Objective To observe the curative effect of continuous gastrointestinal decompression after gastric lavage with edible oil on saving patients with oral aluminum phosphide poisoning.Methods Seventy-eight patients with oral aluminum phosphide admitted to the Department of Internal Emergency of the Second People's Hospital of Yunnan Province from October 2009 to October 2016 were divided into a mild poisoning group (39 cases), a moderate poisoning group (26 cases) and a severe poisoning group (13 cases) according to clinical manifestations and laboratory examinations, all the patients were treated with continuous gastrointestinal decompression after early gastric lavage with edible oil, including scavenging toxicant, correcting intracellular oxygen intake and metabolic disturbance, and inhibiting and eliminating inflammatory mediators. The difference of remission times of clinical symptoms, recovery times of abnormal indexes and hospitalization times were compared among patients with different disease severities. Results With the aggravation of disease, the remission times of clinical symptoms (hours: from mild to severe were 24±12, 54±18, 84±12), recovery times of abnormal indexes (hours: from mild to severe were 18±6, 72±0, 108±12) and hospitalization times (hours: from mild to severe 48±24, 120±24, 144±24) were all gradually extended. Of the 13 patients with severe poisoning, 2 patients died of multiple organ functional failure (MOF) after 28 hours of treatment because they were incapable of cooperating with continuous gastrointestinal decompression. There were 76 patients were clinically cured, the cure rate being 97.4%. In the follow-ups at 1 month and 6 months after the treatment, no abnormalities were seen.Conclusion Continuous gastrointestinal decompression after early gastric lavage with edible oil for saving patients with oral aluminum phosphide poisoning is an effective therapy worthwhile to be popularized.

Objective To investigate the protective effect of thalidomide on acute lung injury (ALI) induced by paraquat (PQ) poisoning in rats and its possible mechanism. Methods Sixty SPF Wistar rats were randomly divided into six groups with 10 rats in each group. The rat model of PQ poisoning was reproduced by intraperitoneal injection of PQ solution 20 mg/kg (PQ model group), and the rats were treated by intraperitoneal injection of gradient thalidomide (50, 100, 200 mg/kg treatment groups) 30 minutes later continuously for 3 days. The normal saline (NS) control group and thalidomide control group (thalidomide 200 mg/kg) were established. After 3 days, the abdominal aorta blood was collected, and the superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity was determined by hydroxylamine method, serum malondialdehyde (MDA) content was determined by thiobarbituric acid method. The rats were sacrificed for lung tissue, the levels of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The phosphorylation levels of p65 and inhibitor-α of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) (IκB-α), which were the NF-κB signaling pathway proteins, were determined by Western Blot. The pathological changes in lung tissue were observed under light microscope by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining. Results Under microscope, obvious congestion of pulmonary interstitial and alveolar septum, a large number of inflammatory cells infiltration and thickened alveolar wall were observed after 3 days of PQ poisoning, and the congestion of pulmonary interstitial and alveolar septum, edema and inflammatory cells infiltration in the lung tissue were significantly reduced after treatment of 50, 100, 200 mg/kg thalidomide, but compared with NS control group, there was still a small amount of edema fluid, inflammatory cells and erythrocytes in the lungs tissue. Compared with the NS control group, serum MDA content and the levels of TNF-α and IL-6, and the phosphorylation of p65 and IκB-α in lung tissue were significantly increased after PQ exposure, and the activity of serum SOD was significantly decreased. Treatment with 50, 100, 200 mg/kg thalidomide could significantly reduce the levels of MDA, TNF-α, IL-6, and phosphorylation of IκB-α and p65, and increase SOD activity, in a dose-dependent manner, and the levels were significantly different from PQ model group [MDA (mmol/L): 8.26±1.20, 6.72±1.18, 5.51±1.44 vs. 9.02±1.03, TNF-α (ng/mg): 3.00±0.14, 1.84±0.18, 1.58±0.11 vs. 3.30±0.14, IL-6 (ng/mg): 1.26±0.04, 1.06±0.04, 0.97±0.08 vs. 1.97±0.07, p-p65/p65: 6.01±0.35, 3.64±0.15, 2.89±0.18 vs. 6.34±0.23, p-IκB-α/IκB-α: 2.27±0.13, 2.14±0.22, 1.52±0.14 vs. 2.96±0.20, SOD (kU/L): 195.7±19.3, 207.1±25.6, 225.8±23.1 vs. 188.2±26.6, all P < 0.05]. There was no significant effect on lung by 200 mg/kg thalidomide alone. Conclusion Thalidomide has a protective effect on ALI induced by PQ poisoning in rats in a dose-dependent manner, the mechanism may be achieved by reducing the level of oxygen free radicals, reducing the inflammatory factor and inhibiting the IκB-α/NF-κB signal pathway activation.

