: In recent years, more attention has been attracted by non-invasive measurement of the arterial elasticity function. Pulse wave velocity (PWV) assay is one of the commonly used Methods . The PWV measured on different sites of the artery system indicates the elasticity characteristics of the arterial segment and may have different pathophysiology bases and clinical significance.

Objective To investigate the effect of bezafibrate on serum pro-inflammatory cytokine levels and blood pressure change in patients with hypertriglyceridemia and hypertension after antihypertensive therapy with extended release nifedipine. Methods Fifty-eight patients with both hypertriglyceridemia and hypertension, which was treated with extended release nifedipine, were randomized into 2 groups: bezafibrate group (n=30) and placebo group (n=28). Changes in levels of blood lipids, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), tumor necrosis factor?(TNF-?) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were observed following the treatment. A correlation between these changes and blood pressure was analyzed in both groups. Results The levels of triglyceride, total and low density lipoprotein cholesterol were significantly reduced (P

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Objective To investigate the effects of ageing on the expression of peroxisome proliferat or-activated receptor (PPAR)? and explore the relation with insulin resistance (IR).Methods Minimal model technique of Bergman was used to estimate the insulin sensitivity of young (10-12 weeks) and aged (24 months) SD rat. The PPAR?mRNA levels of omental fat were measured by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RT -PCR) and PPAR? protein level were determined by western blotting respectively . Results The level of IR in the aged group was significantly increased compared with tha t of the young group(IR: 11 49?6 92 vs 5 28?1 94,P

Objective: This study aims to investigate the positive practice environments evaluation of doctors in public hospital and provide suggestions for Chinese health care reform from the perspective of health service providers.Methods: Using self-designed questionnaire, a national cross-sectional survey was performed in 77 public hospitals across seven provinces/ metropolis, involving a total of 3564 doctors.Positive practice environment includes organizational management and doctor-patient two-dimension relationships.Results: The doctor''s mean score of positive practice environment evaluation was 18.02±4.86 (out of 40).Doctors had a higher evaluation (score) of organizational management than doctor-patient relationship.In the organizational management dimension, the personal advice got the lowest scores(2.24±1.04);and in doctor-patient relations, evasion of medical risk got the lowest scores(1.59±0.81).There was a difference in the positive practice scores of physicians in different regions, and the scores of doctors from the western China were the lowest (P<0.001.Doctors from western medicine hospitals had lower evaluation of positive practice environments than ones from Chinese Traditional Medicine hospitals(P=0.002.Conclusion: As per the analysis conducted in this investigation, the current medical practice environment of doctors in China is not a promising one.Doctor-patient relationship is worse than organizational management.Hospitals should adopt a participatory decision-making model in management and establish a broadband performance based compensation to motivate junior doctors.Besides, government should establish reasonable compensation incentive mechanism, with the aim of promoting doctor-patient trust.

Objective To investigate the effect of evidence-based nursing on the clinical curative effect and prognosis of patients with hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage.Methods 120 patients with hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage were selected,and they were randomly divided into observation group(60 cases) and control group(60 cases) according to the digital table.The control group was treated with routine nursing,the observation group was treated with routine nursing and evidence-based nursing.Before and after nursing,the SDS,self rating anxiety scale (SAS),neurological deficit score NIHSS,Barthel score,the incidence of sequelae,hospitalization time,nursing quality score and patients’ satisfaction with nursing were compared between the two groups.Results There were no statistically significant differences in SDS,SAS,NIHSS and Barthel scores between the two groups before nursing intervention(all P ＞ 0.05).After nursing intervention,the SDS,SAS,NIHSS and Barthel scores of the observation group were (38.74 ± 6.21) points,(35.83 ± 8.17) points,(11.24 ± 3.08) points,(92.58 ± 6.46) points,respectively,which in the control group were (44.58 ± 7.10) points,(43.66 ± 8.06) points,(15.34 ± 3.29) points,(84.27 ± 5.82) points,there were significant differences between the two groups (t =4.796,5.285,7.047,7.403,all P ＜0.05).,The incidence rate of venous thrombosis,muscle atrophy and joint ankylosis sequelae of the observation group was 8.33％,which was lower than 40.00％ of the control group,there was significant difference between the two groups(x2 =16.415,P ＜ 0.05).The hospitalization time of the observation group was (9.55 ± 2.43)d,which was shorter than (15.97 ± 4.68) d of the control group (t =9.430,P ＜ 0.05).The health education nursing quality score,ward management score,basic nursing score,nursing care of critical patients score,nursing document writing score of the observation group were (97.66 ± 2.45) points,(98.23 ± 3.46) points,(97.54 ± 3.18) points,(96.88 ± 3.49) points,(98.76 ± 1.31)points,respectively,which were higher than those of the control group [(88.79 ± 2.37) points,(90.72 ±3.52) points,(91.05 ±3.16) points,(91.67 ± 5.34) points,(93.04 ± 1.12) points],there were significant differences between the two groups(t =20.156,11.786,11.214,6.326,25.707,all P ＜ 0.05).The patients’ nursing satisfaction of the observation group (96.67％) was higher than that of the control group (85.00％),there was significant difference between the two groups (x2 =4.904,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Evidence -based nursing can effectively relieve patients’ anxiety and depression of patients with hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage,improve the quality of life of patients,reduce the incidence of complications,shorten the hospitalization time,improve patients'satisfaction.

