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Objective: To analyze clinical features and electroneuromyography (ENMG) results of chronic mild occupational carbon disulfide poisoning cases. Methods: A total of 344 patients diagnosed with chronic mild occupational carbon disulfide poisoning based on GBZ 4-2002 Diagnostic Criteria of Occupational Chronic Carbon Disulfide Poisoning were selected as study subjects from 2006 to 2019 using the retrospective study method. Their clinical data was collected and analyzed. Results: The main symptoms of the study subjects were dizziness, headache, insomnia, dreaming, memory impairment, numbness and weakness in the distal extremities. Positive signs mainly included symmetrical glove and stocking distribution like sensory disorders in the distal extremities, and the weakening or absent Achilles tendon reflex and knee reflex. The incidence of symptoms and signs increased with the length of service (all P<0.01). The incidence of fundus and venous changes in patients was 41.3%, which increased with the length of service (P<0.01). ENMG examination showed varying degrees of abnormalities in the peripheral motor and/or sensory nerves in all patients, with a higher incidence of motor nerve abnormalities than sensory nerve abnormalities (21.1% vs 3.7%, P<0.01). The incidence of motor nerve abnormality was higher on the right side than the left side (23.7% vs 18.5%, P<0.01). The incidences of motor nerve abnormalities from high to low in the order were median nerve, common peroneal nerve, ulnar nerve and posterior tibial nerve (34.9% vs 27.9% vs 16.6% vs 5.1%, P<0.01). The incidences of sensory nerve abnormalities from high to low in the order were median nerve, ulnar nerve and sural nerve (5.2% vs 5.1% vs 0.7%, P<0.01). The incidences of left ulnar nerve, right ulnar nerve and right median nerve were higher in male patients than in female patients (15.2% vs 5.3%, 24.0% vs 11.7%, 44.8% vs 28.7%, all P<0.05), while the incidences of the left and right common peroneal nerve in lower extremity motor nerve were lower in male patients than in female patients (18.4% vs 52.1%, 21.2% vs 46.8%, all P<0.01). Conclusion: Chronic mild occupational carbon disulfide poisoning was mainly manifested as multiple peripheral nerve injury. ENMG results showed that the distal motor nerve conduction abnormalities were more sensitive than the sensory nerve conduction abnormalities, with a higher degree of impairment in the upper limb than the lower limb, and more impairment in the right side than the left side.
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Objective To analysis contraindication detection of radiological workers and explore thevariation trend. Methods Occupational health examination data of radiological workers were selected from 2014 to 2018. Contraindications were identified according to the criteria, and the detection rates and trends were described in each statistical dimension. Results A total of 17197 cases were selected. Among them 74 patients were found contraindication and the detection rate is 0.43%. The major abnormalities were in thyroid gland and crystalline lens; The detection rate of female is higher than that of male (χ2 = 25.24，P < 0.01); High age andhigh working age groups showed a higherrate of contraindication detection; The abnormal rate of contraindication increased with the age; The risk of > 30 working years group is 2.541 times that of 1 ～5 working years group (95%CI: 1.32 ～4.88). The abnormal rate of thyroid grand was increased year by year, and the trend test showed statistical significance (χ2 = 3.87，P < 0.05). Conclusion Low dose ionizing radiation has a great effect on thyroid gland and crystalline lens of radiation workers, whichhigh age and high working years group should be pay attention to. The contents of occupational health monitoring should be further regulated to safeguard the health of radiation workers so that we can discover the possible health effects and take intervention earlier.
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Objective@#To understand the healthy status of radiation workers on the staff in Nanjing, and to analysis the relationship between abnormal crystalline lens and its influencing factors.@*Methods@#We described physical indicators including blood pressure (BP) 、blood sugar (BG) 、thyroid B ultrasound、crystalline lens、chromosome and so on among 3 349 radiation workers on the staff in the year 2016 from Jan 1 to Dec 31, and the abnormal results of crystalline lens were analyzed statistically.@*Results@#The rate of abnormal BP、BG、WBC、Thyroid B ultrasound、crystalline lens was 19.0%、2.2%、5.8%、30.0%、3.6% respectively; The rate of chromosome aberration was 0.1%, and the chromosomal micronuclei are all within normal range. With the rate of abnormal crystalline lens increasing in age and working years, statistical significance both existed in the trend; Compared to the lowest group, the risk of abnormal crystalline lens increased 3.86 times in ≥60 year old group and 3.16 times in ≥30 years working group; The risk of abnormal crystalline lens in nosocomial radation group was higher than non-medical group; There's no found in smoking and drinking alcohol increasing the risk. Morphologically, dot abnormal focused on 30~39 years old and 0~9 working years group, while lamellar abnormal concentrated upon ≥60 year old、≥30 working years group; Age and working-year were both the risk factors of lamellar abnormal; The risk of lamellar abnormal in nosocomial radiation group was significantly higher than non-medical group.@*Conclusion@#Existing nisk foctions in the radiation work has a serious impact on several healthy physiology indicators, the more prominent was crystalline lens. Attention should be paid to eye protection and comprehensive health management.
