Inhibitory effect of atorvastatin on bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats and its mechanism / 中华老年医学杂志

Objective To observe the inhibitory effect of atorvastatin on bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in SD rats and study their possible mechanism.Methods 30 male SD mice under SPF condition with average body weight of 250g were randomly allocated to three groups (n =10,each) of saline control group (control group),bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis group (pulmonary fibrosis group) and atorvastatin treatment group (treatment group).Bleomycin (5mg/kg) (versus 0.2 ml saline in control group) were endotracheally instilled in pulmonary fibrosis group and the treatment group in order to establish the model of pulmonary fibrosis.Subsequently,the rats in the treatment group received daily atorvastatin (10 mg/kg) orally.5 rats in each group were sacrificed on 7th and 28th day after intratracheal instillation.Their lung tissues were taken and tested.The histological changes in the lungs were evaluated by hematoxylin-eosin and masson stain.The tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) level and hydroxyproline content in lung tissues were measured by enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).The expressions of Kruppel-like factor 2 (KLF2) protein and mRNA in lung tissues were measured by Western blotting and Real-Time PCR.Results The lung tissue in model group had significant bleeding and oozing inflammatory response on the 7th day and pulmonary fibrosis on the 28th day.Bleeding and oozing inflammatory response and pulmonary fibrosis were subdued in treatment group on the same days as compared to the model group.Hydroxyproline and TNF-α contents in lung tissue were significantly higher in model group than in control group (both P＜0.05).KLF2 protein and KLF2-mRNA expressions in lung tissues were significantly lower in model group than in control group (both P＜0.05).The above changes were partially reversed in treatment group.Compared to model group,treatment group showed that hydroxyproline and TNF-α contents in lung tissues were significantly reduced (both P＜0.05) and KLF2 protein and KLF2 mRNA expressions in lung tissues were significantly increased (both P＜ 0.05).Conclusions Atorvastatin can reduce the secretion of TNF-α and alleviate bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis.The mechanism inhibiting fibrosis might be associated with up-regulation of KLF2-mRNA expression.

Survey on the usage of antiasthmatic drugs in community hospitals in Shanghai / 中华全科医师杂志

Objective To observe the usage of antiasthmatic drugs and seek problems of following the guidelines of asthma and COPD prevention & treatment in community hospitals.Methods The prescribed quantity in 2013 of antiasthmatic drugs was recorded for 5 community hospitals in a district of Shanghai.Basing on the defined daily dose (DDD),the dosing frequency of drugs (DDDs) and the percentages of each category of drugs were calculated.Then comparisons were made with the data of a grade Ⅱ hospital and a grade Ⅲ hospital in the same district.Results Among three level hospitals,no significant difference existed in the percentages of oral antiasthmatic drugs.But the major category of oral drugs at grades Ⅱ-Ⅲ hospitals was leukotriene receptor antagonist whereas only oral theophylline and oral β2-receptor agonists were available at community hospitals.Among inhaled drugs,inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) dominated at grades Ⅱ-Ⅲ hospitals.But at community hospitals,inhaled short-acting beta-agonists (SABA) predominated.Among inhalants,dry powder inhaler (DPI) dominated at grades Ⅱ-Ⅲ hospitals and metered dose inhaler (MDI) at community hospitals.Conclusions The usage of antiasthmatics at community hospitals is not consistent with the guidelines.Optimizing drug purchasing at hospitals,strengthening continued medical education,modifying the medication concept of patients and boosting the production of domestic inhalants should be urgently undertaken.

Comparing of Licensed Pharmacist Qualification Examination between ours and in overseas / 中华医学教育探索杂志

Objective To compare the contents and features of licensed pharmacist qualification examination papers between those in abroad and domestic in order to provide the informations for the reforming the examination in our country.Method The characteristics of licensed pharmacist qualification examination among USA、UK、Australia and China were analysed and compared with classified statistic by using excel software.Results The scene questions are the main type in the three examination papers(＞50％).There were fewer questions examining the memory ability of examinees in abroad examinations,than that of ours.There were one question just had objects of pharmaceutical care (0.18％) in our examination.In the inspection of pharmaceutical knowledge application ability for the practice test(＞60％),covering all aspects of pharmaceutical care; And Chinese licensed pharmacists exam basic no object and pharmaceutical care link information feedback(＞60％),and the others are theoretical knowledge(＞20％).And in the three abroad examinations other common questions were about clinical drug therapy (＞90％),while they were the knowledge of pharmaceutical analysis and pharmaceutics in domestic examination papers (41.97％).Conclusion Licensed pharmacist qualification examination in our country ignored the ability of employing pharmaceutical knowledge and developing pharmaceutical care.The reformation of the licensed pharmacist qualification examination in our country is extremely urgent.

