Objective To investigate anesthesia effect comparision of the Rayleigh fentanyl-propofol intravenous anes-thesia and epidural anesthesia and analyze the safety and feasibility of them. Methods A total of 70 cases of the pa-tients undergoing laparoscopic surgery were randomly divided into A,B groups, 35 cases in each group, group A used Rayleigh fentanyl-propofol intravenous anesthesia and group B used lumbar epidural anesthesia. Results Narcotic ef-fect, pain, muscle relaxant and internal force of group A were better than that of group B (P<0.05, P<0.01); There were no significant difference of SBP, DBP, MAP, HR, SpO2 between group A and group B; Intraoperative inflow,inci-dence of postoperative nausea and vomiting and the use of ephedrine in group A were less than group B(P<0.01). Con-clusion In gynecological laparoscopic surgery anesthesia, the effect of Rayleigh fentanyl-propofol intravenous anesthe-sia,which is easy and security, is better than that of lumbar epidural anesthesia.

Objective To observe the effects of two different gauze folding patterns used in local hemostasis after peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC).Methods A total of 152 patients were selected and divided into two groups according to PICC date sequence as control group of 72 patients using 2.0 cm× 2.0 cm little gauze to oppress the puncture point and observation group of 80 patients using 1.0 cm× 1.5 cm gauze ball made by ourselves to oppress the puncture point.The oozing of the puncture point was observed in patients of the two groups.Results The hemostasis was better in the observation group than in the control group (x2=15.88,P＜0.01).No limb swelling happened to the patients in the observation group (x2=58.064,P＜0.01).There was statistically significant difference in hemostatic effect between the two groups.Conclusion The sterile gauze ball made by ourselves has a good effect on local hemostasis through oppressing the puncture point without any impact on blood circulation of limbs.

BackgroundThe relationship between lipids and coronary artery disease has been well established. However, this is not the case between lipids and heart failure. Ironically, high lipid levels are associated with better outcomes in heart failure, but the mechan-isms underlying the phenomenon are not fully understood. This study was performed to test the hypothesis that reduced intestinal lipid absorption due to venous congestion may lead to low lipid levels.MethodsWe collected data of clinical characteristics, echocardio-graph, and lipid profile in 442 unselected patients with congestive heart failure. Correlations between lipid levels[including total cho-lesterol(TCL), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol(LDL-C), and triglycerides(TG)]and right ventricle end diastolic diameter (RVEDD), left ventricle end diastolic diameter (LVEDD), right atrium diameter (RA), left atrium diameter (LA), or left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF) were analyzed using Pearson correlation and partial correlation. RVEDD, LVEDD, RA, and LA were indexed to the body surface area.ResultsThere was a significantly inverse correlation between TCL le-vels and RVEDD (r=-0.34,P<0.001) and RA (r=-0.36,P<0.001). Other lipids such as LDL-C, HDL-C, and TG had asimilar inverse correlation with RVEDD and RA. All these correlations remained unchanged after adjusting for age, gender, smoking status, physical activity levels, comorbidities, and medication use.ConclusionsLipid levels were inversely correlated to RVEDD in patients with congestive heart failure; however, because this was an observational study, further investigation is needed to verify our results as wellas identify a causal relationship, if any.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of doxazosin(DOX) and metoprolol( MET) on vascular remodeling in rats with abdominal aorta coarctation (AAC). METHODS An animal model was established by AAC. Two weeks later, the rats were treated with DOX (10 mg.kg-1 per day) or MET (20 mg.kg-1 per day) for six weeks. Blood pressure was measured using carotid artery intubation with a MP150 polygraph. The media thickness, wall cross-sectional area and thickness / internal diameter ratio were calculated by morphometry. Vascular fibrosis was evaluated by Masson′s trichrome staining. The collagen and fibronectin expression in vascules was measured by Western blotting. RESULTS Compared with the sham group 〔(17.6±0.5)kPa〕, the mean arterial blood pressure in the model group〔(23.3±0.7)kPa〕 was significantly increased(P<0.05), but was lowered by DOX 〔(20.5±0.7)kPa〕 and MET 〔(19.0±0.4) kPa〕 (P<0.05). Moreover, HE staining showed that tunica media thickness, artery vessel area and thickness / inner diameter in the model group were increased by 39.5%, 46.4% and 27.0%(P<0.05), respectively. The tunica media thickness was decreased by 16.0% and 26.1%( P<0.05), respectively, the artery vessel area by 22.8% and 26.1%(P<0.05), respectively, and the thick-ness / inner diameter by 17.0% and 26.0%( P<0.05) when the rats were treated with DOX and MET. Masson staining showed that the collagen accumulation in vascules increased, suggesting that AAC induced fibrosis. Meanwhile, vascular fibrosis induced by AAC was also reduced by MET or DOX. Western blotting also proved that the increase of collagen and fibronectin induced by AAC could be attenuated by DOX and MET(P<0.05). CONCLUSION DOX and MET are effective in suppressing the role of norepi-nephrine in vassels, which can attenuate AAC-induced vassels remodeling by preventing the binding between norepinephrine and adrenoceptors.

