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Objective:To explore the association between the G71R polymorphism of the UGT1A1 gene and neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Methods:DNA was extracted from blood samples of 61 neonates with severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia(severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia group), 60 neonates with hyperbilirubinemia(hyperbilirubinemia group) and 62 healthy neonates(control group), the G71R mutation of UGT1A1 gene was analyzed by direct sequencing. Results:In severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia group, there were 17 cases of homozygous mutation(A/A), 23 cases of heterozygous mutation(A/G) , and 21 cases of wild type(G/G) , with 28.87% homozygous mutation rate and 37.70% heterozygous mutation rate.In neonatal hyperbilirubinemia group, there were ten cases of homozygous mutation(A/A), 28 cases of heterozygous mutation(A/G) and 22 cases of wild type(G/G), with 16.67% homozygous mutation rate and 46.67% heterozygous mutation rate.In the control group, there were nine cases of homozygous mutation (A/A), 28 cases of heterozygous mutation(A/G) and 25 cases of wild type(G/G), among which the homozygous mutation rate was 14.52% and the heterozygous mutation rate was 45.16%.The genotype frequency( χ2=4.14, P=0.38)and allele frequency( χ2=2.47, P=0.29)of G71R in severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia group, neonatal hyperbilirubinemia group and control group were not statistically significant. Conclusion:The G71R polymorphism of the UGT1A1 gene may not be significantly correlated with the prevalence of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia.
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Objective:To explore the reliability and validity of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health′s 17-item Rehabilitation Set (ICF-RS-17) when used to evaluate multidisciplinary inpatients.Methods:A total of 359 inpatients in the departments of rehabilitation, orthopedics, neurology, and neurosurgery of three hospitals in Jiangsu province were assessed with the ICF-RS-17 at admission and at discharge, and the internal consistency of the tool was calculated. Inter-rater and intra-rater reliability were quantified using interclass correlation coefficients (ICCs). Structural validity was analyzed using factor analysis.Results:The tool′s Cronbach′s α was 0.945. The overall inter-rater ICC was 0.946 with the ICCs of all of the items except b280 sensation of pain within the range from 0.630 to 0.948. The overall intra-rater ICCs ranged from 0.471 to 0.947. The factor analysis found three factors with eigenvalues greater than 1, accounting for 74% of the variation, without double-loaded items. The three influential factors were exercise ability, sleep perception communication ability and self-care ability.Conclusion:The ICF-RS-17 has good internal consistency, inter-rater and intra-rater reliability and structural validity in the evaluation of multidisciplinary inpatients.
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Objective@#To explore and analyze the effect of comprehensive nursing care in endoscopic treatment of esophageal and gastric varicose bleeding.@*Methods@#A retrospective analysis of 60 cases of patients with esophageal and gastric varicose hemorrhage admitted to the hospital was conducted. The patients were randomly divided into 30 cases of control group and 30 cases of observation group. Routine nursing and comprehensive nursing were adopted respectively to evaluate different nursing effects.@*Results@#Intraoperative and postoperative heart rate of the observation group (91.0 ± 4.0) times/min, (89.2 ± 4.2) times/min, which were lower than (98.0 ± 4.2) times/min, (94.7 ± 4.5) times/min of the control group. There was statistically significant difference (t values were 6.610, 4.894, P < 0.05). The bleeding prevention effectiveness rate of the observation group (93.33%, 28/30) was higher than the control group (73.33%, 22/30), The difference was statistically significant (χ2 value was 4.32, P < 0.05). The total nursing satisfaction rate (100.00%, 30/30) in the observation group was higher than that in the control group (86.70%, 26/30), the difference was statistically significant (χ2 value was 4.29, P< 0.05). Quality of life, disease cognition, compliance behavior, proper rest, self-protection, General Quality of life Inventory (GQOLI) score in the observation group were (33.5 ± 3.5), (21.5 ± 3.7), (32.5 ± 2.8), (21.5 ± 3.3), (22.0±4.2), (130.2 ± 17.4) points, which were higher than those in the control group (28.2 ± 3.2), (17.5 ± 2.5), (28.5 ± 3.0), (17.2 ± 3.0), (18.0 ± 3.0), and (110.2 ± 15.2) points. The differences were statistically significant (t values were 4.245-6.121, P<0.05).@*Conclusions@#Endoscopic treatment of esophageal and gastric varicose bleeding patients combined with comprehensive nursing intervention, can effectively prevent the occurrence of rebleeding, improve the quality of life of patients. The application effect is significant.
