1.Roles of monoamine neurotransmitters in the mechanism of drug addiction
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2015;(2):149-151,152
Drug addiction is a chronic recrudescent brain dis-ease. Various addictive drugs acting on the reward system result in rewarding effects through changes in neurotransmitter patholog-ical release. Among these monoamine neurotransmitters, 5-hydroxytryptamine, norepinephrine and dopamine play key roles in drug addiction. This paper reviews, from a comprehensive perspective, the roles which monoamine neurotransmitters play in the drug addiction and the process of getting addictive.
2.Perioperative nursing of acute intracranial arterial occlusion treated with mechanical thrombectomy with Solitaire AB stent
Huihua BAI ; Xiaojuan ZHU ; Lihua FAN
Modern Clinical Nursing 2013;(9):40-43,44
Objective To summarize the perioperative nursing of acute intracranial arterial occlusion treated with mechanical thrombectomy with Solitaire AB stent.Methods Fifty-three cases of acute intracranial arterial occlusion were treated with mechanical thrombectomy with Solitaire AB stent.Before the operation,emergency green passage was established and after the operation,the nursing measures included close observation of conditions,intensified basic nursing,control and management of blood pressure and medication,prevention from the complications by reperfusion injury and early rehabilitative training.Results The mechanical thrombectomy with Solitaire AB stent was successful for all the 53 patients.The occlusions in the blood vessels of 44 cases were fully removed and those in 9 cases were partially removed,3 treated with stent for stenosis.Conclusion The nursing points for acute intracranial arterial occlusion treated with mechanical thrombectomy with Solitaire AB stent include preoperative effective preparation, close observation of the disease conditions such as changes in their consciousness and blood pressure,prevention from reperfusion injury and early rehabilitative training.
3.Clinical effects of combined fascia sheath suspension and frontal muscle flap suspension in correction of severe congenital ptosis
Junhu SHI ; Shan LIU ; Hongbin ZHANG ; Ping BAI ; Lihua SONG
Chinese Journal of Medical Aesthetics and Cosmetology 2017;23(2):107-110
Objective To compare the therapeutic effect of combined fascia sheath suspension and frontal muscle flap suspension in the treatment of congenital severe congenital ptosis.Methods 46 cases (58 eyes) with congenital severe upper eyelid prolapse who were treated from March 2015 to March 2016 in Eye Hospital of Hebei Province were selected.The patients were divided into two groups:combined fascial sheath suspension group and frontalis muscle flap suspension.Comparisons of postoperative patients with eyelid height,eyelid radian,corneal exposure with eyes closed,eyelid activity,complication of the situation were carried out.And patient satisfaction survey was conducted.Results The effective rate of combined fascial sheath suspension group was 93.10%,the complication rate was 6.9%,and the patient satisfaction rate was 91.22±0.37,significantly better than the frontal muscle flap suspension group of patients (75.86 %,24.14 % and 75.05 ± 0.28,respectively).The time of closure of the eyelid was shortened,the complications were less,and the eyelid had better activity.The difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P<0.05).Conclusions Combined fascia sheath for congenital severe upper eyelid droop is significant,with fewer complications and a higher rate of satisfaction,which is worth clinical promotion.
4.Role of self-made auxiliary device in precise radiotherapy for pelvic tumor
Fei BAI ; Mei SHI ; Jie LI ; Lihua ZHANG ; Lin XU
Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology 2016;25(6):615-617
Objective To investigate the role of self-made auxiliary device in pelvic tumor radiotherapy with phantom immobilization using Varian cone-beam CT (CBCT).Methods A total of 50 patients with pelvic tumor were enrolled and randomly divided into study group and control group according to the order of enrollment.The patients in the study group were immobilized with thermoplastic phantom and self-made auxiliary device,and those in the control group were immobilized with thermoplastic phantom.CBCT scan and online matching were regularly performed before radiotherapy to obtain the setup errors of the left-right (x),cranial-caudal (y),and anterior-posterior (z) directions.The independent-samples t-test was used for comparison between groups.Results The set-up errors in the x-,y-,and z-directions in the study group were 1.56± 1.00 mm,1.60± 1.29 mm,and 1.36± 1.00 mm,respectively,and those in the control group were 1.76±1.33 mm,2.76±1.69 mm,and 1.92±0.91 mm,respectively (P=0.551,0.009,and 0.043).Conclusions Self-made auxiliary device helps to eliminate the errors in the cranial-caudal direction and solve the problem of involuntary activities of the lower limbs.
