Objective: To establish a dissolution determing method for the two primary ingredients atenolol and nifedipine in YakepingⅡcapsules. Methods:A small glass method was adopted with the rotation rate of 50 r·min-1 . According to the dissolution conditions in Japan “quality of medical drugs information set” with appropriate adjustments in accordance with the actual situation of the samples, different YakepingⅡ capsules were determined by HPLC respectively in pH 1. 2 artificial gastric solution ( containing 0. 5% sodium dodecyl sulfate), pH 4. 0 acetate buffer(containing 0. 5% sodium dodecyl sulfate), pH 6. 8 phosphate buffer(contai-ning 0. 25% sodium dodecyl sulfate) and water(containing 0. 25% sodium dodecyl sulfate). Results:The assay displayed a good lin-earity over the concentration range of 10-30 μg·ml-1 for atenolol and nifedipine(r=0. 999 6 and r=0. 999 8), and the recovery of the two components in the different medium was 99. 64%(RSD=0. 73%), 99. 55%(RSD=0. 65%), 99. 53%(RSD=0. 47%)and 99.54% (RSD=0.51%), 99.52%(RSD=0.67%), 99.52%(RSD=0.72%), 99.51%(RSD=0.63%)and 99.61%(RSD=0. 59%)(n=9). The dissolution of different batches of YakepingⅡcapsules in the four media showed the similar behavior. Conclu-sion:The method is simple, accurate and reproducible in the dissolution determination of atenolol and nifedipine in YakepingⅡ cap-sules.

Objective:To explore the associations of malnutrition, sarcopenia and disability in older hospitalized patients.Methods:A retrospective study was conducted on 180 patients who were admitted to the department of geriatrics of our hospital from November 2015 to September 2020 and completed 1-year follow-up.Malnutrition and sarcopenia were diagnosed as the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition(GLIM)criteria and the 2019 sarcopenia criteria issued by the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia(AWGS2019).Disability was defined as a score of less than or equal to 95 on the Barthel Index(BI).At the end of the 1-year follow-up, a decrease of ≥5 points in the total BI score from baseline was defined as aggravation of the disability.Multivariate Logistic regression models were used to analyze the effects of malnutrition and sarcopenia on the occurrence and aggravation of the disability.Results:Among the 180 elderly patients, 27.2%(49/180)met the diagnosis of malnutrition and 39.4%(71/180)of sarcopenia, and 22.2%(40/180)of malnutrition and sarcopenia overlapped.The incidence of disability was 36.7%(66/180)at baseline and the incidence of an aggravation of disability was 31.7%(57/180)at 1-year follow-up.After adjustment for confounding factors, multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that malnutrition( OR=3.70, 95% CI=1.27-10.80, P=0.017)and sarcopenia( OR=2.93, 95% CI=1.12-7.64, P=0.028)were risk factors for disability in elderly patients, and sarcopenia was a risk factor for aggravation of disability in elderly patients after a 1-year follow-up( OR=3.99, 95% CI=1.47-10.83, P=0.007). Conclusions:Malnutrition and sarcopenia are closely associated with the occurrence and development of disability in older hospitalized patients.

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the changes of the semen quality in uremia patients before renal transplantation.

METHODSThe semen of 24 patients with uremia and 12 normal volunteers was analyzed.

RESULTSThe semen volume, sperm motility, survival rate, density and morphological normality percentage were (2.5 +/- 0.4) ml, (13.4 +/- 3.9)%, (25.4 +/- 5.6)%, (20.6 +/- 4.5) x 10(6)/ml and (16.8 +/- 2.1)%, respectively, significantly lower than those of the normal group (P < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONSemen qualities were lowered significantly and spermatogenesis severely affected in patients with uremia.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Case-Control Studies ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Semen ; physiology ; Sperm Count ; Sperm Motility ; Spermatogenesis ; physiology ; Uremia ; physiopathology