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Liposomes, as one of the most successful nanotherapeutics, have a major impact on many biomedical areas. In this study, we performed laser scanning confocal microscope (LSCM) and immunohistochemistry (IHC) assays to investigate the intra-tumor transport and antitumor mechanism of GE11 peptide-conjugated active targeting liposomes (GE11-TLs) in SMMC7721 xenograft model. According to classification of individual cell types in high resolution images, biodistribution of macrophages, tumor cells, cells with high epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) expression and interstitial matrix in tumor microenvironment, in addition, their impacts on intra-tumor penetration of GE11-TLs were estimated. Type I collagen fibers and macrophage flooded in the whole SMMC7721 tumor xenografts. Tumor angiogenesis was of great heterogeneity from the periphery to the center region. However, the receptor-binding site barriers were supposed to be the leading cause of poor penetration of GE11-TLs. We anticipate these images can give a deep reconsideration for rational design of target nanoparticles for overcoming biological barriers to drug delivery.
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Objective:To explore and analyze the effect of comprehensive nursing care in endoscopic treatment of esophageal and gastric varicose bleeding.Methods:A retrospective analysis of 60 cases of patients with esophageal and gastric varicose hemorrhage admitted to the hospital was conducted. The patients were randomly divided into 30 cases of control group and 30 cases of observation group. Routine nursing and comprehensive nursing were adopted respectively to evaluate different nursing effects.Results:Intraoperative and postoperative heart rate of the observation group (91.0 ± 4.0) times/min, (89.2 ± 4.2) times/min, which were lower than (98.0 ± 4.2) times/min, (94.7 ± 4.5) times/min of the control group. There was statistically significant difference ( t values were 6.610, 4.894, P < 0.05). The bleeding prevention effectiveness rate of the observation group (93.33%, 28/30) was higher than the control group (73.33%, 22/30), The difference was statistically significant ( χ 2 value was 4.32, P < 0.05). The total nursing satisfaction rate (100.00%, 30/30) in the observation group was higher than that in the control group (86.70%, 26/30), the difference was statistically significant ( χ 2 value was 4.29, P< 0.05). Quality of life, disease cognition, compliance behavior, proper rest, self-protection, General Quality of life Inventory (GQOLI) score in the observation group were (33.5 ± 3.5), (21.5 ± 3.7), (32.5 ± 2.8), (21.5 ± 3.3), (22.0±4.2), (130.2 ± 17.4) points, which were higher than those in the control group (28.2 ± 3.2), (17.5 ± 2.5), (28.5 ± 3.0), (17.2 ± 3.0), (18.0 ± 3.0), and (110.2 ± 15.2) points. The differences were statistically significant ( t values were 4.245-6.121, P<0.05). Conclusions:Endoscopic treatment of esophageal and gastric varicose bleeding patients combined with comprehensive nursing intervention, can effectively prevent the occurrence of rebleeding, improve the quality of life of patients. The application effect is significant.
