1.Observation on the Efficacy of Montelukast in the Treatment of Children with Asthma and its Effect of TIMP-1 and MMP-9
China Pharmacist 2016;19(7):1307-1308,1316
Objective:To investigate the efficacy of montelukast in the treatment of children with asthma and its influence on the serum levels of metalloprotease-9 (MMP-9) and metal protease inhibitor-1 (TIMP-1).Methods:Totally 90 cases of asthma children were selected and divided into the control group and the observation group with 45 ones in each .The control group was treated with the conventional symptomatic treatment , and the observation group was treated with montelukast chewable tablets additionally , and the treatment course was 8w.The effectiveness adverse reactions were compared between the groups , and the lung function indices and the changes of MMP-9 and TIMP-1 levels of the two groups were compared as well .Results: The total effective rate of the observation group (93.33%) was significantly better than that of the control group (P<0.05).After the treatment, the levels of FEV1 and PEF were significantly higher than those before the treatment in the two groups , the levels of MMP-9 and TIMP-1 were notably lower than those before the treatment in both groups , and the changes in the observation group were more significant than those in the control group (P<0.05).There were no adverse drug reactions in both groups .Conclusion:Montelukast combined with the conventional therapy can down-regulate the serum levels of MMP-9 and TIMP-1 and inhibit airway remodeling resulting in improved curative effect with high safety.
2.Clinical observation on lowdoses of glucocorticoid in the assistance treatment of mycoplasmal pneumonia
Liping HUANG ; Jie WANG ; Lan WANG
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2013;20(3):371-372
Objective To evaluate the clinical effects of low-dose glucocorticoid hormone adjuvant treatment for mycoplasma pneumonia.Methods 118 cases diagnosed with mycoplasma pneumonia were randomly divided into two groups,including conventional treatment group (61 cases) and hormone treatment group (57 cases).The treatment group was given to the small dosage hormone,the control group was hospitalized for the same time which had not used the hormone the trouble.Both of two groups were given relieve a cough,breathe heavily evenly,the atomization inspiration and so on the complex therapy,and application large ring lactone class medicine including erythromycin or arch mildew element anti-infection treatment.On the basis of conventional treatment,the hormone treatment group was added with intravenous infusion of dexamethasone or oral prednisone.Compared with two groups of curative effects indexes including the defervescence time,the cough remission time,the moist crackles disappearance time and the hospitalization time.Results The defervescence time,the cough remission time,the moist crackles disappearance time and the hospitalization time were significantly lower in the hormone treatment group than those of the control group (t =-6.36,-2.04,-7.91,all P < 0.05).Conclusion Low-dose glucocorticoid hormone adjuvant treatment could have the better curative effects for mycoplasma pneumonia for children.
3.Nursing care of the treatment for degloving injury in foot by the combination of free femoral anterolateral skin flap transplantation and vacuum sealing drainage technique
Yuhong FU ; Liping ZHU ; Lan MO
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2015;(35):2676-2678
Objective To explore the clinical nursing methods for the treatment of the skin degloving injury in foot by the combination of free femoral anterolateral skin flap transplantation and vacuum sealing drainage (VSD) technique. Methods From January 2010 to January 2014, 18 cases of the skin degloving injury in foot were treated by debridement and implant skin, negative pressure drainage and irrigation at first period, then the operation to repair the foot wound by transplant femoral anterolateral skin flap were done at second period. Nurses applied the key technology of VSD into postoperative nursing. Nurses should master the observation method and characteristics for the flow of blood to the flap skin, the method for foot position nursing, afford effective analgesic care, and flap local high flow oxygen therapy,improve the local tissue oxygen partial pressure and introduce the foot early functional exercise during postoperative. Results Eighteen cases flaps all survived. Clients were followed-up for 6 to 12 months,the discovery showed that all of the clients had good flap blood supply,the skin was soft and elastic,and the function of foot were recovered well. Conclusions The combination of of free femoral anterolateral skin flap transplantation and VSD technique apply into foot degloving injury repairation postoperative care,by application of high quality nursing, it really can improve the success rate of surgery and reduce the pain for clients.
