1.Countermeasures for invasive catheter infections in neurosurgical intensive care unit
Yunxia ZHAI ; Danfen ZHANG ; Lin JIA
Modern Clinical Nursing 2014;(6):12-14
Objective To study the characteristics of invasive catheter infection in neurosurgery intensive care unit (NICU) to provide theoretical basis for the prevention of the infections.Method A retrospective analysis was done into the clinical data of 563 patients with indwelling catheter from January 2011 to December 2012 in our department.Results Among 563 cases undergoing invasive catheteration,there were 106 cases of catheter-associated infections with an incidence of 18.8%. The urinary catheter-associated infection was 24.5% and epidural drainage catheter-associated infection was 16.9%.Conclusion The enhanced consciousness of critical catheter infections,abiding by principles for aseptic operation and strengthened nursing to catheters or tubes are critical for reducing the incidence of invasive catheter-associated infections and ensuring the safety patients.
2.The effect of total parenteral nutrition on hyperemesis gravidarum and pregnancy ending
Yan WANG ; Yunxia LIN ; Xianghui WU
Clinical Medicine of China 2001;0(08):-
Objective To evaluate the effect of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) on hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) and pregnancy ending.Methods 27 cases of HG were treated with TPN and 30 cases with the routine infusion to adjust water electrolyte and acid base balance for the purpose of observation of vomiting stopping,time of turning ketonic negative and pregnancy ending.Results After 3 day treatment with TPN,stopping vomiting rate was 55.6%,time of turning ketonic negative was (3.1?0.84) days and neonatal weight was (3.4?0.38) kg,which was 13.3%,(5.2? 1.06) days and (2.9?0.45) kg respectively in control group.There was significant difference between the two groups (P
3.Perioperative nursing of 21 patients undergoing radical cystectomy with ileal neobladder
Yunxia CAO ; Huifang LIN ; Mingyi ZHANG ; Yanni HE ; Sha LIU
Modern Clinical Nursing 2013;(5):26-28
Objective To summarize the perioperative nursing of undergoing radical cystectomy with ileal neobladder for the treatment of bladder cancer? Method The nursing measures included preoperative psychological care,bowel and body preparation as well as postoperative nursing of drainage tube,ileal bladder irrigation,bladder functional exercise and basic nursing care? Results No patients suffered from postoperative complications such as infections,urinary fistula and anastomotic leakage? Twenty patients recovered autonomous urination within 3-6 months after the operation? One patient got minor urinal incontinence? Conclusions Cystectomy with orthotopic ileal neobladder trauma contributes to more complications due to large surgical trauma? Therefore,good perioperative care is important for the successful operations?
4.Possibility of 3T3 fibroblast growth on blood fibrin clot in culture medium with recombinant human basic fibroblast growth factor
Yifei WANG ; Yun DAI ; Jieshen LIU ; Jian LIN ; Yunxia CUI
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology 2000;16(2):97-101
AIM: To investigate the possibility of 3T3 fibroblast growth on blood fibrin clot in culture medium with recombinant human basic fibroblast growth factor (rhbFGF). METHOD: Growth of the cells on blood fibrin clot was studied by phase-contrast, scanning and transmission electron microscopy and by Giemsa stain and MTT assay. RESULTS: The optimal concentration of rhbFGF for proliferation and survival of the cells was 100 ng/mL. The cells also grew on blood fibrin clot scaffold in the low-serum medium containing 100 ng/mL rhbFGF, and a greater number of the cells survived after 48 hours incubation compared to that after 24 hours. The elongated filopodia appeared to bridge the gaps among the fibroblasts after 24 hours incubation. Further incubation to 72 hours, a greater number of platycytes were found to be joined together by lamellopodia. CONCLUSION: 3T3 fibroblasts could grow and survive on blood fibrin clot in the low-serum medium containing rhbFGF, and a combination of blood fibrin clot and rhbFGF may have over proportional effects on wound healing.
5.The study of low frequency fluctuation in the resting state between short-term heroin and methamphetamine abusers after withdrawal
Yang YU ; Mingwu LOU ; Lin LU ; Wenbin LIANG ; Yunxia SHEN
Journal of Practical Radiology 2015;(6):887-890
Objective To investigate the differences of low frequency fluctuation (ALFF)in the resting state between short-term heroin and methamphetamine abusers after withdrawal.Methods Sixteen male short-term heroin abusers and fourteen male short-term methamphetamine abusers were performed the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).The differences of ALFF be-tween the two groups were performed with preprocessing softwares.Threshold was set to 0.05.Results Compared with metham-phetamine-dependent patients,heroin-dependent patients showed increased ALFF in the left side of the lingual gyrus and the left ton-sil of cerebellum and decreased ALFF in the left side of the brain stem,midbrain and the left side of the cerebellar vermis.Conclusion There are differences between the short-term heroin and methamphetamine abusers in the function of the brain,mainly involving the brain regions associating with cognition and affection.
