Utility of screening for other causes of infertility in women with "known" polycystic ovary syndrome

We investigated the prevalence of abnormal screening results (questionnaire and testing for other causes of oligo-ovulation, male or tubal factor infertility) in a group of 1,313 oligo-ovulatory women (included and excluded subjects) whose condition was screened for inclusion in the Pregnancy in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome trial, a multicenter clinical trial that was conducted at 13 sites in the United States. Other than failure to demonstrate laboratory evidence of hyperandrogenemia, the most common reasons for subject exclusion were persistent oligospermia and tubal factor infertility.     

试论经营性医疗机构的财务管理

自全国开展城镇医疗机构分类管理以来,相应出现了不同类型的医疗机构,而公益性医疗机构与经营性医疗机构在筹集资金、资金营运活动、盈余分配等财务管理方面存在着诸多的差异;把经营性医疗机构纳入企业财务管理范畴,除了加强行业监督管理以外,还需要探讨适合经营性医疗机构的科学的、规范的财务管理方法,保证今后我国经营性医疗机构长足稳定发展的基础.     

汪贻广团队发展程序调控肿瘤及淋巴结免疫微环境的纳米递释新策略

近日,学术期刊《Nano Letters》在线发表了北京大学药学院天然药物及仿生药物国家重点实验室汪贻广研究团队的最新研究成果"Cooperative Self-Assembled Nanoparticle Induces Sequential Immunogenic Cell Death and Toll-Like ...     

Dietary intake of seaweed and minerals and prevalence of allergic rhinitis in Japanese pregnant females: baseline data from the Osaka Maternal and Child Health Study

PURPOSE: It may be worthwhile to assess the possible protective effect of the traditional Japanese diet on allergic disorders. This cross-sectional study investigated the relationship between dietary intake of seaweed, vegetables, fruit, antioxidants, fiber, and minerals and the prevalence of allergic rhinitis. METHODS: Study subjects were 1002 Japanese pregnant women. Allergic rhinitis (including cedar pollinosis) was defined as present if subjects had received drug treatment at some point during the previous 12 months. Information on dietary factors was collected by using a self-administered diet history questionnaire. RESULTS: Seaweed intake was associated independently with a decreased prevalence of allergic rhinitis. Significant inverse dose-response relationships were found between calcium and phosphorus intake and allergic rhinitis prevalence. There also was a tendency for an inverse association between magnesium consumption and allergic rhinitis. Additional adjustment for calcium or magnesium intake apparently did not influence the inverse association with seaweed consumption. Consumption of vegetables, fruit, vitamins C and E, fiber, and zinc showed no association with allergic rhinitis, whereas a significant positive relationship was observed between beta-carotene intake and allergic rhinitis. CONCLUSIONS: High dietary intake of seaweed, calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus may be associated with a decreased prevalence of allergic rhinitis.     

Viral co‐infections are associated with increased rates of hospitalization in those with influenza

BackgroundInfluenza causes significant morbidity and mortality in the United States. Among patients infected with influenza, the presence of bacterial co‐infection is associated with worse clinical outcomes; less is known regarding the clinical importance of viral co‐infections. The objective of this study was to determine rates of viral co‐infections in emergency department (ED) patients with confirmed influenza and association of co‐infection with disease severity.MethodsSecondary analysis of a biorepository and clinical database from a parent study where rapid influenza testing was implemented in four U.S. academic EDs, during the 2014–2015 influenza season. Patients were systematically tested for influenza virus using a validated clinical decision guideline. Demographic and clinical data were extracted from medical records; nasopharyngeal specimens from influenza‐positive patients were tested for viral co‐infections (ePlex, Genmark Diagnostics). Patterns of viral co‐infections were evaluated using chi‐square analysis. The association of viral co‐infection with hospital admission was assessed using univariate and multivariate regression.ResultsThe overall influenza A/B positivity rate was 18.1% (1071/5919). Of the 999 samples with ePlex results, the prevalence of viral co‐infections was 7.9% (79/999). The most common viral co‐infection was rhinovirus/enterovirus (RhV/EV), at 3.9% (39/999). The odds of hospital admission (OR 2.33, 95% CI: 1.01–5.34) increased significantly for those with viral co‐infections (other than RhV/EV) versus those with influenza A infection only.ConclusionPresence of viral co‐infection (other than RhV/EV) in ED influenza A/B positive patients was independently associated with increased risk of hospital admission. Further research is needed to determine clinical utility of ED multiplex testing.     

