Objective To understand the dietary intake and nutritional status of pregnant women, and try to give a reasonable suggestion to promote the development of fetus. Methods 227 pregnant women in Changsha city were enrolled in this study. Their serum levels of vitamins were detected and their dietary intake were investigated. Results The ratio of the energy which was provided by dietary protein, carbohydrate and fat was appropriate. But the intake of dietary calcium, vitamin B1 and vitamin B2 was very low. With the development of gestation there were a remarkable rise in serum vitamin E level and decrease in serum folacin level, which was extremely obvious in the third trimester. It was about 40% of the pregnant women that the serum vitamin C level was lower than normal level. Conclusions Pregnant women tend to be lack of folacin, vitamin C and vitamin B 2.

OBJECTIVE: To explore the diagnostic value of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) level in patients with sepsis of blood-stasis syndrome. METHODS: The prospective method of clinical diagnostic test and evaluation principles of diagnostic test were applied. One hundred and seventy-four patients with sepsis were divided into two groups: blood-stasis syndrome group and non blood-stasis syndrome group. The levels of serum BNP in two groups were detected. RESULTS: The level of BNP in sepsis patients was related to blood-stasis syndrome (P<0.01). BNP cut-off level was 150 ng/L, sensitivity was 85.3%, specificity was 81%, the maximum value of Youden index was 0.663, and the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) value was (0.886+/-0.025). CONCLUSION: BNP can be used as an objective index of blood-stasis syndrome diagnosis for sepsis, and BNP with boundary value of 150 ng/L is an optimal biological index.

Objective To analyse the clinical usage of Shenmai injection, promote the rational use of Shenmai injection. Methods 400 hospital medical records that used Shenmai injection in 2015 were collected and reviewed from hospital information system (HIS) by retrospective analysis method, aggregated and evaluated data by EXCEL. Results In 400 cases, 11 clinical departments used the Shenmai injection, mainly in cardiology of 347 cases(86.75%).The percentage of the non-standard clinical application of Shenmai injection was 84 cases (21.00%). The non-standardized rates of solvent dispensing was 287 cases (71.75%), and the specification incompatibility accounted for 105 cases (26.25%). There was no adverse drug reaction of Shenmai injection. Conclusion The clinical use of Shenmai injection is not yet standardized, which suggests that drugs should be strictly used in accordance with the instruction, in order to avoid risks of off-label use.

Objective To investigate the intervention of Chinese herb Shengjiang San(SJS)for the imbal-ances of serum Th1/Th2 cells and related regulatory factors in sepsis patients. Methods Fifty-five sepsis patients were randomly divided into two groups:conventional treatment group of 27 cases and SJS group of 28 cases. Nine cases of healthy volunteers were enrolled as control group in the study. Cases of conventional group were treated with western medicine only and cases of SJS group were treated with both western medicine and Chinese herb SJS (100 mL twice one day). The therapy course of both groups was 3 days. Score of Chinese medical syndromes ,se-rum level of leukocyte count,C reactive protein(CRP)and procalcitonin(PCT),serum T-bet,GATA-3,Th1&Th2 cells in the proportion of whole CD4+Th cells and Th1/Th2 ratio were compared respectively in each group be-fore and after treatment. Results There were significant differences between SJS group and conventional group in score of Chinese medical syndromes,serum level of leukocyte count,T-bet,GATA-3,Th1&Th2 cells in the pro-portion of whole CD4+Th cells and Th1/Th2 ratio(P<0.05 or P<0.01). There were no significant differences be-tween the two groups in serum level of CRP,PCT and GATA3. Compared with control group,there were signifi-cant differences in all indicators except GATA3 of the two groups(P<0.01). Conclusion Chinese herb Shengji-ang San has an effective benefits to Chinese medical syndromes,inflammatory reaction,the imbalance of serum Th1/T2 and related regulatory factors(T-bet&GATA-3)in sepsis patients.

Objective To study the clinical values of dynamic changes of yon Willebrand factor (vWF) and ADAMTS13 (a disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin repeats-13 ) in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Methods Twenty-nine patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage admitted to Department of Neurosurgery from April 2010 through April 2011 were enrolled for retrospective study.They could be categorized into 3 sets of grouping:delayed cerebral ischemia group ( DCI group) and non-delayed cerebral ischemia group ( no DCI group ),cerebral vasospasm group ( CVS group ) and no vasospasm group (no CVS group),and good prognosis group and poor prognosis group,and another 20 healthy subjects as control group.All patients were examined with CT,DSA,or/and CTA to identify the intracranial subarachnoid hemorrhage resulted from aneurysm rupture.The exclusion criteria included:(1)the time from onset to admission was longer than 72 hours or patient was in imminent danger of death; (2)patients had surgery,interventiona] or conservative treatment outside the hospital; (3) patients were under the treatment of antiplatelet medicine such as aspirin,clopidogrel,or other anticoagulants such as warfarin,etc ; (4) patients had blood diseases,impaired kidney or liver function,pregnant,or with recent infections.Venous blood were taken one day,4 days and 10 days after SAH to determine plasma concentrations of ADAMTS13 and vWF by using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (TCD) was used to measure mean blood flow velocity of middle cerebral artery (VMCA).Glasgow outcome scale (GOS) score was measured before discharge. Data were analyzed by using SPSS version 13.0 software. Results The levels of vWF were significantly higher in DCI group,CVS group and poor prognosis group compared with those in the control group 1 day,4 days and 10 days after SAH.There were differences in vWF between DCI group and no DCI group 1 day and 4 days after SAH ( P ＜ 0.05 ).There were significantly differences in vWF between CVS group and no CVS group,and between good prognosis group and poor prognosis group 4 days and 10 days after SAH ( P ＜ 0.01 ).In DCI group and poor prognosis group,the level of plasma ADAMTS13 was significantly lower 1 day after SAH than that in the normal control group (P ＜0.01) and in the no DCI group (P ＜0.O1 ); and there were no differences in ADAMTS13 between CVS group and no CVS group.Conclusions In the early stage,the increase in plasma vWF and decrease in ADAMTS13 activity are associated with DCI,and the decrease in ADAMTS13 activity can be used to predict the outcome.

