1.Risk prediction models for pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy:A systematic review and a Meta-analysis
Zaichun PU ; Ping JIA ; Juan LIU ; Yushuang SU ; Li WANG ; Qin ZHANG ; Danyang GUO
Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2024;40(11):2266-2276
Objective To systematically review the risk prediction models for postoperative pancreatic fistula(POPF)after pancreaticoduodenectomy(PD),and to provide a reference for the clinical screening and application of POPF-related risk models.Methods This study was conducted according to the PRISMA guidelines,with a PROSPERO registration number of CRD42023437672.PubMed,Scopus,Embase,Web of Science,the Cochrane Library,CNKI,VIP,Wanfang Data,China Medical Journal Full-text Database,and CBM were searched for studies on establishing risk prediction models for POPF after PD published up to April 26,2024.The PROBAST tool was used to assess the quality of articles,and RevMan 5.4 and MedCalc were used to perform the Meta-analysis.Results A total of 36 studies were included,involving 20 119 in total,and the incidence rate of POPF after PD was 7.4%—47.8%.A total of 55 risk prediction models were established in the 36 articles,with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve(AUC)of 0.690-0.952,among which 52 models had an AUC of>0.7.The quality assessment of the articles showed high risk of bias and good applicability.MedCalc was used to perform a statistical analysis of AUC values,and the results showed a pooled AUC of 0.833(95%confidence interval:0.808-0.857).The Meta-analysis showed that body mass index,amylase in drainage fluid on the first day after surgery,preoperative serum albumin,pancreatic duct diameter,pancreatic texture,fat score,tumor location,blood loss,sex,time of operation,main pancreatic duct index,and pancreatic CT value were predictive factors for POPF(all P<0.05).Conclusion The risk prediction models for POPF after PD is still in the exploratory stage.There is a lack of calibration methods and internal validation for most prediction models,and only the univariate analysis is used to for the screening of variables,which leads to the high risk of bias.In the future,it is necessary to improve the methods for model establishment,so as to develop risk prediction models with a higher prediction accuracy.
2.Mechanism of Jiming Powder in ameliorating heart failure with preserved ejection fraction based on metabolomics.
Xiao-Qi WEI ; Xin-Yi FAN ; Hai-Yin PU ; Shuai LI ; Jia-Yang TANG ; Kuo GAO ; Fang-He LI ; Xue YU ; Shu-Zhen GUO
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2023;48(17):4747-4760
In this study, untargeted metabolomics was conducted using the liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry(LC-MS/MS) technique to analyze the potential biomarkers in the plasma of mice with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction(HFpEF) induced by a high-fat diet(HFD) and nitric oxide synthase inhibitor(Nω-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester hydrochloride, L-NAME) and explore the pharmacological effects and mechanism of Jiming Powder in improving HFpEF. Male C57BL/6N mice aged eight weeks were randomly assigned to a control group, a model group, an empagliflozin(10 mg·kg~(-1)·d~(-1)) group, and high-and low-dose Jiming Powder(14.3 and 7.15 g·kg~(-1)·d~(-1)) groups. Mice in the control group were fed on a low-fat diet, and mice in the model group and groups with drug intervention were fed on a high-fat diet. All mice had free access to water, with water in the model group and Jiming Powder groups being supplemented with L-NAME(0.5 g·L~(-1)). Drugs were administered on the first day of modeling, and 15 weeks later, blood pressure and cardiac function of the mice in each group were measured. Heart tissues were collected for hematoxylin-eosin(HE) staining to observe pathological changes and Masson's staining to observe myocardial collagen deposition. Untargeted metabolomics analysis was performed on the plasma collected from mice in each group, and metabolic pathway analysis was conducted using MetaboAnalyst 5.0. The results showed that the blood pressure was significantly lower and the myocardial concentric hypertrophy and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction were significantly improved in both the high-dose and low-dose Jiming Powder groups as compared with those in the model group. HE and Masson staining showed that both high-dose and low-dose Jiming Powder significantly alleviated myocardial fibrosis. In the metabolomics experiment, 23 potential biomarkers were identified and eight strongly correlated metabolic pathways were enriched, including linoleic acid metabolism, histidine metabolism, alpha-linolenic acid metabolism, glycerophospholipid metabolism, purine metabolism, porphyrin and chlorophyll metabolism, arachidonic acid metabolism, and pyrimidine metabolism. The study confirmed the pharmacological effects of Jiming Powder in lowering blood pressure and ameliorating HFpEF and revealed the mechanism of Jiming Powder using the metabolomics technique, providing experimental evidence for the clinical application of Jiming Powder in treating HFpEF and a new perspective for advancing and developing TCM therapy for HFpEF.