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Objective To explore a multi-dimensional nursing post performance management system based on hospital development as the objective and workload account as the foundation. Methods A total of 1 321 nursing staff in the nursing post of Changzhou Second People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University was selected as the study object, to observe the effect of the nursing performance appraisal team formally established in our hospital since November 2015 on nursing performane, the nursing department, the management office, etc departments jointly developed the nursing performance allocation principle, program and allocation method, the hospital resource planning (HRP) system, hospital information system (HIS) and self-made questionnaire were used to collect data, and the changes of various indexes before implementation of performance reform (from December 2014 to November 2015) and after implementation of performance reform (from December 2015 to November 2016) were compared and analyzed; the indexes were as follows: average monthly business income, average monthly nursing income, annual clinical non-receivable consumables expenditure, nursing human resources flexible allocation rate, nurses' degree of satisfaction with performance (remuneration and paying score, performance assessment system score) and qualified rate of nursing care quality. Results After the implementation of performance reform, average monthly business income, the average monthly nursing income, nursing human resources flexible allocation rate, compensation, paying scores and performance appraisal system scores were significantly higher than those before the implementation of performance reform [average monthly business income (ten thousand yuan): 13 653.24±1 309.49 vs. 11 869.26±991.16, average monthly nursing income (ten thousand yuan): 264.2 (252.1, 269.7) vs. 88.5 (80.8, 95.2), the ratio of nursing human resources flexible allocation rate: (1.74±0.52)% vs. (0.43±0.23)%, compensation and payment score: 4.76 (4.62, 4.85) vs. 3.47 (3.12, 3.60), performance appraisal system score: 4.88 (4.78, 4.95) vs. 2.80 (2.70, 3.14)], the difference was statistically significant (all P < 0.05), the annual clinical non-receivable consumables expenditure was decreased significantly compared with those before implementation performance reform (million yuan: 1.88±0.21 vs. 2.62±0.14, P < 0.05), and the qualified rate of nursing quality after performance appraisal were significantly improved compared with those before performance appraisal [nursing grading: (97.83±1.90)% vs. (91.11±1.61)%, ward management: (96.64±2.90)% vs. (90.06±2.40)%, nursing writing: (97.30±2.51)% vs. (91.33±1.96)%, nursing safety: (97.40±2.67)% vs. (90.13±1.96)%, first aid items: (97.44±2.64)% vs. (92.27±2.56)%, perioperative period: (96.86±2.50)% vs. (90.83±3.06)%, blood transfusion quality: (97.51±2.21)% vs. (92.13±2.37)%, disinfection and isolation: (97.43±2.70) % vs. (88.50±2.57)%, basic operation: (93.48±2.22)% vs. (87.51±2.03)%, practical ability: (93.38±1.97)% vs. (85.85±2.58)%, all P < 0.05]. Conclusion The establishment and application of the new performance management system mobilizes the enthusiasm of the department to actively control costs and decrease the expenditure of non-chargeable consumables, the nursing management staff can more flexibly arrange human resources and exert the management potential of middle-level cadres, and the nurses' degree of satisfaction and the nursing quality are significantly higher than those before nursing performance reform.
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Objective To evaluate the effect of mind mapping health education on the compliance behavior in patients with lumbar disc herniation (LDH) undergone surgery treatment.Methods A total of 68 LDH patients expected to surgery treatment were selected as objects of study,with 34 patients respectively in the control group and experimental group,the control group had undergone the nursing routine for LDH,while the experimental group had received the Mind-Map health education on the bases of routine care.Data were collected at the time point of admission to hospital,time to discharge,1 month and 6 months after discharge by the tools of questionnaire of the knowledge and LDH compliance and SF-36 scale.Results The scores of questionnaire of the knowledge for the experimental group at the time point of discharge,1 month and 6 months after discharge were (52.38 ± 6.99),(52.68 ± 7.87),(51.03 ±8.55) points,which were higher than those in the control group of (24.79 ± 3.33),(25.18 ± 2.87),(23.41 ±3.54) points,the differences were statistically significant (t =27.59,27.50,27.62,P＜ 0.01).The scores of compliance questionnaire for the experimental group at the time point of lmonth and 6 months after discharge were (71.47 ± 16.62),(66.82 ± 20.11) points,which were higher than those in the control group of (43.32 ± 17.70),(49.35 ± 14.17) points,the differences were statistically significant(t=28.15,13.82,P＜ 0.01).Within groups,the scores of SF-36 scale of each group at the point of 6 months after charge were higher than at the point of admission,the differences were statistically significant (t =2.53-11.41,P＜0.05).Among groups,the differences of SF-36 scale scores at the point of admission of two groups were not statistically significant (P＞ 0.05),while the SF-36 scale scores of experimental at the point of 6months after discharge were apparently higher than that of control group,and the differences were statistically significant (t =1.70-5.68,P＜ 0.05).Conclusions Mind mapping health education can broaden patients' knowledge to LDH,improve the compliance to medical stuff,thus promote the recovery of LDH and improve the quality of life.