Objective To study the relationship between arterial compliance and diastolic dysfunction in essential hypertensive patients.Methods Fifty-one treated hypertensive patients and 47 normotensive controls were enrolled.Arterial stiffness was assessed by vascular e-TRACKING technology of ultrosonic.Tissue Doppler echocardiography combined with conventional Doppler echocardiography was used for assessment of left ventricular diastolic function and peak late diastolic velocity of mitral flow.The ratio of E/A,Em/Am and E/Em were measured.Results Compared with normotensive controls,hypertensive patients have increased arterial sclerosis index(?) [(10.5?3.8) vs control(8.1?3.4),P

Objective To establish mathematical model for the differential diagnosis of endoscopic gastric ulcerative lesions with the help of image processing software and statistical analysis method. Methods The microscopic images of 25 gastric ulcers and 25 gastric peptic cancers were collected from January 2013 to December 2013.Then the Photoshop CS4 software was used for image processing and representative measurements gathering(area,perimeter,roundness,height,width,gray scale,involving the density,color,lightness,pixels).Then the principal component analysis,the scatter plot and cluster analysis were performed by SPSS 16.0.Results According to the results of principal component analysis, Z1 showed a strong positive correlation with area,perimeter,height,width,cumulative density,pixel,which represented the shape statistics of ulcer.And Z2 showed a strong positive correlation with gray scale,color, lightness,which represented the color statistics of ulcer.On the Scatter plot,gastric peptic cancer images showed a stronger positive correlation with the principal component Z1 and Z2 .Clustering analysis results showed that for the majority of patients,there was a pattern in its incidence.In the gastric ulcer diagnostic models,the effective information should include area≤10 000;perimeter≤250;height≤90;width≤60;gray scale≥90;cumulative density≤190 000;color≥110;and lightness≥110(unit:pixel).In the gastric ulcera-tive cancers,the effective information should include area≥38 000,perimeter≥690,height≥300,width ≥ 426,gray scale ≤ 100,cumulative density ≥ 14 000 000,color ≤ 125,and lightness ≤ 130 (unit:pixel). Conclusion Among the endoscopic image data,area,perimeter,roundness,height,width,gray scale, cumulative density,color,brightness,pixels are important indices,which can contribute to the differential diagnosis of gastric ulcerative lesions.The established mathematical model based on the ten indices can be applied to predict and diagnose gastric ulcerative lesions.

Objective:To evaluate the bone alteration subject to remodeling and analyze the esthetic result following immediate implant placement of incisors.Methods:In this study,20 patients (1 3 women,7 men)were involved,who needed implants for incisors of maxilla.The patients received 23 im-mediate implants totally.On the day of surgery and 6 months after the implants were placed,Cone beam CT (CBCT)was taken.The thickness of the alveolar ridge and the vertical change of marginal bone levels onthe mesial and distal aspects of theimplants were measured using the computer software (Planme-caRomexis Viewer 3.6.0.R).The evaluation of esthetic result by labial convexity score (LCS)and pa-pilla index score (PIS)were analyzed pre-operation and one year after the final crown was delivered.The statistics with paired-t test for the measurement data and Willcoxon test for rating data were done by SPSS 20.0.Results:The survival rate in the two-year follow-up was 1 00%.The measuring point 1 (MP1 ), MP2,MP3 and MP4 (0,2,4,6 mm apical to the implant platform,respectively)got significant altera-tions after 6 months of the follow-up.These differences were statistically significant (P<0.05 ).The major alteration happened at MP1 and MP4,which got (-0.89 ±2.06)mm and (-0.75 ±1 .28)mm reduction of the alveolar,respectively.The marginal alveolar ridge resorption was (-0.42 ±1 .24)mm and(-0.91 ±1 .96)mm for Ankylos System and Replace System,respectively,and the difference was not statistical significant .The esthetic results were quite acceptable.Before treatment,1 8 incisors rated 3 for LCS,and 2 incisors rated 4 for LCS;after final restoration,only 5 incisors rated 3 for LCS,and 1 4 incisors rated 2 for LCS.Before treatment,1 5 incisors rated 3 for PIS;after final restoration,1 3 incisors rated 3 for PIS.There was no statistically significant difference for the PIS pre-operation and 1 year after final restoration,while there was statistically significant negative change for LCS.Conclusion:Even fol-lowing the proper surgical technique,the alveolar ridge wall still can’t be maintained after immediate im-plant placed in fresh socket of incisors.The inter-dental papilla could be well maintained,while due to the remodeling of labial bone,labial convexity will inevitably collapse.Therefore immediate implant still has esthetic risk.

With the development of modern radiotherapy techniques,radiotherapy has been widely used in the multimodality therapy for various malignant tumors,including head and neck cancers such as nasopharyngeal cancer and laryngeal cancer.A combination of surgery and radiochemotherapy significantly improves patients' cure rate and survival time;however,with the increase in survival time,some patients receiving radiotherapy develop marked cognitive impairment.Ionizing radiation-induced cognitive impairment mainly nanifests as hippocampus-dependent cognitive impairment,which is associated with inhibited hippocampal neurogenesis due to ionizing radiation.Therefore,it is necessary to investigate the mechanisms of the inhibition of hippocampal neurogenesis by ionizing radiation.This article reviews the molecular mechanism of neurogenesis disorders induced by ionizing radiation.