Objective To analyze retrospectively the correlation between the difficult airway and thyromental height by three-dimensional reconstruction among the Chinese. Methods Eithty patients who had been scanned by helical CT in the head and neck were allocated into two groups according to Cormack-Lehane grading:paients with Ⅰ-Ⅱ grade were allocated into group 1, and paients with Ⅲgrade were allocated into group 2. Reconstructed images were obtained by AW4.4 workstation and the following parameters were recorded and analyzed:the length from the oral to the under jaw(a), the length from the under jaw to the skin of the neck (b), the vertical distance from the under jaw to the neck was equal to thyromental height(c), the vertical distance from the oral to the cervical vertebra(d), the angle with the under jaw as the vertices and with two lines (a and b) for edge (angle ofα). Results The c value in two groups had no significant difference:(3.97 ± 0.82) cm vs. (3.64 ± 0.62) cm, P>0.05. The d value in group 2 was significantly higher than that in group 1:(8.69 ± 0.48) cm vs. (8.25 ± 0.80) cm, P<0.05. The c/d value and c/a value in group 2 were significantly lower than those in group 1: 0.42 ± 0.07 vs. 0.48 ± 0.12, 0.80 ± 0.18 vs. 0.95 ± 0.25, P<0.05. Conclusions Thyromental height by three-dimensional reconstruction has no significant differences in evaluating the difficult airway among the Chinese. The ratio of the vertical distance from the under jaw to the neck and the vertical distance from the oral to the cervical vertebra, and the ratio of the vertical distance from the under jaw to the neck and the length from the oral to the under jaw shows negative correlation with difficult airway.

Natural products are valuable resources for discovering new drugs. So far, screening bioactive compounds from organism extracts is still an important and challenging task. Traditional biometric guided method involves repeated fractionation steps and bioactivity tests, which are time-consuming, labor-consuming, and inefficient. Ligand fishing is a bioanalysis method for screening ligands from complex organism extracts based on intermolecular affinity interactions. It has the characteristics of strong specificity, high efficiency, and less requirement for sample pretreatment. In this review, we summarize the classification of ligand fishing strategy and its application in enzyme inhibitors screening. Finally, the development prospects of this technology are forecasted.

BACKGROUND:The aim of present study is to demonstrate that volatile oil of flos magnoliae biondii pamp(VOMbp) possess anti-immunology inflammatory property.OBJECTIVE:To explore the effect of VOMbp on adjuvant arthritis in rats.DESIGN:Grade sampling,randomized controlled quantitative analysis.SETTING:Teaching and Researching Department of Pharmacology,Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.MATERIALS:This study was carried out at the Teaching and Researching Department of Pharmacology,Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from December to April in 1999. Totally 120 Wistar rats were involved.METHODS :Wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 groups :model control group, 0.28 mL/kg and 0.14 mL/kg VOMbp group,and 25 mg/kg dex-amethasone group. Allergy were induced in all rats through intra-cutaneous injection of Freund's adjuvant (0.1 mL/rat)at metatarsus so as to establish multiple arthritis model in rat. According to different dosage,the experiments were carried out in three batches with 10 rats in each group.Rats in the first batch were given VOMbp three days before inducing allergy for consecutwe 3 days,in order to observe the influence of VOMbp on adjuvant induced acute non-specific inflammatory;Rats in the second batch were given VOMbp on the 8th day sensitization allergy for consecutive 7days so as to explore the protective effect on secondary pathological changes;rats in the third batch were administratedon the 19th day after sensitization for consecutive 7 days for study in therapeutic effect on sec ondary pathological changes. Meanwhile foot tumefaction and the level of prostaglandin E2in ankle arthritis were observed.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: ① Effect of VOMbp on the adjuvant induced acute non-specific inflammatory. ② Preventive effect on adjuvant arthritis. ③ Therapeutic effect on adjuvant arthritis.RESULTS :① VOMbp could significantly suppress the primary foot tume faction. ②Moreover VOMbp of preventive dosage could most significantly suppress the secondary arthritis tumefaction [(0.231±0.065)mL of 0.28 mL/kg group and ( 0.206±0.082 ) mL of 0.14 mL/kg group] ,accompanied by PG-E2 decrement in tumefaction tissues [(0.133 2±0.057 2), (0.138 5 ±0.042 6)OD278nm correspondingly].③ No obvious effect of VOMbp of therapeutic dosage on secondary inflammatory tumefatcion of arthritis could be observed in 0.14 mL/kg group,but obvious decrement of prostaglandin E2 could be observed in edema tissue;While 0.28 mL/kg VOMbp exerted most significant or significant influence on above parameters. CONCLUSION:VOMbp possess inhibiting effect on Freund's adjuvant induced primary foot tumefaction and secondary arthritis,with the preventive effect better than therapeutic effects.The therapeutic effect was proved better in higher dosage group.

