Chronic constipation(CC)is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders. Treatment of CC includes drug and non-drug treatment. Biofeedback(BF)is a psychological behavior therapy and has become the first-line therapy of CC. However,the efficacy of BF reported varied substantially. This article reviewed the evaluation of efficacy of BF on CC.

Objective To investigate the value of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) in the diagnosis of pulmonary cryptococcosis.Methods 15 patients who were diagnosed as pulmonary cryptococcosis were retrospectively studied,all of them were examined by sputum smear,X ray,CT and EBUS-TBNA.Results 15 patients who received EBUS-TBNA were diagnosed pulmonary cryptococcosis by pathological methods and germiculture,during the process no complication was detected.Conclusion EBUS-TBNA is a safe and effective means in the diagnosis of pulmonary cryptococcosis for pulmonary cryptococcosis patients hard to be diagnosed clinically.

Objective To investigate the key points of nursing during the course of breast tumor excision by endoscope. Method Summarized the nursing points of 24 patients who have accepted the breast tumor excision by endoscope. Results The key points of successful operation were sufficient preparation before the operation, the special skills of nurses, exactly and quickly transfer instruments and expert cooperation. Conclusion Paving attention on psychological nursing, the correct and skillful nursing care can reduce the operation time, and then make sure the successful operation.

Antineoplastic Agents ; therapeutic use ; Benzamides ; therapeutic use ; Biopsy, Large-Core Needle ; Drug Delivery Systems ; Humans ; Imatinib Mesylate ; In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence ; Piperazines ; therapeutic use ; Protein Kinase Inhibitors ; therapeutic use ; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases ; antagonists & inhibitors ; Pyrimidines ; therapeutic use ; Soft Tissue Neoplasms ; classification ; diagnosis ; genetics ; pathology ; therapy

Bibliometrics ; Drug Therapy, Combination ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional

Aged ; Back ; pathology ; CD57 Antigens ; metabolism ; Chondrosarcoma ; metabolism ; pathology ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Fibroma, Ossifying ; metabolism ; pathology ; Humans ; Male ; Phosphopyruvate Hydratase ; metabolism ; S100 Proteins ; metabolism ; Soft Tissue Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology

Angiofibroma ; metabolism ; pathology ; Biomarkers, Tumor ; metabolism ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Epithelioid Cells ; Extremities ; Fibroma ; metabolism ; pathology ; Fingers ; Hemangioblastoma ; metabolism ; pathology ; Hemangioendothelioma ; metabolism ; pathology ; Humans ; Rhabdomyosarcoma ; metabolism ; pathology ; Sclerosis ; Soft Tissue Neoplasms ; classification ; metabolism ; pathology

Left ventricular noncompaction(LVNC)describes a rare cardiomyopathy of unknown etiology characterized by the presence of prominent trabeculations and deep intertrabecular recesses.It is one of the three major cardiomyopathies among children.LVNC can have different inheritance patterns, including X-linked recessive, autosomal dominant, and mitochondrial inheritance.Mutations in genes encoding sarcomere or cytoskeletal proteins have been identified as causes of LVNC.As a comprehensive cardiac event with serious complications such as life threatening arrhythmias, heart failure and thromboembolism, LVNC is mainly diagnosed through echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance and other examinations.Early improvement of genetic evaluation, screening of family members for the mutation, close follow-up of high-risk patients, and early management of complications will help to improve patients′ quality of life and prognosis.

Objective To screen the influencing factors related to prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV). Methods Series of parameters of 154 elderly patients with pneumonia or COPD exacerbation were collected before using ventilator, after weaning of ventilator or at the 21st day of ventilating, respectively. Results By single factor analysis, PMV related to not only age, lying on bed, white blood cell, neutrophil, P (A-a)O 2, BUN, Cr, upper digestive tract bleeding, heart rate(HR), and blood pressure(BP) before using ventilator, but also related to heart function and consciousness after ventilator weaning or ventilating for 21 days. By multiple factor analysis, age, P (A-a) O 2 , heart function when ventilating for 21 days were related to PMV. Age≥82.0, P (A-a)O 2 ≥95.0 mm Hg, heart function≥grade 3 were high risk factors of PMV. Furthermore, it was found that the accuracy rate for meeting with those three parameters among 8 elderly patients with PMV was 87.5%. Conclusions Age, P (A-a)O 2 and heart function when ventilating for 21 days might be the independent factors of PMV.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the changes in and clinical significance of C-reactive protein(CRP) and endotoxin in patients who are firstly examined in fever clinic.METHODS To review and study the results of CRP and endotoxin from 81 patients(including 48 patients who were diagnosed as bacterial pneumonia and 33 patients who were diagnosed as a cold) in fever clinic of our hospital in 2005.RESULTS In 81 bacterial infection patients, the analysis indicated the levels of endotoxin between the pneumonia patients and the patients with a cold had significant difference.And the levels in the first group were significantly higher than in the latter one.The levels of CRP had no difference in two groups.CONCLUSIONS The result indicates plasma endotoxin detection helps to determine the early diagnosis of serious infection.It is also of significance to select antibacterial rationally and handle syndrome in time.In fever clinic,the levels of endotoxin may be a method to help diagnosis and treatment.CRP could be help to estimate the bacterial infection or virus infection,but it could not adjudge the seriousness in bacterial infection.