[Study on correlated proteins in the urine of chronic renal failure patients of Chinese medicine damp syndrome based on SELDI-TOF-MS technique].

Objective: To investigate the protein markers in the urine of chronic renal failure (CRF) patients of Chinese medicine damp syndrome (CMDS) based on surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (SELDI-TOF-MS) technique.

Methods: The urine was sampled from 90 CRF patients of CMDS and 60 CRF patients of non-CMDS. Then the proteomics of the urine was studied by H4 gene chip.

[Study on proteins in urine of chronic renal failure patients of different TCM syndrome types].

Objective: To study different protein expressions in urine of chronic renal failure (CRF) patients of different Chinese medicine (CM) syndrome types.

Methods: Recruited were 251 CRF inpatients at the Department of Nephrology, Affiliated Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from January 2009 to January 2010. Of them, there were 34 patients in Gan-Shen yin deficiency group (GSYDG), 75 in Pi-Shen qi deficiency group (PSQDG), 56 in Pi-Shen qi-yin deficiency group (PSQYG), 32 in Pi-Shen yang deficiency group (PSYDG), and 54 in yin-yang deficiency group (YYDG).

Mortality rates under the care of junior and senior surgery residents in a surgical intensive care unit/neurologic intensive care unit: a 5-year retrospective cohort study at Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital.

Background: The quality and outcome of health care administered in intensive care units (ICUs) of teaching hospitals are dependent on a myriad of factors; however, few studies have assessed mortality rates and length of stay in surgical intensive care and neurologic intensive care units (SICU/NICU) in relation to the experience of junior and senior surgery residents.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether there were differences in the outcomes of ICU patients cared for by junior surgery residents or senior surgery residents by assessing mortality rates and length of stay in the SICU/NICU.

Design: This was a retrospective cohort analysis.

Unusual epithelium in a subpubic sinus.

A 5-year-old male presented with the history of whitish discharge from a midline sinus opening just above the pubis for 2 months. Attempted radiography of the sinus revealed a blind fistula and voiding cystourethrography was normal. The fistula was excised deep to the subpubic space without any evidence of connection to the lower urinary tract.