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Objective To study clinical and laboratory features of children with brucellosis and to provide a theoretical basis for clinical diagnosis and treatment.Methods Using the retrospective analysis method,the clinical diagnosed information of child patients with brucellosis from January 2013 to January 2016 in Heilongjiang Agricultural Reclamation Bureau General Hospital were selected to analysis the general characteristics,clinical symptoms and laboratory examination results.At the same time,follow the case control method,dadult brucellosis laboratory results were selected,and the laboratory examination results were compared between child and adult patients.Results The children of ＞ 12-15 years of age had the highest incidence in 65 cases of brucellosis,and the rate was 47.7％ (31/65).Clinical symptoms were fever and joint pain,which accounted for 83.1％ (54/65) and 84.6％ (55/65),respectively.The mean values of γ-glutamyl transpeptadase (γ-GT),α-hydroxybutyric dehydrogenase (HBDH),creatine kinase isoenzyme (CK-MB) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were compared between child brucellosis and adult brucellosis,and the differences were statistically significant [(30.66 ± 27.05) vs (82.80 ± 36.34) U/L,(287.40 ± 35.02) vs (180.08 ± 40.90)U/L,(20.88 ± 13.01) vs (11.70 ± 4.13)U/L,(328.69 ± 37.86) vs (217.88 ± 45.67)U/L,t =-4.243,3.396,3.756,3.135,all P ＜ 0.05].After treatment,the test results of children with aspartate transaminase (AST),alanine aminotransferase (ALT),γ-GT,total protein (TP),albumin (ALB),HBDH,CK-MB and LDH were compared with those of before the treatment,the differences were statistically significant [(56.95 ± 29.50) vs (23.00 ± 12.26) U/L,(57.60 ± 35.65) vs (23.94 ± 13.38) U/L,(30.66 ± 27.05) vs (18.45 ± 12.62) U/L,(63.77 ± 5.51) vs (67.42 ± 3.50) g/L,(39.15 ± 3.89) vs (43.06 ± 3.11) g/L,(287.40 ± 35.02) vs (139.23 ± 51.70) U/L,(20.88 ± 13.01) vs (11.61 ± 10.26) U/L,(328.69 ± 37.86) vs (187.77 ± 42.32) U/L,t =4.848,2.717,2.182,-5.442,-13.752,6.989,4.749,5.993,all P ＜ 0.05].Conclusions Liver and heart of children with brucellosis are injured.By monitoring the changes of myocardial enzymes,medicines for children might be cautiously used in clinical trial,and myocardial damages of children with brucellosis can be protected and prevented.