6.Application of Two Kinds of Video Laryngoscope in General Anesthesia during UPPP Operation
Guiping WANG ; Lihua CHANG ; Peng ZHANG ; Jiujian WANG ; Guang BAI
Tianjin Medical Journal 2014;(8):822-824
Objective To compare success rate of intubation and safety of two types of video laryngoscopes during anesthesia in uvulopalatopharyngoplasty surgery (UPPP) for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) patients. Methods UPPP surgery were operated to 60 patients between January and October of 2013 and those patients were randomly divided into McGrath MAC video laryngoscope group (M group), GlideScope video laryngoscope (G group), and SHUCMAN direct la-ryngoscopy (S group), with 20 patients per group. Mallampati classification scores, Cormack-Lehane grade, intubation suc-cess rate, pre-intubation vs post-intubation heart rate and blood pressure changes were recorded and compared. Results Mallampati classification scores were not significantly different between these three groups, and Cormack-Lehane grade be-tween M group and G group were also not statistically different. M and G group had distinct advantages in Cormack-Lehane grade, success rate in intubation, heart rate, blood pressure at completion of intubation (T3) and 1 minute after intubation (T4), and the differences are statistically significant (P < 0.05). Blood pressure changes were stabler in G group than M group. Conclusion The two video laryngoscopes used in anesthesia intubation during UPPP surgery can both effectively re-veal the structure of the throat, but also work with high success rate and safety. What’s more, in this study the McGrath MAC video laryngoscope was shown to be superior to GlideScope video laryngoscope.
7.Rapid Determination of Four Kinds of Furocoumarin Compounds in Traditional Chinese Medicine by Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction
Yanjie ZHANG ; Xiaohong BAI ; Lihua LI ; Quande WANG
Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry 2009;37(12):1805-1809
A method was developed for the determination of furocoumarin compounds(psoralen, oxypeucedanin, imperatorin, isoimperatorin) in traditional Chinese medicine samples by dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction(DLLME) coupled with high performance liquid chromatography and the relation of sample solution volume, sediment phase volume with enrichment factors was deducted. Some important parameters that influenced the extraction efficiency were optimized: 50 μL carbon tetrachloride and 300 μL acetonitrile were rapidly injected into 1.5 mL sample solution containing 2.5%(w/V) NaCl. After centrifugation at 3500 r/min for 3 min, the sedimented CCl_4 phase was pumped and recorded the volume, then dissolved with methanol and injected into the HPLC for analysis. Under the optimum conditions, a good linear relationship was obtained in the range of 0.006 6.00 mg/L of both psoralen and oxypeucedanin and 0.006-12.0 mg/L of both imperatorin and isoimperatorin. The limits of detection were 1.0-3.0 μg/L(S/N=3). The relative standard deviations were 2.3%-5.4%(n=5). The enrichment factors ranged from 12.6 to 38.5 folds. The average recoveries ranged from 97.5% to 114.8%. The four kinds of furocoumarin compounds in Radix Angelicae dahuricae and Yuanhu Zhitong tablet were determined by the proposed method with satisfactory results.
8.Monitoring and evaluating on cell injury in patients with severe trauma
Lihua TIAN ; Duan HU ; Xiangjun BAI ; Xiyuan ZHOU ; Hong ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine 2008;17(6):627-630
Objective To observe the changes in cytokines, oxygen free radicals, acidulous production in serum and to investigate the effectiveness of monitoring metabolism of cells and the method for evaluating cell injury in patients with severe trauma. Method The detailed data of 117 patients rescued and managed carefully from May 2005 to February 2007 were assessed and stratified with ISS and APACHE Ⅱ , and the serum levels of arterial blood lactate(ABL) ,base deficit(BD) ,superoxide(SOD) ,lipid peroxide(LPO) ,TNF-α and IL-6 were measured in real-time according to the condition of the patient. Results The monitoring biomarkers obviously changed with injury severity which endangered the situation of patients after trauma (P < 0.05) , especially in the patients with ischemia , hypoxia, shock, iniection, SIRS, and MODS (P < 0.01). The persistence of extremely elevated levels of biomarkers meant the organ failure and fatality of patients after trauma, and there was a obvious differece between those cases and cases without elevation of biomarkers ( P < 0.01). Conclusions The outcome of patients after trauma is closely correlated with injury severity,infection and MODS,and the levels of biomarkers including ABL, SOD, IPO, TNF-a and IL-6 are useful indicators of outcome measure.
9.Study on the ultimate criteria of optimal goal in fluid resuscitation for severely traumatized patients
Lihua TIAN ; Dawei SUN ; Xiangjun BAI ; Yiliu LIAO ; Xiyuan ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010;19(5):462-465
Objective To evaluate the physiological variables,which precisely and reliably reflected the effect of emergency fluid therapy for severely traumatized patients, in order to set up the ultimate criteria of optimal goal in fluid resuscitation. Method A total of 149 patients with severe trauma were given fluid resuscitation and were stratified into 3 groups with different severities of trauma as per ISS (injury severity score) and APACHE Ⅱ . Of all patients, heart rate (HR), systolic blood pressure (SBP), oxygen saturation of arterial blood (SaO2), blood gas analysis, arterial blood lactate (ABL), oxygen saturation of central venous blood (SCVO2) or oxygen saturation of mixed venous blood (SVC2), urine output, base excess (BE) and oxygenation index (OI = PaO2/FiO2) were measured and calculated. These variables were compared between groups to find out the significant differences and the relationship to response time to fluid therapy as well as complications and outcomes. Results Within 24 hours of fluid resuscitation, 127 patients reached the therapeutic goal in respect of systemic hemodynamics improved including the variables of SBP, HR and urine output, and the optimal goal of fluid therapy in 112 patients was estimated with cellular oxygen available found in the levels of ABL, BE and OI measured. These two sets of criteria (clinical signs vs laboratory findings) for determining the therapeutic goal showed significant difference in length of time taken for reaching the goal of treatment ( P < 0.05). There were significant differences in APACHE Ⅱ scores between those reaching the therapeutic goal within 24 hours and those taking longer time over 24 hours reaching the therapeutic goal or the death (P < 0.01). The duration of persistence in abnormal systemic hemody-namics and laboratory findings was longer in patients with complications or injured to death than that in survivors (P <0.05 -0.01). Conclusions In addition to the stability of vital signs, tissue perfusion and cellular oxy-genation should be taken as ultimate criteria of successful fluid resuscitation for severely traumatized patients judged by means of measuring the ABL, BE and OI variables.
