OBJECTIVE: To compare the clinical efficacy of jingjin needling combined with rehabilitation training and conventional acupuncture combined with rehabilitation training for post-stroke spastic paralysis. METHODS: A total of 60 patients with post-stroke spastic paralysis were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, 30 cases in each one. Both groups received conventional rehabilitation training. In the observation group, jingjin needling was applied at tendon blockage points of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, and ankle. In the control group, conventional acupuncture was applied at Jianyu (LI15), Quchi (LI11), Hegu (LI4), Biguan (ST31), Fengshi (GB31), Taichong (LR3), etc. on the affected side. Treatment was given once daily, 5 days a week for 4 weeks in both groups. The scores of clinical spasticity index (CSI), modified Ashworth scale, modified Barthel index (MBI), and Fugl-Meyer assessment scale (FMA) were evaluated before and after treatment, and the onset time was compared between the two groups. RESULTS: After treatment, the scores of CSI and modified Ashworth scale were decreased compared with those before treatment (P<0.001), while the scores of MBI and FMA were increased compared with those before treatment (P<0.001) in the two groups. After treatment, the scores of CSI and modified Ashworth scale in the observation group were lower than those in the control group (P<0.05), the MBI score in the observation group was higher than that in the control group (P<0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in FMA scores between the two groups (P>0.05). The onset time of the observation group was earlier than that in the control group (P<0.05). CONCLUSION Both jingjin needling combined with rehabilitation training and conventional acupuncture combined with rehabilitation training can effectively treat post-stroke spastic paralysis, jingjin needling combined with rehabilitation training exhibits better therapeutic effect and rapider onset.
Humans ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Male ; Female ; Middle Aged ; Aged ; Stroke/complications* ; Adult ; Acupuncture Points ; Muscle Spasticity/etiology* ; Treatment Outcome ; Stroke Rehabilitation ; Paralysis/therapy* ; Combined Modality Therapy

Patients with severe trauma require an extremely timely treatment and transfusion plays an irreplaceable role in the emergency treatment of such patients. An increasing number of evidence-based medicinal evidences and clinical practices suggest that patients with severe traumatic bleeding benefit from early transfusion of low-titer group O whole blood or hemostatic resuscitation with red blood cells, plasma and platelet of a balanced ratio. However, the current domestic mode of blood supply cannot fully meet the requirements of timely and effective blood transfusion for emergency treatment of patients with severe trauma in clinical practice. In order to solve the key problems in blood supply and blood transfusion strategies for emergency treatment of severe trauma, Branch of Clinical Transfusion Medicine of Chinese Medical Association, Group for Trauma Emergency Care and Multiple Injuries of Trauma Branch of Chinese Medical Association, Young Scholar Group of Disaster Medicine Branch of Chinese Medical Association organized domestic experts of blood transfusion medicine and trauma treatment to jointly formulate Chinese expert consensus on blood support mode and blood transfusion strategies for emergency treatment of severe trauma patients ( version 2024). Based on the evidence-based medical evidence and Delphi method of expert consultation and voting, 10 recommendations were put forward from two aspects of blood support mode and transfusion strategies, aiming to provide a reference for transfusion resuscitation in the emergency treatment of severe trauma and further improve the success rate of treatment of patients with severe trauma.

This study searched for Kampo Medicine patents on the PatSnap platform and analyzed them from five aspects: patent application trends, regional distribution, legal status, technical dimensions, and patent value. It has found that the patent awareness of Kampo Medicine companies started early and matured, based on local patent technology, while paying attention to overseas market layout and expanding the scope of protection; the core technology and competitiveness were concentrated in top enterprises; enterprises have attached great importance to cooperation with research institutes and universities. This article explored the development trend of Kampo Medicine patents through data analysis, in order to provide references for the cultivation and protection of high-value Chinese materia medica of relevant departments, TCM enterprises, and research institutions in China.

