Objective To observe the effect of levocamitine on cardiac function of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).Methods 40 patients with DCM were randomly divided into control group (n =20) and the experimental group(20 cases).Control group was given conventional drug such as digitalis,furosemide,benazepril hydrochloride,antisterone for treatment,the experimental group was given levocarnitine on the basis of control group.The treatment efficacy and the situation of cardiac function were compared between the two groups.Results The total effective rate was 95.0％ and 80.0％ in the experimental group and the control group,respectively,the difference was statistically significant(x2 =10.286,P ＜ 0.01).Compared with the control group,the parameters of stroke volume,cardiac output,ejection fraction,and left ventricular fractional shortening rate were significantly increased in the experimental group after treatment(all P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Levocarnitine can improve cardiac function based on the conventional treatment.

High-dose melphalan (Mel) is considered as a current standard preparative regimen in autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) for multiple myeloma (MM). Irradiation in total body (TBI) combined with Mel is not superior to Mel alone, and the adverse reactions are increased at the same time. The efficacy of 200 mg/m2 Mel is much better than that of 100-140 mg/m2 Mel in young patients. Several regimens including MelBU, TBC, BCV, MET, MTC, MelBCNU, VMel, MTC as well as bendamustine have similar treatment outcomes compared with 200 mg/m2 Mel. Other strategies need to be evaluated in different trials.

Isoflavones as a kind of phytoestrogen exist in soy plant widely. With the advantages of estrogen, they can regulate endocrine function of the human body, reduce blood cholesterol, decrease the incidence of coronary heart disease, prevent osteoporosis, inhibit tumor growth, and relieve pain. This article summarized the investigations on the medical value of isoflavones in recent years.

BACKGROUND: Adolescent Intemet addition disorder(IAD) gradually appears with the rapid popularization of Internet in China. National researches are rare at present.OBJECTIVE: To analyze the status quo of Internet use and on-line behavior characters of college students and to provide scientific data for the prevention of adolescent IAD.DESIGN: A status quo survey by employing college students as subjects SETTING: Department of psychiatrics of a medical university-affiliated hospitalPARTICIPANTS: Totally 510 college students were selected from three different type universities of Shanxi province including Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan University of Technology, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics between November 2003 and February 2004.METHODS: Totally 510 college students from three universities of Shanxi Province were assessed by IAD test and self-compiled questionnaire for on-line college students.and non-IAD students.RESULTS: The detectable rate of IAD in college students of Shanxi province was 6.2%. More male students( n =29) had IAD than female students ( n = 3 ). Weekly on-line time of IAD students was (18.59 ± 16. 12)hours, which was significantly longer than (5.61 ± 5.64) hours of non-IAD student( P ＜ 0. 001 ) . There were significant differences of monthly on-line expenses, usual on-line place, opinions of whether intemet had negative impacts, understanding of their parents on internet functions they used, and the objective of on-line between IAD students and non-IAD students(P＜0.05 -0. 001 ), while there were no significant differences of on-line history and the utilization of internet function between two groups of students ( P ＞ 0. 05).CONCLUSION: The detectable rate of IAD in college students is relatively high and there is significant difference of on-line behavior characters between IAD students and non-IAD students, which should arouse attentions from the related department to prevent the occurrence of IAD.

On sjogrens' syndrome (SS) clinical treatment,most of the clinician focused on nourishing Yim to moisten dryness.In fact,Yang qi was the metabolic power of the human body fluid,exerting an important role in the incidence and prognosis of SS.For SS of Yang deficiency syndrome,water,Qi and fire can not be guided back to the kidney was the key cause,therefore,warming kidney Yang should be the therapeutic principle.Modified Yimhuo decoction can be used in its treatment.

Objective To explore the impact of placenta polypeptide injection on fracture healing time and the incidence of infec-tion in patients with limb fractures .Methods 138 cases with limb fractures admitted to our hospital from February 2010 to Febru-ary 2012 were randomly divided into two groups ,and each group had 69 patients .The control group was given conventional treat-ment while the observation group was given placenta polypeptide injection on the basis of the conventional treatment .The bone healing time and infection rates were observed .Results The limbs fracture healing time of observation group was significantly shorter than that of control group (P<0 .05) .The infection rate of observation group (1 .45% ) was significantly lower than that of control group (10 .14% ,P<0 .05) .Conclusion The placenta polypeptide injection for treatment of limb fractures can effectively decrease fracture healing time ,and significantly reduce the rate of infection .