6.Desferroxamine preconditioning protects against hypoxia in neurons
Yunxia LI ; Suju DING ; Qing ZHAN ; Lin XIAO ; Wei GUO
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2009;42(2):119-124
Objective To investigate the possible effects and underlying mechanisms of desferroxamine (DFO) preconditioning against hypoxia in neurons. Methods Cortical neurons were cultured in DFO under ischemia condition of oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD). Cell viability was determined by cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) method; apoptotic cell ratio was examined with Hoechst 33342 staining; the morphological change was observed. Middle cerebral artery was occluded with or without DFO administration to establish the cerebral ischemia rat model. Infarct sizes were examined by TIC staining, and the neurological severity score was evaluated. Meanwhile immunofluorescent staining was employed to detect the protein synthesis of hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) and erythropoietin (EPO), RT-PCR was performed to detect the mRNA expression of HIF-1 and EPO as well Results Neuronal viability kept in 49% (OGD group was 25%, t =8. 544, P<0. 05), the rate of apoptosis was 38% (OGD group was 30%, t = 4. 409, P <0.05 ) after administration of DFO (post-DFO) , the morphology of neurons improved. In the model of focal cerebral ischenfia of 30 mg/kg group, neurological severity score was reduced, the percentage of brain infarct decreased 8.5% (t=4.649, P<0.05) 3 days post-DFO(vs control). In the 100 mg/kg group, neurological severity score was 7.44 ±0.39 (t=2.903, P<0.05 ) ,5.60±0.47 (t=10.143, P < 0.01 ) ,6.97 ±0.73 (t=3.142, P<0.05 ), the percentage of brain infarct decreased 12. 0% (t=5.056, P<0.05), 32.3% (t =10.993, P<0.01), 10.6% (t =4.385, P<0.05)2,3 and7 days post-DFO(vs control), respectively. Immunofluorescent staining found synthesis of HIF-1α and EPO in cultured cortex neurons after DFO pretreated; HIF-1α and EPO were upregulated in the neurons of rat brain after DFO pretreated. The mRNA of HIF-1α and EPO upregulated in vivo and in vitro. Conclusion DFO preconditioning can protect the brain against ischemic damage, which is related to the protective effect on neurons. The mechanism of DFO preconditioning may be involved in the expression of HIF-1α and EPO in vivo and in vitro.
7.Clinical application of 3D CE MRA in diagnosis of peripheral artery occlusive diseases
Kailiang CHENG ; Ying LAI ; Lin LIU ; Yunxia LIU
Journal of Jilin University(Medicine Edition) 2006;0(06):-
Objective To probe the value of clinical application of three dimensional contrast enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (3D CE MRA) for diagnosis of peripheral artery occlusive diseases (PAOD) and to assess its accuracy. Methods One hundred and three cases of PAOD received 3D CE MRA before operation. And 579 vascular segments were displayed. The diagnosis of 3D CE MRA before operation were compared with the results of vascular reconstruction surgeries of lower extremities. The image quality and how 3D CE MRA revealed the abnormal blood vessels were evaluated. Results Satisfactory images of the main arteries of the lower extremities were achieved by 3D CE MRA. In 579 vascular segments of 103 patients with PAOD,the sensitivity and specificity for detection of severe stenosis and occlusions were 97.6% and 95.4%,respectively. In 206 vascular segments of tibiofibula artery,the sensitivity was 100%. In 196 vascular segments of femoral artery,the specificity was 97%. Conclusion 3D CE MRA is accurate and reliable for determination of the degree of peripheral artery stenosis. The results of 3D CE MRA are concordant with that of operation.
8.Clinical features of drug-induced liver injury and related risk factors
Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2018;34(6):1237-1241
Objective To investigate the clinical features of drug -induced liver injury (DILI) and related risk factors.Methods A retrospective analysis was performed for the clinical data of 208 patients who were diagnosed with DILI in The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University from January 2013 to November 2017, including the type of drugs, clinical data, and laboratory examination results, and among these patients, 80 with DILI caused by antitubercular agents, antitumor drugs, and immune agents were enrolled as observation group.A total of 80 patients who used these three types of drugs and did not develop DILI were enrolled as control group .Related risk factors were analyzed.An analysis of variance was used for comparison of normally distributed continuous data between multiple groups , and the Kruskal -Wallis H test was used for comparison of non -normally distributed continuous data between multiple groups .The chi -square test was used for unordered variables of categorical data , the Mann -Whitney U test was used for ranked data, and a logistic regression analysis was used to identify risk factors.Results Of all patients with DILI, 30.8% had DILI caused by traditional Chinese medicine .There were significant differences in sex, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), total bilirubin (TBil), gamma -glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), and total bile acid (TBA) between patients with different types of DILI (χ2 =6.081, H =54.349, 45.993,78.902, 49.940, and 21.934, all P <0.05).There were significant differences in AST, TBil, GGT, and TBA between the patients with different prognoses (H =1.728, 6.322, 6.440, and 2.353, all P <0.05).Smoking (odds ratio [OR] =2.856, P =0.026), diabetes (OR =2.726, P =0.042), hyperlipidemia (OR =3.390, P =0.003), and body mass index (BMI) ≥28 kg/m2 (OR =3.142, P = 0.009) were risk factors for DILI.Conclusion Most DILI cases are caused by traditional Chinese medicine , and hepatocellular type is the most common type of liver injury.Smoking, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and BMI ≥28 kg/m2 are risk factors for DILI.
