OBJECTIVE To improve the quality evaluation method of Platycodonis Radix, to study the differences in the quality of three-years-old Platycodonis Radix under different harvesting periods, and to determine the optimal harvesting period of Platycodonis Radix. METHODS The leachate, ash, moisture, refractive index and the content of six saponins were used as the quality evaluation indexes. The differences between the herbs of Platycodonis Radix at different harvesting periods were characterized with the help of mathematical and statistical methods. And link the entropy weight method, gray correlation analysis and TOPSIS method were combined to obtain the statistical analysis of the relevant indexes and the quality ranking information of the herbs in different harvesting periods. RESULTS There were significant differences between the quality evaluation indexes of three-years-old Platycodonis Radix at different harvesting periods. The added multi-indicator testing had improved the quality evaluation system of Platycodonis Radix and enhanced the "Drug properties-Effectiveness" linkage of the herbs. And the results of the comprehensive quality evaluation model showed that the herbs harvested around October 21 (Frost’s Descent) were ranked best in terms of comprehensive index. CONCLUSION In order to ensure the quality of Platycodonis Radix, the best harvesting period for three-years-old Platycodonis Radix is determined around the "Frost’s Descent" season, taking into account the characteristics of the herbs' appearance and the material basis of herbs.

Objective:To analyze the efficacy and safety of nalbuphine for analgesia in patients with non-mechanical ventilation in intensive care unit (ICU).Methods:From December 2018 to August 2021, a multicenter randomized controlled clinical study was conducted to select non-mechanical ventilation patients with analgesic needs admitted to ICU of four hospitals in Henan Province and Guizhou Province. Patients were randomly assigned to nalbuphine group and fentanyl group. The nalbuphine group was given continuous infusion of nalbuphine [0.05~0.20 mg/(kg·h)], and the fentanyl group was given continuous infusion of fentanyl [0.5~2.0 μg/(kg·h)]. The analgesic target was critical-care pain observation tool (CPOT) score<2. The observation time was 48 hours. The primary endpoint was CPOT score, the secondary endpoints were Richmond agitation-sedation score (RASS), ICU length of stay, adverse events, and proportion of mechanical ventilation. The quantitative data of the two groups were compared by t test or Mann-Whitney U test. The enumeration data were compared by chi square test or Fisher exact probability method. The data at different time points between groups were compared by repeated measures analysis of variance. Results:A total of 210 patients were enrolled, including 105 patients in the nalbuphine group and 105 patients in the fentanyl group. There was no significant difference in baseline data between the two groups (all P>0.05). There was no significant difference in CPOT score between nalbuphine group and fentanyl group at each time point after medication ( P>0.05), the CPOT score of both groups at each time point after medication was significantly lower than that before medication, and the analgesic target could be achieved and maintained 2 hours after medication. There was no significant difference in RASS between the two groups at each time point after medication ( P>0.05), which was significantly lower than that before medication, and the target sedative effect was achieved 2 hours after medication. There was no significant difference in ICU length of stay between nalbuphine group and fentanyl group [5.0(4.0,7.5) d vs. 5.0(4.0,8.0) d, P=0.504]. The incidence of delirium, nausea and vomiting, abdominal distension, pruritus, vertigo and other adverse events in the nalbuphine group was lower than that in the fentanyl group (all P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the incidence of other adverse events such as deep sedation, hypotension and bradycardia between the two groups (all P>0.05). The incidence of respiratory depression in nalbuphine group was not significantly different from that in fentanyl group ( P>0.05), but the proportion of mechanical ventilation was significantly lower than that in the fentanyl group [1.9% (2/105) vs. 8.6%(9/105), P=0.030]. Conclusions:Nalbuphine could be used for analgesia in ICU patients with non-mechanical ventilation. The target analgesic effect could be achieved within 2 hours, and it had a certain sedative effect with a low incidence of adverse reactions.

Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of terlipressin for septic shock.Methods A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled pilot study was carried out in the general ICU of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from June 1st 2015 to May 31st 2016.The septic shock patients with a mean arterial pressure below 65 mmHg despite adequate volume resuscitation were enrolled.Patients were randomized (random number) to give continuous infusions of either terlipressin[0.6-2.6 μg/(kg·h)] or norepinephrine(7-30 μg/min).Open label norepinephrine or other catecholamines were additionally infused if the mean arterial pressure failed to reach 65 mmHg.Treatment was continued until shock corrected,death or withdrawn from this study.Correcting rate of shock was the primary end point,the secondary end points included open labeled norepinephrine requirements,the 28 d survival rate and adverse events.The quantitative data of the two groups were compared by t test or Wilcoxon rank sum test.The enumeration data were compared by chi square test or Fisher exact probability method,and the survival data were analyzed by Kaplan-Meier method.Results A total of 28 patients were enrolled.The full analysis set was 28,the per-protocol set was 25,and the safety set was 28.The key demographics and baseline characteristics were similar between the two groups(P＞0.05).The results for the per-protocol set were followed up.The correcting rate of shock between the two groups were similar at the end of treatment[81.82％(9/11)vs.57.14％(8/14),P=0.190].The open label norepinephrine requirements of the trial group and control group for the 0,6,12,24,48 h time point were 0.661,0.921,1.583,1.241,2.143,1.371,1.071,1.261,0.370,1.001 μg/(kg·min),respectively with no significant difference(P＞0.05).The 28 d survival rate of the trial group and control group were 63.64％(7/11)and 50.00％(7/14) respectively with no statistical significance(P＞0.05).There was no significant difference in 28 d survival analyzed using Kaplan-Meier plot between two groups(P=0.470).There were two patients with ischemia of fingers,one patient with hyponatraemia and one patient with ischemia of intestine accompanied by hyponatraemia occurred after treatment with terlipressin,and one patient with isehemia of fingers occurred after treatment with norepinephrine.The incidence of adverse event for the trial group and control group were 30.77％(4/13) and 6.67％(1/15) with no significant difference(P=0.122).Conclusions Terlipressin is an effective agent for treating septic shock.The total adverse event rate of terlipressin was similar to that ofnorepinephrine.

Objective: To analyze the gene mutations in the patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Methods: Forty-seven patients with MDS newly diagnosed in Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences from January 2016 to July 2017 were enrolled. NGS 127-gene panel was used to detect the gene mutations, and the relationship between the gene mutations and the clinicopathological features was also analyzed. Results: Thirty-one (66.0 %) cases had gene mutations in 47 patients with MDS, and 23 gene mutations were detected with clinical significances. There were 7 mutant genes with a mutation frequency over 5 % in the population, including U2AF1 (23.4 %), SF3B1 (12.8 %), ASXL1 (10.6 %), TET2 (8.5 %), BCOR (8.5 %), TP53 (8.5 %) and DNMT3A (6.4 %) in turn. Among 31 patients with gene mutations, 16 (51.6 %) patients had ≥ 2 synergistic mutations, and 12 cases had synergistic mutations in different genetic functional groups, which was higher than that in same genetic functional groups (4 cases). There was a tendency of coexistence in IDH2-KRAS, IDH2-SRSF2, IDH2-STAG2, KRAS-SRSF2, KRAS-STAG2, RUNX1-PHF6, EZH2-ASXL1, EZH2-ZRSR2, and NPM1-NRAS (all P < 0.05). The variant allele frequency (VAF) of signaling pathway related genes including JAK2, KRAS, NRAS, SH2B3 was low in general and in a sub-clone status. JAK2 gene mutation was observed in 1 case with MDS-U. SH2B3 gene mutation was observed in a patient with very poor prognosis of karyotype. SETPB1 and EZH1 gene mutations were observed in two patients with high-risk revised international prognostic scoring system (IPSS-R). Conclusions The common mutated genes include U2AF1, SF3B1, ASXL1 and TET2. The genes in different genetic functional groups tend to synergistic mutations. Gene mutations can be used to predict the prognosis of diseases and become the target in the treatment of MDS.

