通络胶囊治疗偏头痛的临床与实验研究

认为正气不足、病理体质为偏头痛的发病基础 ,以气血失调为主 ,寒热虚实错杂是本病的基本病机。据此确立扶正固本、祛风活络、化瘀止痛的治疗原则 ,拟通络胶囊治疗偏头痛 30例 ,与太极通天液治疗 30例对照 ,结果表明 ,治疗组愈显率 83.33% ,总有效率 93.33% ,与对照组相比有显著性差别 (P<0 .0 1) ,在改善兼症方面亦优于对照组 (P<0 .0 5或 P<0 .0 1) ,并能改善患者颅内血管功能状态。动物实验表明 ,通络胶囊能提高实验动物痛阈 ,同时提高大鼠下丘脑 5 - HT及 β-内啡呔水平 ,并能改善大鼠软脑膜微循环。     

胰岛素泵治疗继发性失效2型糖尿病临床研究

目的 比较磺脲类药物失效（ｓｕｌｆｏｎｙｌｕｒｅａ ｆａｉｌｕｒｅ,ＳＦ）的 ２型糖尿病患者胰岛素泵连续皮下输注治疗（ｃｏｎｔｉｎｕ－ｏｕｓ　ｓｕｂｃｕｔａｎｅｏｕｓ　ｉｎｓｕｌｉｎ　ｉｎｆｕｓｉｏｎ,ＣＳⅡ）组和多次注射胰岛素组（ｍｕｌｔｉｐｌｅ ｓｕｂｃｕｔａｎｅｏｕｓ　ｉｎｓｕｌｉｎ　ｉｎｊｅｃｔｉｏｎ,ＭＳⅡ）血糖控制的疗效和安全性。方法 采用对照研究方法探讨ＣＳⅡ和ＭＳⅡ两种治疗方法在控制血糖、胰岛素剂量、低血糖的发生率的差异。结果 ＧＤⅡ组治疗达到理想血糖控制的疗效和所需的时间明显短于ＭＳⅡ组（Ｐ＜０．０１）;ＧＳⅡ组治疗达到理想血糖控制所需的胰岛素量明显少于ＭＳⅡ组（Ｐ＜０。０１）;ＣＳⅡ组低血糖发生率低于ＭＳⅡ组。结论ＣＳⅡ治疗能缩短达到理想血糖控制的时间,有效地降低餐后２小时血糖;减少了胰岛素用量;减少了低血糖的发生。囚此,ＣＳⅡ疗法对ＳＦ的２型糖尿病患者理想血搪控制比ＭＳⅡ疗法更快、更有效,且使用胰岛素剂量更小,更安全。     

Interphotoreceptor Retinol-Binding Protein Ameliorates Diabetes-Induced Retinal Dysfunction and Neurodegeneration Through Rhodopsin

Patients with diabetes often experience visual defects before any retinal pathologies are detected. The molecular mechanism for the visual defects in early diabetes has not been elucidated. Our previous study reported that in early diabetic retinopathy (DR), rhodopsin levels were reduced due to impaired 11-cis-retinal regeneration. Interphotoreceptor retinol-binding protein (IRBP) is a visual cycle protein and important for 11-cis-retinal generation. IRBP levels are decreased in the vitreous and retina of DR patients and animal models. To determine the role of IRBP downregulation in the visual defects in early DR, we induced diabetes in transgenic mice overexpressing IRBP in the retina. IRBP overexpression prevented diabetes-induced decline of retinal function. Furthermore, IRBP overexpression also prevented decreases of rhodopsin levels and 11-cis-retinal generation in diabetic mice. Diabetic IRBP transgenic mice also showed ameliorated retinal oxidative stress, inflammation, apoptosis, and retinal degeneration compared with diabetic wild-type mice. These findings suggest that diabetes-induced IRBP downregulation impairs the regeneration of 11-cis-retinal and rhodopsin, leading to retinal dysfunction in early DR. Furthermore, increased 11-cis-retinal–free opsin constitutively activates the phototransduction pathway, leading to increased oxidative stress and retinal neurodegeneration. Therefore, restored IRBP expression in the diabetic retina may confer a protective effect against retinal degeneration in DR.     

