1.Anti-inflammatory effect of astragalosides and its mechanisms of action
Qin YANG ; Jingtao LU ; Bin WANG ; Aiwu ZHOU ; Minzhu CHEN
Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2001;6(1):21-24
AimTo study the anti-inflammatory effect of astragalosides(AST) and its mechanisms of action. Methods The exudate volume, neutrophil count and protein content in exudate were measuredinthe carrageenan-induced air pounch model in rats. The content of PGE2 was assayed by radioimmunoassay,the activity of PLA2 by microacid titration assay, IL-8 by ELISA, and NO by nitrate reductase assay. The production of O2 in neutrophil was determined by cytochrome C assay. Results AST(40, 80 mg· kg -1) could markedly reduce the exudate volume, neutrophil count, protein content, the content of IL-8, and the production of O2.AST lowered PLA2 activity of neutrophil and accellular component in exudate, and it also decreased the contents of PGE2 and NO in exudate. Conclusion AST has an obvious anti-inflammatory effect on carrageenan-induced acute inflammation.Its mechanisms may be related to the inhibition of vascular permeability and leukocyte migration, as well as to the suppression of PLA2 activity and the reduction of IL-8, PGE2, NO and O2 production.
2.Inhibitory effects of alendronate on osteoclastic bone resorption in vitro
Jingtao LU ; YANGYAN ; Bin WANG ; Aiwu ZHOU ; Minzhu CHEN ;
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 1987;0(03):-
AIM To study the effect of alendronate sodium (Alen) on osteoclastic bone resorbing lacunae. METHOD Using the method of culturing osteoclasts on slices, the techniques of photomicrography microdensitometric scan and computer image analysis. RESULTS Alen(0 5,5 or 50 ?mol?L -1 )reduced the number and the surface area of osteoctastic bone resorbing lacunae dose dependently compared with model group there was significant defference ( P
3.Effect of detection of cardiac markers on patients with acute coronary syndrome
Minzhu WANG ; Hongying DAI ; Fenglian HUANG ; Yumei MAI
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2010;26(13):19-21
Objective To investigate changes in cardiac markers and its effect on instructing nursing of patients with acute coronary syndrome(ACS).Methods 100 ACS patients from cardiology department and CCU were randomly divided into the observation group and the control group. The control group was given routine care. the observation group was given intervention according to positive results of cardiac markers. Some indexes such as B-type natriuretic peptide, myoglobin, creatine kinase isoenzyme, cardiac troponin I, and EKG, congestive heart failure and cardiogenic shock as well as appraisal of patients and relatives to nurses were compared between the two groups. Results The observation group was better than the control group in subsequent indicators: B-type natriuretic peptide, myoglobin, creatine kinase isoenzyme, cardiac troponin I,EKG, congestive heart failure and cardiogenic shock, and appraisal of patients and relatives to nurses was also better than the control group. Conclusions Detection of cardiac markers not only has significance for diagnosis, risk stratification and prognosis of ACS, but also help to instruct nursing of ACS patients. It has an important role in raising the nurses ability to identify risk factors and take effective measures to reduce complications and mortality, improve satisfaction degree of patients and their family members.
4.Determination of Plasticizer DEHP Released from Medical Injection Equipment.
Jian ZHENG ; Minzhu WANG ; Wang ANYAN ; Pinghua XU ; Yin HAN ; Yan WEN ; Li ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Medical Instrumentation 2015;39(6):451-453
To established an effective GC-MS /MS method for the contents determination of the residual DEHP in injection equipment, and investigate the effect of the pretreatment on the measurement. To simulate the clinical conditions of use, under the condition of 37 degrees C balance extraction, extract liquor by chloroform extraction, then the extract followed by analysis of GC-MS /MS. The method was simple, rapid, sensitive and accurate. The limits of quantitation (LOQ, S/N = 5) of cyclohexanone was 0.075 μg/mL, The spiked average recoveries ranged from 92% to 98%. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) of the method ranged from 1.01% to 1.61%, The method was simple, fast, sensitive and accurate, and may serve as a mass control method for residual DEHP in injection equipment.
