1.Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 combined with D-dimer to fibrinogen ratio to construct a prognostic nomogram model for patients with acute myocardial infarction after percutaneous coronary intervention
Xiangwang PENG ; Fan CAO ; Ming YANG ; Qiuyu HUO
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2023;46(7):615-621
Objective:To construct acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) by using lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) and D-dimer to fibrinogen ratio (D/F) and other indicators postoperative patient prognosis nomogram model and evaluation of its predictive value.Methods:A total of 291 acute STEMI patients admitted to the BenQ Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University from January 2017 to January 2020 were retrospectively selected, including but not limited to Lp-PLA2 and D/F, were collected. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and multivariate Logistic regression were used to analyze the risk factors of death within 90 d after PCI in STEMI patients, and Kaplan-Meier survival curves were drawn to compare the survival of patients in different Lp-PLA2 and D/F groups. The R language software was used to build nomogram model and decision curve.Results:The AUCs of LpPLA2 and D/F for predicting the risk of death from cardiac causes at 90 s after PCI in patients with acute STEMI were 0.896 (95% CI 0.850 to 0.932) and 0.884 (95% CI 0.837 to 0.922), respectively. The values were 59.50 μg/L and 0.46 respectively ( P<0.05); the mortality rates of acute STEMI patients in LpPLA2>59.50 μg/L and D/F>0.46 groups after PCI were higher than those in LpPLA2≤59.50 μg/L group and D/F≤0.46 group ( P<0.05); age (>66 years), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) (≤45%), LpPLA2 (>59.50 μg/L), D/F (>0.46), N-terminal brain natriuretic peptide precursor (>1.55 μg/L) and fasting blood glucose (>7.00 mmol/L) were the risk of death from cardiac causes at 90 d after PCI in patients with acute STEMI ( P<0.05); when the risk thresholds were >0.24, the nomogram model could provide significant additional net clinical benefit. Conclusions:Lp-PLA2 and D/F are closely related to the prognosis of patients with acute STEMI after PCI, and the nomogram model constructed in combination with other clinical indicators can effectively predict the risk of death within 90 d after PCI.
2.The role of endothelial microparticles in Beh(c)et's disease
qiuyu FAN ; Ke XU ; Liyun ZHANG ; Gailian ZHANG ; Dan MA ; Yin LIU ; Pengyan QIAO ; Juan LI ; Ruihong HOU
Chinese Journal of Rheumatology 2017;21(12):824-828,后插1
Objective Endothelial microparticles (EMPs) are direct indicator of endothelial cell activation or apoptosis,and may also reflect endothelial inflammation,increased coagulation,and vascular tone.The aim of this study is to investigate whether EMPs would be able to evaluate systemic involvement and be a new indicator of disease activity in Beh(c)et's disease (BD).Methods Thirty-nine consecutive BD patients (who fulfilled the modified International Study Group on BD in 1990 or International Criteria for BD in 2006) and 67 age and sex-matched healthy controls were enrolled (Including 37 patients with hypertension and 30 healthy subjects).The plasma levels of EMPs were measured by flow cytometry utilizing specific labels for endothelial MPs (CD31+ and CD42b-).The measurement data of each group were expressed as-x±s,and the comparison data betwen groups were analyzed by independent sample t test and analysis of variance,Spearman/Pearson correlation analysis,P<0.05 was statistically significant.Results The levels of circulating EMPs (CD31 + and CI42b-) were significantly elevated in the case group compared with the healthy control group and hypertension (F=6.845,P<0.05).Moreover,BD patients plasma EMPs were positively correlated with active BD (r=0.802,P<0.05).Vascular involvement in BD patients was higher than in patients without vascular EMPs,t=4.707,P<0.05.Gastrointestinal involvement in BD patients was more frequent than that in patients without Gastrointestinal involvement,t=2.673,P<0.05.Conclusion Levels of circulating EMPs are elevatedd in BD patients and correlated with disease activity in BD.Elevated EMPs may be a potential indicator to predict disease activity of BD.The plasma level of EMPs is increased,which indicats increased risk of vascular and digestive tract involvement in BD.
3.Practice and research on the whole course medication management mode led by pharmacists in rheumatic immune diseases
Jianmin LIU ; Yikai LIN ; Hegui HUANG ; Ye HUANG ; Qiuyu FAN ; Huiqin YANG ; Shaohui ZHANG
China Pharmacy 2022;33(17):2147-2151
OBJECT IVE To evaluate the application effect of the whole cour se medication management mode led by pharmacists in rheumatic immune diseases. METHODS A total of 122 patients treated with tacrolimus or cyclosporine in the department of rheumatology and immunology of Wuhan No. 1 Hospital from 2018 to 2020 were selected as the study subjects. Among them ,44 cases in the control group were under the traditional supervision mode ;78 patients in the observation group adopted the whole course medication management mode led by pharmacists ,that was ,individual pharmacists and specialist clinical pharmacists cooperated and led ,and not only participated in the whole process of drug treatment but also involved in the whole process of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM). On the basis of the control group ,the division of labor and cooperation among medical,pharmaceutical and nursing parties were strengthened ,and the homogeneous supervision was carried out for the outpatients and inpatients from admission to discharge . The daily dose of medication ,the rate of reaching the standard of blood drug concentration ,the incidence of problematic samples (the sample was calculated by the number of times ),the average hospitalization days ,the re-admission rate within 6 months after discharge ,the medication compliance score and the patient ’s satisfaction rate were compared between the two groups. RESULTS In the control group ,53 times of TDM were performed , including 18 times of tacrolimus monitoring and 35 times of cyclosporine monitoring ;in the observation group ,123 timesof TDM were performed ,including 55 times of tacrolimus monitoring and 68 times of cyclosporine monitoring. The daily dose of tacrolimus ,the daily dose of cyclosporine ,the rate of reaching the standard of cyclosporine blood drugconcentration,the inc idence of problematic samples ,the rate of re-admission within 6 months after discharge , the medication compliance score and the patient ’s satisfaction rate in the observation group were significantly better than those in the control group (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS It can effectively improve the effect of the quality of pharmaceutical care to implement whole course and homogeneous medication management led by pharmacists and provide precise drug guidance for patients with rheumatic and immune diseases.