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Objective To analyze the epidemiologic features and laboratory findings of acute and chronic brucellosis.Methods Two hundred and ninety-two patients with brucellosis admitted in Heilongjiang Agricultural Reclamation Bureau General Hospital during June 2015 to February 2017 were retrospectively reviewed,including 170 acute cases and 122 chronic cases;95 healthy subjects undergoing health check-up at the same period were randomly selected as control group.Epidemiological characteristics,clinical symptoms and findings of laboratory tests of acute and chronic brucellosis were analyzed with SPSS 18.0 software.Results The male to female ratio were 3.15 to 1 and 3.21 to 1 for acute and chronic brucellosis,respectively.The patients were mainly rural residents (74.12％ and 77.05％) and the majority of them were farmers (62.94％ and 66.39％).The onset time was mainly from March to June of the year (47.06％ and 46.72％).The proportion of acute brucellosis patients ≤ 14 years was higher than that of chronic brucellosis group (x2 =5.022,P ＜ 0.05);the proportion of acute brucellosis patients ＞ 64 years old was lower than that of chronic brucellosis group (x2 =3.900,P ＜ 0.05).The symptom of sweating and myosalgia in acute brucellosis was more frequent than that in chronic brucellosis (x2 =10.764 and 10.479,both P ＜ 0.01);while the symptom of weakness in chronic brucellosis was higher than that in acute brucellosis (x2 =5.347,P ＜ 0.05).The AST,ALT,γ-GT,ALP,LDH and HBDH levels in patients with acute and chronic brucellosis were significantly higher than those in the control group (t =3.602 and 5.205;2.529 and 2.682;2.669 and 1.941;5.169 and 7.068;3.601 and 2.240;3.469 and 3.954;P ＜ 0.05 or 0.01);while TP and ALB levels were reduced (t =-5.880 and-8.923;-8.106 and-8.774;all P ＜ 0.01).The CRP in the acute brucellosis group was significantly higher than that in the chronic brucellosis group (t =6.717,P ＜0.01).The therapeutic regimes for acute brucellosis and chronic brucellosis were same,the symptoms dissolved after successful treatment.Conclusion There are different clinical manifestations between acute and chronic brucellosis.Medication for brucellosis should be cautious and the changes of myocardial enzymes should be monitored.
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In the present study, a risperidone loaded microsphere/sucrose acetate isobutyrate (SAIB) in situ forming complex depot was designed to reduce the burst release of SAIB in situ forming depot and to continuously release risperidone for a long-term period without lagime. The model drug risperidone (Ris) was first encapsulated into microspheres and then the Ris-microspheres were embedded into SAIB depot to reduce the amount of dissolved drug in the depot. The effects of different types of microsphere matrix, including chitosan and poly(lactide-coglycolide) (PLGA), matrix/Ris ratios in microspheres and morphology of microspheres on the drug release behavior of complex depot were investigated. In comparison with the Ris-loaded SAIB depot (Ris-SAIB), the complex depot containing chitosan microspheres (in which chitosan/Ris = 1 : 1, w/w) (Ris-Cm-SAIB) decreased the burst release from 12.16% to 5.80%. However, increased drug release rate after 4 days was observed in Ris-Cm-SAIB, which was caused by the high penetration of the medium to Ris-Cm-SAIB due to the hydrophilie of chitosan. By encapsulation of risperidone in PLGA microspheres, most drugs can be prevented from dissolving in the depot and meanwhile the hydrophobic PLGA can reduce the media penetration effect on the depot. The complex depot containing PLGA microspheres (in which PLGA/ drug=4 : 2, w/w) (Ris-Pm-SAIB) showed a significant effectiveness on reducing the burst release both in vitro and in vivo whereby only 0.64% drug was released on the first day in vitro and a low AUC0-4d value [(105.2± 24.4) ng.mL-1.d] was detected over the first 4 days in vivo. In addition, drug release from Ris-Pm-SAIB can be modified by varying the morphology of microspheres. The porous PLGA microspheres could be prepared by adding medium chain triglyceride (MCT) in the organic phase which served as pore agents during the preparation of PLGA microspheres. The complex depot containing porous PLGA microspheres (which were prepared by co-encapsulation of 20% MCT) (Ris-PPm-SAIB) exhibited a slightly increased AUC0-4d of (194.6±15.8) ng.mL-1d and high plasma concentration levels from 4 to 78 days [Cs(4-78d)=(7.8±1.2) ng.mL-1]. The plasma concentration on 78 day C78d was (9.0 2.5) ng.mL-1 which was higher than that of Ris-Pm-SAIB [C78d= (1.6 ± 0.6) ng.mL-1]. In comparison with Ris-Pm-SAIB, the AUC4-78d of Ris-PPm-SAIB increased from (379.0±114.3) ng.mL-1.d to (465.0 ±149.2) ng.mL-1.d, indicating sufficient drug release from the Ris-PPm-SAIB. These results demonstrate that the risperidone loaded porous PLGA microsphere/SAIB in situ forming complex depot could not only efficiently reduce the burst release of SAIB depot both in vitro and in vivo, but also release the drug sufficiently in vivo, and be capable to continuously release the drug for 78 days.