10.Effects of stromal derived factor-1 and CXC chemokine receptor-4 in rats with white matter damage treated with human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells
Shiyu WANG ; Lihua ZHU ; Xiang BAI ; Li JIANG ; Wei LI
Chinese Journal of Perinatal Medicine 2014;17(5):329-336
Objective To investigate the effects and the migration mechanisms of stromal derived factor-1 (SDF-1) and CXC chemokine receptor-4 (CXCR-4) in rats with white matter damage treated with human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs).Methods A total of 108 three-day old Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into the experimental group,control group and sham group.The left common carotid artery was ligated and then exposed to hypoxia of 6% O2 and 94% N2 in rats in the experimental and control groups.Rats in sham group were neither ligation nor hypoxia.After 24 hours,rats in the experimental group were administered 0.5 ml hUC-MSCs (1 × 106/ml) intraperitoneally,and rats in control and sham groups were administered 0.5 ml saline by the same way.Immunohistochemistry and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction were used to determine the expression of SDF-1 and CXCR-4 protein and mRNA in 5-,7-and 14-day-old rats.Analysis of variance and the LSD test were used for statistical analysis of the data.Results HE staining showed that,in 14 day-old rats of the experimental group,bilateral cerebral ventricles were similar with no cellular edema or necrocytosis.In the sham group,bilateral cerebral ventricles were also normal.However,in the control group,ventriculomegaly,cellular degeneration and necrocytosis were observed on the left side.On the 5th,7th and 14th day,SDF-1 protein levels were 0.15±0.06,0.24±0.01 and 0.12±0.01,and CXCR-4 protein levels were 0.35±0.16,0.60±0.21 and 0.72±0.25,respectively,in the experimental group; SDF-1 protein levels were 0.13 ± 0.01,0.16± 0.01 and 0.08± 0.01,and CXCR-4 protein levels were 0.18 ± 0.04,0.17 ± 0.09 and 0.25 ± 0.06,respectively,in the control group,and all were higher than those in the sham group (SDF-1 protein levels were 0.03 ± 0.01,0.04± 0.01 and 0.02±0.01; and CXCR-4 protein levels were 0.04±0.02,0.05±0.03 and 0.05±0.03,respectively) (LSD test,all P<0.05).SDF-1 protein increased to a peak on the 7th day and decreased on the 14th day in the experimental group,however,these values were both higher than those in the control group (LSD test,both P<0.05).CXCR-4 protein increased on the 5th day and continued to increase up to the 14th day in the experimental group,and these values were higher than those in the control group at the three time points (LSD test,all P<0.05).In 5-,7-and 14-day-old rats,SDF-1 mRNA levels were 3.52 ± 0.33,4.18± 0.28 and 2.60± 0.21,respectively,in the experimental group,which were higher than those in the control group (2.07± 0.34,3.73 ± 0.28 and 2.08± 0.15,respectively),and were even higher than those in the sham group (0.99±0.17,1.00±0.16 and 1.31 ±0.32,respectively) (LSD test,all P<0.05).In the experimental group,SDF-1 mRNA levels reached a peak on the 7th day,and on the 14th day,it decreased to the level lower than that on the 5th day (LSD test,all P<0.05).In the control group,SDF-1 mRNA levels also reached a peak in 7-day-old rats,but not in 14-day-old rats,which was similar to 5-day old rats (LSD test,9>0.05).In 5-,7 and 14-day-old rats of the experimental group,CXCR-4 mRNA levels were 1.32±0.29,1.75±0.36 and 2.33±0.49,respectively,higher than those in the sham group (1.00±0.16,0.94±0.16 and 0.81±0.14,respectively) and the control group (0.97±0.14,0.97±0.15 and 1.07±0.25,respectively) (LSD test,all P<0.05).In the experimental group,CXCR-4 mRNA levels were higher in 14-day-old rats than that in 5-and 7-day-old rats (LSD test,both P<0.05).Conclusions SDF-1/CXCR-4 may play a vital role in the migration of hUC-MSCs homing to damaged brain.