Objective To summarize the perioperative clinical effect of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) technique in bilateral lung transplantation of patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.Methods Of 18 recipients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension receiving double lung transplantation,there were 11 cases of 11 grade Ⅲ (WHO cardiac function ratings) and 7 cases of grade Ⅳ.All patients were given ECMO technique after anesthetic induction,and the speed and volume of ECMO were adjusted according to oxygenation and cardiac function.At the end of the operation,the ECMO flow rate was decreased to 1 L·min-1 ·m-2.If the hemodynamics was stable and the oxygenation index was above 300,the ECMO could be removed.All data were Collected at 7 time points (preoperation,30 min after two lung ventilation,15 min after ECMO,the establishment of one lung ventilation,30 min after pulmonary artery occlusion,30 min after pulmonary artery open and at the end of the operation).The prognosis of the recipients was observed postoperatively.Results All patients successfully completed operation under the support of ECMO technique.As compared with preoperation,PaO2 and PaCO2 were significantly increased at 30 min after two lung ventilation (P＜0.05).As compared with 30 min after two lung ventilation,PaO2 was significantly elevated (P＜0.05),PaCO2 and PAP were reduced at 15 min after ECMO (P＜0.05).As compared with 15 min after ECMO,PAP was significantly increased at 30 min after pulmonary artery occlusion (P＜0.05).As compared with 30 min after pulmonary artery occlusion,PAP was significantly reduced at 30 min after pulmonary artery open (P ＜ 0.05).ECMO of 3 patients was removed after operation at once and of 15 patients were not removed until 3.3 ± 2.5 days in ICU.Tencases suffered from left cardiac insufficiency to varying degrees after removing ECMO (including 3cases whose ECMO was removed at once after operation),3 of them received ECMO bypass again and 7 of them were relieved after administration of cardiotonic,diuretics and vasodilators.Two cases sufferred from wound fat liquefaction and infection and 2 cases had moderate femoral artery thrombosis after postoperative ECMO.One case had renal failure 5 days after operation and thereafter died of multiple organ failure 2 weeks later after treatment with the continuous ECMO pipelines of hemofiltration,then 17 cases were cured.The pulmonary arterial pressure of all recipients was (30.79 ± 6.18) mmHg 2 months after operation and the cardiac function rating was significantly increased (P ＜0.01).Conclusion The application of ECMO technique in the lung transplantation patients with idiopathic pulmonary hypertension can reduce the pulmonary arterial pressure,improve the safety of operation and has obvious auxiliary effect on the perioperative cardiac function.

Objective: The present study was designed to evaluate the protective effects of oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPC) in mice exposed to paraquat (PQ) , and to explore the molecular mechanism. Methods: Four experimental groups were designed. Control group: 10 BALB/c mice were intraperitoneally injected with normal saline) . PQ group: 10 BALB/c mice were intraperitoneally injected with PQ (100 mg/kg) . PQ+OPC group: 10 BALB/c mice were administered with OPC (100 mg/kg) for 1 h before PQ (100 mg/kg) expo-sure. OPC group: 10 BALB/c mice were intraperitoneally injected with OPC (100 mg/kg) . The peripheral blood samples or lung tissue samples were collected at the designed time points for measuring the levels of oxi-dative stress indicators, the related protein levels of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) pathway and nuclear fac-tor erythroid related factor-2 (Nrf2) pathway. Results: Compared with the control group, the level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) , the content of malondialdehyde (MDA) in the PQ group were significantly induced, and the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) in the PQ group was decreased in the peripheral blood. As com-pared with the PQ group, the level of ROS and the content of MDA in the PQ+OPC group were significantly re-duced, the activity SOD in the PQ+OPC group was increased in the peripheral blood; the level of ROS and the content of MDA were also reduced in lung tissues in the PQ+OPC group. Moreover, compared with the con-trol group, the phosphorylation of IκBα and the expression of NF-κB p65 were increased in lung tissues in the PQ group. The phosphorylation of IκBα and the expression of NF-κB p65 were decreased in lung tissues in the PQ+OPC group as compared with the PQ group. In addition, compared with the control group, the expressions of HO-1 and Nrf2 were increased in lung tissues in OPC group, and these were decreased in lung tissues in PQ groups. Furthermore, the expressions of HO-1 and Nrf2 were also increased in lung tissues in PQ+OPC as com-pared with the PQ group. Conclusion OPC could alleviate PQ-induced systemic toxicity in mice by regulating oxidative stress via NF-κB and Nrf2 pathway.

Objective To study the assisted diagnostic value and significance in precise surgery of MSCT angiography in torsion of ovar-ian tumors in children. Methods The dual-phase enhanced MSCT images data of 15 children patients with ovarian tumor torsion which were confirmed by surgery were retrospectively analyzed. Showed the vascular changes around the ovaries and judged the ovarian tumors arise and torsion side with the vascular reconstruction methods of multi-planar reconstruction (MPR),maximum intensity projection (MIP),volume rendering ( VR) ,then compared with the operation situation. Results Among the 15 cases aged from 2 months to 11 years old who were de-tected with MSCT scanning and angiography, there were 11 cases of benign tumor (9 cases of ovarian teratoma and 2 cases of serous cystade-noma) and 4 cases of malignant tumor (3 cases of yolk sac tumor and 1 case of malignant mixed germ cell tumor). MSCTA displayed that o-varian vessels changes were abnormal thickening and twisting of distal feeding artery and tumor vascular network formation;and there were thickening, tortuosity, increased density and a few visible‘whirl sign’ in draining veins. Preoperative MSCTA displayed ovarian tumor blood supply arteries were found 5 cases of downlink of ovarian artery and 10 cases of asscending branches of uterine artery. There were 4 cases of ovarian tumor originated from the left ovary combined with reverse and 11 cases originated from the right ovary combined with reverse, which were consistent with intraoperative findings. Intraoperative MSCTA provide information which helped accurate chose of the surgical incision, precise abruption of tumor blood vessels and resection of the tumor and ovarian lesions, thus saved the operation time and reduced the blood loss. Conclusion MSCT angiography can not only provide diagnosis information of torsion of ovarian tumors in children,but also more impor-tantly,it has an important assisted significance in precision surgery.

