Objective To investigate the effects of Xueshuantong injection on levels of inflammatory factors and homocysteine (Hcy) in patients with acute cerebral infarction.Methods 128 patients of acute cerebral infarction who received therapy in the hospital from January 2014 to May 2015 were collected as research objects to retrospectively analyze their clinical materials.According to therapeutic schemes, those patients were divided into control group (n=62) and observation group (n=66).The control group were given conventional treatments, such as anti-platelet aggregation, lipid regulation, maintaining balance of water-electrolyte and acid-base, controlling blood glucose, controlling blood pressure and so on.Besides that, the observation group were given Xueshuantong injection.After two weeks treatment, the curative efficacy, levels of inflammatory factors as high-sensitivity C reactive protein (hs-CRP), tumor necrosis factor α(TNF-α), interleukin 8 (IL-8), Hcy and adverse reactions were compared.Results The total efficacy of observation group was 93.9%, which was statistically higher than that of 80.6%in control group (χ2 =5.166,P=0.023).After treatment, hs-CRP, TNF-α, IL-8 levels in observation group were significantly lower than those in control group (all P<0.05).After one and two weeks treatment, The Hcy level in observation group was statistically lower than that in control group ( all P<0.05 ).The adverse reactions in observation group was 8 cases ( 12.1%), 6 cases ( 9.7%) in control group, with no significant difference between two groups (χ2 =0.196, P =0.658 ). Conclusion Xueshuantong injection is effective in treatment of acute cerebral infarction, which could significantly increase curative efficacy, alleviate inflammatory reaction and reduce level of Hcy with less adverse reactions.

OBJECTIVE: To study the serum lipid profile in children with different subtypes of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) during active and remission stages, as well as the long-term risk of atherosclerosis in children with JIA. METHODS: A total of 128 children newly diagnosed with active JIA were divided into oligoarticular JIA group with 48 children, polyarticular JIA group with 38 children, systemic JIA group with 22 children, and enthesitis-related JIA group with 20 children. According to the presence or absence of rheumatoid factor (RF), the polyarticular JIA group was further divided into RF-positive polyarticular JIA group with 15 children and RF-negative polyarticular JIA group with 23 children. A total of 45 children who underwent physical examination were randomly selected as healthy control group. The serum levels of total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) were measured and compared between groups. Blood lipid parameters were reexamined for 87 children in the remission stage after treatment and were compared with those in the active stage. RESULTS: Compared with the healthy control group, the systemic JIA group and the RF-positive polyarticular JIA group had a significant reduction in HDL-C and a significant increase in TG (P<0.05) in the active stage, while there were no significant differences in TC and LDL-C (P>0.05). There were no significant differences in blood lipid parameters between the other subtype JIA groups and the healthy control group (P>0.05). The RF-positive polyarticular JIA group had a significant increase in plasma HDL-C from the active stage to the remission stage (P<0.05), while the other subtype JIA groups had no significant changes in blood lipid parameters (P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS Dyslipidemia may be observed in the active stage of children with systemic and RF-positive polyarticular JIA, with improvement in the remission stage of children with RF-positive polyarticular JIA. Further studies are needed to observe the long-term risk of atherosclerosis.
Arthritis, Juvenile ; Child ; Cholesterol, HDL ; Humans ; Triglycerides

【Objective】 To analyze the changes of activation, function and metabolism of apheresis platelets during storage. 【Methods】 Five groups of apheresis platelets(n=10per group), stored up to 5 days at 20~24℃ with agitation, were sampledat day0(4 hours within collection), 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively to assess the activation indexes as PAC-1 and CD62P and platelet function was evaluated by thromboelastogram.The platelet counts and related parameters were determined, and the biochemical indexes such as pH, glucose, lactic acid and lactate dehydrogenase reflecting metabolism were measured and statistically analyzed. 【Results】 The CD62P (%) and PAC-1 (%) of apheresis platelets with different storage duration showed significant differences(P<0.05), and CD62P (%) increased significantly on 4thday of storage (P<0.05). There were significant differences in TEG parameters as R(min), K(min), ANG (min)and MA (mm), and MA value increased significantly after1-daystorage (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in Plt and related indexes among the groups (P>0.05). Significant differences were notable in platelet biochemical indexesby groups using variance analysis(P<0.05). The pH value and glucose were the lowest in platelets with 4-day storage, while lactic acid and lactate dehydrogenase were the highest. 【Conclusion】 The storagelesion of apheresis platelets occurs as the activation, function and metabolism of platelets developed as the storage prolonged.