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OBJECTIVE@#To observe the clinical therapeutic effect on mild and moderate postpartum depression treated with acupuncture of @*METHODS@#A total of 116 patients with mild and moderate postpartum depression were divided into an acupuncture group (103 cases) and a non-acupuncture group (13 cases) according to treatment regimen provided. In the acupuncture group, acupuncture of @*RESULTS@#The total effective rate of the acupuncture A group was 100.0% (31/31), better than 76.9% (10/13) in the non-acupuncture group and 58.1% in the acupuncture B group (18/31) (@*CONCLUSION@#Acupuncture of
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Female , Humans , Acupuncture Points , Acupuncture Therapy , Depression/therapy , Depression, Postpartum/therapy , Needles , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Inflammatory bowel disease(IBD) is a chronic non-specific inflammatory disorder that commonly affects gastrointestinal tract. The cause is not clear. Previous studies have shown that IBD patients often suffer from anxiety and depression, which may be associated with impaired brain structure and function and changes in gut microbiome. Based on these findings, many researches indicate brain-gut-microbiome axis may play an important role in the occurrence and development of IBD. Blood oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance (BOLD-fMRI) can detect brain function area with special response accurately and objectively, which helps to investigate the changes of brain function and its pathogenesis in IBD patients. This article reviews the current status and future prospects in IBD brain function changes based on the brain-gut-microbiome axis.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the influence of adding anti-human thymocyte globulin (ATG) into conditioning regimen on graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and life quality of the patients of allo-peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Patients were distributed into study (19 cases) and control (24 cases) groups at random. Median dose of rabbit ATG was added to the conditioning regimen based on the fludara, busufan and cyclophosphamide (FBC) in study group, and no ATG in the control group. Acute and chronic GVHD disease and Karnofsky scores were compared between two groups after allo-PBSCT.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The patients in the study group received a mean of 6.0 (3 - 9) x 10(8)/kg mononucleated cells and 5.5 (4.5 - 7.5) x 10(6)/kg in the control group. The mean CD(34)(+) cells number was 5.5 (3.0 - 6.5) x 10(5)/kg in the study and 5.0 (3.0 - 7.0) x 10(6)/kg in the control group respectively. Eighteen patients in the study group and in the control group were successfully engrafted. The mean time of absolute neutrophil count recovered more than 500/ micro l was 13 days and 12 days respectively. Acute GVHD occurred in 6 patients of the study group, and 15 of the control group. Seven patients suffered from chronic GVHD and 14 got 90 Kanrofsky scores in a mean of 250 days follow-up in the study group, and 19 patients GVHD and 4 patients respectively in a mean of 440 days follow-up in the control group. There was a significant difference for acute and chronic GVHD and life quality between the two groups.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Addition of anti-thymocyte globulin to the FBC conditioning regimen had no effect on stem cells engraftment but could decrease acute and chronic GVHD and improve patients life quality.</p>