Objective To investigate the expression of endothelin-1(ET-1)and placental growth factor(PLGF)in patients with preeclampsia in early pregnancy and its prognostic significance.Methods A total of 89 patients with preeclampsia who were admitted to No.904 Hospital of Joint Logistic Support Force of PLA from March 2019 to May 2021 were assigned to observation group.And 81 healthy pregnant women who underwent physical examination during the same period were enrolled as controls.Their clinical data were retrospectively analyzed.Serum ET-1 and PLGF levels were detected after admission.The correlation between serum ET-1 and PLGF levels was analyzed.All the participants were followed up until term pregnancy,and the prognoses of the two groups were compared.The patients in the observation group were subdivided into good prognosis group and poor prognosis group according to the prognoses.Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the risk factors of poor prognosis in patients with preeclampsia.The receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve was prepared,and the area under the curve(AUC)was used to evaluate the predictive value of serum ET-1 and PLGF levels for poor prognosis of preeclampsia patients.Results Serum ET-1 level in the observation group was higher than that in the control group,while serum PLGF level in the observation group was lower than that in the control group(both P<0.05).Pearson correlation analysis showed that there was a negative correlation between serum ET-1 and PLGF in both groups(P<0.05).The incidence of poor prognosis in the observation group was significantly higher than that in the control group(20.22%vs 7.41%,P<0.05).The proportion of severe cases,24-hour urine protein quantitation,uric acid,and serum ET-1 in the poor prognosis group were higher than those in the good prognosis group,while serum PLGF level in the poor prognosis group was lower than those in the good prognosis group(P<0.05).Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that severe condition,24-hour urine protein quantitation,serum ET-1 and PLGF levels were risk factors for poor prognosis of preeclampsia patients(all P<0.05).The ROC curve showed that the AUC(95%CI)values of serum ET-1 and PLGF in predicting poor prognosis of preeclampsia were 0.825(0.709-0.906)and 0.771(0.651-0.852),respectively.Conclusion Patients with preeclampsia have higher ET-1 and lower PLGF than healthy pregnant women.Both ET-1 and PLGF can be used to predict the prognosis of patients with preeclampsia.

A new caffeate compound, (E)-erythro-syringylglyceryl caffeate (1), was isolated from the roots and rhizomes of Nardostachys chinensis Batal., together with nine known phenolic compounds, including (+)-licarin A (2), naringenin 4', 7-dimethyl ether (3), pinoresinol-4-O-β-D-glucoside (4), caraphenol A (5), Z-miyabenol C (6), protocatechuic acid (7), caffeic acid (8), gallic acid (9) and vanillic acid (10). Their chemical structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data and physicochemical properties. Furthermore, this is the first report of compounds 2, 5 and 6 from Nardostachys genus.
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Objective Adhesion or too highly located folds upper eyelid and even hlepharoptosis are common complications after double eyelid operation. The method was designed to correct these de-formities. Methods The incision of upper eyelid was designed under the scar. Skin was resected between the former and the new double line, if there was excessive skin. Completely relieve the adhesion until nor-mal tissue was exposed. Expose lateral extension of retro-orbicularis oculi fat pad. An upper pedicle fat flap was formed after cutting tissues off along bilateral borders. Appropriately and transversely cutting lateral portion of the pedicle made it rotate inside downward with enough blood supply. The fat flap was fixed with released orbital fat and the lower edge of fat flat fixed with upper border of supratarsal to restorate the volume. For severe condition, fat granule injection could be used after the skin was sutured. Results 42 cases (80 eyes) were treated in the past two years. The deformities of 32 cases were corrected by the application of retro-orbicularis oculi fat pad. Fat granule injection was applied for the other 10 pa-tients meanwhile. 30 cases (60 eyes) were followed up for 6 to 24 months. The results were satisfactory. Conclusion The methods are performed easily and the results are satisfied. It is worth of recommenda-tion.