Objective To observe the analgesia effect of combination of continuous femoral nerve block and oral analgesics after total knee arthroplasty and the impact on early rehabilitation of knee.Methods Sixty patients scheduled for unilateral total knee arthroplasty were randomly divided into two groups.One group was the multimodal analgesia group (group M)and the other was patient controlled intravenous analgesia group (PCIA)(group Ⅰ),30 patients in each group.In group M, patients were given celecoxib (200 mg,bid)and oxycodone (10 mg,bid)two days before operation, then received continuous femoral nerve block followed by oral acetaminophen (100 mg,tid)and oxyc-odone (20 mg,bid)three days after operation.In group I,patients took no medicine before operation and only received PCIA after operation.The two groups were compared with postoperative visual ana-logue scale(VAS)scores at 6,12,24,48 h at rest,during active training and continuous passive movement,range of motion of the knee joint during active training and continuous passive movement, the first time of ambulation,length of hospital stay,range of motion of the knee joint at hospital dis-charge and the incidence of complications.Intravenous dezocine 5 mg was given when VAS score was higher than 5,which was recorded.Results Compared with group Ⅰ,the VAS scores at rest,during active and continuous passive movement at postoperative 6,12,24,48 and 72 h in group M were de-creased significantly (P <0.05).The range of motion of the knee joint during active training and con-tinuous passive movement at postoperative 24,48 and 72 h in group M was increased significantly(P<0.05).The first time of ambulation(2.5±0.8)d and length of hospital stay(9.1±2.3)d in group M were shorter significantly than the first time of ambulation (3.3 ±0.7)d and length of hospital stay (10.8±2.0)d in group I (P <0.05 ).The range of motion of the knee joint(95.6 ± 1 7.2)°in group M at hospital discharge was greater significantly than the range of motion of the knee joint (82.5± 1 5.2 )° in group I (P < 0.05 ).The incidence of nausea and vomiting (3.3%),uroschesis (6.7%)in group M was lower significantly than the incidence of nausea and vomiting (30.0%), uroschesis (26.7%)(P < 0.05 ).Additional use dezocine (3.3%)was lower significantly than additional use dezocine (40.0%)(P <0.05).Conclusion Compared to patient controlled intravenous analgesia,combination of continuous femoral nerve block and oral analgesics can effectively alleviate postoperative pain in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty,which is beneficial to early postop-erative knee function recovery.

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; epidemiology ; virology ; China ; epidemiology ; Ethnic Groups ; Head and Neck Neoplasms ; epidemiology ; virology ; Humans ; Papillomaviridae ; isolation & purification ; Prevalence ; Viral Load

OBJECTIVE: To study the polymorphism of human platelet antigen (HPA) system 10 among ethnic Han Chinese from Shandong, China so as to supplement the data of platelet donor bank in the region. METHODS: Peripheral blood samples of platelet donors from the region were genotyped for HPA-10 alleles by PCR-sequence specific primer (PCR-SSP) and direct sequencing. RESULTS: Among 1401 donors, a rare heterozygote carrier of HPA-10w (a+b+) was identified, which gave an allelic frequency of approximately 0.035%. CONCLUSION The detection of rare HPA-10bw antigen allele among ethnic Han Chinese from Shandong is useful for the diagnosis and prevention of neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia and post-transfusion purpura in the region.
Alleles ; Antigens, Human Platelet/genetics* ; Asians/genetics* ; Gene Frequency ; Genotype ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Polymorphism, Genetic

ObjectiveTo observe the pharmacodynamic effect of propofol by target controlled infusion (TCI) in patients with different liver functions during surgery.MethodsSixty patients undergoing laparotomy under general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation in the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University between June 2013 and June 2014 were enrolled in this prospective study. Among the 60 patients, 51 were males and 9 were females with the age ranging from 18 to 70 years old and the median of 48 years old. The informed consents of all patients were obtained and the local ethical committee approval had been received. The patients were divided into 4 groups according to the Child-Pugh liver function grading, the normal liver function group (N group,n=7), grade A group (A group, n=21), grade B group (B group,n=20) and grade C group (C group,n=12). TCI propofol were given to all patients during the operation with the target plasma concentration of 3 μg/ml. Bispectral index (BIS) and hemodynamic parameters of the 4 groups during the anesthesia induction period (within 30 min of TCI) were recorded. The percentage of patients with BIS dropped below 40 and the incidence of hemodynamic events in each group were compared. The comparison was conducted using Chi-square test or Fisher's exact test.ResultsDuring the anesthesia induction period, BIS of the 4 groups dropped with time and was stable at 20 min. The percentage of patients with BIS below 40 in N, A, B and C group was respectively 9.2%, 11.2%, 20.4% and 26.8%, C group was signiifcantly higher than N and A group (χ2=12.28, 18.81;P<0.05). During the anesthesia induction period, the incidence of hypotension in N, A, B and C group was respectively 0, 5%, 8% and 16%, C group was signiifcantly higher than N, A and B group (P<0.0001, P<0.0001,P=0.0195). The incidence of bradycardia in N, A, B and C group was respectively 15%, 5%, 3% and 0, C group was significantly lower than N, A and B group (P<0.0001,P=0.0003,P=0.0085). ConclusionsSimilar trends of change in anesthesia depth are observed in patients with different liver function when using propofol TCI, but patients with severe hepatic dysfunction may more likely to develop fulminant suppression of brain wave and hypotension.

