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Objective To explore the effect of the single maximum of alcohol consumption on vomiting induced by chemotherapy in male patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.Methods According to the single maximum of alcohol consumption,48 cases of male patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma were divided into two groups:group A (small capacity for liquor group 10-50 g),group B (large capacity for liquor group ＞50 g).The amount of alcohol intake was assessed by a questionnaire.The responses of vomiting and the effects of antiemetic therapy between the two groups during the first cycle after induction chemotherapy were observed.Results The incidence rates of vomiting induced by chemotherapy between the two groups were 52.0％ and 17.4％,respectively.There were significant differences between the two groups (x2 =6.273,P ＜0.05).The incidence rates of grade 0,1,2 and 3 of vomiting in group A were 48.0％,20.0％,20.0％,12.0％,in group B were 82.6％,13.0％,4.4％,O,respectively.There were significant differences between the two groups (x2 =6.013,P =0.024).In the two groups,the complete control rate for acute vomit were 48.0％ and 82.6％ (x2 =6.273,P =0.012),for delayed vomit were 36.0％ and 65.2％ (x2 =4.090,P =0.043).There were also significant differences between the two groups.Conclusion With the increasing of capacity for liquor,the incidence of vomiting is significantly reduced,the degree of vomiting is distinctly alleviated,and the antiemetic efficacy is distinctly increased.
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The invasion and metastasis of esophageal carcinoma is associated with several tumor marker on oncogenesi and tumor development,including matrix metalloproteinase,cell adhesion molecules CD44,pituitary-tumour transforming genes.Studies have shown that these tumor markera are over-expression in esophageal carcinoma,which affect the progress and prognosis of esophageal carcinoma,and their specificity and value for clinical application need to be futher studied.
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Objective To explore the clinical characteristics of metabolic disorder and the incidence rate of metabolic syndrome (MS) in the patients with posthepatitic cirrhosis.Methods Four hundred and fifty-five patients with posthepatitic cirrhosis were included in the study and divided into hepatitis B related cirrhosis group (LCB group,351 cases) and hepatitis C related cirrhosis group (LCC group,104cases).The prevalence of metabolic disorder was recorded and the characteristics of posthepatitic cirrhosis with MS and without MS were compared and analysed.Results The prevalence of hyperglycemia,hypertension,hyperlipemia,obesity and MS in the posthepatitic cirrhosis patients was 46.59% (212/455),15.16% (69/455),15.38% (70/455),22.64% ( 103/455),12.53% (57/455) respectively.The prevalence of MS in LCB and LCC was 8.26% (29/351) and 26.92% (28/104).The levels of body mass index (BMI),fasting blood glucose,hypertension,cholesterol,aminotransferase (ALT) in LCB with MS patients were significantly higher than those in LCB without MS patients.There were no differences in the levels of HBeAg and HBV DNA between LCB with MS patients and LCB without MS patients.The levels of BMI,hypertension,triglyceride in LCC with MS patients were significantly higher than those in LCC without MS patients.There were no differences in fasting blood glucose,cholesterol and ALT between LCC with MS patients and LCC without MS patients.Logistic regression revealed that BMI was the independent factor in LCB and LCC with MS.Conclusions The prevalence of hyperglycemia and obesity are higher in LCB and LCC.The incidence rate of MS in LCB is less than that in the general population,while the incidence rate of MS in LCC is significantly higher than that in the general population,and it's nothing to do with the viral replication.BMI is an important factor affected in posthepatitic cirrhosis with MS.
