1.Effects of siRNA interference combined with hyperbaric oxygen treatment on cerebral edema and apoptosis in the brain tissue of rats after hemorrhage
Qiang PAN ; Lin ZHU ; Shuai ZHANG ; Puxian LI ; Xingtao DIAO ; Chunyu SONG ; Yong GAO ; Feng SI ; Qiang LI ; Xiao YUE
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2017;36(9):1010-1014
Objective To examine the effects and mechanisms of siRNA targeting aquaporin 4 (AQP 4) in combination with hyperbaric oxygen therapy(HBO) on cerebral edema and apoptosis in the brain tissue of rats after hemorrhage.Methods Rats were randomly divided into four groups,the control group,the hyperbaric oxygen group,the AQP-4 siRNA group and the combination therapy group (24 rats).Thrombin Ⅶ was injected into the caudate nucleus to establish the hemorrhage model.Construction of siRNA targeting aquaporin 4 was conducted.The mRNA expression of AQP-4 was detected by RT-PCR at day 3.Changes in brain moisture and blood-brain barrier perme ability were measured by a wet/dry weight method and Evans blue fluorometry.The nerve cell apoptosis rate was analyzed by Annexin V andTdT-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling (TUNEL).The expression of proteins including AQP-4,MMP-2,MMP-9,Bcl-2 and caspase-3 was detected by Western Blotting.All the animals were given a score for their nerve function at day 3.Results AQP-4 siRNA treatment obtained better effects than HBO in decreasing the brain edema leveland silencing AQP-4 mRNA(P<0.05)while,the combination therapy group achieved the best results(P< 0.05).Compared with the control group,the percentage of apoptotic cells decreased in all the three treatment groups,with the most marked decrease observed in the combination treatment group(4.24± 0.04)%(F=13.76,P=0.001).The expression of AQP-4,MMP-2,MMP-9 and caspase-3 was lower (P<0.05) and the expression of Bcl-2 was higher(P<0.01)in the combination treatment group than in the other three groups.Compared with the control group,all the other three groups received better scores on nerve function defect evaluation at day 3 after hemorrhage(P<0.05),with the combination treatment group again achieving the most favorable score (4.7 ± 1.1) (F=7.21,P =0.013).Conclusions Targeted siRNA interference combined with hyperbaric oxygen can effectively reduce cerebral edema after cerebral hemorrhage,inhibit neuronal apoptosis and promote neuron function recovery.The underlying mechanisms may be related to down-regulation of AQP-4,MMP 2,MMP-9 and caspase-3 expression and up-regulation of Bcl-2 expression.
2.Implement quality control circle activities to improve customer satisfaction
Yaoxing LI ; Cuidi LI ; Fen ZHANG ; Min TANG ; Wei YAN ; Puxian XIE ; Youlan XI ; Jiaxin WANG ; Yunhui WANG ; Haibo MA ; Chaodong ZHANG ; Jiyan DENG ; Yamei YU ; Qunhua MU
Modern Hospital 2024;24(3):391-394
Objective To study the application effect of quality control circle(QCC)in reducing the dissatisfaction rate of physical examination clients in health management center.Methods To establish QCC,selected the health check-up popula-tion in our hospital in September-2019 and March-2020,through the questionnaire investigation and analysis,compare the dis-satisfaction of the clients before and after the quality control circle.Results After carrying out QCC activities,the dissatisfaction of physical examination clients was significantly lower than that before QCC,and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).Conclusion The activities of QCC in the health management center can effectively improve the quality of the physical examination work and reduce the dissatisfaction of the customers in the physical examination.It is of great significance to the health management.
3.An 11-site cross-section survey on the prevalence of nutritional risk, malnutrition (undernutrition) and nutrition support among the diagnosis-related group of elderly inpatients younger than 90 years old with coronary heart disease in North and Central China
Jingyong XU ; Yan WANG ; Puxian TANG ; Mingwei ZHU ; Junmin WEI ; Wei CHEN ; Huahong WANG ; Yongdong WU ; Xinying WANG ; Li ZHANG ; Suming ZHOU ; Jianqin SUN ; Birong DONG ; Yanjin CHEN ; Huaihong CHEN ; Huiling LOU
Chinese Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2018;26(3):149-155
Objective To investigate the prevalence of nutritional risk,undernutrition and nutritional support among elderly inpatients with coronary heart disease in 11 tertiary A hospitals in China.Methods Records of elderly patients under the age of 90 with coronary heart disease were collected between March 2012 and May 2012 from 11 tertiary A hospitals in China following the direction of diagnosis related group of Beijing government.Results A total of 1 279 consecutive cases were recruited with the average age 74 years old (65-89).The total nutritional risk prevalence was 28.14% (360/1 279).The prevalence of nutritional risk and nutritional risk score ≥ 5 increased with age.The prevalence of nutritional risk (12.88% vs.30.08% vs.42.28%) and nutritional risk scored ≥5 (10.86% vs.18.61% vs.27.78%)increased with age.Judging from BMI,most patients were overweight or obese (BMI ≥ 24 kg/m2),accounting for 53.0% of the total,and prevalence of nutritional risk in this subgroup was 15.12% (96/635).The prevalence of nutritional risk in patients with normal BMI was 34.24%.The prevalence of undernutrition defined as BMI< 18.5 kg/m2 was 4.25% (51/1 279),among which patients with score ≥ 5 account for 64.7% (33/51).The prevalence of undernutrition defined as nutritional impairment score =3 was 7.58% (97/1 279).In patients with nutritional risk,57 were administrated nutrition support (16.6%);in patients without nutritional risk,21 received nutrition support,mostly parenteral nutrition (16 cases,76.2%).In patients with nutritional risk [(79.46± 7.19) years vs.(76.40± 6.16) years],there were statistically significant difference between those who received nutrition support and those who did not in terms of age and the ratio of patients with nutritional risk scored≥5 (35.1% vs.17.1%) (P =0.001,P=0.002).Conclusions The prevalence of nutritional risk in patients with coronary heart disease was high.The prevalence of undernutrition was low.Prevalence of overweight and obese was high,but there was still nutritional risk in this group of patients.The patients who received nutrition support were older and had high nutritional impairment score,but the indication is not rationale.