To explore the difference of respiratory muscle strength and respiratory drive between lung qi deficiency pattern and spleen qi deficiency pattern in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Forty two cases of COPD were differentiated as lung qi deficiency pattern (n=23, Group A) and spleen qi deficiency pattern(n=19, Group B) and twenty healthy volunteers served as control (Group C). Pulmonary ventilatory function such as forced vital capacity(FVC), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV 1), FVC/ FEV 1 and maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV) were examined; and the maximum inspiratory pressure (MIP), maximum expiratory pressure (MEP) and oral blocking pressure were also detected.As compared with Group C, pulmonary ventilation was decreased in both Group A and Group B and more obviously in Group B (P0 05); MIP and MEP in Group B differed from those in Group C (P

Objective To investigate the effect of spleen-supplementing and lung-strengthening therapy on patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD)treated by mechanical ventilation and enteral-parenteral nutritional support.Methods Acute exacerbation COPD patients complicated with respiratory failure treated by mechanical ventilation were randomized into group A(n=32)and group B(n=30).The two groups received invasive or non-invasive mechanical ventilation,routine western medicine and enteral-parenteral nutritional support.Group A received oral use of Jianpi Yifei Granules(mainly composed of Radix Ginseng Destillata,Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae,Poria,Radix Ophiopogonis,Cortex Mori,Radix Astragali)and electroacupuncture(EA)on bilateral acupoints of Zusanli additionally.The treatment lasted 2 weeks.The changes of leg circumference and arm circumference,and serum levels of total protein(TP),albumin(Alb),prealbumin(PAlb)and hemoglobin(Hb)were observed.The outcomes of mortality rate during hospitalization,success rate of removing respiratory machine,time for parenteral nutritional support,time for invasive or non-invasive mechanical ventilation,fee for nutritional support and hospitalization fee in intensive care unit(ICU)were compared in the two groups.The incidences of complications of pneumonia,fungal infection,and upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage were also observed during mechanical ventilation.Results After treatment,serum levels of TP and PAlb were higher in group A than those in group B(P0.05);leg circumference and arm circumference in the two groups increased(P0.05).Time for parenteral nutritional support,time for invasive or non-invasive mechanical ventilation,and fee for nutritional support and hospitalization fee in ICU were lower in group A than those in group B(P

ive] To assess the diagnostic value of fiberbronchoscopy for right middle lobe syndrome (RMLS) and to explore the etiology of RMLS. [Methods] Fiberbronchoscopy was carried out in 42 casesof RMLS diagnosed by chest X-ray or CT. [Results] Patients with RMLS due to non-specific inflamma tion accounted for 57.1 % , lung cancer 26.2%and pulmonary tuberculosis 11.9%. Congestion, edema, stenosis, neoplasm, purulent secretion, and mucosa thickening were the main manifestations under fiber-bronchoscope. The diagnostic accordance rate of fiberbronchoscopy for lung cancer, non-specific inflam mation and pulmonary tuberculosis was 90.9% , 87.5% and 60% respectively. No significant differences of the incidences of non-specific inflammation and lung cancer were found in the teenage, the adult and the aged. [Conclusion] Fiberbronchoscopy is an important method of the diagnosis of RMLS. Lung can cer, non-specific inflammation and pulmonary tuberculosis are the common pathogenic factors of RMLS. Male cases over 40 should take fiberbronchoscopy to exclude the possibility of lung cancer.

[Objective] To observe the therapeutic effect of spleen-invigorating and lung-nourishing therapy and its influence on nutritive index and quality of life (QOL) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at stationary phase. [ Methods ] Ninety cases of COPD were randomized into three groups. Group A was given routine symptomatic treatment; groups B and C were given oral use of Jianpi yifei Granules and routine symptomatic treatment and group C was additionally treated with garlic-partition moxibustion and acupoint injection of Shenmai Injection on bilateral Zusanli (ST 36) point alternatively. The treatment lasted 2 months. [Results] The effective rate was 93.33% in group C, 86.67% in group B and 56.67% in group A (P 0.05) compared with those before treatment. Scores of activity of daily life (ADL) , depression and anxiety and the total score of QOL were obviously decreased in groups B and C (P

