Objective To observe the clinical effects of atorvastatin combined with clopidogrel on the prevention of carotid artery atherosclerostic plaques in aged patients with infarction. Methods Eighty aged patients with infarction, admitted to out hospital from July 2006 to September 2010, were chosen; these patients were randomly divided into observation group (n=40, giving treatment of atorvastatin combined with clopidogrel) and control group (n=40, giving treatment of treatment of Clopidogrel). The levels of triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (CH), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), the blood viscosity and the platelet maximum aggregation rate (MAR) were measured and the plaque scores were evaluated 4, 12 and 24 w after the treatment.Results As compared with those before treatment, the levels of TG, LDL-C and MAR in the control group 24 w after treatment, and the levels of TG and CH in the observation group 12 w after treatment and the levels of TG, CH, LDL-C and MAR in the observation group 24 w after the treatment were significantly decreased (P<0.05). As compared with the control group, the observation group enjoyed significantly lower level of CH 12w after the treatment and lower levels of TG, CH and LDL-C 24 w after the treatment (P<0.05). Lower plaque scores in the observation group were noted as compared with that in the control group 24 w after the treatment (P<0.05). Conclusion Atorvastatin combined with clopidogrel can safely prevent and stabilize the carotid artery atherosclerostic plaques in aged patients with infarction.

Child, Preschool ; Cyclophosphamide ; therapeutic use ; Cyclosporine ; therapeutic use ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Male ; Mycophenolic Acid ; analogs & derivatives ; therapeutic use ; Nephrotic Syndrome ; complications ; drug therapy ; pathology

OBJECTIVETo review the development of tissue culture on Rehmannia glutinosa.

METHODDocumentaries at home and abroad were consulted.

RESULT AND CONCLUSIONThe tissue culture conditions of R. glutinosa were summarized and the problems of tissue culture in R. glutinosa were also pointed out.

Culture Media ; Lighting ; Plant Diseases ; Plant Leaves ; growth & development ; Plant Roots ; growth & development ; Plant Stems ; growth & development ; Plants, Medicinal ; growth & development ; Pollen ; growth & development ; Rehmannia ; growth & development ; Tissue Culture Techniques ; Tissue Preservation

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the effects of continuous blood purification on the hemodynamics and oxygenation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

METHODSTwenty-one patients with ARDS were treated with continuous veno-venous hemofiltration (CVVH) combined with plasma exchange. Hemodynamics and oxygenation were measured or calculated at scheduled intervals using Swan-Ganz catheters.

RESULTSThe mean arterial pressure, partial pressure of arterial oxygen, oxygen delivery, oxygen consumption increased, heart rate, mean pulmonary arterial pressure, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, blood lactate concentration all decreased significantly after the treatment, and the oxygen extraction ratio underwent no obvious changes.

CONCLUSIONSContinuous blood purification can increase blood and oxygen supply but has no significant effects on oxygen extraction ratio in ARDS patients.

Adult ; Female ; Hemodynamics ; Hemofiltration ; methods ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Oxygen ; blood ; Oxygen Consumption ; physiology ; Partial Pressure ; Plasma Exchange ; methods ; Pulmonary Gas Exchange ; Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult ; therapy

Objective To investigate the characteristics of prospective memory impairment and event related potentials(ERPs)changes in Parkinson's disease(PD)patients without early treatment.Methods Event-based prospective memory(EBPM),time-based prospective memory(TBPM)and ERPs were examined in 33 PD patients and 31 healthy controls matched with age,gender,education and occupation.Results The scores of EBPM and TBPM in PD patients were significantly lower than those in normal controls(P＜0.05).The latencies of N2 and P300 were significantly prolonged,and P300amplitude was markedly decreased in PD patients as compared with those in normal controls(P＜0.05).The relative analysis showed that the P300 latency was positively correlated with both EBPM(r=0.628,P=0.000)and TBPM(r=0.582,P=0.000).Conclusion The EBPM and TBPM impairment might exist in PD patients without early treatment; the P300 latency can be used as a predictive electrophysiological marker to assess the severity of EBPM and TBPM impairment in PD patients.

OBJECTIVETo discuss the characteristics of Chinese medicine (CM) syndrome factors and distribution of congestive heart failure (CHF), and provide a basis for the diagnosis criteria of essential syndromes.