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OBJECTIVE: To study the effects and mechanism of couplet medicines of Scutellaria baicalensis-Paeonia lactiflora on improving ulcerative colitis (UC) in mice. METHODS: A total of 70 mice were randomly divided into blank group, model group, S. baicalensis group (1. 5 g/kg), P. lactiflora group (1. 5 g/kg), S. baicalensis-P. lactiflora (2:1, 1:1, 1:2, m/m) groups (total amount of 1. 5 g/kg), with 10 mice in each group. Except for blank group, UC model of mice was induced in each group. The next day after modeling, treatment groups were given relevant medicine liquid 0. 2 mL/10 g (75 mg/mL, calculated by crude drug mass concentration), while blank group and model group were given constant volume of normal saline intragastrically, once a day, for consecutive 7 d. After administration, disease activity indexes (DAI) of rats were scored, and the serum levels of TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, D-LA and myeloperoxidase (DAO) were determined. The length of the colon was measured and the intestinal mass index was calculated in mice. The activities of medullary peroxide (MPO) and SOD, the levels of NO and MDA were determined in colon tissue. RESULTS: Compared with blank group, DAI score, serum levels of TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, D-LA and DAO, the levels of MPO, NO and MDA in colon were increased significantly in model group, while the length of colon, intestinal mass index and SOD level of colon tissue were decreased significantly, with statistical significance (P<0. 05 or P<0. 01). Compared with model group, DAI score, serum levels of TNF-α, IL-1β and DAO, the level of MDA in colon were decreased significantly in S. baicalensis group (P<0. 05 or P<0. 01). The serum levels of TNF-α and IL-1β, the level of MDA in colon were decreased significantly in P. lactiflora group (P<0. 05 or P<0. 01). Above indexes of S. baicalensis-P. lactiflora (2:1) group were improved significantly except for the length of colon (P<0. 05 or P<0. 01). Above indexes of S. baicalensis-P. lactiflora (1:1) group were improved significantly except for serum level of IL-6 and the level of SOD in colon (P<0. 05 or P<0. 01). Above indexes of S. baicalensis-P. lactiflora (1:2) group were improved significantly except for serum level of NO (P<0. 05 or P<0. 01). CONCLUSIONS: The couplet medicines of S. baicalensis-P. lactiflora can reduce the expression of proinflammatory factors, enhancing antioxidant activity of the body and decrease intestinal mucosal permeability so as to improve UC symptom of mice; and the effect of S. baicalensis-P. lactiflora (2:1) group is the best.
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OBJECTIVE@#Study on the correlation between chronic sinusitis with nasal septum deviation.@*METHOD@#Randomly selected 722 patients with coronal sinuses CT, statistics the number of cases of nasal septum deviation, cases of nasal septum deviation with chronic sinusitis, the wide and narrow side cases of nasal septum deviation complicated with sinusitis. The number of sinusitis without deviation, and paired test.@*RESULT@#The incidence of sinusitis between deviation of nasal septum and non deviation were 54. 13% and 44. 66%, the difference between two groups was statistically significant (P0. 01). The incidence of sinusitis high deviation and non high deviation were 59. 54% and 46. 97%, the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P0. 05).@*CONCLUSION@#The deviation of nasal septum is associated with the formation of chronic sinusitis, the high deviation is more prone to sinusitis, The incidence of sinusitis and nasal septum deviation on both sides was no different.