Cyclohexanones
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chemistry
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Diethylhexyl Phthalate
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chemistry
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Equipment Contamination
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Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
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Injections
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instrumentation
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Limit of Detection
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Plasticizers
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chemistry
5.Clinical research on effect of Xijiaodihuang decoction for treatment of elderly patients with sepsis
Mo ZHANG ; Minzhu LI ; Jun LU ; Mingqi CHEN ; Hua JIANG ; Xing WANG ; Jing YAN
Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine in Intensive and Critical Care 2017;24(4):359-363
Objective To observe the effect of Xijiaodihuang decoction on the release of inflammatory mediators and prognosis in elderly patients with sepsis.Methods A prospective randomized controlled study was conducted. Seventy-four patients with sepsis admitted to the Department of Geriatrics of Changshu Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Affiliated to Nanjing University of TCM from March 2015 to February 2017, and they were divided into a TCM treatment group and a control group randomly, 37 cases in each group, there were 2 patients transferred to other department during the period of study to continue treatment, 2 patients discharged automatically and 1 case transferred to other hospital in the TCM treatment group; and there were 3 patients transferred to other hospital, 1 patient discharged automatically, 1 patient dead in 7 days after entering the control group and 1 patient transferred to other department during the period of observation to continue treatment in the control group. Finally, 32 patients were in TCM treatment group and 31 patients in the control group, completing the study. All patients in the two groups received conventional treatment of sepsis, patients in the TCM treatment group took Xijiaodihuang decoction 100 mL concentrated [rhinoceros horn (replaced with buffalo horn) 30 g, rehmannia root 24 g, peony 12 g, tree peony bark 9 g] taken orally or by nasal feeding, and patients in the control group received the same amount of normal saline, the two groups were treated 1 time a day for consecutive 7 days to complete 1 therapeutic course, then the treatment efficacy was evaluated in the two groups. The differences of serum interleukins (IL-1β, IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), white blood cells (WBC), C-reaction protein (CRP), lactate levels between the two groups were compared before treatment and on the 3rd, 7th and 14th day after treatment, the incidence of staying in intensive care unit (ICU), time of staying in ICU and 28-day mortality were also observed. The 28-day survival rate between two groups was analyzed by Kaplan-Meier survival curve.Results After treatment in the two groups, the levels of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α had a tendency of increase at first and then decrease. After treatment for 14 days, the IL-1β was significantly lower in the TCM treatment group than that of the control group (ng/L: 83.27±21.84 vs. 96.73±26.33), the levels of IL-6 and TNF-α in TCM treatment group were obviously lower than those in the control group since 7 days after treatment [IL-6 (ng/L): 48.27±24.13 vs. 62.15±24.34, TNF-α (μg/L): 1.41±0.31 vs. 1.96±0.29]. IL-6 and TNF-α were still lower than those in the control group until 14 days after treatment [IL-6 (ng/L): 29.25±18.57 vs. 56.24±23.61, TNF-α (μg/L) 1.35±0.28 vs. 1.83±0.22, allP < 0.05]. There was no significant difference in WBC and CRP between the two groups before and after treatment (bothP > 0.05). After treatment, the lactate in the control group was gradually decreased, while in the TCM treatment group, the lactate level after treatment presented a tendency firstly decreased and then elevated, and after treatment for 3 days in TCM treatment group, the level of lactate began markedly lower than that in the control group (mmol/L: 1.26±0.43 vs. 2.01±0.59,P < 0.05). The ICU hospitalization rate and ICU length of stay in the TCM treatment group were significantly lower than those in the control group [56.25% (18/32) vs. 83.87% (26/31), (10.2±5.4) days vs. (13.5±5.8) days], and the 28-day mortality was also obviously lower in TCM treatment group than that in control group [9.37% (3/32) vs. 29.03% (9/31)]. Kaplan-Meier survival curve analysis showed that the 28-day survival rate in TCM treatment group was significantly higher than that in control group (P = 0.045).Conclusion Xijiaodihuang decoction can reduce the levels of IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α and lactate in serum, reduce the incidence of staying in ICU, decrease the time of staying in ICU and improve the prognosis of elderly patients with sepsis.
6.Analysis residues of perfluorooctane used in ophthalmic operation.
Minzhu WANG ; Li ZHANG ; Menglan QIAN
Chinese Journal of Medical Instrumentation 2012;36(5):373-374
Analyzed the purity of the Perfluorooctane used for Ophthalmic operation using the FID (Flame Ionization Detector) method after the qualitative analysis of that. Research and discussion of the 1--hydrogen perfluorocarbon octane, which is the typical impurity of Perfluorooctane. The standard recovery of the 1--hydrogen perfluorocarbon octane is 93%-97% within the range of linearity, and the RSD (relative standard deviation) is below 2%. The above test method has the advantages of easy operation, stability and accuracy. So it is a good reference support to bring the specification of quality control of the Perfluorooctane which is used for Ophthalmic operation into YY of medical device.
