1.Clinical Observation of Suspending-needle Therapy Combined with Modified Zhengan Xifeng Decoction for Treatment of Primary Facial Spasm
Wenjian LI ; Chunzhi TANG ; Hongwen ZENG
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2017;34(3):368-372
Objective To observe the therapeutic effect of suspending-needle therapy combined with modified Zhengan Xifeng Decoction for the treatment of primary facial spasm,and to explore an effective traditional Chinese medicine therapy for primary facial spasm.Methods A total of 65 qualified patients were randomly divided into trial group (33 cases) and control group(32 cases),which was treated with suspending-needle therapy combined with modified Zhengan Xifeng Decoction,Carbamazepine tablets respectively.Twenty-eight days constituted one course of treatment.After treatment for one course,therapeutic efficacy of the two groups was evaluated,and the degree of facial spasm was assessed.Results (1) After one course of treatment,the markedly-effective rate of the trial group was 84.8%,and that of the control group was 62.5%,the difference being significant(P < 0.05).(2) After treatment,the degree of facial spasm in the two groups was much improved as compared with that of the control group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01),and the improvement in the trial group was superior to that in the control group (P < 0.01).Conclusion Suspending-needle therapy combined with modified Zhengan Xifeng Decoction has better effect on relieving facial spasm of the primary facial spasm patients than Carbamazepine tablets.
2.Effect of follow-up nursing intervention on preventing dental plaque during oral fixed orthodontic appliance
Xinhui YAO ; Xiantao ZENG ; Hongwen LI ; Fayun GENG ; Xiaorui GENG
Modern Clinical Nursing 2014;(5):10-13
Objective To explore the effect of follow-up nursing intervention on preventing dental plaque during oral fixed orthodontic appliance.Methods One hundred and twenty orthodontic patients receiving oral fixed orthodontic treatment were randomly divided into control and experiment groups equally according to visit time.The control group received conventional nursing during the process and follow-up nursing intervention during the process.The two groups were compared in terms of dental plaques before orthodontic, 3 and 6 months after the orthodontic treatment.Results Before the treatment, there was no significant differences in the dental plaques between them(P>0.05), but the indices of dental plagues in the experimental group were significantly lower than those of the control group 3 and 6 months after the orthodontic appliance(P<0.001).Conclusion Follow-up nursing care during orthodontic appliance are more effective for keeping oral hygiene.
3.Comparative study on digestive reconstruction after tota1 gastrectomy
Weidong ZHU ; Hongwen ZENG ; Manyue ZHENG ; Daohong WU ; Fubing JIANG ; Jintuan HUANG
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2012;19(13):1939-1940
Objective To explore the type of the rational digestive reconstruction after total gastrectomy for gastric malignancy.Metlhods Three types of digestive reconstruction were performed after total gastrectomy in 121 cases with gastric carcinoma.The operating time,morbidity and mortality,digestive tract symptoms,nutritional status in 1 year after operation were compared.Results There were no signifioant differences among the three procedures in operative morbidity and mortality,postoperative food intake,nutritional status,incidences of diarrhea and dumping syndrome.Roux-en-Y esophajejunostomy and P-type esophajejunostomy had an advantage d anti-esophageal reflux,and are obviously superior to Lahey + Braun anastomosis.Roux-en-Y esophajejunostomy was simpler with shorter operating time and less complication.Condusion Roux-en-Y esophajejunostomy and P-type esophajejunostomy could be recommended as suitable methods for digestive reconstruction after total gastrectomy.