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Totally, 102 general practitioners (GPs) from 40 community health-care service centers in a district of Beijing were investigated for their awareness of diagnosis, treatment and prevention for chronic hepatitis B and evaluating effectiveness of their training with self-designed questionnaire before and after professional training.Before training, higher awareness of knowledge about prevention for hepatitis B had been achieved in GPs, such as "hepatitis C is communicable" (78/102, 76.5% ), "hepatitis B can be prevented by protective antibody" ( 76/102, 74.5% ), whereas only 3.9% ( 4/102 ) of GPs knew indications of antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis B, 4.9% (5/102) could describe complications of decompensated cirrhosis and 19.6% (20/102) knew methods for screening primary hepatocellular carcinoma.After training, their awareness increased significantly to 93.1% (95/102), 49.0% (50/102)and 86.3% (88/102), respectively (all P ＜0.01 ).Now, GPs' knowledge about diagnosis and treatment for hepatitis B is still insufficient at community health-care centers and professional training can improve their awareness.It is an important assurance for patients with chronic hepatitis B to be better managed in both of specialized hospitals and community health-care centers by enhancing professional training for GPs indiagnosis and treatment for hepatitis B.
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OBJECTIVE:To study the bioequiavailability of sodium/calcium folinate for injections in healthy volunteers.METHODS:By a randomized crossover design,trichloracetic acid was used to precipitate the protein in serum sample.Serum concentration of folinate was determined by RP-HPLC.The pharmacokinetic parameters and relative bioavailability of sodium folinate for injection vs.calcium folinate for injection were computed and analyzed statistically.RESULTS:The pharmacokinetic parameters of single dose of sodium folinate for injection(trial formulation)vs.calcium folinate for injection(reference formulation)were as follows:tmax(0.292?0.096)h vs.(0.25?0)h;Cmax(31.973?4.337)?g?mL-1 vs.(33.332?3.312)?g?mL-1;AUC0～24(139.670?13.859)?g?h?mL-1 vs.(144.401?13.574)?g?h?mL-1;AUC0～∞(154.246?16.481)?g?h?mL-1 vs.(161.306?17.871)?g?h?mL-1;MRT0～24(6.795?0.73)h vs.(6.963?0.713)h;t1/2(7.183?1.469)vs.(7.316?2.045).The mean relative bioavailability of the sodium folinate for injection was(98.2?37.1)%.CONCLUSION:The two formulations are proved to be bioequivalent.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the sexual development in adolescents after surgical treatment for undescended testes.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>One hundred and eighty-four adolescents undergoing surgery for cryptorchidism before the age of 10 years, 22 cases received no surgical management for unilateral undescended testes, and 25 normal controls were studied. The pubic stage, the natural length and girth of the penis, the volume of the testis, serum luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and testosterone (T) were examined to find out the effect of age, the location of the testis and operative procedures on prognosis.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The pubic stage, the length and girth of the penis, the volume of the testis and T decreased, but FSH and LH increased significantly in 18 adolescents who had undergone bilateral orchiopexy. The volume of the unilaterally undescended testis was significantly smaller than that of the normally descended contralateral gonad in 152 adolescents who had undergone unilateral orchiopexy. FSH was significantly higher in the adolescents surgically treated for unilateral cryptorchidism. Those treated by unilateral orchiectomy presented significantly higher levels of FSH than those by unilateral orchiopexy. The pubic stage, the length and girth of the penis, the volume of the testis and T were significantly higher, but FSH lower in the adolescents treated before the age of 5 years than at the age of 5 or older. The decrease in testicular volume was significantly greater in adolescents with intra-abdominal testes. Significant negative correlation was found between FSH and testicular volume.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Leydig cell function seems relatively resistant to the hostile environment of the cryptorchidism. Early diagnosis and management of the undescended testis are needed to preserve fertility.</p>
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Objective: Attempt to use generalized graded unfolding model to analyze the item of "Autonomy in Learning Rating Scale for College Students " adequacy of the scale designing and evidence probability of the usage of unfolding model in costructing tests. Methods: Based on randomly selected 600 graduates’ response of the scale, item analysis was carried on in 497 potent subjects. Results: Subjects whose trait continuum were between 2.5-4.0 and -3.5～-3.0 were short, and all the item locations were negative; all the item discriminations were above 0.5; the item information functions of 2, 6, 7, 19, 21, 25, 49, 50, 51 were below 0.4098; the fit plots of the item and test satisfied the requirements. Conclu- sion: Fit index of the whole scale is good; some items need to be revised or deleted; GGUM could be used in constructing attitude scales.