20个精神分裂症同胞对家系N-甲基-D-天冬氨酸受体基因的连锁研究

目的：了解兴奋性氨基酸N-甲基-D-天冬氨酸（NMDA）受体基因与精神分裂症的连锁关系。方法：选取NMDA受体4个亚单位基因附近的微卫星标记，对20个精神分裂症受累同胞对家系共83个个体作基因分型，其中男43名，女40名，患病同胞对20对40例。采用受累家系成员法（ASP）对分型资料进行连锁分析。结果：NMDA受体亚单位基因NMDAB2A位点16p13.2附近的微卫星标记D16s3075的优势对数值（LOD值）为0.81，NMDAR2B位点12p12附近的标记D12s1617的LOD值为0.47，其余位点附近的10个微卫星标记与前2个标记一样，其LOD值均未达到提示性连锁的阈值（LOD=2.2）。结论：未能肯定NMDA受体基因与精神分裂症的连锁关系，但亦不能排除该基因与精神分裂症的相关性。     

Novel Hendra Virus Variant Circulating in Black Flying Foxes and Grey-Headed Flying Foxes,Australia

A novel Hendra virus variant, genotype 2, was recently discovered in a horse that died after acute illness and in Pteropus flying fox tissues in Australia. We detected the variant in flying fox urine, the pathway relevant for spillover, supporting an expanded geographic range of Hendra virus risk to horses and humans.     

优秀游泳运动员大运动量训练期间的超声心动图测定

<正> 自1967年Feignbaum首先应用超声心动图测算心搏量以来,发展迅速,目前已广泛用于心脏功能和结构的测定。Morganroth等1975年发表题为“有训练运动员运动性左室肥大”。我国白洁心等于1979年报道了运动员超声心动图的测量分析。近几年来,国内关于运动员的超声心动图已先后发表了二十多篇文章,都是属于一次性的测定,在作横向比较时,由于仪     

A questionnaire about radiation safety management of the draining-water system at nuclear medicine facilities

We conducted a questionnaire survey about radiation-safety management condition in Japanese nuclear medicine facilities to make materials of proposition for more reasonable management of medical radioactive waste. We distributed a questionnaire to institutions equipped with Nuclear Medicine facilities. Of 1,125 institutions, 642 institutes (52.8%) returned effective answers. The questionnaire covered the following areas: 1) scale of an institution, 2) presence of enforcement of radiotherapy, 3) system of a tank, 4) size and number of each tank, 5) a form of draining-water system, 6) a displacement in a radioactive rays management area, 7) a measurement method of the concentration of medical radioactive waste in draining water system, 8) planned and used quantity of radioisotopes for medical examination and treatment, 9) an average displacement of hospital for one month. In most institutions, a ratio of dose limitation of radioisotope in draining-water system was less than 1.0, defined as an upper limitation in ordinance. In 499 hospitals without facilities of hospitalization for unsealed radioisotope therapy, 473 hospitals reported that sum of ratios of dose limits in a draining-water system was less than 1.0. It was calculated by used dose of radioisotope and monthly displacement from hospital, on the premise that all used radioisotope entered in the general draining-water system. When a drainage including radioactivity from a controlled area join with that from other area before it flows out of a institution, it may be diluted and its radioactive concentration should be less than its upper limitation defined in the rule. Especially, in all institutions with a monthly displacement of more than 25,000 m3, the sum of ratio of the concentration of each radionuclide to the concentration limit dose calculated by used dose of radioisotope, indicated less than 1.0.