OBJECTIVE: To analyze the requirement of pharmaceutical care among physicians, nurses and patients and to explore work mode of clinical pharmacists. METHODS: The requirement of pharmaceutical care in concrete cases was summarized by combining with experience of author as clinical pharmacist in cardiology department. RESULTS: The advantage of clinical pharmacist and convenient consultation for selection of drugs contribute to complementary with physicians’ work. CONCLUSION: Clinical pharmacist provides various pharmaceutical care according to the requirement of doctors, nurses and patients.

The right ventricle owns a complex geometry chamber and a special anatomical structure , which makes it dif-ficult to precisely assess its function .Right ventricular function has been found to be important in the development of cardi -ovascular diseases .This review summarizes recent progress in the characteristics and elevation of right heart function .

Objective To summarize our experience with combined cardiac pacing and beta-blocker therapy in patients with long-QT syndrome. Methods Nine patients with long-QT syndrome were treated with Propranolol. Its effectiveness was analyzed during matched periods before and after starting beta-blocker therapy. If sinus bradycardia, sinus arrest and atrioventricular occurred during the Propranolol treatment, DDD pacemaker were implanted. Results After initiation of beta-blockers, there was a significant reduction in the rate of cardiac events [(0.86?0.92) to (0.34?0.69) events per patient per year, P

Objective The aim of this study was to asses the success rate, lesion characteristics and complication in acute coronary syndromes treated by direct coronary stenting Methods 92 patients with acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina were divided into the direct stenting ( n =32) and stent implantation with balloon predilatation (conventional stenting, n =60) groups The clinical data, characteristics of target vessels ,success rate and complications were compared between two groups Results The age in direct stenting groups was much younger than that in conventional stenting group (53 14?9 18 vs, 64 28?12 36, P

Objective To observe the effect of revascularization on left ventricular remodelling and function in patients with myocardial infarction (MI) Methods Two hundred MI patients were studied The patients receiving revascularization were defined as group one, and those receiving medical treatment were defined as group two The structure, systolic and diastolic function index of the heart were measured by Doppler Echocardiography Results In revascularized group, LA, LAV, LVD, LVS were significantly decreased And EDV, EDVI, ESV, ESVI were much better than those in medical treatment group ( P

Objective To investigate the level of coronary endothelial injury and dysfunction, the jeopardy score of coronary artery lesion by angiography, and their correlations in patients with stable angina (SA) or unstable angina (UA). Methods The 20 patients with UA, 17 patients with SA and 18 patients excluding coronary heart disease (control) were studied. Blood samples were collected during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). To investigate the coronary endothelial injury and dysfunction, we measured the concentrations of nitric oxide (NO)? endothelin (ET) and the number of circulating endothelial cells (CEC) in coronary sinus blood. The jeopardy score for coronary artery lesion was evaluated according to the method by Califf. Results In angina patients, especially in UA patients, NO concentration in coronary sinus blood was lower, while ET concentration and CEC number were markedly higher than those in control group. The jeopardy scores showed no difference between UA and SA. The coronary endothelial injury and dysfunction showed a positive correlation with jeopardy scores. Conclusion The coronary endothelial injury and dysfunction is not only the initiation factor, but may play a key role in the progression of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. Coronary angiography combined with detection of coronary endothelial injury and dysfunction may better describe the lesion of coronary artery, and evaluate the prognosis of patients with coronary heart disease.

Atherosclerosis ; complications ; pathology ; Blood Platelets ; physiology ; Humans ; Platelet Activation ; Thrombosis ; etiology ; pathology

Bioreactors ; Humans ; Liver Failure, Acute ; therapy ; Liver, Artificial ; classification ; Sorption Detoxification ; instrumentation ; methods

Objective To study the prognostic value of procalcitonin (PCT) level in the outcome of patients with paraquat poisoning (PQ).Methods The clinical data of 128 patients with acute PQ admitted to emergency department were collected from March 2013 through March 2014.The patients were divided into two groups:the death group and the survival group (survival of 28 days).Poisoning doses,urine concentration of PQ,time elapsed from poisoning to admission,and time elapsed from poisoning to gastrolavage were documented.And on the 1 st day,the 3rd day and the 7th day after poisoning,serum PCT were detected.The level of PCT was used to investigate the prognostic values in patients with acute PQ in the death group and survival group.Results Of 128 cases,72 (56.3％) survived and 56 died in 28 days.Among them,the level of PCT increased to some extent in the first day in 90 cases,and 48 patients died.According to trend analysis,the levels of PCT in death group on the 1st day,the 3rd day and the 7th day after PQ were significantly higher than those in survival group [ld:(0.96 ±0.13) vs.(0.08 ±0.01),3d:(1.12 ±0.14) vs.(0.28 ±0.05),7d:(1.22 ±0.14) vs.(0.20 ±0.03),P ＜0.01].There was a trend of escalating PCT levels in death group,whereas the PCT level reached the peak on the 3st day and decreased gradually in the following days in survival group.The early PCT level was obviously related to poisoning doses,urine concentration,CRP,WBC,ALT,CR (the coefficient of association were 0.794,0.723,0.724,0.332,0.700,0.414,respectively,P＜0.01).Conclusions The serum level of PCT increased in patients with acute PQ was significantly positively correlated with the oral dose and urine concentration of paraquat,and it can be used as an indicator for PQ severity.There is important clinical significance in detecting the change of serum level of PCT for estimating the condition of patients and evaluating the prognosis.

Objective To investigate the role of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha-induced protein 8-like 2 (TIPE2) for regulating the macrophage polarization in systemic lupus erythematosus and its curative effects on experimental SLE mice.Methods The mice were treated with activated lymphocytes derived DNA (ALD-DNA) for inducing mice model,randomly divided into AAV-scr control group and AAV-TIPE2 experimental group,and injected with AAV-TIPE2 or AAV-scr virus solution from the tail vein of mice.The expression of TIPE2 mRNA and protein in polarized macrophages,serum dsDNA antibody titer,urine protein and renal pathological index were detected.Results (1) The TIPE2 expression level of TIPE2 mRNA and protein in AAV-TIPE2-transfected cells was 13.5±1.6 times and 10.8±1.6 times of AAV-scr control group respectively.(2) M2 macrophage specific molecule MGL+ was 59.6% in AAV-TIPE2 group and MGL + cells in the AAV-scr group was 8.4%.M2/M1 odds ratio of AAV-TIPE2 experimental group to AAV-scr control group was 16.(3) The recombinant TIPE2 adenovirus related vector could stably expressed in transfected HEK-293.In vitro and in vivo experiments confirmed that AAV-TIPE2 was able to induce M2 polarization of macrophages in ALD-DNA-induced lupus mice.(4) The serum anti-dsDNA antibody,urinary protein and renal pathology in the AAV-TIPE2 group were significantly lower than those in the AAV-scr group(P<0.01).Conclusion TIPE2 alleviates the disease condition of ALD-DNA induced SLE mice through induction of macrophage polarization to M2 phenotype,which may be used as a promising therapeutic method for ALD-DNA induced SLE mice.