1.Relationship between accommodation and lens vault following implantable contact lens surgery
Xiaojuan, LAI ; Zhimin, LI ; Hao, GU
Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology 2014;32(12):1111-1116
Background Implantable contact lens (ICL) surgery is a primary intraocular refractive corrective surgery for high myopia.However,whether there will be enough distance between ICL and anterior face of lens to avoid the occurrence of anterior capsular cataract in non-accommodated and the largest physiological accommodated state after ICL implantation is worthy of investigation.Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate the alteration of lens vault after ICL implantation and explore the relationship between accommodation and change of lens vault.Methods A observational study was carried out.Sixty-six eyes of 33 patients with high myopia who received ICL implantation were enrolled in Affiliated First Hospital of Guiyang Medical College from May to November,2012.Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA),uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA),refractive diopter were regularly examined using synthetical optometry,and crystalline lens rise (CLR) and lens vault in non-accommodative or accommodative condition were observed by the anterior segment OCT (Visante OCT) and ultrasound biomicoscopy (UBM) before operation and 1 day,1 week,l month and 3 months after operation.Data were analyzed with SPSS version 16.0.Repeated measurement one-way analysis of variance was used to compare the differences of vision and refractive diopter among various time points.The relationship between accommodation and CLR was assessed using Pearson linear correlation.The alteration of CLR with accommodation change was analyzed by linear regression equation.Lens vault was measured and compared between non-accommodation and maximal physical accommodation status by paired t test.Results The postoperative UCVA was improved in comparison with preoperative BCVA,and the postoperative diopter was significantly lower than that of preoperation,with significant differences among various time points (F =16.904,P =0.000 ; F =1.498,P =0.000),and the diopter was stable after operation.A positive correlation was found between the alteration of CLR and accommodation under the physical accommodative stimulation in high myopic eyes (R2 =0.49,P =0.00).Under physiological accommodation,CLR elevated 20 μm for per 1.0 D accommodation.In addition,the difference of lens vault values within postoperative 3 months was statistically significant (F=16.025,P=0.000).The lens vault values lowed with the enlargement of accommodation in 48.5% eyes,and the lens vault values increased with the enlargement of accommodation in 50.0% eyes.However,1.5% of the lens vault were in a stable state under the maximal physiological accommodated condition 3 months after operation.Lens vault were greater than zero in 97.0% eyes (64/66),and only 3.0% eyes (2/66) were zero under the maximalphysiological accommodated condition.Significant differences were seen in the lens vault between nonaccommodated and the maximal physiological accommodated state 1 day or 1 week after operation (t =4.755,P =0.000 ;t =3.327,P =0.001) ; but there was no statistical significance in 1 month or 3 months after operation (t =1.544,P=0.127,t=0.621,P=0.537).Conclusions During physiological accommodation,the alteration of CLR with accommodation in high myopic eyes.The location of ICL in the eyes is unstable within 3 months after operation.Majority of operative eyes remain enough vault in the maximal physiological accommodated state,but minority of operative eyes occur contact of ICL with the anterior surface of lens.Whether this contact causes anterior capsular cataract still needs to study.