Objective:To analyze the characteristics of aneurysmal bone cysts (ABC) and related factors of postoperative recurrence, so as to improve the clinical diagnosis and treatment level of ABC in children.Methods:The clinical data of children pathologically diagnosed as ABC after surgery in the Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University from January 2010 to December 2018 were retrospectively analyzed.Clinical characteristics of the patients, including age, gender, lesion sites, and main clinical manifestations (pain, swelling, local tenderness, joint dysfunction and pathological fracture) were analyzed and summarized.Before operation, imaging Enneking staging was carried out, cyst volume was estimated, and the distance from cysts to the epiphyseal plate was measured.During surgery, patients received lesion curettage, local cautery and bone grafting, and the pathological fractures were treated with auxiliary internal fixation.Results were determined by Neer imaging grading after surgery, and grades Ⅰ and Ⅱ were postoperative recurrence.Possible recurrence factors were analyzed statistically by Fisher′ s exact test. Results:A total of 29 cases meeting the criteria were included, including 19 males and 10 females.The age ranged from 3.6 to 14.0 years old, averaging 9.2 years old; 12 patients were smaller than 10 years old and 17 patients were older than 10 years old.The cysts of 9 cases were located in proximal femur (31.0%), 5 cases in proximal humerus (17.2%), and 4 cases in proximal fibula (13.8%); The other 11 cases (37.9%) occurred in the middle and distal end; 26 cases (89.7%) had local tenderness, 25 cases (86.2%) showed varying degrees of pain, 18 cases (62.1%) presented local swelling, 15 cases (51.7%) were accompanied by joint dysfunction, and 12 cases (41.4%) were combined with pathological fractures.According to Enneking staging results, 18 cases (62.1%) were at rest stage, 7 cases (24.1%) at active stage, and 4 cases (13.8%) at invasive stage.Cyst volume was estimated to be 3.3-172.0 cm 3, with a median of about 50.8 cm 3.The distance from cysts to the epiphyseal plate was 0-85.0 mm, with a median of 20.8 mm.All children were followed up for 2.2-10.1 years (averaging 3.8 years). There were 6 cases (20.7%) of grades Ⅰ and Ⅱ according to Neer grading standard, and they suffered from recurrence about 2.5-20.3 months after surgery (averaging 12.5 months). The recurrence rate was higher in patients with cyst volume >50.8 cm 3 (42.9%, 6/14 cases) as well as in patients at active stage and invasive stage (45.5%, 5/11 cases) ( P<0.05). There was no statistical difference between the recurrence rate of ABC in different gender, age, the distance from cysts to the epiphyseal plate and pathological fractures. Conclusions:ABC is prone to occur in the proximal metaphysis of the long bones of children′s extremities.Main manifestations are pain, swelling, local tenderness and joint dysfunction, and ABC is frequently accompanied by pathological fractures.A higher postoperative recurrence rate is related to a larger cyst size and the active and invasion phases of the cyst, but gender, age, the distance from the cyst to the epiphyseal plate and pathological fractures are not significantly related to the postoperative recurrence rate.

Objective:To analyse the association between triglyceride glucose (TyG) index and the number of coronary artery lesions in patients with stable coronary artery disease.Methods:It was a cross-sectional study. Patients with stable coronary artery disease who were admitted to Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University from 1st January 2019 to 30th April 2020 for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) were selected. We collected general clinical information and laboratory results from the enrolled patients, then calculated the TyG index. We evaluated coronary artery lesions by coronary angiography and analysed the factors associated with the number of coronary artery lesion branches by the logistic regression model.Results:A total of 832 patients were included in this study, 641 (77.0%) were male, the age was (64.6±11.5) years. The mean TyG index was 8.78. Patients with the TyG index≥8.78 were included in the high TyG index group (411 patients), and those with the TyG index<8.78 were included in the low TyG index group (421 patients). Compared with the low TyG index group, the high TyG index group had the higher body mass index and diastolic blood pressure, more smokers and diabetes mellitus, younger age of onset of coronary heart disease (all P<0.05), and a lower proportion of patients using statins ( P=0.027). Compared with the low TyG index group, the high TyG index group had the higher levels of erythrocyte count, hemoglobin, white blood cell count, albumin, urea nitrogen, uric acid, fasting blood glucose, HbA1c, triglyceride, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, apolipoprotein B, apolipoprotein E, and C-reactive protein (all P<0.05). However, the levels of high density lipoprotein, apolipoprotein A1 and apolipoprotein A were lower in the high TyG index group than those in the low TyG index group (all P<0.05). The number of coronary artery lesions in patients in the high TyG index group was 2.35±0.91, more than the low TyG index group 2.10±0.95 ( P<0.001).After adjusting for the other factors, multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that male, smoking history (smoking cessation or smoking), TyG index and troponin T levels were independently positively associated with the number of coronary artery lesions (all OR>1, P<0.05), while ApoA1 was independently negatively associated with the number of coronary artery lesions ( OR=0.140, P=0.007). Conclusions:TyG index is positively associated with the number of coronary artery lesions in patients with stable coronary artery disease.

