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OBJECTIVE@#To evaluate the effects of the pestle needling therapy on the vibration perception threshold (VPT) and the quality of life (QOL) in the patients of high-risk diabetic foot.@*METHODS@#A total of 132 patients of high risk diabetic foot were randomized into an observation group and a control group, 66 cases in each one. In the control group, the routine treatment and nursing for diabetes were applied. In the observation group, on the base of the treatment as the control group, the pestle needling therapy was used at , , , Zusanli (ST 36), Yongquan (KI 1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6) and Taixi (KI 3). The intervention with the pestle needling therapy was given once every day, consecutively for 4 weeks. The follow-up visit was conducted in 3 months and 6 months after the intervention. Vibration perception threshold (VPT) was observed before and after intervention in the two groups. Separately, before intervention, at the end of intervention, 3 months after intervention and 6 months after intervention, the type 2 diabetes mellitus quality life scale (DMQLS), the revised edition was adopted to compare the QOL between the two groups. The effects were evaluated in the two groups.@*RESULTS@#After intervention, the VPT and QOL were all improved in the two groups (<0.01, <0.05). In the observation group, after intervention, VPT at the first toes and the dorsum of the feet was lower than the control group at the same time point (all <0.01). In the observation group, the total scores and the score of each dimension item in the DMQLS of the revised edition were all lower than the control group correspondently at the end of intervention, 3 months after intervention and 6 months after intervention (<0.01, <0.05). The repeated ANOVA results showed that the differences were significant in the total scores and the score of each dimension in the aspects of time, inter-group and interaction effect (<0.01, <0.05). The total scores and score of each dimension item in the DMQLS were lower than those the earlier time point (<0.01, <0.05). The total effective rate was 100.0% in the observation group, which was superior to 95.1% (59/62) in the control group (<0.05).@*CONCLUSION@#The pestle needling therapy reduces the foot VPT and improves the sensory nerve function of the foot and the QOL in the patients of high-risk diabetic foot.
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Humans , Acupuncture Therapy , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 , Diabetic Foot , Therapeutics , Perception , Quality of Life , VibrationABSTRACT
Objective: To evaluate the relation between preoperative anxiety and pain threshold in patients with hysteromyoma, and to investigate the effect of anxiety on postoperative analgesia. Methods: Fifty patients with hysteromyoma were included and evaluated the anxiety level with the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) 1 day before hysterectomy. Threshold of heat pain and cold pain of all patients were also assessed by quantitative sensory testing (QST) at the same time. All patients received hysterectomy under the combined spinal epidural anesthesia,and 2 mg morphine were injected to their epidural spaces 10 min before the end of surgery. Visual analgesia scores (VAS, 0～10) were performed to evaluate the level of pain at 0 h, 2 h, 6 h and 12 h after the operation. The time of first ambulation after operation were also recorded to help assess the effect of postoperative analgesia. Results:The average SAS scores of all these 50 patients was (48.7±10.3) . And 13 cases (26%) were with mild anxiety (SAS=50-59), whereas 5 cases (10%) were with moderate or severe anxiety (SAS≥60) . The threshold of heat pain and cold pain were (37.8±3.1)℃ and (15.8±3.6)℃.VAS at all investigated time points was 0,(1.4±1.1), (3.3±1.6) and (4.4±2.1) . There was significantly negative correlation between the SAS scores and the pain threshold of all patients with anxiety (r=-0.67, -0.56; Ps<0.001). But for these patients, the correlations between the SAS scores and VAS scores at 6h and 12h after the operation were positive (r=0.48,0.55, Ps<0.001) . Furthermore, the average time of first ambulation after operation in those anxious patients was later than that in the patients with no anxiety (SAS<50) [(46.6±7.1) h vs.(39.8±9.3) h, P <0.05].Conclusion: The higher level of preoperative anxiety in patients with hysteromyoma is correlated to higher level ofpain threshold, less effect of analgesia and longer time to recovery. It indicates that it is necessary to assess preoper-ative anxiety in patients with hysteromyoma.
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AIM and METHODS: A study of radioimmunoimaging was carried out on Kcnming mice - uterine cervical cancer (U14) using 99mTc labeled monoclonal Au14-1 with a modified Schwartaz method. RESULTS: The bio - distribution showed that radioactivity accumulated in tumor tissue at 12h after 99mTc - Au14- 1 injection in tail vein. The uptake by tumor was 4. 12 % ID/g at 2h and 8. 79 % ID/g at 24h respectively. The tumor/non - tumor (T/NT) radiocativity ratios for organs except kidneys were ranged from 2.02 to 6.71 at 24h post - injection. The image of tumor showed at 12h and clearer at 24h after injection. CONCLUSION: The quality of tumor image was relevant to the T/NT radioactivity ratios. It was demonstrated that 99mTc- Au14-1 has a good capability of localization for tumor.