1.Clinical efficacy of three-port laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for obesity
Yang LIU ; Huanmei LIU ; Dan WEI ; Zhongtao ZHANG ; Hua MENG
Chinese Journal of Digestive Surgery 2017;16(6):566-570
Objective To investigate the feasibility,safety and clinical efficacy of three-port laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (TLSG).Methods The retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted.The clinical data of 104 obese patients who were admitted to the Beijing Friendship Hospital of Capital Medical University between September 2016 and March 2017 were collected.TLSG was performed to all the 104 patients by the same surgical team.The surgical situations,conversion situations (port-site increased or conversion to open surgery),operation time,volume of intraoperative blood loss,surgery-related complications,duration of postoperative hospital stay and follow-up situations were observed.Patients were followed up by Wechat,telephone interview and inpatient examination once at month 3,6,9 and 12 postoperatively and once every year after 1 year postoperatively up to April 2017.Follow-up included weight-loss efficacy and postoperative long-term complications.Measurement data with normal distribution were represented as x±s or average (range).Results All the 104 patients underwent successful TLSG,without port-site increased or conversion to open surgery.Operation time and volume of intraoperative blood loss were (121±25)minutes and (9±6)mL,respectively.There was no severe intraoperative collateral damage.All the 104 patients with complications were cured by symptomatic treatment,including 1 with port-site infection,1 with peritoneal effusions causing secondary infection,3 with improper eating-induced acute delayed gastric emptying,6 with fat liquefaction around port-site and 9 with delay healing of port-site.There was no occurrence of severe complications,such as gastrointestinal bleeding,intra-abdominal bleeding and gastrostoma.Duration of postoperative hospital stay was (2.4±0.8)days.Eighty-two patients were followed up for 3 months (range,3-6 months),including 59 with 3-month follow-up,23 with 6-month follow-up and 22 with under 3-month follow-up.During the follow-up,there was no port-site hernia.Excess weight loss (EWL) was 37%± 11% in 59 patients with 3-month follow-up and 45%± 13% in 23 patients with 6-month follow-up.Of 59 patients with 3-month follow-up,14 patients with diabetes mellitus stopped taking antidiabetic drugs,10 of 14 patients had complete remission (CR) of hemoglobin Alc (HbAlc) and 4 of 14 patients had partial remission (PR) of HbAlc.Of 23 patients with 6-month follow-up,6 patients with diabetes mellitus had CR of HbAlc.Of 18 patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS),4 had 3-month follow-up,including 3 with CR and 1 was improved to mild OSAHS.Other 14 patients were not evaluated due to inadequate follow-up time.Conclusion TLSG for obese patients with specific indications cannot increase operation time and risk,meanwhile,it can reduce port-site,with a good cosmetic effect.
2.Efficacy of probiotics combined with montelukast in treatment of children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia complicated with myocardial injury
Songge ZHAO ; Xiaoyu ZHANG ; Yanwei YANG ; Xiangzhe MENG ; Huanmei YANG ; Risheng XI ; Wenjuan CAO
Journal of Clinical Medicine in Practice 2023;27(24):48-52
Objective To observe the therapeutic effect of probiotics combined with montelukast in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia(MPP)complicated with myocardial injury.Methods A total of 102 children with MPP and myocardial injury were selected as the study objects,and were randomly divided into control group and observation group,with 51 cases in each group.The control group was treated with montelukast,and the observation group was treated with probiotics based on the control group.The clinical efficacy,symptom resolution time,hospital stay,myocardial injury index,inflammatory cytokines,intestinal flora level and incidence of adverse reactions were compared between the two groups.Results The total effective rate of the observation group was 92.16%,which was significantly higher than 76.47%of the control group(P<0.05).The disappearance time of symptoms of fever,cough,shortness of breath,chest tightness and chest pain and hospital stay in the observation group were significantly shorter than those in the control group(P<0.05).After treat-ment,the levels of cardiac troponin T(cTnT),B-type natriuretic peptide(BNP),myoglobin(Mb)and cardiac fatty acid binding protein(H-FABP)in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group(P<0.05);the levels of interleukin-1 receptor 1(IL-1R1),gamma-interferon(γ-IFN)and high mobility group protein 1(HMGB1)in the observation group were significantly lower than those inthe control group(P<0.05);the number of Bifidobacteria,Lactobacillus aci-dophilus,Enterococcus faecalis and Bacillus cereus in the observation group were significantly higher than the control group,while the number of Escherichia coli and Salmonella were significantly lower than those in the control group(P<0.05).There was no significant difference in the incidence of ad-verse reactions between the two groups(P>0.05).Conclusion Probiotics combined with monte-lukast have good efficacy in MPP children with myocardial injury,which can shorten the time of symp-tom resolution and hospital stay,improve the indexes of myocardial injury in children,inhibit the lev-el of inflammatory cytokines,adjust the structure of intestinal flora disorder,and have good safety.