4.Mediating role of mental fatigue between nature exposure and mental health of prison police
Qingqi ZHANG ; Junze XIAO ; Ke QI ; Hongwen HU ; Jing LIU ; Ai MA ; Xiaoqian LIU ; Yuze ZENG
Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine 2024;41(3):311-317
Background The mental health status of prison officers is crucial to the efficiency, security, and stability of a prison, and it is essential to pay attention to the factors that influence their mental health. Objective To understand the mental health status of prison officers, and analyze how nature exposure affects their mental health problems and a potential mediating role of mental fatigue. Methods A cross-sectional survey was carried out from May to June 2022 among 1392 prison officers from eight prisons in a province, and a total of 1284 valid questionnaires were recovered. The Nature Exposure Scale, Mental Fatigue Scale, and Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale were used to assess nature exposure, mental fatigue, and mental health indicators among prison officers, and to explore the effect of nature exposure on mental health problems and a potential mediating role of mental fatigue. Results The recruited prison officers showed high levels of depression, anxiety, and stress. The prevalence rates of depression, anxiety, and stress were 59.11% (759/1284), 60.67% (779/1284),and 43.93% (564/1284), respectively. The results of correlation analysis revealed that nature exposure was negatively related with mental fatigue and mental health indicators (depression, anxiety, and stress) (rs=−0.242, −0.308, −0.235, −0.254, P<0.01), while mental fatigue was positively correlated with mental health indicators (depression, anxiety, and stress) (rs=0.546, 0.533, 0.536, P<0.01). The PROCESS macro results showed that the level of nature exposure among prison officers negatively associated with depression, anxiety, and stress (β=−0.180, −0.104, −0.123), and mental fatigue played a mediating role, with indirect effects of −0.200, −0.192, and −0.199, respectively. Conclusion The levels of depression, anxiety, and stress of prison officers are higher than those of other occupations. Nature exposure negatively associates with depression, anxiety, and stress, that is, it may directly alleviate the mental health problems of prison officers; and it may also alleviate mental health problems by relieving mental fatigue.
5.Influence of different cement spaces on marginal adaptation of CAD/CAM inlay
ZENG Xiantao ; YAO Xinhui ; LI Hongwen ; GENG Xiaorui
Journal of Prevention and Treatment for Stomatological Diseases 2017;25(8):530-532
Objective:
To explore the influence of different cement spaces on the marginal adaptation of CAD/CAM zirconia inlay.
Methods:
30 teeth extracted for orthodontic purpose were selected and divided into 3 groups (Group A 10 μm, Group B 30 μm, Group C 50 μm). The marginal spaces of inlays were recorded by the light-body Silicone impression material, and measured by microscope. The data were analyzed by SPSS 13.0.
Results :
All the inlays fitted very well and all the marginal spaces were less than 120 μm. The shoulder of Group A was statistically lower than Group B and Group C (P < 0.05). The axial surface of Group B was statistically lower than Group C (P < 0.05).
Conclusions
CEREC zirconia inlay is satisfactory when the cement space is between 10-50 μm.
6.Clinical and genetic analysis of a child with co-morbid progressive IgA nephropathy and COQ8B-associated glomerulopathy
Liuyu SUN ; Huijie XIAO ; Yali REN ; Ke XU ; Xuhui ZHONG ; Hongwen ZHANG ; Yuegui ZENG ; Fang WANG
Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics 2024;41(10):1231-1237
Objective:To explore the genetic etiology and clinical outcome of a child with co-morbid progressive IgA nephropathy and COQ8B-associated glomerulopathy. Methods:A child who was admitted to Peking University First Hospital on March 2, 2021 was selected as the study subject. Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood samples from the child and his parents and sister. Whole exome sequencing was carried out, and candidate variant was verified by Sanger sequencing. This study was approved by Medical Ethics Committee of the Peking University First Hospital (Ethics No. 2016[1029]).Results:The child, a 7-year-old boy who had developed proteinuria 8 months before, was diagnosed with IgA nephropathy (M1E1S1T1C1). With steroid, cyclophosphamide, cyclosporine and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy, partial remission of proteinuria was achieved. However, his serum creatinine level had increased from 53.8 mol/L at the onset of disease to 86.7 mol/L after 3.9 years, along with massive proteinuria. Kidney biopsy still indicated IgA nephropathy (M0E0S1T0C0). The child was found to harbor a homozygous c. 737G>A (p.Ser246Asn) missense variant of the COQ8B gene, for which his parents and sister were heterozygous carriers. The variant was predicted to be pathogenic (PS1+ PM2_Supporting+ PM3+ PP3+ PP4) based on the guidelines from the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics. The child was treated with high-dose coenzyme Q10 in combination with steroid and/or mycophenolate mofetil, though his serum creatinine level still increased to 286 mol/L after 7.3 years, which conformed to a chronic kidney disorder with glomerular filtration rate category of G3b. Conclusion:The homozygous c.737G>A missense variants of the COQ8B gene probably underlay the progressive kidney dysfunction in this child. For children with IgA nephropathy presenting with atypical clinical manifestations, unsatisfactory therapeutic effect, and/or early onset of kidney function decline, coexistence of other diseases should be suspected.