Effectiveness of one-year community management for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / 中华全科医师杂志

Objective To evaluate effectiveness of prevention and treatment for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for one year at community health-care service (CHS)centers. Methods A quasi-experiment design was used to evaluate effectiveness of community management for patients with COPD who visited and registered at Xiaokunshan and Xinbang CHS centers in Songjiang district of Shanghai in 2008, with COPD patients from Xiaokunshan community CHS center as management group and those from Xinbang as control. Measures for community management included training for local general practitioners in essential knowledge of COPD prevention and treatment, allocation of necessary drugs for COPD treatment, and health education for COPD patients and their family members. No special measures were taken for control group except routine treatment. Results A total of 132 patients were diagnosed as COPD according to their pulmonary function on 2008, 61 at Xiaokunshan and 71 at Xinbang CHS canters.One hundred and two patients, 47 at Xiaokunshan and 55 at Xinbang, finished one-year follow-up. Five patients from Xiaokunshan who were smokers at their first visits and three of them quitted smoking after oneyear management. Meanwhile, none of nine smoked patients from Xinbang quitted smoking in the same period. There was no statistically significant difference in symptom scores, pulmonary function, and forced expiratory volume at the first second (FEV1) between patients in the two groups during one-year follow-up.Average score of quality of life in patients at Xiaokunshan dropped to 39. 12 after one-year management from 46. 96 at their first visits, and that in patients at Xinbang increased to 62. 11 from 56. 55 (P＜0.01).Average six-minute walking distance (6-MWD) in patients at Xiaokunshan reduced to 354. 26 meters after one-year management from 361.66 meters at their first visits, meanwhile that in patients at Xinbang reduced to 351.18 meters from 398.07 meters (P =0. 008). Scores of functional dyspnea in patients at Xiaokunshan fell to 0.34 from 0.40 at their first visit, meanwhile that in patients at Xinbang increased to 1.00 from 0.95(P =0.038). During the one-year follow-up, 13 patients at Xiaokunshan and 53 at Xinbang visited emergency departments for treatment, and four at Xiaokunshan were hospitalized and none died, and five at Xinbang were hospitalized due to acute exacerbation of COPD and four of them died. Conclusions The study suggests that strengthening prevention and treatment for COPD patients at community level by general practitioners, patients themselves and their family members can improve their quality of life, reduce emergency visits and hospitalization, alleviate dyspnea symptoms and delay the decline of 6MWD.

The change of regulatory T cells of PBMC and the effects of CpG ODN in patients with lung cancer / 中国免疫学杂志

Objective:To study the change of regulatory T cells in PBMC and the effects of CpG ODN in patients with lung cancer.Methods: Lymphocytes isolated from blood of 30 patients with lung canaer and 30 healthy volunteers were analyzed for the proportion of CD4 ~+CD25~+ T cells by flow cytometry.The mRNA expression of Foxp3 was detected by real-time PCR and the levels of TGF-β and IFN-γ were tested by ELLSA.The PBMC of 30 patients with lung cancer were randomly divided into treated group(CpG ODN 2006)and placebo group(CpG ODN 1612).The proportion of CD4 ~+ CD25~+ T cells,the mRNA expression of Foxp3 and the levels of TGF-β and IFN-γ were compared before and after treatment.Results:Tbe proportion of CD4~+ CD25~+ T cells,the mRNA expression of Foxp3 and the levels of TGF-β in patients with lung cancer were higher than those in healthy volunteers,but there was no significant difference in such parameters among subgroups of pathologic classification and clinical stage patients.The proportion of CD4 ~+ CD25~+ T cells, the mRNA expression of Foxp3 and the levels of TGF-β were dropped in CpG ODN 2006 group after treatment.There was no significant difference in these parameters before and after treatment in CpG ODN 1612 group.Conclusion: The proportion of CD4~+ CD25 ~+ T cells, the mRNA expression of Foxp3 and the levels of TGF-β of PBMC in lung cancer patients are higher than those in healthy volunteers.Treating by CpG ODN 2006 could down-regulate the proportion of CD4~+ CD25~+ Foxp3~+ regulatory T cells and the levels of TGF-β of PBMC from the patients with lung cancer.

