1.Effects of gratitude, social support and perceived stress on disease self-management in patients with chronic hepatitis B liver fibrosis
Huizhu LIANG ; Wenru ZHANG ; Yonghong YANG
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2018;24(23):2746-2751
Objective To investigate the clinical status of disease self-management ability in patients with chronic hepatitis B liver fibrosis and to analyze the effect of gratitude,social support and perceived stress on the ability.Methods Totally 236 patients with chronic hepatitis B liver fibrosis were selected from Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital by convenient sampling from January 2016 to June 2017 and investigated with the general information questionnaire,the Chronic Hepatitis B Self-Management Scale,the Gratitude Resentment and Appreciation Test (GRAT),the Social Support Rating Scale and the Perceived Stress Scale-Chinese (CPSS).PASW Statistics 18.0 and AMOS 18.0 were used to analyze the effects.Results The disease self-management score in patients with chronic hepatitis B liver fibrosis was (94.41 ± 16.78).According to correlation analysis,gratitude,social support and perceived stress were positively correlated with disease self-management (r=0.327,0.339;P < 0.05);while perceived stress was negatively correlated with disease self-management (r=-0.574,P < 0.05).The multiple linear regression analysis and model fitting showed that gratitude had direct effect on disease self-management (β=0.314);social support had direct influence (β=0.354) and indirect (β=0.199) effect on it;and perceived stress had direct (β=-0.567) and indirect (β=-0.058) on it.Conclusions The patients with chronic hepatitis B liver fibrosis show a relatively poor disease self-management ability.Clinical medical and nursing staff shall cultivate the patients' gratitude,mobilize their social support,reduce their perceived stress and improve their disease self-management ability.
2.Analysis of Active Screening and Risk Factors for Multidrug-resistant Organisms in Elderly Patients of ICU
Jianyi WEN ; Tiehe QIN ; Shouhong WANG ; Jie LI ; Yan WU ; Huizhu ZHANG ; Daozheng HUANG ; Jun LIANG ; Xiaolong LIAO ; Zhonghua WANG
China Pharmacy 2018;29(2):199-203
OBJECTIVE:To investigate risk factors of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) infection in elderly patients of ICU,and to provide reference for formulation and implementation of MDROs prevention and control measures.METHODS:A total of 146 elderly patients were selected from ICU of our hospital during Dec.2013-Jun.2016.Throat swab,sputum swab and anal swab specimens (1 copy,respectively) were collected to conduct active screening of MRSA and ESBLs-producing Enterobacteriaceae.Risk factors of MDROs infection,pathogen distribution and drug resistance were analyzed.RESULTS:Among samples of 146 patients,there were 34 MRSA positive samples in throat swab with positive rate of 23.3%;there were 30 MRSA positive samples in sputum swab with positive rate of 20.5%;there were 99 ESBLs-producing bacteria positive samples in anal swab (containing 50 ESBLs-producing Escherichia coli positive samples and 49 ESBLs-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae positive samples) with positive rate of 67.8%.The positive rate of throat swab MRSA screening was not correlated with patient's gender,age,tracheal intubation or mechanical ventilation (P>0.05),but it was related with hospitalization time in ICU (P<0.05).The positive rate of sputum swab MRSA screening was not correlated with patient' s gender,tracheal intubation or mechanical ventilation;the positive rate of anal swab ESBLs-producing bacteria screening were not related with patient's gender(P>0.05).But they were related with age and hospitalization time in ICU (P<0.05).Compared with negative patients,there was no statistical significance in the times of fiberoptic bronchoscopy in throat/sputum swab MRSA screening positive patients (P>0.05).The times of enema,the times of bladder irrigation,the times of urethral catheterization and the duration of indwelling catheter in anal swab ESBLs-producing bacteria screening positive patients were significantly more or longer than negative patients,with statistical significance (P<0.05).Binary Logistic regression analysis showed that hospitalization time in ICU was risk factor of positive active screening of throat swab in elderly patients of ICU[OR=1.119,95 % CI (1.071,1.385),P=0.021];age was risk factor of positive active screening of sputum swab[OR=1.893,95 % CI (1.232,4.042),P=0.032];age and hospitalization time in ICU were risk factors of positive active screening of anal swab [OR were 1.046,1.022,95%CI were (1.005,1.088) (1.006,3.283),P were 0.027,0.031].A total of 163 strains of MDROs were detected,among which there were 64 strains of MRSA,50 strains of ESBLs-producing E.coli and 49 strains of ESBLs-producing K.pneumoniae.They were generally highly resistant to compound preparation containing enzyme inhibitors.CONCLUSIONS:The results of MDROs active screening in elderly patients of ICU are related with age,hospitalization time in ICU,the times of enema,the times of bladder irrigation,the times of urethral catheterization and the duration of indwelling catheter.Age and hospitalization time in ICU were risk factors of MDROs infection.The pathogens are mainly ESBLs-producing Enterobacteriaceae,and drug resistance is severe.For elderly critical patients with MDROs infection,clinical prevention and intervention measures should be taken to prevent and control the prevalence and spread of MDROs in ICU.
3.Schisandra lignans ameliorate nonalcoholic steatohepatitis by regulating aberrant metabolism of phosphatidylethanolamines.
Lijuan XUE ; Keanqi LIU ; Caixia YAN ; Junling DUN ; Yexin XU ; Linlin WU ; Huizhu YANG ; Huafang LIU ; Lin XIE ; Guangji WANG ; Yan LIANG
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2023;13(8):3545-3560
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a spectrum of chronic liver disease characterized by hepatic lipid metabolism disorder. Recent reports emphasized the contribution of triglyceride and diglyceride accumulation to NASH, while the other lipids associated with the NASH pathogenesis remained unexplored. The specific purpose of our study was to explore a novel pathogenesis and treatment strategy of NASH via profiling the metabolic characteristics of lipids. Herein, multi-omics techniques based on LC-Q-TOF/MS, LC-MS/MS and MS imaging were developed and used to screen the action targets related to NASH progress and treatment. A methionine and choline deficient (MCD) diet-induced mouse model of NASH was then constructed, and Schisandra lignans extract (SLE) was applied to alleviate hepatic damage by regulating the lipid metabolism-related enzymes CES2A and CYP4A14. Hepatic lipidomics indicated that MCD-diet led to aberrant accumulation of phosphatidylethanolamines (PEs), and SLE could significantly reduce the accumulation of intrahepatic PEs. Notably, exogenous PE (18:0/18:1) was proved to significantly aggravate the mitochondrial damage and hepatocyte apoptosis. Supplementing PE (18:0/18:1) also deteriorated the NASH progress by up regulating intrahepatic proinflammatory and fibrotic factors, while PE synthase inhibitor exerted a prominent hepatoprotective role. The current work provides new insights into the relationship between PE metabolism and the pathogenesis of NASH.