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Objective To evaluate the value of HbA2 level determined by capillary electrophoresis (Hb-CE)in screening and diagnosis of thalassemia.Methods HbA2 level of 249 thalassaemia carriers and 142 healthy controls confirmed by molecular biological detection were determined by Hb-CE method.The thalassaemia carrier subjects were divided into different groups and subgroups according to their results of gene detection.The sensitivity,specificity,accuracy,positive predictive value and negative predictive value for the diagnosis ofα-thalassemia,β-thalassaemia,α,β-thalassaemia were calculated under different HbA2 cut-off value.Results Mean value of HbA2 in healthy controls was (3.03±0.27)%.Mean values of HbA2 inα-thalassemia group and its subgroups of silentα-thalassemia,standardα-thalassemia and hemoglobin H disease were (2.38± 0.55)%,(2.61±0.46)%,(2.47 ± 0.32)% and (1.07 ± 0.17)%,respectively.Mean values of HbA2 inβ-thalassaemia group and itsβ0 subgroup,β+ subgroup were (5.65±0.47)%,(5.71±0.48)% and (5.56±0.43)%.Mean value of HbA2 in compoundαandβ-thalassaemia group was (5.7±0.82)%.Compared with healthy controls,HbA2 level inα-thalassemia group,silentα-thalassemia subgroup,standardα-thalassemia subgroup and hemoglobin H disease group decreased signifi-cantly (t values of 11.73,5.02,12.91 and 33.46,respectively,P0.05).HbA2 level inβ-thalassaemia group,β0 subgroup,β+ subgroup and compoundαandβ-thalassaemia group increased significantly (t values of 55.12,44.33,38.94 and 9.10,respectively,P0.05).Of 249 thalassemia carriers,all 124β-thalassaemia carriers were distinguished with ele-vated HbA2 level (>3.5%)determined by Hb-CE and only 57 were distinguished from 117α-thalassemia carriers by Hb-CE.Under the cut-off value of 2.5%,the sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value,negative predictive value and accu-racy for the diagnosis ofα-thalassemia were 48.72%,97.18%,93.44%,69.70%,75.29%,respectively.Under the cut-off value of 3.5%,they were 100.00%,98.59%,98.41%,100%,and 99.25% for the diagnosis ofβ-thalassaemia,respectively. The analysis of ROC curve showed that the optimal HbA2 cut-off values for diagnosis ofα,β-thalassaemia by capillary elec-trophoresis were 2.8% and 3.7%,respectively.Conclusion When no abnormal bands,the elevated HbA2 (>3.7% in this study)determined by Hb-CE could be used as a marker forβ-thalassaemia diagnosis,but theβ-thalassaemia co-existingα-thalassemia could not be differentiated fromβ-thalassaemia diagnosis.Decreased HbA2 level (<1.5% in this study)and HbH band could be used for the diagnosis of hemoglobin H disease.Only HbA2 determination by Hb-CE has no clinical sig-nificance for the screen and diagnosis ofα-thalassemia.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the combined effects of platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) on the expression of integrin (beta3 protein in the periodontal tissues of the compressing side of orthodontic tooth in rats.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Establishing orthodontic movement model in Sprague-Dawley rats, which were injected with 10 ng PDGF-BB, 200 ng IGF-I alone or in combination in the buccal submucosal area of the orthodontic tooth. The injection was applied every other day. The experiment continued for ten days and then the rats were sacrificed. The expression of integrin (beta3 protein in periodontal ligament tissues of the compressing side was detected by immunohistochemical techniques.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The expression of integrin (beta3 protein in periodontal ligament tissues of the compressing side of each experimental group was significantly increased compared with that of the control group (P<0.01). Meanwhile the maximum mean optical density value of integrin (beta3 protein expression was attained in the combination group which showed a significant increase compared with the PDGF-BB group (P<0.05) and the IGF-I group (P<0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The combination of exogenous PDGF-BB and IGF- I in orthodontic tooth movement may enhance the expression of integrin (beta3 protein in periodontal ligament cells and PDGF-BB and IGF-I may have a synergistic effect during orthodontic tooth movement.</p>