Continuous intra-tracheal gas insufflation during mechanical ventilation in juvenile piglets with acute lung injury induced by endotoxin / 中华急诊医学杂志

Objective To evaluate the effects of continuous intra-tracheal gas insufflation (TGI) during mechanical ventilation for protecting the juvenile piglets with acute lung injury (ALI) induced by endotoxin. Method Twelve healthy juvenile piglets were anesthetized and mechanically ventilated at 2 cmH2O PEEP with 10 cmH2O peak inspiration pressure. The piglets were challenged with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and randomly (random number) assigned to two groups (n = 6 each): (1) piglets treated with mechanical ventilation alone (group MV) and (2) piglets treated with TGI by continuous airway flow of 2 L/min (group TGI). FiO2 was set at 0.4 to avoid oxygen toxicity, and the piglets were continuously monitored with an oxygen analyzer. Results Tidal volume, ventilation efficacy index and mean airway pressure were significantly improved in piglets of TGI group (P < 0.01 or P < 0.05). Four hours after ALI, pH decreased to below 7.20 in piglets of MV group, and was higher in piglets of TGI group (P < 0.01). Similarly, PaCO2 was stable and was significantly lower in piglets of TGI group than that in piglets of MV group (P < 0.01). PaO2 and PaO2/FiO2 increased in piglets of TGI group (P < 0.05). There were no significant differences in heart rate, respiraaatory rate, mean arterial pressure, central venous pressure, dynamic lung compliance and mean resistance of airway between two groups. Lung histopathological changes showed severe inflammation,and intra-alveolar hemorrhage and interstitial patchy hemorrhage were ameliorated and the lungs were more homogenously expanded in piglets of TGI group. Conclusions Continuous TGI during MV can significantly improve gas exchange and ventilation efficacy, and may provide a better treatment for acute lung injury.

An investigation on knowledge of control and prevention for chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases among general practitioner in community health service centers / 中华全科医师杂志

Objective To understand awareness of basic knowledge on control and prevention for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among general practitioner in community health service centers. Methods Questionnaire survey was conducted among 593 general practitioners at 15 community health service centers in a district of Shanghai in the morning of February 26, 2008. Results Five hundred and forty-two of 593 ( 91.4% ) general practitioners surveyed knew that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease can be abbreviated as COPD, and 315 of them (53.1%) thought they knew the main contents of the "Guidelines for Prevention and Control of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease". No pulmonary function instrument was equipped at all 15 community health service centers surveyed, and 501 of 593 ( 84.5% ) general practitioners knew spirometry is gold standard for diagnosis of COPD. Only 115 ( 19.4% ) general practitioners knew that COPD can be categorized as acute exacerbation and stable stage. One hundred and sixty-three of them (27.5%) knew that drug therapy should be maintained in COPD patients for long term following effective treatment, 328 (55.3%) recognized that treatment for COPD patients was still needed in their stable stage, and 312 (52.6%) believed that antibiotics may not be necessary and 465 (78.4%) thought that inhalation therapy was the choice of treatment for acute exacerbation of COPD. Two hundred and thirty-five of them (39.6%) knew that oxygen inhalation should be more than 15 hours per day in regular family therapy. The investigation showed that 365 (61.6%) general practitioners had participated in training for COPD-related knowledge, only one or two times a year. Awareness of COPD knowledge was significantly poorer in rural practitioners than that in urban community ones. Conclusions Basic knowledge of prevention and treatment for COPD was seriously lack in general practitioners, so it is a necessity to strengthen training for them.