4.Dynamic variation of HCV hypervariable region gene and homology analysis
Xun WANG ; Lan ZHENG ; Liping XU
Chinese Journal of Blood Transfusion 1988;0(02):-
Objective To find out the dynamic variation on HCV genome to give the theoretic basis for diagnosis of post transfusion hepatitis C,and demonstrate the causality between donors and recipients suffering from post transfusion hepatitis C.Methods The high variable envelope gene fragments (HVR1 and HVR2) of HCV was selected for a cross sectional study and a one year follow up study was carried out on 3 HCV patients at every 3 month period to understand the dynamic variation of HCV HVR in each patient.Results The homology of HCV HVR genes among different types is 56.99%~60.88%,65.09%~68.80% among different subtypes,and 80.05%~96.40% among the same subtypes.It consists with the geographic distribution of HCV.The homology between the different strains isolated from the same patients is 92.10%~99.73%,95.36%~97.54 and 97.07%~99.20%,respectively.Conclusion The variation of different HCV strains in HVR is great.However,the variation of the same virus in the same patient during short infectious period is rather limited,which is no more than 7.9% per year.So the transmission pathway of some hepatitis C cases can be trailed at the molecular level by this way,and some non transfusion transmitted hepatitis C cases can be exclude
5.Study on the risk factors of injuries after Typhoon disaster
Liping JIANG ; Liyan FU ; Yuling WANG ; Lan YAO
Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010;19(8):834-837
Objective To explore the impact on survivors's health and to determine the risk factors involved in the typhoon in order to investigate the characteristics of traumatic symptoms of casualties in the aftermath of the Saomai Typhoon sweeping over the rural area of Zhejiang province in 2006. Method A cluster sampling study was carried out and a total of 389 survivors were assessed. Data were analyzed by univariate and multivariate Logistic analysis to clarify the characteristics and the risk factors of getting traumatize. Results Of 389, there were 113 (29.1% ) victims suffered from a variety of injuries mainly crush trauma (24.4 % ) and wounded by hard object (23.1% ). Moreover, the combined injuries accounted for 9.2%. The risk factors causing injuries in the residential area were the building collapse, glass fragments from broken windows, flying debris as well as fall from high place. Condclusions Outdoor activity and the crumbled building are the leading causes for injuries during the sweeping of typhoon. Meanwhile, we should make more effort to publicize the precautions against typhoon to the local residents.
6.The rehabilitation therapeutic effect of Super-Lizer on the early chronicity strain carpal tunnel syndrome
Xiaru ZHENG ; Caisheng LAN ; Huiwen DENG ; Liping LIU ; Zhiping LIU
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2010;33(14):23-25
Objective To investigate the rehabilitation therapeutic effect of Super-Lizer on the early chronicity strain carpal tunnel syndrome by lassitude. Methods Ninety-eight carpal tunnel syndrome patients were randomly divided into therapeutic group (53 cases) and control group (45 cases). The control group was treated with brake and rest on wrist joint. The therapeutic group was treated with Super-Lizer plus wrist brace in neutral position brake and rest in run-up position on wrist joint. The changes of clinical symptom,feeling,muscle power and electromyography in the hands after 2 weeks were detected.Then the results were analyzed. Results The clinical symptom,feeling,muscle power and electromyography in the hands of two groups were obviously improved after treatment, the therapeutic group significantly better than the control group in motor nerve conduction resume(P < 0.05 ). The cure and efficiency rate of the therapeutic group was 81.13%(43/53),the cure and efficiency rate of the control group was 57.78%(26/45),there was significantly better between two groups (P < 0.05). Conclusion The rehabilitation therapeutic effect of Super-Lizer on the early chronicity strain carpal tunnel syndrome is remarkable,worthy of clinical application.
