With increasing demands and recognition, emergency medicine has advanced rapidly in China in recent decades. The education and training of professionals in this field are important for the further development of emergency medicine. With an attempt to investigate the way to strengthen residency training system in emergency medicine, this article reviews its potential development direction, training modes, learning materials, and quality control.
China ; Emergency Medicine ; education ; organization & administration ; Internship and Residency ; methods ; standards ; trends

OBJECTIVE:To observe the efficacy and safety of domestic cefepime in the treatment of patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (AECOPD) complicated with respiratory failure. METHODS:A total of ninety-six patients with AECOPD complicated with respiratory failure were randomly assigned to receive cefepime 2.0 g bid iv gtt (Group A,n=48) or cefoperazone/sulbactam (Group B,n=48) at a dose of 2.0 g bid iv gtt for 7～14 day. RESULTS:The effective rate was 82% for Group A versus 62% for Group B(P0.05). CONCLUSION:The efficacy of cefepime is higher than that of cefoperazone/sulbactam in the treatment of patients with AECOPD complicated with respiratory failure,but both had good safety.

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the cough-relieving and sputum-eliminating efficacy and safety of Guaifenesin Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride-Codeine Phosphate Oral Solution.METHODS:By a randomized control study,a total of 60 patients characterized by nonproductive cough andlittle sputum were randomly assigned to receive Guaifenesin Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride-Codeine Phosphate Oral Solution(Trial Group)or Ambroxol Hydrochloride Oral Solution(Control Group)l0 mL tid for 5～7 d.RESULTS:Both groups had a significant improvement in symptoms including cough and expectoration after treatment(P0.05).CONCLUSION:Guaifenesin Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride-Codeine Phosphate Oral Solution is more effective in relieving cough than Ambroxol Oral Solution,and it has certain effect in eliminating phlegm.In addition,it is safe and has little adverse reaction.

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Humans ; Occupational Diseases ; prevention & control ; Rural Population ; Sampling Studies ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Transients and Migrants

Objective To investigate the relationship between eosinophil and in-stent restenosis in acute coronary syndrome patients. Methods One hundred and fifity-one ACS cases werenenrolled in this study. According to the results of coronary angiography (the stented segment lumen loss over 50% was judged to be ISR), patients were divided into the restenosis group and the non-restenosis group. Results Based on the logistic analysis, no significant association was found between eosinophil and ISR, and even after adjustment of related risk factors (P > 0.05). The stratification analysis showed that the high level of eosinophil might increase the risk of ISR in ACS patients with history of hypertension (P = 0.038) and myocardial infarction (P = 0.032). Conclusion Eosinophil may be associated with the risk of ISR in ACS patients with history of hypertension and myocardial infarction. The underlying mechanisms need to be elucidated in further study.

Purpose:To study the activity of toremifene and its synergistic effect with anti-tumor drugs on human lung adenocarcinoma cell line A549,which might be expected to provide a new mode of therapy for the clinical management of lung cancer.Methods:The cytotoxic effects of these agents on human lung cancer cell line A549 were measured by a tet- razolium-based volorimetric assay (MTT assay).Results:Toremifene can inhibit the growth of A549 cell directly.The A value of the low dose toremifene combined with anti-tumor drugs were lower than that of anti-tumor drugs alone.Toremifene combined with VCR,ADM,DDP and VP-16 showed better effects.Conclusions:Toremifene combined with chemotherapy drugs shows significant synergistic anti-tumor effect on A549 cell.This might provide experimental evidence for lung cancer therapy.

Objective To evaluate clinical effects of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine therapy for epilepsy after stroke. Methods Literatures about the treatment of epilepsy after stroke with the combination of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine which come from the database such as CNKI, VIP, WanFang and Pubmed, were studied and all the randomized controlled trials on comparing therapeutic effects of treating epilepsy between combined treatment of TCM and western medicine and western medicine were enrolled. The Cochrane Collaboration's software RevMan 5 was used for meta-analysis. Results 7 articles were included in the study, there is homogeneity among these articles(P>0.05), The fixed effect model was used for the meta analysis. the combined results were OR=5.17, 95%CI(3.02, 8.82), the overall effect of test Z=6.01, P<0.01, the difference between the treatment group and the control groups was significant, that means the overall effect of the combination of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine treatment was better than western medicine treatment; Funnel plot graphic displayed asymmetrically, which indicated the literatures publication bias. Conclusion The current data indicate that the curative effect of TCM and west medicine combined treatment is better than pure western medicine therapy for epilepsy after stroke, but as the literature publication bias, clinical studies need more high quality large samples to prove this conclusion.

Female ; Humans ; Endometriosis

Adult ; Cutis Laxa ; complications ; diagnosis ; Emphysema ; diagnosis ; etiology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged

AIMTo find new peroxisome proliferator-activated y agonists with high activity and low toxicity.

METHODSBased on JTT-501 and JTT-20993, new isoxazolidine-3,5-dione and noncyclic 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds were designed and synthesized. Their insulin-sensitizing activities were evaluated.

RESULTSEight new compounds were obtained. The structures of synthesized compounds were characterized by NMR, MS and IR. Four compounds (1A-4A) showed insulin-sensitizing activities.

CONCLUSIONCompounds (1A and 3A) showed excellent insulin-sensitizing activities and should be worth further investigation.

3T3-L1 Cells ; Animals ; Glucose ; metabolism ; Hypoglycemic Agents ; agonists ; chemical synthesis ; pharmacology ; Insulin ; pharmacology ; Isoxazoles ; chemical synthesis ; pharmacology ; Mice ; PPAR gamma ; agonists ; chemical synthesis ; pharmacology