Objective To explore the febrile response and placental pathological inflammation of pregnant rats exposed to intrauterine infection in late gestation.Methods Pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats at gestational day 18 were randomly divided into control group and intrauterine-infected group with six rats in each.The intrauterine-infected group was intraperitoneally injected with 350 μ g/kg lipopolysaccharide to establish a rat model of intrauterine infection,while the control group was injected with sterile saline of the same dose.Core temperature was measured every 1 h after intraperitoneal injection of lipopolysaccharide or saline for 8 h.At gestational day 19,after anesthesia,the placentas were taken and stained with HE.The expression levels of tumor necrosis factor-α,interleukin-6,and interleukin-1β in the placenta were determined by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay.Student t test was used for statistical analysis.Results (1) There was no temperature difference between the two groups before experimental treatment (P ＞ 0.05).Core temperature was increased 1 h after the lipopolysaccharide injection,reaching (37.67 ±0.08) ℃.The increase of temperature was significant compared with the control group [(37.13 ± 0.08) ℃,t=10.178,P ＜ 0.01].Fever was lowered 2 h later and the rats became hypothermic with body temperature below 37 ℃ in the intrauterine-infected group.The body temperature in the intrauterine-infected group after 2-6 h was (37.70 ± 0.10),(37.23 ± 0.05),(36.57 ± 0.06),(36.60 ± 0.10) and (36.57 ± 0.08) ℃,respectively,compared with the control group [(36.83 ±0.12),(36.63 ± 0.12),(36.71 ± 0.07),(36.87±0.12),and (36.77±0.08) ℃,respectively],the differences being all statistically significant (t=11.402,11.163,-4.025,-4.000 and-4.243,all P ＜ 0.01).(2) HE staining revealed large amounts of neutrophils infiltration,vascular enlargement and congestion in the placenta of the intrauterine-infected rats.No inflammatory cell infiltration was observed in the control placentas.(3) The expression levels of proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor-α [(0.62 ± 0.02) ng/g],interleukin-6 [(66.12 ± 5.11) ng/g],and interleukin-1β [(7.09± 1.23) ng/g] in the intrauterine-infected group were higher than those in the control group [(0.27±0.01),(16.71 ±1.55) and (2.86 ± 0.38) ng/g,respectively].The differences were all statistically significant (t=-26.608,-18.749 and-5.714,all P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion After exposure to lipopolysaccharide in late gestation,pregnant rats show significant inflammatory response in the placenta,with suppression of febrile response and presence of hypothermia.

Objective:To investigate the application value of white noise therapy on the alleviation of procedural pain of colostomy newborns.Methods:By a prospective, randomized and controlled trial, a total of 88 colostomy newborns in Hunan Children′s Hospital from January 2018 to January 2020 divided into experimental group (44 cases) and control group (44 cases) according to the random number table method. The control group received routine nursing; based on thesis, the experimental group played white noise intervention therapy on the basis of routine nursing. The intervention effect was assessed byNeonatal Infant Acute Pain Assessment Scale (NIAPAS), the first crying time and the duration of first crying, the first painful face and the duration of first painful face as well as heart rate and blood oxygen saturation.Results:The first crying time and the duration of first crying, the first painful face and the duration of first painful face were (28.05 ± 7.39) s, (46.18 ± 13.29) s, (32.89 ± 6.79) s, (52.75 ± 10.71) s in the experimental group, significantly shorter than in the control group (35.79 ± 5.81) s, (35.79 ± 5.81) s, (38.64 ± 10.53) s, (59.79 ± 13.52) s, the difference was statistically significant ( t values were 2.71-5.47, all P<0.05). During and after the procedure, the scores of NIAPAS were (6.32 ± 1.62) points, (4.18 ± 1.06) points in the experimental group, significantly lower than that in the control group (7.43 ± 1.78) points, (4.79 ± 1.34) points ( t=3.06, 2.38, both P<0.05); the heart rate were (152.82 ± 13.25) times/min and (147.84 ± 12.37) times/min in the experimental group, significantly lower than in the control group (166.11 ± 13.79) times/min and (155.77 ± 12.84) times/min ( t=4.61, 2.95, both P<0.05); the blood oxygen saturation were 0.979 8 ± 0.009 5 and 0.980 9 ± 0.012 4 in the experimental group, significantly higher than in the control group 0.969 1 ± 0.014 9, 0.972 3 ± 0.017 8, the difference was statistically significant ( t=4.01, 2.65, both P<0.05). Conclusions:White noise therapy can effectively alleviate procedural pain and stabilizing vital signs of colostomy newborns.