Fluorocarbons
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analysis
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chemistry
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Ophthalmology
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instrumentation
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methods
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Quality Control
7.The Chinese version of Lee's Visual Analogue Scale for Fatigue and its reliability and validity in patients with acute pancreatitis
Minzhu CHEN ; Zhixia JIANG ; Yu WANG ; Ying WANG ; Manman HE ; Min HE
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2021;27(16):2113-2119
Objective:To translate Lee's Visual Analogue Scale for Fatigue (VAS-F) into Chinese, and test its reliability and validity in patients with acute pancreatitis.Methods:We performed translation, back translation and cultural debugging of Lee's VAS-F to form the Chinese version of VAS-F. The expert consultation was used to evaluate the content validity of VAS-F. Convenient sampling was used to select 322 inpatients with acute pancreatitis in the Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery in Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University from November 2019 to December 2020. The General Information Questionnaire, the Chinese version of VAS-F and the Chinese version of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-F) were used for investigation. The discrimination test was used for item analysis, and the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of VAS-F were evaluated through Cronbach's α coefficient, content validity index, exploratory factor analysis, and Pearson correlation analysis.Results:The Chinese version of the VAS-F contained two subscales, namely the Fatigue Severity (13 items) and the Energy Level (5 items) . The Cronbach's α coefficient of the total scale was 0.843, and the Cronbach's α coefficients of the two subscales were 0.965 and 0.959, respectively. The scale-level content validity index of the total scale and the two subscales were 0.89, 0.85 and 1.00, respectively, and the item-level content validity index of each item was from 0.83 to 1.00. After exploratory factor analysis, only one common factor was extracted from the two subscales, and the variance contribution rates were 71.196% and 86.135%, respectively. The factor loads of each item of the two subscales ranged from 0.698 to 0.859 and from 0.852 to 0.906, respectively. The scores of two subscales were negatively correlated ( r=-0.604, P<0.01) , and the total score of Fatigue Severity subscale was negatively correlated with the FACIT-F score ( r=-0.897, P<0.01) . Among 322 patients with acute pancreatitis, there were 3 cases (0.93%) without fatigue, 41 cases (12.73%) with mild fatigue, 181 cases (56.21%) with moderate fatigue and 97 cases (30.12%) with severe fatigue. Conclusions:The Chinese version of VAS-F has good reliability and validity and can be used to measure the fatigue and energy level of patients with acute pancreatitis in China.
8.Determination of residual cyclohexanone in disposable infusion set by gas chromatography.
Li ZHANG ; Yan WEN ; Tao HE ; Minzhu WANG ; Pinghua XU
Chinese Journal of Medical Instrumentation 2014;38(5):381-385
An effective GC method was established for contents determination of the residual solvent of cyclohexanone in infusion sets for single use. The cyclohexanone in infusion sets for single use products were extracted with circular pump, using ethylalcohol as the extraction solven, then the extract followed by analysis of gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. The method was simple, rapid, sensitive and accurate, Cyclohexanone showed good linearity in the range of (5.5-190.9) μg/mL, the correlation coefficient was 0.999 0, the detection limit (S/N = 3) was 0.133 μg/mL and limits of quantitation (S/N = 10) was 1.33 μg/mL. The spiked average recoveries ranged from 98% to 99%. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) of the method ranged from 1.03% to 1.98%. The method was simple, fast, sensitive and accurate, and may serve as a mass control method for residual cyclohexanone in disposable infusion sets for single use.
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analysis
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Disposable Equipment
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standards
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Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
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analysis
9.Current status and progress of foreign research on nursing human resource allocation system RAFAELA
Yu WANG ; Zhixia JIANG ; Fang ZHANG ; Minzhu CHEN ; Xiying ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2021;37(21):1671-1675
Due to the reform of medical system, sudden infectious diseases and the increasing demand of patients, the problems of insufficient allocation of human resources and low quality of nursing human resources in China not only affect the treatment and prognosis of patients, but also hinder the development of nursing itself. In order to improve the current situation of nursing staffing in China, this paper summarizes the RAFAELA system of nursing resource allocation in Finland and the need for improvement. In order to promote the improvement and development of the optimal allocation of nursing human resources in China.
10.Determination of Plasticizer DEHP Released from Medical Injection Equipment
Jian ZHENG ; Minzhu WANG ; Anyan WANG ; Pinghua XU ; Yin HAN ; Yan WEN ; Li ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Medical Instrumentation 2015;(6):451-453
To established an effective GC-MS /MS method for the contents determination of the residual DEHP in injection equipment, and investigate the effect of the pretreatment on the measurement. To simulate the clinical conditions of use, under the condition of 37oC balance extraction, extract liquor by chloroform extraction, then the extract folowed by analysis of GC-MS /MS. The method was simple, rapid, sensitive and accurate. The limits of quantitation( LOQ, S/N = 5) of cyclohexanone was 0.075mg/mL, The spiked average recoveries ranged from 92% to 98%.The relative standard deviations( RSDs) of the method ranged from 1.01% to 1.61%, The method was simple, fast,sensitive and accurate,and may serve as a mass control method for residual DEHP in injection equipment.