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Mice
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Animals
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Heart Failure/metabolism*
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Powders
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Stroke Volume/physiology*
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Chromatography, Liquid
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NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester/therapeutic use*
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Mice, Inbred C57BL
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Tandem Mass Spectrometry
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Metabolomics
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Biomarkers
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Water
3.Role of macrophages in heart failure and traditional Chinese medicine intervention.
Kai HUANG ; Dong WANG ; Xue YU ; Jia-Yang TANG ; Jiang YU ; Xiao-Qi WEI ; Hai-Yin PU ; Shu-Zhen GUO
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2023;48(9):2379-2386
As the disease with high morbidity and mortality in the world, heart failure affects the development of human society. Due to its complicated pathology and limited treatment options, it is urgent to discover new disease targets and develop new treatment strategies. As innate immune cells accompanied by the evolution of heart failure, macrophages play an important role in cardiac homeostasis and stress. In recent years, the role of macrophages in the heart has attracted more and more attention as a potential target for heart failure intervention, and the research on cardiac macrophages has made important progress. Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) has significant effects on regulating inflammatory response, treating heart failure, and maintaining homeostasis. In this article, researches on the functions of cardiac macrophages and application of TCM were reviewed from the source and classification of cardiac macrophages and the relationship of macrophages and cardiac inflammation, myocardial fibrosis, cardiac angiogenesis, and cardiac electrical conduction, which provided a basis for further basic research and clinical applications.
Humans
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Medicine, Chinese Traditional
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Heart Failure/drug therapy*
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Macrophages
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal/therapeutic use*
4.Common anti-inflammatory effects of heat-clearing and toxin-removing Chinese medicines on diverse cardiovascular diseases.
Dong WANG ; Xue YU ; Kai HUANG ; Jia-Yang TANG ; Xiao-Qi WEI ; Hai-Yin PU ; Shu-Zhen GUO
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2022;47(20):5418-5423
Cardiovascular diseases seriously affect human health and their prevalence continues to increase with the aging of the population. The integrated therapy of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) and western medicine for cardiovascular diseases has achieved certain results, but it is still faced with new challenges. Studies have shown that inflammation plays an important role in the development of cardiovascular diseases and some of these mechanisms have common features. For example, in cardiovascular diseases, C-C motif chemokine receptor 2(CCR2)-expressing macrophages increase and promote inflammation, and excessive activation of NOD-like receptor protein 3(NLRP3) inflammasome leads to the elevation of inflammatory factors. There is also new understanding of the pathogenesis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases in TCM. The heat-toxicity theory in cardiovascular diseases and the therapeutic principle of clearing heat and removing toxin have attracted attention. The clinical and pharmacological studies on the treatment of cardiovascular diseases such as Huanglian Jiedu Decoction and Simiao Yong'an Decoction are also gradually increasing. The present study analyzed the common features of the inflammatory response mechanisms in diverse cardiovascular diseases and discussed the significance of the prevention and treatment of diverse cardiovascular diseases by the treatment method of clearing heat and removing toxin to regulate inflammation, which is expected to provide new ideas and references for clinical treatment and drug research on cardiovascular diseases with the same treatment method for different diseases.
Humans
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Cardiovascular Diseases/drug therapy*
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Hot Temperature
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Medicine, Chinese Traditional
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal/pharmacology*
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Inflammation/drug therapy*
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China
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Anti-Inflammatory Agents/therapeutic use*
5.Early effect of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and factors related to early outcome in adult patients with fulminant myocarditis.
Yuan Hang ZHOU ; Xi ZHAO ; Ying Ying GUO ; Jia Ming YANG ; Dong Pu DAI ; Zi Ao RUI ; Yang DU ; Shuo PANG ; Guang Rui MIAO ; Xiao Fang WANG ; Xiao Yan ZHAO ; Jian Zeng DONG
Chinese Journal of Cardiology 2022;50(3):270-276
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy within the first 24 h post extracorporeal membrane pulmonary oxygenation (ECMO) and the impact of early efficacy on the prognosis of adult patients with fulminant myocarditis (FM). Methods: This retrospective case analysis study included hospitalized patients (age≥18 years) who were diagnosed with fulminant myocarditis from November 2016 to May 2021 in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University. Patients were divided into survival or non-survival groups according to treatment outcomes. The age, sex, treatments, drug use, ECMO use, clinical and laboratory data (before and 24 h after the use of ECMO) were analyzed. The change rate of clinical and laboratory data after 24 h use of ECMO was calculated to find differences between two groups. Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze the related factors with in-hospital death and complication between the two groups. Results: A total of 38 FM patients treated with ECMO were included. There were 23 cases (60.5%) in the survival group, aged (39.6±13.7) years, and 17 (73.9%) cases were female. The total ECMO time was (134.4±71.3)h. There were 15 cases (39.5%) in non-survival group, aged (40.0±15.8) years, and there were 12(80.0%) female, the ECMO time was (120.1±72.4) h in this group. The proportion of tracheal intubation and continuous renal replacement therapy in the survivor group and dosage of norepinephrine within 24 h after ECMO implantation were significantly less than in non-survival group (all P<0.05). There was no significant difference in all efficacy related biochemical indexes between two groups before ECMO use. The levels of lactic acid, procalcitonin, creatinine, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, creatine kinase-MB, cardiac troponin I and N-terminal B-type natriuretic peptide prosoma were significantly less in survival group than in non-survival group at 24 h after the use of ECMO (all P<0.05). Results of multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the higher 24 h change rate of creatinine (OR=0.587, 95%CI 0.349-0.986, P=0.044) and creatine kinase-MB (OR=0.177, 95%CI 0.037-0.841, P=0.029) were positively correlated with reduced risk of in-hospital mortality. The central hemorrhage and acute kidney injury in survival group were less than in non-survivor group (P<0.05). Conclusions: After 24 h early use of ECMO in FM patients, the improvement of various efficacy related biochemical test indexes in the survival group was better than that in the non-survival group. Faster reduction of creatine kinase-MB and creatinine values within 24 h ECMO use is positively correlated with reduced risk of in-hospital mortality in adult patients with FM.