Objective To observe blood pressure variability(BPV) and analyze the correlation between BPV and carotid artery-intima media thickness (CA-IMT) in elderly hypertension. Methods Totally 156 patients with primary hypertension were divided into 3 groups:patients aged 45-59years (48 cases) 60-79 years (52 eases),and 80-94 years (56 cases).24 h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (24 h ABPM) was used to measure 24 h mean systolic blood pressure (24 hSBP),24 h SBP standard deviation (24 h SBPSD),and to calculate 24 h SBP coefficient of variation (24 hSBP CV).Meanwhile,SBP of daytime (DSBP) and nighttime (NSBP),DSBPSD and NSBPSD were measured,and DSBPCV and NSBPCV were calculated.CA-IMT was examined by ultrasound.Spearman rank correlation coefficient was employed to assess the relationship between above indicators and CA-IMT,age. Results No differences were found in 24 h SBP,DSBP and NSBP among the groups.24 hSBPSD( 14.3 ± 3.1),24 h SBPCV ( 11.5 ± 2.1 ),DSBPSD ( 13.8 ± 3.8),DSBPCV ( 10.7 ± 2.6),NSBPSD (13.4±3.3)of patients aged 80-90 years were higher than those of patients aged 60-79 years (12.2±2.5,10.1±2.0,11.6±2.6,9.5±2.3,11.9±2.8)and patients aged 40-59 years (11.7±2.8,9.4±1.9,10.9±3.1,8.4±1.8,11.6±3.0) (P＜0.05).NSBPCVof patients aged 80-90years was increased as compared with patients aged 40-59 years (10.9±2.7 vs.9.6±2.4,P＜0.05).24 h SBPSD,24 h SBPCV were associated with CA-IMT and age(r=0.26,0.39;0.28,0.42,all P＜0.01). Conclusions SBPSD and SBPCV of 24 h ABPM are higher in very older patient with hypertension and could be the useful markers for assessment of BPV.

Objective To investigate the trend of the national Kaschin-Beck disease condition, and provide the scientific basis for the government to make preventing strategy. Methods The data were collected from national surveillance on Kaschin-Beck disease(KBD) condition from 2000 to 2007 by restrospective method. The national X-ray detective rates and KBD condition in the eastern and western areas of China were analyzed. Results Monitoring data were collected from 189 monitoring points in 14 provinces of China, and 21 287 X-ray films were photographed of right hands of children from 2000 to 2007. X-ray detective rate was decreased significantly of national KBD from 2000 to 2007. The condition in the west of China is slightly more serious than the eastern areas, but the average of X-ray detective rate was also decreased from 21.75% to 7.30%. National condition is basically controlled. X-ray detective rate had been controlled below 5%, exept for Qinghai, Tibet and Inner Mongolia and so on. Conclusions Ninty percent of the wards have reached the controlled level according to the X diagnosis standard. In terms of the severity of the disease, most of the wards are occupied by patients with slight condition, 10% ward with moderate condition, less than 1% ward with serious condition.

Aim To explore the inhibitory effect of dexamethasone on the expression of SH2-B? in the lung and the visceral sensory afferent system(C7-T5 spinal ganglia and the corresponding posterior horn of the spinal cord)of asthmatic mice.Methods Murine model of asthma of BABL/c mice was induced by ovalbumin in vivo.By means of immunohistochemistry and Western blot,the expression of SH2-B? in the lung,C7-T5 spinal ganglia and corresponding spinal cord was detected and the inhibitory effect of dexamethasone on it was observed.Inspiratory airway resistance was measured with AniRes 2003 lung function system.Results The expression of SH2-B? in the lung,C7-T5 spinal ganglia and the corresponding spinal cord of the asthmatic mice was much higher than that of the control group and the dexamethasone group(P

Humans ; Rhinitis, Vasomotor ; physiopathology

Objective To observe the change of blood pressure variability (BPV)in elderly hypertension patients,and to analysis the correlation between BPV and stages of renal function damage.Methods 127 elderly primary hypertensive patients with chronic kidney disease(CKD) were divided into three groups:stage 2 CKD group (aged 60-90 years,n=50),stage 3 CKD group (aged 62-93 years,n=40) and stage 4 CKD group (aged 64-94 years,n=37),according to National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (K/DOQI) guide.24 h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (24 hABPM) was used to measure 24 h mean systolic blood pressure (24 hSBP),24 hSBP standard deviation (24 hSBPSD),and to calculate 24 hSBP coefficient of variation (24 hSBPCV).Differences in above indicators among groups were analyzed by ANOVA.The relationship between above indicators and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR),urinary albumin excretion rates(UAER) were assessed by Spearman rank correlation coefficient.Logistic regression analysis was employed to assess the relationship between BPV and the degrees of impaired renal function.Results 24 h SBPSD and 24h SBPCV were lower in stage 2 CKD group than in stage 3 CKD and stage 4 CKD groups [(11.91±2.56) vs.(13.98±2.89),(14.25±3.16);(9.79±2.01)vs.(11.28± 1.70),(11.53±2.65) ;all P＜0.05].24 h SBPSD,24 h DBPCV and 24 h diastolic blood pressure (24 hdBP) CV were negatively correlated with eGFR (all P＜0.01) and were positively correlated with UAER (all P＜0.01).Logistic regression analysis showed that 24 h DBPSD and 24h SBPCV were related to impaired renal function (both P＜0.05).Conclusions Blood pressure variability is increasing along with impairing renal function in elderly hypertensive patients.Blood pressure variability is associated with renal function damage.

Congresses as Topic ; Humans ; Hypersensitivity ; Rhinitis

Objective To assess the significance and the relationship of BODE index score and inflammation factors in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD).Methods Sixty COPD patients in their stable condition were evaluated for BODE index score and the level of tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α),interleukin-8(IL-8) and C reactive protein (CRP) were determined.Results BODE index score in COPD patients was positively correlated with serum concentrations of TNF-α,IL-8 (r =0.455,P ＜ 0.01 ; r =0.303,P ＜0.05),but not with CRP (r =0.111,P =0.398).IL-8 and TNF-α were both significantly negatively correlated to body mass index(BMI),force exhale volume of the first second (FEV1) and 6 minute walking distance (6MWD) (r=-0.417,P ＜0.01;r=-0.538,P＜0.01;r =-0.419,P＜0.01 for IL-8;and r=-0.262,P＜0.05;r=-0.348,P＜0.01;r=-0.334,P＜0.01 for TNF-α).Conclusion The BODE index,as a simple multidimensional grading system for COPD,is closely related to system inflammation,which indicates that system inflammation may contribute to the systemic development of COPD.