1.Influence of nursing procedures on pressure sore during the operation on brain tumor
Jiexin GUO ; Zhixuan CHEN ; Runhua CHEN ; Yuling HE
Modern Clinical Nursing 2013;(8):61-62
Objective To explore the effect of nursing procedure on pressure sore in patients with brain tumor.Methods The nursing procedures were used in the nursing of 86 brain tumor patients.The procedures included assessment of pressure ulcer risk factors and regulations of nursing objective and the measures for preventing pressure ulcer.Result None of the patients contracted pressure ulcer during operation.Conclusion The nursing procedures for brain tumor patients can enable the nurses to plan nursing activities for specific purpose,avoid the occurrence of pressure sore and thus improve the quality of nursing.
2.Pulmonary blastoma: a report of five cases and review of the literature.
Guangyu YAO ; Mingtian YANG ; Siyu WANG ; Ping HE ; Junye WANG ; Jiexin CHEN
Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer 2005;8(2):132-135
BACKGROUNDPulmonary blastoma is a rare primary malignancy of the lung. It is now recognized in two forms: adult type pulmonary blastoma and childhood pleuropulmonary blastoma. The clinical characteristics, diagnosis and treatments of adult type pulmonary blastoma are discussed in this article.
METHODSThe clinical records of 5 patients with adult type pulmonary blastoma admitted in Cancer Center, Sun Yet-sen University from 1964 to 2004 were analyzed and the literature on pulmonary blastoma was reviewed.
RESULTSThree patients were male and two were female with the ages ranged from 22 years old to 70. Their symptoms consisted mainly of cough, hemoptysis and chest pain. The pulmonary blastomas were mainly manifested as a solitary parenchymal mass of the lung on chest radiograph and CT. None of these patients was diognosed by fibrobronchoscopy nor sputum cytology. Three patients underwent lobectomy, one underwent pneumonectomy, and these four patients underwent mediastinal lymph node resection also. The fifth one received wedge resection and postoperative chemotherapy. At the end of follow-up, three patients died and two was alive, and the survival time was from 6 months to 11 years.
CONCLUSIONSPulmonary blastoma is difficult to be diagnosed before operation. Surgery is the best therapeutic choice up to now. It has poor response to radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The prognosis of patient with pulmonary blastoma is variable.
3.Clinical value of combining indocyanine green fluorescence navigation with blue dye in sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with breast cancer
Zechun ZHANG ; Paize XIE ; Jiexin CHEN ; Jianhao HUANG ; Yanghang FAN ; Xuyuan LI ; Zhiyong WU
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2016;43(17):757-760
Objective:To examine the clinical value of combining indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence navigation with blue dye in sen-tinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for patients with breast cancer. Methods:A total of 89 patients with early-stage breast cancer who met the inclusion criteria were admitted at Shantou Central Hospital, Guangdong from May 2013 to April 2014. In phase one, ICG and blue dye were applied in all 53 patients, and then SLNB and axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) were performed based on fluores-cence signal or visual sense of the lymph nodes. In phase two, 36 patients with early-stage breast cancer were included. ALND was omitted when sentinel lymph nodes were frozen showing negative result. Rates of detection, accuracy, and false-negative were calcu-lated. Results:A total of 89 patients were monitored, of which the total rate of SLNB detection was 96.6%(86/89). In the validation pe-riod, the rates of detection, accuracy, and false-negative were 94.3%(50/53) 98.0%(49/50), and 2.6%(1/38), respectively. In the alter-ative period, the rates of detection reached 100%. Of the 196 sentinel lymph nodes, 179 showed fluorescence signal, 142 exhibited blue dying, 54 only demonstrated fluorescence signals, and 45 demonstrated metastasis with five signaling fluorescence. About 24.7%of patients were diagnosed with SLN metastasis (22/89), where SLNB in two patients showed fluorescence signal but without blue dye. No ipsilateral lymph node relapsed were observed during a median follow up of 25 months. Conclusion:Combination of ICG fluores-cence navigation with blue dye in SLNB is safe for patients with breast cancer.
4. Clinical features of pulmonary thromboembolism of eight children
Feizhou ZHANG ; Jiexin YUAN ; Xiaofen TAO ; Zhimin CHEN ; Lanfang TANG
Chinese Journal of Pediatrics 2020;58(1):25-29
Objective:
To improve the diagnosis and therapy of childhood pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) by analyzing the clinical features of this rare condition.
Methods:
A total of 8 pediatric patients (4 males, 4 females) with PTE diagnosed in the Children′s Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine from March, 2014 to March, 2019 were enrolled. The clinical manifestation, laboratory results, imaging findings, diagnosis and treatment were summarized.