2.Effect of pumping normal saline after norepinephrine therapy on hemodynamics of patients with hypovolemic shock
Qingjiang WU ; Xiaojuan LAI ; Yingying MA
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2021;37(14):1069-1073
Objective:To explore the effect of continuous pumping normal saline at same infusion speed before flushing or sealing the tube on the hemodynamics of patients with hypovolemic shock receiving norepinephrine.Methods:A total of 56 cases of hypovolemic shock patients receiving norepinephrine via micro-pump were randomly assigned to the observation group and the control group (28 cases in each group). Patients in the control group received conventional operation method to flush or seal the tube, while patients in the observation group continued pumping normal saline at the same infusion speed, followed by flushing or sealing the tube based on the control group. The changes of hemodynamics after flushing or sealing the tube was compared between two groups.Results:After 30 s, 1 min, 2 min, 3 min, 5 min of flush or seal the tube, the systolic blood pressure were (105.4±17.4) mmHg, (106.3±21.3) mmHg, (102.1±14.5) mmHg, (100.6±16.9) mmHg, (101.0±14.3) mmHg (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa), mean arterial blood pressure were (81.1±8.6) mmHg, (82.4±9.9) mmHg, (78.6±7.3) mmHg, (76.9±6.7) mmHg, (75.7±6.5) mmHg in the observation group, lower than those in the control group [(150.6±26.7) mmHg, (151.8±30.1) mmHg, (139.7±29.8) mmHg, (125.3±25.3) mmHg, (114.4±21.6) mmHg and (107.4±11.6) mmHg, (106.1±11.5) mmHg, (98.1±11.1) mmHg, (88.9±9.6) mmHg, (79.5±8.0) mmHg], the differences were statically significant ( P<0.05). After 30 s, 1 min, 2 min, 3 min of flush or seal the tube, the diastolic blood pressure were (69.0±10.50)mmHg, (70.5±10.7)mmHg, (66.9±8.3)mmHg, (65.1±6.2)mmHg in the observation group, lower than those in the control group [(85.9±11.6) mmHg, (83.3±8.7) mmHg, (77.3±7.4)mmHg, (70.7±7.2) mmHg], the differences were statically significant ( t value was 10.199-18.464, P<0.05). Conclusions:Before flushing or sealing the tube, continue pumping normal saline at same infusion speed can reduce the risk of abnormal hemodynamics for the hypovolemic shock patients receiving norepinephrine via micro-pump.
3.Intestinal absorption properties of three components in salvianolic acid extract and the effect of borneol on their absorption in rats.
Xiaojuan LAI ; Hanqing LIU ; Junsong LI ; Liuqing DI ; Baochang CAI
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2010;45(12):1576-81
This study aimed to investigate the effects of concentration, intestinal section and borneol on the intestinal absorption of salvianolic acids. The experiment not only studied the intestinal absorption properties of three concentrations of rosmarinic acid, salvianolic acid B and salvianolic acid A at duodenum, jejunum and ileum, but also of salvianolic acids compatible with borneol at different concentrations using single-pass intestinal perfusion model in rat with phenol red as the marker. The results showed that salvianolic acids was stable under weak-acid condition and affected by metabolism enzyme; The Peff and Ka significantly different among three concentrations of rosmarinic acid and salvianolic acid B, whose intestinal absorption were saturated in high concentration, suggesting that the transport mechanisms of rosmarinic acid and salvianolic acid B were similar to active transport or facilitated diffusion; However, there was inconspicuousness in the Peff and Ka of salvianolic acid A at different concentrations, whose absorption was not saturated in high concentration, indicating that the transport mechanisms of salvianolic acid A was passive diffusion; The Peff and Ka in the ileum obviously higher than those in the duodenum and jejunum, namely the ileum was the best absorption section; When concentration of borneol increased, the enhancing effect of intestinal absorption of salvianolic acids increased, but significantly decreased when borneol increased to some degree. The enhancing effect of medium borneol concentration was the optimum. This implied that borneol can enhance the intestinal absorption of salvianolic acids, and the capacity of enhancing effect was influenced by the concentration of borneol.
4.Assessment of quality of life in patients with chronic urticaria and reliability of the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI)
Jiangbo LIU ; Aili SI ; Lei DENG ; Xiaojuan LAI
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2011;44(1):47-49
Objective To evaluate the influence of chronic urticaria on the quality of life in patients by the DLQI, and to assess the factor structure and reliability of the DLQI. Methods The DLQI (Chinese version) was used to evaluate the quality of life of outpatients with CU. The reliability and factor structure of the DLQI were evaluated by reliability analysis and factor analysis. Results Eighty-five patients were asked to complete the DLQI and 13 patients were excluded for other complicated disorders or unanswered items in the DLQI. The mean age was 33.43 ± 0.90 years in the 72 patients with a median clinical course of 6 months. The DLQI score, which varied from 1 to 23 with an average of 9.46 ± 0.61, was uncorrelated to the patients' age,sex, or clinical course of CU (all P > 0.05). The impact of CU was observed mainly on the "synptoms and feeling" (50%), followed by "work and study" (40.67%). Factor analysis indicated that there were two dimensions with eigenvalues greater than 1.0, accounting for 53.7% of the variances. Reliability analysis showed that the Cronbach's α value was 0.836, and reached 0.849 if the item 1 in the DLQI was deleted. An analysis of variance showed that the F value was 31.88 (P < 0.01 ), and Hotelling T2 test yielded an F value of 29.87 (P <0.01 ). Conclusions CU has a moderate impact on the quality of life in patients. DLQI can be applied to the evaluation of quality of life in patients with CU with a high reliability, but more attention should be paid to the interference from item 1 to the reliability of the assessment.
