Objective Comparing the effects of steam sterilization on cyclic fatigue of stainless steel files. Meth-ods Fifty instruments of 25# stainless steel K files were randomly divided into 5 groups, which include 10 in each group. Group 1 was the blank control group, group 2 to 5 were subjected to 1, 3, 4, 5 steam sterilization cycles, then the files were tested by a custom-made device to assess cyclic fatigue and the number of cycles of failure (NCF) was calculated. Microstruc-ture of each file’s fracture surface was analyzed by Scanning Electron microscope (SEM). Results NCF in the 5 groups were 4 345.2 ± 384.2,3 937.9 ± 645.4,3 812.9 ± 532.5,3 626.2 ± 380.0,3 625.9 ± 565.6 respectively, and the differences among 5 groups were significantly different(F=2.598, P<0.05). After 4 or 5 times of steam sterilization, cyclic fatigue de-creased if compared with that in control group (P<0.05). Fracture surface in group 1 and group 2 was tough dimple structure and large numbers of regular, deep dimples were distributed on the surface. You could also see micro cavities clearly formed by fracture;Fracture surface in group 4 was dimple structure in brittle intergranular morphology. It is characterized by the presence of thin brittle precipitates, clean and smooth crystal interface, and a great sense of polyhedral stereo. Conclusion After 4 times of steam sterilization, cyclic fatigue strength of 25# stainless steel K files declined, which possessed the poten-tial risk of fracture.

OBJECTIVE:To compare Paliperidone sustained-release tablet and Paliperidone palmitate injection in the treatment of schizophrenia in respects of medium-term and long-term efficacy,safety,insight,medication compliance and social function of patients,so ad to provide reference for drug selection in the clinic.METHODS:Eighty-four schizophrenia patients selected from our center during Mar.2015-Jun.2016 were divided into Paliperidone sustained-release tablet group (group H,44 cases) and Paliperidone palmitate injection group (group Z,40 cases).Group H was given Paliperidone sustained-release tablet orally with initial dose of 3 mg/d,gradually increasing to 9 mg/d 2 weeks later according to disease condition;the drug dose was adjusted and ranged 3-12 mg/d according to disease condition.Group Z was given Paliperidone palmitate injection intramuscularly,150 mg on 1st day,100 mg on 8th day,and then given injection once a month,drug dose was adjusted according to disease condition (75,100,150 mg).Treatment course of 2 groups lasted for 12 months.Before treatment,1,2,3,6,9,12 months after treatment,Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) was used to evaluate therapeutic efficacy;Scale to Assess Unawareness of Mental Disorder (SAUMD) was used to evaluate the cognition of patients to disease;Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS) was used to evaluate medication compliance;Personal and Social Performance Scale (PSP) was used to evaluate patient's social function.The occurrence of ADR was observed during treatment.RESULTS:3,2 patients withdrew from group H,Z during treatment.Before treatment,there was no statistical significance in PANSS,SAUMD,MARS,PSP scores between 2 groups (P＞0.05).1,2,3,6,9,12 months after treatment,PANSS and SAUMD scores of 2 groups were decreased significantly,while MARS and PSP scores were increased significantly,compared to before treatment,with statistical significance (P＜0.05).9,12 months after treatment,PANSS and SAUMD scores of group Z were decreased significantly,while MARS and PSP scores were increased significantly,compared to group H,with statistical significance (P＜0.05).There was no statistical significance in the occurrence of ADR between 2 groups (P＞0.05).CONCLUSIONS:For schizophrenia,Paliperidone palmitate injection is better than Paliperi done sustained-release tablet in respects of medium-term and long-term efficacy,patient's insight,medication compliance,social function recovery;the longer the time,the more prominent the superiority.There is no significant difference in safety between them.

OBJECTIVE:To develop an HPLC method for the determination of 5-ISMNconcerntrations in human plasma and study the pharmacokinetics of 5-ISMN orally disintegrating tablets and the reference tablets.METHODS:A single oral dose test capsule(orally disintegrating tablets)or reference capsule of 5-ISMN(60 mg)were administered by randomized crossover way in 20 healthy male volunteers with plasma 5-ISMN concentrations determined by HPLC.The pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated with 3p87 pharmacokinetic program and the bioavailability of the two preparations was evaluated.RESULTS:The main pharmacokinetic parameters of the test preparation vs.the reference preparation were as follows:Cmax:(613.42?73.83)vs.(368.64?38.66)?g?mL-1;tmax:(26.52?2.00)vs.(95.73?4.16)min;AUC0～∞:(73 872.24?543.89)vs.(77 978.47?646.37)ng?min?mL-1,respectively.CONCLUSION:The assay was proved to be sensitive,accurate and suitable for pharmacokinetic study of 5-ISMN.The results of pharmacokinetic study after oral administration of test and reference preparations of 5-ISMN showed that the two preparations were bioequivalent while the test preparation had a higher peak concentration and could reach peak level in less time,and the test preparation showed a rapid drug releasing behavior.