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Infertility is gradually becoming a major problem affecting health worldwide, and male factors also play an important role in infertility. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are ultramicro membranous vesicles released by cells during activation or apoptosis, which play an important role in cell communication. Relevant studies have shown that extracellular vesicles contain a variety of bioactive substances and participate in infertility related pathophysiological processes by influencing the content of intercellular transmission. Therefore, we reviewed the relationship between extracellular vesicles and male infertility, and expounded the occurrence and potential treatment of male infertility from another perspective.

Objective:To analyze the change trend of survival rate after hip fragility fracture in Tianjin Hospital from 2015 to 2021, and the influence of gender, marital status, age and number of complications on survival rate.Methods:From January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2021, a total of 12,570 patients with fragility fracture of hip were retrieved, including 3,934 males and 8,636 females. The age at admission was 74.11±9.50 years and 74.62±8.99 years respectively. By comparing the ID number with the Tianjin population information database, 2,054 cases died, including 804 males and 1,250 females, aged 81.34±7.88 years and 81.92±7.42 years respectively at the time of death. Acquire the patient's survival status, calculate the cumulative survival rate at 3 month intervals, study the change rule of the cumulative survival rate over time, and use Kaplan-Meier method to calculate the cumulative survival rate of the whole population and the impact of gender, marital status, age, and number of complications on the survival rate.Results:The median survival time of all the dead people after fracture was 13(3, 31) months, including 11(2, 27) months for males and 15(4, 32) months for females. Joinpoint regression showed that 9 months after the hip fragility fracture was the break point of the survival rate. The mortality rate changed significantly within 9 months after fracture (the annual change rate was 47%), and slowed down 9 months later (the annual change rate was 1%). There was a statistically significant difference in trend detection before and after the break point ( P<0.05). The age at admission was 80.11±7.71 years for the dead and 73.36±9.01 years for the non dead, with a statistically significant difference ( t=31.80, P<0.001). After normalization, the number of complications was 0.20±0.93 among the dead and 0.00±0.87 among the non dead, with a statistically significant difference ( t=88.81, P<0.001). The survival rate of men after hip fracture is lower than that of women, the number of people without spouse is lower than that of people with spouse, the number of people with more than 70 years old is lower than that of people with less than 70 years old, and the number of complications ≥2 people is lower than that of people with less than 1 complication, all of which are statistically significant ( P<0.05). Conclusion:The survival rate within 9 months after the occurrence of hip fragility fracture decreased significantly, and it needs to be tracked and managed for at least 9 months to effectively reduce the risk of death; Male, no spouse, age>70 years old, number of complications ≥2 will increase the risk of death after hip fragility fracture, leading to reduced survival rate of patients.

Life sciences are the disciplines most closely related with human beings. As experimental disciplines, life sciences develop rapidly and highly intersect in many scientific fields. Under the "double first-class" initiative, the comprehensive development-oriented talent training system has put forward an urgent need for life sciences literacy and comprehensive ability training of college students. Taking the reform of liberal education curriculum system as an opportunity, we developed a series of eight life sciences practical liberal courses for students with non-biology majors. The courses cover all sub-disciplines or directions of life sciences, and aim to foster interdisciplinary talents with life sciences knowledge and literacy, as well as practical and innovative abilities. These courses could serve as references for experimental teaching centers in colleges and universities to set up practical liberal and experimental courses.
Biological Science Disciplines ; Curriculum ; Humans ; Students ; Universities