Objective To investigate the distribution of pathogens in elderly patients with bronchiectasis and drug resistance.Methods Elderly hospital patients with bronchiectasis were selected,pathogens isolated from sputum specimens and analysis of bacterial resistance.Results 221 strain of pathogen were isolated,of gram -positive bacte-ria 57 strain(25.79%),gram -negative bacteria 151 strain(68.32%);gram -negative bacteria Pseudomonas aerug-inosa pneumonia Klebsiella,Acinetobacter baumannii and Escherichia coli -based was 20.36%,14.02%,15.84%and 9.05% respectively;gram -negative bacteria Staphylococcus aureus,Staphylococcus epidermidis and Streptococ-cus pneumoniae based was 9.50%,8.60% and 7.69% respectively;other fungi,the proportion was 5.88%. Conclusion Elderly patients with bronchiectasis distribution of pathogens to the highest proportion of gram -negative bacteria,including Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the first row,tip rational use of antimicrobial drugs in reducing the rate of drug resistance plays an important role.

ObjectiveTo explore the clinical effects of cold therapy in treatment of inflammatory hemorrhoids.MethodsSixty patients were separated into two groups according to the visiting sequence with 30 cases each.The treatment group accepted cold therapy,meanwhile the control group took the tablets diosmin and accepted hot compress with 50％ magnesium sulfate.ResultsThe symptoms evaluation score was ( 10.5 ± 1.3 ) scores and (6.4 ± 1.2) scores before and after treatment in treatment group,while ( 10.3 ±1.4) scores and(9.4 ± 1.3) scores in control group,there was no significant difference before treatment between two groups (P＞ 0.05 ),but there was significant difference after treatment between two groups (P＜0.05).After 3 days treatment,cure rate was 60.0％(18/30),eifficient rate was 90.0％(27/30) in treatment group,while 10.0％ (3/30),53.3％ ( 16/30 ) in control group,there were significant differences between two groups(P＜ 0.05).ConclusionCold therapy is good for inflammatory hemorrhoids.

Objective To investigate serum uric acid (UA) levels and related clinical features in patients with high risk syndrome of neuromyelitis optica. Methods UA levels were measured in 51 patients with high risk syndrome of neuromyelitis optica including 34 with longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) and 17 with optic neuritis (ON), 48 with neuromyelitis optica (NMO), 45 with other neurological diseases (OND) and 65 with healthy controls (HC). The disability severity was assessed by the expanded disability status scale (EDSS). Spinal lesions were viewed by MRI. Serum aquaporin-4(AQP4) antibody was tested in cell based immunofluorescence assay. Results Serum UA levels in LETM ( ( 189. 84 ±85. 65) μmol/L) and ON patients ( (222. 12 ±61.68) μmol/L) were significantly lower than that in OND ((315.90±71.36) μ mol/L) and HC ((291.05 ±76.64) μ mol/L) subjects (P＜0.01). No difference was found between LETM, ON and NMO groups. UA levels were significantly lower in females ( ( 158.24 ±55.92), (187.00±47.52), (198.21 ±62.62), (274.51 ±70.66)and (243.26±60.65) μmol/L)than in males ( ( 262. 09 ± 101.63 ), ( 262. 45 ± 62. 13 ), ( 298.90 ± 74. 14 ), ( 355.37 ± 50. 30 ) and (340. 34 ±58. 23) μmol/L) in all groups (t=3. 183, 2.578, 4.356, 4.365 and 6.579, all P＜0.05).UA levels in patients with high risk syndrome of NMO were not correlated with mono or relapse course,duration or status of serum AQP4 antibody. UA were negatively correlated with EDSS in patients with LETM (r= -0.714, P＜0.01). Conclusion Lower serum UA levels were found in patients with high risk syndrome of NMO and related to more severe symptoms in LETM group.