Two Hundred and Seventeen Cases of Winter Diseases Treated with Acupoint Stimulation in Summer

217 cases of chronic bronchitis and asthma were clinically treated and analyzed for the effects of combining electric stimulation with topical application of drug on acupoints. The results suggested that the combined therapy was superior to unitary therapy (P<0.05). It is indicated that the combined therapy has a good curative effect in both short- and long-terms.

Sixty-one Cases of Angina Pectoris due to Coronary Heart Disease Treated by External Use of the Paste of Nitrum and Realgar Powder on Zhiyang(GV 9)

In order to inquire into the therapeutic effects of Xiao Shi Xiong Huang San (硝石雄黄散the Nitrum and Realgar Powder), one of the Dunhuang Prescription, on angina pectoris due to coronary heart disease (APCHD), the authors have treated 61 cases of APCHD by externally applying paste of the powder on Zhiyang (GV 9), with another 30 cases of APCHD treated with the nitroglycerin paste on Zhiyang as the controls. The results showed that the total effective rate was 82% and markedly effective rate 31.2% in the treatment group (the Paste of Nitrum and Realgar Powder), and the total effective rate was 46.6% and markedly effective rate 23.2% in the control group (the nitroglycerin paste). The difference in therapeutic effects between the two groups was very significant (P<0.01), indicating that the therapeutic effect of the former was significantly superior to that of the latter.

Clinical Observation on 100 Cases of Postoperative Pain of Anal-Intestinal Diseases Treated with Vitamine K Blocking at Changqiang Point

Since the latter half of 1996, we have used vitamine K blocking at Changqiang (GV 1) for relieving the postoperative pain of anal fissure with satisfactory results. A report follows.……

Clinical analysis of 100 cases of lung transplantation for end-stage palmonary disease

Objective To estimate the indications,operative technique,perioperative treatment,postoperative complications and the outcome of lung transplantation ( LTx) for end - stage pulmonary diseases. Methods The clinical data of 100 patients with end - stage lung diseases receiving LTx in our hospital were retrospectively ana-

A simple modification to the classical SIR model to estimate the proportion of under-reported infections using case studies in flu and COVID-19

Background:Under-reporting and,thus,uncertainty around the true incidence of health events is common in all public health reporting systems.While the problem of underreporting is acknowledged in epidemiology,the guidance and methods available for assessing and correcting the resulting bias are obscure.Objective:We aim to design a simple modification to the Susceptible e Infected e Removed(SIR)model for estimating the fraction or proportion of reported infection cases.Methods:The suggested modification involves rescaling of the classical SIR model producing its mathematically equivalent version with explicit dependence on the reporting parameter(true proportion of cases reported).We justify the rescaling using the phase plane analysis of the SIR model system and show how this rescaling parameter can be estimated from the data along with the other model parameters.Results:We demonstrate how the proposed method is cross-validated using simulated data with known disease cases and then apply it to two empirical reported data sets to estimate the fraction of reported cases in Missoula County,Montana,USA,using:(1)flu data for 2016e2017 and(2)COVID-19 data for fall of 2020.Conclusions:We establish with the simulated and COVID-19 data that when most of the disease cases are presumed reported,the value of the additional reporting parameter in the modified SIR model is close or equal to one,so that the original SIR model is appropriate for data analysis.Conversely,the flu example shows that when the reporting parameter is close to zero,the original SIR model is not accurately estimating the usual rate parameters,and the re-scaled SIR model should be used.This research demonstrates the role of under-reporting of disease data and the importance of accounting for underreporting when modeling simulated,endemic,and pandemic disease data.Correctly reporting the“true”number of disease cases will have downstream impacts on predictions of disease dynamics.A simple parameter adjustment to the SIR modeling framework can help alleviate bias and uncertainty around crucial epidemiological metrics(e.g.:basic disease reproduction number)and public health decision making.

A Procedure of Combination of Sequential Internal Thoracic Artery Grafting and Cooley's Technique for Complicated Case With Multi-vessel Disease,Left Ventricular Aneurysm and Mitral Regurgitation

INTRODUCTIONLeft ventricular aneurysm and ischemic mitral regurgitation are two of most common complications of acute myocardial infarction （AMI）. Combination of both these two fatal complications is not rare and the management of these complicated cases is always a challenge to cardiac surgeon because of its relatively high mortality. We reported a rare case of AMI in which a singlestage correction of mitral valve replacement with preservation of mitral apparatus, sequential left internal thoracic artery （ITA） grafting and Cooley＇s technique.

A successful case of bidirectional Glenn Shunt for adult single ventricular disease

INTRODUCTION Single ventricle is one type of infrequent and complex congenital heart disease. Bidi- rectional Glenn shunt operation is becoming the most common and effective palliative op- eration of single ventricle to improve the symptoms before modified Fontan operation. However, Bidirectional Glenn shunt opera- tion is rarely applied to the adult patient （more than 20 years old） with single ventri- cle because of the low survival rate1. In this report, we presented a six years following-up study of the Bidirectional Glenn shunt in a 37-year-old female patient with single ventricle.

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Lung biopsies examined with light microscope and electron microscope were performed in 34 cases of diffuse pulmonary disease.Open lung biopsy was done in 2 cases,