Objective:The study aimed to evaluate the effect of systemic-pulmonary shunt(SPS) on the infants with tetralogy of Fallot(TOF) with hypoplasia pulmonary arteries.Methods:Among 949 infants less than three-year-old who underwent surgical intervention between January 2010 and December 2015, 853 infants underwent one-stage primary repair(group Ⅰ), whereas 96 infants underwent SPS(group Ⅱ). Among them, 546 were males and 403 were females. The average age and average weight at operation were 13 months and 9.4 kg, respectively. 20.8% infants had clinical symptoms before operation. Perioperative and follow-up parameters were assessed including age, weight, sex, transcutaneous oxygen saturation(SPO 2), preoperative clinic symptom, ratio of McGoon, NAKATA index, Z score of pulmonary annulus, left ventricular end diastolic diameter(LVEDD). Results:There were 28(3.0%) early postoperative deaths in the whole group. And no significant difference in mortality was found between group Ⅰ(2.9%) and group Ⅱ(3.1%). Compared with group Ⅰ, age and weight were significantly lower in patients in group Ⅱ[(0.95±0.56)years old vs.(1.09±0.59)years old] and[(8.6±1.8)kg vs.(9.5±2.1)kg], respectively. Patients in group Ⅱ had a lower SPO 2(0.75±0.09 vs. 0.85±0.09) and was more prone to appear hypoxic spell(30.2% vs. 19.7%) than patients in group Ⅰ. Patients in group Ⅱ had a more poor development in pulmonary artery. The ratio of McGoon, NAKATA index and Z score of pulmonary annulus in group Ⅱ were significantly less than that in group Ⅰ[1.4±0.3 vs. 1.9±0.5, (124±43)mm 2/m 2 vs.(222±88)mm 2/m 2 and-4.3±2.6 vs.-2.3±2.1], respectively. There was no difference of extubation time bewteen two groups. SPO 2 rose significantly from 0.75 to 0.83 after SPS. And after SPS, the diameter of main pulmonary artery, the ratio of McGoon, NAKATA index and Z score of pulmonary annulus increased significantly from 6.4 mm, 1.42, 126.4 mm 2/m 2 and -4.3 to 9.2 mm, 1.83, 212.6 mm 2/m 2 and -2.4, respectively. Moreover, LVEDD also increased significantly from 21.2 mm to 24.5 mm after SPS. Conclusion:SPS is safe and effective for little infants with anoxic spell and hypoplasia pulmonary arteries. SPS can improve oxygenation significantly and delay the age for radical surgery. SPS also promote the growth of the pulmonary arteries, pulmonary valve annulus and left ventricular, and it facilitates the preservation of pulmonary valve annulus and reduce the rate of transannular patching in a portion of infants.

Objective:To analyze the surgical method and clinical effect of modified anterolateral approach in the treatment of posterolateral tibial plateau fractures.Methods:From January 2014 to December 2017, 21 patients with posterolateral tibial plateau fractures were treated by the modified anterolateral approach in the second people's Hospital of Tangshan, Hebei Province were retrospectively analyzed.The outpatient department conducted regular reexaminations 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after the operation.Rasmussen radiology score, hospital for special surgery (HSS) score of knee function and Lysholm score were used to evaluate the postoperative knee function, and the score results were statistically analyzed.Results:The Rasmussen radiological score of 21 patients immediately after surgerywas (16.96±1.67), ranging from 15.00 to 18.00, with excellent in 15 cases, good in 6 cases, and the excellent and good rate was 100%.Rasmussen radiology score (16.57±1.51) in the last follow-up, ranging from 15.00 to 18.00, showed no significant difference between the last follow-up and the immediate postoperative ( t=0.935, P>0.05). At the last follow-up, the HSS score of knee joint function was (88.55±7.25), ranging from 80.00 to 9.00.At the last follow-up, Lysholm score (86.64±4.34), ranging from 82.00 to 90.00, was excellent in 15 cases, good in 6 cases, and excellent in 100%. Conclusion:The modified anterolateral approach for the treatment of posterolateral tibial plateau fractures is effective and simple, and can achieve good clinical results.

Objective To investigate the effects of calycosin, formononetin, calycosin-7-glucoside and ononin on PC 12 cells differentiation. Methods PC 12 cells were cultured and treated with different concentrations of nerve growth factor (NGF), calycosin, formononetin, calycosin-7-glucoside and ononin for 5 days, once a day, 3 times in a row. The neurite outgrowth of PC 12 cells was observed and the expression of β III-tubulin were measured by immunofluorescence. Results Compared with the vehicle group, neurite outgrowth and the expression of β III tubulin in PC 12 cells had not promoted by calycosin, formononetin, calycosin-7-glucoside and ononin (0.01-10.00 μmol/L). Conclusion PC 12 cells differentiation could not be induced by calycosin, formononetin, calycosin-7-glucoside and ononin.