Objective:To evaluate the left ventricular diastolic function and pulmonary congestion in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) by cardiopulmonary ultrasound (CPUS), and to explore the value of CPUS in predicting the occurrence of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in AMI patients with preserved LVEF during hospitalization.Methods:A total of eighty-four patients with AMI with preserved LVEF (≥50%) who received optimal emergency reperfusion therapy on admission at Beijing Chaoyang Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University from August 2021 to March 2022 were enrolled. All patients completed comprehensive cardiopulmonary ultrasonography within 12 hours after reperfusion therapy and LVEF, left atrial maximum volume(LAV), peak flow velocity of tricuspid valve regurgitation (V TR), peak flow velocity of mitral valve in early diastole (E), peak velocity of mitral valve annulus on septal side and left ventricular lateral side in early diastole and other conventional echocardiography parameters were obtained, and then the left atrial volume index (LAVI), the mean peak velocity of the mitral valve annulus on the septal side and left ventricular lateral side in early diastole (e′) and E/e′ were calculated; lung ultrasound parameters(the number of B lines) were obtained; the left ventricular global long-axis strain (GLS) was obtained using speckle tracking imaging (STE). The predictive power of CPUS parameters for HFpEF during hospitalization in AMI patients with preserved LVEF were analyzed. Results:①The incidence of HFpEF during hospitalization was 40.4% (34/84). ②The number of B lines and LAVI were independently correlated with the occurrence of HFpEF during hospitalization( P<0.05). ③The ROC curve analysis showed that the area under the curve (AUC) of the number of B lines and LAVI for predicting the occurrence of HFpEF during hospitalization were 0.766 and 0.690, respectively. The number of B lines combined with LAVI had the best predictive performance in predicting the occurrence of HFpEF during hospitalization, with the largest AUC of 0.903, which was significantly better than the number of B lines and LAVI ( P<0.05). Conclusions:The number of B lines combined with LAVI can effectively predict the occurrence of HFpEF during hospitalization in AMI patients with preserved LVEF, which is helpful to further improve the clinical management of AMI patients at risk of HFpEF.

Objective:To investigate the clinicopathological characteristics, treatment methods and prognosis of renal primary neuroendocrine neoplasms.Methods:The clinical data of 42 patients with renal neuroendocrine neoplasms admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from October 2011 to June 2021 were retrospectively analyzed.There were 17 males and 25 females. The median age was 60.0 (50.0, 67.0) years old.The CT enhancement scan lesion was slightly intensified with less intensification than normal renal parenchyma.The clinic manifestation included lumbar abdominal pain in 7 cases, hematuria in 3 cases, abdominal distension in 1 cases, and asymptomatic in 8 cases. The average diameter of tumor was 8.0 (4.0, 10.0) cm. The tumor of 13 cases was in the left, and 6 cases was in the right. 6 cases were in T 1 stage, 11 cases were in T 2, 11 cases were in T 3, and 14 cases were in T 4.17 cases had lymph node metastasis, 11 cases had distant metastasis.The surgical method was radical nephrectomy in 27 cases, nephrectomy in 5 cases and interventional embolization in 4 case, and no operation in 6 cases, including 5 with chemotherapy alone and 1 with supportive care.Patients were classified by WHO Classification of renal tumors of the urinary system and the male reproductive organs (2016) into high-differentiated renal neuroendocrine tumors (NET, including carcinoid and atypical carcinoids) and high-grade renal neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC, including small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma and large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma). The clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of the 2 groups were compared, and the Cox proportional regression risk model was used to analyze the clinical factors affecting the prognosis. Results:In the NET group, 12 cases were carcinoids and 7 cases were atypical carcinoids. In the NEC group, 23 cases were small cell carcinomas.The mean Ki-67 index of 42 cases was 35% (4.5%, 62.5%). The proportion of positive expression of the neuroendocrine markers CD56, chromogranin A (CgA), and synapsin (Syn) were (37/42), (15/42), and (38/42), respectively. A total of 42 patients were followed up, and the median follow-up time was 60 (35, 99) months, and the median survival time was 25 (15, 60) months. The 3-year and 5-year overall survival rates were 40.0% and 21.2%. The 3-year and 5-year overall survival rates in the NET group were 72.6% and 42.3%.The 3-year and 5-year overall survival rates in the NEC groups were 6.3% and 0, respectively. The mean Ki-67 index was 3% (2%, 10%) in the NET group, 2 patients received postoperative chemotherapy and 3 patients had early progression after initial treatment.The mean Ki-67 index in the NEC group was 60% (40%, 80%), 15 patients received postoperative chemotherapy, and 13 patients had early progression of initial treatment.There were statistically differences in treatment method, postoperative chemotherapy, Ki-67 index, and early disease progression (all P <0.05) between the two groups.The results of univariate analysis showed that sex, age, early progression, treatment method, tumor differentiation, and Ki-67 index were all factors influencing patient prognosis (all P <0.05). Cox multivariate analysis showed that poorly differentiated NEC ( HR=13.964, P=0.003) and early progression ( HR=3.626, P=0.018) were independent risk factors for patient survival, and renal radical surgery ( HR=0.197, P=0.033) was independent protective factors for patient survival. Further subgroup analysis showed that the median survival time of the NEC patients with adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery was significantly longer compared with the patients without adjuvant chemotherapy (21 and 9 months, P=0.012). Conclusions:Primary renal neuroendocrine tumors are clinically rare, often manifested as lumbar and abdominal pain, and radical renal surgical treatment is preferred.The NET has a better prognosis and NEC prognosis is extremely poor, but NEC patients can have survival benefit from chemotherapy. NEC and early progression of the disease are independent prognostic risk factors, and radical renal surgical treatment is an independent protective factor for prognosis.

