The term “metabolic and alcohol-related liver disease （MetALD）” recently proposed emphasizes the synergistic role of metabolic dysfunction and alcohol exposure in the progression of liver injury. Although this theoretical framework improves the understanding of the multifactorial and complex nature of liver disease， its clinical application still faces numerous new challenges in diagnosis and treatment. This article summarizes the latest evidence for the prevalence， potential pathogenesis， clinical diagnostic markers， and treatment of MetALD and particularly emphasizes the urgency to develop reliable preclinical models that can accurately simulate the intricate pathophysiology of this disease due to various factors. This article also provides a systematic evaluation of emerging therapies including fecal microbiota transplantation and nutritional interventions and proposes the future directions for drug innovation in MetALD.

Objective To investigate the effect of Shenqi-Tongmai decoction in Stable Angina pectoris Patients with Qi-deficiency-blood-stasis syndrome and the influence on serum associated adhesion factors. Methods A total of 110 patients with stable angina pectoris treated in the department of cardiology of traditional Chinese medicine hospital of Xinle city from Feb. 2015 to Feb. 2017 were divided into 2 groups according to the number random table method, with 55 in each group. All the patients were given the standardized treatment with western medicine, and the treatment group were aditionally treated with the Shenqi-Tongmai decoction. All the patients were treated for a course of 4 weeks. The TCM syndrome score, Seattle angina questionnaire (SAQ) score, electrocardiographic examination index and serum soluble intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (sICAM-1), soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (sVCAM-1) level of the two groups before and after treatment were compared, and the clinical curative effect of the two groups was compared. Results The TCM syndrome score (7.1 ± 2.2 vs. 11.4 ± 3.0, t=8.590), serum sICAM-1 (227.69 ± 42.81 ng/ml vs. 275.33 ± 48.62 ng/ml, t=5.454) level, serum sVCAM-1 (272.04 ± 39.87 ng/ml vs. 296.58 ± 42.60 ng/ml, t=3.127) level and lead ecg ST segment down number (2.7 ± 0.6 vs. 3.2 ± 0.6, t=4.067), T wave of low lead numbers (1.7 ± 0.3 vs. 2.1 ± 0.3, t=6.807), numbers of T wave inversion lead (1.7 ± 0.3 vs. 2.1 ± 0.2, t=9.908) of the treatment group were significantly lower than those of the control group (P<0.01). The SAQ scores (76.8 ± 10.5 vs. 67.4 ± 10.1, t=4.805) was higher than that of the control group (P<0.01). The curative effect of angina pectoris and electrocardiogram of the treatment group were 91.0% (50/55) and 92.7%(51/55), and the control group were 76.4% (42/55) and 78.2% (43/55). The difference was statistically significant between the two groups (χ2=4.251, 4.681, P<0.05). Conclusions Traditional Chinese medicine Shenqi-Tongmai decoction can effectively improve the SAQ scores and TCM syndrome score and electrocardiogram examination index, improve the clinical curative effect in the treatment of Stable Angina pectoris based on the western medicine (Qi-deficiency-blood-stasis syndrome) and its mechanism may be related to improving of the serum levels of sICAM 1, sVCAM 1.

Objective    Through analyzing BKCa channel expression in atrial fibroblasts in patients with sinus rhythm and atrial fibrillation (AF), to explore the mechanism of myocardial fibrosis and provide new therapeutic strategies for the treatment and reversal of AF structure reconstruction. Methods    We selected 10 patients of rheumatic heart valvular disease who underwent valve replacement surgery. They were 5 patients with sinus rhythm (a sinus rhythm group, 2 males and 3 females with an average age of 49.1±8.3 years) and 5 with AF (an AF group, 3 males and 2 females with an average age of 50.3±5.8 years). About 100 mg tissue was obtained from the right auricula dextra, and the atrial fibroblasts were cultured by tissue block adherence method, and the expression of BKCa channel genes and proteins in cultured fibroblasts was detected by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and western blotting methods. Results    (1) The general data of 10 patients between the AF group and the sinus rhythm group were compared. There was no significant difference between the two groups in age (t=1.21, P=0.67) and sex (t=2.56, P=0.75). There was statistical difference in the left atrial diameter and the right atrium diameter between the two groups (t=19.45, P=0.01; t=23.52, P=0.06); (2) the mRNA expression of BKCa subunit was detected by qRT-PCR method, and there was no   significant difference in the mRNA expression of BKCa α and BKCa β1 between the two groups (t=3.14, P=0.79; t=2.88, P=0.69); (3) the expression of BKCa protein was detected by western blotting method, and there was no significant difference in the protein expression of BKCa α and BKCa β1 between the two groups (t=0.55, P=0.31; t=0.73, P=0.46). Conclusion    BKCa pathway may not be involved in the pathogenesis and maintenance of AF, but it may play an important role in the process of myocardial fibrosis.

Infantile diarrhea is pediatric clinical common diseases. In this paper, according to the related literature in recent years, the effect mechanism of massage treatment of infantile diarrhea, according to syndrome differentiation treatment based on different massage for parting with Chinese medicine and massage, acupuncture and so on has carried on the induction.

Objective To compare the effects of different opportunity internal fixation in treatment of trau-matic flail chest.Methods Clinical data of 53 cases of patients with traumatic flail chest were selected,in which 28 patients were given internal fixation treatment in 72h after injury (early surgery group),25 patients were given sur-gery after 72h(late surgery group),recovery situation(postoperative ventilation time,chest improve time,ICU stay time,extubation time,hospitalization time)of the two groups were observed,respiratory function changes and compli-cations were compared before and after treatment.Results Postoperative ventilation time,chest X -ray improvement time,ICU stay time,extubation time and hospitalization time of the early operation group were (27.4 ±4.8)h, (88.6 ±7.5)h,(3.8 ±0.7)d,(3.2 ±0.8)d,(13.2 ±5.0)d,which were significantly shorter in the late operation group of (40.7 ±5.2)h,(195.3 ±8.0)h,(5.6 ±1.4)d,(5.2 ±1.3)d,(19.8 ±6.4)d,with significant difference (t =7.389,11.204,3.837,3.916,5.261,all P <0.05 ).After treatment,PaO2 ,PaCO2 ,PaO2 /FiO2 ,RR and HR were all significantly improved (early surgery group t =12.497,6.205,4.136,7.381,14.327,all P <0.05;late sur-gery group t =11.976,5.813,4.649,6.892,14.627,all P <0.05),but the indexes between the two groups were not significantly different(t =0.126,0.013,0.002,0.010,0.215,all P >0.05 ).There was no dead case in the two groups,and the incidence of atelectasis,ARDS and thoracic deformity had no significantly different between two groups (P >0.05 ).Conclusion In treatment of traumatic flail chest,early surgical treatment can rapidly improve the respiratory and circulatory function,it can shorten the postoperative recovery time,and does not increase complica-tions.So,when conditions permit,patients should be given early surgical fixation.