3.Efficacy of probiotics combined with montelukast in treatment of children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia complicated with myocardial injury
Songge ZHAO ; Xiaoyu ZHANG ; Yanwei YANG ; Xiangzhe MENG ; Huanmei YANG ; Risheng XI ; Wenjuan CAO
Journal of Clinical Medicine in Practice 2023;27(24):48-52
Objective To observe the therapeutic effect of probiotics combined with montelukast in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia(MPP)complicated with myocardial injury.Methods A total of 102 children with MPP and myocardial injury were selected as the study objects,and were randomly divided into control group and observation group,with 51 cases in each group.The control group was treated with montelukast,and the observation group was treated with probiotics based on the control group.The clinical efficacy,symptom resolution time,hospital stay,myocardial injury index,inflammatory cytokines,intestinal flora level and incidence of adverse reactions were compared between the two groups.Results The total effective rate of the observation group was 92.16%,which was significantly higher than 76.47%of the control group(P<0.05).The disappearance time of symptoms of fever,cough,shortness of breath,chest tightness and chest pain and hospital stay in the observation group were significantly shorter than those in the control group(P<0.05).After treat-ment,the levels of cardiac troponin T(cTnT),B-type natriuretic peptide(BNP),myoglobin(Mb)and cardiac fatty acid binding protein(H-FABP)in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group(P<0.05);the levels of interleukin-1 receptor 1(IL-1R1),gamma-interferon(γ-IFN)and high mobility group protein 1(HMGB1)in the observation group were significantly lower than those inthe control group(P<0.05);the number of Bifidobacteria,Lactobacillus aci-dophilus,Enterococcus faecalis and Bacillus cereus in the observation group were significantly higher than the control group,while the number of Escherichia coli and Salmonella were significantly lower than those in the control group(P<0.05).There was no significant difference in the incidence of ad-verse reactions between the two groups(P>0.05).Conclusion Probiotics combined with monte-lukast have good efficacy in MPP children with myocardial injury,which can shorten the time of symp-tom resolution and hospital stay,improve the indexes of myocardial injury in children,inhibit the lev-el of inflammatory cytokines,adjust the structure of intestinal flora disorder,and have good safety.
4.Effects of resistance breathing training on pulmonary rehabilitation and quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Dan YANG ; Lian ZHANG ; Man LI ; Huanmei ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2018;24(29):3552-3556
Objective To observe the effects of resistance breathing training on the pulmonary rehabilitation and quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods Totally 128 COPD patients admitted in Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science &Technology between June 2015 and July 2017 were selected by systematic random sampling and divided into two groups according to the admission time. The 64 patients admitted from June 2015 to June 2016 were divided into the control group, who received conventional nursing interventions for 6 months, while another 64 patients admitted between July 2016 and July 2017 were divided into the observation group, who received resistance breathing training for 6 months on the basis of conventional nursing interventions. The pulmonary function, including forced vital capacity (FVC), percent FVC to the estimated value (FVC%), forced expiratory volume for the first second (FEV1), percent FEV1to the estimated value (FEV1%) and changes of FEV1/FVC, were tested before and after interventions. The Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease-Quality of Life scale (COPD-QOL) was used to compare the quality of life between the two groups before and after interventions. Results There were no statistical differences in terms of pulmonary indicators between the two groups before interventions (P>0.05); however, FVC, FVC%, FEV1, FEV1% and FEV1/FVC rose after interventions, higher than those before interventions, and the observation group scored higher than the control group in terms of the indicators above post interventions (P<0.05). There were no statistical differences between the two groups in the quality of life before interventions (P>0.05); however, the scores in the dimensions of the quality of life and the total score after interventions were lower than those before interventions, and the observation group scored lower than the control group in terms of the indicators mentioned above (P< 0.05). The observation group scored higher than the control group in all dimensions of CD-RISC (P< 0.01). Conclusions Compared with traditional exercise (abdominal respiration and pursed lips breathing), resistance breathing training is more aligned with the characteristics of respiratory physiology, which can effectively improve the pulmonary rehabilitation as well as the quality of life in COPD patients.
5.Analysis and Evaluation of the Status of Cardiovascular Patents in Ten Major Countries Worldwide From 2016 to 2023
Ningyan YANG ; Huanmei LIU ; Zaofang YAN ; Lu YIN ; Jingang YANG
Chinese Circulation Journal 2024;39(10):956-967
Objectives:To compare the patent protection and application status of cardiovascular technology innovation in ten major countries worldwide from 2016 to 2023,and to analyze and evaluate the relative competitiveness and innovation ability of technology achievements in the cardiovascular fields in China,providing reference for improving the transfer and transformation rate of scientific and technological achievements in this field. Methods:Based on the HimmPat,IncoPat,and Wisdom Seed patent databases,using the Fuwai Subject Headings,we searched patent application data in the cardiovascular fields from ten major countries worldwide from January 1,2016 to December 31,2023 by adopting the method of the International Patent Classification(IPC)-Title-Claims-Abstract.We compared and analyzed specific indicators from the three dimensions of the patent,including technology value,legal value,and economic value. Results:Over the past eight years,the total number of patent applications in the cardiovascular fields was counted from the perspective of patent applicant addresses to analyze the technological innovation capabilities in cardiovascular field of each country.The results showed that China ranked the second in the world in terms of the total number of patent applications in the cardiovascular fields,with approximately 46 536,followed the United States with 75 382.Although the number of patent family applications in China is higher than that in the United States(32 879 vs.19 587),overseas applications for family patent in China only account for 25.4%of its total patent application volume,which is only higher than that in Russia(15.5%),while much lower than that in the other eight countries.In terms of the average number of patent applicants,there are only 2.61 applicants per patent in China,compared with 10.02 in the United States and 12.69 in Germany.In terms of citation frequency of simple patent family,the United States has 9.76 citations per patent,while China has only 2.64 citations per patent.Besides,the patent transfer rate in China is also relatively low with a proportion of only 7.3%. Conclusions:The economic development,government policy support and technological advancement jointly contribute to the continuously increased number of cardiovascular patent applications in China.However,the patents are associated with poor quality,insufficient overseas layout,and insufficient horizontal cooperation in technological innovation,which may also be the main reasons for the insufficient momentum and efficiency of patent achievement transformation.