Chinese medical journal
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Chinese medical journal · Jan 2009
Randomized Controlled TrialFluid therapy for severe acute pancreatitis in acute response stage.
Fluid therapy for severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) should not only resolve deficiency of blood volume, but also prevent fluid sequestration in acute response stage. Up to date, there has not a strategy for fluid therapy dedicated to SAP. So, this study was aimed to investigate the effects of fluid therapy treatment on prognosis of SAP. ⋯ Controlled fluid resuscitation offers better prognosis in patients with severe volume deficit within 72 hours of SAP onset.
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Chinese medical journal · Jan 2009
Using intramyocardial electrograms combined with other noninvasive methods for monitoring acute rejection following human heart transplantation.
Acute allograft rejection in heart transplantation remains as one of the major complications. Obligatory graft surveillance is still achieved with the invasive and expensive endomyocardial biopsy (EMB). Our study aimed to study the use of intramyocardial electrograms combined with other noninvasive methods for the monitoring of acute rejection after human heart transplantation. ⋯ IMEG can be used as a noninvasive method for monitoring AR following heart transplantation. It is a continuous, safe and inexpensive method, and could reduce the need for EMB combined with other noninvasive methods, without reducing the detection of rejection.
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To review the implementation of mass vaccination of hepatitis B vaccine and its critical role in prevention of hepatitis B virus infection in China. ⋯ The Chinese successful experience in control of hepatitis B by mass vaccination offers an example for any unindustrialized country whoever is committed to control this disease.
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Chinese medical journal · Jan 2009
Association of TBX5 gene polymorphism with ventricular septal defect in the Chinese Han population.
Congenital heart disease is a diverse group of diseases determined by genetic and environmental factors. Considerable research has been done on genes associated with development of the heart. A recent focus is the role of transcription factor TBX5 in the development of atria, left ventricle and conduction system. As part of a larger study, high density, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) scanning was used to explore the relationship between TBX5 gene polymorphism and susceptibility to ventricular septal defect not associated with forelimb malformation in the Chinese Han population. ⋯ TBX5 is associated with the occurrence of ventricular septal defect and may be a predisposing gene to congenital heart disease in Han Chinese. This finding has set a direction for further genetic and functional studies.