5.The application of ultrasound visualization in instantly evaluation and supplement therapeutics in the treatment of uterine fibroids and adenomyosis with HIFU
Xiaojuan XIONG ; Guang OUYANG ; Ying ZHANG ; Zhiwen LAI ; Qin TU
Chongqing Medicine 2013;(35):4286-4288
Objective To investigate the application of ultrasound visualization in instantly evaluation and supplement therapeu-tics in the treatment of uterine fibroids and adenomyosis with high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU ) .Methods 57 patients with 67 uterine fibroids and 31 patients with 41 adenomyosis were treated with JC-200 HIFU treatment system and monitored the blood flow change in the lesion with B-ultrasound .Evaluated the curative effect with ablation ratio and ablation ratio after supplement therapeutics .Results The average ablation ratio of 57 uterine fibroids was(84 .6 ± 16 .1)% and the increased to(87 .0 ± 10 .7)% af-ter supplement therapeutics to 9 lesions with blood flow in the border of all .The changes were no significance(P>0 .05) .The aver-age ablation ratio of 31 adenomyosis was(62 ± 22 .7)% and increased to(74 ± 14 .7)% after supplement therapeutics to 11 lesions with blood flow in the border of all .The changes were statically significance(P<0 .05) .Conclusion Ultrasound visualization could be used to evaluate the area and extent of ablation with HIFU therapy ,it can clear lesions remaining parts and guiding the supple-ment therapeutics to improve the ablation ratio .Ultrasound visualization provided an evidence of therapeutics in the early period .
6.Study on the level of serum Mullerian inhibiting substance in children with cryptorchidism
Xiaojuan LUO ; Jiaqing LANG ; Ke CAO ; Xiaoying FU ; Fei LI ; Jianwei LAI ; Jiahui LI ; Yunsheng CHEN ; Dongli MA
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2018;39(10):1224-1226,1229
Objective To analyze the difference of serum levels of anti-Mullenan hormone (AMH) in chil-dren with different ages and different types of cryptorchidism,and to explore its role in the evaluation of tes-ticular development.Methods 60 children with simple cryptorchidism were selected as case group and 52 healthy children were selected as control group.The levels of serum AMH in two groups of children were measured and the differences were compared.Results (1)The level of AMH in the case group was lower than that in control group (P < 0.05),and there was no statistical significance between two subgroups of >6 to 11 years old children with cryptorchidism and healthy children (P>0.05).(2)The level of AMH in bi-lateral cryptorchidism group was lower than that in unilateral cryptorchidism group (P<0.05),and there was no significant difference between two subgroups of >6 to 11 years old children with bilateral cryptorchidism and unilateral cryptorchidism (P>0.05).(3)The level of AMH in the high level cryptorchidism group was lower than that of the low level cryptorchidism group (P<0.05),and there was no statistical difference be-tween between two subgroups of 3~11 year old children with cryptorchidism and low level cryptorchidism (P>0.05).(4)AMH level was negatively correlated with age,and positively correlated with testicular devel-opment.Conclusion AMH can be used as an important indicator of testicular development in children with cryptorchidism.
