The practice and topic selection of innovative experiment competition of preventive medicine / 中华医学教育探索杂志

Innovative Experiment Competition of Preventive Medicine is a significant constitution of Guangdong Undergraduate Technique Competition of Preventive Medicine. Without the constriction of majors, students participate in group with 3 people, design their own experiments around the hot spots and practical problems in public health area and are awarded according to the grades of the experiment design and thesis defence. The most topics in the first and the second competitions are about environmental hygiene and occupational hygiene, and the infectious diseases are attracting increasing attention. More and more topics combine the method of experiment with investigation. Some tactics are also suggested that innovation, view of general population, autonomy and investigation should be included in topic selection for this contest.

Integrated traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine treatment of gastrointestinal dysmotility of severe acute pancreatitis patients / 中华胰腺病杂志

Objective To investigate the effects of rhubarb and mirabilite and compound danshen injection on gastrointestinal dysmotility of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). Methods Forty-one SAP patients were randomly divided into two groups: Integration group (n=21) were treated with rhubarb and mirabilite and compound danshen injection. Control group (n=20) were treated with conventional therapy. Recovery of gastrointestinal motility of two groups was observed, and the complication rate and hospital stay was recorded.Results The recovery of gastrointestinal motility, first defecation and hospital stay in integration group was (3.1±0.8)d, (3.1±0.8)d, (21.5±2.8 )d, which were significantly shorter than those in control group [(5.2±1.4) d, (4.7±1.3 ) d, (32.1±3.60) d, P ＜ 0. 05 or P ＜ 0.01. Five patients in integration group developed complication, which was significantly lower than 8 patients in control group ( P ＜ 0.01 )]. One patient died and one patient received operation in integration group, and one patient died in control group,without significant difference between the two groups (P ＞ 0.05 ). Conclusions The combination of rhubarb and mirabilite and compound danshen injection in severe acute pancreatitis can promote the recovery of gastrointestinal motility.