The dissimilarity between myocardial infarction patients' and spouses' illness perception and its relation to patients' lifestyle.

Aim And Objectives: To examine the dissimilarity between Chinese myocardial infarction (MI) patients' and spouses' illness perceptions (IPs), and to explore the relationship between patients' IP, differences in couples' IP and patients' lifestyle after discharge.

Background: An individual's IP is affected and moderated by several factors, including the social context. One of the most influential members of the social network of patients is the spouse.

[Correlation of the electric excitability treated with electroacupuncture at different acupoints and the prognosis of Bell's palsy].

Objective: To explore the correlation of the electric excitability treated with electroacupuncture (EA) at different acupoints and the prognosis of Bell's palsy, using the Logistic regression analysis.

Methods: A total of 93 patients of Bell's palsy were collected in the retrospective analysis. Acupuncture was applied to Cuanzu (BL 2), Yangbai (GB 14), Yingxiang (LI 20), Dicang (ST 4), Xiaguan (ST 7) and Qianzheng (Extra point) on the affected side.

Cerebrospinal fluid pentraxin 3 and CD40 ligand in anti-N-menthyl-d-aspartate receptor encephalitis.

Anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis is an autoimmune disorder of the central nervous system whose pathogenesis involves interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-17A. We examined the correlations between CSF concentrations of the acute-phase protein pentraxin 3 (PTX3), the chronic inflammatory mediator CD40L, IL-6, and IL-17A in anti-NMDAR encephalitis, and the impact on clinical outcome. PTX3, CD40L, IL-6, and IL-17A were significantly higher in the CSF of patients with anti-NMDAR encephalitis than in controls.

[Ankle arthroscopy for ankle impingement syndrome through anterior and posterior passage].

Objective: To analyze clinical efficiency and intraoperative considerations of ankle arthroscopy for ankle impingement syndrome through anterior and posterior passage.

Methods: From April 2011 to April 2015, the clinical data of 17 patients diagnosed as ankle impingement syndrome were performed arthroscopy, including 12 males and 5 females, with an average age of 32.4 years (ranging from 22 to 47).

[Oral-appliance combined with tadalafil for erectile dysfunction induced by severe obstructive sleep apneahypopnea syndrome].

Objective: To evaluate the effect of the oral-appliance combined with tadalafil in the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED) induced by severe obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS).

Methods: We equally randomized 90 patients with severe OSAHS-induced ED to groups A, B, and C to be treated with the oral-appliance, tadalafil (10 mg daily qd), and oral-appliance plus tadalafil, respectively, all for 3 months. Then we compared the therapeutic effects among the three groups of patients using the IIEF-5 questionnaire, Sexual Encounter Profile (SEP) diaries, and the intercourse satisfaction rate of the patients' partners.

[Clinical significance of serum allergen sIgE and peripheral blood EOS in patients with chronic sinusitis with nasal polyps].

To explore the influnces of allergen sIgE and peripheral blood eosinophilic(EOS) on the severity and surgical outcomes in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps（CRSwNP）. Eighty-nine patients with CRSwNP were enrolled. Before operation, allergen sIgE levels and peripheral blood EOS were detected.

Mechanical loading induced expression of bone morphogenetic protein-2, alkaline phosphatase activity, and collagen synthesis in osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells.

Background: Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-2, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and collagen type I are known to play a critical role in the process of bone remodeling. However, the relationship between mechanical strain and the expression of BMP-2, ALP, and COL-I in osteoblasts was still unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of different magnitudes of mechanical strain on osteoblast morphology and on the expression of BMP-2, ALP, and COL-I.

Clipping the extremity of ureter prior to nephroureterectomy is effective in preventing subsequent bladder recurrence after upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma.

Background: Bladder recurrent disease is still a challenge in the treatment of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). This controlled study aims to investigate the efficacy of early clipping of the distal ureter prior to nephroureterectomy (NU) to prevent bladder recurrence after UTUC.

Methods: Patients with clinical diagnosis of UTUC were subjected to open trans-peritoneal NU and were randomly divided into two groups.

Fractalkine stimulates cell growth and increases its expression via NF-κB pathway in RA-FLS.

Background: After the onset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), fibroblast-like synoviocytes (RA-FLS) which are specialized types of fibroblasts, become tumor-like, keeping their ability to increase proliferation and invasion. The mechanism of their tumor-like growth is unclear. Fractalkine (FKN), also called CX3CL1, plays an important role in the proliferation of cells.

