Objective To compare the efficacy of different analgesia regimens in elderly patients with femoral neck fracture undergoing posture changing during epidural anesthesia. Methods Ninety patients (35 males,55 females,aged 65-90 years,48-78 kg)with femoral neck fracture who would be treated with artificial femoral head replacement were randomly divided into 3 groups (n = 30 each):femoral nerve block group (group FNB),fascia iliaca compartment block group (group FIC)and intravenous group (group IV).Femoral nerve block or fascia iliaca compart-ment block was performed 30 min before epidural anesthesia (EA)in FNB group or FIC group re-spectively.Fentanyl 0.5 μg/kg was injected intravenously 3 min before EA.In the three groups,addi-tional 0.25 μg/kg fentanyl was administrated intravenously to keep the VAS scores <4 before posi-tioning.EA was performed between L1-2 in a position of troubled leg upper,and patients returned to supine position after epidural catheterization.The VAS scores at T0 (after entering the operation room),T1 (in supine posture before EA),T2 (before posture changing),T3 (while supine from lateral posture after EA),T4 (3 min after T3 ),the time for achieving EA,the fentanyl consumption, the cases of cardiovascular events and hypoxemia was recorded.Results Compared with group IV, VAS scores at T1 ,T2 ,the fentanyl consumption,time for achieving EA,and incidence of cardiovas-cular events and hypoxemia in group FNB and group FIC decreased significantly (P <0.05 or 0.01). There was no significant difference between group FNB and group FIC.Conclusion Preemptive anal-gesia regimens through both femoral nerve block and fascia iliaca compartment block during epidural anesthesia can reduce the fentanyl consumption,as well as decrease the incidence of cardiovascular e-vents and hypoxemia.

OBJECTIVETo improve the method of indirubin in serum by HPLC and apply to pharmacokinetics in rats.

METHODChromatographic separation was conducted on an C18 column (4.6 mm x 250 mm, 5 microm), using a mixture of methanol-water (75:25) as mobile phase at a flow rate of 1.0 mL min(-1) with UV detection at 289 nm, the column temperature was at 35 degrees C and ethinyl estradiol was used as an internal standard. Rats were administered i. v. bolus of indirubin in doses of 2.0 and 4.0 mg x kg(-1) through a jugular vein catheter, respectively. Serial blood samples (about 100 microL) were individually collected at 2, 5, 10, 20, 30, 60, 90, 120, 180 min after administration, and the concentrations of indirubin determined were in rat serum by HPLC. The pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated with the Winnonlin 5.0 software.

RESULTThe calibration curve for indirubin was linear ( R2 = 0.9996) in the range of 0.031-2.48 mg x L(-1) and the limit of detection (LOD) was 31 microg x L(-1). The average recovery of indirubin in rat serum was more than 98% and the relative standard deviations of intra-day and inter-day were both less than 10%. The pharmacokinetics of Indirubin in rats was fitted to two-compartment model.

CONCLUSIONThe method is simple and accurate with a high sensitivity and a good repeatability, and it can be applied to the evaluation of pharmacokinetic parameters of indirubin in rats and blood concentration of indirubin in clinical controlling.

Animals ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; methods ; Indoles ; blood ; pharmacokinetics ; Male ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar