Clinical Observation on the Efficacy of Babaodan Combined with Interventional Therapy for Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Objective To observe the clinical effect of Babaodan combined with transcatheter arterial chemoembolization （TACE） therapy for primary hepatocellular carcinoma. Methods Selected patients were randomly assigned to two groups. One group accepted TACE only and the other group accepted TACE and took 2 Babaodan capsules orally 3 times a day for 8 weeks. Results After 8 weeks＇ treatment, the size of the tumors and the alpha foetal protein （AFP） concentration in all the patients in the two groups diminished and was not significantly different between the two groups （P〉0.05）. The ratio of stability and improvement in the traditional Chinese medicine （TCM） syndrome was higher in the Babaodan plus TACE group than it was in the TACE only group （P〈0.05）. There were more complications in the TACE only group than in the Babaodan plus TACE group. The one-year survival rate in the Babaodan plus TACE group was higher than in the TACE group （P〈0.05）. Conclusion Babaodan can improve TCM syndrome, reduce complications and prolong survival of patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma.     

我国普及初级心肺复苏术（C PR）的倡议

初级心肺复苏术是针对呼吸心跳骤停的病人所采取的一种紧急抢救措施,不言而喻其关乎我们每个公民的生命.本文先给出心肺复苏术的概念,紧接着从各个方面剖析论述我国心肺复苏术的现状并给出对比资料和调研数据进一步为我们敲响了警钟,然后引出普及心肺复苏术这个主题并强调其必要性和可行性,同时唤醒了人们沉睡的意识,最后详细具体的给出各种改变我们落后现状实现普及心肺复苏术这个目标的措施.     

The impact of new screening protocol on individuals at increased risk of colorectal cancer

OBJECTIVE: Screening colonoscopy has been shown to reduce mortality and cancer stage in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) individuals. However, the benefit of screening in intermediate risk groups is unknown. The most recent national guidelines have recommended a reduction of screening frequency for the intermediate risk group. Therefore, this study aims to compare the results of colonoscopic screening in HNPCC and intermediate risk groups and assess the effect of the most recent screening protocol recommendations. METHOD: A total of 244 individuals; 108 from HNPCC families (28 mismatch repair gene carriers) and 136 from intermediate risk families were referred for regular colonoscopic screening by the Regional Genetics Service. Findings from 417 colonoscopies performed between 1992 and 2003 were evaluated. RESULTS: A total of three cancers, 39 adenomas and 41 hyperplastic polyps were found in the HNPCC group compared with one cancer, 22 adenomas and 19 hyperplasic polyps in the intermediate risk group. If the recent screening guidelines for the intermediate group were applied, then 89 (44%) fewer colonoscopies would have been performed. Although no cancers would have been missed, six adenomas (mean size = 5.7 mm, range 2-10 mm) with two graded as severely dysplasic and six hyperplastic polyps would not have been detected. CONCLUSION: The detection rate and distribution of adenomas were similar in both groups. If the new colonoscopic screening recommendations for the intermediate risk group had been applied, a small number of significant lesions would have been missed.     

Using stories to battle unintentional injuries: Narratives in safety and health communication

After 14 years of rising death rates due to unintentional injuries in the U.S., it is time to ask how safety messages can be redesigned to have a greater impact on risky behavior. To this end, many researchers have called for a new, narrative approach to prevention messages—based on persuasive stories about people who have suffered injuries and illnesses in the past. Still, there is scant evidence that story-based communications are more effective than equivalent non-narrative messages at changing actual (rather than self-reported) safety and health behavior. Our research examined the impact of injury stories on actual safety behavior in a controlled experimental setting at a US university. Teams of participants assembled a product (a child's swing) using written instructions. The instructions contained safety messages targeting assembly mistakes that have been linked to serious injuries in children who play on swings. Participant teams were randomly assigned to three conditions: assembly instructions containing story-based safety messages, instructions with concrete (but non-anecdotal) safety messages, and instructions with traditional abstract safety messages. After adjustment for covariates, story-based messages resulted in a 19 percent improvement in safety behavior, compared with non-narrative communications. Importantly, injury stories did not create undue fear of the message object, demonstrating that brief anecdotes about accident victims can convince people to take reasonable precautions without creating unwarranted alarm about risks.     