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Adult
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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation/methods*
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Female
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Hospital Mortality
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Middle Aged
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Myocarditis/therapy*
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Retrospective Studies
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Treatment Outcome
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Young Adult
6. Effects of ghrelin on mice of obesity and insulin resistance
Zhan-hong GUO ; Pu ZANG ; Jia-qing SHAO
Journal of Medical Postgraduates 2020;33(2):122-126
ObjectiveThe effect of ghrelin on glucose metabolism is still controversial. This study aims to investigate the effects of long-term application of acyl ghrelin (AG) and des-acyl ghrelin (DAG) on insulin resistance and serum inflammatory factor levels by establishing a mouse model of obesity, induced by a high-fat diet.MethodsThirty two male C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into 4 groups, 8 in each group. Except for the control group, the high fat diet group (HFD), HFD+AG group and HFD+DAG group were given a high-fat diet to induce obesity in mice. Control group: standard feed and an intraperitoneal injection of 10mL isotonic saline were given every day. HFD: high-fat feed and an intraperitoneal injection of 10mL isotonic saline were given every day. HFD+AG group: high-fat diet was fed with 0.8mg AG; HFD+DAG group: high-fat diet was fed with 0.8mg DAG. Intraperitoneal glucose tolerance test (IPGTT) was performed 16 weeks later. The blood glucose was collected from the tail veins at 0min, 30min, 60min and 120min after injection, respectively, the fluctuation curve was drawn, the area under the curve was calculated, and then the epididymal fat index was weighted. Fasting insulin, interleukin 6 (IL6) and TNFα levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Then the insulin resistance index (HOMA IR) was compared.ResultsAfter 6 weeks of feeding, the weight of the mice in HFD was significantly higher than that of the control group (P<0.05). After 14 and 12 weeks of administration, the mice in the HFD+AG group and the HFD+DAG group had a significant weight loss (P<0.05). The fat mass of the epididymis in the HFD+DAG group [(0.92±0.32)g] was significantly lower than that of the HFD group [(1.08±0.11)g] (P<0.05); the fasting insulin level was significantly lower, too (P<0.05). The insulin resistance index (4.94±1.27, 4.08±1.35), IL6 [(34.82±6.23), (36.90±5.27)pg/mL] and TNFα levels [(73.01±7.75), (69.39±8.43)pg/mL] in the HFD+AG group and HFD+DAG group were significantly lower than those in the HFD group [(81.70±7.53), (45.85±6.41) pg/mL, (81.70±7.53)pg/mL], with statistically significant differences (P<0.05). The serum levels of IL 6 and TNFα in the HFD group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0.05).ConclusionLong-term application of AG and DAG could improve the insulin resistance and reduce the inflammation level of the mice induced by a high-fat diet. DAG can also decrease the visceral fat in mice.
