Famous veteran traditional Chinese medicine doctors' medication rules in treating spermatorrhea / 中国中药杂志

To explore famous veteran traditional Chinese medicine( TCM) doctors' medication rules in treating spermatorrhea based on the medical cases about spermatorrhea collected from Hundred TCM Clinical Doctors of Hundred Years in China and Proven Cases and National Medical Master Test Case. Researchers extracted such data as medicinal and therapies from these cases according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Then,Excle 2010,SPSS Clementine 12. 0 and SPSS 22. 0 were adopted respectively for frequency analysis,association rules analysis,cluster analysis and factor analysis. Cluster analysis was carried out by Ochiai algorithm of binary variable data,one of the systematic clustering methods. And principal component analysis was used for factor analysis. Finally,27 medical cases and 41 prescriptions were included in total. The frequency analysis showed that the most common therapy was the astringent therapy( n = 28),which was followed by the tonifying method,tranquilizing method,heat-clearing method,damp-dispelling method and Qiregulating method. The top three kinds of high-frequency traditional Chinese medicines were Poria,Ostreae Concha and Dioscoreae Rhizoma. The association rules analysis found out 11 association rules of medicine pairs,23 association rules of medicine combinations of the three kinds of herbs and 6 association rules of medicine combinations of five kinds of herbs. Among them,the representatives were Rubi Fructus→Fossilia Ossis Mastodi,Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata + Corni Fructus→Dioscoreae Rhizoma,and Pinelliae Rhizoma→Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium,which showed the therapeutic characteristics of astringing,tonifying the kidney and replenishing essence,fortifying the spleen and dispelling dampness. Moreover,7 medicine groups with relevance were extracted from the tree map generated by cluster analysis,including " Phellodendri Chinensis Cortex and Anemarrhenae Rhizoma" and " Angelicae Sinensis Radix,Rehmanniae Radix,Bupleuri Radix and Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma",which demonstrated the effects of nourishing Yin and purging fire,tonifying and soothing the liver. Besides,totally 12 common factors were obtained according to factor analysis,including 14 drug combinations,like " Amomi Fructus,Anemarrhenae Rhizoma and Phellodendri Chinensis Cortex" and " Nelumbinis Stamen,Moutan Cortex,Poria and Scrophulariae Radix",which indicated the compatibility characteristics of tonifying the spleen and purging fire,dispelling dampness and clearing heat. In conclusion,data mining techniques( including frequency analysis,association rules analysis,cluster analysis and factor analysis) were used to comprehensively analyze the famous veteran TCM doctors' medication rules in treating spermatorrhea,which was helpful for guiding the clinical practice of treating spermatorrhea in TCM.

Application of simplified adjustment formula for coagulation test in individuals with erythrocytosis / 临床检验杂志

Objective To explore a simplified method of coagulation test for the individuals with erythrocytosis. Methods The antico-agulants, blood volume and fixed blood collecting volume were adjusted by the formula: anticoagulants (mL)＝(100－HCT×100)× blood (mL)×0.001 85. A total of 124 blood samples for coagulation testing in which the calcium ( Ca2+) interval was designated and hematocrit (HCT) was more than 55% were tested with calibrated anticoagulants, adjusted blood volume and fixed blood collection vol-ume [anticoagulant(mL)/0.055 5]. The results of plasma prothrombin time (PT), international standardization ratio (INR) and acti-vated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) before and after adjustment were compared. The results of the samples from 3 groups after adjustment were also compared. The relationship of HCT with unadjusted PT and APTT were simultaneously observed. Results The unadjusted results of PT, INR and APTT were significantly higher than those after anticoagulants adjustment (27.52±16.37 vs 12.49± 1.35, 2.31±1.47 vs 0.99±0.11 and 50.09±13.32 vs 33.37±5.05) with statistically significant difference in paired comparison (P＜0.05). No statistical difference was found in the comparison of the results for PT, INR and APTT after adjustment within the 3 groups ( PT: 12.49±1.35 vs 12.84±1.54 vs 12.82±1.76, INR:0.99±0.11 vs 1.02±0.13 vs 1.02±0.15, APTT: 33.37±5.05 vs 33.49±5.09 vs 32.83±5.06) (P＞0.05). HCT values of the patients were positively correlated with unadjusted PT (r＝0.461, P＜0.05) and APTT (r＝0.571, P＜0.05). Conclusion The coagulation test of the individuals with erythrocytosis may use to adjust the blood volume and the fixed blood collection volume provided calcium concentration in reference interval.

