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OBJECTIVE： To systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of Lanqin oral liquid in the treatment of herpangina in children. METHODS： Randomized controlled trials （RCTs） involving Lanqin oral liquid or routine symptomatic treatment combined with Lanqin oral liquid （trial group） versus routine treatment （control group） in the treatment of pediatric herpangina were retrieved from PubMed， Embase， CBM， CNKI， Wanfang database， VIP database， etc. Meta-analysis was performed by using Rev Man 5.3 software after literature screening， data extraction and quality evaluation with Cochrane system evaluator manual 5.1.0. RESULTS： A total of 11 RCTs were included， involving 1 204 patients. Meta-analysis showed that total response rate [RR＝1.17， 95％CI（1.10， 1.24）， P＜0.000 01]， fade time of herpes [MD＝－2.17， 95％CI（－2.63， －1.72）， P＜0.000 01] and fade time of fever [MD＝－1.52， 95％CI（－1.72， －1.31）， P＜0.000 01] in trial group was significantly higher than in control group. There was no statistical significance in the incidence of ADR between 2 groups [RR＝1.00， 95％CI（0.52， 1.93）， P＝1.00]. Subgroup analysis based on rehydration symptomatic treatment showed that without rehydration， fade time of herpes in trial group was significantly shorter than control group [MD＝－1.64， 95％CI （－2.03， －1.26）， P＜0.000 01]； with rehydration， fade time of herpes in trial group was significantly shorter than control group [MD＝－2.79， 95％CI（－2.97， －2.61），P＜0.000 01]. CONCLUSIONS： Lanqin oral liquid can effectively improve therapeutic efficacy of herpangina patients， effectively shorten fade time of fever and herpes， without increasing the occurrence of ADR.
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<p><b>BACKGROUND</b>Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a facial nerve disorder characterized by episodic involuntary ipsilateral facial muscle contraction. Information on Chinese patients with HFS has not been well-characterized. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical feature and the treatment status of HFS across China.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A cross-sectional study including 1003 primary HFS patients had been carried out in 15 movement disorder clinics in China in 2012. The investigated information was acquired from questionnaires and medical records including demographic data, site of onset, aggravating and relieving factors, treatments prior to the investigation, etc.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>In this study, the ratio of male to female was 1.0:1.8, the mean age at onset was (46.6 ± 11.5) years. About 1.0% patients were bilaterally affected. The most often site of initial onset was the orbicularis oculi muscle. The most often affected sites were orbicularis oculi, zygomatic, and orbicularis oris muscles. Stress/anxiety and relaxation were most often aggravating and relieving factors, respectively; 2.3% patients had family history, 28.4% cases were combined with hypertension, and 1.4% patients were with trigeminal neuralgia. Botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) injection was the most commonly used treatment, followed by acupuncture and oral medication. BTX-A maintained the highest repeat treatment ratio (68.7%), while 98.4% patients gave up acupuncture. The mean latency of BTX-A effect was (5.0 ± 4.7) days, the mean total duration of the effect was (19.5 ± 11.7) weeks, and 95.9% patients developed improvements no worse than moderate in both severity and function. The most common side effect was droopy mouth.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The onset age of HFS in China is earlier than that in western countries. The most often used two treatments are BTX-A injection and acupuncture, while the latter kept the poor repeat treatment ratio because of dissatisfactory therapeutic effect.</p>
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Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Botulinum Toxins, Type A , Therapeutic Uses , China , Cross-Sectional Studies , Hemifacial Spasm , Diagnosis , Drug Therapy , Neuromuscular Agents , Therapeutic UsesABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the correlation of bone mineral density changes with vertebral deformation and clinical manifestations in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy.METHODS: A total of 42 cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients who received treatment at the Department of Sports Medicine,First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University from January to June 2009 were selected and randomly divided into the normal (n=20) and lower bone density (n=22) groups. The cervical lateral of the C_(3-8) spinal canal, sagittal diameter of vertebral body ratio, vertebral body deformation index in all cases was measured, and the clinical manifestations between two groups were compared.RESULTS: The cervical (C_3, C_4, C_5, C_6) sagittal diameter of vertebral body ratios of lower bone density group were significantly decreased than those of the normal group (P ＜ 0.05, or P ＜ 0.01), and the cervical (C_3, C_4, C_5, C_6)vertebral body deformation indexes of the two groups showed no significant difference (P ＞ 0.05); While the clinical manifestations (symptoms and physical signs) was significantly greater in the lower bone density group than the normal group (P ＜ 0.05).CONCLUSION: Cervical myelopathy can cause osteoporosis in patients with vertebral bone hyperplasia, spinal stenosis, in particular, the clinical manifestations are more obviously in lower bone density patients.
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Clinical observation was undertaken on patients with vertebroarterial type ofcervical spondylopathy who were treated with necktraction and manipulation, of110 patients, there were 82 men and 28 women. The average age was 56.29 yearsold. 102 of 110 patients had vertigo. In 91 patients with which vertigo wasassociated with body position, most of them also had abnormal hearing and visionand headche and hoarseness, etc. Examination: The positive rate of Jackson Test and Rotating-head Test was83.33%. The degenerative changes could be seen on the X-ray films of the cer-vical vertebrae. 55.95% of them suffered from eyeground arteriosclerosis, 40.78%hyperlipemia, 42.16%. hypertension, 36.17% ECG abnormality. Treatment: of 110 patients, 97 were treated with neck traction and manipu-lation. The average times of neck-traction of whom were 44.13, the averagetimes of manipulation 33.92. In addition, we compared one group which usedtraction and manipulation with another one that used traction and manipulationtogether with drip transfusion of dextran. Chi-spuare Test showed no signifi-cant difference between the two groups. Conclusion 1. The information in the paper indicated close relationship between verte-broarterial type of cervical spondylopathy and atherosclerosis. 2. Diagnosis of the disease could be done after excluding a few diseasessuch as Meniere's disease and hemicranie and sympathetic type of cervicalvertebrae, etc. 3. After vertebroarterial angiography, the patients suffering from the diseasetreated with surgery if conservative therapy had no effect. 4. The paper also studied the mechanism of neck-traction and manipulation on vertebroarterial type of cervical spondylopathy.