BACKGROUND: The emphasis for preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases is to detect correlated risk factors. Among those accepted risk factors, whether serum uric acid (SUA) plays an independent role in the development of diseases is unknown.OBJECTIVE: To study SUA distribution and the prevalence of hyperuricemia, in middle-aged and elderly residents from the conjoining area between city and countryside in Guangzhou, and its association with other cardiovascular disease risk factors.DESIGN: Cross-sectional study.SETTING: Department of Cardiovascular internal medicine, Prevention and Health department, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University.PARTICIPANTS: An investigation on the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases was carriedout among total 890 residents living at the conjoining area between city and countryside in Guangzhou in December 2002. A total of 642 persons including 152 men and 490 women who were above 55years and had complete data were involved, and all of them understood and agreed to the investigation.the-spot investigation. Systolic pressure, diastolic pressure, body height and body mass were measured, and then body mass index [body mass (kg)/body height (m)2] was calculated. High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglyceride and total cholesterol were measured by endpoint method; SUA was measured by uricolase turbidimetric method.were defined as hyperuricemia. Diagnosis of hypertension was made according to the WHO/ISH 1999 Prevention and Cure Guidelines of Hypertension. Various kinds of dyslipidemia were diagnosed based on Prevention and Cure suggestions of dyslipidemia for Chinese (1997). Obesity was defined, according to 2002 International Obesity Special Working Group'skewness distribution and described by Median ± quartile. Spearson correlation analysis was used to determine the dependability between SUA and other selected cardiovascular risk factors. Binary Logistic regression analysis was done for further analysis.SUA and other cardiovascular risk factors.terolemia and hypertriglyceridemia in men and women were 30.3%, 30.8%;were (357.30±66.77) and (299.80±59.64) μmol/L respectively. SUA level was positive correlated with age in women (r=0.18, P ＜ 0.01), but was not of SUA in men were 293.53, 357.30, 427.08 (μmol/L), and in women were 247.60, 299.80, 366.88 (μmol/L). Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, total cholesterol, triglyceride, blood pressure and body mass index were positively associated with SUA, while high-density lipoprootein cholesteral was negtive correlated with SUA. In both men and women, triglyceride, total cholesterol, systolic blood pressure and body mass index were positively correlated with SUA significantly (r=0.09-0.35, P ＜ 0.05-0.01), but highdensity lipoprotein cholesterol was negatively correlated with SUA significantly (r=-0.21, -0.25, P ＜ 0.05, 0.01); diastolic blood pressure in men and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in women were positively correincluded to Logistic regression equation were age, body mass index and triglyceride [OR (95%CI): 1.048 (1.023-1.073), P=0.000; OR (95%CI): 1.156(1.096-1.219), P=0.000; OR (95%CI): 1.436 (1.224-1.684), P=0.000].uricemia is correlated with hypertension and various kinds of dyslipidemia.The elevation of SUA may be an important marker of cardiovascular dismay affect SUA mostly, and increase the risk for hyperuricemia.

Objective To investigate the inducing effects of chemokines [fractalkine (FKN), IP-10] and different signal pathway inhibitors on NK cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME). Methods Immunohistochemistry was performed using antibodies for CD56 and DAP10 respectively on human breast carcinoma. Murine macrophages (RAW 264.7) and breast cancer cells (4T1) were co-cultivated at a 1:4 ratio to imitate the TME with NK cells (KY-1) set as the object. RT-PCR was used to determine the mRNA expressions of CD16, NKG2D and NK1.1, and the content of CD107a in the supernatants was determined by ELISA. 10ng/ ml FKN and 10ng/ml IP-10 were added into the TME, NK1.1+CD16+KY-1 cells were counted with flow cytometry, migration and adhesion assays were used to assess the related function of KY-1 cells. 4T1 cells were incubated in 10nmol/L of rapamycin, 30μmol/ L of LY294002, 500ng/μl of andrographolide and 2mmol/L of wortmannin, the 4T1 tumor supernatants (TSNs) were harvested separately and used to incubate RAW 264.7 for 48h, then the expressions of Rae1α and H60a mRNA in 4T1, RAW 264.7 and their mixture were determined by RT-PCR. Results The related indicators of KY-1 cells such as NK1.1+ number, chemotaxis rate, and adhesion function decreased obviously in TME, and the above indices increased after the addition of FKN and IP-10, and some signal pathway inhibitors indirectly promoted NK cells' function in TME, and among them rapamycin was the most efficient one (P<0.05). Conclusion FKN and IP-10 may up-regulate the number and function of NK cells in TME, and rapamycin can promote NK cells' killing function by inducing high expression of NKG2DLs (Rae1, H60a) on tumor cells.

