Hainan is an island province in south China with a high frequency of unconventional emergencies due to its special geographic location and national military defense role.Given the limited transportation route from Hainan to the outside world,self-rescue is more important to Hainan Province than other provinces in China and it is therefore imperative to establish an independent, scientific as well as efficient provincal disaster medical system in Hainan.The regulatory role for vulnerability analysis/assessment has been demonstrated in establisment of disaster medical system in varoius countries and or regions.In this paper,we attempt to describe/propose how to adopt vulnerability assessment through mathematical modeling of major biophysical social vulnerability factors to establish an independent,scientific,effieicnt and comprehensive provincial disaster medical system in Hainan.
Objective:To evaluate serum IL-2,IL-4,IL-6.IL-8,TL-10 and TNF-αlevels in posttraumatic stress disorder(PTSD) patients.Methods:We utilized ELISA technology to examine cytokines such as IL-2,IL-4.IL-6.IL-8,IL-10 and TNF-αin serum from 50 well-characterized individuals with a primary DSM-1V PTSD diagnosis,and 50 age- and gender-matched healthy controls.We conservatively employed a Mann-Whitney U testing.Results:Individuals with primary PTSD had significantly elevated peripheral cytokine levels for all 6 different cytokines compared to age- and gender-matched healthy controls(allP<0.01).Conclusions:These findings suggest that a generalized inflammatory state may be present in individuals with PTSD.
Min GuoTao LiuJun-Cheng GuoXiang-Ling JiangFeng ChenYun-Suo Gao
