Efficacy observation on Jin's three-needle therapy for allergic rhinitis of lung qi deficiency and cold syndrome / 中国针灸

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To compare the clinical efficacy in the treatment of allergic rhinitis (AR) of lung qi deficiency and cold syndrome between Jin's three-needle therapy and western medication.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Sixty-six patients were randomized into an acupuncture group and a western medication group, 33 cases in each one. In the acupuncture group, acupuncture was applied at three-nose points [Yingxiang (LI 20), Shangyingxiang (EX-HN 8) and Yintang (GV 29); Cuanzhu (BL 2) was added for frontal headache] and three-back points [Dazhu (BL 11), Fengmen (BL 12) and Feishu (BL 13)], once every day. Ten treatments made one session. Two sessions of treatment were required. In the western medication group, desloratadine oral suspension was prescribed, 5 mg each time, once a day, for 20 days. The scores of the symptoms and physical signs in AR patients as well as the clinical efficacy were observed between the two groups.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The total effective rate was 93.9% (31/33) in the acupuncture group, which was better than 72.7% (24/33) in the western medication group (P < 0.05). After treatment, the scores of AR symptoms and physical signs as well as the total score were all reduced compared with those before treatment in the two groups (all P < 0.01). The score of every item in the acupuncture group was lower than that in the western medication group after treatment (score of symptoms: 4.70 +/- 2.07 vs 6.55 +/- 2. 69, score of physical signs: 0.85 +/- 0.67 vs 1.45 +/- +0.62, total score: 5.36 +/- 2.70 vs 8.00 +/- 2.91, all P < 0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Jin's three-needle therapy achieves superior efficacy on AR of lung-qi deficiency and cold syndrome, which is better than desloratadine oral suspension.</p>

Life quality of children with autistic disorder and its influencing factors / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

Objective To investigate the life quality status in autistic disorder children and its influencing factors.Methods Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL4.0) was used to measure the life quality of 200 children with autistic disorder and 120 healthy children.Application of Gesell Development Diagnosis Scale (1981) test was used for intelligence development.Clancy Autism Behavior Scale,Autism Behavior Checklist,and Childhood Autism Rating Scale were used to evaluate the illness degree.Results The life quality of autistic disorder group was lower than that of control group in the scores of physical functioning,emotional functioning,social functioning,mental domain and the totals cores of PedsQL,the differences were significant (all P ＜0.01).High-functioning autism in all aspects and the overall life quality were higher than those of low function group,the differences were statistically significant (all P ＜0.01).By using variance analysis,intelligence factors had an impact on the patient's life quality,the difference was statistically significant(P ＜ 0.01).Correlation analysis results suggested that the autism condition degree was heavier,the intelligence level was lower,the life quality was worse,and the difference was statistically significant (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Children with autistic disorder suffer grievous influence in life quality.

Effect of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation on BIS and VAS in artificial abortion operation / 中国针灸

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the sedative and analgesic effects of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) in patients with artificial abortion operation.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Ninety patients, with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I - II, and scheduled for artificial abortion operation, were randomly divided into three groups, 30 cases in each group. The patients in group A were treated with TEAS on Neiguan (PC 6) and Taichong (LR 3), in group B with paracervical block anesthesia (BA), and in group c with both TEAS and BA. Continuous monitoring of the mean arterial blood pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR), oxygen saturation and bispectral index (BIS) of the patients lasted to 30 min after the operation. The BIS, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) during the operation and the adverse reactions after the operation were analyzed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>After 15 minutes TEAS, the BIS in group A and C were decreased significantly, with no significant difference between the two groups (P > 0.05) and being both better than that in group B (both P < 0.05), which had no significant change. There were no significant differences in the VAS among the three groups (all P > 0.05), while the adverse reactions in both group A and C were lower than that in group B (both P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>TEAS has sedative and analgesic effect during artificial abortion operation and can decrease the adverse reactions.</p>