OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the curative effect of Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) who suffered with chronic rhinosinusitis by acoustic rhinometry. METHOD: We collected 60 patients who accepted FESS for chronic rhinosinusitis, and calculated the mean minimal cross-sectional area (MCSA), nasal volume (NV), nasal airway resistance (NAR) by acoustic rhinometry within endoscopy to estimate the curative effect of FESS. RESULT: Four weeks after FESS, the patients' ethmoid sinus,maxillary sinus,frontal sinus and sphenoid sinus were clear by endoscopy. Meanwhile, the mean MCSA and NV by acoustic rhinometry were increased, NAR by acoustic rhinometry were descended. There were significant differences between the quantitative levels before and 4 weeks after FESS. CONCLUSION As the determining methods of nasal function before and after FESS, acoustic rhinometry and endoscopy can be used to comprehensively evluate the curative effect of FESS.
Airway Resistance ; Chronic Disease ; Endoscopy ; methods ; Ethmoid Sinus ; Female ; Frontal Sinus ; Humans ; Male ; Maxillary Sinus ; Rhinitis ; surgery ; Rhinometry, Acoustic ; Sinusitis ; surgery ; Sphenoid Sinus

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of intervention measures enforced by clinical pharmacists on reducing dosage of benzodiazepines. METHODS: Clinical pharmacists described benzodiazepine withdrawal scheme for adult patients who were treated with repeated benzodiazepine prescription more than 3 months. 10% of benzodiazepines dose was reduced every two weeks and single blind drug withdrawal was carried out. RESULTS: Consumption of benzodiazepine was reduced significantly by 70.50% after intervening by pharmacists. CONCLUSION: Clinical pharmacists play an important role in benzodiazepine withdrawal, whose intervention is rapid and useful method for physicians reducing dosage of benzodiazepines.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate potentially inappropriate medication among hospitalized older patients. METHODS: A total of 426 inpatients aged 60 s years old were included in study. The incidence of potentially inappropriate medication was defined on the basis of Beers Criteria (2003 edition). RESULTS: 426 inpatients whose mean ages were 74.8 years old took 8 kinds of medicine per patient. Our study revealed that 58 cases (13.6%) of potentially inappropriate medication were associated with drugs; 47 cases (11.0%) were dependent on disease or condition. CONCLUSIONS: A high prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication in hospitalized older patients requires further steps to prevent its occurrence.

It is confirmed that chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) caused by Helicobacter pylori is the main cause of gastric precancerous lesions.CAG is also the key determinant in gastric cancer risk assessment,which affects pepsinogen and gastrin-17 secretion.Most of the gastric cancer patients have poor prognosis,and non-invasive tools for gastric cancer screening and diagnosis are lacking.Therefore,the early detection of gastric cancer in order to reduce the disease mortality is necessary.Pepsinogen and gastrin-17 are biomarkers of gastric mucosa and gastric antra.The serological testing for the stomach-specific biomarkers offers the possibility to know preneoplastic gastric mucosal conditions.

OBJECTIVE： To analyze the situation of drug instruction revision and promote the standardization. METHODS： By reviewing the laws and regulations on the management of drug instructions in China， inquiring the official documents of drug instruction revision during Jan. 2015 to May 2019， the types of drugs involved and the revised items were analyzed， and the contents and shortcomings of the drug instructions and their revision process were summarized. RESULTS： A total of 112 revision notices were issued in 5 years （20， 28， 19， 34， 11 revision notices in 2015-2019， respectively）， involving 270 varieties. There were 109 prescription drugs， 161 OTC， 158 Chinese medicines， 105 chemicals， and 2 biological products. The revised items mainly focus on safety information such as precautions， adverse reactions， contraindications， and additional warnings， including 100， 85， 103， 52 items. However， in combination with clinical practice， the author found that there were still some problems， such as non-standard writting drug instructions， lack of supervision on the implementation of the revision， and no notification to the relevant users after the revision， which seriously threatened the safety of drug use. CONCLUSIONS： The included specifications of drug instructions are not well regulated， the implementation of the revised instructions is not doing well， the delineation of rights and obligations is confused， and the legal binding force is not strong. The standardization of drug instructions in China needs further improvement.

Objective:To explore the application of PDCA (plan, do, check, act) cycle theory in the teaching of eight-year clinical medical students for the course of Laboratory Diagnostics.Methods:From September 2021 to November 2022, the students majoring in clinical medicine of eight-year system who were studying the course of Laboratory Diagnostics at Peking Union Medical College were selected as the research objects. The teaching reform of the course of Laboratory Diagnostics was carried out according to the four stages of PDCA cycle theory, and the teaching effect was evaluated by the final examination results and questionnaire survey scores of the students.Results:The score of theoretical examination of eight-year students in 2018 was (86.7±4.68) points, which was higher than that of students in 2017 [(83.3±3.89) points], and the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.05). The questionnaire survey results of the two groups of students showed that the rating of experimental course was higher than that of theoretical course ( P<0.05). After the teaching reform based on PDCA cycle theory, the questionnaire survey scores of theoretical course [(3.83±0.25) points vs (2.94±0.28) points] and experimental course [(4.13±0.09) points vs (3.32±0.12) points] in students of 2018 were higher than those of 2017 (all P<0.001). Conclusion:PDCA cycle theory provides new methods and ideas for teaching management, which helps to improve the performance of clinical medical students of eight-year system and their recognition of the course.