7.Unmet Needs and Services of Rehabilitation for People with Intellectual Disabilities Using Logistic Regression Analysis
An-qiao LI ; Zhao-hui SEHN ; Zhuo-ying QIU ; Xin LI ; Lun LI ; Guo-xiang WANG ; Hong-wei SUN ; Jian YANG ; Hong-zhuo MA ; Jia-ni CHEN ; Bao TIAN ; Shao-pu WANG ; Hong-mei TIAN ; Zi-wei CHENG
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2020;26(5):523-527
Objective:To analyze the characteristics of unmet needs and services of rehabilitation for people with intellectual disability (PIDs). Methods:A total of 250 654 PIDs had been sampled and administration data of unmet needs and services of rehabilitation at provincial level had been analyzed the characteristics of unmet needs and services of rehabilitation, and the related factors of needs and services were analyzed with Logistic Regression. Results:The rate of unmet needs reported by PIDs from high to low were nursing (47.8%), medicine (37.2%), functional training (26.1%), assistive devices (19.8%) and surgery (1.3%). The PIDs reported received service of rehabilitation, including nursing care (43.5%), medicine (29.3%), functional training (27.2%), assistive devices (19.6%) and surgery (0.8%). Logistic Regression Model showed that age and severity of disabilities significantly affect the reported the unmet needs and received services (
8. Recent studies on the correlation of vitamin B12 and diabetes
Bin HU ; Pu ZANG ; Zhan-hong GUO ; Jia-qing SHAO
Journal of Medical Postgraduates 2019;32(3):303-306
Vitamin B12 (VitB12) is one of the essential vitamins in humans and is involved in DNA synthesis and cellular metabolism. Many studies have shown that the lack of VitB12 is closely related to the occurrence and development of diabetes and its complications. Therefore, regular testing and reasonable supplementation of VitB12 can help prevent diabetes complications. The article reviews the relationship between VitB12 and diabetes as well as the application of VitB12 in diabetic patients.
9.Observation on cleaning and curative effect of ultrasonic debridement machine in cleaning the postoperative surface of wound of perianal abscess
Guo-Pu JIA ; Li-Fei LIU ; Xiao-Li LIU
China Medical Equipment 2019;16(1):89-92
Objective:To investigate the effect of ultrasonic debridement machine for postoperative cleaning of perianal abscess.Methods:77 patients with perianal abscess were enrolled in this study.They were divided into control group (38 cases) and observation group (39 cases) by random sampling.The control group was implemented routine treatment post operation and the observation group was implemented routine dressing combined with ultrasonic cleaning machine to clean the crissum.And the visual analogue scale (VAS) was adopted to analyze the pain level of postoperative wound.And the postoperative clearance rate of bacteria, wound healing time, controlled time of infection and cleaning effect of wound between two groups were compared.Results:The VAS score of the observation group on the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 9th day after operation were significantly lower than those of control group (t=8.031, ■on wound of observation group was significantly higher than that of control group while the length stay in hospital of■healing time and controlled time of infection of observation group were significantly lower than those of control group■machine to clean wounds after perianal abscess surgery can effectively remove bacteria of wound, and improve cleaning effect, alleviate pain level of wound, and promote the rapid repair of wounds.
10.Effect of ceftriaxone on the intestinal epithelium and microbiota in neonatal mice.
Qun WAN ; Ru-Yue CHENG ; Jia-Wen GUO ; Ke WANG ; Xi SHEN ; Fang-Fang PU ; Ming LI ; Fang HE
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics 2018;20(4):318-325
OBJECTIVETo investigate the effect of ceftriaxone on the intestinal epithelium and microbiota in mice in the early-life stage, as well as the recovery of the intestinal epithelium and reconstruction of intestinal microbiota in adult mice.
METHODSA total of 36 BALB/C neonatal mice were randomly divided into control group and experimental group, with 18 mice in each group. The mice in the experimental group were given ceftriaxone 100 mg/kg every day by gavage within 21 days after birth. Those in the control group were given an equal volume of normal saline by gavage. Immunohistochemistry was used to measure the expression of Ki67, Muc2, and ZO-1 in the intestinal epithelium. qPCR and next-generation sequencing were used to analyze the overall concentration and composition of fecal bacteria.
RESULTSAfter 21 days of ceftriaxone intervention, the experimental group had a significant reduction in body weight, a significant reduction in the expression of Ki67 and ZO-1 and a significant increase in the expression of Muc2 in intestinal epithelial cells, a significant reduction in the overall concentration of fecal bacteria, and a significant increase in the diversity of fecal bacteria compared with the control group (P<0.05). Firmicutes was the most common type of fecal bacteria in the experimental group, and there were large amounts of Staphylococcus and Enterococcus. The experimental group had a certain degree of recovery of the intestinal epithelium, but there were still significant differences in body weight and the structure of intestinal microbiota between the two groups at 56 days after birth (P<0.05).
CONCLUSIONSEarly ceftriaxone intervention significantly affects the development of the intestinal epithelium and the construction of intestinal microbiota in the early-life stage. The injury of the intestinal microbiota in the early-life stage may continue to the adult stage and affect growth and development and physiological metabolism.
Animals ; Animals, Newborn ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; pharmacology ; Ceftriaxone ; pharmacology ; Female ; Gastrointestinal Microbiome ; drug effects ; Intestinal Mucosa ; drug effects ; Ki-67 Antigen ; analysis ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; Mucin-2 ; analysis ; Zonula Occludens-1 Protein ; analysis

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