of existing diseases. It could prevent vacuity evil and bandit wind, depressed qi transforming into fire, phlegm depressed in the lung and channel obstruction caused by long-term diseases. It can effectively prevent the acute attack of bronchiectasis and improve the patients' lung function and life quality.

The paper discusses the difference in postgraduate training between China and the United States,intending to supply some advanced experiences for Chinese postgraduate education reform.

Through studying Marxism philosophy,medical graduate students can master scientific methodology and dialectic thought.This is helpful to analyze and comprehend rightly different kind of complicated issues and to improve cognition level and practice ability.It is also very important for medical graduate students to guide political education and moral cultivation,medical practice and science research.

Objective To study the effect of Lamivudine therapy in preventing disease progression in patients with the chronic serious hepatitis B during the short-term. Methods 40 patients with the chronic serious hepatitis B, who have the trend of developing severe hepatitis,were randomized into treating group(n=20) and control group (n=20).The two groups were given the same synthetic treatment. Treating group was given Iamivudine 100mg daily in addition, for 8 weeks. Effects were assessed by clinical , biochemical , the incidence of chronic severe hepatitis,suvival rates and virologic parameters. Results (1) After 8-weeks treatment , the incidence of chronic severe hepatitis in treating group was lower than in control group(X~2=4. S1 ,P

The scientific and rational application of diagnostic marker is very important significant in the early detection and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.The emergence of cardiac-specific troponin and the development of high assays make it possible for early noninvasive diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction.The Natriuretic peptide used for the diagnosis of heart failure is a new cornerstone in the history of cardiac markers development.The future trends in new methodology development may find more potential new early markers and predictive factors,which could bring in new prospects for the early diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases,but also more challenges for clinicians and laboratory physicians.