9.Protective effect of deferroxamine on glutamate induced neurotoxicity in cultured rat hippocampal neurons
Yunxia LI ; Suju DING ; Qiang GUAN ; Qing ZHAN ; Zhiyu NIE ; Lin XIAO ; Wei GUO
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2010;43(9):655-658
Objective To investigate the protectve effects and underlying mechanisms of deferroxamine on glutamate-induced injury in cultured hippocampal neurons.Methods Primarily cultured hippocampal neurons from fetal rat were used in a model of glutamate induced neurotoxicity.There were two experimental groups.Neurons were pretreated with deferroxamine before glutamate in the deferroxamine group, and neurons were treated with glutamate only in the control group.The morphological change was examined under microscope.Hoechst 33342 DNA staining method was used to study the ratio of condensed nuclei.The levels of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), malonaldehyde (MDA) and hydroxyl radical were determined using biochemistry.The change in calcium signal was detected using microfluorescent technique.Results The neurons pretreated by deferroxamine had intact morphology with the ratio of condensed nuclei at 14% ± 6% compared to 58% ± 6% (t= 8.98, P <0.01 ) in the control group.LDH level was (36.42 ± 8.99) U/L in the deferroxamine group and was (68.06 ± 11.26) U/L in the control group ( t =3.25,P<0.05).The respective levels of hydroxyl radical were (34.21 ±4.23) U/L and (47.06 ±8.79) U/L (t = 3.11, P <0.05 ).The respective levels of MDA were (12.26 ± 2.78 ) nmol/mg and (28.86±5.19) nmol/mg(t =4.88,P<0.01).Conclusion Deferroxamine can protect neurons from glutamate induced damage.The mechanisms include an inhibition of Ca2+ overload and reduction in the levels of MDA and hydroxyl radicals.
10.Effect of double activation on the development of frozen-thawed oocytes after intracytoplasmic sperm injection
Jing WANG ; Lin CONG ; Zhiguo ZHANG ; Yunxia CAO ; Zhaolian WEI ; Ping ZHOU ; Jihua ZHAO ; Xiaojin HE
Chinese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2009;44(2):135-138
Objective To investigate the influence on developmental potential of frozen-thawed rabbit oocytes with double assisted activation followed by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Methods A total of rabbit oocytes were collected and thawed after vitrification cryopreservation. Among all oocytes were cultured for 1 hour followed by ICSI. 156 Survived oocytes were divided into 5 groups randomly. I0634 single activation: 30 oocytes were added with calcium ionomycin ( I0634 ) at 5 μmol/L for 5 minutes;SrCl2single activation: 26 oocytes were added with strontium chloride at 10 mmol/L for 10 minutes;10634 double activation: 33 oocytes were activated by I0634 twice;SrCl2 double activation: 28 oocytes were activated by strontium chloride twice. Control group: 39 oocytes were not added with any activators. The rate of fertilization, cleavage and blastocysts formation were observed and compared between various groups. Result The rates of fertilization, cleavage and blastocysts formation were in group of SrCl2 single activation were higher than those of I0634 single activation group without statistical difference (54% vs. 33%, 27% vs. 17%, 8% vs. 3%, P <0.05 ). However, those above rates in double activation by I0634 were higher significantly than those of single I0634 activation (82% vs. 33%, 55% vs. 17%, 15% vs. 3%, P < 0.05). The rates of fertilization (61%) was higher and the rate of cleavage (21%) and blastocysts formation (7%) were lower in group of SrCl2 double activation in comparison with group of SrCl2 single activation without reaching statistical difference (P<0.05 ). Notably, the rates of fertilization, cleavage and blastocysts formation in I0634 double activation group were higher than those in group of SrCl2 double activation with statistical difference (82% vs. 61%, 55% vs. 21%, 15% vs. 7%, P<0.05). Conclusion It might enhance the potential of fertilization of oocytes and early embryo development treated by double activation following ICSI, however, those activated oocytes demonstrate rapid cleavage.