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Animals , Rats , Cells, Cultured , Fibroblasts , Insulin-Like Growth Factor I , Integrins , Periodontal Ligament , Platelet-Derived Growth Factor , Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Somatomedins , Tooth Movement TechniquesABSTRACT
Objective To discuss the promoting effect of clinical pathway in the standard and reasonable medication by the application of clinical pathway in the anticoagulation treatment of warfarin and health education for patients with atrial fibrilation.Methods Sixty eight patients with atrial fibrilation and receiving anticoagulation treatment of warfarin were divided randomly into the intervention group(36 cases)and the control group(32 cases).The control group received routine nursing while the intervention group underwent nursing intervention with clinical pathway based upon routine nursing intervention.The time cost to achieve the aims,compliance,incidence rate of complications and satisfaction degree were compared between the two groups.Results All the items in the intervention group were superior to those of the control group except for the items of satisfaction degree and health knowledge score(P<0.05).Conclusion Application of clinical pathway in the anticoagulation treatment of warfarin for patients with atrial fibrilation could ensure standard and reasonable medication in order to decrease medical cost,lower the incidence rate of complications,improve patients compliance and increase nursing quality.
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OBJECTIVE:To observe the distribution of fluorescent material in the respiratory tract of animals with the use of small animal imaging technology to quickly evaluate the effects of respiratory drug delivery. METHODS: The Kunming mice in the experimental group were administered with Cy5.5 fluorescent-labeled aerosol,meanwhile,a positive control group was set up by injecting same amount of compound anhydrous diethyl ether solution via tracheal incubation,with negative control group inhaled the same amount of non-Cy5.5 fluorescently-labeled aerosol. The fluorescent distribution of the aerosolized particles in the respiratory tract was observed. RESULTS: Fluorescently-labeled aerosol was observed in both the experimental group and the positive control group but not in negative control group. CONCLUSION: The small animal imaging technology is expected to be used as a rapid and effective method for evaluating the efficacy of respiratory drug delivery.
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OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of liposome formulation in promoting hepatocytes' uptake of tenofovir and cytotoxic effect. METHODS: The tenofovir cationic liposomes were prepared by tert-butyl lyophilization, and its encapsulation efficiency and physico-chemical property were determined. Using human hepatic carcinoma cells SMMC-7721 as a model to investigate the effect of liposome formulation in promoting hepatocytes' uptake of tenofovir. MTT assays were used to examine the toxicity of tenofovir cationic liposomes in different conditions. RESULTS: The prepared tenofovir cationic liposomes had an encapsulation efficiency of (88.3?1.6)%, a size distribution of (278.4?67.6)nm and a Zeta potential of (31?5)mV. The results showed that the liposome formulations containing galactose and PEG modifying lipids resulted in significantly higher and prolonged drug accumulation inside cells as compared with free drugs. The cell survival rates were above 80% when the tenofovir liposome was at a concentration of 7.5?g?mL-1 and lipids at a concentration of 30?g?mL-1, and little toxicity was noted. CONCLUSION: The prepared cationic liposome can greatly enhance hepatocytes' uptake and protection of tenofovir, which is expected to become a highly effective drug delivery system of antiviral drugs such as tenofovir etc.
