1.Hospice and palliative care
Lin KANG ; Minglei ZHU ; Xiaohong LIU
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2012;31(6):538-540
Palliative and hospice care for patients suffering severe or end-stage illness with projected short life expectancy.Such services aim to improve patients' quality of life through prognosticating,prevention and treatment of their ailment.The main components include evaluation and treatment of symptoms,pain control,family care,alleviating and treating patients' psychological burden and depression,and offering comfort and dignity.Hospice and palliative care are different from euthanasia,because they neither hasten nor delay the dying process.Instead,they focus on patients'physical and psychological needs and helping patients to maintain their independence and make their own choice.As a new medical subspecialty,palliative and hospice care are considered one of the important frontier in modern medicine.They employ a multi-disciplinary team approach,and the team members require special skill sets including those in communication and symptom management.
2.Investigation of geriatric syndromes in very elderly people in Beijing community
Minglei ZHU ; Xiaolei ZHOU ; Xiaohong LIU
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2015;34(2):207-209
Objective To investigate the geriatric syndromes in the very elderly people in Beijing community,in order to provide the basis for management of geriatric syndromes and rational use of medical resources.Methods All community-dwelling residents aged 95 years and over living in Haidian district and some residents aged 85 years and over living in Haidian,Chaoyang and Xicheng districts were investigated in household in Beijing.The survey included the general condition,functional status and geriatric syndromes such as falls,senile urinary incontinence,chronic pain syndrome,chronic constipation and malnutrition occurrence.Results 336 seniors with the mean age of (96.0± 3.0) years were investigated.The percentage of people who had falls within 1 year,chronic pain,and chronic constipation was 27.2% (88/324),37.3% (122/327) and 47.6% (160/336) respectively.The incidence of urinary incontinence was 37.1% (118/318),with 33.3 % (46/138) in males and 40.0% (72/180) in females,and there was no significant gender difference in the incidence of urinary incontinence (P=0.220).The incidences of malnutrition and malnutrition risks was 10.4% (31/299) and 50.5% (151/299).37.2% of subjects could walk outdoor with a better physical function.The self-rated health satisfaction was lower in elderly people with malnutrition and urinary incontinence than in subjects without those diseases (40.0% vs.70.4%,34.0% vs.64.6%,x2 =25.20,25.30,both P<0.001).26% of them had never heard of geriatrics.Conclusions Geriatric syndromes are common in community-dwelling older seniors.It is urgent to spread the geriatric knowledge and set a reasonable goal for diagnosis and treatment in the seniors.
4.Comprehensive geriatric assessment
Minglei ZHU ; Qiumei WANG ; Xiaohong LIU
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2015;34(7):709-710
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5.Preparation and Evaluation of Core-Shell Resveratrol Molecularly Imprinted Microspheres
Minglei ZHANG ; Zhaohui ZHANG ; Li LIU ; Liji ZHANG ; Lihua NIE
Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry 2010;38(1):129-132
Employing resveratrol as template molecule, acrylamide as functional monomer and ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate as cross-linkers, a core-shell resveratrol imprinted microspheres was prepared based on the surface of SiO_2 with a surface imprinting technique.The molecularly imprinted microsphere was characterized by infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy, and the results showed that the surface grafting of molecularly imprinted polymer-shell particle on SiO_2 was successful and the particles were evenly distributed.High performance liquid chromatography was also used to investigate the imprinted microsphere adsorption per formance, and the results showed that the imprinted microsphere exhibited good recognition performance.The maximum adsorption capacities were Q_(maxl)=9.087 mg/g and Q_(max2)= 13.80 mg/g by the model of Scatchard analysis.The imprinted micospheres was applied to separate resveratrol from the extraction of rhizoma polygoni cuspidate successfully.