An investigation on prevention and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at two community health service centers in urban and suburban Shanghai / 中华全科医师杂志

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Relationship between Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha and Smoking-related Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease / 中国康复理论与实践

@#Objective To investigate the relationship between tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Methods COPD patients and controls were divided into three groups: COPD group (n=66), smoker control group (n=42) and health control group (n=23). COPD group was further divided into the serious group (n=23) and non-serious group (n=43). The concentration of TNF-α of all cases was detected by human Th1/Th2 cytokine kit.Results The concentration of TNF-α in the COPD group was significantly higher than that of the smoker and healthy groups ( P<0.01). Furthermore, compared to non-serious COPD group, the concentration of TNF-α was higher in the serious COPD group ( P<0.05).Conclusion The concentration of TNF-α might be related with the pathogenesis and development of COPD.

The Application of Debate to Clinical Teaching / 中华医学教育探索杂志

This article introduces how to use debate in clinical teaching and explains the organization,training,choosing the debate topics,making the rule and implementation of debate.Debate is advantageous to raise and enhance the medical students' abilities of study independent,clinical thought,consult,analysis and application literatures,oral expression,team cooperation and so on.

Protective effects of alpha 1-antitrypsin on acute lung injury in rabbits induced by endotoxin / 中华医学杂志(英文版)

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate whether pretreatment with alpha(1)-antitrypsin (AAT) can attenuate acute lung injury (ALI) in rabbits induced with endotoxin.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Thirty-two healthy adult New Zealand rabbits were anaesthetized, tracheotomized and mechanically ventilated. They were then randomly divided into four groups (n = 8): (1) Infusion of Escherichia coli endotoxin [Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) 500 microg/kg] without AAT (Group LPS). (2) Infusion of AAT 120 mg/kg at 15 minutes after LPS (Group LAV). (3) Infusion of AAT 120 mg/kg without endotoxin (Group AAT). (4) Infusion of saline 4 ml/kg as control (Group NS). Arterial blood gases, peripheral leukocyte counts and airway pressure were recorded every hour for eight hours. Physiologic intrapulmonary shunting (Qs/Qt) was measured every four hours. After eight hours, blood samples were collected for measurement of plasma concentration and activity of AAT. Then, the animals were sacrificed, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) was collected for measurement of concentrations of total protein (TP), interleukin-8 (IL-8), tumor necrosis factor (TNF alpha, the activities of NE and AAT, total phospholipids (TPL) and disaturated phosphatidylcholine (DSPC). In addition, the wet-to-dry lung weight ratio (W/D) was measured.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The infusion of endotoxin induced decreases in arterial oxygen pressure (PaO(2)), peripheral leukocyte counts, total respiratory compliance (TLC) and the increases in peak pressure (P(peak)), Qs/Qt compared with the baseline values (P < 0.05). The increased plasma concentration but reduced activity of AAT was also found in contrast to that in Group NS (P < 0.05). In the BALF, the activity of AAT, TPL, DSPC/TPL were lower than those in Group NS (P < 0.05), but the concentrations of albumin, IL-8, TNF alpha, the activity of NE and the ratio of W/D were higher than those in Group NS (P < 0.05). The pretreatment of AAT attenuated the deterioration of oxygenation, the reduction of compliance and the deterioration of other physiological and biochemical parameters mentioned above.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Pretreatment with AAT could attenuate endotoxin-induced lung injury in rabbits. Those beneficial effects of AAT might be due, in part, to reduction in the levels of mediators that could activate neutrophils, in addition to the direct inhibitory effect on neutrophil elastase.</p>

Development and evaluation of a disease-specific health-related quality of life instrument for obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome / 中华全科医师杂志

Objective To develop an instrument to measure the quality of life (QOL) suitable for Chinese adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) and evaluate it. Methods A list of 72 items potentially related to QOL of patients with OSAHS was constructed via discussion with OSAHS related people, as well as referring to some foreign QOL instruments. Twenty patients were asked to identify the most significant items. Then, frequency, importance and impact score, which is the product of frequency and importance, of the items were calculated. Those items with an impact score equal to or greater than 1.5 were retained in the instrument. Fifty-two OSAHS patients were divided into two groups based on their apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) (AHI