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Objective To explore the protective effect of Sijunzi decoction and Danggui Buxue decoction on the immunological function in tumor-bearing mice treated by cyclophosphamide.Methods Transplantable carcinomas animal model were constructed by inoculating tumor cell to mice for 24 hours,and randomly divided into five groups.Tumor-bearing control group were reveived normal saline 0.2 mL per mice one day by intraperitoneal injection,and normal saline 0.4 mL per mice each day by intragastric administration.Cyclophosphamide group were reveived CTX 20 mg per kg weight each day,and normal saline 0.4 mL per mice each day.Sijunzi decoction and Danggui Buxue Decoction low dose group were reveived CTX 20 mg per kg weight each day and traditional Chinese medicine 0.1 g per mice each day.Sijunzi decoction and Danggui Buxue Decoction mediate dose group were reveived CTX 20 mg per kg weight each day and traditional Chinese medicine 0.2 g per mice each day.Sijunzi decoction and Danggui Buxue Decoction high dose group were reveived CTX 20 mg per kg weight each day and traditional Chinese medicine 0.4 g per mice each day.The weight indices of thymus gland and spleen,NK-cell activity and the proliferation of T-lymphocyte in five groups were measured after ten 10 days treatment.Results The weight indices of thymus gland and spleen,NK-cell activity and the proliferation of T- lymphocyte were increased in all three Sijunzi decoction and Danggui Buxue decoction groups,especially in Sijunzi decoction and Danggui Buxue decoction mediate and high dose group,the differences between them and CTX group were statistically significan(P<0.05,P<0.01).Conclusion Sijunzi decoction and Danggui Buxue decoction can antagonize the decrease of immunological function in tumor-bearing mice treated by chemotherapy.
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Objective To describe the characteristics of pulmonary involvement in Crohn was described and relevant literature were reviewed. Results The patient showed chief complaints of cough,expectoration and fever. The chest CT scan revealed bilateral lung opacity shadows ,Ziehl-Neelsen acid-fast stain examination in sputum and cultures got negative results for many times. Chest CT scan revealed no dissipation after different antimicrobials treatment for 2 months. The fiberoptic bronchoscopy was performed, which showed nodular lesions in the trachea and beside the opening of right upper lobe. Histopathology showed polypoid hyperplasia of granulation tissue. The bilateral patchy opacity dissipated, the nodes in the trachea disappeared and the nodes beside the opening of right upper lobe diminished obviously after the patient was treated with oral prednisone and salicylazosulfapyridine (SASP). Pulmonary involvement in Crohn disease is very rare and it can involve any part of the lungs. The most common manifestations are cough, expectoration and fever. The lung and gastrointestinal system often share similar pathogenetic changes: granulomatous inflammation. These patients responded well to combination use of glucocorticoid and SASP. Conclusion Pulmonary involvement should be considered when patients with Crohn disease manifested with respiratory symptoms, which can be definitely diagnosed by clinical features and histopathological examintation.
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Objective To evaluate the effect of gastroesophageal reflux disease(GERD)on exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD).Methods All of 74 patients with COPD accomplishing the reflux diagnostic questionnaire(RDQ)were.divided into GERD group(n=38)and non-GERD group(n=36)according the scores of RDQ.The clinical data including the frequency of exacerbations of COPD were compared between the two groups.Results The frequency of exacerbations of COPD was significantly higher in GERD group compared with that in non-GERD group[(2.68±0.77)times/year vs (1.38±0.49)times/year,t=8.74,P＜0.05].The mean FEV;percentage was similar in the two groups [(39.82 4-10.95)%vs(37.11±12.24)%,t=1.00,P＞0.05].The score of RDQ was probably as a factor of predicting the frequency of exacerbations of COPD(R2a=o.39,t=6.98,P＜0.05).Conclusion The presence of GERD appears to be associated with increased exacerbations of COPD.
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Objective To investigate the expression of survivin and bcl-xl in non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC)and their relationship.Methods The NSCLC tissuechips including 32 cores were constructed and expression of survivin and bcl-xl was examined by immunohistochemical technique in 30 normal bronchial epithelium and 32 primary NSCLC.Results The positive rate of survivin and bcl-xl protein in NSCLC was 71.9% and 81.3% respectively,significantly higher than that in the normal ones(P0.05).The expression of bcl-xl protein was closely related to cell differentiation(P0.05).The over-expression of survivin and bcl-xl was positively correlated(P