1.Effects of allergen-specific immunotherapy on FEV1 and airway responsiveness in patients with idiopathic asthma
Wanlan FANG ; Wenwen NI ; Jiming YU ; Ye WANG
Chinese Journal of Biochemical Pharmaceutics 2017;37(2):142-145
Objective To investigate the effect of allergen-specific immunotherapy on FEV1 and airway responsiveness in patients with idiopathic asthma.Methods 90 patients with idiopathic asthma from January 2013 to August 2015 in Deqing City People's Hospital were selected and randomly divided into control group and study group with 45 cases in each group.Control group were treated with anti-infection, relieving cough and eliminating phlegm, relieving spasm and relieving asthma, the study group was treated with allergen specific immunotherapy based on the control group, and a total of 3 months for a course of treatment.Blood samples were used to measure inflammatory mediators , airway sensitivity index, pulmonary function and airway responsiveness, at the same time, the clinical efficacy and complications were compared.Results Compared with before treatment, the levels of FVC, PEF, FEV1 and FEV1/FVC in the two groups increased, levels of AI, AO, T and WA decreased, levels of serum IL-4 decreased, levels of IL-10, IFN-γincreased, levels of serum IgE, SIgE, TIgE and EOS decreased, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05), compared with the control group, the levels of FVC, PEF, FEV1 and FEV1/FVC in the study group were higher, the levels of AI, AO, T and WA were lower, serum IL-4 levels were lower after treatment, levesls of IL-10, IFN-γwere higher, levels of serum IgE, SIgE, TIgE and EOS were lower, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05), and the effective rate in the control group (71.11%) was lower than the study group (88.89%), the difference was statistically significant(P <0.05).Conclusion Allergen-specific immunotherapy was effective for cough variant asthma, it can improve pulmonary function, inflammation and airway sensitivity.
2.Effects of different target effect-site concentrations of sufentanil on MACBAR of desflurane in patients undergoing abdominal surgery
Wenwen NI ; Zheng LIU ; Quan LI ; Jinbao LI
Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology 2014;34(5):587-589
Objective To evaluate the effects of different target effect-site concentrations (Ces) of sufentanil on the minimum alveolar concentration of desflurane inhibiting stress responses to skin incision (MACsAR) in 50% of patients undergoing abdominal surgery.Methods Eighty-three patients,aged 20-60 yr,scheduled for elective abdominal surgery with an expected incision longer than 10 cm,were enrolled in the study.All the patients were randomly allocated to one of three groups using a random number table:control group (group C,n =28),sufentanil with target Ce of 0.1 ng/ml group (group S1,n =27),and sufentanil with target Ce of 0.3 ng/ml group (group S2,n =28).After tracheal intubation,desflurane inhalation was started,and sufentanil was infused at the preset target Ces in S1 and S2 groups.The initial end-tidal concentration of desflurane was 9.0% in group C,and 6.0% in S1 and S2 groups.The target concentration was maintained at least for 15 min.The modified up-and-down method was used to perform the test.The end-tidal concentration of desflurane was adjusted in the next patients according to the response to skin incision.The MACBAR and 95% confidence interval of desflurane was calculated according to the up-and-down method.Mean arterial pressure and heart rate were monitored and recorded and rate-pressure product was calculated.Results The MACBAR (95% confidence interval) ofdesflurane was 11.2% (11.1%-11.3%),7.8% (7.7%-7.9%),and 4.2% (4.1%-4.3%) in C,S1 and S2 groups,respectively.MACBAR and rate-pressure product of desflurane were significantly lower in S1 and S2 groups than in C group,and in S2 group than in S1 group (P < 0.05 or 0.01).Conclusion The optimum target Ce of sufentanil is 0.3 ng/ml when combined with desflurane in the patients undergoing abdominal surgery.
3.Construction and development of medical functional experiment integrated curriculum
Yanxia WANG ; Youmin HU ; Dao LI ; Xuemei FENG ; Ying ZHANG ; Wenwen NI ; Chen HUANG
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2017;16(5):463-467
To cultivate high-quality medical talents,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine established a multidisciplinary and comprehensive basic medical practical integration curriculum Medical Functional Experiment.Over several years' exploration and renovation,insisting on student-centered,this course has established a modular experiment teaching system with emphasis on foundation,combina-tion with clinical and focusing on innovation.Integration curriculum adopts four-stage teaching pattern which is suitable for medical students,and implements diversified teaching method and evaluation system.And meanwhile,the paper explores the ideas and approaches to further deepen the construction of teaching staff,expand experimental teaching techniques,strengthen the construction of curriculum materials,and strengthen the cultivation of teachers' innovative ability.
