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Objective: To compare the effects of routine nutritional support and sufficient nutritional support on nutritional status and quality of life in patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy. Methods: From February 2016 to February 2017, 86 patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy were collected, and the nutritional risk was assessed by Nutritional Risk Screening Tools and Patient-Generated-Subjective Global Assessment. The included patients were randomized given conventional nutritional support and sufficient nutritional support (n=43 each group). At the end of chemotherapy, the effects of different nutrition support on the nutritional status and quality of life were evaluated via nutritional risk screening tools, quality of life scale, the BMI, and the level of serum total protein, serum albumin and hemoglobin. Results: The nutritional support was successfully completed both groups. In terms of nutritional status, the nutritional risk screening score was statistically significant among the nutrition support group before and after chemotherapy, and routine nutrition support group after chemotherapy (P ＜ 0. 05). In addition, the level of serum albumin and hemoglobin in the sufficient nutritional support group were significantly higher than those before chemotherapy (P ＜ 0. 05). The quality of life score, physical function, emotional function, life quality, overall symptom scale fatigue, nausea, insomnia, loss of appetite, constipation, and diarrhea in the sufficient nutrition support group were lower than those in the conventional nutritional support group (P ＜ 0. 05). Conclusions: The sufficient nutritional support can effectively improve the nutritional status and the quality of life in cancer patients with nutritional risk after chemotherapy.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To Assess therapeutic effect of ear point taping and pressing therapy combined with acupoint-injection on residual neuralgia of herpes zoster.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>One hundred and sixteen cases were randomly divided into a comprehensive group (n = 60) and a medication group (n = 56). The medication group were treated with routine western medicine, and the comprehensive group with ear point taping and pressing therapy combined with acupoint-injection besides the routine western medicine. Auricular points selected for ear point taping and pressing were Shemen, Neifenmi (endorine), Pizhixia (subcortex), Gan (liver), Dan (gallbladder), Fei (lung) and corresponding auricular points to the lesion parts, with the two ears alternatively used, pressing each day; points selected for point-injection of VitB12 were Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Quchi (LI 11), Taichong (LR 3). The pain degrees, the time of pain alleviation and pain ceasing of the patient were regularly recorded.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The average time of pain alleviation and pain ceasing of the patient in the comprehensive group were significantly shorter than those in the medication group (P < 0.01). The cured rate and the cured and markedly effective rate were 60.0% and 83.3% in the comprehensive group, and 28.6% and 50.0% in the medication group, with significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Ear point taping and pressing therapy combined with acupoint-injection is effective and safe for treatment of residual neuralgia of herpes zoster.</p>