Background Hyperuricemia is frequently present in patients with heart failure. Many pathological conditions, such as tissue ischemia, renal function impairment, cardiac function impairment, metabolic syndrome, and inflammatory status, may impact uric acid (UA) metabolism. This study was to assess their potential relations to UA metabolism in heart failure. Methods We retrospectively assessed clinical characteristics, echocardiological, renal, metabolic and inflammatory variables selected on the basis of previous evidence of their involvement in cardiovascular diseases and UA metabolism in a large cohort of randomly selected adults with congestive heart failure (n = 553). By clustering of indices, those variables were explored using factor analysis. Results In factor analysis, serum uric acid (SUA) formed part of a principal cluster of renal functional variables which included serum creatinine (SCr) and blood urea nitrogen (BUN). Univariate correlation coefficients between variables of patients with congestive heart failure showed that the strongest correlations for SUA were with BUN (r = 0.48, P < 0.001) and SCr (r = 0.47, P < 0.001). Conclusions There was an inverse relationship between SUA levels and measures of renal function in patients with congestive heart failure. The strong correlation between SUA and SCr and BUN levels suggests that elevated SUA concentrations reflect an impairment of renal function in heart failure.

Objective:To explore the effects of different approaches for second-trimester multifetal pregnancy reduction on pregnancy outcome in women with dichorionic triamniotic (DCTA) triplet.Methods:A retrospective study was performed on 51 women with DCTA triplet pregnancies who were referred to Guangdong Women and Children Hospital for second-trimester multifetal pregnancy reduction from January 2014 to January 2020. All participants were divided into either preventive group ( n=39) or treatment group ( n=12) according to the indication for multifetal pregnancy reduction, and they were further allocated to three subgroups based on different reduction methods, which were reduction to dichorionic twin by radiofrequency ablation (RFA) (RFA subgroup), reduction to monochorionic singleton (KCl-singleton subgroup) or monochorionic twin (KCl-twin subgroup) by cardiac injection of potassium chloride. Pregnancy loss rate, neonatal birth weight, gestational age at delivery, incidence of intrauterine death, and neonatal death were compared and analyzed between different groups using t-test, analysis of variance, Chi-square test, Fisher's exact test and Bonferroni correction. Results:(1) The mean gestational week at operation in the treatment group was significantly later than that in the preventive group [(18.5±3.1) vs (15.0±2.3) weeks, t=-4.209, P<0.001]. In the preventive group, the mean gestational week at operation in the RFA subgroup was later than the KCl-singleton and KCl-twin subgroup[(17.2±1.6) vs (13.8±1.5) and (12.7±1.0) weeks, t=6.630 and 3.875, respectively, both P<0.05]. (2) The postoperative pregnancy loss rate in the preventive group was decreased compared with the treatment group [10.3%(4/39) vs 5/12, Fisher's exact test, P<0.05], and the live birth ratio was increased [ 85.7%(48/56) vs 10/18, χ2=5.640, P=0.018]. No live birth infants with birth weight <1 500 g was reported in the KCl-singleton subgroup in preventive group, and the statistical significance was observed in the intra-group differences ( P<0.05) rather than the pairwise comparison differences in the preventive group. For the proportion of live births, there was a statistically significant difference in the intra-group comparison in the treatment group, which was higher in the RFA subgroup than that in the KCl-twin subgroup (6/6 vs 1/6, P=0.045). No significant difference was revealed among pregnancy loss rate, gestational weeks at delivery, the mean birth weight, premature delivery <32 gestational weeks, and full-term birth rate among three different approaches within the two groups. (3) No monochorionic twin complications or perinatal death occurred in any RFA or KCl-singleton subgroups in the two groups. In the KCl-twin subgroups including five cases with ten fetuses, including three live birth, four miscarriage, three intrauterine death occured, while no neonatal death was reported. One case with selective fetal uterine growth restriction in the preventive group delivered two live births, and one case with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome in the treatment group had intrauterine death in one fetus and one survival neonate. Conclusions:The pregnancy outcome of multifetal pregnancy reduction to dichorionic diamniotic twins by RFA or reduction to singleton by cardiac injection of potassium chloride are comparative in women with DCTA triplet, regardless of whether it is a preventive or therapeutic reduction.