Clinical analysis of home blood pressure monitoring in patients with transient hypertension / 重庆医学

Objective To screen the incidence of transient hypertension in conventional hypertensive management population of hypertension and analysis it's related etiology and constituent ratio.Methods People who met the diagnosis of hypertension were selected from inpatient and outpatient of this department.All patients were followed up for 2 months of home blood pressure monitoring,if the patients who were normal when monitoring home blood pressure were included in the trial and symptomatic hypertension was excluded.Results Three hundred of patients met the diagnostic criteria for hypertension,46 cases (15.3％) met the standard of transient hypertension,the etiology and constituent ratio of transient hypertension in the observed cases were as follows:25 cases (54.3％) of anxiety and depression,8 cases (17.4％) of acute cerebrovascular disease,7 cases (15.2％) of sleep disorders,4 cases(8.7％) of a variety of head and face pain,1 (2.2％)case of epilepsy tonic clonus,1 (2.2％)case of vertigo.Conclusion The application of interactive management of home blood pressure measurement is particularly helpful for screening patients with transient hypertension,and it can timely avoid excessive anti-hypertensive treatment.

The efficacy of internet-based cognitive behavior therapy on blood pressure for comorbid hypertension and insomnia / 解放军医学杂志

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of internet-based cognitive behavior therapy (CBT-I) on blood pressure in patients with hypertension comorbid with insomnia.Methods One hundred and six patients met the JNC-8 diagnostic criteria for hypertension and DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for insomnia were selected,and randomly assigned to CBT-I group (n=53) and regular treatment group (n=53).All the patients accepted relevant treatment for 8 consecutive weeks.Changes of systolic blood pressure (SBP),diastolic blood pressure (DBP),the sleep parameters and the anxiety and depression levels were observed between baseline and 8 weeks of follow-up.Results Compared with pre-treatment,SBP and DBP decreased significantly in both CBT-I group and regular treatment group (P＜0.01),the decrease was more significant in CBT-I group than in regular treatment group (P＜0.01).The sleep latency,sleep efficiency,bed time and rating anxiety scale were improved more significantly in CBT-I group than in regular treatment group (44.49 ± 22.75min vs.55.50 ± 34.96min;72.31％ ± 9.15％ vs.57.70％ ± 11.53％;302.65 ± 43.76min vs.262.70 ± 50.64min and 17.14 ± 6.45 vs.21.02 ± 6.64,respectively),the differences were of statistical significance (P＜0.05).In addition,no significant difference was found in the level of depression between CBT-I group and regular treatment group.Conclusion CBT-I can effectively shorten sleep latency,improve sleep efficiency,extend bed time and improve anxiety,meanwhile effectively lower the blood pressure of patients with hypertension comorbid with insomnia by optimizing sleep quality.

Effect of remote-interactive cognitive behavioral therapy in patients with chronic insomnia / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

Objective To assess the effect of remote-interactive cognitive behavioral therapy in pa-tients with chronic insomnia.Methods A total of 62 patients with chronic insomnia were randomly divided into combined treatment group,cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia ( CBTI) group and drug treatment group.The study lasted for 6-8 weeks.The curative effects were assessed using sleep diary and scales.Results The sleep onset latency (SOL) ((39.9±23.7)min) and wake time after sleep onset(WASO) ((79.1± 39.4) min) in the drug treatment group were higher than that in the combined treatment group ( ( 25.5 ± 11.2)min and (54.4±38.5)min,respectively) and CBTI group ((27.8±11.6)min and (51.8±29.0)min,re-spectively) at the end of treatment,the difference was statistical significance( P=0.018 and P=0.046 respec-tively).The sleep efficiency(SE) in drug treatment ((76.5±11.9)%) was lower than that in the other two groups((83.8±8.7)%and (82.8±7.0)%respectively),(P=0.042).And no similar difference were seen in TST after treatment(P>0.05).The Brief Version of Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes about Sleep(DBAS-16) score in the drug treatment group (97.6±16.4) was higher than the other two groups((67.5±20.1) and ( 75.0±26.9) respectively) after treatment(P=0.000) .No significant difference was seen in scores of the oth-er scales among the three groups(P>0.05) .After treatment,a greater proportion of patients in the combined treatment group had withdrawn from hypnotics use completely (29%(6/20) vs 5%(1/18);odds ratio( OR ) was 7.286);and the combined treatment group produced significant reduction in frequency of hypnotics use ((3.35±3.05) nights/week) when compared with drug treatment group((5.56±2.33) nights/week, P=0.016) .Conclusions Remote-interactive cognitive behavioral therapy was effective and acceptable for treating pa-tients with chronic insomnia,combining drug treatment in the early period could quickly relieve the symptoms of in-somnia,and can avoid the adverse effect from the hypnotics.And the treatment method can reduce the dropout rate.