METHODSBased on databases of China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI, 1980-2012) and Chinese Journal of Chongqing VIP Database (1989-2012), the eligible studies in CHF and extracted factors associated with compound syndromes were analyzed. All the syndromes were classified into deficiency, excess, and deficiency-excess in complexity syndrome were classified. Compound syndromes were separated into syndrome factors including single, double, three or four factors, along with the frequency of occurrence. The relation of CHF syndromes with age, gender, primary disease, brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and cardiac functional grade was studied in 1,451 CHF cases (between December 2010 and September 2012), and the clinical distribution of common CHF syndromes was summarized.

RESULTSThe literature study involved 6,799 CHF cases in 66 literatures after screening. Of the different factors affecting CHF, qi deficiency was the most important one. In deficiency syndrome, Xin (Heart)-qi-deficiency was the most common single factor, and deficiency of both qi and yin was the most common double factor. The retrospective analysis involved 1,451 CHF cases (431 cases with test results of BNP). The xin blood stasis and obstruction and deficiency of both qi and yin syndrome were mostly seen in female patients, and phlegm-blocking-Xin-vessel and qi-deficiency-blood-stasis syndrome mostly in males. Xin-qi-deficiency and qi-deficiency-blood-stasis syndrome were mostly seen in patients aged 50-60 years. Patients aged over 60 years likely manifest deficiency of both qi and yin and Xin blood stasis and obstruction syndrome. The severity of syndrome is aggravated with increased BNP and cardiac functional grade.

CONCLUSIONSThe essential syndromes of CHF include qi-deficiency-blood-stasis and deficiency of both qi and yin. The clinical distribution is linked to patients' age and gender. BNP and cardiac functional grade is closely related to CHF syndromes, which may indicate the severity of CM syndromes of CHF.

Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Heart Failure ; therapy ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Middle Aged ; Natriuretic Peptide, Brain ; metabolism ; Retrospective Studies ; Syndrome

Objective: To summarize the clinical characteristics of epileptic seizure associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Methods: From January 2017 to July 2023 at Children's Hospital Capital Institute of Pediatrics, medical records of patients with both NF1 and epileptic seizure were reviewed in this case series study. The clinical characteristics, treatment and prognosis were analyzed retrospectively. Results: A total of 15 patients(12 boys and 3 girls) were collected. Café-au-lait macules were observed in all 15 patients. There were 6 patients with neurodevelopmental disorders and the main manifestations were intellectual disability or developmental delay. The age at the first epileptic seizure was 2.5 (1.2, 5.5) years. There were various seizure types, including generalized tonic-clonic seizures in 8 patients, focal motor seizures in 6 patients, epileptic spasm in 4 patients, tonic seizures in 1 patient, absence in 1 patient, generalized myoclonic seizure in 1 patient and focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizure in 1 patient. Among 14 patients whose brain magnetic resonance imaging results were available, there were abnormal signals in corpus callosum, basal ganglia, thalamus or cerebellum in 6 patients, dilated ventricles of different degrees in 3 patients, blurred gray and white matter boundary in 2 patients, agenesis of corpus callosum in 1 patient and no obvious abnormalities in the other patients. Among 13 epilepsy patients, 8 were seizure-free with 1 or 2 antiseizure medications(ASM), 1 with drug resistant epilepsy was seizure-free after left temporal lobectomy, and the other 4 patients who have received 2 to 9 ASM had persistent seizures. One patient with complex febrile convulsion achieved seizure freedom after oral administration of diazepam on demand. One patient had only 1 unprovoked epileptic seizure and did not have another seizure without taking any ASM. Conclusions: The first epileptic seizure in NF1 patients usually occurs in infancy and early childhood, with the main seizure type of generalized tonic-clonic seizure and focal motor seizure. Some patients have intellectual disability or developmental delay. Most epilepsy patients achieve seizure freedom with ASM.
Male ; Female ; Humans ; Child, Preschool ; Child ; Neurofibromatosis 1/diagnosis* ; Retrospective Studies ; Intellectual Disability ; Electroencephalography ; Epilepsy/etiology* ; Seizures/etiology*