Objective:To explore the dosimetry difference between volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and tomo direct (TD) in tumor bed simultaneous push radiotherapy after left breast-conserving surgery, and to provide more dosimetry reference for clinic.Methods:A total of 22 patients with left breast cancer who underwent simultaneous quantitative radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery were selected from the Department of Radiation Oncology, Yunnan Cancer Hospital from December 2018 to June 2020. The localized CT images and target organs at risk and other structural data were collected. Two radiotherapy plans, VMAT and TD, were designed for the same patient, and the dosimetry differences of target areas and organs at risk were compared and analyzed between the two groups.Results:In terms of target dosimetry, there were statistically significant differences in the D 2% [ (59.99±0.19) Gy vs. (59.55±0.51) Gy, t=4.09, P<0.001], D 98% [ (57.19±0.08) Gy vs. (57.46±0.22) Gy, t=-5.10, P<0.001], conformal index (CI) (0.76±0.05 vs. 0.58±0.13, t=8.19, P<0.001) and homogeneity index (HI) (0.05±0.00 vs. 0.04±0.01, t=4.89, P<0.001) of the planning gross tumor volume (PGTV) between VMAT and TD plans. However, there was no statistically significant difference in the D 50% [ (58.73±0.10) Gy vs. (58.73±0.24) Gy, t=-0.03, P=0.974]. There were statistically significant differences in the D 50% [ (52.21±0.33) Gy vs. (53.00±0.72) Gy, t=-4.81, P<0.001], D 98% [ (48.44±0.43) Gy vs. (49.09±0.21) Gy, t=-6.80, P<0.001], CI (0.83±0.06 vs. 0.67±0.06, t=10.52, P<0.001) and HI (0.20±0.01 vs. 0.19±0.01, t=8.75, P<0.001) of the planned target volume (PTV) between the two plans. However, there was no statistically significant difference in the D 2% [ (59.01±0.45) Gy vs. (59.00±0.48) Gy, t=0.22, P=0.830]. In terms of organs at risk, there were statistically significant differences in the V 20 [ (18.81±2.86) % vs. (22.03±1.91) %, t=-5.36, P<0.001] and D mean [ (11.66±1.32) Gy vs. (12.85±1.46) Gy, t=-4.10, P=0.007] of left lung, V 5 [ (5.70±2.90) % vs. (0.30±0.13) %, t=16.44, P<0.001] and D mean [ (2.45±0.29) Gy vs. (0.43±0.14) Gy, t=9.09, P<0.001] of right lung, D mean [ (3.22±0.72) Gy vs. (1.69±0.80) Gy, t=5.41, P<0.001] of right breast, D 2% [ (5.37±1.97) Gy vs. (0.46±0.09) Gy, t=11.75, P<0.001] of cord between VMAT and TD plans. There were no significant differences in the V 5 of left lung [ (53.00±5.99) % vs. (50.00±7.69) %, t=1.91, P=0.061], V 5 of right breast [ (11.51±4.60) % vs. (8.06±3.49) %, t=1.59, P=0.120], V 30 [ (1.49±0.69) % vs. (1.51±0.71) %, t=-0.06, P=0.952] and D mean [ (3.99±0.97) Gy vs. (3.90±1.03) Gy, t=0.56, P=0.581] of heart between the two plans. Conclusion:TD and VMAT can meet the clinical dosimetry requirements for patients with left breast cancer after breast-conserving surgery. However, the two techniques have their own characteristics. VMAT has better conformity and TD has better uniformity. TD is significantly better than VMAT in protecting the right lung, right breast and spinal cord of healthy organs at risk. VMAT is better in protecting the left lung. Both VMAT and TD basically achieve the same protection for heart.

OBJECTIVEThis study will explore whether reactive oxygen species (ROS) is involved in TGF-β1-induced JNK activation, pulmonary fibroblast proliferation and collagen type I and III synthesis.

METHODSPulmonary fibroblasts were randomly divided into control (0.4% serum) and TGF-β1 (5 µg/L) groups to detect whether TGF-β1 could induce pulmonary fibroblast proliferation, synthesis of collagen I and III, phosphorylated-JNK (p-JNK) and 8-OHdG (indicator of ROS); while in the part to explore whether NAC (N-acetyl-L-cysteine, antioxidants) has the inhibitory role in TGF-β1-induced pulmonary fibroblast, it did control (0.4% serum), H2O2 (0.1 mmol/L, positive control), H2O2+NAC (10 mmol/L), TGF-β1 (5 µg/L), TGF-β1+NAC groups. Pulmonary fibroblast proliferation, 8-OHdG levels, expressions of JNK and collagen I and III were used by MTT assay, immunofluorescence and western blot respectively.

RESULTSIn the experiments to detect the effect of TGF-β1 on pulmonary fibroblasts, compared with control, TGF-β1 significantly stimulated pulmonary fibroblast proliferation and increased collagen I and III protein, p-JNK and 8-OHdG levels. In the next experiments to explore whether NAC has the inhibitory role in TGF-β1-induced pulmonary fibroblasts, compared with control, pulmonary fibroblast proliferation and the levels of collagen I and II, p-JNK, 8-OHdG were all significantly increased in H2O2 and TGF-β1 groups; while these changes were markedly blocked with the treatment of NAC.

CONCLUSIONTGF-β1 induces pulmonary fibroblasts to generate ROS, which contributes to JNK activation and pulmonary fibroblast proliferation as well as collagen synthesis, while ROS inhibition suppresses this effet of TGF-β1 in pulmonary fibroblasts.

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