Results:
Among these 8 cases, aged from 9 hours to 14 years and 10 months. Fever was found in 4 cases, cough aggravation in 4, short of breath in 3, chest pain in 2, abdominal and back pain in one, hemoptysis in 2, cyanosis in 1, and edema of lower extremities in 2. Physical examination found decreased breath sound in 2 cases, phlegm rale in 3, and pleural friction rub in one. Pleural effusion was found in 5 cases by ultrasound. Plasma D-dimer increased in 6 cases (0.66-9.96 mg/L) and hypersensitive C-reactive protein elevated in 5 cases (10.78-78.00 mg/L). Chest enhanced CT showed pulmonary artery or venous filling defects, including pulmonary artery embolism in 7 cases and pulmonary vein embolism in one. The primary disease of these patients included
5.Chinese Medicine Monomers Against Pancreatic Cancer: A Review
Huimin LI ; Yan LI ; Jiexin CHEN ; Yuqing ZHAO ; Qiuhong WANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2023;29(10):245-253
Pancreatic cancer is a disease with a high fatality rate, with a five-year survival rate of no more than 10% and a significantly increasing annual mortality rate. The common pathogenesis factors of pancreatic cancer are family inheritance, diet, pancreatitis, obesity, etc., among which, family inheritance of pancreatic cancer is the main reason, and about 7%-10% of patients have family inheritance. Surgery is an effective way to treat pancreatic cancer in patients and improve their survival, but most people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at intermediate and advanced stages and lose the opportunity for surgical treatment. Therefore, radiotherapy, interventional therapy, supportive treatment, immunotherapy, and other treatments are used clinically to relieve symptoms and prolong the survival of patients. The commonly used clinical drug is gemcitabine. Although it can inhibit tumor growth and improve the condition, it can bring side effects such as bone marrow suppression, rash, digestive tract side effects, and drug resistance. The damage of these side effects to the human body is systemic. Chinese medicine can be used alone or in combination with other treatment methods to reduce the toxic and side effects of chemotherapy, restore the physical energy of patients, and reduce its related complications. Chinese medicine contains a large number of active ingredients, including alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, phenolic acids, and organic acids, with anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, anti-tumor, and other curative effects. Many clinical studies of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) on cancers have verified that TCM plays a positive role in tumor prevention and treatment, especially in improving and controlling clinical symptoms, and also plays a good detoxification effect on radiotherapy and chemotherapy, with good results achieved in improving bone marrow suppression, improving immunity, improving quality of life, and prolonging survival. This paper reviewed the anti-pancreatic cancer mechanism of Chinese medicine monomers based on literature in China and abroad, aiming to provide new potential drug candidates for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
6.Meridian Tropism of Components in Bupleuri Radix Based on Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Model and Principal Component Analysis
Feihui HONG ; Jiexin CHEN ; Yuchan CHEN ; Huimin LI ; Donghui PENG ; Zhibin SHEN ; Yonggang XIA ; Qiuhong WANG ; Haixue KUANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2022;28(15):53-60
ObjectiveTo explore the meridian tropism of components in Bupleuri Radix (Chaihu, CH) based on the model of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and clarify the substance basis of the meridian tropism of CH in Xiaoyaosan (XYS) by means of principal component analysis. MethodEighty SPF male C57BL/6 mice were randomly assigned into 8 groups, with 10 mice in each group. Except that the blank group was fed with the methionine choline-sufficient (MCS) diet, the other mice were fed with methionine choline-deficient (MCD) diet for 4 weeks to establish the nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) model. After the established model was confirmed by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining, the mice were administrated with corresponding drugs by gavage once a day for 4 weeks. Specifically, the 8 groups were XYS group (2.874 g·kg-1), XYS-CH group (2.445 g·kg-1), XYS-CH+volatile oils (Vol, 0.163 mg·kg-1) group, XYS-CH+polysaccharides (Pol, 24.067 mg·kg-1) group, XYS-CH+flavones (Fla, 2.241 mg·kg-1) group, and XYS-CH+saponins (Sap, 2.746 mg·kg-1) group. The model group and the blank group were administrated with the same volume of normal saline. After the last administration, the mice were sacrificed for the collection of blood and liver tissue. The pathological changes of liver were observed by HE staining and oil red O staining. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits were used to determine the levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) in serum as well as malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) in liver. SPSS Statistics 23 was used for principal component analysis and comprehensive evaluation to determine the substance basis of the meridian tropism of CH in NASH mice. ResultCompared with the blank control group, the modeling led to hepatocyte swelling, increased fat vacuoles, and appearance of inflammatory cells. Further, the modeling elevated the levels of ALT, AST, TG, TC, and LDL and lowered the HDL level in serum, and it increased the MDA level and decreased the SOD, CAT, and GSH-Px levels in liver. Compared with the model group, the administration of XYS and XYS-CH in combination with the components of CH alleviated the oxidative damage in liver (P<0.05). The comprehensive score of the pharmacological efficacy was in a descending order as follows: XYS > XYS-CH+Sap > XYS-CH+Fla > XYS-CH+Pol > XYS-CH+Vol > XYS-CH. Among the chemical components of CH, Sap had the best effect. ConclusionSap lowers the blood lipid level, regulates the abnormal lipid metabolism, and alleviates the oxidative damage of liver, which is the substance basis for CH to exert the meridian tropism in liver.