Objective:To observe the effect of high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) at different frequencies on cognitive impairment due to high-altitude hypoxia.Methods:Sixty officers and soldiers displaying cognitive impairment in a hypoxic high-altitude environment were randomly divided into 15Hz, 20Hz and 25Hz groups, each of 20. They were given rTMS at those frequencies for 30 days. Before the stimulation and after 15 and 30 days, event-related potentials, latencies of mismatched negativity (MMN) and P300 signals were recorded. The participants′ cognition was also evaluated using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale (MoCA). Correlation between the electrophysiological indexes and the MoCA scores was computed.Results:After 15 days, all had shorter MMN latencies, higher total MoCA scores and better memory scores. The only significant difference among the three groups was in the average memory scores. After 15 days, MMN latency was significantly negatively correlated with the memory scores in all three groups ( r=0.44 to -0.54). Conclusions:rTMS at frequencies above 15Hz can effectively relieve cognitive impairment, especially memory dysfunction, resulting from high-altitude hypoxia.

Objective:To observe the effect of high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) at different frequencies on cognitive impairment due to high-altitude hypoxia.Methods:Sixty officers and soldiers displaying cognitive impairment in a hypoxic high-altitude environment were randomly divided into 15Hz, 20Hz and 25Hz groups, each of 20. They were given rTMS at those frequencies for 30 days. Before the stimulation and after 15 and 30 days, event-related potentials, latencies of mismatched negativity (MMN) and P300 signals were recorded. The participants′ cognition was also evaluated using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale (MoCA). Correlation between the electrophysiological indexes and the MoCA scores was computed.Results:After 15 days, all had shorter MMN latencies, higher total MoCA scores and better memory scores. The only significant difference among the three groups was in the average memory scores. After 15 days, MMN latency was significantly negatively correlated with the memory scores in all three groups ( r=0.44 to -0.54). Conclusions:rTMS at frequencies above 15Hz can effectively relieve cognitive impairment, especially memory dysfunction, resulting from high-altitude hypoxia.

A 79-year-old male patient was given an IV infusion of piperacillin sodium and tazobactam sodium 4.5 g once every 8 hours for head injury complicated by Escherichia coli pneumonia. Before the treatment, his white blood cell count (WBC) was 10.20×10 9/L, red blood cell count (RBC) was 3.58×10 12/L, hemoglobin (HB) was 101 g/L, and platelet count (PLT) was 202×10 9/L. On day 2 of medication, his blood cell count began to decrease, with the lowest values of WBC 2.96×10 9/L, RBC 2.40×10 12/L, Hb 66 g/L, and PLT 128×10 9/L, respectively. It was misdiagnosed as gastrointestinal bleeding because of positive occult blood in gastric juice of the patient at the same time. However, the patient had no obvious melena, his gastric fluid occult blood did not match the development of anemia, and there was no evidence of hemolysis or hemorrhage at other sites. The relationship between the blood cell count decrease and piperacillin sodium and tazobactam sodium was considered. The drug was discontinued and the patient′s blood cell count returned to levels before treatment 3 days later.

A 79-year-old male patient was given an IV infusion of piperacillin sodium and tazobactam sodium 4.5 g once every 8 hours for head injury complicated by Escherichia coli pneumonia. Before the treatment, his white blood cell count (WBC) was 10.20×10 9/L, red blood cell count (RBC) was 3.58×10 12/L, hemoglobin (HB) was 101 g/L, and platelet count (PLT) was 202×10 9/L. On day 2 of medication, his blood cell count began to decrease, with the lowest values of WBC 2.96×10 9/L, RBC 2.40×10 12/L, Hb 66 g/L, and PLT 128×10 9/L, respectively. It was misdiagnosed as gastrointestinal bleeding because of positive occult blood in gastric juice of the patient at the same time. However, the patient had no obvious melena, his gastric fluid occult blood did not match the development of anemia, and there was no evidence of hemolysis or hemorrhage at other sites. The relationship between the blood cell count decrease and piperacillin sodium and tazobactam sodium was considered. The drug was discontinued and the patient′s blood cell count returned to levels before treatment 3 days later.

This study seeks to explore the early signs of cognitive impairment in patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). According to polysomnography, twenty patients diagnosed with OSAHS and twenty normal controls underwent event-related potential (ERP) examination including mismatch negativity (MMN) and P300. Compared with normal controls, OSAHS patients showed significantly prolonged latency of MMN and P300 at Cz. After controlling age and body mass index (BMI), MMN latency positively correlated with apnea hypopnea index (AHI), oxygen reduction index, stage N1 sleep and arousal index, while MMN latency negatively correlated with stage N3 sleep and mean blood oxygen saturation; and P300 latency positively related to AHI and oxygen reduction index; no relationships were found among MMN latency, MMN amplitude, P300 latency and P300 amplitude. These results suggest that the brain function of automatic processing and controlled processing aere impaired in OSAHS patients, and these dysfunction are correlated with nocturnal repeatedly hypoxemia and sleep structure disturbance.
Case-Control Studies ; Cognition Disorders ; complications ; physiopathology ; Event-Related Potentials, P300 ; Humans ; Hypoxia ; physiopathology ; Oximetry ; Polysomnography ; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive ; complications ; physiopathology ; Sleep Stages