7.THE EFFECTS OF CELLULOSE, PECTIN AND AGAR ON LIPID METABOLISM IN RATS FED A HIGH CHOLESTEROL DIET
Liping LIN ; Juesheng LI ; Huiyun WU ; Lubin LAN ; Xiuxia WAN
Acta Nutrimenta Sinica 1956;0(02):-
This paper was designed to study the effects of cellulose, pectin and ag-ar at 10% level on the concentration of serum total cholesterol (TC), trigly-ceride (TG) and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) in rats. Male adult Wistar rats were randomly divided into 5 groups and fed on basal diet, hypercholesterolemic diet (control diet) and 3 test diets (contain 10% cellulose, pectin or agar respectively) for 6 weeks. The results showed that all three fibrous diets were significantly lowered serum TC (P
8.Effects of valproic acid on rats with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and its immuno-modulatory mechanism
Jin LYU ; Liping LU ; Likang LAN ; Rongyuan ZHENG ; Lixia GAO
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 2014;(8):609-615
Objective To investigate the effects of valproic acid ( VPA ) on SD rats with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis ( EAE) and its possible immunomodulatory mechanism .Meth-ods Fifty female Sprague-Dawley ( SD) rats were randomly divided into five groups by random digit table , including control group (n=10), EAE group(n=10), low dose VPA treated group (100 mg/kg, n=10), median dose VPA treated group (300 mg/kg, n=10) and high dose VPA treated group (600 mg/kg, n=10).The SD rat model of EAE was induced by immunizing with a guinea pigs′spinal cord homogenate (GPSCH).Normal saline and various doses of VPA were given to rats in according groups twice a day from day 0 to day 19 ( close to the peak stage of EAE ) .The severity of EAE was scored according to the signs and symptoms.Pathological changes were observed through Hematoxylin-Eosin staining, and then the degrees of inflammatory infiltration were evaluated .The numbers of activated neuroglia that expressed Iba-1 in cerebral and lumber cords were counted by immunohistochemistry .The expression of IFN-γ, IL-17 and IL-10 in cer-ebral and lumber cords were measured by ELISA .Results Compared with EAE group , rats in the low, me-dian and high dose VPA treated groups had lower incidence of EAE and prolonged latency , but only the me-dian dose treated group showed significant alleviation in clinical symptoms (P<0.05).Both the median and the high dose treated group showed decreased inflammatory cell infiltration in CNS (P<0.05).Immunohisto-chemistry results showed that the numbers of activated microglia were significantly inhibited in rats treated with median and high dose of VPA in comparison with those in EAE group (P<0.05).Results of ELISA demonstrated that the expression of IFN-γand IL-17 in both median and high dose VPA treated groups were significantly decreased compared with those in EAE group (P<0.05), but only the median dose treated group showed a remarkably increased expression of IL-10 (P<0.05).Conclusion VPA, especially medi-um dose of VPA ( 300 mg/kg ) , had neuroprotective effects on rats with EAE .The possible mechanism might be associated with the inhibited activation of microglia and the increased percentage of anti -inflammato-ry cytokines .
9.High Risk Factors for Pulmonary Fungus Infection in Intensive Care Units of Neurosurgery
Wenyu ZHU ; Liping TAN ; Xiangfeng CHEN ; Qiang HUANG ; Qing LAN
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology 1994;0(04):-
OBJECTIVE By analyzing the high risk factors for pulmonary fungus infection in intensive care units of neurosurgery,this paper may be regarded as a good reference for early diagnosis and treatment. METHODS According to the domestic diagnostic standard on pulmonary fungus infection,we analyzed the clinical data of 58 patients with pulmonary fungus infection in department of neursurgery. RESULTS Totally 117 strains of fungi were isolated from the 58 cases.Candidiasis was the most frequent type,accounting for 92.3%.Some factors,such as the severity of underlying diseases,long-time coma,long-term use of broad-spectrum antibiotic,abuse of glucocorticoid,the open airway and some traumatic intubations might be regarded as the high risk factors for pulmonary fungus infection.Fluconazole showed good clinical effects on the treatment of fungus infection. CONCLUSIONS It is important to eliminate the high risk factors for pulmonary fungus infection,to provide early diagnosis and to use prophylactic antifungal agent,which can reduce the incidence rate of pulmonary fungus infection.
10.Research on Main Effective Chinese Materia Medica inQuban Prescription for Intervention in Melanin Synthesis
Zhichun CHEN ; Yinghao WANG ; Liping ZHANG ; Mingjin LAN
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine 2017;24(7):86-89
Objective To investigate the major effective Chinese materia medica inQuban Prescription for intervention in melanin synthesis.Methods 3×2 factorial design was used. The factors of investigation were Crataegi Fructus, Angelicae Sinensis Radix and Corni Fructus. Tyrosinase activity, melanin generation and auto-oxidation of dopa were determinated respectively; and the major effective Chinese materia medica ofQuban Prescription for intervention in melanin synthesis was analyzed by SPSS16.0 software.Results Tyrosinase activity was remarkably inhibited by Corni Fructus (P<0.05). Melanin generation was remarkably inhibited by Corni Fructus and Angelicae Sinensis Radix (P<0.01). Auto-oxidation of dopa was remarkably inhibited by Corni Fructus and Angelicae Sinensis Radix (P<0.05). Corni Fructus was in an absolute leading position.ConclusionCorni Fructus is the major effective Chinese materia medica in inhibiting tyrosinase activity, melanin generation and auto-oxidation of dopa in the prescription.