柴胡桂枝干姜汤联合耳穴压豆治疗胃肠功能紊乱临床研究

目的：观察柴胡桂枝干姜汤联合耳穴压豆治疗胃肠功能紊乱的临床疗效。方法：选取胃肠功能紊乱患者110例,按单双数随机分为2组各55例。对照组予西药奥美拉唑肠溶胶囊治疗,观察组予柴胡桂枝干姜汤联合耳穴压豆治疗。观察比较2组胃肠功能指标改善情况及临床疗效。结果：观察组胃肠功能指标嗳气减少、腹胀减轻、腹部隐痛消失时间均短于对照组,差异均有统计学意义（P<0.05）。临床疗效总有效率观察组96.36%,对照组72.73%,2组临床疗效总有效率比较,差异有统计学意义（P<0.05）。结论：柴胡桂枝干姜汤联合耳穴压豆治疗胃肠功能紊乱患者,相较于单纯使用奥美拉唑肠溶胶囊治疗,可明显缩短改善嗳气、腹胀、腹部隐痛的时间,提高临床疗效。     

Clinicopathological characteristics,prognosis, and chemosensitivity in patients with metastatic upper tract urothelial carcinoma

PurposeTo investigate the clinical characteristics, chemosensitivity, and outcome of metastatic upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC).Patients and MethodsRecords of patients with metastatic UTUC since January 2005 were retrieved from a database that included clinical and survival data. Statistical analyses including survival and multivariate analyses of factors were respectively performed by the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox proportional hazard model.ResultsA total of 250 consecutive UTUC cases were evaluated. There were 56 patients (22.4%) with initially diagnosed stage IV disease. The most common metastatic sites were lung (39.6%), distant lymph nodes (39.2%), bone (19.6%), liver (18.0%), and adrenal gland (7.2%), respectively, and the local recurrence rate was 10.4%. Two hundred thirteen patients received first-line chemotherapy. The overall response rate was only 28.7% and the median progression-free survival time was only 5.0 months. The overall survival time of the cohort was 18.0 months. Multivariate analyses showed that initially diagnosed stage IV disease, number of metastatic organs ≥3, no response to chemotherapy and cycles of chemotherapy ≤2 were adverse prognosticators for overall survival.ConclusionUTUC presented to be more prone to metastasize than locally recur and thought to have low chemosensitivity. Stage IV disease at initial diagnosis, number of metastatic organs, response and cycles of chemotherapy were independent prognosticators for metastatic UTUC.     

Incidence and risk factors of suicide among patients diagnosed with bladder cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Background: Patients with bladder cancer have a high risk of suicide. This study aimed to assess how bladder cancer increases suicide risk and to identify the demographic and clinical factors associated with suicidal death among patients with bladder cancer. Methods: Literature search of MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Embase, Web of Sciences and Cochrane Library databases was conducted up to April 2020 to identify eligible studies related to the incidence and risk factors of suicide after bladder cancer diagnosis. Summary multivariate-adjusted risk estimates and their associated 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using inverse variance method with random or fixed-effect modeling. Results: Five retrospective cohorts comprising 563,680 patients with bladder cancer were included. Higher risk of suicide by 1.90-fold was observed among patients with bladder cancer (hazard ratio, HR = 1.90, 95% CI: 1.29–2.81; P = 0.001; I² = 81.2%), especially in those aged 70 years or older (HR = 1.36, 95% CI: 1.29–1.43; P < 0.001; I² = 0%), unmarried (HR = 1.72, 95% CI: 1.61–1.83; P < 0.001; I² = 0%), and those with regional bladder cancer (HR = 1.88, 95% CI: 1.10–3.21; P = 0.021; I² = 96.3%), compared with those without bladder cancer. Furthermore, gender and race were not associated with increased suicide risk among patients with bladder cancer. Conclusions: Suicide risk is increased among patients with bladder cancer, particularly those aged 70 years or older, unmarried and those with regional bladder cancer. Hence, early psychological support must be provided during the follow-up period of these special populations with a high suicide risk.