Objective:To investigate whether the fluctuation of blood pressure variability (BPV) before carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is related to postoperative cerebral perfusion changes in patients with carotid artery stenosis.Methods:A prospective observational cohort study was performed. Forty-seven patients with carotid artery stenosis accepted CEA in Department of Neurosurgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital Affiliated to Southern Medical University from January 2019 to December 2022 were chosen. Patients' blood pressure was closely monitored 3 d before surgery (4 times/d) to obtain their BPV (the maximum △, based on the maximum absolute differences between systolic or diastolic blood pressures measured continuously during the observation period). At the same time, the changes of cerebral perfusion 3 d after surgery were monitored (criteria of cerebral hyperperfusion: newly-appeared delirium and hyperactivity after anesthesia resuscitation or intracranial hemorrhage found by imaging examination; criteria of cerebral hypoperfusion: newly-appeared speech and motor function deficits or aggravation of original cerebral ischemia symptoms after anesthesia resuscitation, or new-found cerebral infarction by imaging examination). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to evaluate the predictive efficacy of BPV before CEA in postoperative cerebral perfusion changes.Results:In these 47 patients, 9 patients (19.1%) had postoperative cerebral perfusion changes: 2 had neurological deficits due to postoperative cerebral infarction, and the other 7 had short-term postoperative delirium or focal neurological deficits (returned to normal after appropriate adjustment of blood pressure). Area under the ROC curve (AUC) of BPV before CEA in predicting postoperative cerebral perfusion changes was 0.876 ( P=0.001, 95% CI: 0.775-0.977). These 47 patients were divided into high BPV group ( n=16) and low BPV group ( n=31) according to the optimal index threshold (27.00), and the statistics showed that significant difference in incidence of cerebral perfusion changes after CEA was noted between the 2 groups ( P<0.05); incidence of postoperative cerebral perfusion changes in the high BPV group was 15.5 times higher than that in the low BPV group ( RR=15.500, P<0.001, 95% CI: 2.120-113.320). Conclusion:BPV before CEA in patients with carotid artery stenosis can well predict the occurrence of postoperative cerebral perfusion changes.