影响原发性肝癌肝移植治疗的预后因素分析

目的分析影响肝癌肝移植术后生存率和无瘤生存率的危险因素,探讨国内肝移植治疗肝癌的选择标准。方法对67例接受同种异位原位肝移植治疗的原发性肝癌病人的基本资料和肿瘤相关资料包括术前病情分级、血清AFP水平、术前辅助治疗以及肝癌大小、数目、pTNM分期、肿瘤恶性程度分级等因素进行单因素和多因素分析。结果术后1年、2年累积生存率为77%、67%,6个月和12个月无瘤生存率为66%和58%。单因素分析显示对肝癌肝移植术后累积生存率影响有统计学意义的因素为CHILD分级(MELD积分)和肝外大血管侵犯;多因素分析影响肝癌肝移植术后无瘤生存率有统计学义的因素是肿瘤大小、大血管侵犯和肿瘤分化程度。结论影响肝癌肝移植术后生存率的因素仍是术前患者肝功能状态。对存在大血管侵犯的肝癌患者需严格控制肝移植术适应证,而无血管侵犯的患者在选择肝移植治疗时肿瘤大小指标可较米兰标准适当放宽。     

异位妊娠259例临床总结分析

目的探讨异位妊娠的发病相关因素,提出防治措施。方法对我院10年间收治的259例异位妊娠病例的发病趋势,既往病史及节育状况、误诊情况作一回顾分析。结果近10年异位妊娠发生率为2.19%并呈上升趋势。人工流产、节育手术、下腹部手术等与异位妊娠的发生关系密切。结论降低人工流产率,减少性病传播是预防异位妊娠发生的重要手段,随着高科技手段的应用使异位妊娠早期准确的诊断成为可能,为保守治疗赢得机会。     

Depressed host immunity in a case of metachronous primary uterine papillary serous carcinoma and non-Hodgkin''s lymphoma

Metachronous primary malignant tumors of uterine papillary serous carcinoma (UPSC) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) are rare. UPSC is a clinically aggressive and morphologically distinctive variant of endometrial carcinoma. We describe the clinical features of a 63-year-old patient with UPSC that was found 2 years after chemotherapy for malignant lymphoma of neck, stage IV and 5 months after radiation therapy for recurrence. This patient had undergone staging surgery and postoperative radiation for UPSC. One month after completion of radiotherapy, the patient expired due to persistence of the disease. The association between host immunity and UPSC is rarely described in the literature. Immunological profiles of this patient, with compositional changes of natural killer, B, and T cell, dramatically altered the percentage of CD4(+) T cell, CD8(+) T cell, and CD4/CD8 ratio, signifying depressed host immunity. Immunological profile of this patient stressed the issue of depressed host immunity and associated malignancies.     

产褥期并发深静脉栓塞的预防和护理

探讨引发产褥期深静脉栓塞的危险因素,加强早期观察,实施有效的预防措施,以及产褥期深静脉栓塞病人的护理对策。     

Allergen avoidance in the secondary and tertiary prevention of allergic diseases: does it work?

Although allergen avoidance is widely recommended as part of a secondary and tertiary prevention strategy for allergic diseases, a clear-cut demonstration of its effectiveness is still lacking. Ongoing observational secondary prevention cohorts show that sensitisation to mite can be prevented in the short term by allergen avoidance measures, but further follow-up of these children is needed to show if this effect can be sustained, as well as to ascertain its impact on allergic disease. More well-designed trials are still required before we can give any conclusive advice to our patients. Considering the management of allergy, current evidence suggests that interventions in children (either single or multifaceted) may be associated with some beneficial effect on asthma control, but no conclusive evidence exists regarding rhinitis or eczema. Conversely, there is little evidence to support the recommendation of allergen avoidance methods in adults with asthma and rhinitis. There is a need for an adequately designed trial assessing the effects of a multifaceted intervention in this age group.