In recent years , along with the continuous accumulation of clinical experiences and the improvement of surgical devices, the percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has become a perfect treatment method and been widely used in the clinic . Hence , the coronary heart disease ( CHD ) patients have received better treat-ment results. However, the in-stent restenosis is still a big problem after PCI. The combination of Chinese and modern medicine in the prevention of restenosis has become a focused hotspot . In order to further under-stand this issue , this article discussed the Chinese and modern medicine mechanism in order to provide more thoughts for clinical practice .

ObjectiveTo report a series of female patients with bladder cancer who underwent gynecologic-tract sparing radical cystectomy with long term follow-up.MethodsFifty-five female patients between the ages of 25 and 82 years who underwent gynecologic-tract sparing radical cystectomy between 1990 and 2010 were reviewed retrospectively.Pathologic characteristics and survival ( overall and cancerspecific) were reported.Survival was estimated using Kaplan-Meier methods,and Cox proportional hazards regression analyses were performed to determine factors associated with mortality.ResultsFive patients were lost in follow up.Fifty-five women with a mean follow-up of 55.2 months were analyzed.The 3,5 and 10-year cancer specific survival (CSS) was 65％,61％ and 61％,respectively,and the corresponding overall survival (OS) was 61％,54％ and 42％,respectively.For patients with organ confined disease ( ≤ pT2N0M0) the 5-year CSS and OS was 84％ and 72％,while for those with non organ confined disease ( ≥pT3N0M0) the 5-year CSS and OS reduced to 29％ and 29％.Pathologic lymph node status (HR =3.877,P =0.019) and pathologic staging ( HR =3.992,P =0.011 ) were the only clinical or pathologic characteristics significantly associated with survival.ConclusionsFor patients with pathologically organ-confined bladder cancer ( ≤ pT2 N0 M0 ),gynecologic-tract sparing radical cystectomy is an oncologically safe treatment modality,while for those with ≥ pT3N0M0 or positive pelvic lymph nodes,gynecologic-traet sparing radical cystectomy may need large scale randomized control trials to justify its validity,pathological stage and lymph node status are the most important key points when choosing appropriate patients.

Objective To investigate the prognostic significance of preoperative fibrinogen levels and explore a new prognostic predictor for colon cancer patients. Methods From January 2007 to Decem-ber 2008,the clinical data of colon cancer patients with radical were reviewed retrospectively. Patients were divided into different groups according to BMI,tumor size,stage,differentiation degree,gross type,vascular infiltration,CEA and mGPS score. Differences in preoperative fibrinogen concentration and overall survival were compared between groups. Results A total of 255 patients were enrolled in this study,the mean pre-operative fibrinogen concentration of enrolled patients was(3. 17 ± 0. 88)g/ L. There were significant differ-ences in And preoperative fibrinogen concentration among patients with different tumor size,stage,differen-tiation degree,gross type,vascular infiltration,CEA and mGPS(P < 0. 05). Moreover,result of univariate analysis manifested that the level of preoperative fibrinogen concentration was associated with the overall survival rate. Conclusion Preoperative fibrinogen concentration is associated with the clinicopathologic features of patients with colon cancer,which can serve as a new prognostic marker for prognosis evaluation.

Objective To investigate the operative outcomes of anatomic and functional reconstruction of the spinal posterior column after resection of intraspinal neoplasms.Methods From January 2010 through October 2014,we treated 32 patients with intraspinal neoplasm in the spine.They were 18 men and 14 women,13 to 62 years of age (average,38 years).The neoplasm was detected in the cervical spine in 10 cases,in the thoracic spine in 14 and in the lumbar spine in 8.All cases received expansive open door laminoplasty via the posterior approach for resection of the intraspinal neoplasm,followed by replantation and titanium plate fixation for anatomic and functional reconstruction of the spinal posterior column.The neural functional recovery,spinal motion and sagittal diameter of the spinal canal before and after operation,spinal stability and graft fusion were observed.Results The patients were followed up for 3 to 23 months (average,13 months).All the intraspinal neoplasms were completely resected.The Frankel grading of neural functional recovery was improved differently in all the cases.By the final follow-ups,the spinal motion was normal in all the cases,without any significant limitation.Graft fusion and rigid internal fixation were achieved in all the cases.Short-term follow-ups revealed no signs of spondylolisthesis or spinal instability.At the final follow-ups,the 3-D CT reconstruction showed no significant shortening in the sagittal diameter of the same spinal canal before and after operation (P ＞0.05).Conclusions For intraspinal neoplasm in the spine,the whole vertebral lamina is opened or removed via the posterior approach to resect the neoplasm,followed by reduction of the vertebral lamina and mini titanium plate fixation to reconstruct the anatomy and function of the original spine.This is an ideal way to treat intraspinal neoplasms in the spine.