Objective:To compare the efficacy and safety of programmed death-1(PD-1)inhibitors in combination with chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone in patients with metastatic bladder cancer.Methods:A retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical data of 77 cases of metastatic bladder cancer who were admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2014 to October 2022. According to the different clinical treatment regimens, they were divided into two groups. Patients treated with PD-1 inhibitors combined with gemcitabine and cisplatin (GC) regimen were referred to as IGC group, and patients who received GC chemotherapy alone were referred to as GC group. There were 24 cases in IGC group, including 18 males and 6 females, with a median age of 60 (56, 67) years old. Seventeen cases had a history of smoking. Fifteen cases had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score of 0 and 9 cases had a score of 1. Twenty-three cases suffered distant metastasis (stage M 1). Two cases suffered lymph node metastasis only, 6 cases with liver metastasis, 8 cases with lung metastasis, and 8 cases with bone metastasis. There were 53 cases in GC group, including 45 males and 8 females, with a median age of 63 (55, 69) years old. Thirty-one cases had a history of smoking. Thirty cases had an ECOG score of 0 and 23 cases had a score of 1, 48 cases suffered stage M 1, 2 cases suffered lymph node metastasis only. Nineteen cases suffered liver metastasis. Twenty-seven cases suffered lung metastasis. And 23 cases suffered bone metastasis. There was no statistically significant difference in the above general information between the two groups ( P>0.05). Kaplan-Meier method was used to plot the survival curves, and the difference of median progression-free survival (mPFS) and median overall survival (mOS) between the two groups was compared by log-rank test. Finally, the difference in adverse reactions between the two groups was compared. Results:The objective response rate (ORR) was 41.7% and the disease control rate (DCR) was 87.5% in the IGC group.As a comparison, the ORR was 43.4% and the DCR was 83.0% in the GC group. The differences in ORR ( P=0.887) and DCR ( P=0.871) between the two groups were not statistically significant. All patients were followed up for 3 to 45 months, with a median follow-up time of 24 (14, 43) months. The mPFS was 7.0 (95% CI 5.7-8.3) months in the GC group and 8.0 (95% CI 3.0-13.1) months in the IGC group, and the difference was statistically significant between the two groups ( P=0.026). The mOS of patients in the GC group was 16.0 (95% CI 14.4-17.6) months, the mOS was not yet reached in the IGC group, and patients in the IGC group had longer mOS with a statistically significant difference ( P=0.022). All patients experienced treatment-related adverse reactions. Grade 3-4 adverse reactions occurred in 8 cases (33.3%) in the IGC group and in 16 cases (30.2%) in the GC group, and no adverse reaction-related deaths were observed( P=0.992). The most common adverse reactions in both groups were anemia, including 18 cases (75.0%) in IGC group and 38 cases (71.7%) in GC group. There were 4 cases (16.7%) of grade 1-2 hypothyroidism in the IGC group but no patients with hypothyroidism were found in the GC group, and the difference was statistically significant ( P=0.012). There were 8 cases (33.3%) and 4 cases (7.5%) of grade 1-2 skin adverse reactions in the IGC and GC groups, respectively, and the difference was statistically significant ( P=0.011). The immune-related adverse reactions of PD-1 inhibitors in IGC group were 1 case of hyperthyroidism (4.2%), 4 cases of hypothyroidism (16.7%), 1 case of adrenal insufficiency (4.2%), and 1 case of immune colitis (4.2%). Conclusions:Compared with chemotherapy alone, PD-1 inhibitors combined with chemotherapy for metastatic bladder cancer can effectively prolong the mPFS and median mOS. The adverse reactions of the two groups were tolerable, and there was no significant difference in the incidence of grade 3-4 adverse reactions. In general, PD-1 inhibitors combined with chemotherapy in the treatment of metastatic bladder cancer is safe and feasible, but attention should be paid to the immune-related adverse reactions of PD-1 inhibitors.

To investigate the association between the change of left ventricular ( LV ) function and mechanical dispersion ( MD ) and exercise capacity in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ( HCM ) by exercise stress echocardiography . Methods Sixty‐five HCM patients [ 40 cases of hypertrophic non‐obstructive cardiomyopathy ( HNCM ) , 25 cases of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy ( HOCM ) ] and 25 control subjects were recruited .LV function ,MD and exercise capacity were evaluated by two‐dimensional speckle‐tracking imaging and echocardiography at rest and during exercise ,and the following parameters of LV function were recorded : LV global longitudinal strain ( LVGLS) ,MD ,early diastolic strain rate ( Sre) ,the ratio of peak early diastolic mitral inflow and annulus velocity ( E/e′) ,LV outflow tract gradient ( LVO TG) ; LV functional reserve was assessed by ΔLVGLS and ΔSRe ; exercise capacity was evaluated by metabolic equivalents ( M ET s ) . T he association between the change of LV function and MD and exercise capacity was investigated . Results ①Compared with normal controls ,LVO TG ,E/e′ and MD increased ,and LVGLS ,Sre , ΔLVGLS , ΔSRe and M ET s decreased in HNCM patients at rest and during exercise ( all P ＜ 0 .05 ) . ② LVO TG , E/e′ and MD were further increased ,LVLGS ,Sre ,ΔSRe and M Ets were further reduced in HOCM patients compared with HNCM patients ( all P ＜ 0 .05 ) . ③LVGLS and MD measured at peak exercise were associated with M ET s ( r ＝－0 .68 , P ＜ 0 .001 ; r ＝ －0 .43 , P ＜ 0 .001 ) . ④ ROC curve analysis showed LVGLS had a better predictive value for exercise intolerance in HCM patients ,followed by E/e′ and MD . Conclusions LV function and mechanic reserve are reduced but MD is increased in HCM patients ,especially in HOCM patients . Exercise capacity is associated with LV function and MD ,w hich can predict the reduced exercise capacity in HCM patients .