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Objective To investigate the effect of physician guidance on cigarette cessation in current smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD).Methods Cigarette cessation education and routine telephone follow-up was provided for 70 COPD patients.Pulmonary function and exhaled carbon monoxide level were detected every 3 months.Results After 6 months' follow-up,28 participants(40.00%) successfully quitted cigarette smoking.Seventeen subjects (24.28%) experienced relapse,with mean cessation time(3.08±0.33) months.Once receiving physician guidance,5 re-attempted to quit cigarette smoking,and 12 reduced tobacco consumption. Sixteen subjects(22.86%) did not quit smoking,although the mean cigarette consumption per day was decreased by 60%.Nine participants (12.86%) showed no change in smoking habit. Conclusion Physician guidance could impreve the rate of cigarette cessation in COPD patients.Intensive intervention may be correlated with successful smoking cessation.
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Objective To understand the clinical value on the detection of carcinoembryonic antigen mRNA (CEA mRNA), cytokeratin 19 mRNA (CK19 mRNA) and telomerase in blood for the monitoring of blood metastasis of lung cancer. Methods CEA mRNA and CK19 mRNA were detected by reverse transcriptase-nested primers-polymerase chain reaction, telomerase was detected by telomeric repeat amplification protocol-hybridism-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in peripheral blood. Results The positive rates of the three tumor markers in lung cancer group were much higher than the non-tumor group and the health group (P<0.001). The sensibility of CEA mRNA and telomerase were much higher than CK19 mRNA (P<0.01). The positive rates of the markers in TNM stages Ⅲ and Ⅳ were much higher than in stages Ⅰ (P<0.05 to P<0.01). Conclusion It had high value that detecting CEA mRNA, CK19 mRNA and telomerase in peripheral blood on the discovery of blood metastasis of lung cancer. Among them, the clinical value of CEA mRNA and telomerase are higher than CK19 mRNA, and combined assay of the markers can improve the sensibility.
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Objective To explore the influence of health education on living quality and medical compliance of patients suffering from gynecologic malignant tumor. Methods 69 cases of patients suffer-ing from gynecologic malignant tumor were divided into the observation group (35 cases) and the control group(34 cases). The control group was conducted with routine instructions of treatment and nursing, while individualized health education was given to the patients of the observation group and their relatives based on routine treatment and nursing. The living quality and medical compliance were observed in two groups separately on admission and half year after treatment. Results The living quality of the observation group was better than that of the control group as well as the medical compliance. Conclusions Individualized health education can improve the living quality and medical compliance of patients suffering from gyneco-logic malignant tumor to ensure the treatment effect of disease and is feasible as well.