Objective:To investigate molecules involved in the occurrence of pruritus in patients with mycosis fungoides (MF) .Methods:Totally, 522 patients with MF were enrolled from Peking University First Hospital from October 2009 to August 2021, and the incidence of pruritus was calculated. The patients were grouped according to whether they suffered from pruritus or not. RNA sequencing data on biopsied skin lesions of 49 patients were analyzed to identify differentially expressed genes between patients with pruritus and those without; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and immunohistochemical techniques were performed to determine the protein expression of CC chemokine ligand 17 (CCL17) in serum samples from 88 MF patients, and in tissue samples from 81 MF patients, respectively; flow cytometry was conducted to detect markers for T lymphocyte activation and differentiation in peripheral blood samples from 46 MF patients to identify peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets associated with pruritus. Statistical analysis was carried out by using chi-square test, Mann-Whitney U test, and Spearman correlation analysis. Results:Among the 522 patients with MF, 305 were males and 217 were females; 347 were diagnosed with early-stage MF, and 175 with advanced MF. The incidence of pruritus was 67.2% (351/522) in the patients with MF, and significantly higher in the patients with advanced MF (81.7%, 143/175) than in those with early-stage MF (59.9%, 208/347; χ2 = 25.03, P < 0.001) . RNA sequencing showed that CCL17 mRNA expression was significantly higher in the MF patients with pruritus than in those without (fold change = 10.09, P < 0.001) . The serum CCL17 concentration was significantly elevated in the patients with pruritus (1 017.05[377.12, 4 831.80] pg/ml) compared with those without (361.66 [180.47, 500.08] pg/ml; Z = -4.57, P < 0.001) , and correlated with pruritus scores ( r = 0.57, P = 0.010) . In both early and advanced stages of MF, the serum CCL17 concentration was significantly higher in the patients with pruritus than in those without ( Z = -3.68, P < 0.001; Z = -2.54, P = 0.011, respectively) . Immunohistochemical staining revealed that there was no significant difference in the relative quantification value of CCL17 between the patients with pruritus and those without ( Z = -1.84, P = 0.066) . The percentage of CD3 +CD4 +CD26 -CCR4 + malignant T cells significantly increased in the MF patients with pruritus than in those without ( Z = -2.03, P = 0.043) , and was positively correlated with serum CCL17 concentrations ( r = 0.49, P < 0.001) . Conclusions:Both CCL17 mRNA expression in lesional tissues and serum CCL17 concentrations increased in MF patients with pruritus, and CCL17 was associated with the occurrence of pruritus. CCL17 may be involved in the occurrence of pruritus through the recruitment of CD3 +CD4 +CD26 -CCR4 + malignant T cells.