Objective To investigate the detection of IMP andVIM metallo-β-lactamases (MβLs)genes in clinically iso-lated gram-negative bacteria as well as bacterial resistance toβ-lactam antimicrobial agents.Methods 113 clinically isolated bacteria were performed antimicrobial susceptibility testing by Kirby-Bauer method ,drug-resistant genes IMP and VIM were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR),PCR products were sequenced and aligned with BLAST software. Results VIM gene was detected in 1 Pseudomonas fluorescens strain ,IMP gene was detected in 15 strains ,they were Klebsiella pneumoniae (n=6),Acinetobacter baumannii (n=3),Escherichia coli (n=2),Ralstonia picket-tii (n=1),Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n=1 ),Citrobacter amalonaticua (n=1 ),and Enterobacter cloacae (n=1 ). BLAST results showed that VIM gene was VIM-2 subtype,similarity with gene bank was 99%;all IMP genes were IMP-1 subtype,which were highly homologous ,similarity was 98%-99%.Resistant rates of IMP positive strains to ceftriaxone,cefotaxime,cefoxitin,aztreonam and imipenem were all significantly higher than negative strains (all P <0.05).Conclusion IMP genes of different strains are highly homologous,all are IMP-1 type,indi-cating that IMP genes are highly transmissible and can spread among different species of bacteria.IMP genes are related with resistance ofβ-lactam antimicrobial agents.

Objective To evaluate the safety and efficacy of Zonisamide(ZNS) as adjunctive therapy in patients with refractory partial seizures receiving other antiepileptic drags (AEDs).Methods This was a randomized,double-blind,placebo-controlled study conducted at multi-centers.All 240 subjects were randomized to either the ZNS group or the placebo group in a 1:1 ratio.The double-blind treatment phase included a titration phase during which zonisamide dose inereased from 100 mg/day to 300 mg/day over 4 weeks and then a 12-week fixed-dose phase.The primary efficacy endpoint was,the median % reduction from baseline in all pattial seizure frequency(CPS+SPS+SGS)during the fixed-dose phase.The important secondaw endpoint wag the responder rate.Safety profiles and tolerance were also evaluated.Results The FAS analysis showed the median reduction from baseline in the ZNS group was greater than in the placebo group(48.4%vs 26.6%),the difference was significant for ZNS compared with placebo(F=4.904,P=0.028);The responder rates for all partial seizures(48.6%vs34.9%,X2=4.046,P=0.044)and for complex seizures(52.2% vs 33.3%,X2=5.607,P=0.018)were significantly higber in the ZNS group than in the placebo group in the FAS population.The overall adverse events(AEs)profile was comparable between the two groups.The most frequent AEs considered to be related to zonisamide by the investigator were headache,dizziness,somnolence,anorexia,nausea,etc.Conclusions ZNS is superior to placebo in reducing the frequency of partial seizures and well-tolerated.ZNS could be a choice of adjunctive therapy in patients with refractory partial seizures.

Blood Gas Analysis ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents ; therapeutic use ; Respiration, Artificial ; adverse effects ; Vecuronium Bromide ; therapeutic use

The extracting technology of salidroside, tyrosol, crenulatin and gallic acid from Rhodiolae Crenulatae Radix et Rhizoma was optimized. With extraction rate of salidroside, tyrosol, crenulatin and gallic acid as indexes, orthogonal test was used to evaluate effect of 4 factors on extracting technology, including concentration of solvent, the dosage of solvent, duration of extraction, and frequency of extraction. The results showed that, the best extracting technology was to extract in 70% alcohol with 8 times the weight of herbal medicine for 2 times, with 3 hours once. High extraction rate of salidroside, tyrosol, crenulatin and gallic acid were obtained with the present technology. The extracting technology was stable and feasible with high extraction rate of four compounds from Rhodiolae Crenulatae Radix et Rhizoma, it was suitable for industrial production.
Chemical Fractionation ; methods ; Chemistry, Pharmaceutical ; methods ; Coumarins ; isolation & purification ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; isolation & purification ; Gallic Acid ; isolation & purification ; Glucosides ; isolation & purification ; Phenols ; isolation & purification ; Phenylethyl Alcohol ; analogs & derivatives ; isolation & purification ; Rhizome ; chemistry ; Rhodiola ; chemistry

Objective To discuss the reasons of iatrogenic nipple-areola necrosis and to investigate clinical effect of nipple-areola reconstruction by three-bladed flap combined with free skin graft.Methods Between May 2012 and May 2015,13 patients with nipple-areola necrosis caused by iatrogenic reasons were treated with our new method.We designed a skate flap on the new nipple site.After incising skin,three-bladed flap was cross-stitched to form a new nipple.New areola was reconstructed by free skin graft,which was obtained from perineum or contralateral areola,and margin of the donor area was sutured after proper free from surrounding tissues.Being deducted subcutaneous tissue,the full-thickness skin graft was sutured around the nipple just like letter O.After operation,the areola area was pressurized bandaging,and the nipple was drawn by silk at least one month.Results The incisions were all primary healing.Over a mean period of 8 months (range 6-18),all patients were satisfied with the results.No significant asymmetry occured.The average nipple retraction rate was 10.03％.In 13 patients,there was no infection,bleeding or hematoma and skin flap necrosis.Conclusions Nipple-areola necrosis occurs when the blood supply is not protected carefully during a breast plastic surgery.Therefore,we take full advantage of the scar tissue which has hyperpigmentation.Reconstructive nipple-areola complex has good shape,and there is no need to tattoo after operation.