7.Clinical comparison of normal body mass index polycystic ovary syndrome patients with insulin resistance and analysis of influencing factors
Furong CHENG ; Jinxiu ZHENG ; Yukun CHEN ; Xiaojuan LAI
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2018;41(6):528-531
Objective To compare the clinical characteristics of normal body mass index (BMI) polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) patients with or without insulin resistance (IR) , and analyze the related factors of IR. Methods From January 2013 to January 2017, 128 patients with normal BMI (18.5-23.9 kg/m2) PCOS patients were divided into A group (56 cases with IR) and B group (72 cases without IR) according to whether they had IR. The clinical indicators, sex hormones, glucose and lipid metabolism indexes of the two groups were statistically compared, and the related factors influencing insulin resistance index (HOMA-IR) were analyzed by Pearson. Results Compared with B group, the waist-to-hip ratio (0.91 ± 0.08 vs. 0.80 ± 0.07), Ferriman-Gallway scores [(4.87 ± 1.66) scores vs. (3.31 ± 1.29) scores], fasting blood glucose (FPG) [(5.19 ± 0.60) mmol/L vs. (4.77 ± 0.56) mmol/L], fasting insulin (FINS) [(17.89 ± 5.85) mU/L vs. (9.83 ± 3.87) mU/L], total cholesterol (TC)[(5.03 ± 1.42) mmol/L vs. (4.52 ± 0.62) mmol/L], triglyceride (TG)[(1.72 ± 1.05) mmol/L vs. (0.98 ± 0.26) mmol/L], low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) [(3.10 ± 1.19) mmol/L vs. (2.55 ± 0.82) mmol/L] in A group were significantly increased, while high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) [(1.28 ± 0.30) mmol/L vs. (1.52 ± 0.23) mmol/L] significantly reduced, the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). HOMA-IR was positively correlated with waist-to-hip ratio (r=0.397), FPG (r=0.461), FINS (r=0.992), TC (r=0.371), TG (r=0.354) and LDL-C (r=0.478), but negatively correlated with sex hormone binding globulin (r=-0.231) and HDL-C (r=-0.299). Conclusions The waist-to-hip ratio, Ferriman-Gallway scores, glucose and lipid metabolism in normal BMI PCOS patients with IR are significantly altered. The waist-to-hip ratio, FPG, FINS, TC, TG, LDL-C, HDL-C and sex hormone binding globulin are all related factors of HOMA-IR.
8.Significance of shock index in guiding first aid and nursing care of patients with severe trauma complicated with hemorrhagic shock in emergency surgery
Xiaojuan LAI ; Nan LIU ; Qinjiang WU ; Yuan LI
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2020;36(22):1681-1684
Objective:To evaluate the clinical significance of emergency surgical application shock index in patients with severe trauma complicated with hemorrhagic shock and its guiding first aid nursing.Methods:A total of 52 patients from the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University with severe trauma complicated and hemorrhagic shock were divided into observation group and control group (each group with 26 cases) according to stratified random sampling method. The patients in the control group received the corresponding routine nursing measures, and the observation group carried out evaluating the severity of the condition by shock index based on the corresponding emergency nursing measures. The emergency time, consultation time, prognosis and the nursing satisfaction of the two groups were compared.Results:The emergency time, consultation time were (30.1 ± 3.7), (2.7 ± 0.7) min in the observation group and (39.6 ± 4.2), (3.8 ± 0.9) min in the control group, the differences were statistically significant ( t values were 8.097, 5.149, P<0.01). The cure rate was 73.1%(19/26) and effective rate was 15.4% (4/26) in the observation group, those index was 57.7% (15/26) and 23.1% (6/26) in the control group, the difference was statistically significant ( Z value was 2.969, P<0.01). The high nursing satisfaction was 65.4% (17/26) and nursing satisfaction was 26.9% (7/26) in the observation group, while 30.8% (8/26) and 53.8% (14/26) in the control group, the difference was statistically significant ( Z value was 2.493, P<0.05). Conclusions:Applying shock index to evaluate the corresponding nursing measures can shorten the time of emergency and separate diagnosis, and improve the overall nursing effect of emergency surgery.