[An evaluation of clinical characteristics and prognosis of brain-stem infarction in diabetics].

Objective: To analyze the relationship between diabetics and the onset, clinical outcomes and prognosis of brainstem infarction, and to evaluate the impact of diabetes on brainstem infarction.

Method: Compare 172 cases of acute brainstem infarction in patients with or without diabetes. Analyze the associated risk factors of patients with brain-stem infarction in diabetics by multi-variate logistic regression analysis.

[Significance of changes of T lymphocytes subsets in children with infectious mononucleosis and the effects of different interventions].

Objective: To investigate changes of T lymphocytes subsets in children with infectious mononucleosis (IM) and the effects of different interventions.

Methods: Forty-eight children with IM were enrolled, 28 cases were assigned to the group treated with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) 400 mg/(kg x d) for 5 continuous days or IVIG 1 g/(kg x d) for 2 continuous days, the remaining 20 cases were treated with ganciclovir (GCV) 5-10 mg/(kg x d) for 5 consecutive days. All these children were given general supportive therapies.

Effects of dermatophagoides pteronyssinus allergen-specific immunotherapy on the serum interleukin-13 and pulmonary functions in asthmatic children.

Background: Airway remodeling is the specific pathological characteristics of asthma, which is related to the clinical symptoms, pulmonary function, and airway hyperreactivity. This study aimed at exploring the effects of dermatophagoides pteronyssinus allergen-specific immunotherapy (SIT) on the serum interleukin (IL)-13 and pulmonary functions in asthmatic children.

Methods: Fifty-eight pediatric asthma patients allergic to dust mite participated in this study.

[Efficacy of pulmicort suspension plus salbutamol and ipratropium bromide for management of acute asthma exacerbation in children: a comparative study].

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of 3 commonly used protocols for management of acute exacerbation of asthma in children.

Methods: Totally 113 asthmatic children were randomized into 3 groups. In group A (53 cases), the children were treated with inhalation of nebulized budesonide suspension plus salbutamol and ipratropium bromide twice daily for 5 days; in group B (41 cases), budesonide plus salbutamol and ipratropium aerosol was administered, and in group C (29 cases), dexathmisone plus aminophylline injection was given once daily for 5 days.

[Immunoregulants improves the prognosis of infants with wheezing].

Objective: To assess the value of immunoregulants in improving the prognosis of infants with wheezing.

Methods: Forty-three infants with wheezing with given oxygen support, injection or inhalation of glucocorticosteroids or bronchodilatator to relieve the symptoms. Of these infants, 24 received immunoregulant treatment with bronchovaxom at the daily dose of 3.

[Clinical control study of dialysates with different concentrations of calcium on blood pressure in patients under hemodialysis for prolonged period].

Objective: To investigate the changes in blood pressure in hemodialysis patients treated with low calcium dialysate or high calcium dialysate for long time.

Methods: Fifteen patients undergoing hemodialysis were enrolled in this study. High calcium dialysate (1.

[Estrogen and estrogen receptors in benign prostatic hyperplasia].

Estrogen is a strong growth regulator of the prostate stromal cells, it produces a marked effect by means of binding to specific receptors. Many researches have indicated that estrogen and estrogen receptors take part in the whole process and development of benign prostatic hyperplasia. This article gives a general description of the function of estrogen and estrogen receptors in benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Clinical observation on the long-term therapeutic effects of traditional Chinese medicine for treatment of liver fibrosis.

48 patients with liver fibrosis due to hepatitis B were treated for 2 years with the drugs for tonifying the kidney, supplementing qi, cooling and invigorating the blood and detoxification. The symptoms were markedly improved, and serum ALT and bilirubin were recovered and kept normal in most of the cases. The mean levels of serum hyaluronic acid, procollagen peptide III and circulating immune complex were decreased and returned to normal after the treatment.

[Synergism of three risk factors in hepatocellular carcinogenicity].

To evaluate potential synergistic effects of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the development of human primary hepatocellular carcinoma (PHC), AFB1, HBV-DNA and HCV-RNA in liver tissue sampled from the patients with PHC were detected by high performance liquid chromatography, nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and reverse transcription nested PCR. Positive rates of AFB1, HBV-DNA and HCV-RNA were 67.7% (21/31), 88.