6.Protective Effect of Nicorandil on Myocardial Injury and Recurrent Angina after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Shuhan YANG ; Cheng WANG ; Yanbin LIU ; Minglei HAN
Tianjin Medical Journal 2014;(10):1026-1028
Objective To explore the protective effect of pre-operation administration of nicorandil on myocardial injury and recurrent angina in patients with unstable angina pectoris who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Methods A total of 91 patients with unstable angina pectoris were admitted for PCI and randomly divided into 2 groups who either received nicorandil(5 mg tid)or not for 7 days prior to the procedure and routine dose of nicorandil (5mg tid) after it. The concentrations of creatine kinase MB (CK-MB) and cardiac troponin I(cTnI) were compared between two groups before PCI and 6 hours, 18 hours and 24 hours after PCI;Recurent angina and major adverse cardiac events,includ-ing death,re-infarction and stroke at 6 months after the procedure were also chased and compared. Results In total, 75 pa-tients who were successfully undergone elective PC1 were finally enrolled,among whom 37 cases were in nicorandil group and 38 cases were in routine group. Post-procedural levels of CK-MB and cTnI significantly reduced in the nicorandil group between 6~24 h (P<0.05) compared those in routine group.At 6 months follow-up,symptoms of recurrent angina after PCI were significantly relieved in the nicorandil group compared with that in routine group (P < 0.05).Conclusion nicorandil can limit the PCI-induced myocardial injury and relieve the symptoms of recurrent angina after PCI in patients with unstable angina.
7.An analysis of Mycoplasma detection and drug sensitivity test of 3 127 urogenital tract infection women
Jing LIU ; Minglei ZHANG ; Xueting BAI ; Jiao MENG ; Ruonan CAI
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2014;(19):2622-2623
Objective To analyze Mycoplasma detection and drug sensitivity test of 3 127 urogenital tract infection women ,and to provides important basis for clinical diagnosis and treatment .Methods Mycoplasma detection and drug sensitivity of 3 127 uro-genital tract infection women were detected .Results Among 3 127 cases ,1 800 patients were detected Mycoplasma ,and the posi-tivity was 57 .6% .The infection rates of Ureaplasma urealyticum(Uu) ,Mycoplasma hominis(Mh) and Uu+ Mh mixed infection were 46 .2% ,1 .2% ,10 .1% .Uu was sensitive to minocycline ,doxycycline and clarithromycin .Mh was sensitive to minocycline , doxycycline and josamycin .Uu+ Mh mixed infection was sensitive to minocycline ,doxycycline and josamycin .Conclusion Myco-p lasma infections have been the major pathogen of urogenital tract diseases ,the clinical treatment should be based on drug sensitivity test .
8.Effect of Trimetazidine on T-peak to T-end Interval in Patients With Unstable Angina Pectoris After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Shuhan YANG ; Jinsong CHENG ; Yanbin LIU ; Minglei HAN ; Cheng WANG
Chinese Circulation Journal 2014;(10):776-779
Objective: To explore the effect of trimetazidine (TMZ) on T-peak (Tp) to T-end (Te) interval of resting ECG in patients with unstable angina pectoris (UAP) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Methods: We investigated 94 UAP patients with PCI and 76 of them ifnished the study as 2 groups. Control group,n=42, the patients received conventional treatment, and TMZ group,n=34, in addition to conventional treatment, the patients received TMZ 60 mg at 0.5 to 1 hour before PCI. The changes of Tp to Te interval before and after PCI were calculated, serum levels of creatine kinase (CK), creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) and cardiac troponin I (cTnI) at before and at 6, 24 hours after PCI were compared between 2 groups. Ventricular arrhythmia was recorded during PCI. Results: Both groups had shortened Tp to Te intervals after PCI, and TMZ group had more shortened Tp to Te interval, bothP<0.05, while the Tp to Te intervals were similar between 2 group before PCI,P>0.05. The occurrence rate of ventricular arrhythmia in Control group was higher than that in TMZ group (12.52% vs 5.16%) during PCI,P<0.05. Compared with Control group, TMZ group had lower levels of CK, CK-MB and cTnI at 6, 24 hours after PCI, allP<0.05. Conclusion: TMZ could decrease Tp to Te interval of resting ECG, prevent ventricular arrhythmia and reduce the relevant myocardial injury in UAP patients after PCI.