4.Advances on roles of Th22 cells in human common viral infections
Dawei CUI ; Ni YAO ; Yan LV ; Wenwen WU ; Dandan XU ; Jue XIE
Chinese Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases 2021;14(3):233-240
Na?ve CD4 + T cells differentiate into a variety of T helper (Th) subsets that secrete various cytokines to exert biological effects. Th22 cells, a novel identified CD4 + T cell subset, are distinct from Th1, Th2 and Th17 cell subsets. Th22 cells express chemokine receptors CCR4, CCR6 and CCR10, and secrete multiple cytokines such as IL-22, IL-13 and TNF-α, but not IL-17, IL-4 IFN-γ; and IL-22 is considered as major effector cytokine of Th22. The understanding on functions and differentiation mechanisms of Th22 cells have been constantly improved, and Th22 cells play important roles in human common viral infections. The article reviews the current advances about the characteristics, function, differentiation of Th22 cells, the roles of Th22 cells and the key molecules in several human common viral infections, which would provide novel immune strategies for the prevention and treatment of human viral infection.
5. Construction of evaluation system on integrated experiment course
Yanxia WANG ; Youmin HU ; Xuemei FENG ; Wenwen NI ; Chen HUANG ; Yan LIU
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2019;18(11):1103-1107
Integrated experiment course is beneficial to optimizing the whole structure of medical courses and plays an important role in improving medical students' comprehensive quality and innovation capability. After several years of reform and exploration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine has developed the medical functional integrated experiment course with concept of "strengthen quality, reinforce foundation, encourage innovation and provide professional service", established a diversified evaluation system, and developed a corresponding assessment scale for reviewing students' comprehensive ability and the quality of experiment teaching. This paper investigated and prospected how to construct and optimize this evaluation system from the aspects of the relationship between evaluation method and course structure, and their effects, so as to provide strategic guidance for the further development of integrated experiment course.
6.An Exploration to Carry Out Ideological and Political Education of "Loving Experimental Animals and Reverencing for Life" for Medical Students
Chen HUANG ; Youmin HU ; Yan LIU ; Wenwen NI ; Xuemei FENG ; Yanxia WANG ; Weifang RONG
Chinese Medical Ethics 2022;35(8):921-924
To implement the fundamental task of the Ministry of Education on carrying out curriculum ideological and political education and promoting colleges and universities to implement the morality education, this study tried to carry out ideological and political education for medical students in "medical functional science experimental course", and organically integrated the ideological and political elements of "loving experimental animals and reverencing for life" into the teaching of this course. This paper explored the implementation process and effect evaluation of ideological and political courses from the aspects of teaching objects, design, objectives, in-class and off-class practical activities, and analyzed the current problems and future directions. In order to provide beneficial ideas for the ideological and political construction of college curriculum and help cultivate excellent and innovative medical talents with warmth and feelings.
7.Symptom network topological features predict the effectiveness of herbal treatment for pediatric cough.
Mengxue HUANG ; Jingjing WANG ; Runshun ZHANG ; Zhuying NI ; Xiaoying LIU ; Wenwen LIU ; Weilian KONG ; Yao CHEN ; Tiantian HUANG ; Guihua LI ; Dan WEI ; Jianzhong LIU ; Xuezhong ZHOU
Frontiers of Medicine 2020;14(3):357-367
Pediatric cough is a heterogeneous condition in terms of symptoms and the underlying disease mechanisms. Symptom phenotypes hold complicated interactions between each other to form an intricate network structure. This study aims to investigate whether the network structure of pediatric cough symptoms is associated with the prognosis and outcome of patients. A total of 384 cases were derived from the electronic medical records of a highly experienced traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) physician. The data were divided into two groups according to the therapeutic effect, namely, an invalid group (group A with 40 cases of poor efficacy) and a valid group (group B with 344 cases of good efficacy). Several well-established analysis methods, namely, statistical test, correlation analysis, and complex network analysis, were used to analyze the data. This study reports that symptom networks of patients with pediatric cough are related to the effectiveness of treatment: a dense network of symptoms is associated with great difficulty in treatment. Interventions with the most different symptoms in the symptom network may have improved therapeutic effects.