7.Short-term prognostic predictive value of deep-learning assisted quantitative myocardial contrast echocardiography in ST-elevated myocardial infarction after primary percutaneous coronary intervention
Mingqi LI ; Dewen ZENG ; Wenyue YUAN ; Yanxiang ZHOU ; Jinling CHEN ; Sheng CAO ; Hongning SONG ; Bo HU ; Jing CHEN ; Yuanting YANG ; Hao WANG ; Hongwen FEI ; Qing ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2023;32(7):572-582
Objective:To explore the prognostic predictive value of deep neural network (DNN) assisted myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) quantitative analysis of ST-elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients after successful percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI).Methods:A retrospective analysis was performed in 97 STEMI patients with thrombolysis in myocardial infarction-3 flow in infarct vessel after primary PCI in Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University from June to November 2021. MCE was performed within 48 h after PCI. Patients were followed up to 120 days. The adverse events were defined as cardiac death, hospitalization for congestive heart failure, reinfarction, stroke and recurrent angina. The framework consisted of the U-net and hierarchical convolutional LSTMs. The plateau myocardial contrast intensity (A), micro-bubble rate constant (β), and microvascular blood flow (MBF) for all myocardial segments were obtained by the framework, and then underwent variability analysis. Patients were divided into low MBF group and high MBF group based on MBF values, the baseline characteristics and adverse events were compared between the two groups. Other variables included biomarkers, ventricular wall motion analysis, MCE qualitative analysis, and left ventricular ejection fraction. The relationship between various variables and prognosis was investigated using Cox regression analysis. The ROC curve was plotted to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of the models, and the diagnostic efficacy of the models was compared using the integrated discrimination improvement index (IDI).Results:The time-cost for processing all 3 810 frames from 97 patients was 377 s. 92.89% and 7.11% of the frames were evaluated by an experienced echocardiographer as "good segmentation" and "correction needed". The correlation coefficients of A, β, and MBF ranged from 0.97 to 0.99 for intra-observer and inter-observer variability. During follow-up, 20 patients met the adverse events. Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that for each increase of 1 IU/s in MBF of the infarct-related artery territory, the risk of adverse events decreased by 6% ( HR 0.94, 95% CI =0.91-0.98). There was a 4.5-fold increased risk of adverse events in the low MBF group ( HR 5.50, 95% CI=1.55-19.49). After incorporating DNN-assisted MCE quantitative analysis into qualitative analysis, the IDI for prognostic prediction was 15% (AUC 0.86, sensitivity 0.78, specificity 0.73). Conclusions:MBF of the area supplied by infarct-related artery after STEMI-PCI is an independent protective factor for short-term prognosis. The DNN-assisted MCE quantitative analysis is an objective, efficient, and reproducible method to evaluate microvascular perfusion. Assessment of culprit-MBF after PCI in STEMI patients adds independent short-term prognostic information over qualitative analysis.It has the potential to be a valuable tool for risk stratification and clinical follow-up.