9.Correlation between frailty and coronary heart disease in the elderly
Lin KANG ; Minglei ZHU ; Xiaohong LIU ; Yongtai LIU ; Haiyu PANG ; Shuyang ZHANG ; Wenling ZHU
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2015;34(9):951-955
Objective To prospectively analyze the impact of frailty on the short-term outcomes of coronary heart disease (CHD) and its related factors.Methods A total of 505 patients aged ≥65 years,with diagnosis of CHD in Cardiology Department and Geriatrics Department in our hospital were selected.Clinical data including geriatrics syndromes were collected by using Comprehensive Geriatrics Assessment (CGA).Frailty was defined according to the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS).The impact of the comorbid conditions on the risk was quantified by the coronary artery disease-specific index.Patients were followed up by clinic visit or telephone consultation.Following-up items included recurrence of all-cause mortality,recurrence of cardiovascular events,and unscheduled returned visit.The impact of frailty on the prognosis of coronary heart disease was analyzed by Cox regression.Results Of the 505 patients,221 patients (43.76%) were considered to be frail elderly,in whom 126 patients (24.95%) were assessed as moderately to severely frail elderly.The incidences of comorbidities and geriatrics syndrome including incontinence,fall history,visual impairment,hearing impairment,constipation,chronic pain,sleeping disorder,dental problems,anxiety or depression,and delirium were higher in frail patients than in non-frail patients[51.1% (113/221) vs.30.6% (87/ 284),31.2% (69/221) vs.19.0% (54/284),43.9% (97/221) vs.29.9% (85/284),49.3% (109/221) vs.29.6% (84/284),60.2% (133/221) vs.33.8% (96/284),62.0% (137/221) vs.46.8% (133/284),49.3% (109/221) vs.37.7% (107/284),79.2% (175/221) vs.55.6% (158/284),11.3% (25/221) vs.6.0% (17/284),2.7% (6/221) vs.0 (0/284),x2=21.831,10.053,10.510,20.519,34.894,11.481,6.886,30.695,4.624,7.803,respectively,all P<0.05].After adjusting for sex,age,severity of illness and other coexist factors,the Cox survival analysis showed that frailty was the independent risk predictor for the all-cause mortality and unscheduled return visit in CHD patients (HR=2.881 and 1.835,95%CI:1.591-5.215 and 1.458-2.311,both P<0.001).Conclusions Comprehensive Geriatrics Assessment and Clinical Frail Scale are useful to evaluate the clinical features in elderly CHD patients.Frailty is the independent risk predictor for the short-term prognosis including all-cause mortality and unscheduled return visit in elderly CHD patients.
10.Meta analysis of euthyrox on the blood lipid of patients with hypothyroidism
Kunjie LIU ; Zhian ZHOU ; Jie ZHAO ; Li JIANG ; Minglei JIN ; Xiaoling ZHAO ; Shuwei BIAN
Chinese Journal of Biochemical Pharmaceutics 2014;37(7):167-170
Objective To study the effect of euthyrox on blood lipids in patients with hypothyroidism throngh the meta analysis.Methods Patients with clinical hypothyroidism theated by euthyrox on blood lipid effect of randomized controlled trials were retried by Pubmed(2000/2014-07),EMbase (2000/2014-07),the Cochrane library(2014,7),the Chinese biomedical literature database(2000/2014-07),retrieved the time limit from January 2000 to July 2014.The paper were objective evaluated of the quality,Meta analysis with Rev Man 5.3 software system applicated by Cochrane collaboration.Results Euthyrox could significantly reduce cholesterol levels of hypothyroidism patients ,it was statistically significant difference(OR=0.63,95%CI:0.71 ~0.55,P<0.001);Euthyrox could significantly reduce triglyceride levels of hypothyroidism patients,difference was statistically significant(OR =0.29,95%CI:0.34 ~0.25,P <0.001 );Euthyrox could significantly reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels of hypothyroidism patients,it was statistically significant difference(OR=0.22,95%CI:0.30 ~0.14,P<0.001);euthyrox could obviously increase high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, it was statistically significant difference (OR =0.21, 95% CI:0.17 ~0.26, P <0.001 ). Conclusion Euthyrox could significantly reduce total cholesterol,triglyceride,low-density lipoprotein cholesterol(hdl-c)of hypothyroidism patients,and promote the synthesis of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol(hdl-c),could effectively promote the lipid metabolism,reduce blood fat level,prevent the happening of the disease of heart head blood-vessel hypothyroidism patients,have the guide meaning to clinical treatment.