Correlation between oxygen reduction index with blood lipid and renal function in OSAHS patients / 重庆医学

Objective To explore the correlation between oxygen reduction index(ODI) with blood lipid and renal function in patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome(OSAHS) .Methods Selected 208 patients by polysomnography (PSG) and diagnosed as OSAHS ,divided into four groups according to ODI(ODI ≤ 7 ,7 38) .Four groups were compared in total cholesterol (TC) ,triglyceride (TG) ,high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL‐C) ,low density lipo‐protein cholesterol (LDL‐C) ,apolipoprotein A1 (ApoA1) ,apolipoprotein B (ApoB) ,urea ,creatinine ,uric acid and other differ‐ences ,analysis the correlation between ODI with blood lipid and renal function .Results There were significant different in TC ,TG , HDL‐C ,LDL‐C ,ApoB ,urea ,creatinine ,uric acid in four groups with different degree of ODI (P< 0 .05) ;ODI were positively relat‐ed to TC ,TG ,LDL‐C ,ApoB ,urea ,creatinine ,uric acid levels ,and negatively related to the level of HDL‐C .Conclusion Abnormity of blood lipid metabolic and changes in renal function are associated with the increase of ODI in patients with OSAHS .

Post-stroke shoulder-hand syndrome treated with floating-needle therapy combined with rehabilitation training: a randomized controlled trial / 中国针灸

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To compare the clinical efficacy in the treatment of post-stroke shoulder-hand syndrome between floating-needle therapy and conventional acupuncture on the basis of rehabilitation training.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>One hundred cases of post-stroke shoulder-hand syndrome were randomized into a floating-needle group and an acupuncture group, 50 cases in each one. The passive and positive rehabilitation training was adopted in the two groups. Additionally, in the floating-needle group, the floating-needle therapy was used. The needle was inserted at the site 5 to 10 cm away from myofasical trigger point (MTrP), manipulated and scattered subcutaneously, for 2 min continuously. In the acupuncture group, the conventional acupuncture was applied at Jianqian (EX-UE), Jianyu (LI 15), Jianliao (TE 14), etc. The treatment was given once every two days, 3 times a week, and 14 days of treatment were required. The shoulder hand syndrome scale (SHSS), the short form McGill pain scale (SF-MPQ) and the modified Fugl-Meyer motor function scale (FMA) were used to evaluate the damage severity, pain and motor function of the upper limbs before and after treatment in the two groups. The clinical efficacy was compared between the two groups.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>SHSS score, SF-MPQ score and FMA score were improved significantly after treatment in the two groups (all P < 0.01), and the improvements in the floating-needle group were superior to those in the acupuncture group (all P < 0.05). The total effective rate was 94.0% (47/50) in the floating-needle group, which was better than 90.0% (45/50) in the acupuncture group (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The floating-needle therapy combined with rehabilitation training achieves a satisfactory efficacy on post-stroke shoulder-hand syndrome, which is better than the combined therapy of conventional acupuncture and rehabilitation training.</p>

Progress of sulfur fumigation and modern processing technology of Chinese traditional medicines / 中国中药杂志

Infestation, moldy and other phenomenon in the processing and storage of Chinese herbal medicines is a problem that faced in the production of Chinese traditional medicine. The low productivity of traditional processing methods can not guarantee the quality of Chinese herbal medicines. Sulfur fumigation is the first choice of grassroots to process the Chinese herbal medicine with its low cost and easy operation. Sulfur fumigation can solve some problems in the processing and storage of Chinese herbal medicines, but modern pharmacological studies show that long-term use of Chinese traditional medicine which is fumigated by sulfur can cause some serious harm to human liver, kidney and other organs. This paper conducts a review about the application history of sulfur fumigation, its influence to the quality of Chinese herbal medicines as well as domestic and foreign limits to sulfur quantity, and a brief introduction of the status of modern processing technologies in the processing of food and some Chinese herbal medicines, the problems ex- isting in the Chinese herbal medicines processing, which can provide a reference basis for the further research, development and application of investigating alternative technologies of sulfur fumigation.