Objective:To determine lysophosphatidic acid receptor 6 (LPAR6) expression in patients with mycosis fungoides (MF) , a variant of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) , and to investigate its role and mechanism of action in the development and prognosis of CTCL.Methods:A total of 110 patients with confirmed MF were collected from Department of Dermatology, Peking University First Hospital from 2011 to 2020, including 24 with large-cell transformation (LCT) and 25 with non-large cell transformation (NLCT) in the discovery cohort, and 24 with LCT and 37 with NLCT in the validation cohort. RNA sequencing and RT-PCR were conducted to determine the LPAR6 expression in patients in the discovery cohort and validation cohort respectively. LPAR6 expression was compared between patients with LCT and those with NLCT, and its effect on the prognosis of patients was evaluated. Two LPAR6-overexpressing CTCL cell lines MyLa and Sz4 were constructed to evaluate the effect of LPAR6 overexpression on proliferative activity of MyLa and Sz4 cells, with the cells normally expressing LPAR6 as the control group; after the treatment with LPAR6-related ligand lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) , 2S-OMPT, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) or adenosine (ADO) , the effects of LPAR6 activation on the proliferative activity and apoptosis of LPAR6-overexpressing MyLa and Sz4 cells were evaluated by the MTS method and flow cytometry respectively. Log-rank test was used for prognostic analysis, and t test or Mann-Whitney U test was used for comparisons between two groups. Results:As RNA sequencing showed, LPAR6 was one of the significantly underexpressed genes in the LCT group in the discovery cohort; in the validation cohort, LPAR6 expression (median[ Q1, Q3]) was significantly lower in the LCT group (204.90[81.90, 512.70]) than in the NLCT group (809.40[417.50, 1 829.20], U= 242.00, P= 0.002) ; in the two cohorts, the underexpression of LPAR6 was significantly associated with increased risk of poor prognosis (both P < 0.01) . Cell proliferation assay showed no significant difference in the proliferative activity of MyLa or Sz4 cells between the LPAR6 overexpression group and control group at 0, 24, 48 and 72 hours during the experiment (all P > 0.05) ; 48 hours after activation of LPAR6 by LPA, 2S-OMPT, ATP and ADO in MyLa cells, the LPAR6 overexpression group showed significantly decreased cellular proliferative activity (1.38 ± 0.01, 1.04 ± 0.01, 1.09 ± 0.03, 1.23 ± 0.01, respectively) compared the control group (1.73 ± 0.04, 1.23 ± 0.01, 1.24 ± 0.01, 1.42 ± 0.03, t= 30.33, 18.38, 4.78, 5.75, respectively, all P < 0.05) , but significantly increased cell apoptosis rate (17.93% ± 0.88%, 17.75% ± 0.35%, 23.97% ± 0.57%, 31.44% ± 0.34%, respectively) compared the control group (3.98% ± 0.03%, 7.81% ± 0.59%, 11.95% ± 0.85%, 12.02% ± 0.48%, t= 15.93, 14.49, 11.74, 33.01, respectively, all P < 0.05) ; 48 hours after activation of LPAR6 by 2S-OMPT and ADO in Sz4 cells, compared with the control group, the LPAR6 overexpression group also showed significantly decreased cellular proliferative activity (2S-OMPT: 1.29 ± 0.04 vs. 1.48 ± 0.01; ADO: 1.27 ± 0.01 vs. 1.51 ± 0.02; both P < 0.05) , but significantly increased cell apoptosis rate (2S-OMPT: 41.70% ± 0.70% vs. 29.35% ± 0.55%; ADO: 37.05% ± 0.15% vs. 24.60% ± 1.00%; both P < 0.05) . Conclusions:LPAR6 was underexpressed in the patients with LCT, and its underexpression was significantly associated with increased risk of poor prognosis. In vitro activation of LPAR6 could inhibit the proliferation of CTCL cells and promote their apoptosis, suggesting that the decrease of LPAR6 expression may be one of the important mechanisms underlying disease progression in patients with LCT.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the clinical manifestations of heart, liver and kidney damages in the early stage of COVID-19 to identify the indicators for these damages. METHODS: We analyzed the clinical features, underlying diseases, and indicators of infection in 12 patients with COVID-19 on the second day after their admission to our hospital between January 20 and February 20, 2020.The data including CK-MB, aTnI, BNP, heart rate, changes in ECG, LVEF (%), left ventricular general longitudinal strain (GLS, measured by color Doppler ultrasound) were collected.The changes of liver function biochemical indicators were dynamically reviewed.BUN, UCR, eGFR, Ccr, and UACR and the levels of MA, A1M, IGU, and TRU were recorded. RESULTS: The 12 patients included 2 severe cases, 8 common type cases, and 2 mild cases.Four of the patients presented with sinus tachycardia, ECG changes and abnormal GLS in spite of normal aTNI and LVEF; 1 patient had abnormal CKMB and BNP.On the first and third days following admission, the patients had normal ALT, AST and GGT levels.On day 7, hepatic function damage occurred in the severe cases, manifested by elevated ALT and AST levels.Abnormalities of eGFR, Ccr and UACR occurred in 8, 5 and 5 of the patients, respectively.Abnormal elevations of MA, A1M, IGU and TRU in urine protein were observed in 4, 4, 5, and 2 of the patients, respectively. CONCLUSIONS In patients with COVID-19, heart damage can be identified early by observing the GLS and new abnormalities on ECG in spite of normal aTNI and LVEF.Early liver injury is not obvious in these patients, but dynamic monitoring of the indicators of should be emplemented, especially in severe cases. In cases with normal CR and BUN, kidney damage can be detected early by calculating eGFR, Ccr and UACR and urine protein tests.
Betacoronavirus ; COVID-19 ; Coronavirus Infections ; Humans ; Pandemics ; Pneumonia, Viral ; SARS-CoV-2