Mechanical ventilation is a medical method used frequently in critically ill patients after operation in the department of surgery, but its own invasive nature often causes great discomfort, inducing anxiety and irritability to the patients, therefore, postoperatively analgesic and sedative drug treatments are often necessary. With the general progress and attention paid on the critical care medicine, more and more people have studied the analgesic and sedative schemes for mechanical ventilation patients. In this article, the related contents in recent years concerning commonly used analgesic and sedative drugs, the standard criteria for analgesic and sedative therapy, the application of analgesic evaluation tool, and the analgesic and sedative therapy in domestic and abroad nursing intervention in ICU were reviewed and summarized.

Objective To examine the effect of aqueous extracts of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi and Radix paeoniae Alba on periodontitis mice and compare the results of the two herbs for the treatment of the periodontitis mice.Methods Sixty-four SPF 12-week-old male Kunming mice were selected and randomly divided into four groups:Control group (C) ;Experimental periodontitis group (P):the peridontitis models in Kunming mice were prepared by wrapping silk ligature and inoculating with putative periodontopathic bacteria; Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi treatment group(SG):periodontitis was induced by the same method described above,the mice were gavaged with Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi; Radix paeoniae Alba treatment group (RG):periodontitis was induced by the same method described above,the mice were gavaged with Radix paeoniae Alba.Four mice were sacrificed at each time point of the end of 4,6,8 and 10 weeks in each group.The histopathological changes of periodontal tissue were observed under microscope with HE staining.The level of serum IgG1 and IgG2a was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA).Results A serious inflammatory response,alveolar progressive absorption and a large number of osteoclasts were observed in the experimental periodontitis group.However,in SG and RG,the inflammation of the periodontal tissue was decreased and tissue repair was significant.The level of serum IgG2a in SG(6 week:0.934 ± 0.006,8 week:0.743 ± 0.009,10 week:0.674 ± 0.008) and RG (6 week:1.023 ± 0.032,8 week:0.851 ± 0.032,10 week:0.790 ± 0.009) was significantly decreased after the mice were gavaged with the two herbs(P ＜ 0.01).The level of serum IgG2a in SG was significantly lower than that of RG(P ＜0.01).The level of serum IgG1 in SG(6 week:0.314 ±0.006,8 week:0.344 ± 0.004,10 week:0.367 ±0.006) and RG(6 week:0.287 ±0.005,8 week:0.303 ±0.058,10 week:0.336 ±0.006) were significantly increased(P ＜ 0.01).The level of serum IgG1 in SG was significantly higher than that of RG (P ＜ 0.0l).Conclusions Both the aqueous extracts of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi and Radix paeoniae Alba showed therapeutic effect on periodontitis in mice.Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi was more effective than Radix paeoniae Alba.

AIM: To investigate the clinical efficacy of pars plana vitrectomy(PPV)combined with fovea-sparing internal limiting membrane(ILM)peeling and silicone oil(SO)tamponade for treating pathological myopic foveoschisis(PMF).METHODS:This study is a retrospective observational analysis of 10 cases(10 eyes)diagnosed with PMF that underwent PPV with fovea-sparing ILM peeling and SO tamponade between January 2023 and November 2024. The best-corrected visual acuity(BCVA), central foveal thickness(CFT), foveoschisis(FS), and the detachment and reattachment of FS and macular fovea were assessed preoperatively and at 1 wk, 1 and 3 mo postoperatively.RESULTS:Among the 10 cases of PMF patients(10 eyes), the complete reattachment rate was 30%(3 eyes), while partial reattachment was observed in 70%(7 eyes). At 3 mo postoperatively, BCVA(LogMAR)was significantly improved to 0.957±0.393 compared with 1.432±0.509 before surgery(P<0.05), and both CFT(437.9±180.4 vs. 207.5±76.1 μm)and FS(686.5±172.2 vs. 290.7±86.6 μm)showed significant decreases(P<0.05). No complications such as macular hole, retinal detachment, silicone oil emulsification, or endophthalmitis were observed during the surgery or throughout the follow-up period.CONCLUSION:PPV with SO tamponade and fovea-sparing ILM peeling has been demonstrated to facilitate both visual acuity improvement and anatomical reattachment in cases of PMF.