8.Literature analysis of leflunomide-induced interstitial pneumonia
Jiang ZENG ; Chunjiang WANG ; Hongwen WU ; Zhijie YANG ; Tian LAN ; Chao YE
China Pharmacy 2022;33(1):79-83
OBJECTIVE To study the clinical characteristics of leflunomide-induced int erstitial pneumonia (Lef-IP),and to provide reference for its clinical diagnosis ,treatment and prevention. METHODS Lef-IP cases published in domestic and foreign journals from January 2004 to June 2021 were collected. Relevant information of patients were extracted and analyzed retrospectively, including basic characteristics ,clinical manifestations ,imaging manifestations ,laboratory examinations , histopathological examinations ,treatment and outcome. RESULTS A total of 54 Lef-IP patients from case reports of 24 publications were included ,with a median age of 61 years(9-83 years). Pulmonary symptoms appeared from 3.3 weeks to 132.9 weeks(median time of 14.5 weeks). Patients with a loading dose of leflunomide have a shorter median time to pulmonary symptoms appearing (7.5 weeks). The main clinical manifestations were dyspnea (85.2%),cough(57.4%),fever(53.7%). CT imaging examination showed 19 cases with ground-glass shadow in both lungs ,and 29 cases showed interstitial infiltration in both lungs on chest radiograph;blood gas analysis showed hypoxemia and hypocapnia ;the levels of C-reactive protein and Krebs von Den lungen- 6 (KL-6)increased;histopathological examination mainly showed interstitial pneumonia (8 cases),including 3 cases of diffuse alveolar injury ,4 cases of lymphocytes in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid ,and 1 case of noncaseating granuloma. After discontinued leflunomide and symptomatic treatment (antibiotics,hormones,colecenamine,plasma exchange ),35 patients(64.8%)recovered or improved their lung symptoms. Twelve patients (22.2%)died,and patients with fever may had a higher mortality rate (34.5%, P=0.02). CONCLUSIONS The main clinical manifestations of Lef-IP are dyspnea ,cough and fever. Loading doses of leflunomide should be avoided at the beginning of treatment. When lef-IP occurs ,leflunomide is discontinued and corresponding treatment is given,and most of the patients ’pulmonary symptoms can return to normal or be improved.
9.Targeted delivery of rosuvastatin enhances treatment of hyperhomocysteinemia-induced atherosclerosis using macrophage membrane-coated nanoparticles
Liu DAYUE ; Yang ANNING ; Li YULIN ; Li ZHENXIAN ; You PEIDONG ; Zhang HONGWEN ; Quan SHANGKUN ; Sun YUE ; Zeng YALING ; Ma SHENGCHAO ; Xiong JIANTUAN ; Hao YINJU ; Li GUIZHONG ; Liu BIN ; Zhang HUIPING ; Jiang YIDENG
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis 2024;14(9):1301-1319
Rosuvastatin(RVS)is an excellent drug with anti-inflammatory and lipid-lowering properties in the aca-demic and medical fields.However,this drug faces a series of challenges when used to treat atherosclerosis caused by hyperhomocysteinemia(HHcy),including high oral dosage,poor targeting,and long-term toxic side effects.In this study,we applied nanotechnology to construct a biomimetic nano-delivery system,macrophage membrane(M?m)-coated RVS-loaded Prussian blue(PB)nanoparticles(MPR NPs),for improving the bioavailability and targeting capacity of RVS,specifically to the plaque lesions associated with HHcy-induced atherosclerosis.In vitro assays demonstrated that MPR NPs effectively inhibited the Toll-like receptor 4(TLR4)/hypoxia-inducible factor-1α(HIF-1α)/nucleotide-binding and oligomerization domain(NOD)-like receptor thermal protein domain associated protein 3(NLRP3)signaling pathways,reducing pyroptosis and inflammatory response in macrophages.Additionally,MPR NPs reversed the abnormal distribution of adenosine triphosphate(ATP)-binding cassette transporter A1(ABCA1)/ATP binding cassette transporter G1(ABCA1)/ATP binding cassette transporter G1(ABCG1)caused by HIF-1α,promoting cholesterol efflux and reducing lipid deposition.In vivo studies using apolipoprotein E knockout(ApoE-/-)mice confirmed the strong efficacy of MPR NPs in treating atherosclerosis with favorable bio-security,and the mechanism behind this efficacy is believed to involve the regulation of serum metabolism and the remodeling of gut microbes.These findings suggest that the synthesis of MPR NPs provides a promising nanosystem for the targeted therapy of HHcy-induced atherosclerosis.