9.Establishment of a noninvasive predictive model for antiviral therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection and an age of ≤30 years
Changxiang LAI ; Qingrong TANG ; Xiulian ZHANG ; Qiyuan TANG ; Zhiyu LI ; Xuan ZHOU ; Wenjie XIAN ; Ruikun CHEN ; Xiaojuan WU ; Fang WANG
Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2024;40(7):1328-1333
ObjectiveTo predict whether antiviral therapy is required in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and an age of ≤30 years by establishing a noninvasive model, and to investigate the diagnostic value of this model. MethodsA retrospective analysis was performed for the clinical data of 175 patients with chronic HBV infection who were admitted to Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital from January 2017 to January 2023 and met the inclusion criteria, and according to the results of liver biopsy, they were divided into treatment group with 41 patients (with indications for antiviral therapy) and observation group with 134 patients (without indications for antiviral therapy). The two groups were analyzed in terms of the indicators including clinical data, imaging examinations, and serum biochemical parameters. The univariate and multivariate Logistic regression analyses were used to investigate the parameters affecting the indication for antiviral therapy, and different models for predicting the need for antiviral therapy were constructed based on related parameters. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to compare the diagnostic value of different models. The independent-samples t test was used for comparison of normally distributed continuous variables between groups, and the Mann-Whitney U rank sum test was used for comparison of non-normally distributed continuous variables between groups; the chi-square test or the Fisher’s exact test was used for comparison of categorical data between groups. ResultsThere were significant differences between the treatment group and the observation group in alanine aminotransferase, ferritin, total cholesterol (CHOL), triglyceride, platelet count, liver stiffness measured by sound touch elastography (STE), and procollagen III N-terminal propeptide (PIIIP) (all P<0.05). The multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that CHOL (odds ratio [OR]=0.4, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.2 — 1.0), STE (OR=1.5, 95%CI: 1.0 — 2.1), and PIIIP (OR=1.1, 95%CI: 1.0 — 1.1) were independent predictive factors for the indications for antiviral therapy. Model 1 (STE+PIIIP+CHOL), model 2 (STE+PIIIP), model 3 (STE+CHOL), model 4 (PIIIP+CHOL) had an area under the ROC curve of 0.908, 0.848, 0.725, and 0.725, respectively, while STE, PIIIP, and CHOL used alone had an AUC of 0.836, 0.725, and 0.634, respectively, suggesting that model 1 had the largest AUC, with a specificity of 77.34% and a sensitivity of 96.36%, and had a significant difference compared with STE, PIIIP, CHOL, and the models 2, 3, and 4 (Z=0.21, 3.08, 3.06, 3.23, 0.89, and 0.88, all P<0.05). ConclusionThe noninvasive model established based on CHOL, STE, and PIIIP has a good value in predicting the need for antiviral therapy in patients with chronic HBV infection and an age of ≤30 years.
10.IKKβ mediates homeostatic function in inflammation via competitively phosphorylating AMPK and IκBα.
Juan LIU ; Yuxin ZHUANG ; Jianlin WU ; Qiang WU ; Meixian LIU ; Yue ZHAO ; Zhongqiu LIU ; Caiyan WANG ; Linlin LU ; Yingjiao MENG ; Kawai LEI ; Xiaojuan LI ; Qibiao WU ; Elaine Lai-Han LEUNG ; Zhengyang GUO ; Liang LIU ; Ting LI
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2022;12(2):651-664
Inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunit beta (IKKβ) is one of important kinases in inflammation to phosphorylate inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B (IκBα) and then activate nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB). Inhibition of IKKβ has been a therapeutic strategy for inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Here we report that IKKβ is constitutively activated in healthy donors and healthy Ikkβ C46A (cysteine 46 mutated to alanine) knock-in mice although they possess intensive IKKβ-IκBα-NF-κB signaling activation. These indicate that IKKβ activation probably plays homeostatic role instead of causing inflammation. Compared to Ikkβ WT littermates, lipopolysaccharides (LPS) could induce high mortality rate in Ikkβ C46A mice which is correlated to breaking the homeostasis by intensively activating p-IκBα-NF-κB signaling and inhibiting phosphorylation of 5' adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (p-AMPK) expression. We then demonstrated that IKKβ kinase domain (KD) phosphorylates AMPKα1 via interacting with residues Thr183, Ser184, and Thr388, while IKKβ helix-loop-helix motifs is essential to phosphorylate IκBα according to the previous reports. Kinase assay further demonstrated that IKKβ simultaneously catalyzes phosphorylation of AMPK and IκBα to mediate homeostasis. Accordingly, activation of AMPK rather than inhibition of IKKβ could substantially rescue LPS-induced mortality in Ikkβ C46A mice by rebuilding the homeostasis. We conclude that IKKβ activates AMPK to restrict inflammation and IKKβ mediates homeostatic function in inflammation via competitively phosphorylating AMPK and IκBα.