The Influence of Government Health Expenditure on the Technical Efficiency of Rural Medical Institutions / 中国卫生经济

To discuss the influences of government health input on the efficiency of hospital operation. Methods:Taking 16 county-level hospitals in Ningxia as samples, using DEA and DEA-malmqutist indicator method to calculate the technical efficiency scores from 2000 to 2012, then analyze the compositions of technique efficiency(TE) , using Tobit regression to analyze the relationship between government budget health expenditure and medical institution efficiency. Results: The Ningxia governmental health budget expenditure is growing almost 3 times from 2000 to 2012 and the average TE is 0.82-0.94. In the 16 county-level hospitals, the TFP of 6 hospitals (37.5%) was less than 1, and the minimum was 0.82; while the TFP of 10 hospitals (62.5%) were more than 1, the max was 1.699. For the 6 hospitals of which TFP was less than 1, the reason for negative growth of TFP was contributed to the slow technique change, the pure efficiency or small scale. The regression result of TOBIT showed that the government health expenditure increases 1 000 units, the efficiency of medical institutions will increase 0.0031. Conclusion: The relationship between the governmental expenditure and medical institutions is positive, but the technical efficiency of medical institutions expenditure was the result of multiple factors.

The Judgment Method and Example of Hospital Return to Scale Based on Data Envelopment Analysis / 中国卫生经济

Objective: To judge the return to scale of inefficient decision-making unit(DMU)on data envelopment analysis(DEA). Methods: On the basis of return to scale method of classical DEA decision-making unit. Through comparing the same input of efficient and inefficient DMU, increase the quantities of output of inefficient DMU(the inverse of efficiency value), taking this point as the area of inefficient technique unit return to scale. Results: Taking the county-level hospitals of Chinese Medicine as examples, it is found that there are no clear judgment on the return of scale of inefficient hospitals, after adjustment, there are 4 inefficient hospitals are classified into increasing return to scale stage and decreasing return to scale stage, which embody obvious characteristics of insufficient output. Conclusion: The return to scale is important information to evaluate the efficiency of medical institutions which is the reason leading to inefficiency medical institutions.

Clinical effects of progressive time phase selective light therapy on shift work disorder patients / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

Objective To research the effects of progressive time phase selective light (PTPSL)therapy on shift work disorder patients.Methods 24 shift work disorder patients were randomlv divided into PTPSL group and control group.Both groups received treatment for 12 days including 6 days during the night shift time and 6 days during the day shift time continuously.The clinical effects were evaluated by Karolinska Sleepiness Scale (KSS),Leeds sleep evaluation questionnaire (LSEQ) and core body temperature rhythm.Results (1) During the night shift time,PTPSL group patients were better in score LSEQ and KSS(discerned for 39.80 ± 2.89,6.59 ±0.48) than control group' s(discerned for 36.86 ± 3.88,6.98 ± 2.03) ; temperature curve peak phase in PTPSL group moved backward greater than that of control group((8.35 ± 0.82) h vs (7.45 ± 1.05) h) ; and the difference was statistical significance(P ＜ 0.05).During the day shift time,PTPSL group patients were better in score LSEQ and KSS(discerned for 45.57 ± 2.77,6.33 ± 0.48) than control group' s (discerned for 40.35 ± 4.19,6.82 ± 1.03),temperature curve peak phase in PTPSL group moved forward greater than that of control group((7.37 ± 0.94)h vs (6.31 ±1.37)h),and the difference was statistical significance(P＜0.05).Conclusion PTPSL can adjust shift sleep disorder patients' mussily sleep rhythm system in order,and make the inner rhythm svstem and external schedules tend to be consistent,and provides a new treatment choice for shift sleep disorders.

The Effect Analysis of the Procurement System in Ningxia Rural Areas / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE:To analyze the results of Procurement System implementation in Ningxia Rural Areas.METHODS:Typical sampling method selected 4 township hospitals of Xiji county and Pengyang county in Ningxia as a sample,through qualitative and quantitative methods to design the questionnaire and interview outline.RESULTS & CONCLUSION:during 06～08 years,the actual bidding variety of rural drugs accounted in Ningxia move gradually decreased the percentage of species;township hospitals in drug revenues decreased year by year the proportion of total income;drugs out of stock is serious;drugs are few,temporarily not bidding drugs are in high price;common drugs bidding directory is small;rural health room staff are paid lowly.Recommendating to establish a sound procurement system to make it better.