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OBJECTIVE: To analyze the basic data of adverse drug reactions(ADR) and assess the quality of ADR reports submitted in 2006 in Shenzhen,and to provide bases for ADR monitoring.METHOD: The electronic forms of ADR cases reported in 2006 by different units in Shenzhen that had been subjected to the evaluation of Guangdong provincial center were downloaded,and the related data were subjected to frequency analysis.The three time points(duration of medication,onset time of ADR,turnover time) were used to evaluate the integrity of ADR process recording,and the relevance was evaluated by means of contrast.RESULTS: 19 drug categories and total 465 kinds of medicines were involved in 3 303 ADR cases.The categories of antimicrobials and Chinese herbal preparations and ADR cases induced by these drugs ranked at the first and second among all the drugs.The lesions of ADR involved primarily skin and its accessories,followed by gastrointestinal system.Most ADR cases were caused thorough intravenous route of administration.The majority ADR cases had a favorable turnover.New and severe ADR reports were few.The qualities of most reports were poor.CONCLUSION: The training program for ADR reporters should be strengthened;ADR reporters' reporting awareness and responsibility should be strengthened to enhance ADR reporting quality,and physicians' prescribing behavior should be intervened properly so as to reduce the incidence of ADR.
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Cationic polymers are being developed quickly as gene delivery vectors. For in vivo gene delivery, the cationic polymers are usually further modified by hydrophilic polymer grafting or ligand conjugation, which have been shown to increase the vector stability, gene delivery efficiency and specificity greatly. Some previous research had shown that modified hydrophilic polymer may partly shield the targeting ligand and result in poor delivery specificity. Developing a method to evaluate the influence of PEG modification on targeting delivery is particularly critical to cationic polymer design and gene therapy development. One of most commonly used cationic polymer polylysine (PLL) was chosen as a model. Targeting ligand epidermal growth factor(EGF)was conjugated with PLL to form PLL-EGF. Then hydrophilic polymer polyethylene glycol (PEG) with molecular mass 7 000 and 20 000 were used to modify PLL-EGF respectively to generate PEG7000-g-PLL-EGF and PEG20000-g-PLL-EGF. In BIAcore experiments, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) was conjugated onto BIAcore chip and various PEG modified PLL-EGF solutions were flowed over the chip. By observing the change of RU value, the specific interaction of EGF to EGFR was compared. Compared with PLL-EGF, PEG modified PLL-EGF showed lower association rate and higher disassociation rate to EGFR. Furthermore, compared to PEG7000 modified PLL-EGF, PEG20000 modified PLL-EGF got lower association rate and higher disassociation rate to EGFR. The Scatchard analysis results showed that the interactions between EGFR and PLL-EGF or PEG-PLL-EGF are non-linear. It can be concluded that PEG modification indeed reduced the association rate and enhanced the dissociation rate of EGF to EGFR. The length of PEG chain was also a key factor to influence interaction between ligand and receptor. The results showed that it was critical important to evaluate the influence of PEG modification on delivery specificities. The BIAcore method developed in this paper can successfully evaluate the influence, which would be important for cationic polymer design and its application as potential non-viral gene delivery vectors.
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Recently there have been increasing interests in ultrasound-mediated gene delivery techniques. This paper reviews the general concept of sonoporation, the effect of contrast agents, and the in vitro and in vivo applications of such techniques. Factors which contribute to the efficiency of gene delivery were also discussed. The technology is promising and has great potential in targeted drug delivery and gene delivery applications.
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Humans , DNA , Drug Delivery Systems , Gene Transfer Techniques , Genetic Therapy , Microbubbles , Transfection , Methods , Ultrasonic Therapy , Methods , UltrasonicsABSTRACT
0.01). The tumor volume and the tumor weight were also significantly decreased in the treated group (P
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical effects and toxicity of netilmicin with different administrations by de?termining its serum concentration in the treatment of lower respiratory tract infection.METHODS:22cases of lower respi?ratory tract infection were randomly divided into two groups.The drug serum concentrations were determined by TDx system.Clinical effects were compared;renal function and hearing ability were monitored.RESULTS:On the condition of the same total daily dosage,the peak concentrations in once-daily group(group QD)were significantly higher than those in twice-daily group(group BD)(P