1.Chronopharmacological study of different antidepressants in mice
Zaoqin YU ; Chengliang ZHANG ; Daochun XIANG ; Yanjiao XU ; Xiping LI ; Li LUO ; Jingjin JIN ; Dong LIU
Chinese Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases 2014;(12):705-709
Objective To explore the influence of different administration time on antidepressant effect of seven clinical common antidepressants. Methods Male mice were randomly divided into eight groups:venlafaxine (75 mg/kg), sertraline (20 mg/kg), fluoxetine (20 mg/kg), doxepin (15 mg/kg), mirtazapine (15 mg/kg), citalopram (40 mg/kg), trazodo?ne (50 mg/kg) and control (saline) groups. Each group contained 36 mice. Drugs were administered to 6 mice per group 30 min before forced swimming test at the 6 time points (9:00, 13:00 and 17:00 as light phase and 21:00, 1:00 and 5:00 as dark phase). Forced swimming test was applied to determine the influence of dosing time on anti-immobility effect of seven antidepressants at each time point. Results Immobility time in venlafaxine group and sertraline group significant?ly decreased compared with that of control group at all time points(all P<0.05). Moreover, anti-immobility effects of ven?lafaxine, fluoxetine, mirtazapine and doxepin were better during the dark phase than during the light phase (all P<0.05). In addition, immobility time in sertraline group decreased at the late part of dark phase (5:00) and the early part of light phase (9:00) compared with other phases (P<0.05). Conclusions Most antidepressants show 24-h rhythm dependent an?ti-immobility effects, but rhythmic patterns are not completely consistent among different antidepressants. Further study is needed to explore the chronopharmacological mechanism and clinical applications of these antidepressants.
2.Secular trends of overweight and obesity prevalence between 2007 and 2011 in children and adolescents in Guangzhou.
Buyun LIU ; Jin JING ; Jincheng MAI ; Yajun CHEN ; Guifeng XU ; Peng BAO ; Meiqiao YU ; Wen ZHANG ; Yanghua PENG
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine 2014;48(4):312-317
OBJECTIVEThis study aimed to explore the secular trends of overweight and obesity prevalence between 2007 and 2011 in children and adolescents in Guangzhou.
METHODSThe data of physical examination was collected from the routine measurements carried out by the Health Care Facilities of Primary and Secondary schools between 2007 and 2011. Random stratified cluster sampling was conducted, all the students aged 5-18 years old form 19 primary and secondary schools from 4 districts (Tianhe district, Yuexiu district, Baiyun district and Haizhu district) were included in this survey, including 27 944 students in 2007 and 38 284 students in 2011. Body mass index reference norm established by Working Group on Obesity in China (WGOC) and the WHO cut-off criteria were employed for overweight and obesity screening, and the trend was analyzed.
RESULTSPrevalence of obesity in children and adolescents (7-18 years old) significantly increased from 5.96% (1 553/26 055) in 2007 to 6.56% (2 339/35 664) in 2011, and the difference showed statistical significance (χ(2) = 9.195, P < 0.05). Overweight and obesity was more common in boys (overweight: 13.25% (1 766/13 329) in 2007 and 13.87% (2 559/18 451) in 2011; obesity: 7.82% (1 042/13 329) in 2007 and 8.63% (1 592/18 451) in 2011) than in girls (overweight: 7.43% (946/12 726) in 2007 and 8.17% (1 406/17 213) in 2011; obesity: 4.11% (523/12 726) in 2007 and 4.48% (771/17 213) in 2011), and the difference showed statistical significance (overweight:χ(2) = 236.123 in 2007 and χ(2) = 292.892 in 2011; obesity:χ(2) = 158.533 in 2007 and χ(2) = 247.794 in 2011. All P values < 0.05). Further analysis found that significant increases occurred in boys aged 16 and 17 years old and in girls aged 12 years old (boy: 16 years old,χ(2) = 6.820, P < 0.05. 17 years old, χ(2) = 4.893, P < 0.05. girl: 12 years old,χ(2) = 5.921, P < 0.05).
RESULTSof Join-point regression showed that for boys less than 10 years old the prevalence increased with age increasing (in 2007, APC = 3.75; in 2011, APC = 1.76), while over 10 years old the prevalence decreased with age increasing (in 2007, 10-18 years old's APC = -18.58; in 2011, 10-18 years old's APC = -15.95). While for girls the prevalence of obesity increased with age increasing between 7-9 years old (APC = 12.16), decreased with age increasing through 9 to 18 years old (APC = -17.23) in 2007. The prevalence decreased with age increasing for girls in 2011 (APC = -4.66).
CONCLUSIONThe prevalence of obesity is high and still increasing in children and adolescents in Guangzhou, and it is higher in boys than in girls. It is more likely to become obesity at 10 years for boys, and for girls the prevalence decrease with age increasing.
Adolescent ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; China ; epidemiology ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Obesity ; epidemiology ; Overweight ; epidemiology ; Prevalence
3.Pharmaceutical administration practice during control and treatment of COVID-19
Xiulan LIU ; Yi LIU ; Lin QIU ; Pan LUO ; Jingjin JIN ; Jianling ZHENG ; Xuepeng GONG ; Dong LIU ; Juan LI
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration 2020;36(4):324-327
In designated hospitals for critical patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, time-efficient pharmaceutical emergency protection system was of great significance for epidemic prevention. Described in the paper are measures taken by the pharmaceutical department of the hospital as follows. These measures include launching an emergency response mechanism, formulating a catalogue of COVID-19 key therapeutic drugs, urgently purchasing therapeutic drugs, transforming the processes of emergency pharmacy, establishing a drug donation management system, building a COVID-19 pharmaceutical care team, and setting up a " cloud pharmacy" to meet the drug needs of patients with non-COVID-19 chronic diseases, in addition to strengthening personnel protection of pharmacists. During such an epidemic, the pharmacy administration works in a professional, comprehensive, complex and systematic emergency program, which guaranteed the safety of drug supply, medication and enabled the treatment to be carried out in an orderly manner.
4.Construction of emergency management mode of pharmacy intravenous admixture under the background of COVID-19
Xiulan LIU ; Lin QIU ; Yi LIU ; Pan LUO ; Jingjin JIN ; Jianling ZHENG ; Xuepeng GONG ; Dong LIU ; Juan LI
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration 2020;36(9):757-760
After the outbreak of COVID-19, due to environmental pollution in the isolated ward and operational constraints caused by protective clothing and other factors, intravenous drugs in the designated hospitals should be centralized. Combined with the existing process mode, the process of pharmacy intravenous admixture services was optimized, the operation mode of the operation platform was adjusted, the scheduling mechanism was optimized, and the node control process of " first verify and five checks" was explored and developed, so as to meet the 24 h needs of COVID-19 patients. According to the characteristics of COVID-19 drug treatment, the focus of prescription review was adjusted to ensure the drug safety of patients. Other measures included implementing paperless prescription to reduce unnecessary media; implementing segmented infusion distribution management to ensure no cross infection; hierarchical control and configuration environment, strengthening the protection and management of pharmacists, to avoid the risk of personnel infection; optimizing human resource allocation and improving work efficiency. This process reengineering and optimization established the emergency management mode of centralized intravenous drug deployment under the background of COVID-19, which ensured the intravenous drug demand and safety of COVID-19 patients. The treatment work was carried out orderly, and could provide reference for the pharmaceutical department in medical institutions to deal with major public health emergencies in the future.