Objective To study the diagnosis, treatment, etiology and prognosis of scrotum gangrene. Method We did a retrospective analysis of the data of 78 patients with scrotum gangrene who hospitalized during August 2007 and August 2011 in Jinja Hospital in Uganda.Results Among 78 patients, 73 patients were cured, with 93.6%of the cure rate. After early debridement and second phase reconstruction, patients recovered after the treatment. Conclusion On the basis of systemic antibiotic drug use and local debridement processing, penis-scrotum revascularization has good curative effect on scrotum gangrene.We hope to provide reference and help to foreign health medical team of aid work in Yunnan province.

Objective To research the expression and clinical significance of SALL 4 gene in cervical cancer .Methods The ex-pression of SALL4 in 56 samples of cervical cancer and 35 samples of normal cervical tissues was detected by immunohistochemistry and RT-PCR ,and its relationship with the clinicopathological characteristics of cervical cancer was analyzed .Results The expres-sion of SALL4 mRNA was 2 .56 ± 0 .22 in cervical cancer tissues ,which was significantly higher than 0 .38 ± 0 .03 in the normal cer-vical tissues .the difference between them had statistical significance(t=58 .1 ,P<0 .01);the positive expression rate of SALL4 pro-tein was 80 .4% (45/56) in cervical cancer ,which was significantly higher than 11 .4% (4/35) in the normal cervical tissues (χ2 =41 .177 ,P<0 .01) .The positive expression of SALL4 in the cervical cancer tissues was correlated with the differentiation status of tumor ,which in the middle and high differentiation groups was lower than that in the low differentiation group (χ2 =4 .226 ,P=0 .039) ,but had no correlation with age ,International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage ,tumor size ,pathologi-cal type and lymph node metastasis(P>0 .05) .Conclusion SALL4 is highly expressed in the cervical cancer tissues and correlated with the tumor differentiation ,which might play an important role in the occurrence and development of cervical cancer .

Objective To study the clinical changes of von Willebrand factor( vWF) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) in patients with severe pulmonary contusion. Methods Sixty-three patients with severe pulmonary contusion were divided into three different classifications for the sake of comparison in different respects, namely (1) severe pulmonary contusion with ARDS group and severe pulmonary contusion without ARDS group, (2) survival group and non-survival group, and (3) ISS score <20 group and ISS scored 20 group. In addition, the normal control group was set up. The levels of plasma vWF and serum IL-8 were respectively detected by double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) within 24 hours of injury and 1,3,5 and 7days after injury. The regularity of their changes was observed and the correlation factors were analyzed from the data. Results Compared with normal controls, the concentrations of plasma vWF and serum IL-8 were significantly increased in patients with severe pulmonary contusion in all intervals of detection. The concentrations of plasma vWF escalated gradually in severe pulmonary contusion with ARDS, and reached significantly higher levels in 5 days and 7 days after injury compared with those without ARDS group (P <0. 05). The increase in concentrations of serum IL-8 peaked in 5day after injury, and then declined. The levels of serum IL-8 were higher in patients with severe pulmonary contusion with ARDS group than those in this kind of patients without ARDS group. The levels of plasma vWF and serum IL-8 were higher in non - survival group than those in survival group (P < 0.05). The increase in levels of plasma vWF and serum IL-8 peaked and then declined in 5 days in ISS score 3:20 group, whereas it peaked and declined in 3 days after injury in ISS score < 20 group. The level of plasma vWF was positively correlated with platelets and negatively correlated with oxygenation index. The levels of serum IL-8 was positively correlated with white blood cell count and ISS score, and negatively correlated with oxygenation index. Conclusions The levels of plasma vWF and serum IL-8 were increased in patients with severe pulmonary contusion, reflecting the severity of pulmonary injury. The levels of plasma vWF and serum IL-8 were the sensitive markers for evaluating the severity of pulmonary injury and the prognosis of ARDS caused by severe pulmonary contusion.

This paper proposed a real-time monitoring system for running status of medical monitors based on the internet of things. In the aspect of hardware, a solution of ZigBee networks plus 470 MHz networks is proposed. In the aspect of software, graphical display of monitoring interface and real-time equipment failure alarm is implemented. The system has the function of remote equipment failure detection and wireless localization, which provides a practical and effective method for medical equipment management.
Computer Systems ; Equipment Design ; Internet ; Monitoring, Physiologic ; instrumentation ; Telemetry ; instrumentation

AIM: To study the clinical significance of determining serum anti-endothelial cell antibodies (AECA) and thrombopoietin (TPO) in the differential diagnosis of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS: Serum AECA and TPO in 76 patients with ITP, 41 patients with SLE and 50 normal individuals were detected by ELISA method. RESULTS: Serum AECA level in SLE and ITP was much higher than that in normal group (P0.05), but serum TPO level in SLE was much higher than that in ITP and normal groups (P