Objective To explore the effect of sucralfate on cytokines in rats with paraquat (PQ) poisoning. Methods Seventy-two healthy male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into PQ model group, sodium bicarbonate intervention group (SB group) and sucralfate suspension gel group (LTL group), with 24 rats in each group. The rat model of PQ poisoning was reproduced by one-time intragastric administration of PQ solution 25 mg/kg. The rats in SB group and LTL group were intragastricly administrated with 5 mL·kg-1·d-1of 100 g/L sodium bicarbonate or 200 g/L sucralfate at 2 hours after exposing to PQ, and the rats in PQ model group were given the same amount of sterile saline. The abdominal aortic blood of rats was collected at 1, 3, 6, and 10 days after PQ poisoning, and the levels of serum tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-10 (IL-10) and transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The left lung tissue was harvested, and lung wet/dry weight (W/D) ratio was assessed. Results With prolonged exposure, lung W/D ratios in all the groups were increased gradually, reached the peak at 10 days, but in the SB group and LTL group, the amplitude of increase was obviously reduced, the ratios were significantly decreased at 6 days and 10 days as compared with those in PQ model group (SB group vs. PQ model group: 4.99±0.79 vs. 6.98±0.86 at 6 days, 5.61±0.36 vs. 7.36±0.95 at 10 days; LTL group vs. PQ model group: 4.61±0.24 vs. 6.98±0.86 at 6 days, 4.24±0.20 vs. 7.36±0.95 at 10 days, all P < 0.05), but there was no significant difference between SB group and LTL group (all P > 0.05). After PQ poisoning, the levels of TNF-α, IL-10 and TGF-β1 were elevated, and reached the peak at 3 days and then decreased gradually. Compared with the PQ model group, serum TNF-α, IL-10 and TGF-β1 levels in SB group and LTL group were decreased significantly [SB group vs. PQ model group: 3-day TNF-α (ng/L) was 147.6±12.3 vs. 168.2±11.3, 3-day IL-10 (ng/L) was 65.4±3.2 vs. 115.1±9.2, 3-day TGF-β1 (ng/L) was 356.3±50.3 vs. 415.6±68.3; LTL group vs. PQ model group: 3-day TNF-α (ng/L) was 82.2±7.4 vs. 168.2±11.3, 3-day IL-10 (ng/L) was 44.4±5.2 vs.115.1±9.2, 3-day TGF-β1 (ng/L) was 296.3±40.2 vs. 415.6±68.3, all P < 0.05], especially in LTL group (all P < 0.05). Conclusion Early gastrointestinal lavage with sucralfate could effectively reduce the inflammatory exudation in lung tissue after PQ poisoning, and inhibit the cytokine secretion.

Objective:To investigate the clinical values of the differences between hematocrit and serum albumin (HCT-ALB) for evaluating the severity of patients with acute paraquat (PQ) poisoning.Methods:Patients with acute PQ poisoning admitted to the Second People's Hospital of Yunnan Province from January 2018 to December 2019 were enrolled, and healthy voluteers during the same period were selected as the control. The general information, poisoning dose and poisoning time of patients, as well as the HCT and serum ALB levels before blood product infusion, intravenous infusion, or hemopurification at admission were collected, and the HCT-ALB was calculated. According to the results of rapid semiquantitative test of PQ in urine at admission, the patients were divided into PQ low concentration group (0-10 mg/L) and PQ high concentration group (30-100 mg/L). The relationship between poisoning time, poisoning dose, HCT-ALB and the degree of acute PQ poisoning were analyzed, and Spearman method was used to analyze the grade correlation.Results:A total of 295 patients with acute PQ poisoning were enrolled, including 118 cases in PQ low concentration group and 177 cases in PQ high concentration group, and another 200 healthy persons matched with PQ patients in gender and age (healthy control group). The poisoning time of PQ low concentration group was significantly longer than that of PQ high concentration group [hours: 11.0 (6.0, 60.0) vs. 8.0 (5.0, 20.5), P < 0.01], but the poisoning dose was significantly lower than that of PQ high concentration group [mL: 10.0 (5.8, 15.0) vs. 40.0 (20.0, 80.0), P < 0.01]. The HCT and HCT-ALB in PQ low and high concentration groups were significantly higher than those of the healthy control group [HCT: (43.14±4.41)%, (43.54±5.40)% vs. (42.14±2.15)%, HCT-ALB: 3.59±6.26, 5.94±7.80 vs. -7.26±3.55, all P < 0.01], but ALB was significantly lower than that of the healthy control group (g/L: 39.54±5.74, 37.60±7.15 vs. 49.40±3.41, both P < 0.01). With the increase of urine PQ concentration, the HCT and HCT-ALB further increased, and ALB further decreased. There were significant differences between PQ high concentration group and PQ low concentration group [HCT: (43.54±5.40)% vs. (43.14±4.41)%, HCT-ALB: 5.94±7.80 vs. 3.59±6.26, ALB (g/L): 37.60±7.15 vs. 39.54±5.74, all P < 0.05]. The poisoning severity of patients with acute PQ poisoning were negatively correlated with poisoning time and ALB ( r values were -0.195 and -0.695, respectively, both P < 0.01), there were positively correlated with poisoning dose, HCT, and HCT-ALB ( r values were 0.650, 0.256, 0.737, respectively, all P < 0.01), and the correlation between HCT-ALB and poisoning severity was the strongest. Conclusion:The HCT-ALB can reflect the poisoning severity of patients with acute PQ poisoning and indirectly reveal the pathological changes of microvessels in patients with acute PQ poisoning.