Objective To retrospectively analyze the outcomes,adverse events,and prognostic factors in elderly patients initially diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) who receive radiotherapy and chemotherapy.Methods From January 2004 to April 2007,202 patients (over 60 years of age) initially diagnosed with NPC received radical radiotherapy or chemotherapy.These patients included 165 males (81.7％) and 37 females (18.3％),with a median age of 65 years (range 60-86 years).Of all patients,1 had stage Ⅰ NPC,25 had stage Ⅱ NPC,120 had stage Ⅲ NPC,and 56 had stage Ⅳa/Ⅳb NPC,according to the AJCC staging system (6th edition).All patients received a radiation dose of ≥66 Gy,and 146 patients (72.3％) with locally advanced NPC also received chemotherapy.The Cox model was used for multivariate analysis.Results The follow-up rate was 100％.The 5-year local control rate,regional lymph node control rate,distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS) rate,disease-free survival rate,and overall survival (OS) rate were 93％,94％,82％,74％,and 67％,respectively.The multivariate analysis revealed that T stage,N stage,and age were prognostic factors for OS and DMFS (P =0.006,0.002,and 0.008 ;P =0.020,0.002,and 0.022).The severe acute toxicities included grade 4 radiation dermatitis (1 patient,0.5％),grade 4 radiation mucositis (2 patients,1.0％),and grade 4 bone marrow suppression (5 patients,2.5％).Conclusions The elderly NPC patients can tolerate radiotherapy and chemotherapy well.Multimodality therapy should be adopted for the patients aged 60-74 years who have advanced-stage NPC and good general conditions.

A reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and single-strand conformation polymorphisms (SSCP) assay were applied to rapidly detect the molecular variability in CP and SP genes among seven isolates of Rice stripe virus in China. The PCR results showed that the CP gene of JD isolate and SP gene of PJ isolate could not be amplified. SSCP analysis showed that there were completely different electrophoretic pattern of CP gene among six isolates. To SP gene, SSCP results also discovered polymorphisms. There were five patterns among these isolates, and the pattern of YL and BS isolates were same.

Objective To investigate the impact of compliance and quality of life of psychological intervention for cancer patients and their primary caregivers,as well as the correlation between the psychological issues of patients and their primary caregivers.Methods The enrolled patients were randomly divided into intervention group and control group.The patients in intervention group were given to standardize anti-tumor therapy,while the patients and their primary caregivers were given psychological intervention once a week.The patients in the control group only received standard anti-tumor therapy.By TDL determination of quality of life,anxiety rating scale (SAS) and self-rating depression scale (SDS),in front of the psychological intervention after 8 weeks of intervention,the two groups of patients and their primary caregivers were questionnaired,and recorded the completion of the treatment plan.By SPSS 12.0 software,the statistics were completed.Results 51 cases in intervention group and 38 cases in control group were able to complete the number of people expected to treat there was a statistically significant (P ＜ 0.05).TDL determination and quality of life scores in intervention group patients and their primary caregivers were significantly higher (P ＜ 0.05).SAS and SDS score in intervention group patients and their primary caregivers were significantly lower than control group (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The effective psychological intervention to cancer patients and their primary caregivers during the treatment of patients could improve the compliance of cancer patients,the quality of life of cancer patients and their primary caregivers.The psychological problems between the patients and primary caregivers are positive correlation.

A total of 48 terminal cancer patients of Desheng Community were selected for developing life care,psychological support,pain relief and observations.As a result,the main symptoms of terminal cancer patients were alleviated.The average pain scores decreased from 5.6 ± 2.7 to 3.0 ± 2.4,average anxiety scores 14.2 ±6.8 to 6.3 ±3.0 and average depression scores 15.2 ±8.2 to 8.4 ±5.0.There were significant differences according to t-test (P ＜ 0.01).

8 ?g/ml were 7 strains in prophylactic treatment group and 3 strains in non-fluconazole prophylactic treatment group respectively.The two groups had significant difference (x~2=8.75,P

Objective:To assess the characteristics change of sleep architecture in drug naive patients with schizophrenia,compared with healthy control.Methods:The key words including schizophrenia and sleep architecture (or sleep structure or sleep disturbance or polysomnogram and so on) were used to search literatures in MEDLINE,Embase,Springer,PsychINFO,google scholar,Wanfang data,published from 1980 to 2015.Fifteen studies that compared sleep architecture in drug naive patients with schizophrenia and healthy control were included.Literature quality evaluation was performed with the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.The meta-analysis was performed by using Stata13.0 software.Results:Compared to healthy control,the total sleep time decreased (P ＜ 0.01),the sleep latency increased (P ＜ 0.01),the sleep efficiency decreased (P ＜ 0.01),and the rapid-eye-movemem (REM) sleep latency increased (P ＜ 0.01) significantly in drug naive patients with schizophrenia.The proportion of stage1 was increased,and the proportions of stage4 and slow wave sleep stage were decreased,the differences between case and control were statistically significant.Conclusion:In the control of drug effects,patients with schizophrenia may have poorer sleep quality of be poorer than healthy controls,such as the decreased total sleep time,specifically slow wave sleep,prolonged sleep latency and decreased sleep efficiency.