Acupuncture combined with Western medicine for angina of coronary artery disease: a systematic review / 中国针灸

The effectiveness and safety of acupuncture combined with western medicine for angina of coronary artery disease are evaluated. Databases including Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane Library, CBMDisk,. CNKI, Wanfang, Chinese Clinical Trial Registry, etc. are searched with search time from beginning of the database establishment to January of 2014. As a result, totally 15 articles of acupuncture for angina of coronary artery disease that met the inclusive criteria were collected, involving 11 researches and 1 232 patients. The results of Meta-analysis indicate that based on regular western medicine, additional use of acupuncture could further improve symptoms of angina, increase efficacy of electrocardiogram (ECG) and reduce the dosage of nitroglycerin, in the meanwhile the hemorheology could be ameliorated, and the contents of C reactive protein (CRP), malondialdehyde (MDA), lipid peroxide (LPO), endothelin (ET) could be reduced, while the contents of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and nitric oxide (NO) could be increased; besides, the occurrence rate of cardiovascular event could be reduced without causing obvious adverse events. Except for certain outcomes (including dynamic ECG and blood viscosity) those have no statistical significance between treatment group and control group, the differences of remaining outcomes are: statistically significant. It is believed that acupuncture combined with regular treatment of western medicine are effective treatment plan for angina of coronary artery disease, which are superior to regular treatment of western medicine, but the results of this systematic review be taken with caution, and more clinical trials with high quality are looking forward to be included into Meta-analysis to increase the level of evidence.

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF URINARY α1-mG ALBUMIN WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS / 中国医师进修杂志

Objective To discover the diagnose value of the urinary α1-microglobulin (α1-mG)\,albumin to the early lupus nephritis.Methods In 31 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE),the urinary α1-mG\,β2-microglobulin (β2-mG) and albumin were measured and compared with normal group.Results The results showed that the levels of α1-mG\,β2-mG and albumin were markedly increased in the SLE group.Either urinary RT is normal or not,the urinary α1-mG\,β2-mG and albumin is markedly increased compared with normal group.Conclusion The urimary α1-mG、albumin content might be used as a sensitive marker for early lupus nerphritis.