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December 2019 witnessed the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan and spread of the epidemic across the country. As a provincial designated hospital for critical patients, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University responded rapidly since then by advocating the four-concentration principles, namely " concentrating patients, experts, resources and treatment" . In its rescue of critical patients, the hospital formulated comprehensive emergency plans, optimized hospital-wide resources, effectively arranged rescue spacing, established medical echelons, and implemented multi-disciplinary strategy. These efforts ensured efficient rescue and treatment, achieving a cure rate up to 98.7% of such patients, with no deaths.
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To meet community demands with optimal Chinese and conventional medical treatment, the University of Hong Kong is promoting integrative medicine by developing Chinese medicine programmes that train students of both Western and Chinese medicine. The programmes emphasize multi-disciplinary training and interaction between the two therapeutic approaches, enabling students to establish reliable, consistent, and respectful mutual cooperation in their future careers.
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For thousands of years, moxibustion has been used for various diseases in China and other Asian countries. Despite the recent surge in Chinese herbal studies, few randomized controlled trials have been conducted on this modality, possibly due to the lacking of suitable double blinding methodology. This is a review of extant sham moxa devices and an introduction to a recently developed device that needs further validation.
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The study focused on tertiary public hospitals in Hangzhou,investigating the comments of both hospitals workers and foreigners in the city with questionnaires and literature search.The foilowing four problems were identified in the study in the foreigner medical services in Hangzhou:Communication barriers between doctors and foreign patients,insufficient communication of medical service information,poor service environment and service attitude,and payment mechanism for medical insurance and charges.On such basis,the authors recommended policy changes for the government to improve foreigner-oriented medical services,including building the regulations up to intemational customs for medical services,reforms in the payment system,medical insurance management,as well as planning and promotions of foreigner-related service institutions,and management strategies for key elements within the hospital
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of herbs for replenishing yin to tonify kidney on testicular ultrastructural changes in rats with glucocorticoid-induced kidney deficiency. METHODS: Thirty rats were randomized into three groups: normal control group, untreated group and Erdi Biejia Decoction (EDBJD)-treated group. Kidney deficiency rat model was induced by glucocorticoid. Testicular structure and ultrastructure were observed under the light microscope and the transmission electron microscope. RESULTS: The light microscope revealed the decreased thickness of seminiferous epithelium layer, reduced number of spermatogenic cells, interstitial tissue edema, and a qualitative reduction in the number of interstitial cells and hematoxylin-eosin stained cytoplasm in the untreated group. The transmission electron microscope revealed loose structure of seminiferous epithelium, degenerative mitochondria, and increased amounts of lysosome, presence of numerous cytoplasmic vacuolation and chromatin in interstitial cell cytoplasm in the untreated group. The aggregates of heterochromatin around the nuclear membrane and the shrinkage of nucleus were also observed. Compared to the untreated group, these pathological changes were inconspicuous in EDBJD-treated group. CONCLUSION: EDBJD as replenishing yin to tonify kidney herbs can suppress glucocorticoid induced pathological changes in the testes of rats.
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[Objective] To observe the effect of large-dosage Shenmai Injection on the immune function of patients with chemical therapy after pancreas carcinectomy.[Method] Randomly divide 35 cases into treatment and control groups,the treatment one takes Shenmai Injection on the basis of control one taking GEM chemical therapy;measure both T lymphocyte sub-group CD3+,CD4+,CD8+ and the percentage of NK with direct immunofluorescence technology.[Result]The NK cell,sub-group percentage of CD3+T cell and CD4+/ CD8+ ratio are much more than that in control one,with statistical meaning(P
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Objective:To explore the characteristics and influencing factors of college students' AIDS attitudes in china.Methods:1067 college students were investigated with Attitudes toward AIDS Scale, AIDS Knowledge Scale, Attitudes Toward Homosexuality Scale, Attitudes Toward HIV Risk People Questionnaire, Perceived Partners' Attitudes Toward AIDS Questionnaire, Perceived AIDS Susceptibility and Severity Questionnaire.Results:(1)College students who had different hometowns (99.5?8.1/93.0?7.6,t=4.18,P
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Objective To evaluate the management of biliary complications (BC) following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Methods From Feb 1999 to Feb 2004, 236 cases underwent OLT with end-to-end choledocho-choledochostomy. Biliary anastomosis was performed by intermittent suture with T tube placement in 96 cases, without T tube in 39 cases, by continuous suture in posterior wall and intermittent suture in anterior wall and without T tube in 101 cases. Results Thirty-two (13.3%) patients developed BC, with incidences in group 1, 2 and 3 of 17.7%, 15.4% and 7.9%, respectively. The incidence of hepatic hilar and/or intrahepatic bile duct strictures was 8.3%, 2.6% and 1.0%, respectively. BC incidence in group 3 significantly decreased. Twenty patients with biliary stricture underwent endoscopic and/or radiological interventions, and stricture resolution was achieved in 90% of patients with anastomotic strictures and 60% of patients with hepatic hilar and/or intrahepatic strictures. Conclusions Modified biliary tract reconstruction technique contributes to the decrease of BC. Endoscopic and/or radiological interventions should be used for non-ischemic anastomotic biliary strictures or simple hepatic hilar strictures.
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Objective:To evaluate the profile of mood state-short form (POMS-SF) in Chinese cancer patients. Methods:289 cancer patients were randomly assigned to experimental or control group, both groups were assessed three times (pre-, on-and post-treatment ). 385 normal people were also completed the questionnaire. Results:The correlation between the items and the TMD of the scale ranged from 0.36～0.81 (P