1.Clinical Observation on Fire Needling in Treating Lumbar Disc Herniation of Cold-Damp Type Under the Guidance of Meridian Sinew Theory
Cuilian ZHU ; Shuping LUO ; Xingxing SHEN ; Xuemeng XU ; Bin NIE
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;42(1):147-152
Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of fire needling in treating lumbar disc herniation(LDH)of cold-damp type under the guidance of meridian sinew theory.Methods A total of 70 cases of patients with LDH of cold-damp type were randomly divided into observation group and control group,35 cases in each group,the control group was given conventional acupuncture treatment,and the observation group was treated with fire needling under the guidance of meridian sinew theory on the basis of the treatment of the control group,and the course of treatment covered three courses,one week as a course.After three courses of treatment,the clinical efficacy of the two groups was evaluated,and the changes in the Visual Analogue Scale(VAS)scores of pain,the Japanese Orthopedic Association(JOA)scores,and traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)syndrome scores of patients in the two groups before and after treatment were observed.Results(1)During the study,there were three cases in the observation group and five cases in the control group were failed to follow-up.Finally,32 cases in the observation group and 30 cases in the control group were included in the efficacy statistics.(2)The total effective rate was 93.75%(30/32)in the observation group and 86.67%(26/30)in the control group.The clinical efficacy of the observation group was superior to that of the control group,and the difference being statistically significant(P<0.05).(3)After treatment,the VAS and JOA scores of patients in the two groups improved significantly(P<0.05),and the improvement in the observation group was significantly superior to that in the control group,the difference being statistically significant(P<0.05).(4)After treatment,the TCM scores of the two groups of patients improved significantly(P<0.05),and the improvement in the observation group was significantly superior to that in the control group,the difference being statistically significant(P<0.05).Conclusion Under the guidance of the meridian sinew theory,fire needling in treating LDH of cold-damp type can significantly reduce the degree of pain,improve the lumbar function,alleviate LDH-related symptoms,so as to improve the patients'quality of life.
2.Effectiveness, safety and cost of urinary follicle stimulating hormone in controlled ovarian stimulation in China: multi-center retrospective cohort study of 102 061 in vitro fertilization cycles
Yimin ZHU ; Yue GAO ; Donghong NAI ; Linli HU ; Lei JIN ; Ying ZHONG ; Ze WU ; Guimin HAO ; Qiongfang WU ; Yichun GUAN ; Hong JIANG ; Cuilian ZHANG ; Minli LIU ; Xiaohong WANG ; Xiaoming TENG ; Jinliang DUAN ; Liran LI ; Yue ZHANG ; Hong YE
Chinese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2022;57(7):510-518
Objective:To explore the effectiveness, safety and cost between urinary follicle stimulating hormone (uFSH) and recombinant follicle stimulating hormone (rFSH) in controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) in China.Methods:Data were collected from 16 reproductive centers in China covering oocytes collection time from May 1, 2015 to June 30, 2018. Eligible patients were over 18 years old, adopting COS with uFSH (uFSH group) or rFSH (rFSH group) as start gonadotropins (Gn), and using in vitro fertilization (IVF) and (or) intracytoplasmic sperm injection for fertilisation, excluding frozen embryo recovery cycle. Generalised estimating equation was used to address the violation of independency assumption between cycles due to multiple IVF cycles for one person and clustering nature of cycles carried out within one center. Controlling variables included age, body mass index, anti-Müllerian hormone level, cause of infertility, ovulation protocol, type of fertilisation, number of embryos transferred, number of days of Gn use.Results:Totally 102 061 cycles met eligibility criteria and were included in the analyses. In terms of effectiveness, after controlling relevant unbalanced baseline characteristics, compared with rFSH group, the high oocyte retrieval (>15 oocytes was considered high retrieval) rate of uFSH group significantly decreased in gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist protocol ( OR=0.642, P<0.01) and in gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist protocol ( OR=0.556, P=0.001), but the clinical pregnancy rate per transfer cycle and the live birth rate per transfer cycle significantly increased ( OR=1.179, OR=1.169, both P<0.01) in both agonist and antagonist protocols. For safety, multiple analysis result demonstrated that in the agonist protocol, compared with rFSH group, the incidence of moderate to severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome of uFSH group significantly decreased ( OR=0.644, P=0.002). The differences in ectopic pregnancy rate and multiple pregnancy rate between the uFSH and rFSH groups were not significant ( P=0.890, P=0.470) in all patients. In terms of cost, compared with rFSH group, the uFSH group had lower total Gn costs for each patient ( P<0.01). Conclusion:For patients who underwent COS, uFSH has better safety, and economic profiles over rFSH in China.
3.A Cohort Study of the Effect of Environmental Lead Exposure on Children Behavior Problems
Zhongping ZHU ; Tong SHEN ; Cuilian YU
Journal of Environment and Health 1992;0(02):-
Objective To study the effect of lead exposure in different development periods (father BBLL and mother BBLL,MPBLL,UCBLL,IBLL,CBLL) on children behavior problems. Methods From 1996 to 2004,a nine-year epidemiological cohort study was conducted in a place with severe environmental lead pollution, Guichi district of Chizhou city in Anhui province, China. 210 newly-married couples with the intention to pregnancy and living around a lead and zinc smelt factory from Dec,1996 to Dec,1998 until delivery and then their offspring were chosen. 161 children were investigated through the questionnaires and Achenbach child behavior checklist(CBCL)at Nov,2001 and Aug,2004. Meanwhile, 210 couples baseline blood (father BBLL and mother BBLL), 93 mid-pregnancy blood(MPBLL), 98 umbilical cord blood (UCBLL),165 blood of infants(IBLL), 161 blood of children (CBLL) were collected to determined the levels of lead by PE-AA800 atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Results Geometric mean of mother BBLL, father BBLL, children BLL, infants BLL, UCBLL and MPBLL were (62.71?2.18)?g/L,(72.93?2.06)?g/L, (91.93?1.58)?g/L, (130.39?1.88)?g/L, (54.32?2.11)?g/L and (50.93?1.95)?g/L respectively,and the proportion of blood lead level at which were higher than 100 ?g/L were 32.38%, 38.10%, 45.34%, 43.03%, 10.20%, 9.68% respectively. In 161 infants, the incidence of abnormal behavior problems was 16.1%. The scores of delinquent and abruption in boys were significant higher than those in girls, while the scores of depression and social withdrawal in girls were higher than those in boys. The single correlative and the multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that the score of abruption was positively correlated significantly with MPBLL(?=0.162,P

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